Final Fantasy 14 / XIV / FF14

Tokoyo Game Show 2009

Webmaster — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:00 +0000

Well, for all of you hoping for new Final Fantasy XIV information during the Tokoyo Game Show must be sorely disappointed as there was no new information at all. A trailer was released however that does depict some new insights into the storyline and some footage that you haven’t seen before.

Tokoyo Game Show 2009 Trailers

Minor FF14 informational updates

Webmaster — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:08:58 +0000

The Unconfirmed Rumours, Battle System and Classes pages have all received a minor update based on information gleaned from the new Dengeki Games magazine. There was not much new information here, merely reiterated versions of the content we are familiar with, but there were some small tidbits which were worth including, this consists of a new Disciple of War class, more information about the various gauges in the battle system and the possibility of a trading arena for players.

Interesting new Final Fantasy 14 interview with two of the FF14 team

Webmaster — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:54:23 +0000

Released in today’s Dengeki magazine is an interview with Tanaka and Kawamoto about various aspects of Final Fantasy 14. Quite a few new tidbits were mentioned here and this is definitely worth a read for viewers who are eager to learn more. I’ll stop talking now and let you get on with it!

Dengeki Interview Tanaka and Kawamoto

FF14 Director talks about the future of online gaming

Webmaster — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:59:53 +0000

In a recent article from 1UP.com Final Fantasy 14 director Nobuaki Komoto shares his views on the MMO market and how he feels it is much evolved from how it started out. He says:

The way MMOs attract players has dramatically evolved, It’s especially noticeable with American and European titles. Games used to favour hardcore players; there were a lot of games made with the philosophy that everything should be hidden and the players can work together to figure it out. It was very unkind. Games these days don’t let their players ask ‘What am I supposed to do?’. They guide the player along the way — but there are several paths to take, and you’re still free to do something else. They’re free experiences.”

Source: 1UP.com

Final Fantasy 14 Monsters Page

Webmaster — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:05:02 +0000

We’ve made a dedicated monsters page for all the information on enemies that have been released so far. As of yet there is not so much in information but have fun looking at the pretty pictures

FF14 Monsters

Final Fantasy XIV Not Playable During Tokyo Game Show

Webmaster — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:25:20 +0000

Square Enix Japan have released their TGS (Tokoyo Game Show) website. The picture of the FFXIV icon indicates that the upcoming MMORPG will not have a playable demo at the show, as in GamesCom 09 earlier this month but only a video presence.

Square Enix’s TGS Website

Final Fantasy 14 non-level system “like Ultima Online”

Webmaster — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:15:33 +0000

Final Fantasy XIV producer Hiromichi Tanaka, talking to VG247, has said that the level system in Final Fantasy 14 is somewhat similar to that of Ultima Online and will “make sense” to players when the game launches next year.

“From MMO history, from the beginning, [games like] Ultima Online had a similar, skill-based system, so we do believe it will make sense to our players,” he said.

“What we’re trying to provide to our players is flexibility. They don’t have to stick to one job: by providing this system they’ll be able to enjoy a variety of classes.

This time it’s not going to be just by killing monsters that you’ll gain experience points, but by using the weapon you hold in your hand, you’ll gain skills for that class. So, if you change your weapon you’ll change your class. You can change your class even between the battles; not during the battles.”

Source: VG247

More Final Fantasy Interviews and a general update

Webmaster — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:59:49 +0000

The interviews just keep coming, we’ve added a couple more to our database, these were done during the GamesCom with the duo Tanaka and Sundi. There is some interesting information there but a lot of it is repeated. We also have updated our Classes page as well as our Battle System page with some more information that was gleaned from the interviews and other sources, so be sure to check them out.

Battle System

Job/Classes

Interviews

A couple more Final Fantasy 14 updates

Webmaster — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:43:58 +0000

Just a couple of small updates this time round. To add to the screenshots we gave you the other day we have added some art work that became available during GamesCom 09. These images depict some jobs/classes that characters can be and also some monsters, some of which you will be very familiar with.

Secondly (and rather belatedly, sorry!) we have added the technical demo from 2005. For those of you that don’t know, Square Enix released a mysterious technical demo in 2005 under the ‘Rapture’ moniker, which we now know as Final Fantasy 14. This shows how long this game has been under development for (and I must say, they did a very good job keeping it secret).

Enjoy!

2005 Technical Demo

GamesCom 09 Screenshots / Artwork

For those of you waiting for Final Fantasy XBox 360 news…

Webmaster — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:40:02 +0000

Here is a quote from the Square Enix Final Fantasy 14 development team:

“FFXI for 360; at that point PS2 didn’t have a hard disc [and] that was really difficult for us, but Xbox 360 had that from the beginning, so that really helped us. We managed to smoothly move onto 360 from the Windows version, so that was very good to us,”

“However, for FFXIV, because 360 has its own policy with Xbox Live that is different from [the] internet, that’s something we’re in discussions with Microsoft [about], to come to an agreement. That’s one of the reasons it’s not going to be launched at that point.”