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What happened to the thread where we discussed the upcoming FF?
I wanted to pop it and shout "less then a fortnight to go!"
Getting twitchy now.
I wanted to pop it and shout "less then a fortnight to go!"
Getting twitchy now.
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What happened to the thread where we discussed the upcoming FF?
I wanted to pop it and shout "less then a fortnight to go!"
Getting twitchy now.
I wanted to pop it and shout "less then a fortnight to go!"
Getting twitchy now.
I'm not pleased that pc users are getting this 6 months before the rest of us. Really looking forward to it though, I missed out on FF XI
but.. but.. you have a PC... :)
I confess I didn't stay loyal to FFXI. Compared to the only other game I've ever played like this it was an absolute nightmare to level your char. Of course I didn't realise this until I changed games but you were forced to group with others to get anywhere in this game. There was very little logging on for an hour and doing your own levelling. Even after one big patch and a "come back, it's easy to level now" message from a friend I found it hard to get back into.
Hoping the new game learnt from the old mistakes :)
I confess I didn't stay loyal to FFXI. Compared to the only other game I've ever played like this it was an absolute nightmare to level your char. Of course I didn't realise this until I changed games but you were forced to group with others to get anywhere in this game. There was very little logging on for an hour and doing your own levelling. Even after one big patch and a "come back, it's easy to level now" message from a friend I found it hard to get back into.
Hoping the new game learnt from the old mistakes :)
I have a laptop that isn't anywhere near powerful enough and a desktop that will remain broken until I'm living somewhere big enough to put it.
I can't say I've any great faith in Squaresoft anymore. They've now moved so far away from what a Final Fantasy game should be in order to please those damn casual gamers.
I can't say I've any great faith in Squaresoft anymore. They've now moved so far away from what a Final Fantasy game should be in order to please those damn casual gamers.
Online only? :(
I'd be happy to have another adventure offline as really getting into FFXIII at the moment.
I've had it since launch, but only started playing it (as recently has proved my fear that playing it would rapidly cause me to lose half days at a time, when I should actually be doing something productive).
I'd be happy to have another adventure offline as really getting into FFXIII at the moment.
I've had it since launch, but only started playing it (as recently has proved my fear that playing it would rapidly cause me to lose half days at a time, when I should actually be doing something productive).
Oh my goodness! Now I feel like a geek. Game just arrived in a box the size of the old video box sets. Got some free stuff in there that will never see the light of day.
On the plus side. MY GAME HAS ARRIVED. Off to load it now :D
On the plus side. MY GAME HAS ARRIVED. Off to load it now :D
Well... that's me bored with it already :(
How so? You don't like it?
I must also know the answer to Warhunt's question!
I thought it was very hard going and not intuitive at all so I took a deep breath and created a second character, to start it again, and see if I missed anything.
My biggest bugbear is the camera. It doesn't move around with you. I face the way I wish to go, move the camera behind me and set off running. So I'm running along, watching my tail, and run into a cliff. If I turn the char 180 degrees and start running again I am running towards the camera and CAN'T SEE WHERE I'M GOING!!!!!!!! Someone recommended that I move in 1st person view which did make it better but is nowhere near ideal as I like to see 360 degrees.
As for crafting. There are people synthing away all around me, collecting mats etc but I've not found any NPCs to teach me a craft yet even though I picked up some gathering guildleves (their equivalent atm of VoWs quests) I've no idea how to do anything. The FFXIV lodestone (official guide forum) doesn't seem to help. Oh, aye, it lists receipes but doesn't tell you how to start a craft specialisation.
I haven't even tried the friends list or the linkshells yet but a couple of ppl were discussing it last night and struggling with it even though they were familiar with the concept because they'd played FFVI.
The graphics are okay I guess. Not seen anything yet that made me stop and admire it, so nothing spectacular.
Even though the servers are getting congested as everyone logs in at the same time I suffer no lag but the loading screens for interaction between some NPCs for cut scenes take an age to load atm.
Even the opening scene is a stuggle. I won't describe it to stop anything being ruined but you stand there going "and...?". Click on something interactive and then stand there going "and...?" You have to click on it a second time to start moving forward. Not obvious and proved frustrating to get into - even though I'm familiar with playing in this environment. You can't jump easily into the game and in doesn't lead you naturally into starting to play.
I'll struggle on for a while...
At least it should please Nin :)
My biggest bugbear is the camera. It doesn't move around with you. I face the way I wish to go, move the camera behind me and set off running. So I'm running along, watching my tail, and run into a cliff. If I turn the char 180 degrees and start running again I am running towards the camera and CAN'T SEE WHERE I'M GOING!!!!!!!! Someone recommended that I move in 1st person view which did make it better but is nowhere near ideal as I like to see 360 degrees.
As for crafting. There are people synthing away all around me, collecting mats etc but I've not found any NPCs to teach me a craft yet even though I picked up some gathering guildleves (their equivalent atm of VoWs quests) I've no idea how to do anything. The FFXIV lodestone (official guide forum) doesn't seem to help. Oh, aye, it lists receipes but doesn't tell you how to start a craft specialisation.
I haven't even tried the friends list or the linkshells yet but a couple of ppl were discussing it last night and struggling with it even though they were familiar with the concept because they'd played FFVI.
The graphics are okay I guess. Not seen anything yet that made me stop and admire it, so nothing spectacular.
Even though the servers are getting congested as everyone logs in at the same time I suffer no lag but the loading screens for interaction between some NPCs for cut scenes take an age to load atm.
Even the opening scene is a stuggle. I won't describe it to stop anything being ruined but you stand there going "and...?". Click on something interactive and then stand there going "and...?" You have to click on it a second time to start moving forward. Not obvious and proved frustrating to get into - even though I'm familiar with playing in this environment. You can't jump easily into the game and in doesn't lead you naturally into starting to play.
I'll struggle on for a while...
At least it should please Nin :)
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