Just came from the NA version of the site and worked just fine.

 NA and JP sites are updated, EU wasn't the last time I checked so EU community might have to view one of the other ones.

But yeah FFXIV = awesome. If that screen caption posted in the thread is a in-game shot which it kind of looks like to me then...wow...just wow, no game is touching it graphic wise.

This game ain't gonna run on my computer for sure... Beautiful screens

WOW all I can say is WOW. This info made my week, i am really hyped up now. Thanks for info

this is really hyping me up, I just can't wait to get my hands on this game!

I really hopped they would have new races though, but oh well, I like the old races as well (+the name changes)

"This game ain't gonna run on my computer for sure... Beautiful screens"

I dont' know what your system is, but it needs to run on a PS3, which, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't loaded up with crazy specs. So yoou shouldn't have to upgrade that much.

WOW... well I can say I'll be giving this game a serious try after seeing these.  I'll be buying it on the pc but... and I wouldn't have beleaved I'd say this when ffxi came out.. thank goodness for the focus of this game being for the ps3 and not the lowest common denominator pc.  With Aion and this I think the future of mmos are bright.

First time in awhile I have seen a world that looked as good as LOTRO

Originally posted by fylgia

"This game ain't gonna run on my computer for sure... Beautiful screens"

I dont' know what your system is, but it needs to run on a PS3, which, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't loaded up with crazy specs. So yoou shouldn't have to upgrade that much.

You ARE wrong. The PS3 does not have crazy graphics cards, true, but the prcoessor is the best you get. It's a cell processor. That means it is utterly rediculous. I don't know the specs exactly because most of the articles I've read have been very vague on it, but I know that it can run at over 4.00GHz with a bunch of different processors inside fo it. Basically the processor does all the work adn the graphics cards do back-up. killzone 2 uses pretty much only the processor.

On that note, i played FFXI on the PS2 for ages before we jumped to the PC version. With the right interface, its an awesome experience. I used something called a netplay controller back then,, created by logitech. It is basically a  ps2 joystick built around a laptop keyboard.

www.amazon.com/Logitech-NetPlay-Controller-Sony-Playstation/dp/B00006SKJ4

I liked it so much so, that when i tried playing the game on PC, i MISSED the PS2 controller. I bought an adapter to let me use the netplay controller on the PC and bang, i was money.

That said, i don't think that controller will work on the PS3, but I seriously hope they re-release something very much like it. Having to completely seperate controllers is awkward to me, particularly when you are not at a desk.

Moral of hte story: Playing the game on a console is a great experience, if you can find an interface that works for you. Something to bear in mind if you find yourself considering new technology for this game. Use the price for a PS3 as a benchmark and see if you can get a PC to handle this game for less.

UPDATE: lol morbib curiousity had me hook up the netplay controller to the PS3 using the same atapter that lets you hook a PS2 controller to a PC (they're like 5 bucks on e-bay). BINGO it works, the controll AND the keyboard! Personally I hate the small attachment keyboards that go with a PS3 controller.

If you have to play this game on a PS3, i highly recommend this device as an interface!

The races make me cringe (mostly the Dumbo-elf ears on the Elezen and Lalafell), but these landscapes are perfect. They're eyegasmic.

*hugs HD projector, molests PS3*

Are they..is this..is this a sandbox?

Looks like EQ 2.5

Its a good thing the new 24 incher I bought has an HDMI input, though now I'm going to have to buy a pair of speakers since it doesn't have built-in ones, or I can just (hopefully) play in on my PC at max settings. Though it has been said that if you order for one or the other you can play on both, assuming you bought the PS3 version and got the disk, it would most likely take ages to download a game of this calibur.

However, reading through all the pages on the updated website fills me with hope, a vision of versatility and long hours spent with friends on epic adventures (that actually will seem epic).

I'm really excited for this game and I'm looking forward to trying it hopefully maybe at the end of this year in beta, or next year in release :).

Originally posted by spankybus

UPDATE: lol morbib curiousity had me hook up the netplay controller to the PS3 using the same atapter that lets you hook a PS2 controller to a PC (they're like 5 bucks on e-bay). BINGO it works, the controll AND the keyboard! Personally I hate the small attachment keyboards that go with a PS3 controller.

 

If you have to play this game on a PS3, i highly recommend this device as an interface!

Logitech sells full sized PS3 keyboards for $20+, granted there is no mouse.

The $80 version comes buit in with a touch pad though.

Man it looks amazing.  Areas in screenshots remind me of konshtat highlands and meriphataud mountains.

Interesting on the teleporting and the negative effects also.  I can't wait to see what they have in store.

Wow great looking screenies, to bad it's wasted on a horrible story called final fantasy.

Originally posted by Cyborg99

Wow great looking screenies, to bad it's wasted on a horrible story called final fantasy.

Yes because final fantasy is a story...

I really hope that travel isn't done completely through teleportation... sure travel times on the airships could get annoying but at the same time it gave things a little more of a "real" feeling. I can't decide I want to go to the beach at one random moment and then seconds later just be there.  I also hope these teleports work a little like the Crags. I mean it is crystal based after all. 

One good thing tho is that it seems like everyone will be capable of teleporting themselves.  That  would put an end to the annoying taxi service shouts that spammed Jeuno and would remove a source of income from the gil sellers.

Originally posted by Hendo255

I really hope that travel isn't done completely through teleportation... sure travel times on the airships could get annoying but at the same time it gave things a little more of a "real" feeling. I can't decide I want to go to the beach at one random moment and then seconds later just be there.  I also hope these teleports work a little like the Crags. I mean it is crystal based after all. 

One good thing tho is that it seems like everyone will be capable of teleporting themselves.  That  would put an end to the annoying taxi service shouts that spammed Jeuno and would remove a source of income from the gil sellers.

I do also hope that travel by ship whether sea or air is on schedule and actually takes time where monsters can attack or players can trade.

How cool would it be if it was like FFXI, but seamless without zoning?

I would have to agree, on the airship part; it could be fun as heck to be on an airship with a few other players [or more], while traveling to a specific area, only to be ambushed, or attacked by monsters; I know it'd add too much, but what if the Airship had health [obviously high] and if it went to Zero, the Airship 'crashed'? I know it'd be frustrating and all being stuck in God-knows-where. 

But I doubt that would actually be implemented, sadly. I wish it twere true, though; it'd be awesome. Like, really awesome. But that's my opinion.