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Final Fantasy XIV News - March Famitsu Information, Screenshots
Posted by Michael Bitton on Mar 11, 2010 | 10 comments in our forums
SteveManly over at FFXIVCore has come across a cornucopia of information and images of Final Fantasy XIV from this month's issue of Famitsu.
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An interview with Square Enix's battle director Atsushi Okada and planners Sei Sato and Kenichi Iwao discusses a number of topics ranging from the role of elements in FFXIV, to the importance of distance in combat, to how MP replenishment will work.
There is also a breakdown of a number of the game's Jobs including descriptions of their abilities and comments from the developers themselves. The jobs outlined include: Conjurer, Thaumaturge, Blacksmith, Miner, Pugilist and Archer.
Screenshots from the VanaFest 2010 opening trailer are also available, but what is most interesting is a single in-game screenshot that also features the game UI.
Get the full details over at FFXIVCore.
FFXIV is really shaping up to be a very interesting MMORPG. Should be a refreshing breath of air into a stagnant genre.
I love the detail in that screenshot. That castle in the background looks like something I'd like to explore. I hope this game really gives us a lot of freedom to explore and that it's not just something off in the distance that cannot be reached like in so many of the recent MMOs.
Just a hunch, but that castle looks more like Limsa-Lominsa, one of the main cities in the game, to me. Well, at least that confirms that you'll be able to go there =P.
Just a hunch, but that castle looks more like Limsa-Lominsa, one of the main cities in the game, to me. Well, at least that confirms that you'll be able to go there =P.
Cool
Limsa-Lominsa is surrounded by some vicious monsters than!
FFXIV looks better and better every time I see it. Really hope this game delivers because the genre is getting very stale and needs a lot of help.
I just hope the controls for PC are made for PC this time,.
The battle system looks very interesting. You will have to plan out each battle very carefully and the whole party vs party looks amazing!
MP cost will not recover and MP cost control is a big part of the combat system .... Oh i can already hear the cries and whines of the soloer.
Great information from this website found within this article! Game just looks awesome!
Perfect! Although I expect there will be ways for soloers to refresh their MP easily enough. I'm currently looking at maining Thaumaturge since they seem to be the MP controlling class... always love resource based support roles. :)