I just stepped out of the“secret” press conference Square Enix hostedand, well, it was a ratherinterestingexperience. It wasn’t terrible by any means — in fact, everyone there could not have been nicer or more gracious — but theentirefocus was on nothing but therecently announcedFinal Fantasy XIV. This would have been fine, but once the conference started the moderator came out and immediately opened the floor to questions. But … but … none of us knew anything about the game outside of the quick trailer shown at Sony’s presentation yesterday. How were we supposed to askanything?
Luckily, many people stepped up with interesting — if rather general (but who can blame them?) — questions.
Based on the little information that was revealed,Final Fantasy XIVis an MMO set in a different, but similar, world than its online predecessorFinal Fantasy XIand will have a worldwide release exclusively on the PlayStation 3 and PC. Other than that, nothing more was talked about outside of a lot of “no comments.”
As a guy who hasn’t playedFinal Fantasy XI, it was hard for me to find anything to get too excited about regardingFinal Fantasy XIV. But, I have to admit, the game looks beautiful. Check out the trailer after the jump and the gallery with a handful of gorgeous screens that the producer promises are a combination of in-game and pre-rendered cutscene footage. If the game ends up looking this good in the end, I may very well dive into the world of MMOs that I have always wanted to brave. CouldFinal Fantasy XIVbreak my MMO virginity? It certainly is doing a good job wooing me.
