Wandering around the world with its accompanying music will bring out the inner adventurer in all of us. Moves can be assigned to any of the buttons like hotkeys. Each move is executed with the simple press of either the L2 or R2 buttons whilst simultaneously pressing any of the face buttons. Free movement with the left joystick, camera movement with the right, and an Active Time Battle gauge dictating when you can initiate your next command. FFXIV: ARR’s battle system is rather different from its predecessors, and works similarly to the system present in FFXII. Of course no one wants to head out into unchartered territories fighting monsters, tribesmen, bandits, and the fearsome Garlean Empire without even knowing how to use a Potion. Thankfully enough, most of the quests at this part of the game involve simple errands throughout the city, and by the time you are tasked to head out into the wilderness, mastery of basic controls has already become routine. Getting a feel for the game’s controls at this stage should be paramount, but even if the controls this time are much more refined compared to FFXIV, it is still easy to lose your way in heated battle amongst monsters all vying for a piece of you. With all preliminaries complete, the player is thrust into the massive world of Eorzea and is initially greeted by a simple quest more like a guide through the basic character controls and camera movements. It is very important to be satisfied with how one looks and their starting class/job, as for a good part of the game, the player will be unable to change it. More classes means more ways to see the game in a different light, with each class’s guild being based in one of the three starting home cities. After minutes spent carefully recreating yourself – or at least a close enough representation of yourself – you will be prompted to choose what class to undertake, the revamped class system featuring more classes to choose from than in Final Fantasy XIV.
There are literally thousands of combinations, and possibly millions if taking into account different clothes, accessories, and the like. Players can literally spend an hour sifting through character traits such as skin color, face shape, race, face paint, hairstyles, you name it, and in stereotypical Final Fantasy fashion, each and every one of the character combinations looks otherworldly and gorgeous. What we do have now is a game befitting of the title of Final Fantasy, reborn as an MMORPG.Īfter selecting a server (and be careful – you’re locked in once you choose, so make sure your friends know which to join), the game will drop you into the Character selection menu. To start things off, this is not the Final Fantasy XIV you remember Square Enix has rid FFXIV: ARR of its predecessor’s clumsy controls, utterly disappointing battle system, and lackluster areas.
This is Square Enix’s latest masterpiece – this is Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PS3, PS4, PC).
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