Several Final Fantasy XIV tidbits have floated up to the top. It's kind of like shabu-shabu. We've skimmed them off of VG247 for you, like you would the foamy scum:
First off, the upcoming PS3 and PC Square Enix MMO will have it's own religion. Meditate on that. Game producer Hiromichi Tanaka said “It will have its own religion. It’ll be a really unique type of world.” He hints that it will have both medieval and sci-fi elements, so you won't be able to call it a game that takes place in the past or future. Weird.
Surnames will be introduced to help people make the transition from Final Fantasy XI to this new title: “We’re trying to find a way so people can transfer their names to FFXIV," said Tanaka. "However, for FFXI we had 32 worlds, and each character had to have a unique name in each world, so if they move to XIV there might be a conflict, so what we’re trying to introduce is surnames for the characters so people can keep their original names but add something else to it to make it more unique.”
Finally, everyone is pleased that series composer Nobuo Uematsu is coming back for a new score for this game, his first full score since Final Fantasy IX. Tanaka: “As he’s very busy, we didn’t expect him to do all of the music for FFXIV, but this time he kindly suggested that he would take care of the whole [score].”
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
12 comments | showing # 1 to 12
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
8:30 PM on 08.31.2009
| 
That said, I have very little interest in MMOs due to he monthly fees. If this one goes DLC supported, I will get it, but otherwise... no thanks.
Also, unless the religion is tied to the story, then I don't care for it.
Many of the iconic FF staples were there: Moogles, chocobos (and yes, the chocobo tune), airships. All of the spells, all of the items. Hell, even a lot of the mobs are consistent with the FF universe. I even fought Cactrot Rapido, and yes 10,000 needles hurts; a lot.
Um.. FFXI was more FF than FFVI-FFVIII, FFX, FFX-2 & FFXII.
Whatever. Can we please have XIII now?
Also, mmmm... shabu-shabu.