Quindi Rapture cassato o S-E tentera' di commercializzare due MMORPG sulla stessa macchina nella stessa generazione?
Final Fantasy XIV dovrebbe essere proprio Rapture, che era il nome del progetto penso.
Riassumo qui un po' dei Q&A piu' importanti di stasera:
Q:What are the ties to FFXI?
A:These are different races, a different world than FFXI, the name of the world is Eorzea.The reason we made them similar in FFXI was so that the players who have been playing XI and liked the character can choose a similar type of race.
Q:What happens to FFXI now?
A:the development for FFXIV started appearing four to five years ago.We started going into full gear the past few years. This has been going along at the same time as FFXI.We still plan on continuing developing for FFXI. We have a year planned for FFXI still in the works.
Q:What kind of influences from other MMOGs like World of Warcraft have there been on FFXIV?
A:As with WOW, they're aimed at the casual user. We're aiming for more casual users. However, we don't want to make a copy of WOW. We want to be unique.
Q:FFXI has evolved a lot over the years, with the ability to play solo like WOW. Will you be carrying over the ability of being able to play solo?
A:FFXI was originally designed based on party battles. With FFXIV, we'd like to have content for solo players, as well as extremely large battles for players to play together.
Q:Are there plans for worldwide launch of the game, simultaneous worldwide release?
A:Yes, we will launch worldwide, in all regions, in the same four languages as we already announced. Servers will be worldwide, and there will also be cross-platform servers
Q:Are there any special elements in the MMO genre that you will improve with this game?
A:Our plan from the beginning was to make the best Final Fantasy game available with FFXIV. That was our vision.We thought, 'How can we make the best FF game?' We decided on the MMO genre. However, we are trying to implement a lot of new systems that other MMOs have not used in the past.
Q:What's different from FFXI, and what would they like to do in this game?
A:We will have the same type of storytelling and expand on in-game systems. The player will be able to grow and develop in a natural way. It shouldn't put a lot of weight on the player itself, and through this, we'll develop the job system into something quite different. FFXI has gotten better. For FFXIV we want to make it so that if you want to play in a party, you can, if you want to play solo you can, or if you want to play all day, you can. We will have game systems and content there for all types of people.
Q:Is there any possibility of porting FFXI characters to FFXIV?
A:The game is completely different. There won't be any way to take your character from XI and take it to XIV. Also, FFXIV will not be using the PlayOnline system. However, the friends list will be transferred over to the FFXIV system.
Q:If I'm new to the MMO genre I have many options to choose from. Why would I choose FFXIV over these games?
A:We believe that players will fall in love with the world we've created and the story we have to offer. That's probably our biggest thing.