Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Levequests and party combat preview

[Game website] Another week, another new Alpha footage for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This time, Square Enix is showcasing the game’s revamped levequests (another underwhelming feature in the original) and party combat system. There are 3 different types,…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Sneak peek at gathering and crafting

Probably 1 of the most complained and worst features in the original Final Fantasy XIV Online, the gathering and crafting system is getting simplified in A Realm Reborn. I shall not further explain, as the video does really explain itself…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – New video features quests & combat

Square Enix released yet another new trailer earlier, featuring quests and combat in the Alpha version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Yes, combat is still the traditional point and click without active dodge, but the whole world looks…

Final Fantasy XIV – New Alpha video shows lush surroundings

[Game website] A couple months more before Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn enters Closed Beta, the official videos from the Alpha client are keeping the anticipation levels high. This time round, it is showing the lush woods surrounding the…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – End of an Era

[Game website] Today marks the end of the original version of Final Fantasy XIV, which to some is deemed as a failure, while to others just an unpolished gem. No matter the feeling, most of us will be awaiting for the…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Character creation footage

Straight from the Alpha client, Square Enix has just revealed a footage for the character creation feature in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Vastly improved compared to that junk which is the original Final Fantasy XIV, the graphics and…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Tokyo Game Show 2012 trailer

[Game website] Although Final Fantasy XIV tanked at launch, the newly minted version 2.0, A Realm Reborn, captivated me once the first screenshots were released. I am a semi-graphics whore, which I have never failed to admit. In the recent…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Nearly an hour of press footage

I am not really sure how the heck I missed the live-stream for this press conference a couple of days ago, but I guess it is better late than never. Square Enix is now ready to open up and talk…

Final Fantasy XIV – Doubts about the new flashy trailer

While I am holding much positives for Final Fantasy XIV’s rebirth coming in a couple of months, I am not sure what Square Enix is doing now is to the best of the game’s interests. You see, with quite a…

Final Fantasy XIV – Old retail copies ordered to be destroyed?

[Source] Oh man… Posted in NeoGAF forums, Square Enix is apparently ordering retail stores to “destroy” old copies of Final Fantasy XIV, which will see a vastly different Version 2.0 launch later this year. According to the source, there is…

Final Fantasy XIV Online – Square Enix releases 27 new images

Technically not released at Gamescom 2012, I think I read that the game will have a demo or in-game stuff at the event. Square Enix released a new bunch of screenshots, which I am really impressed with. Hopefully, it will…

Final Fantasy XIV Online – New trailer as relaunch draws close

While the first trailer is titled “The Fate of Eorzea”, this new one finally fits the game’s relaunch name, “A Realm Reborn”. I am of course talking about Final Fantasy XIV Online, which is closing to launch in a couple…