Closing Fantasy XIV stays my most-played MMORPG, as I’ve poured hundreds of hours into my Warrior of Mild’s journey throughout Eorzea to this point. The neighborhood is unparalleled, with Closing Fantasy XIV‘s builders’ deep involvement with gamers’ hopes for the sport and suggestions. Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida, the director of FFXIV, just lately took half within the sport’s iconic Fan Pageant 2023 showcase. On the occasion, Yoshi-P and Sq. Enix revealed Closing Fantasy XIV’s extremely anticipated 7.0 growth, Dawntrail.
Following the latest Closing Fantasy XIV Dawntrail reveal, Yoshi-P sat down for a press convention the place he mentioned what cultures impressed the upcoming growth and the way the brand new options will slot in following the sport’s previous story occasions. One vital analogy stood out when Yoshi-P in contrast FFXIV to a tv sequence after being requested about which Dawntrail options will assist outdated gamers get again into the sport or convey new gamers to the growth’s content material.
When requested how new gamers can keep away from “getting misplaced within the present lore and get up-to-date to play Dawntrail,” the director acknowledged that this can be a query the MMO’s builders obtain at each growth’s reveal. Yoshi-P responded that “even when we launch an growth pack, our outdated content material isn’t actually outdated.” He referred to as FFXIV “very story-driven,” saying that the devs “proceed to replace it and broaden our content material.”
Yoshi-P associated FFXIV to a TV present, saying that Dawntrail is sort of a later season and “individuals could wish to leap into the newest season.” Regardless of this want, gamers ought to catch themselves up by experiencing all the sport’s earlier expansions. To try to encourage gamers to play by means of every earlier “season” or storyline, Yoshi-P acknowledged that the devs have “made the earliest seasons straightforward to get into.” The overhauled graphics and dye slots revealed at Fan Fest ought to positively assist.
This wasn’t the one point out of TV reveals through the press convention although, because the director was requested a few attainable FFXIV anime adaptation. Yoshi-P stated that he would “like to have a Closing Fantasy XIV sequence” on tv, but additionally acknowledged that he doesn’t suppose he can “squeeze in being a director of a TV sequence” between his different roles with Sq. Enix. I’m hopeful that we’ll someday be capable to expertise the beloved MMO’s in depth story as one other medium, however till then the sport itself has greater than sufficient cutscene content material to get pleasure from.
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