FFXIV Emotes

Like the ones in FFXI? Well they are back in FFXIV. Although I think it’s a little overkill .

You can also see that FFXIV’s motion seems more like motion capture (hence, recording an actual human movement, animating a 3d character), than a hand-keying, where you set A to B, and computer predicts the motion between A to B. It’s definitely something important since emote is a key part of every character, something we will be using on a daily basis.

Here’s another one of the battle system. It seems like it’s auto-attack based, but again it’s a little early to conclude.

You can also see action-bars, which is definitely a great improvement from its ancestors! From time to time, you would also see the use of mouse to click dialogue box. Jumping still not seen, but lets hope they can swim this time =P

The last interesting movie from GameTrailers were actually what Lalafella looked like in-game. They run rather kiddish (probably a motion capture of a kid running). Their belly doesn’t seem as wide as I thought in-game. Here’s the direct video link!

In regards to battle system. There was really nothing to show other than a Red-Lotus blade weapon skill. There was no magic what so ever. BUT, some people on BG took a closer look and found this.

It sounds like from their discussion that hit gives 2 TP, Red Lotus Blade takes 500TP, AoE Circle Blade takes 1505TP, “Schutzschild Shield?” Takes 500TP. Defeating enemies also gives 2000TP points back. Pretty crazy analysis huh!

We did see the crystal popping out when all the monsters were dead =P

Well that’s it for the FFXIV portion of Gamescom for GameTrailers. If you want to see the other GT videos from Gamecom, feel free to visit them here.

Added (Thanks to James) – Weather Effects in FFXIV!

One Word: Awesome! Better start saving up for a new rig. This time it won’t just require “CPU” and “Texture and Lightning” Engine-enabled graphics card XD

FFXIV Core’s High Quality Pictures

Still want more?

Well the folks at FFXIV Core also went to Gamescom too. The worthwhile stuff are probably the screenshot where you’d actually see some in-game screens, descriptions and storyline. GO check out the article at FFXIVCore.

Seems like a lot of interesting finds, speculation as well as discovery to be made. Anyway, we’ll keep posting as we see more interesting facts we read over the internet.