During Japan Expo Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida announced that Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII will appear in the upcoming MMORPG , creating quite a lot of controversy between that part of the fanbase that suffers from a serious form of allergy to the character, while others were concerned by the possibility that her inclusion would break the game’s lore.
Yesterday Yoshida-san posted a rather detailed explanation letting fans know how everything will make sense.
Today, during a pane at PAX East, Square Enix announced the release date of the next expansion Dawntrail, on top of the editions and more.
The MMORPG will arrive on Xbox consoles on 21st March following its open beta, with Square Enix releasing further details on the launch in a new Lodestone blog post.
Not only is Game Pass required to play the game in full, but FFXIV Coins will be required to make purchases - a new currency not used on PC or PlayStation.
What's even the point if they're doing everything possible to convince people NOT to play?
Bad idea. Kind of at the point its almost like a repeat of FFXI on the 360 with it requiring Gold to play.
Greed greed nothing but greed. Anyone who willingly plays 14 on Xbox is a bona fide sucker.
Kotaku writes: "That’s thanks to a series of announcements from Square Enix about exclusive features and play requirements, the latest being a new currency called FFXIV Coins."
Urgh...why doesn't he just admit higher ups told him to shoe horn her into the game because they are obsessed with us to love her.
*** The story that answers these questions is already being created and it will also be related to the Lightning saga. This is not just a Lightning clone showing up in Eorzea; it is the one and only Lightning. We are also creating a lot of character dialogue for Lightning as well as special cut scenes. We’ve established a proper story, and I hope you’re excited to see it. ***
So why start with her, what about Cloud, Squall, Zidine, Tidus etc....I bet you right now they won't get any missions. Maybe a few items from their games but nothing special.
I mean they are taking a character which is mostly hated and despite already having three games with her in, they want to shove her in another. A game which is supposed to be separate from FF13s world.
Did anyone find it funny that he only adressed one half of the issues, the "will it ruin the lore" issue...not the "We don't like her, why the hell are you including her" problem.
Honestly...Japanese companies this gen just seem so out of touch and so arrogant. I mean it's like they want us to hate them
I wonder what kind of blackmail material Toriyama has on the other dudes at Square-Enix to get away with forcing Lightning into everything.
I like Lightning but she does not fit in FF XIV at all. I wish they paired her up with Cloud in a game though, they fit each other. They're both mopy-ish.
The one and only thing nobody wants.
Sounds like they've put a lot of thought into it. I for one find something pretty awesome about separate fictional universes crossing over in really deep and convincing ways. The narrative possibilities are endless. Dissidia kind of tried it, but since it was first and foremost a fighting game it seemed to struggle to work the narrative into the game. This sounds like it'll expound the whole parallel world thing in a much more interesting way.
While it is obviously partly marketing for Lightning Returns because I'm sure Toriyama and Kitase are a little bit worried about the game's prospects, it's still cool that they're really putting effort and thought into building a narrative out of it, not just inserting her into the game in a really shallow and meaningless way. Instead of just insulting our intelligence by doing such a thing, they're showing us respect by putting time and effort into crafting Lightning's role in the game.