"It would almost be easier to name the parts of FFXIV that haven't been redone from the ground up for A Realm Reborn (ARR). The graphics engine, battle system, server structure, map system, and user interface are all new for starters, meaning that in a very real way, ARR is an entirely new game. Combat is much faster than before, as evidenced by multiple side-by-side videos shown to me at my recent preview."
~ Nick Tan, GameRevolution
Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.
Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.
The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.
Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.
What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?
I'm not convinced this is the profanity filter. It doesn't make sense to censor words like class, harvest and dance. It seems to be a bug.
Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched
it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape
Yeah these new fangled filters are going a bit too far. I have a game that filters "wtf". It's a censor for a self-censoring phrase. But I think overall it's how it should be. If you don't want certain language being used in your game by your player base, then it's up to you to filter/ censor the language you don't want. I can respect that. What I can't respect is when you say things that are not really offensive then you get ostracized for it.
This is completely false, I tested this on my son's child account and mine, this is not Microsoft censoring they will censor swears but not the combination of letters I can prove this with a screenshot where I use all mentioned words in the article but do not know how to upload a picture.
You can all continue your bashing, I was wrong someone explained to me this is a new policy, that's why it only happens for me in this brand new release. I'll try latter on ps to confirm but their response seemed informed wich leaves me rather worried for future censorship on my xbox.
It's not xbox, go ahead start a chat with the youngest person on your friends list then say raid mass class sass said .... they do not censor any of these I even got away with R.Aids. sqaure on the other hand does.
I really hope this marks a turnaround for Square.
I hope it really is a Realm Reborn. I know a lot of people were huge fans of FFXI and this was just a disappointment in every way when it launched.
I'll openly admit that I'm a big FF fanboy. I played XIV from beginning to end. I forced myself to play it for the first month or two, but I fell in love with the community. People were always helpful and were nice enough; this of course changed towards the end. I made some online friends and played casually and when ARR was announced, I only continued to play in hopes of not being left behind when the slew of new content was released.
Based on all of the videos, previews, etc, ARR is a totally new game. Is that bad? Hell no. It looks absolutely amazing to me. I'm glad they are streamlining the experience and reaching out to a new and the old fanbase alike.
While I don't agree with some of the changes - open world primal fights instead of instanced and the riddance of open world dungeons - the pros far outweigh the cons so I find it difficult to complain about anything.
Will ARR be one of the greatest MMOs out there? Idk, but I sure hope so. I just worry with all the bad press that XIV got, people assume that ARR is an expansion or an update. When in reality, it's an entirely new game built completely from the ground up. New engine, new world, new battle system, new core mechanics, and a ton of new content. The one thing ARR definitely has going for it is the content being imported from the original XIV....so it will have a ton of end game content. Tons.
I wonder if they'll ever make back all the money they lost on this fiasco.