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Scoping out Final Fantasy XIV's bikini babes

"...A Miqo'te struts her way to the beachfront after a long day of grinding and looting, her hips swinging side to side like a pendulum, as she passes two equally unclad characters. After a shot of the dazzling azure sea, the scene cuts to a seaside exercise class, attended by a group of nimble Miqo'te wearing almost nothing but sunshine.

Bikini-clad catgirls are nothing new to Final Fantasy XIV, but their appearance in the trailer for A Realm Reborn shows Square Enix's continuing focus on servicing the fans."

-AATG

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Toon_Link3985d ago

Sounds like some summerfest fun for all!

RiPPn3985d ago

All the money wasted on this and FFXI, imagine the real Final Fantasy games we could have had.

Noami3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

you know how much sarcasm that could had been if u put /s in the end.
cause ffxi and ffxiv:ARR even FFXIV 1.0 had a better driven story than all the crud released after 11

even ffxi world story made ff10 feel like stupid

and to be honest i havent played a mmorpg that has had a greater story telling than of ffxi or even the start of ffxiv

helghast1023985d ago

"money wasted on this and FFXI"
Do you have any idea how much money XI made for SE?
Clearly you don't.

Shad0wRunner3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

Square-Enix does both MMO's and traditional RPG games. It's their way of expanding on the Final Fantasy universe as opposed to just doing "another FF RPG" title, one after another. It's not money wasted. It's money well invested. In the case of FFXIV and FFXI, these are living, breathing worlds that you can be a part of and enjoy 24/7/365. With the traditional RPG, you beat it...and youre done with it. This is not the case when talking about MMO's. Even if you go from level 1 to level cap and do all the quests, you can still enjoy the vast world of Eorzea, and the social aspects of the game. There are a lot of people out there that enjoy MMO's and what they have to offer, and there arent that many good ones around...except for the king of MMO's - World Of Warcraft. And a lot of people are excited for the fact that this will be the first TRUE MMO to grace the PS3, in all its years. Which is exciting for console gamers around the world.

Square-Enix has made what...14 consecutive FF RPG games? I think a few MMO spin-off's wont kill you once every 10 years or so. Besides...we all know Square-Enix is working on FFXV, probably due out by next year, and THAT will be your next REAL Final Fantasy game, bro.

So suck it up and deal with it. MMO's are gaining popularity once more and as next gen consoles are more powerful and able to do more, you can bet that we will see MORE of them in the not too distant future.

Firan3985d ago

FFXI is the most profitable FF game ever made and it still has some life left. That's pretty amazing if you ask me.

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Square Enix Releases Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark Software

Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

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Xbox Profanity Filter Is Ruining the FFXIV Chat

The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.

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Snookies1222d ago

Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.

gold_drake22d ago

wanted to say the exact same thjng.

VenomUK21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?

RedDevils21d ago

*insert gift*
"Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina."

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DivineHand12521d ago

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.

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TheGamingHounds21d ago

Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched

Eidolon21d ago

it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape

Aphrodia21d ago

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.

shinoff218321d ago

What happened to just reporting people

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

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.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

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.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Geezus, Xbox, you get gifted gold and still f*ck things up.

NOMATICENIGMA21d ago

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.

CrimsonWing6921d ago

Does this affect PC and PS4/PS5 users, too? Or is it only happening on Xbox?

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