New Final Fantasy XIV video details changes from alpha to beta

A new official Final Fantasy XIV video details the changes between the alpha and beta versions of the upcoming MMO.

[Wizziokid]

looks sweet

[synce]

Just not $15 a month sweet.

[Wizziokid]

well it it's standard mmo rate its going to be tough to choose between this and Star Wars: TOR...

[beardpapa]

Hope it's not like the first game where if you don't play for several months they wipe out your account, and you're forced to purchase an entire game again. Stupid Square.

[Nicolee]

they need to update , patch and looking after server 24hrs that why they charge monthly fees for so yes and no about the fees really as you get more quality of gameplay in the game. and alway make game more interesting + you will lost your time in the game for hrs and save some money without buy any other game.

[Reibooi]

Looks awesome. The combat looks like it moves MUCH faster. Which is impressive considering alot of the abilities and what not are not even in the game yet so it will probably bit even faster paced in the final version. There is also feed back from the beta to consider so I am sure the game will be great once it finally ships.

[Madis007]

Alpha to beta and beta to final

[Wizziokid]

Have they said anything about a monthly fee for PS3 yet?

[Caffo01]

there will be a monthly fee also for ps3...100% sure about it!

[Nicolee]

yes , they will be monthly fee on both PC and PS3 and its a cross platform gameplay so if you have both PC and PS3 version as same account and use the same name and character . like today play on PS3 and tomorrow play on PC . lol

[Madis007]

Nope :(

[TheObserver]

Looking very good.

[Graey]

Have they started letting people play the Beta build or given any information on when that might be?

[Caffo01]

beta starts mid-july..they're closing the alpha in a few days..

[Nicolee]

WOW looking much better, with better and more depth textures mmm sweet !.

[DA_SHREDDER]

better textures, better lighting? Thats a matter of opinion. I thought it was fine before the beta stage, it was alot more brighter.

[Reibooi]

Personally I think the lighting looks much better because it's more realistic. Most of the places that looked much darker were indoor areas that didn't have many lights and it seemed the lights and shadows worked in a much more realistic way which of course would make the game darker as a tiny little light isn't gonna light up a massive room like the sun which is basically what it looked like in the alpha.

[Jihaad_cpt]

I may actually pic up this up I haven't played an MMORPG, but I may just try it out for kicks

[GrilledCheeseBook]

not so sure about this one. graphics are fantastic and it looks to have a great atmosphere but so far what I've seen with TOR is more impressive with the story and gameplay.

They haven't shown much on character progression and activities
Have they revealed any of the classes?
I wish they would choose one of the many Final Fantasy worlds to make an MMO around so they could have some important npc's fleshed out already

[JAMurida]

Looking good.