• Letter from the Producer XXXVII: Alpha Begins and New Screenshots

    Naoki Yoshida, producer for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, just released a short Letter from the Producer with some quick updates. Most significantly, he announced that the alpha testing of A Realm Reborn will officially begin on October 29, 2012!

    Yoshi-P also snuck in some nifty screenshots from the developer’s stress testing of ARR. Here they are, with Yoshi-P’s commentary:


    ”Adventurers turned up in droves to put one of the new instanced dungeons, Tam-Tara Deepcroft, through its paces.”


    ”As you can see, the new engine can handle a lot of characters at once, and I even had the settings set to high. (In case you’re wondering, everyone is sporting exclusive alpha gear for the dungeon.) “


    ”In preparation for the beta and official release versions, we’ve also been testing new content that pits large groups against enormous foes. There’s some chatting going on in the log, but the content name is wrong. (lol)”


    ”One of our staff members took a widescreen snap while we were trading blows with the mighty adamantoise.”

    Those last two screens are pretty awesome; I am eager to try out to redone battle system for ARR.

    With the age of 1.x almost over, Yoshida told us that we definitely won’t want to miss the grand finale for the current game, which is coming up on November 11. He also promised us even more ARR info over the next few weeks, so we’ll be sure to keep you updated.
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