• New Screens of Primal Shiva in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

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    Raistlin
    Published on 01-22-2013 11:13 PM
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    Shiva has been a popular recurring summon throughout the Final Fantasy series, as our own Lockharted recently pointed out in her Summon of the Month spotlight on the icy beauty. And with the developers of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn trying to do more to bring the “Final Fantasy feel” to the upcoming game, it is no surprise that Shiva will be making an appearance as a primal.

    Here is the original concept art for Shiva in FFXIV:


    Earlier today, the development team released some screenshots of how Shiva will actually look in the game.



    A full length look at the latest primal.


    Apparently Shiva dyes her hair like a rebellious teenage girl.


    And you thought Cloud had to use a lot of hair product...

    Wow, not exactly the blue lady we’ve come to expect from Shiva, but still as powerful looking and scantily clad as ever. Her hair sticking up is kind of freaking me out, though.

    [Source: FFXIV Developer’s Blog]
    This article was originally published in forum thread: New Screens of Primal Shiva in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn started by Raistlin View original post
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    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 01-22-2013, 11:17 PM
      She looks kind of.... Guado-ey!
    1. Raistlin's Avatar
      Raistlin - 01-22-2013, 11:23 PM
      Eh, I dunno. I can sort of see it, I guess.

      To be honest, I'm not sure I like the look, but it's nothing I can't get over.
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 01-22-2013, 11:24 PM
      Yeah I don't see from the Primal how it represents 'ice' at all. Maybe it will be updated or something.
    1. Del Murder's Avatar
      Del Murder - 01-22-2013, 11:43 PM
      She looks creepy.
    1. Futan's Avatar
      Futan - 01-23-2013, 12:19 AM
      What Del said. I hope she's going to be blue-er when she's actually in the game with all the effects and such are on.
    1. Raistlin's Avatar
      Raistlin - 01-23-2013, 12:39 AM
      I told you, it's the hair!

      The face is kinda creepy too. I blame the ear.
    1. Del Murder's Avatar
      Del Murder - 01-23-2013, 01:45 AM
      How do summons work in this game, anyway?
    1. Faris's Avatar
      Faris - 01-23-2013, 01:52 AM
      She's nightmare material

      Reminds me a bit of Banshees from Mass Effect
    1. Edge7's Avatar
      Edge7 - 01-23-2013, 02:01 AM
      Well I think she looks nice...

      EDIT: Wait, I just realized her "head ornament" is actually her hair. Burn it with fire!

      (Ya geddit ?)
    1. Futan's Avatar
      Futan - 01-23-2013, 02:05 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
      How do summons work in this game, anyway?
      They're coming out with(or soon after) 2.0. I don't know if they've said anything about the mechanics of them yet.
    1. Freya's Avatar
      Freya - 01-23-2013, 06:20 AM
      She looks intimidating.... I LIKE IT! Normally shiva is seen as a sexual object (don't lie, you know it's true) but this look, this makes her look like someone you don't want to smurf with, while embodying all that is female.
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum - 01-23-2013, 09:24 AM
      It's a nice ZBrush sculpt! We'll see how it translates to the engine with textures (I don't believe she has any textures there, just the stock-standard ZBrush materials) and effects.

      I actually like the design of it, but maybe I'm weird.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage - 01-23-2013, 01:13 PM
      The colors on the 3D model are just placeholders. They will be different and closer to the concept art when it's finished.
    1. ShinGundam's Avatar
      ShinGundam - 01-23-2013, 01:42 PM
      She looks like Dark elf with drills.
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB - 01-23-2013, 02:10 PM
      I dunno, I think she looks very Shiva-like. Also, what Mirage said - they aren't done with the colouring etc. They only did the colouring like it is now to stop themselves from working with a giant blob of solid grey.
    1. Flaming Ice's Avatar
      Flaming Ice - 01-23-2013, 06:20 PM
      Don't girls wear clothes anymore ~.~?
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage - 01-23-2013, 10:52 PM
      I think shiva would take offense from being called a girl.

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