Following the addition of the Bestiary to the official site, Square Enix has released clean images of the creatures found there-in. The elder primals Odin and Bahamut were thrown into the package as well. Check ‘em out in the above gallery.
The main thing that makes a KH MMO a difficult sell is the fact that, well, let me sum it up: Disney. They’re not going to particularly want their characters on an ever evolving online world where their franchise(s) could, arguably, be slandered and graffiti’d by online hooligans. The ‘Disney Factor’ cannot be forgotten, and while Square-Enix has a lot of leniency for the offline Kingdom Hearts games, don’t think for a moment that there aren’t a ton of hurdles and pre-screening each title ultimately has to go through. Something that won’t fly on a fluid MMO.
But if not KH, then what?
Now, let me explain: I agree 100% with Fusion that a KH MMO would be an absolutely stellar idea. It would work oh so well. On the other hand, I tend to have gut feelings about things, and that is why this editorial is just that – My perception of the gaming industry from my experience from not only as a fan, but as someone whom has worked in it in the past. While all of Fusion’s points are dead on, the only issue I see is the fact that the game could arguably become something of an amusement park ride, where you’re barely playing the game so much as going along with it until you hit the end to celebrate with the rest of your level capped buddies. Most MMO’s are like this, aren’t they? Okay, not most… But Cataclysm sure took that route. Ooooh, burn. Wait, get it? Burn? Oh, never–
Compared to what I knew about FFXI, I feel that I have almost a million times more information about FFXIV than I had before starting FFXI. Post after post is about E3. Was it disappointing? A success? What more did we learn that we didn’t know before? And on and on.
Statement: I love FFXIV.
Its not here…its not even Beta yet (get your righteous bottom back to Japan Tanaka!)…but the fact remains that I ‘feel’ like I know this game. I know the ‘core’ attitude that is bringing it to us. I’ve seen the video game play, trailer releases, etc. And while I know a lot can, and will, change before it hits the retail shelves, but I know that I already love this game.
