After you get into the world, your current class depends upon what's in your hand.Įxperience is handed out as expertise with your current weapon. However, this choice is simply for starting the game. War includes fighters and weapon users, magic includes the magic classes, hand includes the crafters of the game (who still utilize a type of synthesis), and land includes the gatherers of the game. Classes, as noted before, are separated out into the disciples of war, magic, hand, and land. Instead these are options presented in drop-down menus, which offer customization without adding unnecessary complexity.Īfter determining your appearance, you choose a class. These aren't included in sliders, like other games, so you can't go off and create something totally ugly. However, there are no more pre-determined looks here! Players will be happy to know that many features on the face can be individually selected and changed, including lip type, nose type, hair color, hair highlight color, hair style, scars, jewelry, voice, skin pigmentation, and size. If this were FFXI, that would be the end of it. You're given your choice of race, sub-race (like the Miqo'te's Seeker of the Sun or Keeper of the Moon, which determines skin pigmentation), and your "character type" which gives you a few selections to get on your way. I tried to take as many notes on the options as I could, however my time was limited and I was off in the world before I knew it!Ĭharacter creation, much like the rest of the game, is a bridge between Final Fantasy XI's legacy and today's modern design. It's complicated without complication, simple on the surface yet teeming with a deeper game if you know where to look.įor the opening of the hands on, I got the chance to try out character creation and view all of the different possibilities.
I was finally able to wrap my mitts around the game here at E3 2010 and experience the meat of the game - a short preview of the game's combat system and questing system and some time with the game's character creator.įinal Fantasy XIV seems to be bridging elements of the old with elements of the new, and it's wrapping it all in a very gorgeous graphics engine. Ok, so perhaps I have more than two words to say after playing Final Fantasy XIV and interviewing the game's producer, Hiromichi Tanaka.
I only have two words after playing Final Fantasy XIV.
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