Juxtaposed Life

Category: Final Fantasy

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 4

    Thoughts and Tips Testing Schedule: The next, and final beta phase 3 play period: July 10, 2013 (Wednesday), 2:00 a.m. to July 15 (Monday), 2:00 a.m. (PDT) July 10, 2013 (Wednesday), 9:00 a.m. to July 15 (Monday), 9:00 a.m. (GMT) Characters will be wiped at the end of this phase. No word on when Phase…

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 3

    Picking up from where I left off last time, talking about reasons why the game captivated me during this weekend’s beta test. Gathering and Crafting   While gathering and crafting are common in MMORPGs, there FFXIV-ARR’s systems provided a few elements that when put together made the systems feel unique and oddly compelling. Classes Swapping:…

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 1 (Warnings)

    Now that I got my background baggage post out of the way it is time for a few warnings about this game. Subscription Based First, and this is BIG and I’m only going to say it once:   This game is currently planned to operate under a subscription model.  I’m probably in the minority, but I…

  • Approaching the FFXIV-ARR Beta 3

    I spent a bunch of time over my 4th of July holiday weekend playing the Final Fantasy – A Realm Reborn phase 3 beta.  Wow that is a mouthful.  Though before I make my traditional post of thoughts I felt my experience with this game deserved a bit of background.   I played maybe ten…

  • A Long Weekend

    Over this long weekend I had some extra gaming time, which then led to me commenting out loud (to no one) about the games I was playing as well as games I was reading about.  Talking to myself is bad enough, but not recording the conversation so I can listen to myself at a later…