I was already thrilled to hear Aero's original, cute accent in that brief still-image trailer.
I also gather from that single image that the look of the game will be slightly different to that of FF, but still very much reminiscent of it. Which is good. I read complaints about the character models in FF, particularly the females ones, looking awful, which is not my experience.
Aesthetics matter a heck of a lot to me and was actually quite satisfied with the character creation, design and customization. What I found annoying, was the lack of ability (without an add-on or other stuff) for the player to preview cosmetic items that were on the market. And the RedBean store certainly didn't have all the available items, many of which were only listed on the market, but were missing from the store. That's one thing they need to change, so players can see all the customization option available and know exactly what they pay for, whether it'll be through in-game converted currency and especially if it'll be through real money.
Related to this, is another small thing in the game that bugged me and that was the avatars of NPCs, which looked awesome and unique (and in case of female characters, hot), but I was disappointed that their in-game models were different and sometimes didn't really look like the avatars, at all. I realize that in the greater scheme of things this is an infinitesimal quibble, but it adds to the immersion and feel of the game.
It was interesting to read about the original and intended story ark. The post itself gave me the impression that Red5 took more deliberation with the source-material than they should have and have departed from it, much to the detriment of the game. For a while, I did not even realize the game had an actual plot. Speaking of which, since FireFall, failing as it is, at the moment, already established the locations for the game, on Earth. I think it would be more interesting, given the slightly different look of Ember to have a separate story for it. The location for it, could be the maiden voyage's original destination, Alpha Prime. As I understand the story. The Melding could've affected that world (which would be similar to Earth), as well. And while the majority of the Accord and other other organizations and corporations from FF, and all the rest of humanity is busy taking back Earth, a slightly different narrative could be playing out elsewhere in the galaxy, on Alpha Prime, with a slightly different Accord, stranded with the portion of humanity, separated into factions, similarly to FF.
If the two Accords would ever make contact with each other, the ones back on Earth could go "Wow, their Thumpers are walking mechs!" as a sort of joke and reference to the old FF, and the relation to its spiritual successor.
I also gather from that single image that the look of the game will be slightly different to that of FF, but still very much reminiscent of it. Which is good. I read complaints about the character models in FF, particularly the females ones, looking awful, which is not my experience.
Aesthetics matter a heck of a lot to me and was actually quite satisfied with the character creation, design and customization. What I found annoying, was the lack of ability (without an add-on or other stuff) for the player to preview cosmetic items that were on the market. And the RedBean store certainly didn't have all the available items, many of which were only listed on the market, but were missing from the store. That's one thing they need to change, so players can see all the customization option available and know exactly what they pay for, whether it'll be through in-game converted currency and especially if it'll be through real money.
Related to this, is another small thing in the game that bugged me and that was the avatars of NPCs, which looked awesome and unique (and in case of female characters, hot), but I was disappointed that their in-game models were different and sometimes didn't really look like the avatars, at all. I realize that in the greater scheme of things this is an infinitesimal quibble, but it adds to the immersion and feel of the game.
It was interesting to read about the original and intended story ark. The post itself gave me the impression that Red5 took more deliberation with the source-material than they should have and have departed from it, much to the detriment of the game. For a while, I did not even realize the game had an actual plot. Speaking of which, since FireFall, failing as it is, at the moment, already established the locations for the game, on Earth. I think it would be more interesting, given the slightly different look of Ember to have a separate story for it. The location for it, could be the maiden voyage's original destination, Alpha Prime. As I understand the story. The Melding could've affected that world (which would be similar to Earth), as well. And while the majority of the Accord and other other organizations and corporations from FF, and all the rest of humanity is busy taking back Earth, a slightly different narrative could be playing out elsewhere in the galaxy, on Alpha Prime, with a slightly different Accord, stranded with the portion of humanity, separated into factions, similarly to FF.
If the two Accords would ever make contact with each other, the ones back on Earth could go "Wow, their Thumpers are walking mechs!" as a sort of joke and reference to the old FF, and the relation to its spiritual successor.
