XBox 360 FFXI shots

[sj33]

FFXI is simply a very old PS2 game

The lack of 720p is still quite unforgivable when you consider most new-ish PC's can run the game at at least 1024x768.

[C']

That's not what magic Box are saying:


I'm not bothered about the look of the game, but no voice chat seems a daft decision. It was the one fundamental factor that would differentiate the game from the other verions. PSO was excellent with voice support.

The producer of the game has confirmed te rerason for no voice support in a recent interview. GMs use the chatlogs as a method of checking for player abuse, dealing with complaints etc. They stated that this would not be possible with voice chat.

Also, even if they don't visually improve things to a great extent (if at all) you still have a fine looking game. Technical proficiency is all well and good but good design work is important and S-E have spent a lot of care attention in this world and some of the sights are truly awe-inspiring. There are just so many touches that create a game that may be technically dated, still looks fantastic to me.

[Hodge]

The lack of 720p is still quite unforgivable when you consider most new-ish PC's can run the game at at least 1024x768.

It does support 720P. 480P is the standard there using atm while in the development stages, they have 720p up and running and they have tested 1080i but find it to stressful on system resources. Tha magicbox quote was just taken from the gameinformer interview but didn`t give you the whole picture by the look of it.

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Sto...1854.37796.htm

[stormbreak]

Will the Xbox live fee cover this game, or will you have to pay another fee?

[Darwock]

Will the Xbox live fee cover this game, or will you have to pay another fee?

Based on this:

the game will run on the PlayOnline server instead of Microsoft's servers.

..then yes it will be a separate fee. It couldn't really work any other way.

[Akira]

well no voice chat = no buy for me.

Lack of voice chat in this generation(xbox) is pretty bad,but no voice chat in the next gen is unacceptable.

**** you squenix!

[melenko]

have you tried keeping up with the chat in a busy area? with voice you wouldnt have a clue whats going on, bandwidth probably wouldnt be happy either :P

[Akira]

^yea but this is something they should be working around instead of just ignoring the problem.

FFXI will end up being the only live game without voice chat.LAME! i'm not going back to the days of PSO on DC.This is the 360 FFS!

[sithlordx]

Voice chat in partys at least ffs

[Kotatsu Neko]

A lazy port which MS most likely paid a fortune for just so they could say they have FF on the 360.

I'm pretty sure all XBL games MUST support voice, so if this one doesn't MS have bent the rules especially for Square.

It's all rather sad and you have to wonder who MS are trying to impress. Certainly not the Japanese who will have been there and done that years ago. And us Westerners are all graphics whores and will dismiss this as the PS2 port that it is.

[NackNack]

well no voice chat = no buy for me.

Lack of voice chat in this generation(xbox) is pretty bad,but no voice chat in the next gen is unacceptable.

**** you squenix!

How the hell are the people playing on PS2s and PCs going to understand you then? Exactly, they wouldn't be able to.

This one game that they're releasing a keyboard for - as this is the only way to play a very talk-heavy MMORPG. If you're ever played FFXI or WoW, you'll see why this is essential.

[NackNack]

And us Westerners are all graphics whores and will dismiss this as the PS2 port that it is.

It only got a PC release over here, so this is fresh ground for many people in Europe - and all the current subscribers to Xbox Live in the US.

[SubparMario]

It seems really foolish to release such a mongrel of a game on to the X360 when a key selling point of the system is the whole high-quality standardized Xbox Live integration/experience. Sucks.

[melenko]

but isnt it going through the ffxi servers not live?

how many players are normally on a game with voice? 16 or 32 or something? not like a couple thousand on at once

[Mr Fujisawa]

A lazy port which MS most likely paid a fortune for just so they could say they have FF on the 360.

I'm pretty sure all XBL games MUST support voice, so if this one doesn't MS have bent the rules especially for Square.

It's all rather sad and you have to wonder who MS are trying to impress. Certainly not the Japanese who will have been there and done that years ago. And us Westerners are all graphics whores and will dismiss this as the PS2 port that it is.

they alraedy twisted the rules by allowing them NOT to use live, and thus its not bound by live rules

but saying that, it does support voice
GI: So with the Xbox 360 version you can use the headset?

Tanaka: You?ll be able to use the headset, and it?ll be possible to use the voice chat with other Xbox users.

GI: So Xbox 360 players will be able to communicate with each other with the headset, but there will be no voice chat with PS2 or PC?

Tanaka: Yes.

GI: Are you going to try to add that for PS2 and PC so everybody can talk together?

Tanaka: No. We?d rather have people use text as a means of communication so we can keep track of harassment and such.

GI: Well then how are you going to keep track of that with the Xbox 360?

Tanaka: That?s not actually a part of FFXI. Using the voice chat with Xbox 360 is a separate function of the 360.

GI: Say if I am playing on a PS2 and everyone else in my party is playing on a 360 and chatting on the headset. Will I be able to at least hear what they are saying to know what?s going on?

Tanaka: There?s no voice chat at all in the game for PS2 players and Xbox 360 players. The 360 users would have to find the people through Xbox Live. To answer your question, PS2 players can?t hear the voice chat. Well a lot of players in Japan don?t want to talk with voice chat. There are a lot of people playing female characters that don?t want people in the game to know that they are actually males


fair point


(quotes taken from Game Informer Online)