Final Fantasy 14 like a TV show that new players shouldn't skip through, says Yoshida
While this weekend's announcement of Final Fantasy 14's next expansion Dawntrail was huge news for fans, for new players yet to jump into Eorzea the prospect of even more story to get through may be a daunting one.
And with the game coming to Xbox consoles next year, there will be a whole new audience looking to start their adventure.
Producer and director Naoki Yoshida likened the game to a TV show that players can binge from the start, and highlighted the Duty Support system as a way to ease in newer players.
«With the Duty Support system...we've allowed it so that you don't necessarily have to play with other players, you can go solo and power through the story content,» said Yoshida at a press conference during the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in Las Vegas.
«With the analogy of a TV series, this is like a season six that we are just now releasing, and people might be tempted to say 'Oh, well just start from six' but I honestly feel like well, it's on season six and we've made it so that season one is very easy to get through and binge.
»So I think it couldn't be easier to recommend for [new players] to just start at the beginning and take it from there."
He also explained that despite expansions extending the game's narrative, older content is still updated and worth playing.
«Even if we release an expansion pack, our previous content is not necessarily old or older, so to speak,» said Yoshida. «We continue to update it, we've continued to add new content. Plus it's very story driven.
»And so, if we have a new expansion pack, would players only focus on the new expansion? Would people be eager to just jump into the new expansion pack? I wonder."
Some players may be eager to just play the new content, but due to the
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