Final Fantasy XIV Could Go 3D in 2010
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What's got me most excited, you ask? The impressive tech demonstration using nVidia's 3D Vision created an immersive MMO world that's unlike anything I've experienced.
If there's one genre that doesn't need the extra boost in immersive environments, it would be the MMORPG space. Games like World of Warcraft and Everquest have proved that MMO developers are more akin to digitized drug dealers than simple entertainment engineers.
And unlike a fast racing game or shooter, the pace of the MMO genre meant that I could move through the world slowly and deliberately, taking in every bit of architecture at my own pace.
Square-Enix was coy about officially announcing 3D functionality in FFXIV, claiming that the tech demo at E3 was available merely to gauge interest in the possibility. The numerous 3D stations set up with three landscape monitors, however, suggested that they were taking this demo quite seriously.
The release of FFXIV on the PS3, a strong proponent of 3D tech, further reinforces that we'll be traversing through Eorzea later this year in full 3D glory. You'll still need glasses and a powerful system (you can benchmark your system for FFXIV on the Final Fantasy Website), but if you get the chance to check this out in 3D for yourself, I'm sure you wouldn't want to play the game any other way.
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