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Slap me senseless if we have a thread about it already. I thought we did, but it turns out to be the news article about the patch?
Anyway, what do people think about FFXIV's version of the Gold Saucer?
Personally I think it is a welcome addition, but it seems a little bit incomplete. It looks good (loving the Cait Sith stained glass windows, etc) and it is filled with countless Easter eggs (Mt. Corel, etc).
I appreciate Triple Triad and am having a bit of fun with that (though I wish we could use more than one 'rare' card in each deck - the computer characters sure seem to be using as many as they want, so why can't we?!). It's not flawless, but it is a good addition.
I long for more attractions at this Gold Saucer though.
There was much more to do in FFVII's Gold Saucer. In FFVII we had a rollercoaster. We had a cable car thing. We had various arcade games (snowboarding, motorbike battles, boxing, submarining, moogle feeding / matchmaking, etc). We had arm wrestling. We had a fortune teller. We had a haunted house hotel. We even had a theatre and could watch a play (a one time event, but still...).
Just think about what the FFXIV Gold Saucer could be like if it had some of these things?
Imagine a theatre we could visit and actually watch plays? They could put FFIX's 'I Want to Be Your Canary' on, for example. People could purchase tickets for seats (the most expensive ones being the best seats - like an actual theatre), and perhaps people could purchase binoculars to watch the show more closely (full screen, etc), but otherwise people are sat next to each other and it could double as a social occasion.
Alas, that sounds like too much work for them. It would be cool though.
I really hope that FFXIV’s Gold Saucer opens new attractions at some point. It’s a very good start, but I do think that the theme park needs more. Other than the card game and chocobo racing there isn't much to do except try the lottery, or run around waiting for event announcements. Whack-a-Gilgamesh (or whatever it is actually called) is okay for a few seconds, but it isn't something anybody is going to spend time on.
It currently doesn’t match the FFVII Gold Saucer, but thank the heavens that we have something at least.
Anyway, what do people think about FFXIV's version of the Gold Saucer?
Personally I think it is a welcome addition, but it seems a little bit incomplete. It looks good (loving the Cait Sith stained glass windows, etc) and it is filled with countless Easter eggs (Mt. Corel, etc).
I appreciate Triple Triad and am having a bit of fun with that (though I wish we could use more than one 'rare' card in each deck - the computer characters sure seem to be using as many as they want, so why can't we?!). It's not flawless, but it is a good addition.
I long for more attractions at this Gold Saucer though.
There was much more to do in FFVII's Gold Saucer. In FFVII we had a rollercoaster. We had a cable car thing. We had various arcade games (snowboarding, motorbike battles, boxing, submarining, moogle feeding / matchmaking, etc). We had arm wrestling. We had a fortune teller. We had a haunted house hotel. We even had a theatre and could watch a play (a one time event, but still...).
Just think about what the FFXIV Gold Saucer could be like if it had some of these things?
Imagine a theatre we could visit and actually watch plays? They could put FFIX's 'I Want to Be Your Canary' on, for example. People could purchase tickets for seats (the most expensive ones being the best seats - like an actual theatre), and perhaps people could purchase binoculars to watch the show more closely (full screen, etc), but otherwise people are sat next to each other and it could double as a social occasion.
Alas, that sounds like too much work for them. It would be cool though.
I really hope that FFXIV’s Gold Saucer opens new attractions at some point. It’s a very good start, but I do think that the theme park needs more. Other than the card game and chocobo racing there isn't much to do except try the lottery, or run around waiting for event announcements. Whack-a-Gilgamesh (or whatever it is actually called) is okay for a few seconds, but it isn't something anybody is going to spend time on.
It currently doesn’t match the FFVII Gold Saucer, but thank the heavens that we have something at least.