Final Fantasy XIV made a big appearance at Pax East in Boston and introduced the new expansion Heavensward. A video summarizes the highlights from the presentation.
Admittedly, not much new information was revealed in Boston. There’s a release date for the expansion (June 23), otherwise an incredible amount of images and videos. So far, only a brief walkthrough of the new zones has been revealed. The colleagues at dualshockers have now summarized all the videos from the presentation.
Here you can also see that “Flying” will really be the big theme of the expansion. Just like in WoW, the new zones are supposed to be fully “flyable”. This will be the next big thing in FF XIV.
Also visible in the video: The new race Au Ra, the three new classes Dark Knight, Astrologian, and Machinist, and the 60s outfits of all 21 jobs and crafting professions.
Our favorite moments were the reactions from the audience to the individual sequences. Right at the beginning, when it comes to the flying mounts, the reaction from the audience was enthusiastic. The images of the individual classes in their new outfits then drew applause. The highlight, in our eyes, was the solitary cheer from the blacksmith: “Yeeeeah! Blacksmith!” The most laughs were garnered by the eccentric angler outfit.
By the way, the last minute of the video shows a new benchmark that is supposed to come in April. It already looks extremely impressive.
