Summary
Final Fantasy 14composer Masayoshi Soken stated in an interview that rhythm-based minigames would be difficult to add to the MMORPG due to technical limitations. Soken noted that, despiteFinal Fantasy 14recently implementing a raid boss that uses sound cues, implementing rhythm minigames would likely be fraught with difficulties.
InFinal Fantasy 14’s Seekers of Eternity update, one of the main features of the patch is the second tier of the Arcadion raid series, the Cruiserweight division. The first fight of the Cruiserweight series pits players against Dancing Green, a male Viera with the feral soul of a toad and a ring aesthetic inspired by disco and funk music of the 1970s.Final Fantasy 14players must be fast on their feet throughout the fight and time their movements with the battle’s theme, “Ride the Rhythm,” to avoid Dancing Green’s snappy attacks. Additionally, Patch 7.2 reintroduced Hells' Kier as an Unreal trial, which has an intermission mechanic based onDance Dance Revolutionthat requires players to rotate their avatars to match the arrows on the arena floor.
ThoughFinal Fantasy 14is open to more pastFinal Fantasycallbacks, adding rhythm-based challenges outside of combat seems less likely.In a PCGamesN interview, Soken said thatFinal Fantasy 14’s technical limitations would make adding a rhythm minigame difficult, if not impossible, to manage. Soken stated that the Dancing Green raid encounter required some new engineering techniques to pull off, but he was pleased with how the final results turned out. Although members of Creative Studio 3’s sound team have expressed interest in making music for a rhythm game, Soken said, “When we think about that, the MMO genre ties really badly with the technologies that are needed to have good timing.”
Final Fantasy 14 Will Not Likely Add Rhythm Minigames
In short, player movements in any activity are dependent on a player’s connection toFinal Fantasy 14’s game servers, which may vary based on factors like location and ISP. Like other online games available today,Final Fantasy 14is sometimes targeted by DDoS attackson the game’s servers, which can cause player movements and actions to behave erratically or lead to server disconnections. Ergo, a DDoS attack would also make connection-dependent rhythm minigames inFinal Fantasy 14almost impossible to manage.
WhiletheFinal Fantasyseries is no stranger to the rhythm genre,Final Fantasy 14players should not expect a rhythm minigame to be implemented anytime soon. Only time will tell what Square Enix has planned forFinal Fantasy 14’s future content updates.
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