Str N Gaming's look at the Realm Reborn Open Beta.
"What can be said about Final Fantasy games in general, but 'Gorgeous' and this game does not disappoint. I was running the game on high graphics and it looked impressive." - Salvador Madrigal of Str N Gaming
Final Fantasy XIV fans can now properly benchmark their PCs and check out some of what's coming to their game this summer.
Richard writes: Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.
The Xbox profanity filter is currently ruining the readability of the FFXIV chat on Xbox Series X/S due to censored words.
Lol, damn... At this point, they were better off keeping FF XIV away from Xbox. It has been nothing but obstacle, after obstacle.
What happens if you say things that used to get you banned on Twitter e.g. 'a man can't be a woman'?
I'm not convinced this is the profanity filter. It doesn't make sense to censor words like class, harvest and dance. It seems to be a bug.
Well, FF14 itself has some pretty awful chat censoring so Xbox being in the same boat isn't too farfetched
it censored the S T D in "harvest dance" and I bet the A S S in class. I know this because of Runescape
Yeah these new fangled filters are going a bit too far. I have a game that filters "wtf". It's a censor for a self-censoring phrase. But I think overall it's how it should be. If you don't want certain language being used in your game by your player base, then it's up to you to filter/ censor the language you don't want. I can respect that. What I can't respect is when you say things that are not really offensive then you get ostracized for it.
This is completely false, I tested this on my son's child account and mine, this is not Microsoft censoring they will censor swears but not the combination of letters I can prove this with a screenshot where I use all mentioned words in the article but do not know how to upload a picture.
You can all continue your bashing, I was wrong someone explained to me this is a new policy, that's why it only happens for me in this brand new release. I'll try latter on ps to confirm but their response seemed informed wich leaves me rather worried for future censorship on my xbox.
It's not xbox, go ahead start a chat with the youngest person on your friends list then say raid mass class sass said .... they do not censor any of these I even got away with R.Aids. sqaure on the other hand does.
I guess its too bad that most of the people that are reviewing the open beta had server problems
meanwhile... I had a wonderful time playing it and had no server issues at all ('_')
I cant wait for samurai, but I dont see bst making a return, which saddens me ....
Awesome game!
one class that HAS to be put into the game is the onion knight they gotta put it and add the viera as a race
I played phase 4, but I plan on completely starting from scratch.
My main problem, as it always has been with Final Fantasy games, is that I have such a difficult time deciding on a name.
I really am indecisive with those kind of things.
I need some sort of magic system.
EDIT: This guy really comes off as a brat at the beginning, and more than a little condescending.
"What can I say about this open beta that would convey my thoughts without going into a cussing fit? Should I start with the servers breaking down for most of the open beta, or should I start with the poor customer support in trying to get the issues resolved after they “fixed” the servers."
Very entitled, and very bratty, imo.
You followed that slice of humble pie with:
" I know a lot of you are going to have strong opinions on this review saying stuff like, “It’s an open beta; it’s not going to run at its best.” But to those people I ask, are you saying it from an objective view or a fanboy view?"
Saying that a beta for a cross-platform mmorpg runs like you would expect is an objective view.
As an mmo scrub even I know what to expect from a beta.
I don't see how there could be anything BUT an objective view to this.
You didn't get exactly what you had hoped for, exactly when you wanted it, so you threw a fit.
That's just my subjective opinion though.
The rest of the preview was typed in a more acceptable fashion, so I'm glad you were able to wipe away the salty tears you had in the beginning.