Ed M writes: Final Fantasy XIV has one of the best JRPG/MMORPG stories going on in gaming right now, but so many people are missing out and it's not just because of a subscription cost.
You’ve saved Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn and resolved a centuries’ old conflict with the dragons in Heavensward… what’s next for the Warrior of Light?
It’s time to head to the Far East. It’s time for Stormblood. And from now until May 8, 2023, this massive expansion is completely free for players who own or buy the Final Fantasy XIV Online Starter Edition!
After 2 long years, we finally have a release window for Final Fantasy XVI. But the names behind the title, are probably largely unknown outside of the Final Fantasy XIV bubble. So allow us to introduce you to the team of Final Fantasy XVI and why you should be excited!
That's like saying Cyberpunk was automatically in good hands because the Witcher 3 was amazing and GOTY
Each new project is a a blank slate, always expect the unexpected, not everything is going to be good because the last thing the team did was.
Things are looking good. But really, we should all wait til we play it ourselves to tell if it's a good game. Ffs (not including the mmos) been needing a big W in a very long time. The remake of ff7 although good, wasn't anything amazing.
Yoshi-p did amazing with 14 but it doesn't mean they can do amazing with a sp mainline ff game.
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward & Final Fantasy XIV Online: Stormblood begins the mid-game ramp of enjoyment and challenge that make a great game.
That's a big problem too. Recently starting a new character and the overal 1-50 (or 1 - 4.2 if I'm being honest) really shows the game's faults and is stopping me from encouraging friends to try it. Adding skip items does nothing for the overall experience because the character development is so important in ARR that you'd be doing yourself a huge disservice skipping it. Alphinaud in particular has some of the best character development seen in a game and it all starts off with him being a naive do-gooder in ARR. Same to a lesser extent with Haurchefont and Ser Aymeric, you need to play through ARR to fully appreciate these characters.
Dont make story mandatory...? Id love to just get to endgame and do story then.
It was hard for my friends to play, like tgey want to play with me but theres a massive fucking 3 expansion storyline they have to skip through and theres nothing and my two seater chocobo can do to help
It was pretty good, but it was just sooo long. It would have taken me twice as long to get to the end game I'd I hadn't started skipping story segments. I just don't have that kind of time anymore.