RandomMan5000 from Plus XP writes: "There have been quite a few games released this year that have caught my attention. Most of these are games that I have been looking at for a while, but there was one that stood out and that was Final Fantasy 14. Like Final Fantasy 11 this was an MMORPG with everything being played on a games console or a PC, which means that Final Fantasy fans can play on what they find most comfortable. I personally played a console version for the PS3 which Square Enix kindly sent for this review.
It took me quite a while to get a good look at the game as it is one of the biggest open worlds I have ever come across. The best thing that I can compare it to is the world of Skyrim, which by what I saw is a smaller world compared to FF14. There was also so much to watch and learn, not to mention the amount of quests and side quests you do. You could probably spend hundreds of hours completing the quests and fighting creatures. Since this is such a huge game I am going to break everything down into sections just to make sure everything is covered."
YoshiP, the director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, has apologised for the state of the game at the time of writing.
Do you not see this happening during development? Like, why are we apologizing after the fact instead of stopping it during development?
Criticism and reflection occur after the fact. The apology acknowledges the past criticisms with the new expansion and they're keeping transparency with players about it. Now that they've acknowledged it - it will be interesting to see what kind of cycle we'll get with a new expansion and I wonder if they're planning something special with beast master since they didn't mention it in the last live letter.
The base game and expansion go on sale all the time and doesn't stay full price for very long since a new expansion is on the horizon.
If you're stating they should reduce the price of new expansions or the sub fee, no, that's not gonna happen lmao people aren't even complaining about that. They are criticizing the same old pattern of content that releases and how it is devolving into mediocracy.
"They are criticizing the same old pattern of content that releases and how it is devolving into mediocracy."
The product should be cheaper then.
I was unhappy with DT and have spent far less time in it than any other expansion but it's things like this that makes me respect Yoshi P. It's rare for such a high profile developer to be so candid in his assessment on a live game.
Same, i've found my self resubbing every two patches instead of keeping it up. Don't own a home in the game so there's no point in keeping a constant sub going. The post story is getting interesting though.
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