No, It’s Not Too Late To Get Into FFXIV

The development of Final Fantasy XIV is a story unlike any other. When it was originally released in 2010, it was almost universally panned. Its biggest supporters could only muster faint praise or optimistic projections of the game beyond its graphics or its music. It was for that reason that myself and many others passed on the game. But then Square did something unexpected: they remade the game.

[GhostlyJunior]

I played a little bit of the Realm Reborn trial on PS4 when it launched, but I couldn't figure out the controls. Might be worth getting back to I guess.

[FallenAngel1984]

It's never too late to get into any game

[Kupa]

MMOs are different. They change so much to keep up with the end-game, but it tends to trivialize the early game for new players. FFXIV doesn't fall into that trap.

[PapaBop]

The problem with FF14 is that the game only really gets good after level 50 and the patched content post ARR launch will feel like one hell of a slog to most people. The story skip cash shop items aren't really a solution either because the patches do an amazing job setting up the Heavensward story and really, if you're not interested in good storytelling, you're looking at the wrong game. It's absolutely amazing at level 70 and the overall story is hands down the best in an MMORPG but telling new players it'll take like 100 hours to reach the good stuff isn't exactly the most enticing of sales pitches.

[Kupa]

Yeah, that was my biggest worry. I'm not one to skip content, so being told "the game gets better after the first hundred hours" is an insane barrier. That's as much time as I put into FFXV to Platinum it. But I wanted to write this because, after 40 hours, if this is the worst the game has to offer, I think it's worth people's attention.

[rainslacker]

The game's story does kind of move really slow early on. I think this is why I stopped playing, and I started playing this game because I grew so bored with WOW's push on more focused story but failing to resolve it in an interesting way in the end game. What is there is good, but like many MMORPG's, there is a lot of that early level grinding and mostly boring quests to fill time. The actual story quests take some work to find, and eventually get into. I never got up there in levels though, so I can't speak to how well it all comes together, because I think after years of time investment in WOW and AION I just gave up on the MMO stuff.

[mezati99]

the base game is one of the most boring shit i have ever played

holy f*** is it tedious, but the expansions are damn good, so if you don't have a problem going through a shit tons of hours of boredom to get to the good parts then be my guess, if not, this MMORPG is just not for you

[gamer7804]

they should have released it on xbox so more could get into the game, some of my friends only have an xbox and not a pc that can run games.

[Kupa]

There was just a news story about this. The developers only want to put it on Xbox if it's cross-play across all platforms, and Sony isn't allowing that to happen. So unless Sony can be coerced into allowing Xbox and PS4 players to play alongside each other, it doesn't sound like it can / will happen.

[vikingland1]

Thank you for your response, I played it for a while when the PS4 first came out and I liked it alot. But I hate subscriptions.

[rainslacker]

It was MS refusal to allow cross play with other consoles earlier in the gen which has kept this game off the XBox brand. Sony will allow it for this game, as that was the requirement for when SE wanted to bring it to the PS3/4. Sony had nothing to do with Xbox not having the game, otherwise, Sony wouldn't have the game on their systems either.

[Kupa]

@rainslacker your point is demonstrably false.

"Getting Sony to open up its online services to Xbox and Nintendo customers may be an insurmountable obstacle for Yoshida and Square Enix, however. Sony has previously opted not to support cross-platform online player for Rocket League and, more recently, Minecraft ... During E3 2017, Nintendo and Microsoft announced that Rocket League and Minecraft would be cross-play compatible between Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC players. This has meant that, currently, Sony's PlayStation is the only platform not supporting cross-play for those games."

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

In other words, Sony, specifically and uniquely Sony, is consistently against cross-play with their competitors.

[rainslacker]

I think you miss the point. The reason that FFXIV isn't on Xbox, is because MS wouldn't allow cross play with PC or PlayStation when the game released. It was only more recently where MS became open to such things. Sony didn't have to consider cross play with consoles when Square Enix required it for FFXIV, because MS was the only one with a console that would have gotten it, and they weren't open to the idea. Sony has always been open to cross play with the PC, and that's why they now have FFXIV.

I wasn't talking about more recent games, I was talking about FFXIV. That was the subject of this article after all, and it is absolutely true that the reason FFXIV isn't on X1 now, is because MS wasn't open to cross play before a year ago.

If MS had allowed it before, then maybe this wouldn't be an issue now, and all this finger pointing could have happened a long time ago. If Sony is refusing it now, then bringing it to X1 would mean that the X1 would basically be in it's own little world, because I can't imagine the logistical nightmare of isolating two separate consoles on the PC cross play front.

Maybe recognize that I was refuting your comment that the reason it's not on Xbox is because of Sony, despite it actually being MS fault from years ago. It's not right to blame Sony now for MS decision from the 360 days. It may be worth criticizing Sony on other issues, but don't twist the narrative because MS decided to suddenly be open to cross play, and expect everyone in the industry to suddenly bow to their wishes to be included.

[dougr]

sorry Kupa you are wrong. You are citing something that had nothing to do with FFXIV in the past. This had nothing to do with ps4 or sony, it was because Microsoft was unwilling to do crossplay on the game. Look it up. Only PC and PS3/PS4. Only recently has Microsoft changed there stance...

[vikingland1]

Does this game still charge a monthly subscription ? Because I'll never pay for a game forever no matter how good it is.

[Kupa]

It is monthly. You don't have to set up recurring subs, though. The base game is $20 right now, and comes with the first month. After that, you can buy another month for $15. For as much as you'll be able to get out of it, and with as much content as they add, it's not a bad deal. But if you aren't willing to pay any sort of subscription, there's no way around it.

[JCW2005]

why would i go backwards to 14 when i already played and beat 15? lmao no thanks