NowGamer previews Square-Enix's Final Fantasy XIV beta on PC - "Perhaps we've been mollycoddled by the cosy worlds of Middle-Earth and Azeroth, but MMOs are vast, intimidating and seemingly impenetrable to the uninitiated modern gamer."
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.
Square Enix released new screenshots of the upcoming patch 7.25 for its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, including the Occult Crescent.
A Final Fantasy XIV fan has embraced the way of the Warrior by creating an axe-shaped controller for IRL Fell Cleaves.
None of this MMO baloney for me thanks.
I played the beta too, this game is shit. Square dropped the ball so much in the last 10 years I don't even care about their products anymore, I'm done. I suggest just publishing more games instead of developing them. Deus Ex and Dungeon Siege 3 seem like they will be much better than this shit.
the more i read about this game the angrier i get i was really looking forward to this i still might try it out if they have a free trial but i have canceled my pre order from amazon.
Really considering cancelling my pre-order as well. As much as I am a fan of FFXI, the beta was a jumbled mess, and previews for the game aren't turning out well. It almost seems like SE just grabbed features from other MMOs and slapped them together without worrying if they would work or not.
In all honesty, I'm not sure why you would defend this title anymore. It just isn't turning out to be that great. Maybe down the road, after a year or so when all's said and done and it's been patched and modified, but until then, this title is all over the place, and not in a good way.