Is FFXIV Really That Disappointing?

Out of curiosity are you playing in Japan?

Our first player dinged level 50 on ffxivpro.com last night.

Took just under 3 weeks.

That picture makes me a sad panda...

Yeah, there are issues involved with XIV (menu/battle lag), but I've been playing since I got it Friday evening, defineitly been worth every penny I've spent so far. And hopefully SE will get the issues fixed that many people are complaining about. I'll probably admit as well the PC I'm using atm, is meeting most min requirements to run XIV, and it runs pretty smoothing at standard settings. Can't wait til I get the new computer I ordered, gonna be a lot better hopefully :D

I know a lot of people are gonna hate on XIV (especially from the reviews, I was skeptical myself when I saw it at the store and was hesitant to buy it myself), but don't look back, and with the issues at hand atm, its not terrible, yes there is room for improvement, if I remember right, XI had its issues as well. Just have to give it time really

Final Fantasy XIV Online Review
By Rory Manion | Oct 11, 2010
A bold step backwards.

Grind crafting, grind monsters, grind menus, grind patience, and finally, grind the logout button

*** lol

Like you?

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i could be wrong (havent played ffxi pre ps2 release) but didnt XI kinda suck/really nothing to do before ps2 release aka: zilart content? it was just run around, talk to people & lv to cap which was 50?

SE loves repetition... so maybe ps3 release they will add advance jobs and expansion content >.>;

FFXIV turned my friend into a crack addicted man ***. He's in prison for beating up a cop because he thought the cop stole his crushed crystals.

Every MMO sucks when it first comes out, they all get bad reviews b/c they are all released as unfinished products.... Now paying 50 bucks, and paying monthly well they fix bugs, and game mechanic's isn't right, this is what everyone is pissed off about, you would think that a company that has run an MMO for years would know better, hell you would think they would learn after they seen battlehammer, AoC, and AION all do the same thing, and in the end fail to make a blockbuster game despite all there potential. Yes there are alot of bugs, yes the game lacks content, and yes the game is unfinished, and your expected to pay full price to play the game which will be half the price it is now in six months, and will have alot of it's bugs/problems fixed........ hopefully.

the whole "didn't XI suck when it started too?" thing doesn't hold weight anymore.

Mainly because 8 years of XI should have taught them something, When they make the same mistakes over and over again they deserve to fail.

Personal opinion: i hope they manage to stay afloat and fix the game so that it attracts a good audience. I just fear it is going to take them a year =/

tldr: SE needs to learn how to finish a product quickly and correctly.

lol

It's a new MMO, it has a excuse to be bad...













Taking that into account.






























It's still terrible.

11 sucked *** at the start, people are just too busy comparing 14 to 11. I'm pretty sure if you have some1 that never played 11 play 14, they'll enjoy it.

no i really don't think so

iono why people are so anal about 14. I play 11 and 14 was great, maybe i just have a better tolerance, or ppl are butthurt.

People had high hopes of a finished game with content and no bugs on release since SE said they learned from their mistake but ended up with something that looks like FF11 on release and maybe worse.

Because programming a MMORPG is cake.

I played for a few days, but I just couldn't get into it. I tried, honestly. It ran fine on my machine, and the graphics, they were drool worthy....but the game lacked "fun". And with all the lag and slow menus. It needs much work.

ok that was a ace reply >.> *sigh*

I played alpha and beta, i submitted all the bugs i found. I mean I don't know what people expect from a new MMO. Rainbows and fairies.

A playable game. With a economy and exp syst that isn't half HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE

Even in testing i thought the game to be pretty good, had problems everywhere but gameplay was pretty decent. I don't think 13/mo is really worth it, maybe 5bucks but all and all, it's a good game.

well even though the game is live you are still testing it, I'm right with you with the notion that programing an MMO is probably very hard, and I expected the game to be crap when it first came out, but i'm sure you can also understand that other people that have never played an MMO from launch expect more from a game they just spent 50 bucks on, and compareing 11 to 14 is very fair, we're talking about a game that is already installed on your PC, and runs very well, has plenty of content, and cost the same price monthly as a game that you just spent 50 bucks on, doesn't run very well, is filled with bugs, and lacks content. Why is it so bad to compare them? You are after all playing ether game for it's entertainment value, not b/c it's new, or b/c you want to support the company. it really does come down to what you want to play, and i'm sure there are alot of people out there that like 14, but I can honestly say i'm sticking with 11 till they fix some stuff, and they release content.

The single biggest problem that Final Fantasy XIV had was that its beta phase didn't even allow people to submit flaws with the game. How can a game improve if no one is allowed to criticize it? Yes they did allow the very few people that were in the Alpha to continue submitting feedback, but that just wasn't enough. Square-Enix needs to stop being their own biggest fanboy and listen to the people trying to help the game.

All of you people trying to justify Final Fantasy XIV as "new = bad" need to learn that you guys are actually harming the game more than you're helping it. Square-Enix takes your praise and thinks that they're doing a good job. It's probably why you are also the only people who are playing the game.

The only acknowledgement that Square-Enix gave those who submitted feedback was an argument: "things are working as intended". Isn't that the exact sentence that spelled Final Fantasy XI's demise?

I would actually call IX a success story, 8 years running, and still going pretty strong, sure they have merged some servers, but look at some of the more recent MMO efforts that have come in the last few years... AION is a great example..... it really did have great potential, and it may have even been prettier then XIV, had a pretty strong launch, but it's biggest down fall as it's lack of content, had like 20 NA servers strong at it's high, but they didn't release content for it in time, and now it's down to 6 NA servers, they have released content for it, but the damage has been done, the people that were a fan of the game at release moved on once they got to max lvl, and found out they have nothing to do, and then everyone told there friends "yeah it's ok, but it has no content".

This has happened to more then just Aion, it happens almost everytime an MMO is released, for online games word of mouth, or type I guess you could say is probably the best marketing the game could get, but it can also hurt the game, which is why it's so mind boggling why they would release the game in such on unfinished state, b/c SE really should know better.

SE has had 8 years of experience plus 4 years of development for 14. Maybe it's silly to expect more than pretty graphics...

goddam...even WITH the fatigue system? wtf.....serious