Final Fantasy XIV Review

Kevin VanOrd has given his review for Square Enix's new MMORPG.

What do you think of the score? Have you played the game? Have you bought the game? What did you think of it?

Personally he pretty much sums up everything I noticed from the beta and confirmed my suspicions that they wouldn't change it in the small amount of time they had before it would launch.

I giggled when i saw it.

I lol'd to bad. APB had a higher score and failed in a few months.

Now let us wait for the servers to shut down.

im enjoying it, i do agree with a lot of the difficulty issues brought up in the review, its a nightmare to learn the game if you dont have help, fortunately i did and im actually enjoying it, its got a steep learning curve and as its a grinding rpg can see why some might be put off by it, im around 35-40hrs into it and i think its one of those the more you play it the more enjoyable it gets, at the moment ive given it a 7.5/10, with the two main grips i have being the Buy/sell of items and the p2p patch method, other than that ive gotten used to the laggy interface and for me ill see if the issue gets addressed over the next months, ive paid for a 6 month subscription and that will give me time to see if things are addressed and if so, it will continue to get my support.

There is an article floating around some where if I can find it...about Amazon.jp and a bunch of people already rating it badly in Japan before this review even hit. That article is only like 2 days old. Square basically said: "Don't judge it yet give a month!" I don't know what they could do in a month to this game to bring it up from the hatestorm its in right now.

EDIT - Here it is. Ok maybe I over exaggerated but they still wanted to wait basically until the end of October for reviews.

They should have just waited longer to release it and test it properly.

I didn't expect that. I actually wanted to buy the game, but then I saw the Gamespot user score. -_-

I just saw the review. I was expecting a 6 or 6.5, but wow thats just a big disappointment. I'm interested in seeing how IGN scores it.

I giggled when i saw it.

I lol'd to bad. APB had a higher score and failed in a few months.

Now let us wait for the servers to shut down.

AfroPirate

I just saw the review. I was expecting a 6 or 6.5, but wow thats just a big disappointment. I'm interested in seeing how IGN scores it.

IU_Stizzal

[QUOTE="AfroPirate"]i doubt the servers will shut completely down because japanese people will probably still play it in their hordes, maybe the american/uk servers.

PcGamingRig

Forget WoW, FF14 is a real cataclysm.

Seems like the more MMOs try to compete with WoW, the more WoW gets free advertising. It's hilarious.

I've been playing it.. the review is overly harsh. Let's ignore the fact that at least the game works and has worked since launch, and that's a lot more than can be said about other MMO's that have scored higher on this site.

The main problems with the game as of now, are that the UI is awful, ahd there's too much lag during combat. Also the game desperately needs an auction house. I just think that too many people have now been trained into thinking that MMO = quest grind, and that you'll be led by the hand from quest to quest to quest, until the endgame. Well there aren't that many quests, and there is no endgame. So people come in expecting one thing and find something else.

But what IS there is actually fairly enjoyable. The world is fresh and interesting, the class system and mixing of skills is unbeatable, and overall the game can suck you in really easily. I rarely get that feeling from MMO's these days.

I also wish, though, that the world was much bigger than it is. I haven't explored *every* area but I have been through most of the zones, and there isn't all that much to see. I think I'm still chasing something like Everquest and I'm probably never going to find it.

Dang man... Dozens of hours in and you are still killing rats? In virtually all other MMOs you are doing end game content at that point...?

The fact that this was made by both an RPG veteran development studio and an MMO veteran development studio only makes these amateurish mistakes even more inexcusable.

Not surprised based on my experience of FF 11... sSubZerOo

Yeah, that's pretty much what I said. We live in a post-WoW world. Most people aren't going to deal with this crap anymore, at least in the Western game market. There are reasons WoW blew everything away that came before it. At least you can play this one without standing around for an hour to find a tank and healer every time I guess.

Guild Wars 2 is practically guaranteed to be far superior, and there won't be a subscription for that.

They should have just waited longer to release it and test it properly.

-Unreal-

To the people saying how we're pro-blizzard because we dislike the game, it's really not the case.

Let's forget about story, content, overall cohesion of the game for a second. Squeenix REALLY needs to take some lessons on Human User Interface Design. The game can have an awesome story, be rich in content for all types of players and therefore deliver an immersive experience - but if the UI sucks, it really makes playing the game a chore.

Is it necessary to have to browse through menus just to open up your inventory? Why are different in-game functions nested behind multiple layers of menus? What was the rationale behind the cumbersome minimap - not only has it got a terrible refresh rate, but lacks basic functions such as zooming in?

Really, as gamers we might be content with what was given to us back in FFXI, but the genre as a whole has evolved. Consider that we would be spending hours upon hours (and then some) with our online avatars, MMOs in general NEED to be functionally efficient.

the only mmo im looking forward to is the old republic as i loved the single player games and i love bioware if it tanks i might try guild wars 2 but tbh mmo's are just getting lame these days

Kevin also gave Elemental a low score and Its one of my fav games this year.

With that said, I did try some of the beta of thsi game and it was not very good.

Maybe not 4/10 bad, but I would have given it 5/10 for the beta.

Int he end just try the game yourself, you might not have hte exact same opinion as Kevin V does.

In Kevin I trust.

Kevin also gave Elemental a low score and Its one of my fav games this year.

With that said, I did try some of the beta of thsi game and it was not very good.

Maybe not 4/10 bad, but I would have given it 5/10 for the beta.

Int he end just try the game yourself, you might not have hte exact same opinion as Kevin V does.

kozzy1234

Tell me whats the difference between 4/10 and 5/10? Both games the vast majority of people are not going to buy anything below 6 or 7 out of 10..

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Kevin also gave Elemental a low score and Its one of my fav games this year.

With that said, I did try some of the beta of thsi game and it was not very good.

Maybe not 4/10 bad, but I would have given it 5/10 for the beta.

Int he end just try the game yourself, you might not have hte exact same opinion as Kevin V does.

sSubZerOo

Tell me whats the difference between 4/10 and 5/10? Both games the vast majority of people are not going to buy anything below 6 or 7 out of 10..

There is very little difference between a 4 adn 5, I was jsut saying in my opinion what I played of the beta was a 5/10 for me personally.

Me and Kevin agree on this game, I dont agree with alot of his other scores though.

I said 5/10 for me because it shows how I thought the game was abotu the same as he did, where as Elemental he gave 4/10 and I gave 9/10.

I agree with Kevin V on some games, but defiantly dont on some others (Elemental and Alpha PRotocol I loved, he didnt, the new FF we both didnt like much).

I was jsut saying that peopel in general should try gaems first instead of just goign by one sties reviews, we all dont have the same opinions on things, what one person hates another might LOVE. In Alpha PRotocol I loved the story, choices and gameplay, I can look passed some Optimization issues if a game gives me high fun factor, godo story and what not. Some others want graphcis and optimization. Everyone is differnt is what im trying to get across.

Some of my favorite games are rated 7 or lower, so I pay ZERO attention to reviews, I try the games myself.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Kevin also gave Elemental a low score and Its one of my fav games this year.

With that said, I did try some of the beta of thsi game and it was not very good.

Maybe not 4/10 bad, but I would have given it 5/10 for the beta.

Int he end just try the game yourself, you might not have hte exact same opinion as Kevin V does.

kozzy1234

Tell me whats the difference between 4/10 and 5/10? Both games the vast majority of people are not going to buy anything below 6 or 7 out of 10..

There is very little difference between a 4 adn 5, I was jsut saying in my opinion what I played of the beta was a 5/10 for me personally.

Me and Kevin agree on this game, I dont agree with alot of his other scores though.

I said 5/10 for me because it shows how I thought the game was abotu the same as he did, where as Elemental he gave 4/10 and I gave 9/10.

I agree with Kevin V on some games, but defiantly dont on some others (Elemental and Alpha PRotocol I loved, he didnt, the new FF we both didnt like much).

I was jsut saying that peopel in general should try gaems first instead of just goign by one sties reviews, we all dont have the same opinions on things, what one person hates another might LOVE. In Alpha PRotocol I loved the story, choices and gameplay, I can look passed some Optimization issues if a game gives me high fun factor, godo story and what not. Some others want graphcis and optimization. Everyone is differnt is what im trying to get across.

Some of my favorite games are rated 7 or lower, so I pay ZERO attention to reviews, I try the games myself.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Kevin also gave Elemental a low score and Its one of my fav games this year.

With that said, I did try some of the beta of thsi game and it was not very good.

Maybe not 4/10 bad, but I would have given it 5/10 for the beta.

Int he end just try the game yourself, you might not have hte exact same opinion as Kevin V does.

kozzy1234

Tell me whats the difference between 4/10 and 5/10? Both games the vast majority of people are not going to buy anything below 6 or 7 out of 10..

There is very little difference between a 4 adn 5, I was jsut saying in my opinion what I played of the beta was a 5/10 for me personally.

Me and Kevin agree on this game, I dont agree with alot of his other scores though.

I said 5/10 for me because it shows how I thought the game was abotu the same as he did, where as Elemental he gave 4/10 and I gave 9/10.

I agree with Kevin V on some games, but defiantly dont on some others (Elemental and Alpha PRotocol I loved, he didnt, the new FF we both didnt like much).

I was jsut saying that peopel in general should try gaems first instead of just goign by one sties reviews, we all dont have the same opinions on things, what one person hates another might LOVE. In Alpha PRotocol I loved the story, choices and gameplay, I can look passed some Optimization issues if a game gives me high fun factor, godo story and what not. Some others want graphcis and optimization. Everyone is differnt is what im trying to get across.

Some of my favorite games are rated 7 or lower, so I pay ZERO attention to reviews, I try the games myself.

Kevin VanOrd has given his review for Square Enix's new MMORPG.

What do you think of the score? Have you played the game? Have you bought the game? What did you think of it?

Personally he pretty much sums up everything I noticed from the beta and confirmed my suspicions that they wouldn't change it in the small amount of time they had before it would launch.

-Unreal-

I think it's perfectly reasonable to review a MMORPG this quickly. People have to understand there are certain aspects that are completely open to review. Sound, graphics, user interface, quest, combat, etc systems. These are the core of the game. All improves build off these unless a complete replacement is done. Just because MMORPGs change over time that doesn't mean the product they decided to sell for money gets a pass.

Many of FFXIV's problems are design related. We aren't simply talking about server lag. That can be expected. FFXIV's problems go beyond that.

The actually user interface for example, the first thing and most important aspect a player will interact with is horrible. What makes matters worse is that they've failed to include many of the advances they made in their own other MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI. The UI should be polished and better then FFXI's not significantly worse. That's just one element. Another thing is just because FFXI or other games had issues when they launched doesn't excuse FFXIV's or theirs. This is SE's second game. This is 2010.

it may be 2 years, but i think it will be less id like to wait for the first content patch as an indication of how fast its getting sorted but that gamespot review. the more i think aobut it, the more i think what a waste of an opinion it was: Bad UI biggest issue. the world has no eye candy.... jus stop your camera and look, its all candy. to NOOB unfreindly, fixed by reading or asking. 5 mins creates a community. no content. like i said, i was busy today with 5 hours of content. i cud grind 5 hours 2morrow and still say thats content.... 5 hours questing, 5 hours grinding, thats not unusual or a idication of lack of content even if his opinions where all right, he didnt touch on anything like partying, leaving out a hell of a lot of the mechanics, and the deep trade skill system. i should imagine he had a 1 hour playing during the time it was unplyably laggy. and seems to me he didnt even try to find the fun in the game

Agree with comparing questing and grinding. I'm not sure I understand the mindset that quests = content, because all it is, is a different type of grind. Only the quest grind shows you exactly where to go and what to kill and where you should be at your level.. FF14 is more open than that.

Not saying the game doesn't have issues, the largest problems I have with the game are the UI and combat lag, but the combat system itself and the world and such are all pretty good.

So FFXIV isn't all that different from FFXI as far as grinding and bad interfaces go?Vax45

Mate FFXI is 10 steps ahead on all aspects from this sorry excuse for a game, trust me.fanisl

[QUOTE="Vax45"]So FFXIV isn't all that different from FFXI as far as grinding and bad interfaces go?Vexx88

Final Fantasy XIV is clealry a stellar example of game making. Kevin Vanord is clearly just a Final Fantasy hater with an agenda.

Not.

[QUOTE="fanisl"]Mate FFXI is 10 steps ahead on all aspects from this sorry excuse for a game, trust me.Birdy09

Hey Developers !!! - - How about some high quality single player games?!?

This is getting stupid. . . I don't want my gaming to be dependent on a temporary server in cyberspace, populated with people who flunked remedial English.

Hey Developers !!! - - How about some high quality single player games?!?

This is getting stupid. . . I don't want my gaming to be dependent on a temporary server in cyberspace, populated with people who flunked remedial English.

Born_Lucky