Final Fantasy XIV 1.23b - Would you Play it if Available?

No questions asked. Would love to relive those moments from 1.xx.

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Originally Posted by DaikiKiyoshi

I guess there's no point in argueing with the people who hated it because if they are convinced it was bad then it must have been and anyone who doesn't agree with them must have something wrong with them. I've seen gameplay of the original game and yes it looks fun and yes I still want to be able to play it.

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Honestly, if you didnt play it back then, then you don't really have an argument against people who did and said ti was bad. It failed for a reason. If it was fun and a good game, it wouldn't have been remade.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Honestly, if you didnt play it back then, then you don't really have an argument against people who did and said ti was bad. It failed for a reason. If it was fun and a good game, it wouldn't have been remade.

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Once again I disagree. I'm not just going to take the word of random people on the internet as truth. This thread is asking people if they would play if if they could and those of us who say yes and that it looks fun are basically having our intelligence questioned. We aren't saying anyone is stupid for not liking it though. See my problem yet? Even some people who played it had fun with it. Fun is subjective personal opinion.

I would love to, just to finish it off. I had to stop playing for financial reasons, not gameplay ones. I got back after ARR and still wish I could finish it.

I personally never played 1.0, I wish i did though :(

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Honestly, if you didnt play it back then, then you don't really have an argument against people who did and said ti was bad. It failed for a reason. If it was fun and a good game, it wouldn't have been remade.

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He might not, but those of us who had played it and enjoyed at least broad aspects of it would. I preferred spending time on it over spending time in ARR, even if there's much I prefer about the later iterations of the game. The game had an almost cathartic touch that I haven't really felt since. Admittedly, one could say the same for Animal Crossing or the like, which wouldn't make it superior to this, but I can only restate: there's a lot I preferred about 1.x, and certainly about the direction it was going (especially pre-Yoshida), provided it had had the funding and coordination it needed.

1.x made me want to actually explore and read the NPC text and so forth. Try as I might, I haven't been able to maintain that interest in ARR. Just one small point, but I think it may be just the tip of an iceberg, so to speak.

From the videos I've seen of the gameplay, no, I wouldn't want to play it. And when people say it was visually more appealing, I must be needing new glasses because I really don't see it.

The game looks gorgeous as is it now, especially since after the implementation of directx 11. Overall, everything I've seen from the original feels so much more washed out and just... not as great.

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Originally Posted by Zaft

No, it was a terrible abomination and it's good that it's gone and dead.

There is a private server out there if you insist on self-harming.

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While I agree that the game was NOT good, I am admittedly curious about some of the crazier things that were in 1.23b.

It's the kind of thing I'd care to see only once, but I'd still be curious enough to want to see it.

I can tell you right now, 1.XX had better textures than our current game. Seeing up close shots of NPCs and myself...in those horrible looking textures...makes me want to rip my eyes out.

I would play it , definitely.