Gamesradar Heavensward review

http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fant...nsward-review/

Hopefully it's not a mobile link, since I am on my phone.

They gave 4.5 stars out of 5.

IGN gave an 8.6 out of 10.
http://ign.com/articles/2015/06/29/f...ensward-review

One of their + points is "more cute moogles"?!

They way you wrote the OP makes it sound as if Gamesradar gave a low rating. :X

Woops. That is what happens when I do edits on my phone without thinking.

I'll add the maximum score.

I don't like her thoughts on Aether Currents... There is no lore in purchasing flying and immediately being able to fly everywhere. Aether Currents were a fantastic implementation of flight in the zones without turning it into a huge gil sink like in World of Warcraft(where there is also zero story that involves flight). Aether Currents are a rewarding way of learning to fly, and I found running across the lands in search of them highly enjoyable. I saw so much of the world in search of them and that is why I love the Aether Currents so much ^^.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

I don't like her thoughts on Aether Currents... There is no lore in purchasing flying and immediately being able to fly everywhere. Aether Currents were a fantastic implementation of flight in the zones without turning it into a huge gil sink like in World of Warcraft(where there is also zero story that involves flight). Aether Currents are a rewarding way of learning to fly, and I found running across the lands in search of them highly enjoyable. I saw so much of the world in search of them and that is why I love the Aether Currents so much ^^.

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I love the idea of Aether currents.
I love the idea of having to explore the whole area on ground before being able to fly.
I do dislike the Aether currents being unlocked by doing quests. TBH I don't really recall if they explained why you can get Aether currents from someone, but it makes little sense.

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Originally Posted by sirDarts

I do dislike the Aether currents being unlocked by doing quests. TBH I don't really recall if they explained why you can get Aether currents from someone, but it makes little sense.

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They teach you about the wind current in the area? You could make up your own head-canon for it too you know.

Review scores for mmos are usually terrible in terms of judging the game. I imagine it's difficult to find a reviewer that can invest enough time into the product to really get a full grasp of the game. I saw an ongoing "review" on kotaku which basically consisted of the writer saying "oh no, I haven't done 2.X quests, please give me a week to catch up". Then you have all of the classes, various combat systems (fate, levequest, dungeon, trial, raid), crafting, etc.

Most importantly, review scores cannot reflect what type of post-launch support the game will receive. Will there be large updates in a timely manner? Will the new mechanics in future patches be well received? For mmos, that's really the making or breaking point.

If you're going to slap a number score on an mmo expansion as a website, you really need to update the score every few months to reflect the current state of the game.

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

They teach you about the wind current in the area? You could make up your own head-canon for it too you know.

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I know, but I just don't like any of the explanations I could come up with. When you attune to an Aether Current, you use your ECHO to feel how the Aether flows, how it behaves, and you carry that to your mounts, I just don't think that can be explained by another person or thing.

But maybe I am just not trying hard enough because I don't like the gating of them. Especially since several are behind MSQ, that's behind a level requirement, thus you usually are done with 80+% of the quests there by the time you get flying.
Sure, if you are a hunter, and are actually searching the areas, you WILL enjoy a LOT of flying there, but most people just passively consume LinkShells and/or shouts and don't explore the area anyways...

Here is gamespots rev http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/fina.../1900-6416179/ a nice 9.0 / 10 not bad at all