FFXIV has lost it's magic

[Koren_Origins]

You ever think that maybe the reason the "magic" is gone is because you became older, more experienced and probably desensitized? Sure when I first started playing games it was a new experience and I was easily stimulated, but after years of playing I'm not going to get the same effect even when a new game comes out as I did when the entire experience was new. It's like horror movies. When I was young, a common monster movie with a werewolf popping up could have given me nightmares. Today, blood splatter, zombies eating human entrails alive with ear-piercing screams in an accurate depiction of hell, meh.

I, for one, never had that experience in FFXI of "danger" running through zones or the "magic" of encountering new things. I already had over 15 years of experience playing other games to use as a base to FFXI so the feeling was greatly diminished vs if it were one of the first games I've ever played. I got to Jeuno, first try, by myself, from the dunes. No aggro, no getting lost, no sneak/invis, on monk at level 18. Just from years of playing other games to have a reasonable understanding of how the mechanics of FFXI was to work.

The thrill is still there, but much less than before and does not last anywhere near as long just because I have already had that experience even if it isn't the same game.

[cotti]

You ever think that maybe the reason the "magic" is gone is because you became older, more experienced and probably desensitized?

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The thrill is still there, but much less than before and does not last anywhere near as long just because I have already had that experience even if it isn't the same game.

Interestingly enough, XIV hooked me since B3 and I don't feel tired of it at all.

Some games just click with you, some may click but either take some time or the click fades away, and some... just not at all. Ye olde WoW never hooked me, Ragnarok used to make me busy for no more than 2 weeks... And I have been playing XIV everyday since B3.

[Azurymber]

You ever think that maybe the reason the "magic" is gone is because you became older, more experienced and probably desensitized? Sure when I first started playing games it was a new experience and I was easily stimulated, but after years of playing I'm not going to get the same effect even when a new game comes out as I did when the entire experience was new. It's like horror movies. When I was young, a common monster movie with a werewolf popping up could have given me nightmares. Today, blood splatter, zombies eating human entrails alive with ear-piercing screams in an accurate depiction of hell, meh.

I, for one, never had that experience in FFXI of "danger" running through zones or the "magic" of encountering new things. I already had over 15 years of experience playing other games to use as a base to FFXI so the feeling was greatly diminished vs if it were one of the first games I've ever played. I got to Jeuno, first try, by myself, from the dunes. No aggro, no getting lost, no sneak/invis, on monk at level 18. Just from years of playing other games to have a reasonable understanding of how the mechanics of FFXI was to work.

The thrill is still there, but much less than before and does not last anywhere near as long just because I have already had that experience even if it isn't the same game.

Personally i still get that experience in single player rpgs. Ni no kuni, darksouls, ff12, Skyrim, Xenoblade, even the new pokemon.
I had years of experience of gaming before i got ffxi at NA launch.
FFXI just had this amazing way of making a giant open world fun. There were so many things to do, so many places to discover, etc.
It wasn't always about the endgame. There were tons of things to do while leveling up to 75. And there were lots of times where you could spend hours on one quest (e.g. af1 quests), meet new people, and feel like you seriously accomplished something when you completed it

Nothing in XIV feels that way. And it has nothing to do with new games. GW2 is easy as well. But pulling off the stuff you need for map completion in some zones is -hard.- And when you get full completion, it feels like you accomplished a lot.
Even in SWTOR there were areas where mobs were challenging.

XIV is honestly the easiest game I have ever played. (never played WoW)

And it feels like that was the point. Make it so people can hit lvl 50 in a few days and then spam ak over and over again and maybe coil once in a while

[am0n]

You ever think that maybe the reason the "magic" is gone is because you became older, more experienced and probably desensitized?

/thread

This, right here. I started in UO. Man, when I think about UO, I froth at the mouth. It was glorious. Open world, literal sandbox. Then EQ. My first time adventuring through the dwarven lands, the chess board with giant skeletons, the zone that was along the ocean and lead to a whole zone of undead and a spooky house! Navigating the sewers of Kazik Thule!

But let's be realistic. That's call nostalgia. I loved playing those games, at the time. If I went back now? It wouldn't be the same. The game hasn't lost its magic. The genre hasn't, either. The magic is gone because you've been around the block a few times. You've seen what there is to see, several times with different coats of paint. Even when games do add unique features, and they do, your mastery of the system is such that you quickly assimilate it as "just another feature."

If you want the magic, try a new genre. Try a new genre, with an entirely new theme. Try a new hobby.