Eorzea feels like a world with no teeth.

[Enkidoh]

Agreed, FFXI was big, I mean - the legendary run to jeuno was an actual event lol... can't even compare the two! Maybe it has something to do with limitations on behalf of ps3... They made it look nice and all but even with the small size of these areas, the loading times are killing me.

FFXI's zone size was an illusion created by characters running very slowly - in ARR as players have a speed boost by default on top of already running quite fast by comparison with FFXI, hence it makes the zones seem smaller than they actually are. In actuality most zones in FFXI are pretty much the same size as ARR ones (by comparing maps).

[Zantetsuken]

Randomly falling into a pit or walking into an area and being blown up isn't "good design". [...]
Smart MMOs don't do that anymore because it's stupid, and, surprisingly, not many people enjoy that sort of thing.

FFXIV ARR: 1.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 7.4

Dark Souls: 2.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 8.3




(yes I know Dark Souls isn't technically a MMO game, but it's an online RPG game which puts it almost in the same category.)

[MACEenyo]

FFXIV ARR: 1.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 7.4

Dark Souls: 2.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 8.3



(yes I know Dark Souls isn't technically a MMO game, but it's an online RPG game which puts it almost in the same category.)

The guy you quoted is a complete moron.

I myself do enjoy danger. Dark Souls is a great game.

It's sad to admit this, but ARR is softcore as all hell and appears to be catering to people that have no idea how to have fun inside of a video game.

[HorrorStory]

Well, it's worth noting that Dark Souls doesn't have a subscription model. People tend to gravitate toward things that are free, as opposed to things that require a monthly payment. How many people would buy the game if you had to pay $12.95/mo. just so some backflipping backstabber could invade your world?

[Theonekitten]

People said Tanaka sucked. I think given the 2years Yoshida had, 1.0 would have been a much better fantasy game.

2.0 isn't even a fantasy RPG. It's an action thriller.

More like a Disney movie...

[Seif]

There should be few high level monsters in every area so you would always have something to motivate free exploration.

Anyone who has played through Xenoblade knows how this trick can revive old "low level" areas easily and it's a great tool for the level designers.

[Magis]

FFXI's zone size was an illusion created by characters running very slowly... In actuality most zones in FFXI are pretty much the same size as ARR ones (by comparing maps).

I messed around with a FFXI private server recently, and no... your wrong. I was thinking the same thing that maybe I was misremembering and I forgot the size of the zones, but holy shit were XI zones big. La Theine Plateau is probably the size of Coerthas and it's the second zone you go to if you start in San d'oria. And it isn't copy/paste (or is well hidden) unlike 1.0. Also mind you I was running at x6 times the speed of a normal character (max speed), so "player speed" wasn't giving me any illusions.

Also something I realized is unlike XIV, there were many caves, forts, and tombs to explore, (some of which connect to other zones)... not just whatever is on the surface. The closest we have to that in XIV is the hole in the ground in South Shroud... blocked off by invisible walls.

[Whiz]

FFXI's zone size was an illusion created by characters running very slowly - in ARR as players have a speed boost by default on top of already running quite fast by comparison with FFXI, hence it makes the zones seem smaller than they actually are. In actuality most zones in FFXI are pretty much the same size as ARR ones (by comparing maps).

Yeah exactly but its pointless to even try to state facts when posters like the dude above will just make some lie up crap story just to try to prove their point lol. but yeah to a normal person what you stated is obvious.

[Whiz]

FFXIV ARR: 1.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 7.4

Dark Souls: 2.4 million copies sold worldwide
Metacritic user score: 8.3




(yes I know Dark Souls isn't technically a MMO game, but it's an online RPG game which puts it almost in the same category.)

So i guess you quit 14 and is playing Dark Souls grats....I'll staying with 14 though I happy with the game and it seems to only be getting better.

[Ceons]

I messed around with a FFXI private server recently, and no... your wrong. I was thinking the same thing that maybe I was misremembering and I forgot the size of the zones, but holy shit were XI zones big. La Theine Plateau is probably the size of Coerthas and it's the second zone you go to if you start in San d'oria. And it isn't copy/paste (or is well hidden) unlike 1.0. Also mind you I was running at x6 times the speed of a normal character (max speed), so "player speed" wasn't giving me any illusions.

Also something I realized is unlike XIV, there were many caves, forts, and tombs to explore, (some of which connect to other zones)... not just whatever is on the surface. The closest we have to that in XIV is the hole in the ground in South Shroud... blocked off by invisible walls.

^
That's very true. La Theine had some caves in there. Ronfaure had the tombs. Valkrum had another tomb zone. Basically all zones, same size or bigger had more leves and substance to them.