What keeps you playing?

[Dorfentyme]

Something about this game being fanservice

And that is the only thing that makes me come back to these forums, go back to the AWFUL subreddit for this game...its hoping they make changes to the core gameplay because this game tries to constantly draw me back in because its Final Fantasy and the fanservice is great.

Honestly, if this was some other IP, I would never play this game again until drastic changes were made and wouldn't even look back at this game. But the fanservice is so damn fantastic and it FEELS more like a Final Fantasy than other Final Fantasy games.

It's a damn shame they can have SO many good ideas then have so many other ideas fall flat

Side note: All these people praising the games story...makes me wonder how little their attention span is to actually think this game has a good storyline. The story is a typical JRPG cliche...but I guess that's what people like about it. Some people don't want originality, I guess that's okay too.

[Estevo]

Side note: All these people praising the games story...makes me wonder how little their attention span is to actually think this game has a good storyline. The story is a typical JRPG cliche...but I guess that's what people like about it. Some people don't want originality, I guess that's okay too.

I'm pretty sure that people are praising the small details, and the ambiance of the story, after all that's half of what makes a story unique.

Remember, most of what you call cliches are just inevitable aspects of life, this is an mmo after all, they have a lot of ground to cover, not just the "original" stories that you're talking about (which IMO are already present in the game.) The complex unique story comes after the foundation has been set.

Also don't make the mistake that because it has a lot of inspired content and allusions to past ff games, it's unoriginal. If anything the game is even more creative and original because of these elements, because it's all implemented creatively and fits in with the world, so it actually is original in it's own way, especially for the series which usually has no connections between the various games .