Make FFXIV a 'Sandbox' game. No way it can compete against upcoming 'Themeparks'.

[Valor]

keep in mind FF fans are used to playing single player games.

fact of the matter is we're going to be up against some pretty stiff competition in 2011, and we'll need something that'll lure people.

Miqo'tes and Lalafell.

Need I say more?

[Reika]

Miqo'tes and Lalafell.

Need I say more?

Those are what lured me. What other game has uber sexy cat girls. Girl + Cat Ears + Cat Tail = Win ^^

[Mishakai]

Yeah, there's some big ones on the horizon. Can't deny the upcoming competition. Personally I've been looking forward to TOR for quite sometime, but I can also afford to play more than one game at a time. None of those other games are Final Fantasy, and I just like FF.. Now that doesn't mean that I don't think this game needs need a lot of work because I think it does. They still got time though.. at least for me.. Rift just doesn't really rub me the right direction.. TERA screams too much of Aion as far as dev lifecycle, GW2 who knows.. TOR.. same there.. them's the ones everybody has to watch out for. If ArenaNet and BioWare deliver the goods, it will be a whole new ball game, if they fall flat on their faces 20 yards out of the gate, well..

[Reika]

Yeah, there's some big ones on the horizon. Can't deny the upcoming competition. Personally I've been looking forward to TOR for quite sometime, but I can also afford to play more than one game at a time. None of those other games are Final Fantasy, and I just like FF.. Now that doesn't mean that I don't think this game needs need a lot of work because I think it does. They still got time though.. at least for me.. Rift just doesn't really rub me the right direction.. TERA screams too much of Aion as far as dev lifecycle, GW2 who knows.. TOR.. same there.. them's the ones everybody has to watch out for. If ArenaNet and BioWare deliver the goods, it will be a whole new ball game, if they fall flat on their faces 20 yards out of the gate, well..

There is also a good chance of the Clone MMO. I have seen a video of Rift. That MMO wreaks of WoW. Nothing different besides the characters and graphics. I will stick with FFXIV

[Silvyaniss]

Good thread here are my thoughts...

THis year I plan to invest heavily into GW2 and SWTOR...

probably in the end I will end up devoting most of my time to GW2...

I love Final Fantasy but if they don't fix this game within 5 months I probably
won't hang around, there are no excuses for a poor launch, don't want to
sound too negative I was having fun in the game until you began to realize how
unfinished and broken FF14 really is.

[Valor]

There is also a good chance of the Clone MMO. I have seen a video of Rift. That MMO wreaks of WoW. Nothing different besides the characters and graphics. I will stick with FFXIV

All the people I know who played FFXIV and tried Rift, came back.

WoW peeps enjoyed it a bit more, but why go play a game that's just like WoW when you can just play...WoW?

[Mishakai]

There is also a good chance of the Clone MMO. I have seen a video of Rift. That MMO wreaks of WoW. Nothing different besides the characters and graphics. I will stick with FFXIV

Yeah, I agree there. I'm not against a clone though. I'm generally against changing things that are proven (mechanics wise) unless you have a better alternative. XIV has, IMO, succeeded in some areas and failed in others, and aside from the recent events, have been working their butt's off to fix the shortcomings. Keep in mind I am a FF fan.

As far as Rift, I think it's maybe too much of a clone. From what I have read, it doesn't really bring anything new genre, rather they just touched up things that were good in other games and rolled it into one. I haven't played it, and don't really have plans to. They succeeded where SE failed when XIV released, keeping track of what other games were bringing to the market that worked and implementing them either as good or a little bit better than the competition.

None of the others have been released yet, but lets say BioWare drops TOR on the market and yeah, it's a clone w/ light sabres, yet, it is fun as hell and the story/content sucks you in so bad it's like strawberry crack. Guess what I'll play?

Again, all speculation... Recent history has been the bigger they hype the harder they flop. It'd be nice to see the trend change.

[Nephera]

Rift isnt a bad game really, but it does play like 50 other games i have played before sewn together into one big Frankenstein monster so i never felt like i was experiencing anything new.

that and some of the character animations are really quite atrocious.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Rist is a mish mash of all the Iron realms MUD with WoW graphics. I read all the MUD story lines and rift uses a bit of all of them.
when a games opening line for a banner is "your not in azeroth anymore" automatically fails.

Bioware is making start wars soloable if you miss some content. meaning a good 99% of the game is soloable. It also looks like WoW with lightsabers (i was like wtf) I'm a fan of the knights of the old republic saga but tor looks like crap. It looks like a non mmo game with some mmo parts.

[Dreamer]

I like the idea of a more sandboxy FF experience. I want a world, not a ride.