Back from Rift....

[Rinsui]

since bashing them and other Japanese devs seems to be the "in" thing to do nowadays

...just that the reviews on the Japanese sites were not a iota more favorable.

Of course you can say: "all the reviewers, players and metacritics must be wrong. I still believe people
like this game and there are enough active players to warrant the claim that FFXIV is a success".

It just sounds a little like: "Between the years 1400 and 1600, the plague, also known as "the Black Death"
killed 50% of the European population. I still believe Yersinia Pestis, the bacterium associated with the plague,
is nothing but a harmless little fellow who hands out presents and candybars".

(giggle)

[Abriael]

...just that the reviews on the Japanese sites were not a iota more favorable.

I actually read quite a few of those, and they were, while critical and rightfully so, much less disfavorable.

Unless you consider angry 2channers as "reviewers"... Experience teaches me that those don't hold much credibility.

The game is nowhere near perfect, but it's definitely not as bad as some make it out to be. It has quite a few redeeming features (that most biased reviewers very conveniently ignored), and the attempt to innovate a completely stale genre is something I can definitely applaud and support.

Maybe it'll be a long term innovation, but if it works, it'll be worthwile.

Comparing a game with the plague is way overdramatic and hyperbolic, so I don't think it warrants further comment.

[Naqaj]

It has quite a few redeeming features (that most biased reviewers very conveniently ignored), and the attempt to innovate a completely stale genre is something I can definitely applaud and support.

I keep reading remarks about how SE should be praised for trying to innovate with XIV, and I keep wondering, where did they actually innovate?

[Abriael]

I keep reading remarks about how SE should be praised for trying to innovate with XIV, and I keep wondering, where did they actually innovate?

If you can't get it by yourself, I'm afraid no explanation will get through. Given that it's absolutely evident.