A popular MMO reviewer gave FFXIV Shadowbringers the thumbs down o.o

[SturmChurro]

Not everyone likes FFXIV. That's OK.
Liking WoW and FFXIV are not mutually exclusive things.

I actually enjoy WoW, mostly for PvP.

What many of these people want is just WoW, then trashing anything that isn't exactly like it. This isn't about like or not, this YouTuber masquerades as a reviewer, but this is barely even that. Don't get me wrong, as I said in my post, the ARR leveling does suck. He isn't wrong about how bad it is. I was shot down in my thread a couple months ago for saying such.

What I am saying is this isn't a proper review, and this YouTuber obviously didn't do anything but mess around, and do story. He didn't review aspects of the game. It is a 'lazy' review, in my opinion. A proper review should encompass the full scope of the game.

[Ilyrian]

What I am saying is this isn't a proper review, and this YouTuber obviously didn't do anything but mess around, and do story. He didn't review aspects of the game. It is a 'lazy' review, in my opinion. A proper review should encompass the full scope of the game.

How can it not be 'proper'. Because you disagree?
I could make a Youtube now saying anything on any subject ever. And it makes zero difference to anything. If he doesn't like the game - he doesn't like the game. Find a video of someone who does to reassure yourself if that's what you need.

The whole thing is mad.

[SturmChurro]

How can it not be 'proper'. Because you disagree?
I could make a Youtube now saying anything on any subject ever. And it makes zero difference to anything. If he doesn't like the game - he doesn't like the game. Find a video of someone who does to reassure yourself if that's what you need.

The whole thing is mad.

What exactly are you responding to me with? You seem to have literally no understanding of what I am saying. I actually said multiple times in - two - posts that I agree with him. You are trying to make this something it is not. This is a sorry excuse for a "review". At least, if he claims this is a review.

If you need more clarification here is my old thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/389278-New-Player-Experience-Sucks%21-Impending-Expansion-Problems

[Ilyrian]

What exactly are you responding to me with? You seem to have literally no understanding of what I am saying. I actually said multiple times in - two - posts that I agree with him. You are trying to make this something it is not. This is a sorry excuse for a "review". At least, if he claims this is a review.

You disagree with him. That's all this boils down to. And that's OK. People are different.

[Melorie]

While I am a huge fan of FFXIV I think that some of his complaints are valid. However, I also think that his video is full of sensationalism, and that the game probably isn't for him. If he wanted to review the game properly, he shouldn't have bought story skips nor anything like that.

Also, watching youtube videos reviewing MMOs never quite worked for me. It's a genre that I can't really tell if I'm going to click or not unless I'm playing it.