Remember - you cannot review an MMO until 6 months after it's launch - which is today

[NOZ]

SE could make this game better before they rushed to release o.O
thats everything i can say.

[Valiance]

Lol belgian. You rated it the best graphics in the genre, yet gave it a 7.8/10? strong skewed logic.

[BelgianRofl]

Just because it's the least worst in the genre, doesn't mean it is as perfect as it could be at this time, all things considered.

They should have toned down on the polygons, used a different engine altogether or optimized their own a lot more, and improve the lighting technology. That would earn it a 9/10. If they added motion blur... 10/10 for graphics.

[Linkurrra]

Meh, motion blur is overrated in my opinion. I find it distracting and obscures the nice artwork and textures the developers made. It's great for cinematics where no input from the user is required . This is prevalent in FFXIV.

Alot of games I played that applied motion blur affected the HUD or GUI which just made it difficult to use the game.
I'm okay with it to represent high speed like in driving games or occasional movements. But when it it used all the time with every slight twitch of the mouse it become annoying real fast.

[Coombah]

There honestly isn't a whole lot of strategy in what abilities you use in combat. You can essentially just faceroll across your keyboard and still come out on top most of the time.

LOL This was the best post I read today

[BelgianRofl]

Linkurra, I partially agree. In most cases, Motion Blur has not been implemented tastefully. Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2 are the exception.

[Trocien]

Give this game some time guys, let it update, let it enhance things, we are all coming to very soon and harsh conclusions of the game already, EVERY MMORPG needs time to get improved. (In some cases it gets worse tho :/)

Um...its been 6 months....

[Neptune]

Hahahaha Belgian, I have to hand it to you this time. That really made me laugh. Great work! Haha.

[Gath]

*and by it's, I mean its. I failed kindergarten English.

Presentation - 5/10
I like the theme, the idea of the world, and the era, but lack of any content whatsoever takes away from the presentation. Eg. Gun Class, Chocobos... the list goes on and on.

Graphics - 7.8/10
FFXIV is the best looking MMO to date, however there are still some major problems. Buildings and landscapes do not cast shadows, and water doesn't reflect the world. I think SE should have focused more on graphical technology than how many polygons they can cram into the game - it would look so much more realistic.

Character animations (other than lalafell) are top notch, although spell and battle animations are not satisfying.

Gameplay - 3/10
It's a 1-fest. You mash 1 for hours on end. The only quests to do are guildleves which reset ever 36 hours so you can do the same 8 quests again.

Leveling up crafting is almost unbearable. You sit for hours banging on an anvil selecting Normal Synthesis and occasionally one of your upgrades.

The market system is atrocious and slow.

Sound - 8.7/10
The sound in this this game is superb. The music is written by one of todays greatest composers. Most of the female voices are unpleasant however...

Lasting appeal - 2/10
Let's just put it this way. Out of the 20 people in my Linkshell, I'm the only one who still plays - occasionally... And only because I've been looking forward to this game for so long, and have hope that SE will turn this into something enjoyable.


[SIZE="5"]FINAL VERDICT[/SIZE](not an average)
I GIVE THIS GAME A 99






out of 200.

Your highest rank is 15. . .You most likely spend more time on the forums than you do the game itself. I know you're known for "trolling" but still, you have no position to even start rating the game. Unless you intend to rate it up to the level of 15. If you actually put in some coherent thought in the game, gave it constructive overview of the actuality, then, you might have more room to rate it with any sort of pull.

That aside, the game is low on playability to a third-party perspective, and it does need work, all we can do is wait.

If you really want to put more into this, how about we wait 3-4 years with this newer team who took over the game from a fail squad of lols, and then after that 3-4 years, wait 6 more months, and then rate it.

[Corrderio]

Your highest rank is 15. . .You most likely spend more time on the forums than you do the game itself. I know you're known for "trolling" but still, you have no position to even start rating the game. Unless you intend to rate it up to the level of 15. If you actually put in some coherent thought in the game, gave it constructive overview of the actuality, then, you might have more room to rate it with any sort of pull.

That aside, the game is low on playability to a third-party perspective, and it does need work, all we can do is wait.

If you really want to put more into this, how about we wait 3-4 years with this newer team who took over the game from a fail squad of lols, and then after that 3-4 years, wait 6 more months, and then rate it.

15? 50? What's the difference? There's literally nothing to do at any rank other than leves, mindlessly beating enemies to death, or crafting.