Quote Originally Posted by Nims View Post
That literally doesn’t make sense lmao.

The other developers don’t force you to play how they want you to play. THATS the difference, just because a story is force doesn’t mean it’s more driven than another mmo.
Sure they do, but since you like that playstyle you don't notice. Developers force you to move from map to map, developers force you to make new characters to experience other paths, developers force you to grind the same things over and over again to RNG weapons and stats. There are games out there that have variables on all of this. Loot-based shooter MMO, Exploration based Space-sim MMO.
Calling FFXIV "story based" is appropriate, because all the major advertisments tout the story first and foremost.