Brian from Work 2 Game is leaving FFXIV

[vanaii]

1. He enjoys spending more time with his family.
2. He enjoys his comedy side-gig, which takes time.
3. What little time he has, he enjoys spending in New World.

He's nothing but complimentary to FFXIV, and he's put "tens of thousands" of hours into it over the years. I wish I had that attention span. Sometimes people just want more time for things that aren't MMOs.

As someone who's eternally in and out of the door, though, I'm sure we all know he's going to be back for 7.0. He won't be able to resist once he spots a trailer.

[Rolder50]

1. He enjoys spending more time with his family.
2. He enjoys his comedy side-gig, which tames time.
3. What little time he has, he enjoys spending in New World.

He's nothing but complimentary to FFXIV, and he's put "tens of thousands" of hours into it over the years. I wish I had that attention span. Sometimes people just want more time for things that aren't MMOs.

As someone who's eternally in and out of the door, though, I'm sure we all know he's going to be back for 7.0. He won't be able to resist once he spots a trailer.

Seems you didn't watch the whole video then. Around 7:30 he points out that FFXIV is a game that doesn't take risks and that it feels like a game designed purely to catch upset WoW players. Then the section around 11:10 where he points out that the community is insecure and rejects any attempts to improve or critique the game.

Then there's a whole 'nother video where he goes into detail on how Endwalker fell flat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXX4v0b0JrQ)

[vanaii]

Seems you didn't watch the whole video then. Around 7:30 he points out that FFXIV is a game that doesn't take risks and that it feels like a game designed purely to catch upset WoW players. Then the section around 11:10 where he points out that the community is insecure and rejects any attempts to improve or critique the game.

Then there's a whole 'nother video where he goes into detail on how Endwalker fell flat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXX4v0b0JrQ)

I didn't consider that particularly controversial. FFXI was Square's take on Everquest, FFXIV is Square's take on WoW. If the Final Fantasy games catch dissatisfied players from their "source" games, that means Square did what it set out to do better than their competition. That's about as "working as intended" as "working as intended" can get.

The community is certainly insecure, and things have been so stable for so long the community rejects the developer's attempts to take risks and change up the formula. I see that as more of a reader/writer contract that needs a refresh, and I'm personally hoping 7.0 can do that without causing an actual apocalypse of feedback.

As for what he thinks about Endwalker, I'll take a peeksies-- but glancing over the comments there it seems fairly paint-by-numbers. Either way, the tone of this video is very complimentary of a game he's started to move past IRL.