SkillUp's FF16 review can be applied to FF14 as well.

[Payadopa]

To be honest, after XVI I have even less hope for 7.0 now. They had all the time and money to make a great game but outside of looking very (and I mean very) good and the combat being "okay" for a DMC clone, the second you step outside the MSQ zone the game is boring and tedious to boot.

It's like they are not even trying anymore beyond making stuff look good because for some reason gamers nowadays think that's the only aspect that matters in a game. It's like saying TLoU is GotY because it had pretty cutscenes in-between your very overdone cover shooting. In XVI you have areas or items that look almost photo realistic but walk through a city or area and tell me it doesn't feel lifeless.

It's like a museum to me where you are only allowed to look but never touch any of the pieces. lol Such a shame.

[Nav_Fae]

To be honest, after XVI I have even less hope for 7.0 now. They had all the time and money to make a great game but outside of looking very (and I mean very) good and the combat being "okay" for a DMC clone, the second you step outside the MSQ zone the game is boring and tedious to boot.

It's like they are not even trying anymore beyond making stuff look good because for some reason gamers nowadays think that's the only aspect that matters in a game. It's like saying TLoU is GotY because it had pretty cutscenes in-between your very overdone cover shooting. In XVI you have areas or items that look almost photo realistic but walk through a city or area and tell me it doesn't feel lifeless.

It's like a museum to me where you are only allowed to look but never touch any of the pieces. lol Such a shame.

And FFXIV is getting a graphics update so really makes you wonder. Maybe pretty visuals is all the professional critics care about.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

It seems like nearly all the complaints I read and hear about 14 and 16 and a lot of games in general these days can be summed up as "game too easy."

I really hope FromSoft creates a Souls or Elden Ring MMO someday to quench the thirst for punishing gameplay. A thirst that I will never share.