7.0 MMO to a Single Player Game

[caffe_macchiato]

A ton of people love the concept of turning FFXIV into a single-player game. Many of them came from WoW and are still firmly attached to having that as their “main game”. So FFXIV, to them, is just a single player RPG to blow through during a content lull. And FFXIV also has something that WoW doesn’t: a strong Second Life-esque dating sim whereby you can create and sell your own outfits, skins, and even entirely new races, mounts and minions. You can even sell services like IRL photos and “adult time” in Discord, as many currently do in Party Finder.

Nowhere, in all of that, is the MMO that existed from 2013-2021. And that’s fine! Because there are other, better games we should be playing. Just destroy FFXIV so that we can have time for our other games.

7.0 is going to be the worst expac, by design: it’ll get people to wean off of FFXIV, play other SE titles, and lead Yoshida into retirement as he’s always planned. Sucks for fans to be treated as disposable, but it’s Square Enix, everyone knows how it is by now.

[PaulH]

A ton of people love the concept of turning FFXIV into a single-player game. Many of them came from WoW and are still firmly attached to having that as their “main game”. So FFXIV, to them, is just a single player RPG to blow through during a content lull. And FFXIV also has something that WoW doesn’t: a strong Second Life-esque dating sim whereby you can create and sell your own outfits, skins, and even entirely new races, mounts and minions. You can even sell services like IRL photos and “adult time” in Discord, as many currently do in Party Finder.

Nowhere, in all of that, is the MMO that existed from 2013-2021. And that’s fine! Because there are other, better games we should be playing. Just destroy FFXIV so that we can have time for our other games.

7.0 is going to be the worst expac, by design: it’ll get people to wean off of FFXIV, play other SE titles, and lead Yoshida into retirement as he’s always planned. Sucks for fans to be treated as disposable, but it’s Square Enix, everyone knows how it is by now.

Heh, that actually is quite sobering and true, it is not the game of the past, you're right and it feel sad but hey Baldurs gate 3 is nearly here as I haven't touched it or watched anything and it is quite fun to get into new stuff.