i think one thing that the final fantasy games had in common was immersion. you felt connected to the world and the characters. thats what made ffxi so successful. the game you feel connected to your character that you spent months and years developing. it made it really difficult to put that character down or worse case, delete em.

everything about final fantasy is their ablilty to draw you in and keep you interested. playing 90hrs of ffvii sounds daunting but those hours just flew right by me. i was really into the game and everything became fun although someone else might see it as a grind.

i think i've finally realized what we've all lost here in ffxiv. if only SE waited another year to release the game while tanaka and his crew were busy getting it ready/finished, we would've had an amazing game. i look back at it now and i dont blame tanaka but more SE for trying to push it out early. they only have themselves to blame and we're the ones who are paying for it.