FFXIV-- the fear of a WoW Clone is real...

[shanvhere]

If it's a wow clone, I will do what I did with Rift, SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, EQ2, uninstall, rant about it buy another game.

[Alerith]

Wait...

Allied Forces of Altana vs The Beastmen Hordes....

Allied...vs....Horde....

Alliance vs Horde....

OMFG FFXI WAS A WOW CLONE!!!

[Xmbei]

Wait...

Allied Forces of Altana vs The Beastmen Hordes....

Allied...vs....Horde....

Alliance vs Horde....

OMFG FFXI WAS A WOW CLONE!!!

lolol well played

[bobbygunz]

on the recent live letter, it was mentioned that the devs have been playing Starwars old republic and guild wars 2.

Do you guys fear that what made FFXI and FXIV unique will cease to exist and that we will sadlyl endup being a WoW clone?

I REALLY HOPE NOT

Well just thank god they're playing Guild Wars 2 and SWTOR and expanding their horizons. Maybe eventually they'll get around to a good game/MMO and begin to copy that for a change.

Sometimes you really get a sense that Yoshi and the devs don't really understand the market, and that's an observation made from the fact that they go around saying the global standard is still WoW, and that's just not true anymore, and especially won't be true with some upcoming games, especially some good sandbox games coming out of Korea.

SE are adamant that they cannot be original in terms of gameplay, and that all they want to do is imitate the standard with some "FF feel" thrown in, so it's good they are expanding their horizons by seeing what else is out their beyond WoW, even if for now it's only Guild Wars 2. Maybe it will encourage them to evolve on their fetch quest and dungeon raid standard they still believe exists.

[Yrusama]

People forget about the features we already had:

Not every MMO lets you change classes, let alone anytime you want and between different versions of them (job/class). In many games you'd have to make a new character to play something new.

Not every MMO has a system for enhancing gear at great risk (although XI has the Augment system).

Not every MMO has a 25-year-old fanbase it can appeal to with franchise themes. I know Warcraft is a pretty old franchise, but as far as I've seen it doesn't have the number and variety of games FF has to draw ideas from.

Not every MMO has that Japanese style of creepy-cute you see in Snurbles, Goobbues, and the Moogle fight. Some of SE's designs are reminiscent of Pokemon. It's charming, damnit!

In any case, my point is that people on these forums focus very heavily on what SE will do to make XIV the same as other MMOs, and seem to have forgotten how much SE has done to make XIV unique. The novelties may have worn off for us, but I'm sure new players will find them exciting. I, for one, have that excitement renewed when I see someone else experiencing it for the first time.

[Ruisu]

Pretty sure they played SWTOR and GW2 as an example of how not to make a game.

[Yrusama]

I'm probably going to get flamed now. Whatever. I'm going back to XI so I can continue mourning my mini-map.

[Valmonte]

Pretty sure they played SWTOR and GW2 as an example of how not to make a game.

we'll call it the Wada torturing device.

[Dannythm]

we'll call it the Wada torturing device.

Wada force them to play hutball over and over.

[Yellow]

What SWTOR and GW2 have that Final Fantasy XIV didn't, was a nice, smooth UI, and movement that were all really responsive.

The rest of those two games were just meh~