Gamespot ARR article. HOW DARE YOU DOUBT OUR YOSHI-P!!

[WHS]

Let's...not go through this again, seriously. There were enough fanboys spouting "FFXIV is getting trashed in reviews because all of the reviewers were bought out! Square refused to play their bribery game!" at the 1.0 launch that we had to deal with.

Disagree with the interviewer's logic or his opinion, fine. But this constant meme of "anyone in the gaming press that I disagree with must be on the take" is really ridiculous.

I really do agree with this point. Let people have their own opinion and don't judge. If you love ffxiv then fine and if you don't that's fine too. Look at it this way. Gamespot didn't create a forum account and come over here to snipe. They put in out on their own. It's fine we all logon here cause we love ffxiv but please don't continue the snipe by being directly obtuse. People will have their opinions and that's what they are is opinions. Not everyone is going to love any particular game but the real truth will come out in paying subscriptions. Let that be the true judge. The saying put your money where your mouth is still applies.

[TenraiNagi]

Let people have their own opinion and don't judge.

^Exactly this. When I read the article (maybe it's just me), I got the impression that the author was imposing his opinion on the reader, rather than let him form his own. ARR is still a game that not many people are aware of. And this media tour was supposed to inform people by making it all over the media, making it's name familiar, etc...

The purpose of these articles is to help in doing that, but it's not supposed to be in such a biased way. The author is claiming that the game has no clear direction (which is not true, the devs are already talking about an expansion), and that it's better than the previous crap but "meh". He overlooked all the systems and features the game has to offer just because of his "oh well, people moved on" concept.

So yea let people make up their own opinion!

And seriously, stop hanging your hats on how story makes this game unique. First of all Square Enix really isn't the king of story telling in games anymore. And secondly, while I quite enjoyed 1.0's story, LotrO and SWTOR emphasize story even more and present theirs in a lot more accessible way. The fact that FFXIV has a good storyline doesn't make it unique.

Honestly, if you're comparing FFXIV's 1.0 story, which they made up in a month, to the stories of these other titles then FFXIV already wins. The cut scenes for this game were being done while they're making another MMO, AND doing other stuff for 1.0. Those other companies had years to make up their stories and put them together.