Funny thing I found...

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This is kind of irrelevant to FFXIV specically, but it's still relevant to MMOs in general, so I'm sure this topic has a place in the broader discussion of FFXIV even so.

Anyways, recently, Korean gamers complained that the upcoming MMO "ArcheAge" was undeserving of the title of "next gen" because the game, so they say, is not pushing boundaries like any "next gen" game should be.

I hope this doesn't come across like an advertisement, but here are some features of Archeage:

• Freedom to own land, grow crops, and build houses in the open world (dynamic political structure)
• Totally seamless world
• Ship building and naval combat
• Climbing, swimming, jumping
• Multiple different mounts (including airships, and you can also ride pillion on the back of someone else's mount)
• Mount customisation
• Justice system (face trial if you kill too many players and get sent to prison from which you are forced to escape)
• Sieges
• City-building
• Instances, and general MMO fare
• Blah blah blah

The reason this is funny is because the game is still at the very least 7 months and 3 beta tests from release, and the director of the game (Jake Song) responded saying that he "is ashamed" and "will work very hard", acknowledging that he also thinks the game not worthy of the title "next gen".

So if a game with the above features is not worthy of being called "next generation", then what exactly do developers need to do in order to please people? Lol.