Square...Bethesda has the right approach.

[Kyra]

Ive recently been taking a break from FFXIV (for over 2 months now) just waiting to see what they add. I have been playing oblivion (clocked 242 hours so far and still nowhere near finishing) which is a bethesda game, I really love the way they make thier games and how much there is to do in them, fallout 3 is another example.

Just 1 side quest in oblivion completly obliterates most of the quests in FFXIV (and ive done a lot of them trust me). Quests in Oblivion are clever, involving, have great storys and are FUN. Another thing Oblivion does well is the sense of exploring, I have never felt any sense of exploration in FFXIV. At least in FF11 you could collect maps. The lore in FFXIV has never got me hooked either, its boring, dull and uninteresting. The only time ive truely been interested in the lore of FFXIV is in some of the cutscenes on the main story (namely the final one). The sidequests in FFXIV are a joke and so boring, how anyone can find them interesting idk.

Also people talking about bugs, id rather play a really great game with some bugs than a crappy game with no bugs and no content.

I know these are 2 different types of games but I feel FFXIV could learn a lot form bethesda games. I eagerly await Skyrim on 11.11.11