FFXIV Story. Do you like it as much as I do?

[Jabo]

Am I the only one who thinks that the story is really great?
People always talk about the music and the graphics when listing the pro's but in my opinion the story is the best part of the game so far.

Sure, it's a bit short, but the characters, the changing development and the last cut scene were all pretty awesome to me.
It is the one thing that really makes me feel that i'm playing a fantasy game at the moment.

On top of that I'm really excited about the Garlean Empire.
They seam very different and overwhelmingly powerful with their technology.
They also have some kick-ass leaders.

I can't wait to learn more about it.

[Cendres]

No you are not alone, I totally love the story. I love that the world reflects it, that the NPCs reflect, everything in this game goes hand in hand and the devs take great care in doing that. I don't often if ever feel like I'm being taken out of the game, that's why I'm not a fan of the type of tutorials other MMOs have, because that breaks the illusion that you're in a world and reaffirms that you're in a game.

SE at least knows how to do immersion very well.

[Cichy]

I think campaign story is great, missions are designed poorly but I enjoyed the cutscenes. They should've compressed the missions down to like lvl 25 though, there is way too few of them around.

[Shai]

Agree.

I play RPG for story and FFXIV is real good so far.
I'm so curious where they are going with the Echo.
I'm dying for more Limsa storyline, too. I got shunted off to Ul'dah just as it was getting really interesting.

[Deceptistar]

i think its not bad.
but being one that experience XI, at this point in time still, i prefer the older online version because the storyline was spread out in a possibly longer time frame

[Nikita]

I really love the story, I am amazed when I see reviews that show it as its weak point. Sure, they can expand upon it, but that's really a given at this point lol. When I finished the R46 mission, I felt like it really left me hanging and I really wanted to see more. In my opinion, that makes it good, when you want to see what happens next.

[Anonymoose]

I most definitely agree that the story is fantastic; but I will say that it's entirely too disconnected.

The main scenario is easy; meant to be experienced by anyone who picks up the game - however, it doesn't connect very well to the guildleve lore or the class scenarios that you have to work for, and I doubt it'll integrate with the new Company scenarios that we'll have to win the content of. Every storyline seems isolated, and the people in it only seem to care about that particular scenario and the people within it. Some overlap would be great.

I'd love to see all these disconnected lore pieces tied together somehow, because the full experience is going unnoticed by many.

[Cyan]

I would love this story if there was more to it. I mean, I love the bits that are there, but, there just isnt enough! Also, the spreading of missions seems a bit off to me. But I guess this just means that the story will expand elsewhere without having to level up, which I also like.

[Volsung]

Yes, I do like it, and I love the cutscenes. I believe it could become something amazing.

With that said, I believe it is too unfleshed at the moment, and veers away from nation history/goings on.

EDIT -> I also wish I could go into the merchant's ward whenever I wanted..... simply because I enjoy the music

[Speeral]

The story is great the 46 rank mission was an absolute cliffhanger. Too bad it is the product of unfinished development. I hope as the caps start growing we get a very large chunk of story, class and job all intertwined with companies from 1.18 and onward. Its really too bad the game released how it was there was so much that should have been built on. Hopefully yoshi is 100% aware and will work with the team to get this caught up once we get battle and system adjustments out of the way. That should be next on the priority list i think.