An overview on the game after one month of playing

[Nyalia]

Seriously? Compared to what?

I think you are the forth person I have ever seen posting on this forum, that thinks the storyline is great.

Uhh, the game's storyline is very Final Fantasy. It's in line with all of the other Final Fantasies, drawing most heavily from FFIII (basically the same world, with the events of FFIII having taken place in the 4th era or so, if you put the pieces together) and FFVI (same basic plot - imperialistic empire that is technologically advanced trying to take over the world, said empire being manipulated by an evil psychopath (Nael = Kefka), an apocalypse happens (1.23->2.0 = WoB->WoR), second part of the game takes place in the ruins (ARR = World of Ruin), empire is using magical essence of espers/primals to empower their tech). People are so biased by their nostalgia these days... I laugh every time someone says something like "FFXIV's storyline is terrible! Why can't it be more like FFVI's?" because they're basically the same general storyline.

Personally, I like FFXIV's storyline. I like Final Fantasy games' style and story in general. I liked FFVI when I played it when I was a kid. I liked FFVI when I played through it again as an adult. IV was great too, as was IX, X, XII, and XIII. Tactics, of course, was the best. If you don't agree, don't blame me for your lack of taste, blame yourself or God.

To those who claim they hate the XIV storyline - if you don't like the plots of Final Fantasy games, why are you playing one, and why do you expect XIV's story to be better than or different from the other FF games? If you think you liked the other FF games' storylines, but do not like XIV's, I strongly recommend playing through the older games with a careful lookout for nostalgia-based bias.

/rant