skyrim's strong point is that it is an rpg with a ton of adventuring/exploration elements, and it also has an excellent progression system where you can play many different ways. FFXIV actually has very little actual adventure/exploration, sure the world was big, but there is by and large nothing to do in places you find, Initially i marked it up to a growing world, but it has yet to come to pass, and looks like it will continue to be the case until at least 2.0. As far as progression, the game has gotten a lot less varied, but i acknowledge that in an MMO people will generally always break even the most expansive of systems down to what does the most dmg and only do that, so it would be fairly hard to make a varied game that you could play anyway you want, when the community would just end up forcing everyone to play one way.

Other big advantage to skyrim, on pc anyway, will be user generated content, which will essentially take an already large world, and add almost endless possibilities to it.

In all honesty i was skeptical about what skyrim would offer, but after playing it, id say that making a game with such depth in exploration and adventure, that alone can make it a worthwhile game.

Id agree that the combat isnt pushing the envelope, but thats because its an rpg first and foremost, ultimately how you choose to build your charachter will deceide your battles, thats acceptable, in a game where you can build your charachter in almost anyway you want. All this said, skyrim has flaws and i could see why not everyone would be entertained, but if you dont like it meh just dont buy it, i think we can be sure of one thing, skyrim doesnt need your money anymore.



Back on topic, im not that mad at the delay, probably because im not as engaged as i used to be, but it is historically accurate to say that there has almost always been delays on every patch, and i wouldnt be surprised if it ends up pushed until monday. being so close to the weekend, there is a decent possibility.