The sad thing is that FFXIII wasn't even polished from the perspective of how it was built - even as a linear game with a less than awesome combat. Creating cool characters, and then destroying them within seconds made no sense; turning the summon system into an orgasmic experience for Vanille was, in my opinion, incredibly offputting, and having a story that contradicted itself in the most major of ways really hurt the game. With that said I actually liked it better than 12, which I thought was a mess; mostly from having a pathetic character cast and a very nonchalant story.

FF14 damaged the game worse than FF13, however, and it still is - which is why I think it's incredible that they're charging subscription fees for the game when the numbers are as small as they are, and confidence in Square is so continuously low. There's no trust in their products, and now players have no way to alleviate that mistrust for what is going to be nearly a year, or more likely, over a year.

I hope those of you who are going to stay with the game are going to have an acceptable playing experience, because I worry it's just going to be a ghost town.