FFXIV named "worst FF ever" by IGN.

[Jinrya-Geki]

In My opinion 13 is the worst of the series. I gave it a chance, everyone telling me it gets better at chapter 12, it doesn't.

The characters are forgettable, 3 of the main characters are only interesting. Lightning, Snow, and Sahz.

AI is stupid, *enemy is very susceptible to deprotect* Vanille/Hope spam fog...

Battle system, STUPID! I want full control of the party! Party Leader dies = game over, most the game is fought with two member parties. Summons, I never even used them unless the game forced me to use them.

The story line, ruined by the annoying Vanille's monologue. Tidus was better at it. I get better emotion from characters who don't even have voice acting. (Aerith dying, Vivi getting pissed at the 3rd Black Mage angel).

Comparing this too FFXIV, I feel better playing this game and buying a collectors edition than FFXIII at all.

Ysh'tola, Thalcred, and Papalymo are incredibly interesting characters. They rival the fighting prowess of the Black Wolf. Seeing how they are connected with the story is pretty cool. (Something Vanille, Hope, and Fang lacked. Minus the ending they almost had no purpose to the story)

Battle system is better to me than that. Players may make mistakes the first few times, but they'll learn making the experience that much better.

The story is incomplete, but no dumb ass whiny voice saying "We knew there was very little chance to succeed, but we had to keep moving on" every 15 minutes! The moon is possibly going to hit us, and we have to stop it!

The game is improving, where as FFXIII can't. FFXIII-2 not even gonna bother. The battle system is still the same. That's already a big enough problem for me. Still no full party control = stupid to me.

Whoever gave the review that 13 is better than 14... let me have your job. That's like giving DMC2 a better rating that DMC3 (Looks hatefully at X-play).

[OJtheLIONKing]

This isn't really any surprise, the launch of this game was terrible and, while things are miles better than they were back then, they're still not up to standards yet. I doubt IGN hopped on anytime recently to see if the game was suddenly awesome anyway.

As far as my personal opinions, it's hard for me to say. I love FFVII, VIII, X and XII especially, but FFIV-VI also hold a big place in my heart. If i had to pick a "worst EVAR", it'd probably be FFI-II, just because I was only like 5 when FFI came out and didn't have a chance to appreciate it in context, since I played it like 15 years later. Especially in the medium of games, it's hard to like an older title when your first time playing it is in modern times, since game mechanics have come such a long way.

I'd like to make a special mention about FFXIII. It had issues, to be sure, but I personally really liked the combat system for remaining fast paced and exciting no matter how many fights I went through with it. By the latter parts of some of the older FFs, especially the pre-PSX ones, I was bored to tears doing the grind or most fights except boss battles. I think FFXIII gets a lot more hate than it deserves, especially since I could clearly see that they were trying to keep the game fresh and relevant in a market that is quickly leaving old school JRPGs behind.

[Coglin]

This is nearly an exact replica of a conversation here about a year ago after FFXIV was in similar catagories on the same list.

[Ashthra]

Bahahahahaha, Bender as Vincent. Genius!

[GavenBylander]

I just hope they review it again when 2.0 comes out... And SE lives up to the hype of 2.0 and doesn't burn... GO GO YOSHI-P!!!

[Laf]

I just hope they review it again when 2.0 comes out... And SE lives up to the hype of 2.0 and doesn't burn... GO GO YOSHI-P!!!

There's always 3.0!

[GavenBylander]

There's always 3.0!

Hilarious! The way I play this game I'd probably still stick around to see it lol!

[Uriko]

Worst FF ever? Clearly someone never played FF IX!

I kid, I kid, I just really hated Zidane

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

What ever.. ign can suck my #kupo#.. Swtor got awsome reviews and all my friends are leaving already.. media seems biased

[ShinChuck]

Are people really angry over a *positive review* of XIV's current state?

"It has improved greatly since those days and the plan laid out by the development team for version 2.0 shows promise."

"MMOs are long-term investments and perhaps once Square-Enix makes enough changes Final Fantasy XIV may live up to the brand's pedigree."

What's to disagree with? I think it's more than reasonable and fair to say that the launch was bad, and it's a reminder of how even the biggest corporations like SE and the biggest franchises like FF can falter if not careful.