FFXIV named "worst FF ever" by IGN.

[Yumi_Hibiki]

Final Fantasy XIII > Final Fantasy XII

i really liked XII as well but i can sign that, i enjoyed the characters and storyline of XIII a lot more personally.

on the article, at least he didn't just blindly bash the game like the others but i kinda feel like his standpoint comes from pre 1.18 still, on the other hand i cant really say FFXIV is a better FF than any of the other main titles right now (excluding spinoffs) that doesn't mean its a bad game now thou.

[Katt]

I know I might get flamed for this one, but I do agree with IGN that Final Fantasy 14 is the worst. And yes, this is also counting the game that shall never be be said..... Final Fantasy 10 -2

[Kaizlu]

IGN? Seriously?

Personally, I couldn't care less. I stopped reading reviews,articles and other stuff in big gaming sites like IGN, Gamespot, Kotaku, etc a while ago.

But, sadly this impacts the image of the game. I sometimes feel that the whole gaming press still thinks that the game is the same as it was a year ago. And the comments show that (people where complaining about surplus/fatigue on another website a few weeks ago).

IGN is all about which publisher pays them the most for the best reviews. Look at TOR for example. IGN gave that game a glowing review, yet the launch looks like its MORE dismal than what XIV's was.

There's actually a screenshot going around showing that the initial review of SWTOR was 5 or 6 @ IGN. They took it down and then they published the 9.0 something review.

As for anyone taking IGN seriously, please take a look at this. >>click for magic<<

[TheVedis]

Just shows how retarded IGN is. Comparing XI or XIV to any other FF release is like comparing apples to oranges.

this is probly a huge point people wont understand

its like comparing warcraft 1-3 to world of warcraft too


there are so many other things you can use these comparisons on but unfortunately a ton of people out there will just lose the meaning of it all in the end


on a side note, its interesting how little people mention 14 in the comments themselves(if at all, 4 pages and i saw 1 mention of it)
i think the general reader/commenter even understands this point which is amazing

[Catapult]

Final Fantasy XIV doesn't win "worst Final Fantasy" because it had a bad launch. Though, for clarity's sake, the launch bombed. It was incomplete when Square-Enix declared it ready for market in September 2010 and that showed in its horrible user interface, performance issues, and the bewildering number of inconveniences associated with travel, questing, and trading items. It has improved greatly since those days and the plan laid out by the development team for version 2.0 shows promise.

Despite how quickly Square-Enix apologized for Final Fantasy XIV, restructured the development team, and maintained the free trial period, XIV still represents the worst Final Fantasy because it betrays how Square-Enix has faltered over the years. Eorzea is a colossal, beautiful world, but all sense of wonder lies crushed under the weight of maddening designs that seem better suited to drive players out than draw them in.

MMOs are long-term investments and perhaps once Square-Enix makes enough changes Final Fantasy XIV may live up to the brand's pedigree. Either way, Final Fantasy XIV remains a powerful lesson of how even the biggest names in gaming can crash and burn without the proper care.

This... is a very fair assessment. It highlights the value of FFXIV's experience as a strong lesson to SE.

It also leave room for the company to demonstrate their ability to turn things around and do things right come 2.0. A colossal challenge in front of a very critical media, to be sure, but doable. SE will probably emerge all the wiser for the experience (we hope).

[Lienn]

Well, it was expected IMO. If i was SE i'd even rename the 2.0 to FFXV and just leave XIV alone. It will be very hard to get rid of XIV release disaster so the best would be making 2.0 having a really fresh release...or regardless of how good/bad it become the release will be always haunting it.

About worst FF, i vote on FFVIII...i just hated that game with passion! Draw system was by far one of the worst battle mechanics i ever saw in a game.

[Seif]

Sadly, this might not be true, cant expect 2.0 to be a miracle, SE have a tendency with every game to do things differently and more often than not it bites them in the ass. So we will have to see when there is more information, it still will lack PVP on release, which many of your typical MMO players will be pissed, it will also be p2p which many will say "is it better than gw2 which is free?" and lose out there.

I garauntee 2.0 will still receive some bad reviews, but all with a general "going in a better direction" motto.

Yup it's not like 2.0 is going to be a different game just new environment tweaks.
Also there will be all the same systems we have now in the game that I think even the whitest of the knights can admit; aren't enough but before the year ends we'll probably get a few patches that alleviate these issues a bit.

In few years SE will have worked on the features that are possible with the new server structure and also they've had time to tweak them to be more fun.

The question is how many players will still be in the game and will it make big enough or any waves in the gaming media for people to notice the changes.

There are also still systems that hold the game back and despite promising an overhaul. At least from my point of view the battle system to me feels pretty much exactly the same as it did in beta days. Yes I'm not smashing action button anymore but as annoying as that was in the end of the day it was the least of the battle system's faults that still are in the game.

Classes are still mostly the same but most importantly the actions are too and when they're not they're way too obscure to apply to most normal fights.

[Avraym]

I know I might get flamed for this one, but I do agree with IGN that Final Fantasy 14 is the worst. And yes, this is also counting the game that shall never be be said..... Final Fantasy 10 -2

At the risk of also being flamed, I too prefered Charlies AngelsFFX-2 over FFXIV.

Having said that, I loved FFX and developed a love for the characters / scenarios / towns / storylines / music / battle ECT ECT (which carried into FFX-2), so my opinion is a biased one.

[Babydoll]

IGN caters towards mainstream gamers and game gurrrls (shudder)..heh so I really don't mind if those types do not come to play XIV >.>; Most of the stuff I've read on there seems to come from biased raging fanboys. I consider them on the same level as fail as g4 (shudder again) >.>

If people want to read a review and let some editor think for them..that's fine. Yeah sure this game does need a lot of improvement (and that is what 2.0 seems to be) but I can say this, I am having more fun playing XIV then I did XIII lol.

[Sulla]

i still have the nintendo, with final fantasy 1 [and dragon warrior from enix] and the strategy guide. bought playstation for final fantasy 7? the first playstation has cloud strife? and chocba breeding.. i have been with final fantasy 14 collector day one, have given up several times, but with the introduction of the goobue riding, i see that the original spitit of plain old ignorant fun is alive and is making me look forward to the game again. here's to the future