FFXIV named "worst FF ever" by IGN.

[Seif]

/Agree.

FFXIII was eye candy and nothing else. I am a loyal fan of the franchise, and have played every final fantasy.

Having said that, I found the storyline non-engaging and the game to be very forgettable as a whole. (I can't even name 4 characters or 1 town). And the voice acting for some of the characters... *shudder*

As for IGN, a hopeful tone at the end is the most we can ask for at this point.

At least this installs some silver lining for prospect players.

I agree with you and him as well. I can't remember XIII's NPCs either at all but in the same breath it should be noted that at very least I remembered the storyline of it.

XIV's storyline to me is almost as good as no storyline at all and I can't remember any of it because it's such a mess. Same goes for NPC's it's sort of an insult to NPC quest characters in other FF titles to call XIV's quest givers characters at all. They're leve cards and that's all they are currently.


Still looking at the big picture XIII as a game is a complete failure to me as it's almost like a parody of so-called "modern western game design" whereas XIV still is under development and it can be made into a good game if SE let's go of the bad design choices that are never going to be fun. (see all the reviews for further info, do we really need to keep giving them the same critique they've received from pre-launch?)

[Scherwiz]

Final Fantasy XIII > Final Fantasy XII

[Gramul]

Final Fantasy XIII > Final Fantasy XII

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[WinnipegJet]

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[Shyd]

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[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.

[Avraym]

I agree with you and him as well. I can't remember XIII's NPCs either at all but in the same breath it should be noted that at very least I remembered the storyline of it.

XIV's storyline to me is almost as good as no storyline at all and I can't remember any of it because it's such a mess. Same goes for NPC's it's sort of an insult to NPC quest characters in other FF titles to call XIV's quest givers characters at all. They're leve cards and that's all they are currently.


Still looking at the big picture XIII as a game is a complete failure to me as it's almost like a parody of so-called "modern western game design" whereas XIV still is under development and it can be made into a good game if SE let's go of the bad design choices that are never going to be fun. (see all the reviews for further info, do we really need to keep giving them the same critique they've received from pre-launch?)

I agree whole heartedly. The FFXIV storyline has run circles around itself, to the point where the players look into things that aren't even there, in hopes of clarity of what we are fighting towards/against.

We can probabally attribute this to the fact that the vision the original producer had compared to Yoshii's, are at opposite ends.

Still, the focus on the Umbral events shed light on the direction the game is going, at least.