Final Fantasy XIV 1.23b - Would you Play it if Available?

[DiaDeem]

Hello!

Today I come to pose a question I'm not sure has been discussed here before.

Because my computer back in 2010 was unable to run Final Fantasy XIV, I waited for the PS3 version that never came. I started playing ARR on September of 2013, and despite loving it, I always came across comments from friends or people online, who'd say that the original version was actually pretty good during its final months, and I even found some people who said they liked it more than ARR... so I've always just been wondering about that game, and what would it feel to play it. Not be told what it was to play it, but actually experience it.

So here's my question:

If Square made it possible to play FF XIV on it's 1.23b version... would you play it? Would you pay for it, even if it was a one-time payment?

I know for SE this idea would be 100% pointless. But just as a question...

Would you play it?

[Dijana]

If it were exactly as the game was then....no. I enjoyed it yes, there were features from it I miss, but despite what people claim about how great it was, there's a reason it had to constantly extend its f2p status and in the end be taken down and rebuilt. If nothing else, just the copy/paste zones are enough to drive me away.

[Amatsuhira]

I'd like to merge the current combat system and ui to the old version. IMO weapon and gear choices and skill choices were better in 1.0.

[Evangela]

They should have a special "classic" server that allows us to temporary enter a realm of 1.X version.

I'd love to collect those old cutscenes, achievements, titles, equipment, etc.

[Enkidoh]

If it were exactly as the game was then....no. I enjoyed it yes, there were features from it I miss, but despite what people claim about how great it was, there's a reason it had to constantly extend its f2p status and in the end be taken down and rebuilt. If nothing else, just the copy/paste zones are enough to drive me away.

^This. There were things in 1.0 that I did love and wish were implemented into ARR, but as it stands, even despite Yoshi's valiant tinkering with it, 1.23 may have been a good game with potential, it was still too little too late, the game was still fundamentally broken in pretty much every way, and thus the game thoroughly deserved it's bullet behind the ear.

And before you pass judgement, SE actually gave players a chance to have 1.23 retained in operation 'indefinitely' as a side game to ARR - dependent on logins though. Naturally, this failed after not even a month (I remember logging in and literally being the only person on my server). So that proved to SE once and for all, 1.0 was a lost cause. Accordingly, players had their chance to bring the game back and wasted it. In SE's eyes, there just isn't any point to reviving 1.0 because of this.

[BobbinT]

Yes! A thousand times Yes! I don't care what ppl think how bad it is, I still love it! ^^

[Noshpan]

While pre-ARR was extremely gorgeous, I'd much rather stab myself with a rusty butter knife than play it.

[Ilitsa]

Aside from being able to play it seperately, I'd like to see something like an "echo" effect that would let us go back and experience the storyline from 1.0. maybe talk to the wandering minstrel to flashback to it with our characters or something, wouldn't have to have any of the old rewards in it or anything, just purely for lore/experience purposes

[ereskigal]

I would I miss 1.0, kinda hate what they doing with 2.0 onward with everything instance, damn game feel like a waiting room now but that's just my opinion.

[Caraway]

I admittedly regret not playing the original when it came out. I was in another game at the time and the negative press turned me off. While the UI is... Wonky (in the same way FFXI's is wonky) there are some aspects to it I would have loved to explore.

If I had the option? I'd be happy to try it out for an added fee on my sub.