Quote Originally Posted by Kolsykol View Post
I don't have some kind of a big story.
FFXIV just makes me happy because I feel like it's one of the few games that isn't an indie game that has content I like.
FFXIV and fighting games and JRPG's or games like DMC and Bayonetta.
I am so completely jaded by the game industry nowadays particularly in the West and even moreso the AAA industry.

FFXIV has great developers that don't take themselves so ultra seriously and I actually feel good about supporting them.
Like compare the fanfest to basically any other event in the West, it's like the devs just having fun with us vs people reading scripts with a forced smile that is in reality aimed at the investors.
Can you imagine some of the stuff they pulled at Fanfest but at Blizzcon? I can't.

And FFXIV doesn't feel compromised for the sake of being '' safe '' or like it's based on trends.
Like I can't imagine races like Viera and Miqo´te from a Western studio especially a big one, not in the iteration of them we have in this game.
And the gear isn't ultra cereal and trying to be '' lore friendly '' all the time.

Maybe it has more to do with me just prefering the Japanese approach but I also think it's an industry problem I have on a whole too.
Like take the 2B costume for example, if it had been a Western studio does anyone actually believe they'd put it in and not '' alter it ''?
Or the Viera ( female ) reveal trailer and their cultural gear based on Fran.
Maybe it wouldn't '' ruin the game '' but it's like death by a thousand papercuts and I feel like it has been building up over time for a long time and really jaded me.
Just an example lol, but it's the same with Male Viera.
A lot of people are genuinely really turned off by them, but the devs aren't making compromises they just gave them to us and based them on what the fans had asked for.
They're not trying to '' appeal to everyone '', they're appealing to the fans.
And it makes it feel pure to me.

A rare thing I feel.
I just feel like gaming has forgotten what fun is but FFXIV haven't and it makes me happy to log in every day.


Also some of the story is cool in a cheesy way which I really like.
It doesn't take itself too seriously, like the end cinematic against Emet Selch was really cheesy but in a good way it actually made me smile and stand up going '' FUCK YEAH LETS GO! ''.
When I saw my character looking at him being all badass it gave me goosebumps.
I gotta say, reading this made me incredibly happy! This is everything that I'm looking for; a great game to play, a fun world to explore, supporting developers who actually care about their game...

Beautifully said. ^_^