Why does everyone complain about STORY based MMO's?

[Novae]

Because a lot of FF14 players are MMO players first. The game may be the story for you, but not for me. I just see it as a nice bonus, but I'll never stop playing the game because I don't like its story. It's a videogame, not a book.

[Shibi]

Minfilia: WOL, thanks for the burger, look, Limsa is be destroyed on the morrow, you must kill Leviathan and save them all, but first, I'm hungry again, I need wine and cheese for a party in Costa Del Sol!

And just to think, if Brayflox hadn't given us the smellmake gobbie cheese, Limsa and her erper's would be no more.

Darn you, gobbie!

[Theox]

"NOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T HAVE FUN IN MY STORY-BASED MMORPG, YOU HAVE TO WATCH EVERY CUT-SCENE OF GRAHA EATING BURGERS AND Y'SHTOLA BEING SAILOR MOON CUTIE TO GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS TEACH THE MOON ANIMALS HOW TO SHIT WITHOUT FARTING BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE STORY!!!"

On a serious note, the game provides a large variety of content NOT based on a main storyline, and naturally some people are going to gravitate towards that content more than the story. I myself find endwalker plot to be outrageously horrible, so if I get a chance to skip the story moving forward just to get to the content I can actually enjoy I'd be glad. Stop gatekeeping this fucking game, you don't get to decide how people SHOULD enjoy playing it.

[Carin-Eri]

In a game where the story is main focus behind the game, you are not rushed to get to endgame, you are not FORCED to play optimally to get through content...

Yet every day i see the same thing: 'WAH WAH STORY IS TOO LONG'

Seriously, The game IS the story.

It is a FINAL FANTASY game.

There are plenty of MMO's out there that destroy their own storylines for the 'endgame progression' aspect of the game, if you want to play those, then do that.

FFXIV should never move away from the story aspect of the game, the MSQ is what keeps this game coherent.

Couldn't agree more.

One of the reasons I quit The MMO I played before I switched to FFXIV was it's ridiculously overwhelming emphasis on Endgame content. In fact, the emphasis on that was such that you could pretty much play the MSQ of that game in a matter of days, even if you didn't hurry your way through it - partly because powercreep made the game preposterously easy (something the Devs of that game have, for many years, show no interest in addressing).

The CM of that game outright admitted, in a Q&A Livestream, that the Devs focus had turned to producing/selling Gamble boxes and item bundles . Which is a bit pointless when the Devs of said game only produce one or two new episodes every five or so months to use said purchases in.

[Eldtagg]

Couldn't agree more.

One of the reasons I quit The MMO I played before I switched to FFXIV was it's ridiculously overwhelming emphasis on Endgame content. In fact, the emphasis on that was such that you could pretty much play the MSQ of that game in a matter of days, even if you didn't hurry your way through it - partly because powercreep made the game preposterously easy (something the Devs of that game have, for many years, show no interest in addressing).

The CM of that game outright admitted, in a Q&A Livestream, that the Devs focus had turned to producing/selling Gamble boxes and item bundles . Which is a bit pointless when the Devs of said game only produce one or two new episodes every five or so months to use said purchases in.

Is the game you are refering to SWTOR, perhaps?

[Kaurhz]

A lot of things, as previously stated, most especially when it relates to the story only really with the benefit of hindsight. It's very difficult to get a well-balanced and told story that absolutely nobody will complain about, or find to be controversial for that matter. This expansion has just had all these issues exacerbated because there are even more eyes on the game, and the story itself.

That being said, there are a lot of people that do it for the sake of doing it; complaining just for the sake of complaining. Then there are just a lot of people that think all things need to be edgy with no slice-of-life moments, and then you have the crowd that just doesn't simply don't understand the purpose of nuances in the story. e.g., the whole arc with the loporrits.

[VelKallor]

IGN

My character never really gets to answer, and many hours later, I think that's because Square Enix also directs the question to us as players: Have the last eight years of FFXIV and all those hundreds of cutscenes been worth the time? I wish I had had the chance to say so, because after Endwalker, my answer is an unequivocal “yes.” Parts of this roughly 50-hour story move a little slower than I'd have liked, but when so many games, TV shows, and movie series seem incapable of delivering a satisfactory ending, it's refreshing to see one that mostly manages to stick the landing to an arc that’s gone on for so long. For that matter, Endwalker is good enough that it removes any doubt that this reborn MMORPG deserves inclusion in any discussion of the best Final Fantasy stories ever written.

Gnomecore

I looooooooooooooved it! Like I always said as I advanced through the expansions, it becomes better and better with every next expansion , hopping over its own head every next time, and Endwalker pushed it to the limit. It’s not just a good story by MMO standards, it surpasses the whole bulk of media – books, series, movies, single player games – name it. Let’s just say when I finished the final quest, I was sitting like in a warm emotional blanket, awashed with emotions, musing about the characters, the revelations, the story flow, the epic finale and resolutions of many, many arcs and questions. I just sat there, literally swaying in my chair, tears of happiness drying on my face, and slowly moving a cursor over characters in Scions base (well, I still have to talk to them and give in the final quest, lol)

Gamesradar

Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is a landmark achievement in narrative development. Able to pull together story threads from over a decade into one cohesive tale, wrapping up everything superbly with so much expectation and pressure on its back is nothing short of astounding on the part of Square Enix’s development team. A pair of puzzling villains don’t do too much to put a dampener on some brilliant action, with Dungeons and every new location offering fascinating combat and storytelling developments alike. Shadowbringers might have thrust Final Fantasy 14 into the limelight over two years ago, but it’s Endwalker that cements it in the argument as one of the best Final Fantasy games ever made.

Metacritic 92, overall gamescore 94.

So no it isnt 'way more people"..its only you.

Ive said it before, this forum is a small fraction of a fraction of a fraction of 1% of the playerbase, and as such does not represent the millions who play...you dont speak for them you dont speak for me.

[BRVV]

Oh look the struggling gaming media is rating a game highly that is hyped! Never heard of that before!

I fail to see why slice-of-life parts have to happen while the world is in immediate danger. There were plenty of ways to write an actual downtime into EW, where no real threat is immediant.

[ZedxKayn]

Metacritic 92, overall gamescore 94.

Bro TLOU2 is rated higher than XIV on Metacritic. Or more shockingly, Animal Crossing New Horizons is above Half-Life 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution or Bayonetta. Critics are paid and not the argument you think they are.

[VelKallor]

Bro TLOU2 is rated higher than XIV on Metacritic.

No.

FF 14 94 vs 93 TLOU2

FF 14 9.4 vs 5.7 TLOU2..that user score...OUCH.