FFXIV vs GW2

[Skivvy]

For cons, I'd say the biggest one was the platforming activities. It's very rare a game can get the movement engine just right (WoW is the only one I've played to date where I feel completely in control of precise movement). It felt more like the challenge in GW2 platforming was fighting the engine itself and getting it to register what you were trying to do rather than actually finding the path and doing the jumps themselves. For me, the rest of GW2 was "good." No real cons, but nothing really spectacular, either, once the "newness" wore off. I find I enjoy things like the story and the music immensely more in FFXIV.

I don't know what a few people here were talking about regarding GW2 feeling "inhabited" compared to FFXIV. Maybe it's because I'm on a high-pop server (Greg), but I find the "world" here feels very inhabited and I'm always running into a good number of people wherever I go, even when it's random zones from older expansions.

I've always thought the controls in GW2 were pretty decent for the platforming, but I never got into WoW, so maybe I'm missing out on the superior version.

As far as the activity levels in GW2 vs XIV, I think one of the things that works in GW2's favor is that your level will scale down to match whatever zone you're in, so you can still get XP and rewards, or play with friends, or just go explore things you missed previously and it's still beneficial for you.