Yoshi-P says the secret to keeping Final Fantasy 14 fresh

[Bonoki]

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https://www.gamesradar.com/yoshi-p-says-the-secret-to-keeping-final-fantasy-14-fresh-is-taking-everything-thats-good-about-console-games-and-placing-it-into-the-mmo-world/#:~:text=Final%20Fantasy%2014%20producer%20Naoki%20Yoshida%2C%20lovingly%20referred,it%20like%20it%20isn%27t%20an%20MMO%20at%20all.


Apparently, not thinking of Final Fantasy 14 as an MMO is "the secret to not running out of ideas". Yoshi-P says the secret to keeping Final Fantasy 14 fresh is "taking everything that's good about console games and placing it into the MMO world".

My personal thoughts, I don't really know how to feel about this statement. I want to agree but then I look at what they did with FF16 and it feels like they did the exact opposite. They took FFXIV and threw it into a console game. If their idea of a console game is FF16 turned into an MMO (i.e FFXIV) then I just ain't got much faith in the game improving anymore beyond what we have currently have.

[DrWho2010]

mmmm guess you'll have to quit then. byeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Bonoki]

mmmm guess you'll have to quit then. byeeeeeeeeeeee!

Ah yes, the classic blind loyalist, "If you don't like the game's direction then just quit" motif.

[Atelier-Bagur]

We could use you in WoW Season of Discovery my friend.


I'm not joking, the game is the best MMO to still retain its MMO roots.

[DrWho2010]

well, really what other thing is there to do? if you don't like the direction the game (or anything) really is going, you vote with your wallet and choose not to patronize said thing anymore. that's the biggest impact any one consumer of a product can do.

[Supersnow845]

Do people really play this as a FF game (or a pseudo single player game), it seems anytime people are recommending FF games people always say “skip 11 and 14 they are MMO’s”

Of course casual players exist but are they really interesting in nothing but the story as a solo experience or is it because it’s both able to be played as a solo game but it’s also a social MMO, the discussion of MMO’s being solo friendly is a tale as old as time, is the casual playerbase coming from “this isn’t an MMO to me this is just a really long FF game” or is it coming from people who’ve always wanted a seriously casual friendly MMO but got pushed away from older MMO’s that discourage solo play

[Rolder50]

What world is he living in that he things this game is fresh lmao. It's been the same formula since ARR

[Bonoki]

Do people really play this as a FF game (or a pseudo single player game), it seems anytime people are recommending FF games people always say “skip 11 and 14 they are MMO’s”

Of course casual players exist but are they really interesting in nothing but the story as a solo experience or is it because it’s both able to be played as a solo game but it’s also a social MMO, the discussion of MMO’s being solo friendly is a tale as old as time, is the casual playerbase coming from “this isn’t an MMO to me this is just a really long FF game” or is it coming from people who’ve always wanted a seriously casual friendly MMO but got pushed away from older MMO’s that discourage solo play

I couldn't tell you honestly, but I usually assumed most casuals play because their friends are. Some enjoy the story while they do it, and others want to skip all the CS so they can get to doing casual content with their friends faster. I'd say it's a mix of everything but without being able to draft accurate sample sizes, I couldn't begin to tell you which side is more dominant.

[Atelier-Bagur]

What world is he living in that he things this game is fresh lmao. It's been the same formula since ARR

I know right? I was like, "Yoshida, I respect you and all but come on man. You gotta be a bit more aware with how the game actually is"

[Stormpeaks]

I've been defending this game for a tiny tiny bit because honestly the doomsaying is off the charts and i kinda feel like it doesnt deserve THIS much, but Yoshi P mentioning he's keeping things in FFXIV fresh is absolutely comedy, like really lol, i was talking about this with my partner earlier, it's the same thing over and over again, 1 raid, 1 alliance raid, some boring dungeons that have 0 difficulty and 1 ultimate, there is literally nothing fresh in this game and hasnt been anything fresh in years

this stuff reminds me of when Yoshi P said aether wasnt the hub for content and that no one went there to do it and that it was a JP thing only, how out of touch are these people honestly