What is this I don't even...

[i_love_lamps]

eeeeeee dear -_-

[Phen]

Pa report is never good. I don't understand why you would assume this would be different.

[Wolfie]

Well as much as I hate to say it. Look at what she's talking about. She doesn't feel the game is unique enough outside of the job system and story. On a separate review that came out yesterday, I read the very same thing. IF there are two people that had a chance to get their hands on the game, and play it to make this opinion/review about the game, then it's a potential issue for ARR.

Call it what you want, say haters gonna hate, call her a fan-girl. Fact of the matter is that this has been mentioned by two separate reviewers who both had gotten a chance to play the game, and didn't walk away impressed.

The reason why I even bring this up is because the negative press that can spread. Someone who had played XIV 1.0 and gave up, or a potential player that never got a chance to play 1.0 and is interested in 2.0 since he heard the game is completely redone, could read this and be like "no thanks".....and there goes a potential customer.


Another thing, even if she is a GW2 fan-girl, isn't the goal to appeal to more mainstream mmo players, that do indeed play competitors games? I thought it was. You're telling me that someone who plays LOLGW2 played ARR and walked away? Especially considering ARR is similar to GW2 in a lot of ways now (some that she mentions), this is an issue. I worry about this because I don't want a bad launch, I want the game to thrive.

Hello and welcome to Video Game Journalism.

You don't need to adhere by any strict journalism regulations, have gotten a communications or journalism degree, or any experience with journalism. You just need to have a Wordpress blog that you spent 30 minutes installing, and be a socially dysfunctional basement dweller who can spend hours a day finding articles supporting your already well defined opinion.

If you have a personal opinion of a game, you are encouraged to express it regardless of whether it's true or what your research has found, because it gets you page hits and e-fame. Whatever personal convictions you have, such as Men's Rights, Weeaboo Games Suck, or Western Games Are All About Meathead Marines, is going to be the major focus of your new s**ty opinionated tabloid-blog objective news reel.

And if someone else offers to buy your opinion for direct money, hot damn you better do it.

[fusional]

reviewer is yet another mouth-breathing idiot who doesn't understand the difference between a beta and a demo. but like i said in another thread- it really doesn't matter since penny arcade hasn't been relevant in years.

[Kallera]

I don't know what else to say about this review, except I don't think she did her research, her depiction of Bahamut/Dalamud's role in the events, and areas in 2.0(Her SPELLING is most damning, that's all I'll say on the matter) was like "Cowboy Bebop at His Computer", to borrow a tvtrope phase.

And FATE's system of excluding a too high leveled character from taking rewards by soloing group content sounds fine, to be honest, I'd say level snyc would work too, but as it stands, it serves its purpose. If low level people are involved, it prevents ninja looting from the high level player.

But what do I know, I like exploring, and seeing the reviewer moan over "How do I shot map" is a sad thing to watch, as if there's no extent that would satisfy a person that insists on being handholded. Not three clicks, zero clicks!, not a spot on the map, give me the breadcrumbs and a GPS lady!

Makes me want to rant to be honest.

[Akira_Tenshi]

She makes one small reference to GW2 and you all brand her a butt-hurt GW2 fan-girl. She makes some fair points, remember the game is in beta, it is unlikely any of it's mechanics and content is perfected yet. If you can't bare the criticism or face the fact that the game may have flaws then you may want to give the beta a miss.

[fusional]

remember the game is in beta, it is unlikely any of it's mechanics and content is perfected yet

we remember it's in beta. she doesn't seem to know what beta is. and considering she doesn't frame her 'review' in the context of it being a phase 1 beta, i think you're barking up the wrong tree with this argument. better to tell her.

seriously, though. count up the number of times she actually reminds the reader that it's a beta. let me know what you find.

(hint: it's a really really low number)

[Wolfie]

She makes one small reference to GW2 and you all brand her a butt-hurt GW2 fan-girl. She makes some fair points, remember the game is in beta, it is unlikely any of it's mechanics and content is perfected yet. If you can't bare the criticism or face the fact that the game may have flaws then you may want to give the beta a miss.

She sets GW2 as her comparison, and then goes back to reference it multiple times in the article.

It's literally a tribalistic, us vs. them (GW2 vs FFXIV) article.

It's the exact opposite of what real journalism is. It is Video Game Journalism®.

[fusional]

She sets GW2 as her comparison, and then goes back to reference it multiple times in the article.

It's literally a tribalistic, us vs. them (GW2 vs FFXIV) article.

It's the exact opposite of what real journalism is. It is Video Game Journalism®.

this^

and the ironic part is that she doesn't even play GW2 anymore. nobody does.

[Wolfie]

She might as well have written the article in first person narrative, skipped out on the grammar and punctuation, and laced it with profanity. It's absolutely nothing more than someone's s**tty fanboy/hateclub opinion, written with 10th grade vocabulary.