Other MMO comparisons..

[Kinseykinz]

Doesn't matter if you're making comparisons or asking others to make them. It's still comparing an unfinished game, most of which we can't even talk about, with games that have been out or months or years.

And it's no less silly than comparing it to WoW.

FFXIV is FFXIV, and that's all there's to it.

So how would you explain to a friend who's maybe played a couple other MMO's...but not 1.0 why they should play this game and how it works? Would you avoid referencing systems in any other game? Because even though I understand your points, the OP has a point as well.


The fact is, it's human nature to compare things...it's part of how we learn.



So if your friend only knows Guild Wars...or only knows FFXI or WoW...then you would reference those games to explain the similarities and differences. Just as your friend would use their knowledge of how to play those games in their gameplay of FFXIV:ARR.


That said:

So what from you have "seen".. What comparisons can you draw up? There's too many "It was tooo WoW" comments. Even for things that aren't even in WoW. I'm tired of hearing WoW comparisons for things that WoW doesn't even have from people who never played WoW in the first place. Opinios?

What are you trying to accomplish with this OP? I think part of the reason Abriael takes offense with your topic is because with such a poorly worded OP this thread is seemingly only created to cause turmoil of some sort;

1. this is a thread to bait NDA breeches
2. this is a thread that will start bashing/praising blindly

Of course this might not have ever been your original intent. But the reality is, most of the people who could best answer your question, really can't answer it right now. As to what has been released by SE in both gameplay videos and images, nothing screams OMG any one game in the Genre. People naturally draw connections to what they know...and an English Speaking NA audience is most likely to have experienced WoW in some form...hence why it is the ' standard comparison game' for most MMO games in this language/part of the world. Other MMO's that are released in NA typically get the same comparisons. \