Quote Originally Posted by gifthorse View Post
And that's the pessimist's view. It's a sad indictment on the genre's potential if WoW and FFXI are the best it can do. Fortunately, we are seeing games like Guild Wars 2 , ArcheAge, and TERA innovating and adding new ideas to the genre.
Yep there's a ton you can do with the genre, imagination and resources is all you really need imo Companies like to stick with what they know sells cause money's a big part of development(Not pointing to 14 in any way with this statement LoL). Luckly games like the ones you mentioned are finally being innovative which is what the genre needs at this time!!! I'm a big FF11 fan as much as the next person but times are changing and I don't really want another of the same game, but I DO want alot of what 11 did good with. Which includes but is not limited to - difficulty, class differentiation, story focused pve game, deep strategic battle system, party focused content, pretty much all FF jobs you can think of (Choosing your job was very specific and personal and eventually felt like it was a part of you), which leads to caring about you're character through immersion. List goes on and on, just wish they wouldn't have been so stuck up and moved away from EVERYTHING they knew their customers and fans loved xD