Final Fantasy XIV

[Panda with issues...]

Pretty much up until the development and subsequent release of FFXIII; even XII was a lot of fun to play (although, the signs of impending doom were beginning to appear at this point).

I guess Final Fantasy games are like marmite.

They leave a shitty taste in your mouth and don't contain anything meaty or of substance.

 

[Silk]

I was hoping this would be a good game. I'm honestly astounded they've learnt nothing from FFXI and made the same critical mistake - a UI designed for console and not PC. Even more unforgivable when it's first release is on PC!

 

[thatbloke]

You know your game is in the shit when...

 

[AcidK]

If they fix the crappy UI, the rather defunct class system (seriously, start as a crafting class and see how useless you are until you choose a more worthwhile class), fix the MASSIVE load-delay issues in all areas (populated or otherwise), give better (ie, at least some) city-to-city transportation, have some form of intro to a given profession (crafting/gathering mainly), make gathering proffessions a little bit more instructive/managable, have a jump function, give players more reason to commune with one another (seriously, the only conversations i see are when people are being stupid with their questions or people talking amongst themselves, ie in a group), have some form of reward structure for exploration, have the movement a little less clunky and make combat more fluent then maybe... MAYBE I'll consider another gander at the game. Until all those issues are addressed, I ain't even poking it with a stick at 40 yards.

 

[BiG D]

Based on that feature list, I think you're looking for an entirely new game.

 

[Tingham]

I bought it and it has a Massive, MASSIVE amount of potential. Basically, they screwed up the UI, and the class system is, as Gomb says, defunct.

Ive bought it and will be hanging on. I think, as im a massive FF fan, im going to wait a bit then have a go at setting up a haven guild on there.

 

[AcidK]

I still have an account, albiet unused and non-charging atm, but if it does improve I may come and check it out again. But as said, a lot of things need fixing before I do.

 

[Tetsuo_Shima]

Sorry for being lazy, but is there cross-system support? It'd be minty fresh if I could play with you guys on PS3.

 

[Gombol]

Sorry for being lazy, but is there cross-system support? It'd be minty fresh if I could play with you guys on PS3.

Most of THN has a 360 though.

 

[Tetsuo_Shima]

Yes, yes, I see the relevance of that post. No wait, I don't.

 

[AcidK]

The game is out on PC only, PS3/360 version does not come out until another 3-4 months. I am unsure about the cross-platform capabilities, though I would assume there would be some.