FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot and other reviews & hilarious discoveries about FFXIV

[jenova_9]

Re: FFXIV review

he should review his face, it's unbearable to look at. >_<;

[eli809]

FFXIV review

lol
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Wz-dKGifM]YouTube - Final Fantasy XIV review TVGA[/ame]

[GosamerWings]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

I tried to play the game really I did... I really tried to give the game my attention. I knew coming in (being that I have alpha/beta tested many titles) that there were things to not expect such as endgame, mid-game, incredibly progressed storyline, the gear that makes your mouth water, or heavily developed party mechanics (since people are just starting to jump on the bandwagon of parties in late teens even though it's viable from like level 3 to party play).

I figured that it would be hard to party, that it would be annoying to travel without their methods having wide scale feed back so they could tweak them. That airships weren't here yet, and nobody has a clue what the hell they are going to use chocobos for, not even s-e. But none of that matters anymore.

My entire LS save 1 person, has canceled their accounts and now they are wondering if I want to go to cata =_=. As I speak instead of partying up on ffxiv, they are working on guild things to prepare the server for cata release. Instead of questing on ffxiv they are looking up pvp stats, and guild scores on servers. Instead of crafting and running leves they some are playing dungeon fighter online to pass the time till it's WoW time once again. Or messing around on aion.

So... What the hell do I do now... It almost feels like I should just resub FFXI and let the FFXIV ship sink. Doesn't matter how much you like the game. It's no fun when your doing it by yourself. Because without the MM in this a ORPG, it's just a single player game with poor leveling.

[Raydeus]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

APB got a 58/100 Metacritic score. Just saying.

[jenova_9]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

How much more fun and rewarding could it be? .

oh mew, this is like explaining to a person who always lived underground, the infinite ways different clouds, stars, and moon/sunlight can make a sky look and feel better! And the countless galaxies beyond!

Mirror's Edge was really shallow, even for a first attempt, in my opinion. Nothing about it really was amazing besides some of the jumps. And the ending made things even more incomplete. The mix of running and shooting and stuff, seemed like the game had an identity crisis. It wasn't a shooter, and it wasn't just about parkour.

The lack of variety in the enviornments was also kind of shameful. It would have been nice to have street level parts, going in and out of stores, backalleys, etc. Well ya there was a mall in Mirror's Edge, but everything was closed or fenced in.

They could have done a lot more with the martial arts combat too. And the gun mechanics were not so great mew, there was no ironsights option to aim better (prefer not turning crosshairs on).

And the other thing that was weak, which I said before, was the story. But anyways I look forward to the sequel and it's good EA said they want to give Mirror's Edge a second chance. I think they might show something next year.

Mirror's Edge series has a lot of potential, but the first game only possesses about half of that potential.

[Ufgt]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

How much more fun and rewarding could it be? And you can say that about just about any game.

Mirror's Edge is the type of game for perfectionists. This can be seen in the trophy/achievements list, as well as all the different time trial modes.

[DakAttack]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

they still could have made it more fun, and more rewarding.

With less butterflies and pen pals, too.

[jenova_9]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Hey now, don't bad talk Mirror's Edge. It's such an underrated game because it's so far from a "normal" game.

they still could have made it more fun, and more rewarding.

[DakAttack]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Bethesda games are buggy as hell and always have been. I mean my god, did you play Daggerfall? It's just that Bethesda's technical failures are always covered up by their artistic successes.

People are also generally more forgiving of bugs in a single player context as opposed to online where people are either competing to progress as fast as possible and thus put up with and/or exploit bugs faster than others or are desperately fighting against the bugs in an attempt to cooperate with eachother.

The scope of Bethsoft games is such that they can't guaruntee every single piece of the game is going to work well with any other piece. Sometimes they're the victim of their own creativity, as seen with some of the crazier Oblivion bugs. I'm not a developer, but I would think a more modular design with stricter guidelines and best-practices would help.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

It'll totally flop if they don't release it on PS3.

I have a feeling thats coming no matter what they do.

[Ufgt]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Hey now, don't bad talk Mirror's Edge. It's such an underrated game because it's so far from a "normal" game.

[Taskmage]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Bethesda games are buggy as hell and always have been. I mean my god, did you play Daggerfall? It's just that Bethesda's technical failures are always covered up by their artistic successes.

People are also generally more forgiving of bugs in a single player context as opposed to online where people are either competing to progress as fast as possible and thus put up with and/or exploit bugs faster than others or are desperately fighting against the bugs in an attempt to cooperate with eachother.

[DakAttack]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

I heard

Just stop.

An issue with discs not working would have never made it past certification. If the discs were manufactured and burned incorrectly, that's not an issue with Bungie.

All games have bugs. That's a fact of life. For every bug you see, there's a good handful more you don't. If you don't see any bugs, that's great, but they're there.

[jenova_9]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Bungie had flaws. The Halo Reach disks are said to not run on some Xbox360s (embarrasing, mew!) and some said the online co-op doesn't work for some people. Not sure if they patched that yet but that was a serious real issue.

Blizzard.....they messed up WoW, causing many to quit, I heard.

Bethesda has some buggy and faulty games, including Fallout 3, Oblivion etc. Still playable but largely not polished enough.

Bioware had serious loading issues with Mass Effect 1. Buggy issues when using elevators, and Mass Effect 2 wasn't squeaky clean either. Jade Empire had some of the most rushed and careless endings ever designed.

DICE's Mirror's Edge felt more like a tech demo than a full game. Mediocre story, very bad taste in telling some parts of the story (2-D cutscenes? They should of kept it first person like Half-Life, and Half-Life has a better story.)
The cliffhanger was awful. Level design wasn't so great. Too many rooftop levels. Only one part where mirrors with actual reflections are used. I still have it but have no good reason to play it again.

But ya just some examples those companies mentioned are sloppy one way or another.

[Malacite]

Re: FFXIV gets a 4.0 from Gamespot

Sloppiness is kinda the trademark of Western developers (except for very few exceptions) so people seems to be just glad if their games run at all.

Bungie, Blizzard, Bethesda (well minus Fallout: New Vegas LOL), Bioware, Rockstar and Treyarc say hi. Oh yeah not to mention Westwood Studios, DICE, Ensemble (they're gone now but they still count damn it, same with Westwood), Epic Games, 2K Games, Firaxis need I go on?