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

[Ufgt]

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

[TheGrandMom]

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

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

[DakAttack]

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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.

[jenova_9]

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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]

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

With less butterflies and pen pals, too.

[Ufgt]

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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.

[jenova_9]

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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.

[Raydeus]

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

[GosamerWings]

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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.

[eli809]

FFXIV review

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

[jenova_9]

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

[jenova_9]

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Well once FFXIV gets the necessary improvements, fixes and additions, the doors will always be open to welcome people, whenever they decide to return!

[Elwynn]

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I'm sure they planned the PS3 version since the beginning, but the stumbling block that forced a delay, may have caught them off guard a bit.

Funny you mention "delays"... seeing as how SE released XIV three months earlier than they originally planned. I would hardly call that a "stumbling block", when it was more of an "intentional bad choice".

Instead of getting 4/10 reviews and ragequits, they could have had three months of proper beta testing and development. Whether they would have responded to feedback after ignoring so much feedback during acutal beta is another matter, but at this point they could still have been "testing" and still have an excuse for things sucking... without people paying real money to experience the suckage.

But no, someone in management got greedy and thought they could get away with an early release to get some cash flow. As a result, they've done what is probably the worst thing they could do: they pissed off their Japanese customers.

[jenova_9]

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ya that is true, very bad business decision. Did WoW expansion scare them that much into rushing it?

[Fliegar]

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I guess people expect more from a Japanese developer, I know I do, or did but after the PS2 age they've been slowing down.

Though I expect more from Square.

I've already bought 6 months worth of crysta so I'll be in game for at least that.

They're either make it better and the time I put into leveling crafts pays off or it flops and dies and I just move to either another MMO or just stick with my original plan where I stop MMOing after XI and just go on with my life. (Which I don't want to )

Either ways I'm not bothered, most of my friends are waiting for my signal by xmas/ps3 release to say if the game is worth buying, and if not... then its no issue.

Just 2-3 more weeks for the 1st big update with all the UI and lag solutions. (though if you're in a completely empty place, theres no lag at all and its almost as fast as FFXI's UI)


which happens to be the start of 2 weeks holidays here so I'll get to test it out as much as I want.

To reply to the living your life thing. I've tried life without video games, and once your friend's are busy, nothing good is on TV, and you're bored as hell, you're going to have to come back.