Final Fantasy XIV gets a 4.0 score from GameSpot [10/7]

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When I saw the title, I thought it was 4.0/5. But I later realised gamespot rates games over 10. After some researching, this score is less than half of what FFXI got from gamespot (8.2/10). pathetic...

What's wrong with SquareEnix these days? I thought Nobuo coming back is such a saving grace. But I can't believe his geniousity in music was outweighed by poor development (or whatever other silly factors).

Its very sad and disappointing. If versus XIII is not going to get good reviews, I will probably ditch this series for good.
 
Right, I've finally managed to read a few of the reviews (all rated it as being "terrible", "poor" or just 1/5 stars) and I've noticed the constant bashing towards the game's highly unfriendly userface as well - the fact that you could actually need to input macros for certain simple commands when you really shouldn't need to. SE has a chance to sort this out for the PS3 version somehow, but I wouldn't be very enthusiastic either. The rest I have read about were the beautiful graphics, but spoiled by the fact that Eorzea isn't that impressive, how combat is slow and tedious, how travelling can be a nightmare and how little the game does to point you in the right direction of what to do.

I'm probably just going to make a hasty generalisation here based on the few reviews I have read (not from official gaming websites, admittedly), but it just sounds like the team at SE have mostly forgotten about the gameplay and have focused mainly on the graphics...again. FFXI as I heard wasn't too bad. How have they managed to make FFXIV a step backwards from FFXI, I found myself asking. I'm aware that this could be just another love-hate game though (hardcore FF fans may find a lot to enjoy out of this), but I've seen too much negativity already to be very enthusiastic about it.
 
Consoles just aren't good for MMORPGs, my limit on them stops there but I think there will be server difficulties alone. Even for titles such as COD:MW which I first played on the PC the servers held 64 people then I was let down when the console versions could only hold about 12. I can only imagine it must be worse for MMORPGS?
 
Even though I'm not a fan of MMORPG and think the main series shouldn't have them (It'd be better off as a spin-off series IMO), I'm not prepared to judge the entire game based on one bad review. I take things the critics say with a grain of salt nowadays due to past experiences. Game Spot have never been a deciding factor in games I've chosen to play or not play.
 
nobody responded to my 6.5 review of this game, but I'd say this review was pretty accurate

i don't think it's fair though that people are criticizing this game without actually having played it first, though
 
I bet they rushed it out the door somewhat to get it out ahead of the release of Cataclysm for WoW. Also, just a general thought, no MMORPG is ever fully "complete" to begin with. They're designed to be open-ended for a reason. Though I'm sure that's still a valid point GameSpot was making, I think you might just want to take it with a grain of salt. Also, the game could change fairly radically in a short amount of time with updates, patches, etc.
 
Rasputin said:
nobody responded to my 6.5 review of this game, but I'd say this review was pretty accurate

i don't think it's fair though that people are criticizing this game without actually having played it first, though
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ofcourse its fair, these reviews arent there for nothing...its for people who havent yet purchased the game. this way people can decide wether or not its worth buying etc.

You wanna know whats not fair, buying a game thats actually shitty thats theft imo !

this counts also for FF13, thank God people criticised it cause otherwise I would have bought the damn thing for 60 bucks which is over prised imo.

I will eventually buy FF13 when its half prize.

As for FF14 , I will wait and see (maybe even after march ps3 release) wether they changed things and elements for the better...

I dont like the fatigue system and all the other people bitched about..tbh there's a solid reason why they are bitching...

You also made some good points Rasputin, which made me disapointed about FF14... :(

Now I aint spending my hard earned money for some half-assed game ... :sad:
 
Gamespot couldn't review Tetris let alone FF. But in this case they aren't too far off I've played it there is a total lack of direction, it seams to make next to no sense, the graphic arent even that good, the battle animation are average at best. In my opinion, but in these cases as its only just come out hopefully some of these issues can be sorted by updates.
 
The reason FFXI was good is because it was released before WoW and at this time FF was still soaring from FFX. It had a lot of kinks at first, but it banded everyone together to try to get the complex mechanics down. The game turned out to be one of the most heavy party intensive games, and it fit well with the multiple story lines. The subjob release was very rewarding because at lvl 18 you could switch to a lvl 1 job with a lvl 1 subjob and be that much better at lvling up. Granted gear was quite a bitch to get but, it was well worth it when you could pull off renkei skill chains in which did vasts amount of damage with magic bursts as well.

Each character complemented eachother very respectively. It also came with a guide (well I think a small fee) but it at least pointed you in a good direction. A lot of folks played this game, but when FFXIV peeked it's head out.

Folks were already speculating how much better it would be if they improved in certain areas. I'm not sure how this game is since I haven't touched it yet, but I can say one thing, I'm very unimpressed with the ratings because of how much people had to input from the previous version.

How can one take that big of step back when all they had to do was increase the game speed, travel time, soloing mechanics, and new and better maps. I still have a lvl 73 PLD/48War/62Ninja on Bismarc, and I could still have fun thanks to them speeding up the leveling process and such.

This really makes me a bit miffed at SE, because I now know they don't exactly care about the player in put if they screwed this game up. Hence why WoW has the longest reign and the most profitable reign, when it comes to MMO's. They put a fast paced RPGs with modern day graphics (cartoony yea), and then beefed up classes left and right, crafting doesn't take 2 years to master, and getting gear was hard, then made easy.

I mean come on.. in order to compete even closely to a leading RPG you have to be able to take something and one up it in every aspect.

Great Job SE, for botching this, I'll still buy it, try it out, but I don't expect much now. Hell give me some development rights, I'll one up every aspect of the game within a month. Le Sigh..
 
why was it so bad and it hasnt come out so if you think its bad you probably done the beta not trying to be mean but you know ???:gonk:
 
Vercingetorix said:
i'm just gonna sum it all up in a few words, actually 3 words

"haters gonna hate"
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I love the FF seires and I haven't got a problem with them making am online version (maybe it should be aside from the numbered installments)
but I bought the game 4 days ago tryed it on the second day and haven't played it since.

If your also refering to gamespot it's true nearly all there inital reviews of FF games have been less than generous towards the seires it seams.
 
Wow, I just looked into this for the first time today out of curiosity (my Netbook would explode if I tried to use it for an MMO), and it does sound really disappointing, considering the fact that the graphics and sound are so impressive :hmmm: Granted, the way the voice acting lines were delivered in the trailer I saw was absolutely cringeworthy, and obviously geared towards a 5-year-old audience, because no one IRL talks like that; but I would've been able to deal with it for the sake of playing an eye-candy game. However, if it's really as tedious and anti-user-friendly as it sounds, then I probably won't give it any large chunk of my time, maybe just try it in the smallest possible increment to see what it's like, but it certainly doesn't sound like anything I would get addicted to :hmmm:
 
I'll give some credit to the game in that, looking on IGN's review, I thought the 8.5 was too low - the soundtrack itself is one of the best of any Final Fantasy title. Neither did I find the voice acting and sound effects all that bad either. I think the 7 for graphics is a bit too low as well, it shouldn't be judged on how powerful a PC you need, if the game is good looking it's good looking, simple. It should run on the same precedent as all other games where it's actually judged on the graphics themselves (eg, Final Fantasy XIII looking better on the PS3) rather than the PC.

In terms of everything else, from what I've seen and heard I'm still more likely to swing towards GameSpot's 4/10... it's become a style over substance franchise now, unfortunately.
 
Mistuki said:
the soundtrack itself is one of the best of any Final Fantasy title.
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This is truth. :mokken:

I think the 7 for graphics is a bit too low as well, it shouldn't be judged on how powerful a PC you need,
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Actually, this is probably the only case where I would disagree. Crysis is easily one of, if not the best looking game on the market now. It's a PC game released in 2007. Even being a few years old, it's still looks wonders better than FFXIII, and just about every other game on the market.

If the game were ported, graphics and performance would be dumbed down terribly. The graphics even surpass that of FFXIV.

However, FFXIV's system requirements are more steep than that of Crysis. Personally, I just find that ridiculous. My PC could run Crysis on full, but due to the locked in system requirements of FFXIV, I couldn't play it, knowing damned well my computer could handle it.

if the game is good looking it's good looking, simple. It should run on the same precedent as all other games where it's actually judged on the graphics themselves (eg, Final Fantasy XIII looking better on the PS3) rather than the PC.
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Like I said, I only partially disagree here. However, I can still see your point.

In terms of everything else, from what I've seen and heard I'm still more likely to swing towards GameSpot's 4/10... it's become a style over substance franchise now, unfortunately.
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This, this so fucking much. :sad2:
 
This should be a word of warning to SE if they ever consider to try and wade into the oversaturated MMORPG market again. Anyone entering the MMO market has names like WoW and the upcoming SWTOR and Guild Wars 2 to contend with. Plus the Japanese aren't going to be too enthusiastic over this. They are generally not fond of MMOs or the idea of PC gaming. The PS3 version will undoubtedly put up a better performance but as Japan has also given poor feedback to the game, I can't see it being a bestseller at all.

ironwill said:
why was it so bad and it hasnt come out so if you think its bad you probably done the beta not trying to be mean but you know ???:gonk:
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The PC version is out though, which is why these reviews are starting to come in. Reviews have been unanimously negative and while it's fair to say that we can't quite fully judge without having played it yet, I think we have plenty of incentives not to dedicate time into this game as of this moment in time.
 
Fleur said:
This should be a word of warning to SE if they ever consider to try and wade into the oversaturated MMORPG market again. Anyone entering the MMO market has names like WoW and the upcoming SWTOR and Guild Wars 2 to contend with.
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Don't say that, you know Mr. Wada doesn't agree. :sad3:

"Asked if he thought Final Fantasy XIV was a serious rival to World of Warcraft’s throne, Wada said “yes, but the flipside is that they are a tough competition.”

On the flipside, Wada is a complete moron. The Bobby Kotick of Japan, only he doesn't rake in half as much profit.
 
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