Final Fantasy XIV Online

[Initial_R90]

well they are making it and i am stoked, anyone elsea big FF fan ?

[ProudNissanFreak]

I've played FFX, going to buy 13 and 14's a PS3 exclusive so I'll be getting that too. FF is a great RPG series.

[flohtingPoint]

well they are making it and i am stoked, anyone elsea big FF fan ?

FF fan, yes. MMORPG fan, no... Honestly, between my job and my cars, I dont have time to sit at home and nerd it up for six hours a day so that I can keep up with everyone in leveling.

FF14 is going to be a massive fail for anyone that just likes the offline version of RPG's. Look at how badly FF11 set Square backwards... Square was doing great for a few years there. We got FF7 in 97, FF8 in 99, FF9 in 2000 and FF10 in 2001, then once FF11 dropped, Squares production went to a grinding halt. We didn't get FF12 until 2006 and honestly, it was extremely lackluster compared to FF10. Three more years later, we finally get a sniff of FF13... The PS3 has been out for quite some time and Square is only now getting around to giving us a release. FF14 is, once again, going to give them a cashcow so that they can ignore putting out quality products for the regular RPG fan.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I don't see how IX had anything to do with their production schedule. Square has separate dev teams for projects. The reason XII and XIII took so long is simply that Square took so long developing those projects.

I thought XII was excellent and far superior to X which, like VII, I just don't see the big freaking deal about.

[flohtingPoint]

I don't see how IX had anything to do with their production schedule. Square has separate dev teams for projects. The reason XII and XIII took so long is simply that Square took so long developing those projects.

I thought XII was excellent and far superior to X which, like VII, I just don't see the big freaking deal about.

XI had a huge impact on their production schedule because it was Square's primary budget concern. Yes, you can have separate dev teams, but when the budget is sliced because Square is trying to do battle with WoW and the other slew of MMORPG's out there, you're going to get behind on schedule. XI ended up getting the bulk of their attention.

I dont understand how you didn't like X. VII I'll agree tenfold was vastly overrated, especially considering that it was following the best one of the series, VI. Heck, I found the X minigame, Blitzball, to be more entertaining than XII, but that's just me.

[wantanabe]

wow i remember how awesome VII was when it came out and i dont think it was over rated at all, i bought XI and never played it due to no credit card but i thought that XI came out before WOW? too lazy to check though

[Initial_R90]

it was out be4 wow

[s13jus10]

FF14 is going to be a massive fail for anyone that just likes the offline version of RPG's.

so how do you know there are more "offline-version" RPG fans than there are "online-version" RPG fans? Maybe SquareEnix is catering to the majority by producing FF14.

Of course it'll be a "fail" in the eyes of a person that isn't a fan of the genre. that's like saying "Fight Night Round 4 will be a massive fail for anyone that just likes basketball games".

also, it's a new day & age when it comes to online gaming. a LOT (and I do mean a LOT) more people, especially in the console world, play games online than ever before. I think that because FF14 will only be exclusive to one system (PS3), it will have a much bigger fanbase/users/players when compared to the split fanbase of FF11 as it was released on Xbox 360, PS2, and PC. I'm sure the fact that the best version of the game was on the PS2 also hurt it's profile, seeing as how PS2 did NOT have a very big online community.

I honestly think FF14 will be a huge hit. also, how can you be so prejudice against a game that we know absolutely nothing about? for all we know, it could be the greatest game ever created.. (which of course as of now and forever, that title belongs to FFVII )

[MinisterofDOOM]

I dont understand how you didn't like X. VII I'll agree tenfold was vastly overrated, especially considering that it was following the best one of the series, VI. Heck, I found the X minigame, Blitzball, to be more entertaining than XII, but that's just me.

I didn't say I didn't like X. Just didn't think it was the greatest thing since creation itself like everyone else.

[flohtingPoint]

so how do you know there are more "offline-version" RPG fans than there are "online-version" RPG fans? Maybe SquareEnix is catering to the majority by producing FF14.

Pump the brakes there a bit. You're way off course.

Ok, it's obvious that you're an MMORPG fan, hence the reason you lost the complete context of what I was saying and just went defensive. Try re-reading what I typed.

I never said there were more traditional RPG fans than there were for Massive Multiplayer. Squares direction is obvious regardless of count total regarding fans. I already referenced this in my post that you didn't read the whole way through (or didn't understand), but Square enjoyed the cashcow that FFXI was, now they're looking to replicate it.

Quote »Of course it'll be a "fail" in the eyes of a person that isn't a fan of the genre. that's like saying "Fight Night Round 4 will be a massive fail for anyone that just likes basketball games". [/quote]Your comprehension needs some tuning, your analogy doesn't work at all. I was saying that FFXIV will be bad for traditional RPG fans because Squares primary focus and budgeting will be geared toward it while everything else takes a backseat. I figured you might have gotten that from the timeline I rattled off, or my last sentence of my second paragraph.

Quote »I honestly think FF14 will be a huge hit. also, how can you be so prejudice against a game that we know absolutely nothing about? for all we know, it could be the greatest game ever created.. (which of course as of now and forever, that title belongs to FFVII )[/quote]Again, if you read my post and digested it for a second before going for the reply button, you'd realize my problem isn't with FFXIV but the production bottleneck that happened when Square had FFXI in full gear.

Btw, FFVII isn't even close to being the best game of the FF series, let alone "the greatest game ever created".

[SkinnyKibbles]

God, I've been playing FFXI for god knows how long. I can't wait to see the new game. It'll be epic.