I have to admit that I'm a Final Fantasy fan. I played pretty much all FFs(including FFX-2) in the main series except FF13(I have a copy of it, just no money for a console....). Some of the newer FF titles received negative feedback from some players, and I usually defend for them. A lot of ppl hate FF8, but I told everyone that FF8 is my favorite title in the series. Some ppl hate FF12, and I told everyone that FF12 is my second favorite in the series. That's what is cool about FF, everytime it's different from previous titles, some people hate it, some people like it. I usually like it, and accept it's flaws. That's why FF series still popular, and still remains as the most popular JRPG titles.
A few days ago SE announced another 30 days free trial for FFXIV. Combining with the fact that now there are less ppl on my server in FFXIV than FFXI, I'll say FFXIV is simply the_biggest_failure ever in this series.
FF8, a FF title hated by many FF fans, scored 9.5 out of 10 from GameSpot reviewers. FFIX is 8.5, FFX is 9.3, FFXI is 8.2 when it launched, FFXII is 9, FFXIII is 8.5. Most of the FF games are usually 8.0+, no matter how lame it is, I'd say Gamespot is generally friendly to FF games. But they only gave FFXIV 4.0. IGN, another FF-friendly website gave FFXIV 5.5/10, while other FF games are mostly 9+.
I can defend for FFXIV, like how I defended for FFVIII and FFXII, or how someone else defended for FFVI or FFIX or FFVII when I said it sucked. But I can't change the fact that no one else is defending for FFXIV now. Some ppl /rage quit FFXI after lv 85 update, and claimed that FFXIV is a better game because 1.There are more players 2.It's just Beta, now they no longer say a thing. I still haven't seen anyone that plays FFXIV tell me "Damn this is the best FF I've ever played".
SE is going to release 2 major updates soon, however, if they can fix everything in 2 updates after 2 months, why not just release the game 2 months later? If they can't fix it, what's the point to release the game this year? And even if they really fix the problem by next 2 update, they'd have to compete with Wow Cataclysm, GW2 and Star Wars The Old Republic soon, for a game that already got so many negative review, it's hard to get back up again.
What SE should do now, it's to close the server, and fix everything then re-release the game in the future. The market of MMORPG is more harsh than FFXI era, you can't come up with an incomplete game and expect ppl to play it for years.
A lot of FF fans hate FF8, or FF9, or FF10, or FF12, it's simply just personal taste, it's different from previous titles, so they don't like it. But FF14? The reason why ppl don't like it is more than personal preference. This game shouldn't be released, SE ruined it.
SE should learn more from Blizzard, that's all I'd have to say. Stop ruining the series even more, if you can't come up with a good FF game, then stop making anymore FF games. Just let it stay as it is.
I don't know how FFXV going to be like. But FF series is going downhill and they no longer sell a lot like it used to be(the entire JRPG market is going downhill in fact). I really hope SE stop making anymore FF games since the JRPG market is much smaller than it used to be, there are no rooms for games like FF, which cost a lot to make, to survive, especially if SE just keep ruining it. This series needs a new life, and the way SE is treating it, they're killing series. After the failure and the bad reputation of FF14, how many player that's not FF fan is going to buy FF15 in the future?
When people flame FFVIII for it's love story and junction system, or character design in FF8, FF10, FF12 and FF13, I defended for it and believed that those are just personal taste, not flaws. And now I got evil and just waiting for WoW Cataclysm, GW2 and SWTOR(another promising MMORPG I can't wait to play) to crash FFXIV so SE can learn their lesson, and stop using the name of "Final Fantasy" as a way to sell their lame games.
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SE needs to go back to the roots of the serie. medieval theme, swords, magic, dragons. It was the best time for FF! Now all we have is emo anorexic japanese heros that bumps their ass on catchy tunes. I almost wish for a FFIV-2 sometimes...
ReplyDeleteNot sure how you can seriously go from talking about how each title is totally different, and that wither you like a title is based on personal taste... then jump to saying that SE has ruined the series with FF14. You just counter-dict the logic in everything you just said.
ReplyDeleteJust because you "often" like FF titles when others don't doesn't mean you have the "end-all" opinion. If you don't care for 14, so be it, stop wasting your breath on talking about it and play something you do enjoy, so we can read about those adventures instead.
That said, don't be confused into thinking that there aren't those out there who will accept 14's flaws just like you've accepted 8 and 12's.
Even SE can't please anyone 100% of the time, and there are those who actively enjoy playing the dissatisfied customer.
I said SE ruined FFXIV is based on the fact that there are not many playing playing this game, not because I don't like it or something.
ReplyDeleteI never mentioned I like or hate FF14 in my post. I only mentioned the fact that a LOT of ppl already cancelled their account. For a MMORPG that only launched for 2 month, this is certainly no good.
FF titles used to sell a lot, but every newer ones sell less than it used to be. SE promised FF13 won't be release on Xbox360, then they changed their mind to release on Xbox360 but promised this is NA only. A few months later they announced they're going to release 360 version of FF13 in Japan. That proves FF13 didn't sell as good as they expected.
For titles like FF, which cost a lot to make, if they can't sell enough they're ruined. So in that sense, games like FFXIV, which so many ppl cancelled account and force SE to extend the trial period, I can say it's ruined. Unless they can somehow get ppl back by next update, which is very hard.
Of course, maybe I should wait until 5 years or until SE closed FFXIV service to judge a MMORPG fails or not. Now it's kinda too early. But usually, in the history of MMORPG, first few months are usully the time ppl wanted to try this game, and afterwards the population goes decline. FFXIV only launched for 2 months and it's declining. Umm look at how many MMORPG on the market that goes free to play. If FFXIV also goes that way, it'd be a pretty big failure for a AAA title from SE.
If someone say something like FF8 is the worse FF ever made in the series(I hear that a lot), I'd say their argument is invalid because FF8 is still one of the best selling title in the series. But for a MMORPG launched after 2 months and already declined so much, it's pretty safe to say it's ruined from business point of view. Unless their next update can get A LOT of ppl back, which is very hard based on the history of other MMORPGs. Other MMORPGs release new content every month, still never get more ppl than it first released.
You can argue that when FFXI launched it was even worse, but there weren't many MMORPGs back then, so there's not much competition.
PS3 release is probably FFXIV's last chance. The only way FFXIV can compete against GW2 and SWTOR is probably to sell their game to console user and JRPG lovers.