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Cheat Code Central gives FFXIV 84/100 or 4.2/5
Melieza
Member Posts: 269
http://cheatcc.com/pc/rev/finalfantasyxivreview.html
In summary, despite FFXIV's flaws, they know it will become a great game, maybe even a WoW breaker.
Cheat Code Central is one of the many critics metacritic.com uses for their ratings.
In comparison, Aion recieved a 74/100, Champions Online an 80/100, and Age of Conan an 80/100 from CCC.
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Yeah been watching Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/final-fantasy-xiv-online
Can't believe the content quality of the negative user reviews. Everyone on the Internet is eight to twelve and angry at their parents. And on average the negative reviews are found "more helpful". *shrug*
LOL......for real?
Even shit sometimes has corn in it. That's content.
Sometimes poo is soft and other times it's rock hard, that's variety.
Actually the only thing FFXIV even has in common with crap is that it stinks.
but the music's good For 5 minutes - "theartist"
am I misunderstanding you or are you saying if someone gave it a negative review they must be 8-12 years old? The game sucks and i'm 27 years old. Good day to you sir.
"Sometimes people say stuff they don''t mean, but more often then that they don''t say things they do mean"
People thrive on negativity.
"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."-Guybrush Threepwood
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."-Hunter S. Thompson
To the "haters" defense, they do state what a lot of them are saying. In fact, I agree with their last paragraph. Would I recommend the game to a friend right now? Absolutely not. I like the game in general, but it needs time to develop. I look forward to it in the future.
We can’t recommend that you spend $50, and then $12.99 a month after the first 30 days, on a title that has as many flaws as FFXIV does. But we can recommend that you keep an eye on the news to see how this game evolves. If the developers can make it easier for new players to get a foothold in Eorzea, work out the lag issues, keep a good-sized community around, and tell a compelling story through the main quests, this could be the best MMO the world has ever seen.
Out of all of the people I have seen that are classified as "haters," only a minority are saying the entire game is complete crap. A lot of the negative reviews I have been seeing state exactly what this review states...except with either no score, or not such a high score. They want to put it back in the incubator.
EDIT: Also they do seem to do re-reviews. That's good! Their original Aion 3.7/5 is now a 4.8/5
For anyone that hates reading, here are the bullet points of what the reviewers did NOT like:
Things don’t get much smoother during the game itself. The lack of direction is astounding. There are tutorials, but they’re not particularly informative, and they may not be available when you need them.
Also, the menu system is frustrating to navigate, the keyboard controls are clunky, and it’s remarkably difficult to trade with other players (this game absolutely needs a search function so you can find the items you want).
The main story quests are the most substantive, but also the rarest, because when you finish one, you typically have to level up quite a bit before you unlock another.
What’s irritating is that the game limits you to eight local and eight regional quests every thirty-six hours. Considering that some of the quests can be completed in as little as five minutes, this puts a serious limit on how much time you can spend making progress in the game. Once your quests run out, there’s not much to do except make random items and kill random beasts -- actions that build your level, but feel completely aimless.
Another artificial cap the developers placed on character growth is a weekly limit on the EXP you can gain...Nonetheless, it’s frustrating that you can’t invest as much time as you want in whatever class you want, and earn full EXP while doing so.
This is another aspect of the game that will send you scrambling around the online Final Fantasy forums trying to make heads or tails of it (no one in the game tells you which color you’re aiming for, and even the forums contradict each other)
Thats what I don't get about the review.
He basically points out the games flaws and explains how in it's current state he can't recommend it, but then gives it a high score based on potential...
To me the score he gave it doesn't really seem to add up with the content of his review. Basically the review read like "Could be better, could be better, could use some work, has potential, overall the game is great"
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
This is because the reviewer understands that MMOs by their very nature are in a constant state of progression. This is what myself and many others have been trying to get across. FFXIV has a solid foundation and SE will continue to build upon it.
"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."-Guybrush Threepwood
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."-Hunter S. Thompson
Yup! Exactly. This is the reason why I believe review scores are completely worthless. One person may say more negative things about a game and give it a 4/5, and another will enjoy their time and state a only few of the issues and rate it a 3/5.
No continuity between reviewers/review-sites. Unfortunately, in the world we live in today, most people would rather read a percentage than an entire article.
Yes, you misunderstood. You don't have to say good day to me, just tell me to F off. Both adults right?
I was not commenting on the "negative review" I was commenting on the quality of the content inside a negative review. A lot of angsty fuming, stream of conscious, no spell check or grammar once over.
Childlike - and this sets the tone for what a person new to a game who stumbles upon Metacrtic (a supposedly pro critique site) will see.
hrm... double post by an edit.... odd... (See below)
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
You are comparing apples with oranges. MMORPGs are not static they are in a constant state of flux. That has to be taken into consideration when reviewing a MMORPG. Also nowhere did he say FFXIV was bad.
"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."-Guybrush Threepwood
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."-Hunter S. Thompson
He didn't exactly say it was good either, which is my point.
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
But at its core the review is deceptive. Reviewing a game based on 'potenital' is a crock of crap. People who purchase the game don't want to have to wait weeks/months/years for a potential (that may never come) to come around. The FFXIV apologists that plague this site seem to think that it is ridiculous for consumers to be angry or disappointed with a retail product that doesn't necessarily function 'as intended'. MMOs may evolve over time, but so do the expectations of consumers. Square Enix have dropped the ball by releasing a half-baked product whose foundations are the hopes and dreams of FF fanboys...not game mechanics or systems. It makes me laugh that they ever thought that they could be serious contender to WOW with this title.
The game functions as intended. Also they have stated over and over they have no intention on competing with WoW. But I digress people have been doing this with every MMO launch over the past few years. When SWTOR and GW2 and any other new MMO comes out people will be making the same complaints simply because they can't except reality.
"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."-Guybrush Threepwood
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."-Hunter S. Thompson
The score and review don't match. Telling readers to not buy and subscribe, but giving it 4.2/5? Seems like he's scoring based on future potential, which he shouldn't. Every game has potential, delivering on that is a completely different story.
except i trust se to do so
except some of the menu lag but that be fixed pretty quickly
no buts its pretty good for what it wants to do. not everyone will like it like me
I think a lot of us trust that SE will get the game on track down the road, but that's not really the point. In it's current state, FFXIV is flawed in many many ways, even the reviewer points this out in almost every paragraph. The score, meanwhile, is contradicting to the content of the review itself, and misleading to many people who might be interested in the game.
People who are interested in the game will mostly be interested in whats there in the here and now, not what will come in the future. People who claim that they are interested in the future of the game more so than the current state are not being honest, because if it were any other MMO, these people would be pointing out 'don't score on potential!'.
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
People need to get so bloody angry when a game they like gets some negativity...calling each other children and stuff.
It happens to every game no game is made for everyone to love, people need to get over it.
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
i do like ffxiv thank god its isnt a wow clone i wouldnt like it if it was. but im not stupid enough to say it doesnt need work FFXI needed work at release
http://www.develop-online.net/news/33514/Final-Fantasy-XIV-a-serious-WoW-rival-says-Wada
"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.”
<Haven't trusted Magazine/Website reviews ever since MS released the first Halo game. They bombarded the press with all sorts of goodies and "exclusives," in such a way that would not be allowed in most other formats(see books, music, etc). They have set the tone for pretty much every single major release by the large gaming companies since. The video-game industry has a lot of maturing to do and the gaming publications have some of the most crooked backdoor policies imaginable, it's completely unregulated.