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GnatBugGnatBug Member Posts: 75

Hi All

I have never played FF before however i did watch the movie! ...I am looking for somthing different to play and would like to know if this game is worth looking into ..ie: subbing for 3 months!

I play:

EVE, LoTro ... Permentuum (Actualy not anymore even though i have active sub) ... and STO(Lifetimer but dont play it)

Thats as far as my Experience with MMo's go.

Is this game somthing Different ?

Thanx

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  • KhrymsonKhrymson Member UncommonPosts: 3,090

    Its very different than everything else besides FFXI, however its in a rough state atm, yet still very playable ~ there is just a great lack of things to do, but its still fun.  Its also free to play indefinitely atm, so just buy the box for $30 and you're set until whenever SE feels the game is good enough to charge for it.

    Honestly though, I'd highly suggest you consider playing FFXI instead, not only for a better introduction into a FF MMO, but its been around for 8 years now and has so much to do you'd seriously never finish it all for years, plus you can get it and all its expansions, save the recent 3 Abyssea's{that require lvl 75+} for $9.99 ~ $4.99 if u catch it on sale.

     

    Get ready for mass negative responses though, on not to play XIV.  As a fan of both FFXI & FFXIV, yeah it definately needs a lot of work, but by no means is it not fun or not playable, its just lacking sustenance...

  • BlackUhuruBlackUhuru Member Posts: 770

    Well i looked into the game recently and found out that FF devs out sourced a lot of the programing to China, and with that said most of the world is copy/paste.. Sounds like there not anything they can do to fix it unless they just start from scratch.

    I would think of looking for a game thats a lot more polished at launch, this frees up the Devs in creating new content after release. Unlike FF that is still trying to fix bugs and make the game actually fun to play, they have no time to think about new content and i don't see a very bright future... Just my thoughts on FF and the state of the game...

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  • icezizimicezizim Member Posts: 36

    Originally posted by BlackUhuru

    Well i looked into the game recently and found out that FF devs out sourced a lot of the programing to China, and with that said most of the world is copy/paste.. Sounds like there not anything they can do to fix it unless they just start from scratch.

    I would think of looking for a game thats a lot more polished at launch, this frees up the Devs in creating new content after release. Unlike FF that is still trying to fix bugs and make the game actually fun to play, they have no time to think about new content and i don't see a very bright future... Just my thoughts on FF and the state of the game...

    I havent expierenced a bug yet, and ive been playing for 2 weeks. All this game needs is content, its got a very solid foundation.

      I dont understand all the pointless bashing on this game, its very fun and unique.

    Outsourced to china?? i couldnt find any proof to this whatsoever. Did you even play this game before talking? Trust me OP, this game is very enjoyable right now and its free2play for atleast acouple months.

  • KhrymsonKhrymson Member UncommonPosts: 3,090

    Originally posted by BlackUhuru

    Well i looked into the game recently and found out that FF devs out sourced a lot of the programing to China, and with that said most of the world is copy/paste.. Sounds like there not anything they can do to fix it unless they just start from scratch.

    I would think of looking for a game thats a lot more polished at launch, this frees up the Devs in creating new content after release. Unlike FF that is still trying to fix bugs and make the game actually fun to play, they have no time to think about new content and i don't see a very bright future... Just my thoughts on FF and the state of the game...

     

    Seriously what is your point and gain in spreading such pathetic lies!?  Outsourced to China...yeah ok...source with proof {doesn't exist cause its false.}  And you say its China who screwed up with the copy and paste, when the SE devs said they did that on purpose cause otherwise it would be an even worse strain on PCs with too much unique landscape to render. 

    I'd also like to know what bugs you're talking about cause there are none, XIV plays fine, doesn't crash or have broken leves or monsters.  And again SE has also said {Tanaka} that they spent their entire time during beta making sure the code was complete, to eliminate bugs and make sure the servers were stable ~ instead of working on content. 

    They succeeded very well in that department, XIV just needs that content now, and as soon as the new dev team gets organized, finishing rolling out the updates that the previous team had promised {which they have been good on} and gets word from we players from their poll, they'll start working on filling the world with things to do and if necessary make fundamental changes to the way everything works currently for the good of XIVs future.

    I personally have no doubt in XIV becoming quite the unique-content rich and exciting niche title that XI has been holding the crown to these past 8+ years, its just sadly going to take the better part of 2011 before we are privy to this...

  • SeffrenSeffren Member Posts: 743

    Originally posted by Khrymson

    Originally posted by BlackUhuru

    Well i looked into the game recently and found out that FF devs out sourced a lot of the programing to China, and with that said most of the world is copy/paste.. Sounds like there not anything they can do to fix it unless they just start from scratch.

    I would think of looking for a game thats a lot more polished at launch, this frees up the Devs in creating new content after release. Unlike FF that is still trying to fix bugs and make the game actually fun to play, they have no time to think about new content and i don't see a very bright future... Just my thoughts on FF and the state of the game...

     

    Seriously what is your point and gain in spreading such pathetic lies!?  Outsourced to China...yeah ok...source with proof {doesn't exist cause its false.}  And you say its China who screwed up with the copy and paste, when the SE devs said they did that on purpose cause otherwise it would be an even worse strain on PCs with too much unique landscape to render. 

    I'd also like to know what bugs you're talking about cause there are none, XIV plays fine, doesn't crash or have broken leves or monsters.  And again SE has also said {Tanaka} that they spent their entire time during beta making sure the code was complete, to eliminate bugs and make sure the servers were stable ~ instead of working on content. 

    They succeeded very well in that department, XIV just needs that content now, and as soon as the new dev team gets organized, finishing rolling out the updates that the previous team had promised {which they have been good on} and gets word from we players from their poll, they'll start working on filling the world with things to do and if necessary make fundamental changes to the way everything works currently for the good of XIVs future.

    I personally have no doubt in XIV becoming quite the unique-content rich and exciting niche title that XI has been holding the crown to these past 8+ years, its just sadly going to take the better part of 2011 before we are privy to this...

    Wow?! Is this true?

    When did they say this? After beta was finished?

    Because I distincly remember everyone saying that content was existing but deliberately left out beta for testing purposes.

    There are hundreds of threads with very heated discussions going on around this subject.

    Your statement says the company flatout lied at that point in time since there was no content whatsoever.

    Holy crap, if this is true, I would never trust this company again.

  • free2playfree2play Member UncommonPosts: 2,043

    Originally posted by GnatBug

    Hi All

    I have never played FF before however i did watch the movie! ...I am looking for somthing different to play and would like to know if this game is worth looking into ..ie: subbing for 3 months!

    I play:

    EVE, LoTro ... Permentuum (Actualy not anymore even though i have active sub) ... and STO(Lifetimer but dont play it)

    Thats as far as my Experience with MMo's go.

    Is this game somthing Different ?

    Thanx

     Very different. Especially to EvE. Not to slag EvE. I played for 5 years, still have a Sub in EvE (Its the only MMO I would pay for and not play - $15 to support CCP on a short term basis) but this is nothing like EvE. LotRO is more quest oriented.

    If you want different, this is different. Because you have never played FF, you wouldnt have the connection to a 'favorite' FF but you still might enjoy this. The movie is a bad template. I saw Advent Children as well and there isnt much more than a glimpse at the things that made that game the legend it is. You got a few seconds of Aeris, Yuffie and Barret but Tifa and Cloud were the movie focus point. You can sort of play Tifa here. They have a class called Pugalist and it's Tifa in a nutshell. Though its more of a boxing Tifa so far for me, no kicking and sweeping etc. Just beating on stuff with your fists.

    I kind of eluded to this earlier here but FF14 could best be described as Runescape with better graphics. You have a number of things to level up and crafting is a big part of the game. None of it is completed and has no content as many have mentioned. You will like the cutscenes if only in the short term. They are very well done.

    I ended up liking it even though it was railed against. Give it a go.

    Add On: I can't be bothered to concern myself ith the whole Chinese code crap. Chinese CGI people can be some of the best out there, maybe they can give some of that to our Asian counterparts too.

  • HyanmenHyanmen Member UncommonPosts: 5,357

    Originally posted by GnatBug

    Is this game somthing Different ?

    Thanx

    It's different, but also a skeleton of a game. I would advise just waiting and trying out later if you want to, once most of the quirks have been ironed out.

    Using LOL is like saying "my argument sucks but I still want to disagree".
  • BelarionBelarion Member Posts: 570

    The game is shit and very likely had lots of its code outsourced to China. Anyone who tells you otherwise at this point is a whiteknight and is misleading you because they are full of bs. Play at your own risk. But like someone already said, its a skeleton of a game; basically just a game engine with crafting and recipes and some mobs to fight. It gets old quick.

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