Stormblood Review - Heed the Call to Arms - Final Fantasy XIV Review - MMORPG.com

SBFord · June 2017

Stormblood Review - Heed the Call to Arms - Final Fantasy XIV Review - MMORPG.com

Stormblood is the second expansion for Final Fantasy XIV and follows 2015’s Heavensward. Boasting a new adventure across two continents, new jobs, dungeons and gear, the latest instalment promises to build upon one the ongoing legacy of the most successful MMOs in recent years. Set just after The Far Edge of Fate, the last patch, the Warrior of the Light and their Eorzean allies embark on a journey to the arid nation of Ala Mhigo, and to the before-unseen continent of Othard.

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JeroKane · June 2017

I am very happy as Paladin! Instant queues to everything!

ManAteArms · June 2017

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

SBFord · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

ManAteArms · June 2017

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

Everything was already said. High 7.X or low 8.X is a much more realistic score for a GOOD mmorpg. Everything above 9.0 must be awesome, outstanding and ground shaking.

CrazKanuk · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic has like 8 reviews by critics (on both PC and PS4) and only 1/8 is below a score of 9. Furthermore, the PS4 version is sitting at 9.1 for User Scores. For PC it's sitting at like 8.2 because, well, PC-race is less master than it used to be. Just look at the comments, lol. One guy gives it a 2 because of server issues (not game related). One guy gave it a 1 because it was "the same formula" as the previous expansion...... wellllllllll, it is an EXPANSION!!!! Finally, one guy gives it a 0 because "The game is designed to keep you out of expansion, unless you pay them extra".......... ZOMG! Did that actually happen?

PC Master Race clearly needs to hope Darwin takes some of it's users back to.... wherever PC Master Race goes when they die.

ManAteArms · June 2017

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Jackie-Chan-WTF.jpg

I just said that a 90's rating is too high for a good mmorpg. High scores are used too inflationarily in gaming journalism.

TheFirst109 · June 2017

9.1 is right around what I expected, at least a 9. The expansion has been amazing and the classes feel completely revitalized (specifically Paladin and Astrologian). The review was spot on imo; it's not often we see such a high quality expansion and I can't wait for the next part of the story!

Theocritus · June 2017

FFXIV is just another in a very long line of lousy MMOs the last 10 years....Games like this and GW2 are the wrong direction for the industry

CrazKanuk · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Jackie-Chan-WTF.jpg

I just said that a 90's rating is too high for a good mmorpg. High scores are used too inflationarily in gaming journalism.

And I said, the User Scores are right inline with the critic scores on this one.

I'm sure if the critic scores supported your agenda, you'd be rolling out the red carpet for them.

Xatsh · June 2017

I am not one to praise everything FFXIV. The core flaws the game has will remain as long as it is a pure linear/throw away content/ non-guild focused mmo. Many of same flaws WoW has basically.

But honestly in comparison with what is on the market 9 or around that is what the expansion deserves. FFXIV:SB is simply one of the best mmos on the market without question atm.

Story is stellar, honestly better then any I can remember in the last 8yrs of playing mmos. Personal opinion sorta but still the story is very well done.

Music is as it always was in FFXIV basically some of best in the genre.

Graphics are top notch for a mmo. Not best in the world anymore, BD, but still better then 98% of the competition.

Job changes are overall good.

PvP is drastically improved still has room for improvement (better but still no benefit to doing it besides leveling classes... gear rewards are pure vanity, but it is atleast worth doing now, back in ARR/HW there was 0 to gain from doing it)

Dungeons are well designed, boss mechanics are also well designed.

Main story quest are good, side quest... they are typical fetch/kill/talk to npc.

Really it is hard to pickout negatives in SB most ppl playing all agree it is an overall improvement.

Honestly the main negative was caused by too many ppl wanting to play the game at the expansions launch, which more or less killed the servers. A problem but I guess if you are gonig to have a problem too many ppl wanting to play is a good one to have. All those issues are resolved now except for a few grossly overpopulated servers where the ques to get in are still long.

The other issue I agree with is horrifically long ques for instances. In any mmo dps have to wait the longest because more people play them, and everyone is wanting to level the new classes so yea long ques.

Dragnelus · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

9.2 on ign.

Love my ast now I want I dps, cant decide between ninja or sam

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I think next week, story raiding opens.

I really like the dungeons and primals in stormblood, never thought I could farm for so long.

ManAteArms · June 2017

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Jackie-Chan-WTF.jpg

I just said that a 90's rating is too high for a good mmorpg. High scores are used too inflationarily in gaming journalism.

I'm sure if the critic scores supported your agenda,

Sorry, I'm not an opportunist.

I find it simply illogical that many games receive a 90 rating, which are simply (just) good. Such high ratings are given too inflationarily.

RPGMASTERGAMER · June 2017

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

yeah but if the guys or girl give such a crazy high scores,
it mean it either the BEST MMORPG EVER MAKE, or a drunk fanboy who a bit hyped about his games.

for exemple i have buy this releases and droped the game after one week, the terrible battlesystem still the same, slow cd, plastic movement feeling and just a boring world who dont feel alive.

so if you droped the game before, they are a good chance you will drop it again !! it not changed that much !!

i would give it a 7 still because it a good games, but 9.1 the highest i have see ?? what kind of drugs this rewiewer take ??

Moodsor · June 2017

RPGMASTERGAMER said:

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

yeah but if the guys or girl give such a crazy high scores,
it mean it either the BEST MMORPG EVER MAKE, or a drunk fanboy who a bit hyped about his games.

for exemple i have buy this releases and droped the game after one week, the terrible battlesystem still the same, slow cd, plastic movement feeling and just a boring world who dont feel alive.

so if you droped the game before, they are a good chance you will drop it again !! it not changed that much !!

i would give it a 7 still because it a good games, but 9.1 the highest i have see ?? what kind of drugs this rewiewer take ??

You should learn what a review is, its a piece written based on a personal oppinion, just cause you see something one way, doesn't mean the reviewer agrees. No one prevents you from writing your own review expressing your own views and concerns.

MrMelGibson · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

Everything was already said. High 7.X or low 8.X is a much more realistic score for a GOOD mmorpg. Everything above 9.0 must be awesome, outstanding and ground shaking.

I didn't realize mmorpg.com was supposed to follow your specific rating criteria. I'll let Susie and Mike know how it's supposed to be done from now on.

Sovrath · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

Everything was already said. High 7.X or low 8.X is a much more realistic score for a GOOD mmorpg. Everything above 9.0 must be awesome, outstanding and ground shaking.

Well, that certainly is opinion. Just like the article.

To put it in perspective, "my opinion" is that a game 9 or above must put forth enough effort to achieve its goals given its core audience and what they expect. It must play well, reasonably bug free. In the case of an expansion it needs to have enough content to last for a few weeks at least for the "middle of the road" players.

Awesome, outstanding and ground shaking? There's not one game out there over the course of gaming history that, in my opinion, does that. One can always find some fault. Therefore it's unreasonable to expect those things.

Sovrath · June 2017

Elidien said:

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Jackie-Chan-WTF.jpg

I just said that a 90's rating is too high for a good mmorpg. High scores are used too inflationarily in gaming journalism.

I'm sure if the critic scores supported your agenda,

Sorry, I'm not an opportunist.

I find it simply illogical that many games receive a 90 rating, which are simply (just) good. Such high ratings are given too inflationarily.

But that is your opinion just like a reviewer provides their opinion. The reviewer is saying the game is a 9 out of 10 for them. Also, reviews are made for each individual thing being reviewed. The way I read the S review is that the reviewer ranks this game in the top 10% of games they have played. That speaks volumes to me.

When I read reviews, I want to get the overall feel for the reviewed item. In this case the reviewer provided plenty of information for me to base an opinion and the answer to the ultimate question: Should I buy this game?

Reviews are much more than a number.People forget the "meat" of the review is in the words and details.

I agree!

If a reviewer gives a game a "2" but everything in the review is something I value, I like, I want then I'm going to make every attempt to play that game. If they give it a "10" and label it with awesome, outstanding and groundbreaking" but there's not one thing in the game that I would enjoy then it might as well never have existed.

MrMelGibson · June 2017

Theocritus said:

FFXIV is just another in a very long line of lousy MMOs the last 10 years....Games like this and GW2 are the wrong direction for ME

I fixed it for you.

Dragnelus · June 2017

Flying is also fun, with the music and great zones, hunting.

The extreme primals mechanics are also worth noting.

CrazKanuk · June 2017

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

CrazKanuk said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or low 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Just FYI, Metacritic

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Jackie-Chan-WTF.jpg

I just said that a 90's rating is too high for a good mmorpg. High scores are used too inflationarily in gaming journalism.

I'm sure if the critic scores supported your agenda,

Sorry, I'm not an opportunist.

I find it simply illogical that many games receive a 90 rating, which are simply (just) good. Such high ratings are given too inflationarily.

There's good reason for that, though. First of all, there are plenty of shitty games out there, just fewer of them get reviews and even fewer of them get press, because nobody really gives a fuck about them.

Secondly, you're wrong about "so many games recieving a 90 rating. So far in 2017 only 1 game out of 162 on Metacritic has averaged over 90 (for PS4), 0/91 for XBONE, and 2/122 for PC. That's less than 1% of games. That seems to align with the overall, too, since 2016 went like this 4/358 for PS4, 4/206 on XBONE, and 5/326 for PC.

Finally, only a little over half make it over the 70 mark. Let's not forget that anything under a 75 gets a yellow caution. So about half games out there are somewhat playable. As a gamer, that's great. However, they aren't handing out 9s and 10s like candy. Thanks to metacritic, we can also temper critical reviews since it's certain that there will always be some amount of subjectivity.

Now! As far as reviews go, if you're a critic then you are/should be adhering to a set of criteria that are more static, less subjective, and are based on a comparison of a game against it's peers.

User reviews are more subjective and less static. They vary more wildly because there is no static criteria by which everyone judges a game.

However, when user reviews and critical reviews converge, you can feel pretty safe in saying that a game IS what it's claimed to be. I can't see how you can rationalize what you're saying when both user reviews and critical reviews are very similar. I hear what you're saying, and I am not saying you're wrong, but you can't sit there and claim to be right when you're sitting in a crowd that is the vast minority. Your opinion isn't wrong, but only because it can't be.

Personally, I think it's hilarious that you think that an MMORPG shouldn't be able to achieve a score above X, when the rating system is out of 10. It literally boggles my mind.If that was the case, then why not make it out of 8? In that case, YES! YOU'RE right, Stormblood is a 7! 7/8, lol.

In closing, it seems that you have a very selective memory, you failed to do ANY amount of research before making these assumptions, or are simply spouting complete garbage for the sake of trolling. Whatever, the reason, it took me a matter of minutes to find out you're wrong. So while I respect your opinion, it's quite obvious that you're opinion is just that, an opinion.

EDIT: Oh! I did want to mention that I found it amusing that you say you're not an opportunist, yet you seem to have created an account here JUST to talk about how horrible this review was. Lol. Cool avatar though. Still waiting on a MotU MMO.

Kajidourden · June 2017

"Engaging combat"......really? by whose definition? Certainly not compared to many much better combat systems. In fact it's widely noted as one of the games weaknesses.....phrases like this are why people assume it's a paid review. Be honest, and cut the marketing BS.

RPGMASTERGAMER · June 2017

RPGMASTERGAMER said:

SBFord said:

ManAteArms said:

The final score is much too high. A high 7.X or 8.X would be much more realistic. Or was this article sponsored by SQE?

Stop with idle speculation. Every review is one person's opinion. If it was a sponsored piece, which it is NOT, it would say so.

If you have a different opinion on Stormblood, enlighten us rather than cast aspersions.

yeah but if the guys or girl give such a crazy high scores,
it mean it either the BEST MMORPG EVER MAKE, or a drunk fanboy who a bit hyped about his games.

for exemple i have buy this releases and droped the game after one week, the terrible battlesystem still the same, slow cd, plastic movement feeling and just a boring world who dont feel alive.

so if you droped the game before, they are a good chance you will drop it again !! it not changed that much !!

i would give it a 7 still because it a good games, but 9.1 the highest i have see ?? what kind of drugs this rewiewer take ??

got a warning for writing this ?? are you fucking kidding me mmorpg.com???
i have write nothing realy totaly offensive who deserve a ban there.

seriously to the guys who give me this : you are a fucking pathetic fanboy

be fair with everyone, stuft like i have write are write everywhere in this website and are accepted.

if you want change your title name to my : opinion of final fantasy 14 stormblood, not a review
because review you need to be objective not a hardcore fanboy.

SBFord · June 2017

Kajidourden said:

"Engaging combat"......really? by whose definition? Certainly not compared to many much better combat systems. In fact it's widely noted as one of the games weaknesses.....phrases like this are why people assume it's a paid review. Be honest, and cut the marketing BS.

We.
Mark.
Sponsored.
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This is one guy's opinion. If yours is different, say why.

RPGMASTERGAMER · June 2017

SBFord said:

Kajidourden said:

"Engaging combat"......really? by whose definition? Certainly not compared to many much better combat systems. In fact it's widely noted as one of the games weaknesses.....phrases like this are why people assume it's a paid review. Be honest, and cut the marketing BS.

We.
Mark.
Sponsored.
Content.
ALWAYS.

This is one guy's opinion. If yours is different, say why.

are you sure we can say why ?? so many buthurt fanboy there...

CrazKanuk · June 2017

RPGMASTERGAMER said:

SBFord said:

Kajidourden said:

"Engaging combat"......really? by whose definition? Certainly not compared to many much better combat systems. In fact it's widely noted as one of the games weaknesses.....phrases like this are why people assume it's a paid review. Be honest, and cut the marketing BS.

We.
Mark.
Sponsored.
Content.
ALWAYS.

This is one guy's opinion. If yours is different, say why.

are you sure we can say why ?? so many buthurt fanboy there...

If you don't understand why you got a warning then I'm seriously shocked that you're even still here. I'd suggest you go and read the forum posting rules again and then try your best not to violate those while making horribly Engrish commentary about one of the authors.

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