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MMO Friday Fight Round 7: World of Warcraft Vs. Final Fantasy XIV | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited December 6 in News & Features Discussion

imageMMO Friday Fight Round 7: World of Warcraft Vs. Final Fantasy XIV | MMORPG.com

Welcome back to the MMO Friday Fight. This week, we have a battle for the ages: two of the most prolific MMOs of all time, Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft go head to head.

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  • olepiolepi Member EpicPosts: 3,053
    I'm not competent to judge between these two. I played DAOC for three years and when WoW came out I tried it and it didn't click for me. Too cartoony, the feel of it just didn't appeal to me. Instead, in 2004, I started with City of Heroes and Rzyom, both dramatically different than WoW. I still play CoH.

    I did play FF14 for a couple of months, it was almost a lot of fun. I was put off by the artstyle, too cutesy and anime for me. The world seemed pretty small too.

    For me, an MMO is a living world to be in and I can quickly tell if I want to spend a lot of time in it. Neither of these games had it for me.
    Scot

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  • waveslayerwaveslayer Member UncommonPosts: 607
    have played WoW off and on(mostly on) since the day it released, tried FF14 lasted about 20 hours, the art style was a huge turn off, plus I felt like I had allready done this a thousand times...so for me its a round 2 knockout of FF14 by WoW

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    I played WoW for years but the art style did my head in I can tell you. They did cartoon graphics because that does not age as fast and it paid of for them.
  • AntariousAntarious Member UncommonPosts: 2,846
    I've tried to get into FF14 multiple times and it never sticks. Longest I was ever actually able to stand playing was at original launch. WoW I played a LOT off and on... was in a great guild at the start of Season of Discovery and the guild decided to disband at the end of Phase 3. Haven't been able to get into WoW really since. Planned on playing the 20th Anniv servers joined a guild that seemed good. Couple days in it just wasn't going to work for me.

    So personal view is that both of these MMO's had their time in the sun... but that's the problem now really. If you look back at the late 90's and early 2000's there was a lot of actual MMO's being released. Most of them had their own spin on things and each of them had their crowd. There isn't anything "new" to choose from relative to what I consider an MMO and these games that have been out for quite some time now are just getting long in the tooth.
  • HartackHartack Member UncommonPosts: 34
    Wow probably has the edge in living world, but I didn't play very long even in the real 'Classic' era, FF14 was fun for group dungeons but just played like a game to me with no real world outside.

    I probably would've liked what some called the 'Failure version' of FF14 a whole lot more, and I think it would've had much more of a living world feel than what it's detractors' shortsightedness would have us believe.

    I'm not saying they weren't obviously successful or anything but I hope the current wave of developers take note that markets are typically cyclical and the time is getting right for something that is more than a quest hub grinder with a two hour upgrade dopamine drip as player bases mature.

    waveslayer
  • RobokappRobokapp Member UncommonPosts: 155
    WoW is king.
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,404
    edited December 8
    WoW has a living breathing world while FFXIV is world you become part of because of the engaging story. WoW does not have a cartoon art style it has a stylized art style which stands the test of time. Both games are wonderful in their own rights.

    See the difference between the different art styles here.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    WoW is cartoony but that girl can draw for sure. :)
    waveslayer
  • wyrrenwyrren Newbie CommonPosts: 9
    Everyone has their own opinion, but to say wow doesn't hold a candle to ffxiv is just obnoxious. You are either trolling or you have never touched the game.

    Ffxiv has one of the worst stories I have ever seen. No, I am not trolling. This isMY opinion now. Ffxiv has the worst housing system, the junkiest interface. Literally the only thing that game has going for it is the consistent updates and MAYBE combat.

    Wow has much better combat / interface.

    Story is not great but at least it's not shoved down your throat like it is in FF. M+ is one of the best modes in the game but raids are pretty amazing too.

    TLDR, you can like one game over the other but if you write an article like this, at least TRY to do your research and be objective.
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