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Only if the bag of crap also wields a Buster Sword.

So a flaming bag of crap with a horrible hair cut that likes to sulk and complain about how unfair his life is while killing monsters with a 9 foot sword? 3 million easy...

Make it dual wielded buster gunblades and we have the BEST...GAME...EVER...

Ok, so we have a flaming bag of crap with a bad haircut that dual wields gunblades that shoot buster swords. He is a sulking rebel that is angry at the world because he is a clone of someone who has died and no one understands him and he doesn't know how to express his feelings constructively. He has a high school love/hate relationship with his female counterpart even though she isn't the hottest female in the party, but she is sweet and spunky. Gentlemen, we may be creating the single most important video game character of all time...

How about Sqoudus? Sounds like a disease you get from drinking dirty water.

Well, one thig that is almost exclusively unique to ffxiv and ffxi is true cross platform gameplay.

This is a huge plus not just for console gamers, but also pc gamers who own consoles.

The ability for one character to play as all jobs is still very unique, and a concept SE cultivated and stood by.

Dual user interfaces are unique.

Chocobos are unique, and they've been around since WoW players weRe in diapers.

ARR's focus on a strong, single storyline is unique. Other games just don't stack up to what SE brings to the table. Also, SE's courage to tell a strong story rather than develop dozens of weaker stories for players to amble through is a more unique trait these days.

Building the game on a custom, scalable graphics engine is unique.

The traditional FF job presentation is unique.

All the Final Fantasy lore is unique.

Party limit breaks are unique.

Anyway, that should help move things forward. :)

Did you honestly expect that a thread labeled "first impressions" would be 100% positive? Then your opinion is that ARR is perfect.

As someone who doesn't really have a very high opinion of the game, it is interesting that some people really are liking it - and I don't blame him at all for wanting to understand why.

I think for most people it just boils down to, "because it's Final Fantasy" (as for why they like it).

Think about it. Have you ever seen anyone write up positive impressions of XIV that didn't start with, "First of all, I'm a hardcore, longtime Final Fantasy fanboy, and etc., etc."?

Edited, Jun 24th 2013 4:55pm by Killua125

Even Obvious Troll thinks it's obvious, Filth:



All FFXIV has to be is a Final Fantasy-themed MMO that's easy to get into (as in, using the basic conventions that people expect MMOs to have these days) and doesn't require you to sacrifice every spare second of your life to make progress in (though you can if you want to). There are people who buy millions of copies of FF titles every year; if you can even get a fraction of them to sign up and stick around, you'll have a successful game that improves over the years, fueled by steady subscriptions.

Tweaking the lighting or the pace of combat is an insignificant problem to deal with by comparison. It's not nearly as big a deal as you're making it out to be considering how simple those things can be adjusted. The basic big things, like the engine and reduced lag, are working. The UI is mostly intuitive, simple and responsive (with separate designs for K&M and game-pads). The land is worth exploring and has character. There are the iconic Final Fantasy creatures you've come to expect in the game. The economy actually has a chance of working properly for once.

Things are looking up way more than they look doomed.

I don't blame people for liking it, I'm just trying to approach it from the perspective of why they would choose it over something else. "You just want reasons people like the game so you can shoot them all down" is somehow a valid response because of an opinion I held 3 years ago apparently. Perhaps I should have just socked a thread asking the same question so I wouldn't carry the stigma of the guy who dared have a different opinion about the precious than a die hard fan.

I don't get why people are so defensive. I asked what I asked and nothing more. For some reason, "What would you say is unique about XIV" translates into "XIV sucks and there is nothing unique about it". I'm not here trying to prove or disprove people's opinions.

As Thayos said, the lore and storyline, chocobo and character models are all unique, but the same is said for any game. Cross-platform and the job system carried over from XI, but it's fair to lump XI and XIV together. What I was really looking for was game mechanics or other similar features that are unique only to XIV(at least in their implementation), like limit breaks.

Edited, Jun 24th 2013 5:58pm by FilthMcNasty

Translation: "After I disregard all the reasons for buying the game. I want you to give me a reason to buy the game."

Honestly FFXIV 2.0 probably isn't doing any one particular thing to stand out. Nothing is super innovative or anything. There aren't one or two things I can point to and tell you "This is what makes ffxiv awesome!".

What it does do is take much of the best of the 'standard' mmo ingredients together to make a yummy cake and puts a thick layer of delicious Final Fantasy frosting over it all.

I am really enjoying the graphics, story, music, gameplay and that FF feel. I have my gripes but can see myself playing this for a long time as long as the endgame is there (and it should be).

Also, remember we haven't seen the whole thing yet either.

I pretty much love everything Atlus has been releasing for some time now. Because of that I'm a day 1 preorder for the next of any Atlus release. Will my review, unless negative, not be considered viable?