Going to treat this review as soley A Realm Reborn because that does not have it's own thing here so for future reference this only reflects ARR and nothing else.
If I really end up falling in love with the later expansions I may change the score but for now it stays.
FFXIV was a game I'd always wanted to play but it being such a daunting task put me off it for a long while, but when I saw a limited time FFXVI quest I felt I'd regret not doing that now because I really liked XVI, so with a month to do it I decided I'd boot up XIV and with the free trial I really had no limit to rush or anything but I still really wanted that quest. I've now managed to beat ARR and honestly I really liked it and am very hyped for future expansions. So I guess I'm a MMO player
And another reason I got into the game now was also because Dawntrail seems to be IX inspired and FFIX is my favourite game ever made so like I kinda had to play Dawntrail....
Review time: Story was by far the weakest aspect of the game, I wouldn't say it was terrible but as a FF plot it's bad and is really one of my least favourite plots. Now in terms of the main characters I quite like the Scion of the Seventh Dawn they be cool and they all (mostly) grew on me, the Lalafell Paplamylo (? hard name to write) is one I didn't really like and the elf one that speaks in poems or whatever was also kinda ehh, but everyone else was really good. I love Y'sholta despite having relativly minimal presence IDK I just really liked her. Minafila was cool (also kinda unimportant but I can't really tell if she fights or not I'm guessing not but also?). Yda and the guy who gets possessed are pretty cool too. I also quite like the Lallafell who is the receptionist she's cool. Though I gotta say the villians in ARR Suck like they are just BAD, they have no presence in the story bar a cutscene at the start and then like every primal raid they might show up and be like ooohohoh I'm EVIIILLLL and I'm sooo strong, and like they are so boring... The VA work for the main guy is cool but I just don't care about them at all they're just so boring. The whole main plot is not good yet oddly I still kinda love it, I just like the Scions they're cool and I like them so I can forgive most of the plot for being ehh. I guess it sucks that a game you hear so much about how good the writing is has such a rocky 50 - 70+ hour start. I guess I'll see how the writing improves in the expansions.
As someone new to MMOs I found combat to be shockingly fun, I always thought it'd be boring but I ended up really enjoying it, I don't really have much else to say but it was fun. I like that all the various crafting things are jobs with their own levels and skills because that seems so unnesccary but I kinda love it, I love being able to say I'm a level 20 Fisherman because it so silly.
uhhhh.... MSQ is fun but special shout outs to the dungeon where I go aquire Goblin Cheese what a fun time. Side Quests vary from nothing terrible quests to pretty cool. Shame that I just ignore all non plus side quests now becasue there really is no point in doing them because there is so many and they are nothing quests. the + quests can have some crazy cool rewards or just be nothing basically but they're typically enjoyable.
The game very much feels like it's going to be vastly better in the expansions because there's clearly traces of a good story and there are some good characters, and the gameplay is already really good so hyped for the expansions.
This game is very hard to write about ngl, doesn't help I suck at writing but there is so much to say on a game this long I suppose oh well, game be good story be ehhh, characters be good, music be good. I'm sure the rest of the game be good(er)
If I really end up falling in love with the later expansions I may change the score but for now it stays.
FFXIV was a game I'd always wanted to play but it being such a daunting task put me off it for a long while, but when I saw a limited time FFXVI quest I felt I'd regret not doing that now because I really liked XVI, so with a month to do it I decided I'd boot up XIV and with the free trial I really had no limit to rush or anything but I still really wanted that quest. I've now managed to beat ARR and honestly I really liked it and am very hyped for future expansions. So I guess I'm a MMO player
And another reason I got into the game now was also because Dawntrail seems to be IX inspired and FFIX is my favourite game ever made so like I kinda had to play Dawntrail....
Review time: Story was by far the weakest aspect of the game, I wouldn't say it was terrible but as a FF plot it's bad and is really one of my least favourite plots. Now in terms of the main characters I quite like the Scion of the Seventh Dawn they be cool and they all (mostly) grew on me, the Lalafell Paplamylo (? hard name to write) is one I didn't really like and the elf one that speaks in poems or whatever was also kinda ehh, but everyone else was really good. I love Y'sholta despite having relativly minimal presence IDK I just really liked her. Minafila was cool (also kinda unimportant but I can't really tell if she fights or not I'm guessing not but also?). Yda and the guy who gets possessed are pretty cool too. I also quite like the Lallafell who is the receptionist she's cool. Though I gotta say the villians in ARR Suck like they are just BAD, they have no presence in the story bar a cutscene at the start and then like every primal raid they might show up and be like ooohohoh I'm EVIIILLLL and I'm sooo strong, and like they are so boring... The VA work for the main guy is cool but I just don't care about them at all they're just so boring. The whole main plot is not good yet oddly I still kinda love it, I just like the Scions they're cool and I like them so I can forgive most of the plot for being ehh. I guess it sucks that a game you hear so much about how good the writing is has such a rocky 50 - 70+ hour start. I guess I'll see how the writing improves in the expansions.
As someone new to MMOs I found combat to be shockingly fun, I always thought it'd be boring but I ended up really enjoying it, I don't really have much else to say but it was fun. I like that all the various crafting things are jobs with their own levels and skills because that seems so unnesccary but I kinda love it, I love being able to say I'm a level 20 Fisherman because it so silly.
uhhhh.... MSQ is fun but special shout outs to the dungeon where I go aquire Goblin Cheese what a fun time. Side Quests vary from nothing terrible quests to pretty cool. Shame that I just ignore all non plus side quests now becasue there really is no point in doing them because there is so many and they are nothing quests. the + quests can have some crazy cool rewards or just be nothing basically but they're typically enjoyable.
The game very much feels like it's going to be vastly better in the expansions because there's clearly traces of a good story and there are some good characters, and the gameplay is already really good so hyped for the expansions.
This game is very hard to write about ngl, doesn't help I suck at writing but there is so much to say on a game this long I suppose oh well, game be good story be ehhh, characters be good, music be good. I'm sure the rest of the game be good(er)