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Ffxiv story isn t good What an awful ending. That’s the number one thing that annoys me most about DT criticism. Notably, telling a “revenge is bad/sins of the father DVS Gaming - Shinobi - 10 / 10. Don't waste your money and time on this schlock. Some even calls it the best FF story, which says alot considering your own character barely talks which limits I think it's less about "making the story better" and more that you're just simply not a huge fan of story to begin with, which isn't a bad thing. The game isn't particularly good until you get to the first expansion, Heavensward. All we want to see is effort (in most content, but in Savage raids just trying isn't good enough). I also heard the story is really good. It maybe could have with some different setup decisions, but that might have been troublesome for their down-the-road story needs. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online [FFXIV Housing] **Taste of Love** - cozy warm kitchen (Small) - More info in comments! The issue isn’t that the story is bad, just that it’s kind of a slog to get through because there’s so much of it and it’s not all that great, either, for the most part. There are some spikes but most of the challenging stuff that actually still gets run is at endgame. HW and SHB are the only interesting ones. I just find that usually ppl that decide to complain about the game so early are not prone to endure and reach the very good parts later in the story. That said, Stormblood isn't quite as good as Heavensward (though it's still much better than ARR), but Shadowbringers is incredible (probably my favorite) and Endwalker is also very good. As all forms of content you can stream have a very small content life like you said. 3 changes. From OP's previous topic, the issue seems to be they didn't know that FFXIV isn't structured like some other MMOs. It's like coming down after a massive adrenaline rush. Don't get me wrong, it's still really good, but that's FF's whole shtick and there are at least 5 other FF games that do it better. None of the plot points in a general sense are awful in FFXIV, it's almost exlusively pacing and focus issues. Also ESO isn't a story driven MMO, it's an exploration driven MMO. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online • EverChosen97. It’s there, but shouldn’t be the goal. 3 specifically ends with the trial Seat of Sacrifice. At least Shadowbringers can’t happen without Crystal Tower, Alexander, and Omega. You have to bare in mind that your amount of interest in the MSQ can really fluctuate throughout the story as it changes pace quite a bit. WoW thread and needs no additional game vs. By your own definition, FFXIV isn't high fantasy until Shadowbringers, since most of the time we are fighting "country-level" threats at most, because anything stronger is usually in optional content. The MSQ from ARR's post-50 story was notoriously a slog, and they already shortened it down substantially, but it is still a Not just msq but stories attached to everything I feel the latest eden raids are very fun but the story is trash, so to say a game isn’t for someone because they don’t like the story attached to the content is over-reaching. He isn't a complete mute despite his introversion and does tell his mom his feelings. The story itself is not that impressive. So now it just sits there as this blotch on the face of an otherwise-good story. We are slowly ramping up for a new story with all our favorite friends and our WoL. 0. FFXIV is a boring game to watch. 2 MSQ, which came out at the same time. But, honestly, the game itself is horribly dated, with achingly slow combat, a database that is so taxed and barely held together that the developer can't even figure out how to do things like increase the appearance wardrobe size, a story largely focused on a mary sue whose unearned powers Stormblood's plot isn't considered to be quite as good as HW's - while most of the individual areas / parts of the MSQ are good, it can't really escape the problem that you know the endings going in. those very same person that quits after 2 months anyways. DISCLAIMER:The following is a crash course for the plot of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. I can see how it may be much more impactful for 1. It may simply augment your appreciation. Think of them as the Dragonball Z Kai Abridged equivalent for FFXIV. . 1 leading to Heavensward. Thus endgame personally felt empty for me. People should come prepared to carry out their role and not need any other communication from other players. story isnt good, isnt bad so far (only got to level 30). Like not even close. This game IS the story. 23b recap is pretty much THE definitive recap for the story of the pre-Realm Reborn version of the game, including some of the events of the three different introductory stories that you would've experienced based on the city that you started in. If you don't, I don't think future expansions will change your mind though. Reply In this regard, FFXIV falters because they encourage you to try other classes but the story-driven XP isn't there, so you're stuck with an extremely boring grind. I tried to keep the post as neutral as possible, since I know people have widely varying views on the quality of Out of all the healers WHM does the most dps. But this quest line certainly isn't one of those. and it keeps getting better. Basically if you Around 2. I'm not gunna hold any punches. The strongest part of it is how they had the courage of mantaining a FF14 has a good story but it's not as good as the hype makes it out to be so in the end I was disappointed. It heavily favors a certain type of anime-ish storytelling or japanese storytelling in regards to games. It's a game you go out and casually explore in and do whatever you want. Get this off my chest, and 2. I personally didn't like ARR and there was only one of the starter jobs I liked, lancer/dragoon, which has a terrible "rotation" until the mid to late 50s. Stupid people will defend it though because they're stupid. Compared to the books I read, ffxiv really falls flat. Coils sheds some light on the twins and Louisoix. The story isn't terrible in the DLCs but it's really not as good as a lot of people say it is. Based on the way you're describing it, I Ok so first, voice acting =/= good story. It was just disappointing as hell to me that I kept looking for that hook from the story and it never came No it isn't. The first part is slow so be warned. I think the post-Stormblood story has some really nice parts story-wise, but it feels like a slog to get through in terms of gameplay. Content 80-90 has the duty trust system in place for all story required dungeons and one story required8 man trial (and it's amazing) but the final capstone trial is still one that requires a group of player characters. If you don't have this kind of connection the history isn't that great, it's very predictable, but well written. The story in FFXIV isn't formatted in the best way, it'll feel pretty Steps. It takes about 30 minutes at least to complete the dungeon. 3 or 2. The time investment to properly This latest expansion explores culture, family, and legacy in ways FFXIV hasn’t in the past – and before long, it begins to ask questions about the lengths we’ll go to preserve the things we It's good that they went back to giving a way to get relic weapons without having to spend weeks in the grind fest zones, but you still need to spend hours ranking up to unlock the story to unlock the next stages of the relic weapon. I am currently a lvl 60 pally, just got into stormblpod content, and really want to move forward with a different job/class. Edit: I'd also like to add that the "continuing Running errands isn't fun, globetrotting after every block of story gets tiring, and the amount of mandatory dungeons is fairly annoying. Give it time, skip here and there if you must. I don't understand why everyone is riding stormbloods dick for the story. • u/BraxbroWasTaken 2h ago. The story does not just consist of cut-scenes. 0 isn't amazing by comparison to what comes after, but as far as MMO stories go it's easily above average, with a number of impactful moments that give you cause to sit back and appreciate what they writers have done. The story skip will not unlock everything, only the main story, and not all the way to the end. To be honest, if story is the thing you care about the least, then one of FFXIV's strongest points simply won't In all respects FFXIV story (heavensward aside) isn't exactly good. And this isn't just me being a XIV fan. The story from 5. I have so far been working on leveling blackmage up to 60, but I noticed that there is a blue mage job now. The top ranked WHM can out dps all the tanks with with less I've tried about 3 times to play FF14 and complete the story because a lot of people say its really good, game of thrones level fantasy story, but every time I get bogged down by meaningless quests, pointless dialog, and just get uninterested to the point where playing just isn't fun. the leveling process is anything but bad. That's like walking out of a movie 5 minutes in because you haven't gotten to Story isn't the strongest this game has had but it was still a good ride. the build up in the patches leading up to the first expansion will feel slow but when it picks up the story really really gets good. Best advice I have received about MMORPG is that most of the good standing ones (FFXIV, WoW, GW2, Lost Ark to an extent + other I may not have mentioned, don’t wanna trigger anyone) are as good as how much you are willing to I would say the aftermath of the Comnpany of Heroes quests is the first time it hints at being good. It's like no one has ever played anything other than the disjointed trash in WoW. Bakool Jaja flips from bad to good real quick This isn't a fault of FFXIV per se, but a limitation that currently exists with MMOs in general. Like yeah, the epic quest to save the nation of Ishgard from the dragons is fun, but what makes it great is the journey there. tv/kougaon_https://twitter. Both heroes and villains tend to express their desires early on, and P. Final Fantasy XI's story is nearly non-existant in comparison to FFXIV until Yoshida came on board and started Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. That said, while the story itself is good, even HW and ShB have their flaws. Reply reply Justalilcyn • Its because Dawntrail isn't the culmination of a decade long story or focused on balls to walls Good stuff, I liked how you went through each expansion. 3 has been with four of five time the same amount of dialogue. At its heart it is, and always I feel like it mainly stems from there being a general dissatisfaction with the job's rework in 5. Most mmo games the story isn’t important but that isn’t universal truth. The story in ESO is incredibly straight forward. Okay so this technically isn’t an expansion, but A Realm Reborn is a very important arc to the overall FFXIV story, and our final showdown with him isn’t a battle of good versus evil, but And Heavensward's story is generally more beloved, so people cut it more slack. FF14 MSQ is like a 5 at best, it can be interesting at times, but 99% of the time it's boring and no different than a random side quest lol. ARR is a drag, especially the patch quests, but once Heavensward starts it gets good. 0 on us, and Zodiark really was the good guy all along. But as the production cost to do this is extremly high and the majority of today's MMORPG players are content locust who rush to endgame as fast as possible to do the high end raids and cry afterwards, that conent is missing, even SWTOR He isn't telling you to quit but playing FFXIV in a healthy way is important, as he doesn't want FFXIV to be your entire life and he knows ffxiv can't keep you entertained for the rest of your life. Not usually in the main story, but more likely in tertiary content. 4, the story starts to focus on Heavensward, which is about 90% Ishgard related. -4 u/LosPollinos420 13h ago. The writing really rewards people who pay attention and invest in That isn't even the issue. Even judgemental assholes. Advice: Get through ARR to the first expansion Heavensward Content 70-80 has the duty trust system in place for all story required dungeons, but not story required trials. It stands ontop of the story from FFXIV Stormblood and is implicitly connected. The first time it gets really good will be at the end f patch 2. So without spoiling anything/much, is the story good in your opinion? Share FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! is trying. It has a lot more going for it. 0 didn't really fix the problems people had with it - like living shadow being boring for the flavour it has, delirium being a bad version of warrior's inner release, and of course living dead (which was fixed in 6. 3 is fantastic and ties up most loose ends in ShB. To FFXIV devs and players, a good quest is a short quest. If you are one to enjoy a good story, FFXIV's story is so much better than it has any right to be. ; Journal. I can't even be bothered to be honest, I'm just sticking with the 500 recolection weapons for glamour. Is Final Fantasy XIV’s story any good . it just doesn't feel the same. You can play multiplayer content as you level, but so much hinges on doing Main Story Quests (MSQ) later on, and the MSQ hands out so much experience, it really is like a singleplayer game that unlocks MMO when you near the end, or when you want to take a break from the MSQ. but the game has me If this story in FFXIV has the greatest story in this franchise, then I'd never touch any final fantasy game, cus it is truly boring and doesn't belong in a mmorpg. They are very story focused games and FFXIV is no different. She was a great character. Ivalice leads into Bozja, and that story isn’t over FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! [PvP Discussion] Most things I hear about ff14 is that the game is great for its story and PVE content which is what people play the game for, but not its PVP. 1) - which combined with how oblation is underwhelming compared to FFXIV is a streamlined story, the game shows you exactly where to go and there is little confusion. You will still need to play the latest Expansion's story. If a game doesn't have a good story or a VERY good gameplay loop to compensate for a lack of one, I generally won't enjoy that game. This isn't to say I think ENDWALKER BAD or something! I just don't feel like I can really hold it up as the most incredible part of the MSQ. And you complaining about conten being locked behynd the main story makes me Story isn't bad. (It's a I kinda want to argue that FFXIV is indeed a story driven game first (a very good one at that) and MMO second, just not Final Fantasy in a traditional sense because it breaks so many conventions of the series that it's only Final Fantasy superficially. Good luck in your future adventures in Eorzea and I sincerely hope you find enjoyment in this game. I mean you know whats going on which is a benefit. It isn't the age of the player base being an issue. Yes, there are some good story bits here and there, like with the Crystal War / Past. discord: https://discord. If you enjoy that type of story telling, you'll enjoy FFXIV. One last thing, go watch the final scene before the credits roll in The Last of Us. WoW is an MMORPG. Going from encountering your first sin eaters to running through a recreation of a ruined city under the ocean to be judged for your worthiness shouldn't be (and I'd say, very much isn't) predictable, but it should make sense. Definitely makes you feel things and gives more like context for the dungeons/trials vs running them after a story skip. A lot of the expansions have to If you enjoyed the FFXIV story, that's great; however, you weren't really playing an MMO while you experienced the story. Fortunately, the gameplay kept my interest until then. The highs in FFXIV's story are really, really high. If time isn't an issue, I would recommend trying to play to level 60 and see if your opinion changes or not. FFXIV took a lot of inspiration from WoW, but there are some pretty major differences too. They released a broken game and sold it anyway. The overworld is not dangerous. And Dancer has a fun vibe with the trip around the world, introduces ideas that are expanded in Endwalker, and plays Vamo Alla Flamenco three times. Story enjoyers sometimes act like the game isn’t fun outside of the story. This. Octopath Traveler which just released its sequel is filled with low stakes narratives and intimate stories. NPCs that should be god-level tier, are reduced to bit roles where they can't survive for moments without our help. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! For me the story got good in heavensward, after the ARR patch quests, because the base game is a lot of world building, and the expansion finally cashes in. I still very much prefer playing with people. There are also characters in shb and end whose entire backstories you learn from sb. It’s good, but for my taste, it’s not amazing. All that means is that SAM doesn't bring extra utility to a group like other jobs can. Recently everyone has praised ShadowBringer 5. FF14 story is like this: pointles boring crap for 80hrs-----30mins of cool things---immediately followed by 10 hours of pointless boring crap-----cool 1-2 hr finale. 11's story pales to 14. 11 is good, but it's dated as shit, which fair enough if you grew up on 11 doesn't negate the fact it is DATED. Minfilia is considering which of her many responsibilities demands her utmost attention. It has the benefit of being coherent and being well told, they certainly know how to build tension and they do exposition well, and the way they don't Ethys Asher's 1. The story is good but you have to research in what order to play the zones or you will be very confused or get the story spoilered by Anyway, about the story. If someone is a new player and wants to get into high end raiding, i’d recommend ffxiv because the barrier to entry isn’t as steep as wow. FF XIV I’ve been on this Reddit a few days now and I’ve seen a couple comments/threads where people say XIV has a good story but is very long. Speak with Riol. Ishgard is brought up earlier (L35?) but until it's made the focus, the story surrounding FFXIV is ultimately exceptionally lacking. Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is hands down the best expansion of the game to date, and one of the best expansions of all time. The story is very long. Just the core of the game after you beat the story just feels brain dead, haha. I assure you once you get there your idea of what the game is and how good the story is will change. I Please note that when I say FFXIV isn't a great MMO, I'm NOT saying it isn't a great game - because FFXIV is outstanding in its genre and despite its genre. Also, you don't just introduce new characters that late in the saga. I’ll lose context, but I can read/watch cutscenes. FFXIV is pretty unique in that the developers are a layer removed from this community by being Japanese, The story isn't bad, the filler is The story isn't even "the world is ending" at the start of ARR, it's "man the world got fucked up let's try to fix it," and if you missed that you're not paying nearly enough attention for any story to work. My advice is to remember that any good story requires a good amount of set up before things really start hitting the fan, and appreciate the lull in intensity while we have it. (Also to me the story doesn’t FFXIV has a good story, but it takes a long time to build up - it's a single story they are telling over the course of 8 years. twitch. Many consider the slog a rite of passage. I stopped because I was not interested in doing Raid nor crafting + the gear progression is just a treadmill experience. The first Considering the limitations of the MMO format and the JRPG tropes, it's pretty good. My story expectations for dawntrail, basically, are a bunch of people loudly complaining that the story is just treading water, it's wasting time, it isn't hw/shb, why is doesn't it take everything more seriously, why doesn't it take everything less seriously, why doesn't the beginning of a new story feel as impactful and meaningful as the FFXIV: Stormblood Story Summary. So even if you pay the $100 to buy the game, buy a story skip, and buy a level 80 character, you're still going to have to finish Endwalker and manually skip all the dialogue boxes and cutscenes for that. ; As the Scions of the Seventh Dawn have grown in size and influence, so too have their responsibilities, prompting Minfilia to consider if their expansion was wise. There’s so much It starts up pretty slow in the base ARR, with all the worldbuilding, and you won’t be in ‘endgame’ for ages— but the ‘endgame’ isn’t the game. People should try it to see if it's for them, or at least learn to live with it since everyone has to complete it to advance the game. 5 is lacking but above average, endwalker starts out with a whimper, and then you get past the first dungeon and whoever was writing the story decided to finally shift into gear, and it more or less launches until the end of 6. The first When one thinks of a MMO, the least thing to come to mind is the story. 2. I've played this game for a very long time and I can certainly appreciate the positivity of the community: It's FF14 has a good story but it's not as good as the hype makes it out to be so in the end I was disappointed. As for the combat and mmo mechanics, I think it's pretty good. Unfortunately many people believe FFXIV should have content that should keep you in the game 24/7 but that goes against yoshi design philosophy. Machinist is a good underdog story with the guild constantly catching heat from the temple knights. That's the best way I can describe it. I love that, I hate when stories end. Reply reply FFXIV’s story isn’t often big on twist motives at the end. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Iceheart and the story of the dragons was good in my opinion. Reactions: Rykan. The connection isn't perfect but they do a good job mixing Ivalice into Hydalean. You've barely started and are already impatient about the story picking up. If you are doing them like a WoW player (skip, skip, skip, accept, rush through it waiting for spectacular things to happen along the way), then you are The good news is 1 month subs exist so you can subscribe for just 1 month then return at next patch. It's just that XIV doesn't have good streaming content. the level and story skip potions aims at those that wouldnt even give it a chance and want to hop into end game immediately. So no, FFXIV isn't worth it ONLY for the story. Second, you're on the free trial, which means you're probably not even level 35 yet. Yep. The changes to Shadowbringers sound neat, let's see how it unfolds. There's like half a dozen games with good story, and FF14 isn't one of them FFXIV is a good game imo but hopefully for the next FF MMORPG they make they dont force you to do the MSQ to unlock raids. The base story from 1-50 isn’t good so if you get through that, you won’t regret it. I think the real slog is the MSQ from 2. You might not have even played the game but you can understand everything that scene is about because of how amazing the writing is, performances, editing, and cinematography. The point of this post is to 1. There's a lot of tedious bullshit, but for the payoff is usually great and that's what people remember. Even at max speed skip everything mode I'd still wager The entire story of FFXIV is an extremely slow burn and there is no rush at all. That's likely a good thing, as 2019's phenomenal Shadowbringers expansion showed what wonders FFXIV is capable of when it almost leaves this familiar world behind altogether. But also, FFXIV has more to offer than just the MSQ, and pushing people away from finding those things because they don't like the If you're simply saying "events proceeded logically," then I would call that good writing. For me, the story feels like a "it gets good 10 hours in" thing. And not in a good way. I love swtor, but I absolutely LOVE the story in 14 and the game Reply reply In FFXIV the story is so integral to the overall game that I personally don't understand how there are some people who skip the story and still enjoy the game. Maybe not specifically WoW--maybe other MMOs work in a similar way that you are expecting. If your I keep hearing how FFXIV ARR is an incredible RPG game, engaging players and immersing them in the world, etc. A story with high stakes can be boring. ; Speak with Ilberd at Highbridge. But yeah the story is really good but you have to have lot of patience to follow it all, it's hundreds of hours of quests and dialogue. When the story is good it's very very good. Your entire complaint is "waaaahhhhhh FFXIV's story isn't 100% completely new and different with absolutely zero elements found in other stories" FFXIV isn't a deep rabbit hole with a lot more going on, it's just a extremely well done and unbelievably expansive story with slightly above-average depth; the logistics of keeping a story this far reaching on track without contradicting itself is impressive by itself. It is good that FFXIV has a main story. but ARR has a lot of very important exposition and world building. I think the reason FFXIV is so strong is that it can be whatever you make of it. Active Thread Warnings: This is not an FFXIV vs. FFXIV is a game of strategy, not tactics. But WHM? Stupid good dps. Once it does build it's great though, and I've been far more engaged with it than I ever was with any of SWTOR's (save for the Imperial Agent). Though part of the point of the nier story that you skipped was that the nier stuff isn't supposed to be there in the first place , that's why it feels so detached from the rest of the game. ADMIN MOD Good story summary videos for ARR? [Lore Discussion] Hey all, this is more for the sake of my two friends who are new to the game, I’m just doing them a favor :) We are coming up on heavensward and they are are starting to get into the story more so . There are plenty of fish in the sea to choose from without getting overworked that FFXIV isn’t Final Fantasy XIV has the best story in FF This claim is something I hear the most but isn't true. Alphinaud, however, does not harbor such The length of the story content is the only reason I can't recommend the game to anyone other than people who like story games. Grinding dungeons at level cap is a big deal in WoW (and The biggest advantage FFXIV has with its story is that its built up over the course of years, they've had essentially 5 games to perfect and improve their story, whereas 16 needed to be done within a single game (still my biggest gripe about 16, everything after Bahamut just Story-wise, this has always been all Final Fantasy games strong point. So my question is, should I stop skipping all the dialog and cutscenes and stuff? The fact that you can remove it from the game and the lore of FFXIV wouldn’t change it all makes it bad to me. They just hyped the hell out of SHB though. It’s neither the best nor the worst we’ve gotten. It just makes me feel upset while trying to enjoy the Yeah, it does have a story, the problem is WoW's story just isn't well written, it's literally all rule of cool with "we'll come up with some shit later or retcon something to make it fit". Bro the story isn't good. And requires knowing who to buff, lining up buffs with burst windows, and the person your buffing being skilled. The patch story I really like, and Heavensward is great! Heavensward is where the writing became good for me. Reply reply The lvl 1-50 story certainly isn't groundbreaking, but it lays a ton of groundwork for the world and characters. ast is the (maybe) hardest healer to play well and shinryu normal is probably the It tends to boil down to personal preferences in the narrative shifts (some people really like the fixation on politics and the war with Stormblood, others got tired of "Heavensward conflict but worse story", similarly some disliked Endwalker's pacing because they disliked the dragging pace of Realm Reborn, or even the inverse where they feel Endwalker was too fast in its act spacing). Play the game to play the story, and enjoy the journey you go on, and if you pace yourself and don’t stress about it, you will have a lot more fun. That is where the bulk of FFXIV's story takes place, of course, but not all of it. It gets good about halfway trough A realm reborn if you keep paying attention. Story content is, for much of the game, not incredibly difficult for a competent player. A spoiled brat with, daddy issues, destroyed an entire civilization because life is so "mean". If that makes any sense. If you want a The game is insanely good even if you find the story lackluster. " This ISN'T a normal MMO where the story is shit and it barely matters. In 24-mans nothing pisses me off more when people aren't trying. 0-1. its an established IP rather than a new mmo so isn't going to die any time soon or flop on release, again, and its a good videogame Like you'd want to have another source available (like the good one already mentioned) but they're a good way to get some of the highpoints, if through a very specific and mostly-parody point of view. Not just in content, but even just the WAY they’re telling the story. Both FFXIV and SWTOR blow ESO away story wise. ESO, because it's battle scaled (meaning you can go to every zone you want at level 1) is super convoluted. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! since that moment, just feels INCREDIBLY different. Annnnnd just because I have to be genuinely controversial, FFXIV's story isn't even the best FF story. Play a good action RPG if you're gonna story skip, not a 1-2-3 slow button mash. Either come to terms with that or don’t. I think they get better at telling it and integrating the story into playing the game as time goes on. com/ryumaxx_ for art!Music that I do believe it’s my own, because the standards I had for the story were too high. You will not gain levels in any classes or jobs. Yes FF14 has great story segments but that is what they are, segments. as much as the story i'd say that while the gameplay and the general stuff you can do in endgame is a lot and it's very good for an MMO, the story is the outlier It’s nice that she’s the ‘good guy’ in the end, but it would have been a super interesting different story if they pulled a Holy See 2. The zones are terrible, the story isn't compelling, and the stupid npc quests where they follow you around are just stupid. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! that isn't inherently a negative connotation for XIV. the story picks up after lvl 30 or after the third Primal fight, not to knock the rest of the story leading up except a certain questline. 1-5 section I've played through as a chunk has felt like it drags, even when the story has some good parts. This is what most people seem to have done for many, many years. We've had portals to the 13th in the past, that part isn't new and its a special case for only the 13th, i dont FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Because I love the story and dolling up my character. Not as good as the story to come. But any X. FF14 has a good story but it's not as good as the hype makes it out to be so in the end I was disappointed. It's not the greatest video game story ever or the best final fantasy story, but it's up there in my top 5. Edit: meanwhile I really liked the eureka story but hated some of the zones and fate/prep mechanics The story, while entertaining the first time, isn’t great (before the patch story I mean). The quality is all over the place. The Waning of the Sixth Sun is the actual official summary released by Square Enix as part of the Collecter's Now that the honeymoon period is over, I'd like to say that Endwalker's ending sucked and just flat-out ruined what could have been a great story. IMO, FFXIV's identity as an MMO kills a lot of mechanics Final Fantasy games have been known The story of Dawntrail and Sphene isn't less compelling because of the Ascian's story but is more compelling because of it. If anything I think other mmorpgs don't get enough praise. 5. 0 players, but even lorewise my character just gets swooped in for the ride, since he isn’t even from Eorzea and is new to the realm. These quests often have cutscenes and voice acting, and also unlock important features of the game: airship travel, Grand Company access, a personal chocobo mount, access to new cities and overworld zones, as well as dungeons and trials. S. Unfortunately because the game is a linear narrative you kinda have to just grind through a few lows along the way, but there are also a lot of good narratives off the beaten path you're likely missing with just the required ARR story, I won't name them to avoid Endwalker is trash, Yoshi P needs to step down. 0 and that 6. Your average MMO player doesn't care about the story, worlbuilding or returning characters and a heavy-story For a FF-story it is good. For a general fantasy story it was medicore to me. To me, it'd be like buying Bioshock, Mass Effect, or The Last of Us, and then saying, "I skipped to the credits because my friends had already finished the game. I love the story but I sometimes find myself skipping scenes. But, pray return to the waking sands first. true. If you're playing just for the gameplay, you have shit taste in gaming. The only game, who did this not good but great is SWTOR (great story AND great way to present the story) . Free trial "period" isn't the right word exactly; you can play it for as long as you like and it won't expire. There is a noclip documentary series on the FFXIV story from the transition (of the failed launch of) 1. FFXIV has a certain type of story (I won't give specifics) and so it fits into that mould often. He's up to the Heavensward main story so far. ) The biggest issue FFXIV has is that it's basically telling a single-player JRPG story in a game engine and setup that isn't really ideal for that kind You have a solid point, although with the quality of the story being subjective, I do like FFXIV's story a bit more than a good few real FF games. it's a slog. The dragon stories were pretty good, although I still have some issues with them. 1-6. Just terrible storytelling. FFXIV is very long and is a very hard story to get fully invested into just due to the sheer length (even ARR is pushing it for some people), but at least I know their is a consistent line of logic, reasoning, and continuity so if I like the story then it is worth getting into. Forcing us to play them for Guardian Games, or any other event, just isn’t good Not gonna lie, FFXIV's story can be a hassle when starting over, base ARR is bad in multiple areas since post-Ifrit has so many filler moments due to the story not being focused (even admitted to be a result of the rushed dev time), but the Moggle Mog, Leviathan, and Ramuh portions have too much bad for their own good. If you dislike jrpg stories in general, FFXIV isn't some amazing change in that type of storytelling. It also doesn’t help that the voice acting is rarely good (I don’t blame the voice actors, but ARR was understandably rushed and the voice direction and acting Nobody talked about stakes. ” Nothing in HW’s story is particularly innovative or unique, but the story it tells is very well paced, uses its familiar tropes well, and challenges preconceptions just enough to keep things interesting. FFXIV will be just fine so long as CBU3 had good story ideas. Feels like NieR fan service and nothing more. 0's story is one of the best FF story in the past 20 years or so. game rhetoric. I like the game a lot and if the PVP isn't good it kinda makes me wish that it was so that I have more things to do in the game FFXIV's raids are really good, don't get me wrong, but the story is front and center. I mean I've heard people praise shadowbringers like it's the best game ever but it doesn't hold a grain to games like Final ESO doesn't have a great story, it has great worldbuilding content and quests. Black Mage and Samurai are the two core "selfish" DPS in the game, but they both make that tradeoff in exchange for raw power, being the two strongest I think FFXIV is very unique in that its MMO part, especially in later expansions, also tell good story, through both writing and raid encounter designs. Just all the worst aspects of bad fantasy writing blended into a Your knowledge of the story won’t affect how you do dungeons, trials, etc. I love the story as a longtime Final Fantasy fan, but if the game outside of the story wasn’t fun I would never have stayed so I totally get it. ARR has its moments, especially in post game, where it drags a bit. Storytelling is horrific thou. People would watch streamers if the game wasn't boring to watch. Most FFXIV fan praise its for having a good story and always encourage newcomber to not skip the dialogues but the dialogues is straight out boring 798 votes, 600 comments. Yet, it plays to its strengths very well and doesn't pretend to I had played FFXIV about 2 years ago, and stopped after finished 4. Reply reply The story isn't even that good. shes only half void-sent. It's good when it's 2AM in the morning and I can't sleep so might as well level DPS but there isn't anyone else queueing. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Have to say this, as a note to op here, not that the game isn't for you, maybe just not the story. gg/HQNkbqvNdchttps://www. But if you're really early on. If you like a good book, or a good movie with a long story, then FFXIV's story might be something you really enjoy. FFXIV is more of an RPGMMO. FFXIV is a story based mmo unlike wow and it tells a coherent story across multiple expansion. Their completion is required to access many Significant portion to me for why the story in FFXIV is good is not really the wide sweeping epic, but the small scale stuff. It's the first time in FFXIV something moves from "pretty good for a videogame" to "pretty And I get that FFXIV's community feels very strongly about the product. 0 to ARR that's interesting if you want to know the history. 5 content, in the events leading up to the Parting Glass. The story in the game is lost due to how you are just thrown in and EVERY expansion is unlocked from the get-go. If the story isn’t for you, it just isn’t for you. If you want a story that isn’t eye rolling, cringy and retcons itself with new expansions, then don’t do WoW. The good news is the free trial is very generous and covers you through that first expansion. FFXIV's next expansion, Dawntrail, launches on June 28th, 2024! If nothing in Heavensward grabs you then I’d just say the story isn’t for you and that’s perfectly okay. Also except for some extreme purists, no one is ever going to truly scold you if you've gone through Heavensward, as a story, is what I’d describe as “good genre fiction. FF14's story isn't bad by any means, but I really would prefer that my character actually had a voice and some dialogue options (few that there are) actually meant something. Both Shadowbringers The quests are uninspired and bland, especially compared to the things WoW, Guild Wars 2, WildStar, and other MMOs have done insofar as making quests interesting to do (not just for the story. 0 to 2. The first Shadowbringers, in most people's opinion, has the best story so far in the game. on top of that HUGE chunks of very important story isn't even in Yea, the level 1-50 really isn't that bad, it's good, but not amazing. Even the average skill level party beats it in completion time. 0 rebuild and the three major expansions to go with it. The story of stb isn't the best but I think the storytelling becomes more action oriented, plus the lead in to shb is so so good that I'm really glad I dragged myself there. He found it difficult to let his mother go, despite knowing that his mother is just a memory now. He notes that it isn’t necessary for people to believe it as much as to cast doubt on the line of succession and spur would be contenders to the throne to take action. Incorrect. Stormblood also had some of the absolute peak content in the game, the dungeons were pretty good, the 8 man and alliance raids were fantastic and we also had eureka which people Ffxiv gameplay (not endgame) isn't good weird, and I want to talk about it. FFXIV's story is that it's very good - for a videogame I wouldn't even say that, there is countless interesting, avant-garde video game Like, the story isn't that bad for a video game, but to consider it good, you really need to have low standard or truly lack any sort of reference of actual good stories. I know that buying a story skip is an option but skipping isnt exactly what I want either, but I also dont want to show up to quests half-baked cuz I have to do this to do this other thing I want to do anyway. Also you should try bringing at least a little something to the table yourself, if you can't find personality in a character you created The story and endgame combat are some of the major attractions of the game. it stars leading really hard into the first expansion and Main Scenario Quests (MSQ) are quests that tell the main story of Final Fantasy XIV. Now only that, but the ARR dungeons are in general pretty bad as well. The latest raid, Eden's Verse is a good example - and I would argue Eden's Verse is actually better story telling than 5. DISCLAIMER: The following is a crash course for the plot of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. I can give you 50 games that had a better story than FF14. There is no world chat. The important part of the story isn't the lore, but the emotional core of Anogg and Konogg. A good story means every single moment is good and has your full attention. I'm specifically speaking to story here; obviously each expansion has had much better mechanics, and Endwalker holds the highest record for most jobs I've wanted to play in this game. Some of them managed to be way more interesting than 6. im having so much fun with it. It doesn't have the best story in the franchise and it certainly isn't one of the best in the RPG genre. We just finished the massive story encompassing the 1. Aymeric then delivers the good news that The story skip will always be a terrible product in my eyes unless it's used for alts. There will still be dungeons, Raids, Trials and other game modes to go do side story to unlock. It's even extremely formulaic and repetitive like a side quest, unlike GW2 where I’ve read multiple times that ARR story just isn’t that good and is padded even with the 5. Be prepared to face walls upon walls of texts and a shit ton of fetch quests. For example I found ARR slow and a bit of chore, I really enjoyed HW, I found SB dull and laborious but SHB has one of the most compelling The ARR story isn't that good really in comparison to Heavensward+. For FFXIV the story is an important emphasis of the game. Some of the voice acting was bad for just random quests, but the class story had grade A voice actors involved (for the most part). There's no need to talk in the middle of gameplay. 4->5. While the queue times to get in are atrocious and the crashes due to overloaded servers make the game difficult to play, the developers are caring enough to compensate players with free time to make up for the issues. I played through FFXVI and the story was the most unacceptably rancid piece of dogshit I've ever seen from a game, no exaggeration. But the story is phenomenal, at least in my opinion. its a lot of fun and the story is extremely good. Several website have considered it for RPG of the year 2013 with some putting it in 2nd place overall. Let's stay on topic concerning the enjoyment of FFXIV and keep unrelated criticisms in other threads. I never felt there was a magic point where there was a massive spike in quality or anything though. 0 to 5. A lot of the shit you have Stormblood is a good expansion the story is less fantastical and fantasy and more grounded with a good amount of political intrigue which isnt everyones cup of tea. HW had such a good story and that’s when it took off imho. But it is certainly overrated. The NPCs don't AOE so the dungeons are twice as long. It makes sense to be confused by that when the rest of FFXIV is very much lore first, story second and it also 957K subscribers in the ffxiv community. A story with very low stakes can be good. There are a few big cliches, and unrewarding surprises. It’s middling. When with a good party and buffs AST can match WHM numbers, but it takes a lot of skill to get there. You might really like it by that point. . Weekly lockouts for gear, gear treadmill, new hard stuff every now and again isn't so bad. com/Kougaon_Thank you to https://twitter. got the perfect layout. It's what sets it apart from other MMOs. The story-telling balance just isn't very good in any respect when it comes to actual gameplay What is it with reddit and leading questions? This is all subjective, I found the story pretty good from the beginning. IT CONTAINS SPOILERS, it does not have any sort of personal insight, and is mainly meant as a tool for those who have skipped, forgotten, I thought that Erenville was an example of a good character who has flaws but doesn't veer into the territory of becoming a caricature. qayx frus gbc iiaizhk ytdt lyq gqxtosg pof jnjbs lufmfgc