Is Final Fantasy 14 Worth Playing in 2024?

[@Caladir]

Yes. That's it. Yes it's worth it. Play it now. Majority of game is free to try.

[@jeffreys4417]

Pay money for another subscription in addition to all the other subscriptions people pay? Ps plus, plus the game, plus everything else ?!?

[@rubyrebel8729]

@@jeffreys4417imagine not having a pc and having to pay to play online lmao

[@GoreSloth19]

Eso tho

[@scvedgemaster8025]

You don't have to pay a penny till you've caught up to the new content. Should give you a couple hundred hours of free content. ​@@jeffreys4417

[@TheeChaste]

@@jeffreys4417 pretty sure FF14 is the only one that you don't need PSplus for

[@biffwellington6144]

Another thing that I think is a good selling point of this game is, unlike in most MMOs you don't have to log in every day to keep from falling behind. YoshiP has been asked by fans if there are any plans to add more daily stuff to do, because they were getting bored, and he basically said, "Nope; we don't want you to feel like you have to log in every day. If you're not having fun right now, take a break. The game will still be here for you when you feel like you're ready to return." This is great for someone who works long hours and/or is married with kids, and just doesn't have the time to play every day. It also keeps the game from feeling like some chore that you have to do, which helps prevent burnout.

[@cadinsordacovale]

I agree. I'd even say that this is really one of the best things about the game. I love that the game doesn't stress us. It also lets my partner take longer breaks and we can still play together. Compare that to WoW where you fall behind or miss out on unique rewards if you're away for just a few weeks.

[@ouromov2895]

Yeah the housing demolition holds you hostage instead from taking longer breaks.

[@biffwellington6144]

@@ouromov2895 There is that, yes, but it only requires one login a month to keep your house. Also, most players will never own houses; they're so limited in number, and your average player will never have enough gil to buy one, anyway. And, in a weird reversal of how this stuff works in real life, you can get an apartment instead and it's yours forever. It's much more affordable for the average player, too.

[@Kekira]

​@@ouromov2895Just log in, then walk inside and then leave

[@victle]

How do you manage your sub? Do you just stay subbed, and log in whenever you have the time and feel like playing? Or do you sub whenever you feel like returning from a long break?

[@Teasoup525]

I'm a sprout and I just made it to SHB. Honestly, the music was one of the main things that sold the game for me. I recall specifically standing in one of the lower level shroud areas, running around and the music was SOOO beautiful...I had to stop and just... 😍!! Paired with the beautiful graphics and the story, I was sold. ARR does take a while to get rolling, but when it popped off, so did my edges and I've been hooked ever since.

[@iriebuddha]

ShB music felt like they ramped up the action, lowkey felt devil may cry boss fight vibes at some points. But I do gotta say the music in Kugane was so chill it became my fav place.

[@PAKfromFYCB]

music can make or break a game. brother in law got me to play death stranding. i seriously couldnt take it and no option to change the volume of it or turn it off. gave up after a few hours just couldn't take it.

[@Shikaitsu]

Did ur edges ever grow back or what

[@AB-jt4rs]

I recently started playing FF14 through the free trial. It took me a bit of time to get hooked, and by my 20th hour, I was really losing steam but I'm level 50 now and I literally can't put the controller down!(I haven't even finished ARR) Super excited to explore the rest of what the free trial has to offer, and then I'm 100% buying the full game and subscription.

[@xwartornx]

yeah ARR has a slow start to it so it even burn someone like me out who comes from playing WoW for 20 years but you will fall in love with the story it just gets better :)

[@insanemang9983]

Figuring out which class is fun to you is also a big part of whether the game is fun. I know it sounds self-explanatory but knowing what you want will allow you to level the class for the job.

[@meanpo]

It's weird to see these types of videos resurfacing once every few months, but yes, it is worth playing. Simple as that

[@timvanloo6]

It's not weird. You keep watching them. So they keep on raking in money. That's not weird. It's business. Stop searching for these questions and lists and they'll go away.

[@toastee5421]

@@timvanloo6I didn't

[@meanpo]

@@timvanloo6 I never watched this type of content. Everytime I open my recommendations on youtube I get greeted with at least three videos with similar title. I just wanted to check this one out since she's a content creator which I enjoy watching.

[@GoatOfWar]

Debatable. If you're looking for a good story and a quick in and out? Yeah. If you're looking for an MMO with long term goals and progression? Fuck no lmao this game sucks. I can not in good consience recommend this game to anyone looking for an MMO.

[@meanpo]

Me and my mates migrated from WoW and Lost Ark to ff14 and never looked back tbh. Made a lot of friends, working towards relics, mounts and savage/ultimate grinds and chilling in the company house bathtub while waiting for the duties. Much less grind and much more fun compared to what we went through in WoW/Lost Ark and we prefer it that way. But each to their own of course.

[@lyconxero457]

The base game of FF14 is actually on HEAVY DISCOUNT at the moment so it's actually a really good time to buy on top of having the fantastic free trial. She didn't go into it in the video but there ARE some restrictions when you're on the free trial and if you start to chaff against those restrictions before reaching the end of it but you already know that you want to continue playing the game then it's a good time to buy right now even before the new expansion drops. Because of the sales paired with the hype of a new expansion the game will always start to buzz again with a lot of traffic in the final few months leading up to the expansions release.

[@Laaniie]

Girl, thank you so much for this video! I haven't played ff14 for about a year but have been a casual player since Heavensward came out. I've been feeling the itch to get back in and play before the next expansion and you're video sold me haha. I hope I'm able to catch a stream sometime!!! ♥

[@benoitrousseau4137]

As great as the story is, I think it's getting a bit too much now. I'm not too keen on inviting a friend only to send them off to play alone for 500 hours just to complete the MSQ. They'll need to find an elegant solution to this problem because every expansion and content patch makes the MSQ wall ever so higher for new players.

[@gamingwithjosh545]

As a relatively new player that has played for about a month now, I would say 100% is worth playing, especially considering I came from Destiny 2, and in comparison to that, it's so good, I love Machinst class its so fun to play as in my opinion

[@ChewTheWires]

I started ARR for the first time last summer, and i just finished the Endwalker msq , its now one of may favorite final fantasys and i dont even like mmos , i cant wait to experience a whole new expansion on release day, this game is way better than i ever gave it credit for

[@Xylus.]

Yes. There's never neen a better time imo. I am so excited for dawntrail. I started in 6.2 and only finished msq right at the release of 6.5, so I'm a little late to the Endwalker party. However, this feels like the perfect time to be where I am. I just got into savage raiding, and I plan on spending all the time between now and Dawntrail practicing and getting clears. When Dawntrail finally comes, I look forward to being there, on release, doing the new extremes and savages.

[@BaithNa]

There's never a bad time to jump into FFXIV because the story encourages players to play at their own pace and there's systems in game to keep all content alive and relevant.

[@leen-chan5818]

I’m a girl not even a gamer but this is the only game I subscribed to bc I love fashion/dressing up games! 😂 the story is big bonus since i’m a big fan of fantasy books ❤

[@mookiestewart3776]

Well then congrats!! You are now a gamer!! 😂😂

[@VelvetSanity]

The free trial alone makes FFXIV worth trying. And it has something for almost everyone, between the great story, the crafting system, and the high-end raiding content. IMO the most egregious lack is a social performance mode for Dancers similar to what Bards get. It could be set up as a combination of the dancing system SWG (but without the buffing/healing SWG dancers provided) had with the Blue Mage spell collection system (but unlocking new dance moves to use in putting on a show instead of spells to use in combat).

[@NekoRenoChan]

I only started playing at Endwalker release because my friend bought me the entire game for Christmas. The only reason I hadn't started sooner was money. I ended up blowing through the story to endgame content in 7 months, and that was actually paying attention and not skipping anything. I play pretty much every day. If I miss a day it's not because I don't want to, but because there's just not enough time between work and socializing to log in. I thought Realm was interesting but admittedly a bit dry. Heavensward is my all time favorite part of the story content and I find myself going back and revisiting some of the cutscenes through Unending Journey. I also love just running the Heavensward trusts just so I can spend time with Aymeric and Haurchefant. And the story just gets better from there. I would consider myself causal and I do love getting certain older stuff when I do my roulettes ( I know how much people groan at the Crystal Tower Raids) and it's fun getting people talking and joking around in chat during that content. I'm not hardcore enough for Savages and Ultimates but with the new Dragonsong ultimate that dropped recently, with it's famously alternate timeline story, I have a mighty need to do it. Not for the bragging rights, I don't care about that honestly, but because of the alternate possibility. I don't consider myself good enough to do such content, but I do have some friends who are better at high end that say they'll help me attempt it. All in all, I love this game, it's become my life. I will sing it's praises from the mountaintops. Just try it, the first part is free! :D

[@insanemang9983]

It is a very slow experience, which is why im glad they made it to where you can play up to stormblood for free. Not having to pay for a sub has made the game a lot more bareable since I can play at my pace rather than worrying about a sub.

[@Mystra]

Just learn from Persona 5 though, if you're going to try FFXIV. And that is "Take youe time" because I think the main reason for burn out in gaming in general is rushing things and playing too hard.

[@GMSwagganaut]

I just started playing FFXIV this week, and lemme tell you, these videos are my new addiction

[@Auryanne]

Her videos are great!

[@jimdale9143]

Nicely done! Your description is very much on target. Thank you! 👍

[@BeKind1Love]

Found this channel since the game came to xbox. ARR is Def slow to start but now I'm invested and about to get into expansions. Love the content and sense of humor you have ❤

[@reggienog]

I couldn't have said it better myself, Avy! I discovered FFXIV back when Endwalker first released, and honestly, I couldn't get enough of it. Well, at least until the massive queue times came about... Other than that, someone could consider a lot about this game exciting. Now, to all the other readers, if you are looking into getting into Final Fantasy, I suggest you use the free trial like Avy suggested. From my experience, if you rush to the end game as soon as possible, you will get burnt out before the subsequent expansion pack releases. There's a lot, and learning it all at once can be intimidating, so take your time. Yoshi P. (the director of FFXIV) has even said he wants you to play other games and not feel the need to spend the next 2 years of your life on FFXIV. Nowdays, I need help finding the motivation to play the game after making the abovementioned mistakes. I played the game for 11-12 months non-stop every day, always rushed through new content, and only paid attention to the story until recently. Do I regret it? Yes! I have taken more time to enjoy FFXIV's content and not drive myself to burnout.

[@markup6394]

The thing with the story... yes, you can skip it. And you still have an amazing game to play. I dont advice it, simply for one reason: unlike pretty much every other MMO out there, FF14 takes its story serious, and you feel it. Nothing is out of place, nothing is just filler, everything will be answered and the things, that arent, will be answered come time. There are no open threads, the devs actually care about the world they have created, the characters living in it. They invite you to join with them on this journey, discover all the secrets of the realm and beyond... Yes, you can skip it, but rest assured, its worth your time. Its absolutely worth your time. Every minute, every seemingly useless cutscene, every side quest, every dialog... they all create a mosaic of another world that you are now a part of and its worth to discover, not just for the raids and gameplay.

[@ol-Daddy-doodoo]

For any new players: us long time players really do love helping all you little sprouts :D

[@KonglomeratYT]

I just built a new PC. It was half inspired by my desire to play FF14 with the graphical upgrade at as high a fps as possible; without CPU limitations. Still waiting on that graphics update, but I'm excited and ready to go.

[@RSorei]

Another point (mostly) in favour of the game is its accessability, not only to new but also disabled players! Full disclosure, I am not disabled in any way that impacts gaming. But an FC mate of mine is legally blind and they not only play through the 'normal'/casual/main story content without issue*, they regularly take on some of the hardest fights there are in this game (and stomp them)! Over the years the team has gotten better and better at impelemnting design choices that make the game accessible, such as announcing boss attacks with visual AND audio cues, clear and distinct markers for attack types, colour correction options if you're colourblind like another player I know, etc. But again, I'm not the target audience for these features, so please chime in and add to/correct what I've said if you know more! *I do know of one caveat on this front: In the latest expansion, there is one solo duty that breaks with that accessible design philosophy. Here is hoping that SE will react to player feedback, and tweak it to make it so that anyone can play through it, soon!!

[@ranchdressin-d3b]

I love it but the biggest setback is gonna be the main story quest. To go from new account to finishing the msq will take you hundreds of hours. Im talking if you play daily/almost daily you will spend MONTHS trying to finish it. I got back into it recently having not played endwalker and there was alot of post shadowbringers quests. It took me doing this pretty constantly 3 weeks. After that i just felt burned out because as much as i enjoy the main story it has way too much filler. When there isnt filler its great, but there is so much go here go there etc stuff that it really starts to drag you down. However thats really the only negative i can say for this game

[@snhelhezt4242]

tried this game so far to lvl 25. "been running, for like 15hrs. becuase each quest is another contident" so much fun. x)

[@Johnpinckney98]

Bu-but-but... Palworld is taking up my time!

[@silverancient7840]

Is XIV worth playing in 2025? Is XIV worth playing in 2026? Is XIV worth playing in 2027? This topic is soo tired man

[@villaniousmustache4898]

Ff14 veteran here. The pros! The MMO is solid for one playthrough of the story. The music is fantastic! But i would say it starts to have generic soundtracks around shadowbringers. The classes are well attuned but they play almost exactly off one another. I can on each finger on one hand how many unique class rotations exist. Thiis game has some of the Greatest and most awe inspiring fights i can imagine. From mechanics to soundtrack to boss design. But you can see a shift of quality around shadowbringers. Again, the game started to become casual oriented around shadowbringers. Which isnt a bad thing at all! But it did affect a lot of the quality of what an MMO would offer for the future. And it's telling people are upset since 6.2, we have had a decline of player retention unfortunately That's it on the pros The cons.. After that, there's not much really going for it. Right now, the MMO is struggling to give players, new and old, any decisive content to really wanna waste your time away playing it. Yoshit P has introduced glorified 4 man content as an excuse to add more variety to their MMO but its reception is always in the dumps Their latest ultimate fight is known to be the only fight where people were just sighing away why they wasted so much time on an awfully tuned fight while the devs stripped away everything that made it fun. There's no class build outside of crit stacking. You dont get a say in the matter. The devs have actually made every other stat useless in the MMO. No, thats not a joke. They have deliberately destroyed any class building in a MMO which is crazy to me! FF14 has unfortunately become a r18 simulator with how many mods exist to create such an atmosphere. Its all you will see on most websites pertaining to the FF14. You may hear about the game having a great community and folks enjoying the game to no end, but that's far from the truth. Reality is, many players stick to mods to make the game better. And the community is significantly worse than wow. And much more strange. Think of a hivemind that never found its queen and you only ever see young people who have a fixed vision of the world. Boot it up and youll see what i mean! All in all, i love this MMO but the devs did not love me wasting away my time in it. Its a media that i picked up in the start of heavensward, fell in love by the middle of heavensward, found a home during stormblood, saw a future of amazement in shadowbringers, and eventually deeply regretted staying during endwalker. End Walker being the expansion story that had made sacrifices from previous expansion stories worthless. I hope you enjoyed!

[@shadowbanned3044]

Thank you, I was looking for something like that. I bought EW back then and cleared most of the content during one weekend and simply hat no clue what to do. The game doesn't tell and the community suggested only weird or creepy RP activities. Sad to see that nothing changed. I was hoping that the devs might have changed and for once gave the players some content to actually play the game... it's insane how FF14 community is the only community that is willing to pay for a game that you can't really play... literally doesn't work in any other game.

[@sorenarica]

Hello villanious, you seem an expert around MMO and I want to ask for advice. I played Guild Wars 2 for like 200 hours, I think, I had 100% world completion was halfway through all the story journal and did daily Fractals but one day I realized the game just wasn't fun to play. The combat gameplay was kinda stressful and the world itself looks awful. It's way too bright, the virtual sun hurts my eyes and there are too many effects. I think OSRS looks better than GW2 considering how many mobs they've thrown carelessly into the world in GW2. I deleted my Norn and never come back to GW2 I also despise the ascended/exotic gear grind. It feels like a singleplayer achievement hunting game. Then I found OSRS. It is a cool game but I can't see myself paying membership for OSRS I also think I'll get bored out of doing quests and maxing stats to 99, also the game is very basic. Then I found Final Fantasy 14 and the world looks beautiful and cozy. You can see the dark nightsky and even see the stars. It just looks pretty and cozy, nostalgic to me. Should I give Final Fantasy 14 a try or wait for Path of Exile 2? I have never played Path of Exile or Final Fantasy... Is FF14 worth trying or better wait for PoE2 or what???

[@sorenarica]

What MMO do you recommend for me?

[@xtuffman]

It's been over a week that I'm considering to start playing the game I'm not gonna lie, all I see is so much info (meaning that the game seems to be very, VERY complex) that I'm kinda "afraid" to actually start it. Also because I'm kinda anti-social and suffer from social anxiety and anxiety itself and the thought of facing a new community and probably needing to ask for assistance more than I'm used to is kinda scary if you know what I mean. I come from MMOs like Star Wars the Old Republic and New World and the communities there can be really toxic sometimes.

[@shadowbanned3044]

The opposite is the case. The game is very straight forward. You have no talents diversity like in other games, you don't can't even pull as many mobs as you want due to invisible walls. You can't overpower or underpower any boss because the game doesn't allow you that. You can't even join with too little or too many healers or tanks. The game dictates everything for you. On top of that the content is VERY limited. FF14 is basically the opposite of complex or a large MMORPG.

[@blacksunaccounts]

People say to play through the story but its unbearable with the walls of texts that are seemingly never-ending when all you want to do is play the game amd ingage incombat

[@Ra.Xir24]

6:18 I don't know about that. I ended up not caring for Heavensward much, but enjoyed Stormblood, onward.

[@cadinsordacovale]

Kinda the same. Unlike a most of the fandom, I never cared for Haurchefant. I know you're supposed to, but he just felt "off" to me. Still love the later expacs and the game as a whole.

[@Ra.Xir24]

@@cadinsordacovale What killed it for me was the scene where, from my point-of-view at least, Emmanellain was essentially bullied into developing as a character by everyone, your own character included, because a soldier misinterpreted an order and shot a rebel who sort of deserved it. I mean, I get what they're going for, and if it weren't for your character's unprompted angry reaction at Emmanellain's lowest emotional moment, as if the devs EXPECTED you the player to feel that way, I'd have found that scene merely unpleasant instead of offensive.

[@iPlayOnSpica]

I agree with you. I felt that the HW patch msq was better than HW's 3.0 msq, and I even liked STB's 4.0 msq more than HW's 3.0 msq as well.

[@Ra.Xir24]

@@iPlayOnSpica Actually, it was a scene from HW's patch MSQ that ruined it for me... More on that in one of my above comments.

[@BaldVulture87]

tried coming back forgot my password, and i always put random info when it asks for a date of birth when creating an account for a game, and this horrible recovery asks for what date of birth i entered... so i cannot recover my account lol. the only option is contact support and i cant be fked. They overkill with protection to the point where you get locked out of your own accounts.

[@TheKillerman3333]

Final fantasy 14 is worth playing. There is a lot of stuff to do in game. Crafting, fishing, reputation system, and so on. We even have gambling and you can be a music hunter too

[@daetros1626]

I love FFXIV but I just came back after a long break and I'm trying to make my way through endwalker starting at lvl 80 and I am still waiting to actually PLAY. I'm enjoying the dozens of hours of cutscenes with quest rewards giving just enough gil to pay for my constant fast traveling, but after an entire evening of effort I only spent about 30 mins doing anything other than clicking through cutscenes. I'm looking forward to finishing the MSQ so I can actually do something 😋

[@eureka5635]

It's a good time to catch up if you're just starting. I'm waiting for Dawntrail to drop because I've done everything I'm interested in and there isn’t much new content being added.

[@chloe-sunshine7]

Human 1: "Why are you playing this?" Human 2: "Because I can, and it's free" Human 1: "Wow! That's just like the FFXIV free trial up to level 70 including the Heavensward and Storm Blood expansions" I'm curious if anyone will get that reference. I'm not sure how obscure it is.

[@roansythen]

Does that free trial cover returning players who weren't level 70? I played back in 2015, and my character was max at the time and I am considering returning. How hard is it to figure out where you were in the story?

[@robfus]

Well im playing it as a new player the story is good. There are some moments where im like, stop drag this, but when the plot hits you it hits you.

[@topfranluis1]

I’ve never played an MMO before, so the main thing that’s been keeping me from playing is the way the gameplay looks. All these different things that are shown on screen are just a little bit intimidating tbh

[@shadowbanned3044]

It's actually funny how FF14 community is so far away from reality and lives in their own bubble. You can watch a billion FF14 videos and you will never find one that actually covers what you can do in the end game (besides some very abstract and meaningless versions). After I quit EW because I finished the entire content back then within one weekend, I really didn't know what to do and people only suggested some very weird or creepy RP activities. I later heard that FF14 devs wanted to implement something like M+ in WoW. Now, again, thinking to try out FF14 and looking for some videos what you can do in the end game nowadays, because FF14 content was always VERY limited. In fact it was so limited and short, that even Yoshi P once publically said people should play something else until the next big patch. Why is it that pretty much not a single FF14 content creator properly covering the activities in the end game? Is the content THAT bad (and/or meaningless or boring/repetitive) after hitting max level?

[@MrsMuffies]

Few moments like the lull between two major expansions are best to play a game like this, esp considering endwalker is the conclusion of the first story arc - the time from here to dawntrail is The Objective Best to start playing, imho

[@johnokland1652]

Honestly I'm interested in 14 because of the story I've played alot of MMOs and didn't enjoy most of them I loved phantasy star online 2 because of the story and before they revamped everything in the nsg update the combat was really fun and fluid I soloed or solo queed every form of content at the highest levels and then they just made combat unfun and made the best movement tech in the game the sprint button and I got bored along with resetting all progress and basically restarting the story but honestly when people talk about 14 and the different mechanics and the story it kinda gives me hope I'll find something worth my time like old pso2 in an MMO and it's probably one of my first downloads when I get my steam deck and join the PC master race

[@dragonsky8396]

If you want to try some interesting mmos here dc universe online and tower of fantasy both are free to try and good games but both have their flaws

[@johnokland1652]

@@dragonsky8396 honestly though I've probably played around 100 MMOs and only enjoyed 1 of them I kinda wished I could of played tera in its prime but when I got into it it really came off as moderately in offensive if I had a group to play with I could see that replacing whatever crappy generic shooter or moba I play half braindead while bsing with the homies but I didn't get excited to play it and now like I'm interested in 14 I mean I kinda really expect it to let me down like the other 98.5 MMOs I've wasted time on but it's interested me enough to waste time downloading it when I get a steam deck just to give it a chance which is more than I can say for a lot of shit that comes out

[@MrScottishDEMON]

I actually recently got the games starter edition thinking it was the free trial but ive been having a blast and recently beat ARR

[@VeryLargeDuck]

Can you please tell me where you got your chair from? It looks amazing and I want one.

[@tk_Layla]

Every time I forget about the billboard, it returns in the most amusing ways. So thank you as always. And yeah, we've got more friends looking to jump onto it with the Xbox drop, so it's a great time to get started with XIV ^^

[@gathaspar2831]

I'm not into anime or manga or Japanese culture at all, I like their monitors. They make great monitors. Despite not being a "weeb" I can highly recommend this game too. The story is one of those that stays with you for a long long time, it's not a "fastfood" story. The gameplay also has so many good designs. I don't really like the graphics though, it's kinda bad/ok'ish to be honest. The pixels in some cutscenes are so terrabad, like a game from PS1/PS2 sometimes :D

[@delta6855]

i tried starting twice already its so tiring the questing and leveling is extremely boring and the fighting system feels not satisfying at all with the insane long global cooldown. also having to position as a meele is annoying. idk maybe the game is nice for socialising but for someone who wants fast paced satisfying gameplay this is probably not it

[@Calculusman1084]

I was one of those ppl who hated MMOs. 17 months ago I tried the Free Trial as a massive FF fan. 2100 hours later, it's my favorite story in any media. I also intended to only do this as a Single Player. but now I'm doing Ultimates, and loveeeee my FC

[@Splizacular]

Out of idle curiosity, why did you add a bunch of e's on love? It's a silent letter so you could add 100 of them and the word would still sound the same

[@plumdowner1941]

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yeeeeeeeessss.

[@Klaudiuszeg]

There is no other mmorpg that allows for such deep interactions with other players, and for such freedom in creating a character that actually looks good. Its one of the mmorpg today that has living social experience for people.

[@sorenarica]

Ultima Outlands probably does that better but it's scripty and complicated.

[@IceWolve67]

As a WoW player who tried (but stoped) playing FF14, my 3 biggest issue are (mostly the first one) : - It feel more like a solo game with mmo elements than a mmorpg. I've had friends playing it, and unlike WoW, we can't level together, it's mostly "yea dude, do your msq for like 80 hours, and once you finished it and are 70 than we can do raids and dungeons". In WoW, when with guild or friends, we can just create a character and chain dungeons together and quest together from lv1 - I'm not that much into jrpg design/story (catgirls, everyone looks like kpop signer, power of friendship), but more in the DnD design (beards, european folklore monsters, european design for characters) - the community is awesome and super helpfull but men, why is a good part of it horny catgirl or horny dragon girls staying in capital cities But the biggest FF14 wins to me are : - The helpfull communities - the game not feeling like a second job and respecting player's wallet and time - it's pretty even if the characters look like they have a plastic skin

[@IceWolve67]

I forgot the game's biggest W : you can play all class on one character !

[@ichifarmer9874]

I just got a steam deck OLED and this is solely what I got it for…cannot wait

[@sorenarica]

Are u still playing? Is it fun?

[@Maddog3060]

I remember when I joined back in Stormblood the free trial was limited to two weeks. Granted, in that time you had no restrictions up to level 50. It convinced me then to buy the game; can't imagine how more involved you can get with the unlimited trial up to level 60. No game is for everyone, but FF14 does a very good try at it. I'd say the story in A Realm Reborn/2.0/Up to Level 50 (whichever metric you want to use for "the story when they relaunched the game")) is actually the weakest part of the game's storyline... but by "weakest" I mean "as good as most MMORPG storylines", so while that part might not be inspiring, it's a good, solid foundation to build on. and WOW, did they build on it! So yeah. If anyone wants to try it, try it; you likely won't waste your time. Even if you don't like it, at least you'll know you're just not going to get into it and won't waste money on it.

[@lvl99link]

3:48 .. well almost in a whole seperate universe... Ivalice and Zodiark from FFT/XII are in it (along with a special bunny guest).

[@relentlessnights4211]

Have you played Guild Wars 2 ?

[@whysoserious9214]

i love gw2

[@sorenarica]

I played it. It's not a good mmo imo.

[@mm1nt]

I just bought the game, any tips or videoi should watch before getting on?

[@jamierose9095]

Social anxiety is my final boss...

[@Hyphu]

So I told a few of my friends to play thru the free trial. If they played all the way to stormblood I'd gladly pay for the game but they just have to pay entry for sub which isn't much given the amount the pay for skins *looks at league of legends* lol. So all they would need is the base edition and then buy the new expansion and they get everything? Sounds good, ill gladly buy them the base or complete when it's on sale.

[@Mrbabcock89]

I rly like the game sad thing is I am now homeless and working on getting back on my feet got a new car now looking for a house

[@lauracapper3807]

Oddly enough my partner and I both really disliked HW, maybe even hated it. But we enjoyed something about literally every other xpac. I realize I’m the minority here but I do not think we needed an entire xpac to get Ishgard to join the alliance, nor does the war we help them finish really ever get brought back up in any meaningful way. Estinien is great but he doesn’t even really show up or become a Scion till late STB/SHB. I feel like most of the major plot points of HW could’ve been summed up and we could’ve focused a bit more heavily on finding the rest of the scions/The warriors of Darkness which were just kinda shoved in at the end.

[@heavenlyknightoftheholyord7993]

I just finished Heavensward and I'm excited for Stormblood

[@chrisrounds1242]

I hope it does not become a Star Trek prodigy just like Final Fantasy 12 storyline was consider to be a Star Wars prodigy. I recognize one of the dialogue we can choose from the dialogue, “Where no one as gone before.” Also, the Hrothgar reminds me of the Klingons. Even though, the new world is representing the Americas or even the Caribbean or Pacific Islands. I cannot think that the development team are big Star Trek fans as well.

[@boltthebot9625]

I’m big stupid and just straight up bought the game through Steam so I didn’t get to take advantage of the free trial. If you’re thinking about trying the game, USE THE FREE TRIAL!! Even if you think it will be easier to just buy it and pay the subscription. You will save so much money and decision making if you use the free trial.

[@VinlandicSoul]

I just started playing playing on Xmas. The free trial is insanely worth it. I’ve since subscribed. Good bye, social life!!

[@heallikk728]

Yes, it is worth playing at any point of time, the best of the best.

[@coastiekid88]

What is the name of the song in Avy's intro?

[@apdj94]

Pa-paya

[@loststar9970]

I have zero friends on Xbox I wanna play but I’d assume it’s boring alone I’m a nervous person so I can’t just talk to some one or ask to play. I feel so dumb 🥺 I wanna play

[@SuperGuitarman1985]

I just started and I loves it. Nearing the end of Heavensward, in Odin Server.

[@Tylera918]

So asking for your opinion or your thoughts I finish stormblood and am in after stormblood do you think I will be able to complete shadowbringer and endwalker in time before dawntrail? I know this might be random to ask but I genuinely would like to know if it's possible at least

[@apdj94]

I think so but you might not enjoy it if you rush 2 expacs in the next 5-6 months

[@jrtime228]

What something is worth is a subjective topic. I am glad you didn't make an entire video talking about "yes or no" it is/isn't worth it.

[@jamespruitt4756]

i tried to play it. spent an hour trying to play. spent the whole hour trying to register. even a brand new email was apparently already in use. spent an hour doing this. so i gave up :\

[@akashiseijuro2255]

I love this game just sucks trying to find an active FC I am on the hunt currently.

[@damentedpath]

Yes! Servers are still packed!

[@TheAnxiousOwl]

I mean remembering the bard-type class and the cat people... I was about to download.

[@lolleonlolable]

so many vids about the "great community" and how nice everyone is, i did like 4 daylie roulettes today and on avarage 1-2 ppl said "hi" or something at the start (including me) and about 1-3 said "ty for grp" or somehting like that at the end, thats it. (80% of them used a macro for that, i could tell so they didnt even bother to type anything and klicked a macro kotkey) alot of the time when i say somehting ppl dont even respond, kinda feels like im playing with bots at times.

[@sanderkiki]

and don't remind me of great community of terrible players who don't want to learn, want to get carried through even easy content and lash on you for attempting to teach them...on max level. this community is not just toxic, its a gaslighting passive agressive toxic positive community, its literally the worst i saw in any online game. i prefer to be called slurs if i screwed up than this bs.

[@pii9729]

I don’t even need to watch the video to know the answer is yes!!!!

[@GashBuss]

I saw my green antler lala in the start = D

[@iridescentxi]

Thank you for the video. I’ll give another try to global cooldown thingy for all the kawai cat girls! Ama önce ayda 12 Euro vermeyi göze almam lazım 😅

[@sammicopor]

If you look past how it appears, you will find a very fun game with a deeply developed community. Like any community, you are going to find weirdos; such as a male roegadyn dating a lalafell Or a mob of cat girls drooling over a hrothgar

[@Bruno-rm4zq]

Yes, it is. 6k more hours later, still worth it.

[@ishemgamer2132]

Blood for the Blood Lily, cult....

[@juuIpod]

may i ask what shader you're using in this video like at 4:45? thank you ^^

[@TG-oq2jx]

What sold me on the game was the trailers, they look like they have so much story to tell and content and the dawntrail just made me make the buy, it's my first mmo so I didn't know what to expect and now I'm just addicted.

[@LastFireAce]

I find those comparison weird, i feel more at ease with XIV art style then other game such as Genshin, Tower of Fantasy, Code Vein art. Then again , i found WoW very cartoonish. Maybe im the weird one.

[@ouromov2895]

Play the free trial, hold off on sub until summer

[@vonborgah]

Sadly it seems a bit dead. 2y ago I started to play on Odin, it was tiiming with life, players everywhere in starting area and towns. 3 days ago I made a new character. For 3 days I played and saw only one player.(wasnt even a new player, just a dude backtracking missed things)

[@Ed-el6pp]

is is worth to play if i dont care abt story? im the guy who skip every dialogue and story

[@kj1st26]

Why these types of games characters always has to be so small to see? Make them big like in GTA5!

[@RrraverCrow]

They made the free trial better by adding the worst expansion? Hell yeah

[@Bhamloud47]

Not really. It’s so bloated. There’s a decent story here. Decent. Most of your time is spent running around doing stupid fetch quests. Like 90 percent. Maybe 20 hours of good story in 200 hours of playtime. It never fails that you get a plot twist or get close to a climax and are sent off to gather grass or catch sheep. Yeah it’s an mmo, but it still manages to suffer severe pacing issues. Like really severe. The dungeons are all the same. Fight 5-6 packs of mins, boss, repeat this two more times. No pulling mechanics, real strategies, nothing. Most people just run to the next objective pulling mobs on the way and you burn them down in a giant pack as there’s little danger. The boss fights really just depend on if you know the simple mechanics or not. Yes I realize there is hard end game content, but 90 percent is a joke. So there’s some good things here. But it’s deeply flawed and so predictable mechanics wise.

[@akncamlca2728]

videoda neden Türkçe altyazılı yok😢

[@danielBrown-fs7xq]

Love the new patch

[@kjriwoutube]

You did the meme 🎉 everyone She did the MEME

[@Hades7-f3e]

Sorry to say but this Game is dead for me long time ago first the shit about nerfs of healers then the toxic of the community in first line ofc you have Raid challenges but the mechanics can be abused to let ur group wipe so this game isnt worth it for me anymore just my opinion

[@lyconxero457]

Wow, I just realized that you actually look a lot like your in-game avatar. The graphics update is just going to bring the game that much closer to reality.

[@medivh1035]

Yes is the answer before l even watch the video. I love my lalafell

[@TheGameKat]

There's now a large furry lady with an insatiable appetite. So yes.