I had a discussion with my wife whom is very interested in playing FF XIV. Her experience with MMO's is about 100% Guild Wars, which is a great game btw, we played together for several years and have all the expansions (eagerly awating GW2!!). But I know she has a hard time with games that don't help you along and, let's face it, FF XIV is the definition of unintuitive gameplay.
She was a little concerned about how easy it would be to play the game, and she's heard me countless times cursing at the beta. But I want her to give it a chance, take the time to get her bearings and then decide if she would want to stick with it.
I made the comment that, while it is frustrating, there is a certain satisfaction when a synthesis finally works, or when I finally built my macros, or when I got through the opening story sequence that you just can't get anywhere else.
And I think that's the game's charm. Yes, it's currently incomplete, and a bunch of bugs and lag galore and broken party system and 48 guildleve system, but when the game finally get's ironed out, I think there's going to be a system of immersion that will provide an experience unparalleled to anything else.
That's what I am hoping for, and that's why I believe I will buy this game. Maybe not when it is first released, but shortly after.
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