I would like to first start out by saying, I love the graphics and the music. The graphics were immersive and beautiful, especially the cities. Also the best part of it all, is that the movies look great. Being a player of Everquest 1, Ultima Online, Aion, and coming to this game wasn't too bad, some elements reminded me of it EQ 1 accept for most stuff including the horrible UI.



The Bad. I'm not going to sit and write an essay about how bad this game was. Pretty much everyone here summed it up. I am not sure what Squaresoft was thinking. Either they lost touch with MMORPG world or they rushed it out for money reasons. I tried soo hard to like this game, and spent 5 days playing it just trying to give it a shot, but I couldn't do it. I even bought a wireless controller for my computer to navigate my character easily through the cities and other areas. This game is tedious and slow, too much stuff to do before you get to where you want. You will have to craft all your gear, which is not bad if it wasn't soo time consuming. You are basically stuck trying to figure out things. I was expecting an MMORPG that made you want to come back for more. I cringed just trying to go back playing this game.



Bottom line, this game is only for the most extreme fan of Final Fantasy series. If you come from WOW or any other MMORPG, or a person who doesn't like sitting most of the time crafting, this game is not for you. If you hate going through menus upon menus of text, this game will turn you off. Trust me don't even bother you will be sorely disappointed.



Check out IGN or Gamespot or any review, they all rated FFXIV pretty bad. Hopefully Square Enix figures out what went wrong and polishes the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIV before the release.