Final Fantasy XIV Extends Free Trial, Updates Detailed

I played it for 2 weeks and hated it. I so badly want to love 14, but it is so frustrating. Where to begin?

Input lag is awful. I should not have to wait 2-3 seconds after pressing a button (Xbox 360 controller) for the menu to appear. 2-3 seconds may not sound like much, but when multiple enemies are attacking you, that's frustrating.

Speaking of lag, I love running into a door for 10 seconds before it opens.

And what the hell is with accepting a quest to accept a quest? Really? And only 8 at a time? WTF is this crap? Maybe I'm not doing something right, but it's not as if there are any kind of instructions I can read to figure out what the hell is going on.

The stamina bar, what is this crap? After 2 weeks I was still confused on how the hell to fight. At what point does the stamina bar accept a command? And don't get me started about mining. Really? Hot and cold? And what the hell does the initial slider bar even do?

Some other things to think about: how the hell do I sort my inventory? Why the hell when I use the button to select an enemy right next to me I select myself instead?

Final Fantasy 14 is a (huge) step back from 11 (which I played for years.) I actually wanted to play 11 because of how much I hated 14 (I haven't played in a good year or more.)

Back to World of Warcraft. Maybe by the time the PS3 version is released 14 will be somewhat playable, at least in my opinion. But hey, maybe I'm missing something. If people know more about the game than I figured out, honestly please let me know what I'm doing wrong.

I bought it because I was bored and needed something to do. (Bored of WoW).

The worst thing about the game is the UI. Everything is several levels and it takes up to a second for each step.

For example: Double Click on a vendor. *game pauses for 1 second* Vendor says something and you have to leftclick to continue. *game pauses for a second* Now you can select Buy or sell items. You select buy items. *game pauses for a second* Now you see the stuff for sale. Select a item for detailed information. *game pauses for a second* Now you see the item. Now if you want to leave you just cant run away. Noooo! You have to go through 2-3 steps and say goodbuy to the vendor before you can move and every step is 1 second. I hate that.

Other than that I like the game. Selecting mobs and attacking on the fly is pretty strange but I love the crafting and setting. The gfx is great.

This game requires at least another year of development to be playable. The menu is painful, the map is painful, the market is painful, the quest system is painful etc etc etc. The executive that made the decision to release the game in this condition needs to be punched in the face.

I really regret wasting money on purchasing this unfinished trash.

Sounds like the typical MMO launch shitfest.

Is there ever gonna be a MMO that will launch with no problems?

How many more times is the fantasy going to be final ?

I've been playing this game, and it looks like they are addressing all the problems that would keep me from enjoying the game in the future. I also still play ffxi, so that may add to my tolerance level being high.

This game is as good as Two Worlds!

So good it gave me cancer.

it is REALLY final fantasy.

Elemental'd

I read a whole bunch of reviews (and the Gamespot review was particularly scathing), and it's a real shame they released this game in such a sorry pre-alpha state. And it seems Square Enix's art department is robust with boundless talent and resources, but it's programing department is just one dude with an eye patch and two peg-arms that lives in the basement at SE HQ.

The 2 worst things about FFXIV is the lag and the interface. Yes, I know FF XIV is not supposed to hold your hand and have tips pop up every 5 second to tell you how to move, attack, view inventory etc. But the cumbersome nature of the interface and the lag makes the game nearly unplayable in heavily populated areas.

90% of MMO players want to read a manual or have an interactive tutorial, not have it be buried within small boxes of text or put together by other players on websites. For the 10% of us that have time to blow on figuring it all out it can be great....but this game should never have been launched in its current state.

I have been playing and while it has some pretty major problems I am still enjoying it. I kinda like the concept of doing only so many quests every so many hours which has made the game somewhat of a side mmo for me.

I plan to stick with it in hopes that everything that bothers me will be fixed in due time.

oh its THAT good