FFXIV - Tales under the new moon short story #4 (A Legacy Of Hope) is now available (na.finalfantasyxiv.com)
from Carighan@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 2023 10:08
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avater@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 2023 10:46 collapse

a bit sad that I will never finish this game but after shadowbringers and over 800 hours ingame I couldn’t force myself trough this game and the lack of real gameplay anymore.

to rest of you playing, have fun with the new patch and the upcoming addon 🙃

evening_push579@feddit.nu on 18 Sep 2023 11:04 next collapse

I’m on the free trial still, maybe 50 hours in and having fun :)

At 800+ hours I think i would also be tired of a game!

avater@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 2023 11:09 collapse

you have to see it different. This is a mmo, so 800 hours are not that much regarding the genre…

evening_push579@feddit.nu on 18 Sep 2023 11:13 collapse

True, especially if you grind for gear/glamour (or just go fishing) hours fly by pretty fast.

I play mostly for the main story right now, feel like I need to get into whatever is going on and unlock areas etc.

Soulyezer@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 2023 12:38 collapse

It’s crazy that you haven’t gotten tired of the gameplay before reaching 800 hours, if I don’t like how a game plays I usually drop it after not even 10 hours. Or at worst after reaching max level.

avater@lemmy.world on 18 Sep 2023 13:14 collapse

don’t get me wrong the gameplay of ff14 is great, especially the slower, more focuesd combat system. I was getting tired of those stretched out story sequences and text passages where you really listened to npc after npc without any real gameplay in between besides some traveling from a to b and then rinse and repeat.

If I compare this now to my other favourite mmo Guild Wars 2, its night and day. In Guild Wars 2 you play the actual game, sure there are story beats here and there where you watch and listen, but the rest is pure gameplay, interaction with other players and exploring a well crafted world that does not feel artificial like it did in ff14.