Congratz to Naoki Yoshida and his team!
Kinda crazy to image how the horrible original game would go onto to become this.
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Shadowbringers is now officially the highest scoring Final Fantasy game since XII, which came out more then a decade ago.
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Congratz to Naoki Yoshida and his team!
Kinda crazy to image how the horrible original game would go onto to become this.
Despite being a single player only gamer the praise for XIV is really really making me wanna make an exception.
Yup, anything 90+ gets it iirc
I was curious:
FF12 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xii-the-zodiac-age (86%)
FF13 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiii (83%)
FF13-2 https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiii-2 (79%)
FF13-2-2 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii (66%)
Realm Reborn: https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiv-online-a-realm-reborn (78%)
FF15 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xv (81%)
FF12 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xii-the-zodiac-age (86%)
FF13 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiii (83%)
FF13-2 https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiii-2 (79%)
FF13-2-2 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii (66%)
Realm Reborn: https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiv-online-a-realm-reborn (78%)
FF15 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/final-fantasy-xv (81%)
MMO expansions dont usually get a bunch of reviews
heavensward only has 14 reviews on metacritic, 20 for the ps4 version
He's said he's on XIV until the end, and they still have a couple of expansions to go. His division is probably working on XVI though.
all the people who are going to review it have reviewed it at this point
Shame the amount of content you need to get through to make it that far isn't reviewed so highly
Maybe one day I'll be able to see it lol
Maybe one day I'll be able to see it lol
We are past speculating. His division has moved onto full development of a next gen title, (announced to help with recruitment), the leads of heavenward haven't been in the credits of the last 2 expansions, every other division that could handle the game is busy with FF7 remake or dragon quest.
He won't be directing it but he will be an executive producer on it
Let's not pretend both previous expansions and 2.0 itself have not all been highly rated themselves. It's just ShB has had even more praise upon it.
And that's my point. I'm sure Shadowbringers is very good, but when you only have 15 reviews compared to something like FFXV's 109 no shit one is gonna be better received.
I wouldn't say that. While it was a much needed improvement, I don't think the game really picked up until post 2.1
There is if your willing to pay for it.
The rumors suggest they will rebuild 2.0 in prep to go legacy before 6.0 as it is estimated to be the final expac.
You can buy a skip past the ARR story. I don't think it levels you though - you'll still have to do that yourself.
What in the world... 13-2 is 10x better than XV, ah game reviewers why are you so often wrong?
That's the remaster of FF12. The original is 92%.
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XII for PlayStation 2 game reviews & Metacritic score: The story takes place in a world called "Ivalice," in an age when magic was commonplace and airships plied the skies - the Archadian Empire, seeking to strength...
www.metacritic.com
I agree with that scoreThat's the remaster of FF12. The original is 92%.
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XII for PlayStation 2 game reviews & Metacritic score: The story takes place in a world called "Ivalice," in an age when magic was commonplace and airships plied the skies - the Archadian Empire, seeking to strength...
MMOs tend not to have a lot of reviews especially for expansions. 19 reviews (according to Opencritic) is about in line with this series.
And previous expansions were never this high, the number of reviews has nothing to do with this.
WoW's latest expansion had 39 reviews and didn't score nearly as well.
heavensward only had 14-20 reviews and its meta score was in the mid 80's
ARR is 83 on PC which had more reviews and the majority of players. 86 on PS4 which had the most reviews.
Is their a way to archived MMO's stories? I ask this for two reasons:
1. I love single player FF games. I HATE MMO's. I can't play every numbered Final Fantasy because of this. I always hoped a single player story version of the mmo's would come out to play. I really wish they would have made the online games a separate title, like "Final Fantasy Online I and II"
2. (More importantly) how will anyone ever play these games in 15 years? When the servers are fully off. All other FF's will be archived and playable on whatever new systems are out, but how will one ever get to play FF11 and 14? Are they just to be lost to history, forever fogotten? Future gamers will scratch their heads and have to wiki why they can't do a full play through of all the final fantasies?
1. I love single player FF games. I HATE MMO's. I can't play every numbered Final Fantasy because of this. I always hoped a single player story version of the mmo's would come out to play. I really wish they would have made the online games a separate title, like "Final Fantasy Online I and II"
2. (More importantly) how will anyone ever play these games in 15 years? When the servers are fully off. All other FF's will be archived and playable on whatever new systems are out, but how will one ever get to play FF11 and 14? Are they just to be lost to history, forever fogotten? Future gamers will scratch their heads and have to wiki why they can't do a full play through of all the final fantasies?
You mean 11 , not 12.
I'm sure there will be YouTube videos or Wikis.
It is also sitting at 93 on opencritic with 22 reviews: https://opencritic.com/game/7836/final-fantasy-xiv-shadowbringers
Incredible expansion. My goty so far, and by a landslide.
Incredible expansion. My goty so far, and by a landslide.
Why does it matter if they are named differently? Playing every numbered FF is an arbitrary achievement.
I am currently working through Stormblood, but all the positive talk continues to get me stoked for Shadowbringers.
The stories will be archived for sure but the experience probably won't be available offline ever unless they remade a version of the game that worked offline and took out a lot of what makes the game an MMO. I think the best chance to experience something close to the game offline is to wait for YoshiP's possible FFXVI.
Good on Square Enix, enjoyed DQ XI and Kingdom Hearts 3 a lot in the last year, games that felt true to their series and refined what came before rather than being watered down or too experimental. VII Remake may yet convince whether this is a new resurgence for them.
I can't imagine 6.0 will be the final expansion after how successful Shadowbringers is. I think 6.0 might be when Yoshida steps down from directing FF14 but not the end of the game.
pretty sure Resident Evil 2 still holds that unless im mistaken. Typically dont really pay attention to metacritic but i thought RE2 got a couple points higher than this from MC
It's a great game. I really enjoy it.
As a fan of FFXII, FFXIV keeps feeling like the second coming of Ivalice games. Very focused on lore, world-building, characters and politics, and it works super well in a MMO setting. It helps that FF12 leads also worked on Shadowbringers on key positions.
As a fan of FFXII, FFXIV keeps feeling like the second coming of Ivalice games. Very focused on lore, world-building, characters and politics, and it works super well in a MMO setting. It helps that FF12 leads also worked on Shadowbringers on key positions.
It's damn near a given. Still can't shake the feeling it might have some kind of co-op/live component too.
depending on how much he actually influences the writing, that might be the spiritual death of the game tbh
6.0 won't be the last expansion. YoshiP has said they'll keep making them as long as people keep playing. The current story should end next expansion.
Barrier to entry will forever tarnish FFXIV in my eyes. I mean I know it's good but damn it's a massive time sink and a money sink.