Because all that matters to them is if you entertained these people in a way that makes the money they spent on your product, on you, worth it.īut when studying why entertainment products end up in the final form that they do, you can’t ignore this information. Your average customer does not care about the emotional and financial struggles you went through to create a product. Now from an entertainment stand point that information doesn’t matter. Long story short: director Naoki Yoshida made it very clear that most MMO’s need a minimum of five years to fully develop a base game. The embed video is part two of Noclip’s documentary on said history, and includes interviews with members of the MMO’s main team. In my previous gaming journal I briefly touched on FFXIV’s history. I’d like to think they’re informed opinions, but they’re still opinions all the same. This entire post is one writer’s personal opinion.As such, I’m typically more critical of them. I approach them as a reader and a writer. However: I don’t approach stories in video games as a gamer.

It’s one of THE main reasons I play FFXIV over other MMO’s. In general I love FFXIV’s continuing storyline. Before we begin I feel it’s necessary to point out my biases, because they are going to heavily shape how I approach this analysis: It’s also my hope that this post will serve as a basis for when I eventually do the same with Stormblood. I also wanted to analyze the hell out of Heavensward while it was still fresh in my mind and answer this one question: why was the expansion better? Before memory fogs my experiences with rose-colored nostalgia. I don’t think it would be fair to compare the expansion to its predecessors until we receive the final MSQ patch quests. However: Stormblood (SB) isn’t finished yet. So, naturally, fans have begun to compare Stormblood in its entirety to their experiences with Heavensward. On top of this what I’m going to talk about today is a no-brainer for most fans: HW’s story is better than the vanilla game: A Realm Reborn (ARR). Stormblood’s chapter will see its conclusion early next year. It’s also very, very long.įanfest 2018 has come and gone, and with it came the announcement of FFXIV’s next expansion ( Shadowbringers).

Heavens ward questline