I'm pretty pleased, actually!
There needs to be some polish, of course, and like all MMOs it's never going to be perfect and the chances of it having a picture perfect launch are pretty much the same as me growing a third arm that can feed me chips while I game, it'd be freaking awesome but I won't lose sleep hoping for it.
I think this game has a lot more RP ability then XI did, and with the community being so organized and ready to join the game I have a very good feeling RP will be a key part of the gameplay experience.
The whole thing feels so...organic is the best word for it. I don't have to go home and talk to a flying midget to stop punching orcs and start slinging magic, I just put my fist weapons away, grab my magic-stick, and just blast away. The world feels very immersible, which is kinda Square's thing. Crafting is very natural and fun to do, instead of just watching my character stare at a glowing rock for a bit.
Stability needs work, but it always does, and I'm one of those people who will never say there's enough customization options.
All that said, I give it a good solid B, room for improvement, not perfect, but far from being a bad thing, and the organic feel of the world and gameplay makes you forgive the negative at times.
There needs to be some polish, of course, and like all MMOs it's never going to be perfect and the chances of it having a picture perfect launch are pretty much the same as me growing a third arm that can feed me chips while I game, it'd be freaking awesome but I won't lose sleep hoping for it.
I think this game has a lot more RP ability then XI did, and with the community being so organized and ready to join the game I have a very good feeling RP will be a key part of the gameplay experience.
The whole thing feels so...organic is the best word for it. I don't have to go home and talk to a flying midget to stop punching orcs and start slinging magic, I just put my fist weapons away, grab my magic-stick, and just blast away. The world feels very immersible, which is kinda Square's thing. Crafting is very natural and fun to do, instead of just watching my character stare at a glowing rock for a bit.
Stability needs work, but it always does, and I'm one of those people who will never say there's enough customization options.
All that said, I give it a good solid B, room for improvement, not perfect, but far from being a bad thing, and the organic feel of the world and gameplay makes you forgive the negative at times.
