Xaxxus

Have not even played the game yet. Because I literally cant even figure out where to download the client. The FF XIV website is probably the worse user experience I have ever seen. It seems as though they are actively trying to stop you from playing their game. Also you have to buy the game more than once if you want to play it on mac and windows.

The game itself plays fairly well on my GTX 1080ti on my 2560x1080 monitor (max settings). The story itself is quite good. Tons of side quests and stuff to do. My main criticisms with the game are: 1. vehicles are almost un-drivable with mouse and keyboard (especially motorcycles). The vehicle handling was tuned with analog input in mind. Using the keyboard will have you tapping keys quickly to do micro adjustments. Anything else will send you spinning out of control. 2. A LOT of content was cut from this game. Just to name a few things: wall running, crowds, one night stands. There is a massive reddit thread with a more comprehensive list. 3. Your origin choice effects the first 20 min of the game and some dialogue choices. Very disappointing. Honestly, if they fixed the horrible vehicle handling with keyboards id bring my review up to an 8. Hopefully they add back a lot of the cut content in DLCs/patches. That would bump my review up to an 8.5-9.5 But for now, what we have is a 7.0 Nothing fantastic, but its not nearly as bad as everyone is saying (at least not on PC).