The latest controversy to erupt around Final Fantasy XIV consists of accusations that the game shamelessly copy-pastes the same towns and environmental elements over and over without the slightest variation, making one end of the world identical to another and subsequently devoid of character.
Beta testers provide comparison imagery which they claim highlights the problem:
Whatever the acceptable level of repetition in a game, with Final Fantasy XIV now in the late stages of development it may be too late to expect action on this front – of course, with only 8-15 hours of weekly play allowed, perhaps it is hoped players will not have time for the scenery to become too repetitive.
I’m a huge FF fanboy and I just hope Square get scraps the guy behind the desk who’s getting his ideas out of a serial box. I dunno what happened after FFXII (which was epic in every aspect possible) but they need to stick to what they did right for over 2 decades. Stop experimenting so much and get to work on something that will keep our jaws hanging. Until you guys make a killer FFXV, go into hiding and so that we can forget about you!!!
At one time the names “Square”, “Enix”, and of course “Square/Enix” found on a piece of software meant that you were pretty much assured of a good game. Something you weren’t going to regret. Sure there’s been a couple bad titles but all told they both had a really good run apart and then together. Now “Square/Enix” means “Waste of Money” and “f♥♥k that!”
Sark
So it really is about the same as FFXI then.
Does anyone know what that green blocky Japanese font is called in the screenshots? Like this one http://img4.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/safe-misc-viii/ff14-copypasta-001.jpg
I have been looking for that font for some time and was surprised to see it turn up on this article.
No one is shocked that they removed a picture set that set off a lot of these nasty comments?
The picture apparently showing the same town design over and over for different towns that ended up just being different minimap versions of the same town?