I forgot about the bunnies!

17. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PlayStation 3)
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I'm going to be honest here, I know very little about the story because I started playing it on a very small screen and I couldn't read the dialogue and stuff. But it does seem there is a crystal and that your character, like every character, is special in some way.

This game is an MMO so you play in a world with other players from everywhere. You make your own character(s) and choose their job which will determine where you start. As you level up and do different quests you'll be able to do different jobs and also do some side jobs like weaver and such. You pretty much go at your own pace but the game will dial you back if you're overleveled for story events. And of course you can do things with other players but I mostly played solo.


General impressions:
I've always wanted to try this game because CHARACTER CREATION but I didn't want to have to pay for a game every month. I decided to get it and start with the free trial and go from there. I loved it. The world was so vast, character creation was everything I'd wanted, it has a good sense of humour (from what I can read now on the bigger screen) it has a million things to do, and everyone is so nice! Not just the people from EoFF, who have been awesome about helping me out, but strangers too. I was very nervous because if you recall my rant on the Bravely Default review, I do not enjoy playing games with other people and I get self conscious very easily. So I was super nervous about real people seeing me play and seeing all my flops and mistakes, but no one made fun of me or made me feel bad and I always had a helping hand when I needed it. I was super happy to find out I didn't need to do a monthly payment but could instead buy cards so that way I can take a break (like I am now) without worrying about draining the bank account.

Story:
Like I said, I'm not too far in the story yet and most of what I've seen I couldn't... well, see. So I can't comment much on this. But I do like how you also get little side stories with your job guild. I'll probably be able to comment more on this when I play some more but in the meantime maybe someone else can fill in the blanks.


Gameplay:
Super fun and so much stuff to do. SO. MUCH. STUFF. I loved being able to create my won characters and grow them and learn new skills and start doing things like cooking and fishing and doing the little quests here and there and participating in those fate things. I'll be interested to play more of it and see about maybe trying a group thing although I'm still pretty nervous about that. A few tasks could get a bit tedious but overall it was fun and I have very little complaints.


World:
Gorgeous gorgeous world with a lot to see and explore and do and I haven't even explored it all yet. There's so many beautiful areas that I would just stop and look at and I always got really excited to go check out every nook and cranny. I thought Limsa Lominsa would be my favourite because water everywhere (and it is really awesome) but I ended up liking Gridania more. I just found it so nice and peaceful.


Characters:
You are the characters so chances are you'll like them! I made three characters and I would tell you about them but chances are you don't care. They're super cute anyways. There's also obviously the story relevant NPC's but I've missed most of their dialogue so I couldn't tell you much.

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Dese are my characters

Overall this is a super fun game and worth the time cards when I feel like playing it. I loved creating my own characters, exploring the beautiful world, and also the other players are great and helpful. Awesome game, I'm glad it was my first (and probably only) MMO. Anyways, lesson is buy a bigger TV.