Hey guys, can you give me some input regarding this game? Here are my questions:
- How solo-friendly is this game?
- Is it fun to play mostly solo? If so, what is the most fun class to do so ? (preferably meele)
- What do you think about the game world/lore ? Is it fun to explore and discover things about the setting and such or is it shallow and just "there" ?
I like MMO's that have a lot of exploration and a lot of cool little details in the world, with some cool and interesting stories on the quests and such. I usually care more about the side stuff than the main story in these games.
I want an MMO to play casually, and honestly the biggest draw for me in this game is the fact that I can play with a controller on my TV.
let me know your opinions! Thanks!
You can solo the entire game to 50 easily. The only times you can not are doing the main quest line at certain milestones your progress is gated by mandatory group encounters or dungeons. These are matchmade (just wait in a queue while you do other things) and are mostly very simple even with groups of dipshits.
As for the world/story/lore. I think the game has a really strong design. It's fun to explore. Aside from the first few hours I went into auto-MMO mode where I click thru most of the dialog (especially in the side fetch quests) and skip a lot of cutscenes. It's a lot of corny, anime nonsense. If you're into that kind of stuff you will probably get a lot out of the main quest, but the vast majority of the side quests is typical MMO fare. There are occasionally fun storylines that even I took notice of, but they are rare.
The things I like about this game is it's strong old-school Final Fantasy flavor. Crystals and dragoons and black mages in Vivi robes. That kind of design that I like from FF1-5 and 9. Also I really like the game's focus on raising a single character who has access to all jobs. I love playing all classes in games but I hate making alts and having to play thru content again. It's more grindy this way because you don't have access to the main/side quest lines, but so far leveling alternate classes has not been too tedious because there are a lot of random things to do and you get automatic bonus exp on all classes that aren't your highest level.
I say check it out. It's very relaxing to play with a controller, even if I think there are certain things using a controller makes way more complicated than they should be (simple things like zooming the minimap requires so many button presses and it's such an instantaneous thing with a mouse). I haven't played many modern MMOs aside from sampling some free ones (Tera, SWtoR, et al) and this one shits on those, and hard.
