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The 40 Best PlayStation Games of 2021: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

Metacritic's #1 PlayStation Game of 2021. Metacritic's #1 PlayStation Exclusive of 2021. (#1) The fourth expansion (and first in two years) for the 2013 MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, Endwalker (also released for PC) is intended to close out the story of the conflict between Hydaelyn...

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Metacritic's #1 PlayStation Game of 2021.
Metacritic's #1 PlayStation Exclusive of 2021.

Greaaaat. Now the queues on Gilgamesh are just going to get worse.

 

[kingfey]

Hades got robbed. It had 33 critic rating, but lower user score 262. compared to endwalker with 11 crit review, and 368 user reviews.

Hades

Defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor.

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[Captain Toad]

Returnal got robbed

 

[YukiOnna]

Absolutely deserved from my completion of it. Hopefully fans of the game can eventually get into their servers and experience it, too.

 

[HarryKS]

Is it still 15 dollars per month to play this game?

 

[kingfey]

Is it still 15 dollars per month to play this game?

Yes. Its mmo subscription like WOW.

How much does Ffxiv cost per month?

The Standard subscription costs $14.99 per month and offers discounts if you buy months in bulk. It allows you to

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[ManaByte]

Yes. Its mmo subscription like WOW.

How much does Ffxiv cost per month?

The Standard subscription costs $14.99 per month and offers discounts if you buy months in bulk. It allows you to

gamingsection.net

Queue issues aside, Square deserves the $15 more than World of Wokecraft does.

 

[YukiOnna]

Is it still 15 dollars per month to play this game?

There's no reason for them to not do it and each expansion/base game isn't even full regular price. You get a lot of good content in that 12 or 15 bucks you pay especially if you're just starting out.

 

[Ozzie666]

As great as it is, it should have gotten more backlash for the endless queues and limited opportunity to actually play. Unless you use methods to stay connected.
That is my only complaint with the game and the bunnies.

 

[LordKite]

This tracks for me. It was the best thing to come out last year by a long shot, it should probably be the best game on PC too.

As for queues, imagine not playing on Crystal, my queues on Mateus haven't been longer than 500 on reset day, or 50 literally any other time in a month.

 

[iHaunter]

Returnal got robbed

Most reviewers are too shit to beat it.

 

[remember_spinal]

I hope all these FFXIV expansions reviews translate to the quality of FF16

 

[iHaunter]

I actually kinda forgot it was a PS console exclusive tbh.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Gives me confidence 16 will be much better than 13 and 15.

 

[SaniOYOYOY]

Gives me confidence 16 will be much better than 13 and 15.

The baseline should be 7r tbh

 

[Topher]

Queue issues aside, Square deserves the $15 more than World of Wokecraft does.

Is FF 14 really worth $15 a month though?

 

[mckmas8808]

I actually kinda forgot it was a PS console exclusive tbh.

I never knew it was. How much has it sold?

 

[Robb]

Not all that surprised, I’ve only heard good things about it. Sounds like it’s one of the best games released in the entire MMORPG genre.

It’s not my cup of tea though.

 

[YukiOnna]

Is FF 14 really worth $15 a month though?

Personally been playing for years and never regretted paying the monthly fee. Still have a plethora of quality content to do/could do or experience new storylines. If I got tired of it then I can just unsub which they encourage and return later.

 

[Topher]

Personally been playing for years and never regretted paying the monthly fee. Still have a plethora of quality content to do/could do or experience new storylines. If I got tired of it then I can just unsub which they encourage and return later.

Thanks. I've been curious about it. I might give it a shot.

 

[Raven117]

I hope all these FFXIV expansions reviews translate to the quality of FF16

Me, you, and many others hope this. I personally think Nomura was the worst thing to happen to ff. YoshiP seems to know the beating heart of ff.

Ffxiv is arguably the best ff ever. Deserves to be in the discussion

Is FF 14 really worth $15 a month though?

Yeah. If even just for the storyline.

 

[YukiOnna]

Thanks. I've been curious about it. I might give it a shot.

I think Yoshi-P said he will talk about the state of resuming sales & free trial for the game next week or so. Just keep a look out on that and remember that the free trial is all the way up to the end of the first expansion.

 

[remember_spinal]

I never knew it was. How much has it sold?

You can’t really judge MMO’s by sales you gotta judge them by player count, since you pay monthly for them. FFXIV surpassed 25 million this past december

 

[clintar]

Is this just another explansion on fffxiv, or some standalone thing? I have no idea
edit: nm, clicked link. then not interested at all

 

[mckmas8808]

You can’t really judge MMO’s by sales you gotta judge them by player count, since you pay monthly for them. FFXIV surpassed 25 million this past december

 

[remember_spinal]

Yeah and thats after they had to stop selling the game because of server congestion

 

[Dick Jones]

Is it still 15 dollars per month to play this game?

No, you pay 15 dollars a month for the service but the game is free.

Spoiler

I hope everyone understands the reference

 

[sigmaZ]

I think this speaks more to the lack of quality games this year and the power of hype more than it does the quality of Final Fantasy 14 tbh.

 

[IKSTUGA]

I basically live in FF14 now, so yeah, it's a pretty damn good expansion.

 

[Markio128]

I played the game for many hours on the PS4 and really enjoyed it, however, I could not give the game enough time to justify the monthly subs, what with having a family. But, if you can spare the time, it really is top quality.

 

[STARSBarry]

I think this speaks more to the lack of quality games this year and the power of hype more than it does the quality of Final Fantasy 14 tbh.

No the consistant praise for the game over half a decade from both critics and players does that easily instead.

 

[kingfey]

I think this speaks more to the lack of quality games this year and the power of hype more than it does the quality of Final Fantasy 14 tbh.

Not really.
Look at NMS.
If you support a game for a long time, people's perception of your game would change.

Eso was a hot mess at launch, now its different.

 

[Yoboman]

You can’t really judge MMO’s by sales you gotta judge them by player count, since you pay monthly for them. FFXIV surpassed 25 million this past december

Thats nuts

So FFXIV is now twice as popular as WOW was at its peak?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Thats nuts

So FFXIV is now twice as popular as WOW was at its peak?

Nah those are just registered players not active subscribers

 

[kingfey]

Thats nuts

So FFXIV is now twice as popular as WOW was at its peak?

Alot of Wow players migrated to ff14. Especially big wow streamers/youtubers.

 

[Faust]

Thats nuts

So FFXIV is now twice as popular as WOW was at its peak?

Not quite. There is no current known number of how many people are actively subscribed. It is estimated to be around 2 to 4 million though. About the same as Modern/Classic WoW combined.

I don‘t think we will ever seen an MMORPG, especially a subbed one, reach the numbers WoW did at its peak. However, I would also argue that we don‘t need to. We see plenty of other MMOs with much smaller player bases still have a strong active community (GW2, ESO, SWTOR, BDO, etc)

 

[Punished Miku]

Thanks. I've been curious about it. I might give it a shot.

The way most MMOs work is that to play it seriously you have to invest a ton of time.

However, if you actually do that - you more than get your money's worth and probably will save money on other things you would be doing instead, like eating, buying other games, leaving the house. You actually end up saving insane amounts by having 90% of your time covered for $15.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Renowned FINAL FANTASY expert Jesse Cox gets his parents to react to FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker. This expansion is the thrilling final chapter in the Hydaelyn and Zodiark story bringing a variety of new dungeons, jobs, and updates to the game! (In Partnership with Square Enix)

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Square Enix a gold mine indeed. Next months will be intereting to watch.