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The best way to judge a game is to actually play it for yourself, however seeing a game for yourself is almost always better than simply reading about another's opinion of it.
Here is a collection of FFXIV youtube videos (hopefully someday mmorpg.com will offer forum support for youtube like most modern boards already do):
Official:
Ifrit fight 1.19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXG7yfI8Eng&feature=player_embedded
Ifrit's loot 1.19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzi-L_l35YI&feature=relmfu
Beastman Strongholds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7vGJiVtqs&feature=related
Dzemael Darkhold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvKmDawnngE
Chocobo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vla-uUw8EwM
My own videos:
(coming soon)
Videos I like taken by other players:
Raubahn Aldynn, Ul'dah's The Immortal Flames Grand Company leader in action being a bad ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWN7kPP-7I
BG's Deepvoid slave video (dzamael darkhold mini boss. I make no apologies for their taste of music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwOMqAWHDlI&feature=player_embedded
A Tribute to Eorzea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0Dso5g_nw
Comments
i havent played this game since the day of release ...
is it worth coming back to?
second question is it as much of a time sink as ffxi?
third question is it still free?
finally does it still lag like theres no tomorrow?
Kind of off topic but:
In my opinion yes, it has been since 1.18 and continues to get much better with every patch.
No it is not near the time sink that FFXI was.
It is still free at the moment until they are finished with the changes (likely sometime next year)
No lag has been vastly improved since launch, and I rarely lag when playing (however your personal mileage may vary, I know one person in our linkshell who is currently struggling with lag at the moment, but it seems to be an issue with their connection as she did not always have this problem).
I guess I don't really care how much this thread now gets derailed with this topic since I'll continue to update the first post with new videos.
http://xivpads.com/?1595680
http://guildwork.com/users/murugan
im actually off to get surgery atm but upon return i believe i may reinstall and give it another shot today... also i was wondering how the crafting was... i really enjoyed fishing in the last one
I don't know did you try fishing before? Gathering hasn't been changed yet (it is going to be though before the year is out), but I actually kind of liked the fishing system in the game at launch.
http://xivpads.com/?1595680
http://guildwork.com/users/murugan
Updated OP with new video:
A Tribute to Eorzea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0Dso5g_nw
@ 0:34 you can see a shot of the rank 15 dungeon Couerl boss.
http://xivpads.com/?1595680
http://guildwork.com/users/murugan
Bluegartr Ifrit hyper fight World 2nd 1st Na kill:
has language in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEhOOhRNs4
Ifrit battle thoughts:
Monster design is top-notch, armours (the white one in the movie) looks great.
The fight... laughable. I have seen more action in Heroes of Might and Magic.