LogFAQs > #962701180

i personally wouldn't play on a console, but i know people who do that say it's excellent

the game isn't complicated, especially if you only care about the main story, or have ever played an mmo before. the game does have a lot of random subsystems, but those can be safely ignored. i think they're left in to take advantage of completionists. remember, the game doesn't cost 48 dollars- it costs 48 dollars plus 13 dollars a month

people are kind of exaggerating when they say it's the best final fantasy story. it's certainly special, mostly because it's the longest and the worldbuilding is (almost entirely) consistent throughout. i do think the first hundred or so hours of the game are just an extended hazing ritual, and the dialogue/direction never exactly becomes snappy.

the real enjoyment comes from playing beyond that, when you're seeing characters written consistently, even after hundreds of hours of play. i'd compare it to the enjoyment of a beloved, long-running TV series like star trek: tng

actually, that comparison works especially well, because the first 2 seasons of tng were garbo