can you play this game without caring about the story?

[SkamX]

so i know that this game is heavily tied to story and you have to play it to unlock stuff which is fine but can you just simply skip the story? ill be honest i do not care about story in mmos. i play mmos to do dungeons raids collect gear level etc. if i want to play a game for its story i play a singleplayer game.

because everytime i read something about this game is "muh story is so good you need to read it and care about it or you cant play the game!!11"

is this really true or can you just skip it and still have fun doing dungeons and ♥♥♥♥ normal mmo stuff?

[Noob Van Noob]

FFXIV is at it's best during the story and is what sets it apart from its competitors. It starts out a little slow but the writing quality in Heavensward and onwards easily goes toe to toe with single player games' writing. That said, there is plenty of dungeons and endgame content that is tons of fun imo, so if that's all you're interested you definitely could enjoy yourself just on those.

[shrimping]

i don't like the main story of this game at all really and just skipped through most of it, i've still had fun with the game itself though

[Mad Marduk]

Originally posted by SkamX:

so i know that this game is heavily tied to story and you have to play it to unlock stuff which is fine but can you just simply skip the story? ill be honest i do not care about story in mmos. i play mmos to do dungeons raids collect gear level etc. if i want to play a game for its story i play a singleplayer game.

because everytime i read something about this game is "muh story is so good you need to read it and care about it or you cant play the game!!11"

is this really true or can you just skip it and still have fun doing dungeons and ♥♥♥♥ normal mmo stuff?

Yes. I skip through large portions of story. Not all of it, but a lot feels like fluff and I if I find I don’t care about it I skip.

[Yenkei]

Yeah, plenty of people don't pay attention to the story at all or just skim it and still have fun with the game

[Reynostril]

Context is king. Plus you'll miss classic lines such as:

"You must lift the control panel."
"Pathetic!"
"These tomes fail to mention how disagreeably dank it is."

[Drtony-chopper]

You can skip to the story of each expansion that will catch you up and unlock everything by buying it as a mog station add on but i wouldn't recommend it since the story is amazing.

[Seera1024]

You can.

However, FFXIV is an RPG first and an MMO second. And it's a jRPG at that.

I would give the story a chance before writing it off as just another story to tie the instanced content together and keep players playing long. It's not like an action movie where the plot is just there to serve as a means to go from one action scene to the next.

I will say that ARR does start off slow and does have pacing problems, but the quality of writing and the pacing and speed does pick up with Heavensward.

[Walkerk19]

Of course you can, but just prepared to suddenly appeared in different places after cutscenes and goes, "wait what did just happened?"

[Medicles]

Yes, i am currently doing it. Level 51 and going. Always skip everything. Have no idea whats going on in the game and i dont care in the slightest.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by Medicles:

Yes, i am currently doing it. Level 51 and going. Always skip everything. Have no idea whats going on in the game and i dont care in the slightest.

Your loss.

[Shuggers]

Originally posted by SkamX:

so i know that this game is heavily tied to story and you have to play it to unlock stuff which is fine but can you just simply skip the story? ill be honest i do not care about story in mmos. i play mmos to do dungeons raids collect gear level etc. if i want to play a game for its story i play a singleplayer game.

because everytime i read something about this game is "muh story is so good you need to read it and care about it or you cant play the game!!11"

is this really true or can you just skip it and still have fun doing dungeons and ♥♥♥♥ normal mmo stuff?

yes you can, the plot is more than 50% of the games valuable and engaging content tho so i wouldn't recommend it, the fights are really good and fun but not 60$ + minimum 11$ subscription + paying for a skip or two good. you're only cheating yourself out of it really, i would say stick to other mmos until you're looking for a good rpg, then play this game to scratch that itch without compromising the need for mmo features.

[Kyo-]

Originally posted by kwafi:

i don't like the main story of this game at all really and just skipped through most of it, i've still had fun with the game itself though

I think a lot of ppl are like what you say. However, if you actually streaming this game or watch other reactions. It’s actually quite different. There are several things about it that a none reader can’t comprehend if you aren’t looking around the way how they build the world as you skipping dialogues and certain events during MSQ. They use alot of vocab that I really rarely see in modern mmo with old English and several region of the world. It’s definitely FF in its core but reaching out by character development and interesting facts that you can Google it.

The Fun is the way ppl play video games, but I think it’s also from what other experiences different from yours. It has depth into it and I think that’s why ppl praise the game for eventhough a lot of immersion moments are limited by the engine itself that you don’t feel they are that important.

Either way, the music is what drawing ppl to the game alongside with encounters design specific for that type of battle in the story. It’s a heavy RP element into the way how they represent it if you actually revisit certain parts of the story again.

[Last Place]

Were you aware of the type of games Square-Enix made before you tried the 14th installment in an anthology series?

You can pay 20 bucks to boost through the MSQ if you're serious about not liking the story, but wanting to play the game. It's that or just go through and skip cutscenes.

[Ruffio]

In a game where the story revolve around "YOU", not the other people playing the game. It's kinda silly to ignore the story. The funny thing is. dungeons etc. The other players that take part, is kinda substitutes for npc's in the story.

The game is a JRPG first, and mmo second.

[Legislatus Avaricieux]

You can, but everything is locked behind the MSQ so you'll still need to slog through it all to unlock the content that you want to play.

If you don't really care about the story then this game is not for you. That is unless you're willing to spend days, even weeks, skipping dialogues or fork out some cash for the story skip.