I saw a catgirl in an advertisement and that’s all it took. This is the story of how I picked up Final Fantasy XIV.
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Why Did I Start Playing FFXIV? The answer won't surprise you.
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I have often wondered if people truly made purchases based only on the fact that they saw some hot character on it or if that was just a meme. I get it for actual porn content since that is the point there, but for everything else, I am just like "…can you not just get the same for free with Google images or something..? Even VRChat is free if you need something more interactive, dude". That is how I go about life myself and it makes sense on my head, so that was a genuine doubt in my head. Paying money for it just never clicked for me.
I guess this video right here answered my question for good. Oh, and he said he also bought another FF game (Lightning Returns) for this reason alone which he then played for like 2 hours and then abandoned. Make no mistake, people: media developers KNOW this audience and have mastered the art of squeezing them out of their money the moment they lower their guard the most. That marketing is top-tier social engineering.
My first Final Fantasy game was Kingdom Hearts lmao
I was lucky to get into Phase 3 of the beta for the PS3 cause I signed up for the PS3 beta for 1.0 but it never happened. But haven't stopped playing since. Love it so much.
once i made my catgirl, me playing any other game became a distant memory
My FF Story: Had been off WoW for almost 3 years. Was getting the itch, but nothing about Shadowlands appealed to me. Not the story, setting, systems, nothing. The free trial meme was gaining steam, did a little research, saw the Dragoon class, went, "OK, I guess I'll DL the free trial."
A few months later… I've made 4 Mill Gil this week from Glam contests at player venues.
11 Was my first MMO and my First FF game. 14 won me over with the ARR cinematic after playing in 1.0 and being annoyed.
If 15 have a catgirl, the game would be better than it was.
that reason is cultured AF, ara ara
To be fair, it was my second, after XIII
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Ah yes, the cultured answer
There's a 'kid' in my fc since 2015, he was 13 when he joined. I think he might still be the youngest member. XD
I joined back in the 2.0 beta because my mum played 1.0 and recommended it to me, lol
My first ff was 1 one the nes. I was college at the time. Yes I am old.
keep the videos coming. subcount gonna go to the moon
Man, hearing Haru talk about how he started the beta back in High School makes me feel old because I was already in my last year of university when 14 came out lol
This is my first FF game too. A friend at work a few years ago randomly asked me if I played MMOs and I mentioned SWTOR because I was playing it at the time. He mentioned that he plays FFXIV and got me to play it a bit but I gave up partially because I couldnt find a created character that I liked and because I didnt know to not do side quests. I basically played for like 20 hours and burned out. Then around July I gave this game a second chance and currently I've completed Shadowbringers 5.3! Unfortunately I havent seen my friend since about 2 years ago.
I still remember the time when ARR beta test was advertised on a manga zine I was reading at the time back when I was in middle school, and man, it did something to the boy who once only played dragon nest. Everything just looked so different from what I was used to, not to mention that the quality of everything was just levels above. I started as a lala BRD, came back to the game during Stormblood as a male au ra BLM. and here I am, a healer main catboy. and soon I ll be a bunny twink. the evolution. 👍🏻 and ofc, you will soon be a bunny boy as well, Haru. DO NOT RUN FROM UR FATE!!! MR. ARA ARA TWINK STREAMER 😤💜 (purple eyes)
I grew up as a huge FF nerd, but was really against the idea of XI and XIV, because of the MMO thing. Here I am years later and am one of those people who had their favorite FF become XIV.
Pretty much the same story for me. First FF and a Viera ad caught my eye.
Also my first FF game. I remember like 20 years ago, when I was a kid, hearing about FF games. I remember it being this unnatainable dream. Never got to play any in the end. And now here I am, 600 hours into FFXIV, having the time of my life. Watching playthroughs of all the other FF games is now on my bucket list. Also catgirls forever, naturally.
Why even bother with 3d girls, it's all about bnuys and catgirls now 🙏
I played the game because I heard about the NieR raids.
Dudes! I've been reading through the comments and I'm so glad to see you all sharing your own experiences!
Love it, thanks so much for sharing! ♥ Also, I love cat girls.
You know being drawn in by a Mi'Qote(especially the one they used cause damn)is fine since everyone likes it, I remember trying to play over a year ago, forgot my stuff so I couldn't play, stopped playing and then picked back up because of a bunch of other people I knew where getting into it so I got back in but I gotta say ever since I fantasia'd to a lalafell, becoming anything else has never been on the radar unless they got some sick glam set-up. Overall being drawn by the catgirls is fined since we all have that one Mi'Qote that's drawn us at some point and if you say otherwise, just straight up lying
I can explain why I started playing FFXIV in a single emoji:🐇
Final Fantasy whore here, it's a numbered Final Fantasy so I'm playing it, even if its an MMO. After playing vanilla FFXI tho, I wasn't thrilled they were making another MMO. I liked XI's world but the gameplay experience was…no LOL. I figured I wouldn't like XIV but gave it a shot. Turns out I liked it, still do. Tried to get into other MMO's but this is the only one that stuck.