Twelve years of Fourteen
It's been about twelve years now since I first stepped into the world of Final Fantasy XIV. Twelve years since Call of Duty Ghosts forced me to reconsider my gaming habits and launched me fruitlessly along the notoriously laggy PlayStation Store in search of something more to do. I had grown fatigued by the rollercoaster that is the annual games in the form of Call of Duty and of its ilk. The PlayStation 4 was relatively brand new and I looked for a truly next gen experience. Something that could utilize the power of the console. I think I searched high and low, even went through my cobwebbed library looking for another avenue. Some game I hadn't tried or something to keep my interest. I believe I had actually given up when an ad popped up for FFXIV. "Sign up now for the open beta". I had never really played Final Fantasy before. I had heard great things about it, particularly FF7, but never actually ventured into JRPGs. I had nothing else to do so I signed up, made ...