FFXIV Praise

When it comes to MMOs, there aren’t many that compare to World of Warcraft, but popular Twitch streamer Asmongold believes Final Fantasy XIV follows up where the iconic Blizzard MMO left off in terms of originality.

In 2021, World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games did not have the best year. While the MMO remains one of the most popular, titles like Final Fantasy XIV have grown in popularity as streamers like Asmongold and others abandon Azeroth for Hydaelyn.

While Warcraft currently has flaws, Asmon points out that it was innovative in the past when compared to other MMOs. However, it appears that Final Fantasy is doing the same thing with World of Warcraft.

Here’s what he stated during his September 21^st stream. “Final Fantasy basically did what WoW did to EverQuest. What WoW did to EverQuest was take all the annoying time wasting mechanisms and get rid of them. And then Final Fantasy took all the annoying, time wasting mechanisms in wow and got rid of those.”

EverQuest, which is still operational, debuted in 1999, served as a forerunner to World of Warcraft for many players, according to Asmongold. Blizzard’s MMO definitely dethroned it back in the day, but could it be WoW’s turn to be usurped?

Asmongold continued; “They’re fixing the problems with Shadowlands, but there’s no innovation. Taking the most popular post on a forum thread and just applying it to the video game, that’s just simply not innovation. There’s no growth in the game.”

But just because there’s “no growth” in WoW doesn’t mean Asmon believes FFXIV will be the end-all, be-all MMO any time soon. Not that it doesn’t have potential, but that it could be making the same mistakes as Warcraft did before.

Final Fantasy XIV appears to be gaining in popularity among burned-out Blizzard fans, and if the streamer is correct, WoW developers will need to start thinking proactively rather than reactively in order to truly improve things.