Calling FFXIV a MMO...a good game...is wrong.
MMOs: they are meant to engross you into the world. Worldbuilding is the #1 most important thing...even lower-end MMOs like Guild Wars and black desert have it.
At the top of the totem pole is WOW. Everything about its world, astrology, lore, religion, history, factions, kingdoms...they all connect. The orcs came to Azeroth as part of the burning legion, the burning legion was in control by Sargeras, who was part of the Pantheon, the pantheon protected Azeroth from the Old Gods, the old gods were imprisoned in very areas including northrend, which was under control of the scourge, which was made by the burning legion...
do you see how everything connects and feels natural? Is it too hard? Well, guess what? it's meant to be. Our real world history isn't easy either. But people have become WOW historians, just like real life historians. That is phenomenal, literally no other game, hell, media has done something like that. Its amazing.
Now, let's look at the very bottem...FFXIV. Some "world" uh? As if the segmented zones weren't bad enough...
>how does the world function?
bird is sad
>What about the creation of the continents?
bird is sad
>how about the elements?
bird is sad
>What about the peoples' religion?
bird is sad
>well, there must be some mystic forces at play right?
bird is sad
>How did nations come to be and fall?
bird is sad
>What of its astrology and myths?
bird is sad
>What about the creation of magic?
bird is sad
>Is anything connected at all?
no, bird is sad
So XIV's "final chapter that explains all questions" amounts to...a bid is sad and wants to destroy the world.
I know so much more about Azeroth than I do about Eorzea. How is this worldbuilding? I barely know how the people live. Where is the fantastic story I heard so much about?
XIV ripped off everything from WOW but its top-tier worldbuilding. Theyve already been this shameless. Copying one more thing wouldnt be any worse...