Square releasing games before they're ready? Gasp.
What happened!?
To answer my own question, this is what happens when Western game design becomes more popular than Japanese game design. "Wah, it's not suited to my PC controls!" Here's a genius idea: get a console then buy it. Look before you leap, at least, read about these problems before you buy the game.
I'm not saying that everyone should have to read about games before they're released but this is a very "buyer beware" industry now.
MMOs, of course, are traditionally forgiven - by those crazy enough to play pay-to-play MMOs, that is - for having huge amounts of problems at launch since they can get fixed over time with subscription fee powers. Final Fantasy isn't getting this treatment. Why? Well, they probably brought that on themselves with the botched FFXIII and the consistent Westernisation of their narratives and story ideas that has simply removed all the heart from the franchise.
Final Fantasy could have stayed properly Japanese and better off for it, without submitting to class archetypes that are so rigid and caricature-like that even Western gamers find them old hat. It could have kept a story with real tragedy and not simply rely on good graphics. It could have kept its turn based battle system against a horde of completely worthless Western review opinions that misunderstood something that plenty of people still found enjoyment in. In other words, it could've died an honourable franchise death rather than bending to appease fans from other countries than its own.
But instead, here we are, and another MMO comes out unfinished. What do we do? Vote with your feet. Don't buy something half as good as you want it to be. Don't give them a "chance", find a better game. They do exist.
That scenario, I swear... Too much of it.
