# Final Fantasy XIV

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Final Fantasy XIV and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for working well with both mouse and controller and for its atmosphere; critics cite a hostile subscription process.

## Why people recommend it

- Mouse and controller both work well (2 comments): "They designed an interface that is workable for an MMORPG with both mouse and controller" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413890)) "Playing an MMO with a controller in that game was a mind-blowing experience for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48971149))

## What people warn about

- Subscription process is user hostile (2 comments): "as bad as the FF14 subscription process is, it's nothing compared to what they had for FF11 back in the day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162952)) "subscription process was almost user hostile for some reason" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127254))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [World of Warcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-warcraft.md): 67 recommend
- [EVE Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eve-online.md): 52 recommend
- [Ultima Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-online.md): 44 recommend
- [RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/runescape.md): 35 recommend
- [Old School RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-school-runescape.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Final Fantasy XIV", https://hackerapproved.com/p/final-fantasy-xiv/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).