Final Fantasy XIV
Shares rank 14 of 15 MMORPGs by recommenders
Praised for working well with both mouse and controller and for its atmosphere; critics cite a hostile subscription process.
Praised for working well with both mouse and controller and for its atmosphere; critics cite a hostile subscription process.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 55%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Mouse and controller both work well
“They designed an interface that is workable for an MMORPG with both mouse and controller”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows” “Playing an MMO with a controller in that game was a mind-blowing experience for me”
Comment from 19 Jul 2026 in “I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Subscription process is user hostile
“as bad as the FF14 subscription process is, it's nothing compared to what they had for FF11 back in the day”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “The peculiar case of Japanese web design” “subscription process was almost user hostile for some reason”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “The peculiar case of Japanese web design”
Other MMORPGs people recommend
The four most recommended other MMORPGs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World of Warcraft | 67 | 65 | 51% | 12 | 20 yrs5 owners | — |
| EVE Online | 52 | 23 | 69% | 11 | 11 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Ultima Online | 44 | 5 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| RuneScape | 35 | 18 | 66% | 8 | 20 yrs3 owners | — |
| Final Fantasy XIVThis page | 6 | 5 | 55% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The ambiance was nice enough that I didn't feel the need to mute the game when tabbed out.”
“Playing an MMO with a controller in that game was a mind-blowing experience for me”
“I am fine with Square Enix doing Final Fantasy XVI (and XIV expansions)”
“They designed an interface that is workable for an MMORPG with both mouse and controller”
“I found it very unfun. You end up in dungeons with a subset of the abilities you're used to.”
“as bad as the FF14 subscription process is, it's nothing compared to what they had for FF11 back in the day”
“subscription process was almost user hostile for some reason”
“they have a poor desktop site that has poor mobile support!”
“always had this dirty feeling imagining what the backend code must look like”
“It crashes ~10% of the way through downloading the game.”
“WoW, FFXIV, RuneScape, all work great on Linux.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.