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Final Fantasy XIV

An MMORPG where scripted raids reward rotation execution and route memorization.

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Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    Tight raid rotations and mechanic dodges

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Bosses follow fixed scripted timelines

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Very little RNG in core content

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    9/10

    Rotations and raid solves are theorycraft puzzles

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2013
Developer
Square Enix Product Development Division 3
Franchise
Final Fantasy
Platforms
Series X|S, PS3, PS4, Switch 2, PC, PS5, Mac
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
IGDB critics
85/100
IGDB users
82/100
Role-playing (RPG)ActionFantasyDramaOpen world