Final Fantasy XIV Online

Okay, so I understand that I screamed at you all to ditch big RPGs that charge you with making huge decisions, so why not take on an even bigger one that doesn’t ask you to do any such thing? Welcome to Final Fantasy XIV Online, the feel-good casual MMO that literally all of your friends are playing. Yes, even that one. They may not be talking to you about it, but they definitely log in to run their daily roulettes under the cover of night.

Sometimes you need to disappear into another world, take up the cause and fights of other characters rather than your own, and work it out in an epic decade-long campaign. But the great thing about FFXIV–and this is a staple of most MMOs if we’re being entirely honest–is how many supplementary things there are to do to immerse yourself in the world beyond the main story quest. Do you want to earn some titles and cute minions? Do literally anything else on offer, like become a master crafter, or fisher. There are multiple jobs that you can take on that have nothing to do with combat, dungeons, trials, or anything remotely like that. You can lock in to the most idle game content ever and spend your hours relaxing, casting a line, and chatting with friends in a Discord call. Take it from one of said friends who has been on that call, my friends seemed utterly blissed out, and that could (and perhaps should) be you, too.