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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online is a mmorpg, rpg and massively multiplayer game
developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on February 18th 2014 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, French, German and Japanese.
It has received 79,461 reviews of which 69,848 were positive and 9,613 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. đ
The game is currently priced at 9.99⏠on Steam.
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These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: WindowsÂŽ 10 64 bit, WindowsÂŽ 11 64 bit
- Processor: IntelÂŽ Coreâ˘i7-7700 or higher
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 140 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectSoundÂŽ supported sound card
- Additional Notes: System Requirements may be subject to change. If you are using a router, please set up your ports so that the below packets can pass through. [Ports that may be used] TCPďź80, 443, 54992ď˝54994, 55006ď˝55007, 55021ď˝55040
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Almost 7,500 hours later⌠it's time to say goodbye. I've loved Final Fantasy XIV for yearsâmet some of my closest friends, spent an ungodly amount of money, and sunk thousands of hours into it. So, of course, I will recommend it, but this will largely be a review of why the game has lost me now. Endwalker was an incredible high point, a perfect send-off to a decade-long journey, and I don't regret a second of it. The storytelling in Endwalker was some of the best Iâve ever experienced in an MMO. The depth of the characters, especially the Ascians, was phenomenalâcomplex, heartfelt, and deeply resonant. It tackled existential themes in a way that hit even harder during the height of COVID, making it feel personal and cathartic. The emotional weight of that expansion, the way it brought together years of storylines and character growthâit was peak FFXIV. Itâs the kind of storytelling that sticks with you and I will always be grateful to have experienced it. But after that? I just couldnât get into Dawntrail. I donât think it was ever meant to live up to Endwalkerâhow could it? But after everything weâve been through as the Warrior of Light, the supposed Hero of Eorzea, Dawntrail just didnât hit right for me. The lack of engaging rewards and compelling content made it feel like we were just treading water rather than embarking on a new, exciting chapter. This expansion just felt... empty. No real stakes, no gripping narrative weight, and nothing pulling me forward. I wanted to love it, I really didâbut it just didnât have the same spark. And honestly, the cracks have been showing for a while. The game has a bad habit of making content obsoleteâgrindy, fun content like Eureka, Bozja, and Deep Dungeons are basically ghost towns because thereâs no reason to go back. Why canât we get relevant rewards from these? Why is the only viable way to progress locked behind daily roulettes and the same dungeon grind? ESO figured this out ages agoâFFXIV could, too. Give players more relevant cross-activity rewards for their time, and appropriate EXPERIENCE. Why doesn't Eureka help you level alts?? Why can't they throw content restricted rewards (like old Savage Raid gear or special outfits) AND tomestones in the deep dungeons or instance areas like Bozja where we can hang out and grind mindlessly for them. It's an easy way to keep veteran players entertained since we've done everything else and are SO tired of roulette leveling, while also keeping older content relevant. Then thereâs the glamours. I loved this game for the roleplay, the customization, the endless fashion game. But lately? Recolors of old outfits, uninspired designsâit lost its shine. And donât even get me started on housing. Player housing was supposed to be a thriving community space, but in reality? Neighborhoods are full of people who log in once a month just to pay their ârentâ and keep their plot/decor/submarines from being wastedâwhich was me for two years. Thatâs not a housing system, thatâs a hostage situation. Why canât we just have instanced housing, where everyone can have a home and still have ways to visit other players' homes through a searchable system? Instead, weâre stuck with an artificial scarcity model where housing isnât about creativity or communityâitâs about keeping a subscription active so you donât lose your investment. Thatâs a terrible system, and itâs long overdue for a fix. *edited because I forgot to comment on this too* One of the other big frustrations Iâve had, especially as a long-time player, is getting new friends into the game. If youâve been playing for years and unlocked everything, good luck getting your friends to the endgame with you let alone on the same server, thanks to congestion and character creation restrictions. I had a bunch of new friends who wanted to play, but the process of getting them to where I was? Painful. Everything is locked behind hours of mandatory story quests, and a lot of them are fetch quests that just arenât fun to grind through. Imagine telling someone, yeah, you can come play with me! But first, go complete hundreds of quests, read through cutscenes you may or may not care about, and grind solo for dozens of hours before we can even do something together OR spend 100 bucks on the game and the story boost and have no idea what you're doing. Some MMOs let you jump right in and experience content togetherâFFXIV gates it behind an endless solo journey in between dungeon unlocks. So that was a deciding factor for a lot of friends, including my partner, who simply didnât want to grind through a story just to play with me. And honestly, I donât blame them, and by now the game system just isn't new player friendly in contrast with MMO's like WoW or ESO. So yeah, itâs bittersweet, but after nearly 10 years, Iâm letting my sub lapse. I still recommend FFXIVâitâs been a phenomenal journeyâbut I canât pretend the magic is still there. Maybe one day it will be again, but I don't have my hopes up.
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I'm in my mid-40s, and have never played an online game until last year. I'd heard too many horror stories, and honestly, I was worried I wouldn't be able to manage the keyboard controls. My left hand is mostly brain dead. I jumped into gaming last year for Palia. While there's a much longer story to be told there, I will just say that the thing I was doing to try to relax and escape from the hellish timeline we're all living in, became more frustration than fun, more exasperation than escape. I stuck with it for a bit over a year, still hoping it would eventually become what the OG team had promoted. It won't. Not ever. So I asked some other players what game I should try next, and the most overwhelmingly consistent response was FFXIV. I started the free trial last week. I was terrified of the combat, and of having so many new things to learn, but found myself sucked in, all the same. Now, I will unashamedly say I am hooked through the bag. The story is captivating, and keeps me on the edge of my seat as I progress through the MSQ and gradually piece together the epic, sweeping history of Eorzea and all her climes and cultures, magic and mystery. I care about the world and the races that dwell within it, and want to know everything they will tell me. I care about how my efforts are intertwined with the main conflict that propels the plot forward and outward in an ever expanding, ever shifting, inescapably immersive lore. The artwork for both characters and landscapes is mind boggling in its beauty, complexity, and variety. For the first week, I don't think I've managed to play for a single hour without gasping in awe as I summit some new horizon and experience a new part of Eorzea for the first time, or without grinning in delight at some tiny detail that I very nearly missed. The mechanics are immense, but masterfully introduced so that even the newbiest newb can fairly easily and almost entirely naturally learn as they play. Believe me, if I could understand all of the different systems in place in less than a week, anyone can. Yet those systems and mechanics, at least so far, don't feel stale or boring or rote, and there is always a challenge to be had for those who are driven by that need. I've never reviewed a game before, and I definitely didn't intend to compose a novella, but I couldn't wait another moment to sing the praises of one of the most skillfully - and obviously passionately - created worlds I've ever encountered in any sort of fiction, in my 40+ years of reading fantasy and scif, and watching shows and movies in the same genres. I only wish I could rate it higher!
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you start off wanting to become the pinnacle of combat and raiding hardcore dungeons. then you realize your true passion as a blacksmith.
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Ever since I jumped from another (famous) MMO to Final Fantasy XIV, I never looked back. Not really. I regretted I didn't start sooner. This game is far more superior in almost every aspect of it. * Stories - plural! * Side quests - with quality instead of just "go fetch stuffs there and bring them here" * Dungeons, Trials, Raids - they all have very high replayability * Graphic quality is superior - not just how good it is, but also its consistency. I rarely (or never) see stuttering. GPU usage (percentage) is very flatly consistent. * Jobs/Classes - I am happy I only need one character to play all of them * Race variety is really nice - who would have thunk that they would talk to a potato * Game stability! * Communities are protected from abusive chats * Runs on so many platforms from the start * Continuous improvement - who would have gone back to fix the (legacy) dungeon support! Play with NPC to practice. Awesome. * Gathering, Crafting, Events - too many things to do in the game * Apartment (do you own one?) and House * I don't do PvP but yeah What I have trouble with: * Finding friends to play dungeons/trials/raids with on my free time. hehe. So. Add me as friend: Vivian Zhou in Kujata (Elemental). I main White Mage. But also play Black Mage and sometimes Gunbreaker. I am back from a year of hiatus (there goes my house) and picking up the Dawntrail.
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You either die a sprout or you play long enough to become infatuated with the villains.
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Online players
21,181
Developer
Square Enix
Publisher
Square Enix
Release
18 Feb 2014
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