Day: August 10, 2013

I’m going to completely fail to surprise any longtime readers of the site with this sentence: I am kind of a fan of Final Fantasy XIV. Of course I am. I write our weekly column about the game, I discuss the game in other columns, and I went across the country to preview the game […]

I’ve mentioned in the past that sometimes plans get changed dramatically between when I plan my next column and when I actually write it. This week, it turned out that I could stop being mum about the Final Fantasy XIV beta. So that meant throwing out plans and starting back over. In fact, it meant […]

We know now that the next test phase for Final Fantasy XIV will not be until June. This is good insofar as the next test will contain a lot more stuff and bad insofar as I want to play. Those of you living vicariously through impressions articles such as this one probably have less of […]

We all like to stop and smell the roses. And then we like to pluck those roses, bring them home, and melt them into component enzymes that will allow us access to a temporary attack power buff. Final Fantasy XIV is beautiful, sure, but you need that attack power bonus. If it isn’t obvious, this […]

Do you smell that on the wind, my friends? It smells like June is fast approaching, and more importantly it smells like soon we’ll be able to welcome the third phase of testing with open arms. Which is good, since I am currently going through withdrawal. I wake up in cold sweats, try to change […]

The thing about Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting is that it’s always been an odd mixture of wonderful and terrible, much like the game as a whole. You had crazily interconnected crafts that could be frustrating to level, the simple difficulty of trying to find the items you need, and a minigame that made mass production […]

Square has released a brand-spanking new trailer for its Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn reboot. The three-minute clip centers on job actions, which is another way of saying three minutes of various classes standing in place showing off various attacks. Let’s see, there’s the Paladin, the Warrior, the Monk, the White Mage, the Dragoon, […]

It’s no secret that Final Fantasy XIV will host quite a number of monsters. Some of those are already familiar to players from both the beta weekends and from the original game, but there are a lot of monsters even after you count those. The team behind the game has put together a new trailer […]

February 25 will see A Realm Reborn begin closed beta testing With the 43rd Producer’s Letter, Naoki Yoshida released the much anticipated news that FFXIV: A Realm Reborn will begin closed beta on February 25. This is a week later than planned for but the extra time has been used to add extra features and […]

This is not a test Fernehalwes teases us with shots of a pre-beta beta test within the Square-Enix offices!  We get a taste of FATE, new instanced dungeons, and lounging!  Discuss in the Zam forums! This is Not a Test February 08, 2013 Hello everyone! Fernehalwes back again. I mean, seriously. I leave Pinurabi alone […]