Year: 2013

Final Fantasy XIV’s party setup already makes a bold step away from normal conventions. Where most games these days top out with parties of four or five players, a full party in Eorzea is eight people with according benefits. It’s definitely a game of numbers.This offers some unique drawbacks and advantages all at once. The […]

Every so often, there are pieces of information put out that are transparently false, stories so insane you know they simply must be fabricated… like the idea that Final Fantasy XIV would promise the introduction of a new mount and that said mount would be one of the toothy monsters known as a goobbue. It’s […]

My time spent at the Final Fantasy XIV tour didn’t just include a preview of the areas to be found in the upcoming beta. No, we proud and few got the chance to also explore some of the game’s other iconic areas, areas closed off at the start of the beta but slated for opening […]

Having a conversation with Naoki Yoshida can be a very intimidating exercise. It’s not because of his demeanor; he’s friendly, genial, and has an obvious sense of humor. No, it’s because there’s an unmistakable level of energy to him, a huge amount of passion and ambition that drives everything he talks about. He’s exactly the […]

The recent Final Fantasy XIV press event in San Francisco didn’t just mean a chance to sit down and play the game amidst a lushly decorated room, although that was certainly on the agenda. It also meant a chance to ask director and producer Naoki Yoshida some questions about the game going forward and the […]

They’ve been previewed on the main page, they’ve been hinted at in quest texts, but the Grand Companies of Final Fantasy XIV haven’t been seen in the game — at least, not until now. Along with all of the mechanical shifts, patch 1.18 is also bringing the long-awaited organizations into play, offering players new opportunities […]

There are five playable races resembling those from Final Fantasy XI.Each race has a new name and their appearance has been altered; additionally, each is divided into two clans. The “missing genders” for some races (Female Roegadyn, Male Miqo’te and Female Highlander Hyur) will become available upon the PlayStation 3 release. [1] A recent player’s […]

Huge Materia “An extremely large materia.” —Description, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. The Huge Materia (ヒュージマテリア, Hyūji Materia?) in Final Fantasy VII are extraordinarily powerful Materia, produced in the core of a Mako Reactor. They are high density Materia that have 330 times the power of a regular Materia. The Huge Materia bear an uncanny resemblance […]

Okay, we’re back with another edition of our Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn previewand we still have so much to cover. Don’t worry; we’ll get there, I promise. If you missed our introduction to character creation or battle systems make sure to head over and check them out. This time around we will visit on […]

“A new age is upon us…and we fight, to make it ours.” —Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Game Trailer To complete the cycle of modifying the game after the initial reception, Square Enix announced a “2.0″ update of the game named Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. A Realm Reborn is not an expansion […]