Author: freeffxiv

I feel that I have more reason to take umbrage with Final Fantasy XIV than most, as I have discussed. This was an MMORPG that I decreed as so desirable that I would purchase a new PC, opted for the more expensive, special edition, and settle in for extended revelry on my 20th birthday. Now […]

Square Enix announced yesterday that they’re working on an HD release of Final Fantasy for the PC. While a release date and the addition of any fancy extras have yet to be announced, the HD spruce up is itself enough of a tempter to have me picking up a copy.   The Final Fantasy series […]

Square Enix have sent along a new batch of screenshots of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn in preparation for the next round of closed beta testing next month. The images show off some of the sights of Eorzea. Particular highlights are the large floating crystals which act as teleportation hubs between locations in the game and […]

Final Fantasy series lineage can be a complicated business, so pay attention: Lighting Returns isn’t a remake of Final Fantasy XIII, as its title might mislead you into concluding; nor is it even a direct sequel to that game. It’s actually the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII-2, and sees the end of the Fabula Nova […]

We may not see many Final Fantasy games make their way to PC (though, we are starting to get something of their back catalogue) but Square Enix are meeting us halfway and including content from previous games in the next iteration to grace our platform, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. One of the FATE […]

Every time I see a trailer for an RPG I can’t help but narrow my eyes and grumble that whoever it is on screen doing all that awesome stuff it isn’t me, just some generic ‘hero’ who doesn’t have the head I’m going to be staring at the back of for a few hundred hours. Evidently, […]

Reborn is the right word. Final Fantasy XIV has always been a difficult game; an MMO built for Final Fantasy fans and players, it was roundly kicked in the face by both critics and its community before being taken offline late last year. Square Enix promised to have a second try. That second try is […]

Each weekend of April will see groups of excited Final Fantasy fans will be lead through a closed beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. On show during the event are the forests around the city of Gridania and the addition of personal Chocobo mounts. I’m not au fair with the Final Fantasy games […]

Final Fantasy XIV may still only be in beta but that’s not stopping Square Enix from filling out the game’s site with details of the villains and beasts you’ll be battling. A packed bestiary’s been added to the site, telling the backstory and abilities of the beings which threaten Eorzea. They’ve also dropped descriptions of […]

In a new live Letter from the Producer video Q&A, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn producer Naoki Yoshida touches upon the differences between the Dragoon and Monk jobs in the game. Says Yoshida: Dragoon is your standard damage dealer. However, by attacking from behind or from the side of your enemy you will get […]