Launch Review: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is an uneven experience
Trying to wrap up a decade of storytelling is quite the ask, and the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion certainly attempts to make waves.
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Trying to wrap up a decade of storytelling is quite the ask, and the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion certainly attempts to make waves.
By some miracle, I successfully went the entirety of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail without wanting to bone the giant two-headed lizard man Bakool Ja Ja. A surprising feat considering just how many players seem to be down bad for him, somehow putting him on the same level as folk like moody bad boy Emet Selch and goofy gluttonous catboy G'raha Tia.
Have you heard of the critically-acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14? Founding father of the Final Fantasy franchise Hironobu Sakaguchi sure has.
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail has been out for less than a week. I'm barely starting to near the story's final act myself, however that hasn't stopped the admirably ravenous theorycrafting communities of the world from tearing into its new job balance adjustments.
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's been out for a week at the time of writing (this is including the Early Access period—which is mostly symbolic and there to split the server load up). In that time, Square Enix has already been quick to promise a glut of job adjustments following player feedback, as posted to its news site yesterday.
Final Fantasy 14 is offering free game time as an apology for Dawntrail's launch issues across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and more.
Final Fantasy 14's famed low-poly grapes have mercifully been preserved in the wake of the MMO's huge graphics overhaul.
Coming off two critically acclaimed expansions, has some big shoes to fill. The fifth expansion for (sixth, if counting the reboot that was ), sees familiar faces in strange lands while setting up a new narrative arc after resolved the Hydalean and Zodiark storyline. For anyone who's seen the trailer for, it's also noticeable what a 180 this expansion feels like — forgoing the darkness that permeated through the last two expansions for sunshine, beaches, and tacos.