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Endwalker was originally planned for a Q3 2021 release but was ultimately delayed to Q4 2021. [ 22 ] Expansions for Final Fantasy XIV are traditionally announced at Fan Festival, a biennial convention that takes place in Japan, North America, and Europe, but these events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 16 ]
Many critics regarded it as the best Final Fantasy story in years, [44] [91] [94] with some considering it a contender for best Final Fantasy game. [79] [81] [88] [89] [92] According to review aggregator Metacritic, it received "universal acclaim" for both PC and PlayStation 4 versions, based on 25 and 18 reviews, respectively.
A second manga series, Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea Academy, was released in December 2021. [192] Three lore books, Encyclopaedia Eorzea I - III, were released on 17 October 2016, 24 November 2018, [193] and 19 December 2023 [194] respectively as well as a cookbook featuring recipes for various in-game dishes. [195]
Its land bridge to the other continents acts as a buffer state to Eorzea. [11] Twenty years before Stormblood, the Empire conquered Ala Mhigo in the wake of a popular uprising against the monarchy. Gaius van Baelsar, the legatus leading the invasion, had intended to conquer all of Eorzea, but stalled in the face of Eorzean and dragon resistance ...
Naoki Yoshida, producer and director for the series, considers it the start of "season two" of a long-running television show, [6] and hopes to use it to lay the groundwork for another 10 years of service. [15] For Yoshida, it was important to reset the stakes of the conflict from a universe-ending threat to a more personal one. [9]
The flawed release and poor reception of the game had a heavy impact on Square Enix: citing XIV among other reasons, the company reduced its projected income for the year by 90%. [78] At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Wada issued an official apology for the quality of the game, saying that "the Final Fantasy brand [had] been greatly damaged". [ 79 ]
Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack is collection of music from the expansion pack including both the launch and Patch 3.1, "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness". The album was released by Square Enix on February 24, 2016, on Blu-ray Disc and includes a documentary about the sound production process featuring Soken.
Jayson Napolitano of Destructoid, in his review of the album, found that while there were many interesting tracks in the album and that the total length of more than three hours made the album a "good deal", that most of the tracks that he enjoyed the most were previously featured on the Final Fantasy XIV Battle Tracks and Field Tracks mini-albums.