#FINAL FANTASY XIV REVIEW SERIES#

Yet Endwalker’s chronicling of how Etherys defiantly stands tall opposite the piercing glare of nihilism is most captivating of all – especially when it asks the same of you. Final Fantasy 14’s fourth expansion is rife with electrifying white-knuckle trials, hauntingly beautiful landscapes, wildly imaginative new job classes, and countless other facets that make up this excellent game.

#FINAL FANTASY XIV REVIEW SERIES#

Not in the disappointing Game of Thrones series finale kind of way – more like a sincere nudge encouraging you to think about everything that came before. By Endwalker’s curtain call, every fan will question if the journey was worth it. The mere notion of plowing through five RPG’s worth of sprawling landscapes, high-stakes battles, and seemingly endless cutscenes would probably turn me off hadn’t been there from the start. Those critically-acclaimed-free-trial memes roll off the tongue easily enough when you’re already at home in Square Enix’s MMORPG, yet folks on the receiving end likely see little more than an enormous time sink ahead of them. Whether you're a new player or returning to Eorzea after a little break, there really isn't a better time to experience Final Fantasy 14 for yourself.Convincing anyone to give Final Fantasy 14 the time of day is tough. It might take you potentially hours to get into the MMORPG in the first place – hell, you can't even get into the game at all right now if you're a brand new prospective player – but what awaits you after is a vast and welcoming player base, Dungeons with hordes of players chomping at the bit to squad up, an enthralling new storyline and subsequent lands to explore, and so much more. Just over a month from Endwalker's launch, Final Fantasy 14 has arguably never been in better shape than it has been right now. It's pretty hard to detach Final Fantasy 14's current health with its immediate future, considering it's on the cusp of embarking on a brand new journey. There'll no doubt be new characters to befriend, new allies to save, new gear to earn, and so much more. Bountiful as its offerings are, the MMO is continuing over the coming year with a brand new storyline, picking up after Endwalker's climatic events. Not taking into account Final Fantasy 14's immediate future, even when looking at the current state of the game, would be a huge oversight.

There's simply no shortage of activities to enjoy in Final Fantasy 14 right now. If you've yet to delve into Endwalker's offerings, there's well over 50 hours of main plot to soak in, multiple new regions to explore with engaging side quests and characters, eight brand new Dungeons, three new Trials, the new Pandaemonium Raid, and more set to arrive in the coming months. Endwalker has somehow taken 11 years of worldbuilding, storylines, and characters, and wrapped them up in one neat bow, rounding out Final Fantasy 14's comeback from disaster launch over a decade ago to a mega-hit for Square Enix. As we wrote in our Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker review, the new expansion affirms Final Fantasy 14 as one of the best games in the historic series, and possibly the greatest MMO ever made.

All this, and we haven't even touched on Endwalker itself.

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