Automous reviews Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Final Fantasy XIV[b] is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida, it was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, with clients for PlayStation 4 and macOS following later. The game, known as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[c], is a replacement for the 2010 version of Final Fantasy XIV, which was shut down after negative reception at its launch. Final Fantasy XIV takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original release. At the conclusion of the original game, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.
Developer(s) Square Enix Business Division 5
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Director(s) Naoki Yoshida
Producer(s) Naoki Yoshida
Designer(s)
Naoki Yoshida
Nobuaki Komoto
Programmer(s) Hideyuki Kasuga
Artist(s)
Akihiko Yoshida
Tsubasa Masao
Writer(s) Kazutoyo Maehiro
Composer(s) Masayoshi Soken
Series Final Fantasy
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
OS X
PlayStation 3[a]
PlayStation 4
Release
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
August 27, 2013
PlayStation 4
April 14, 2014
OS X
June 23, 2015
Genre(s) Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s) Multiplayer