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Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness

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9 November 2015

Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Business Division 5, released 9 November 2015 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4.

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What Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness is

Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Business Division 5 and released in 2015. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the wake of the Warrior of Light’s return from Azys Lla, the nation of Ishgard trembled, the faith of her people shaken to its very core. For a thousand years had they fought and died, certain of the justice of their cause, only to be told that their holy war was born of blood and betrayal. What then, for those brave men and women, thus stripped of their righteousness, but to despair? To deny the truth and decry its speakers? And what then for those whom they defamed but to hope on? To have faith in a brighter tomorrow? A tomorrow in which man and dragon might live together in harmony─then as distant as the very stars in the heavens...
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness is the 204th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade in 2015.

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What it launched against

Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness launched on 9 November 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition and Star Wars Battlefront. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, Star Wars Battlefront.

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When did Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness come out?
Final Fantasy XIV: As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness was released on 9 November 2015 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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