Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is the fourth expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV Online. The expansion takes the story to the "finale" of the Hydaelyn–Zodiark arc. In addition to adding new areas, the expansion…
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, released 7 December 2021 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4.
What Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yet shadowed by their triumph in the First, the Warrior of Light and Scions of the Seventh Dawn are home at last. An even greater calamity than refulgent oblivion has been building in their absence, however─a second advent of the Final Days. Should all despair, the myriad conflicts that now ravage the land cannot but foretoken an end to life in the Source. Take heart in the faith of those who walk beside you, and journey ever higher─to the very stars above.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is the 304th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XIV Online: Complete Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 88 is 11 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 89% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™i5 2.4GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and 1280 x 720: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX750 or better AMD Radeon™ R7 260X or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 80GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker launched on 7 December 2021, within three weeks of Halo Infinite, Solar Ash, Battlefield 2042 and Pokémon Shining Pearl. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Halo Infinite, Solar Ash, Battlefield 2042, Pokémon Shining Pearl.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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