Final Fantasy XIV Online
Starting development in 2005 under the codename "Rapture", FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE was announced in 2009 for Windows and the PlayStation 3. It ran on Square Enix's Crystal Tools middleware engine, which was…
Final Fantasy XIV Online is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 3, released 30 September 2010 on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 40 hrs to finish.
What Final Fantasy XIV Online is
Final Fantasy XIV Online is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 3 and released in 2010. It was published by Shanda Games. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Crystal Tools.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Starting development in 2005 under the codename "Rapture", FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE was announced in 2009 for Windows and the PlayStation 3. It ran on Square Enix's Crystal Tools middleware engine, which was adjusted to suit the game's specifications. During development, the team carried over multiple aesthetic elements from FFXI while creating something that stood on its own. Due to several factors, the development was beset by problems that would later have drastic effects on the game. Attempts to bring the game to Xbox 360 consoles fell through due to disagreements with Microsoft about the use of Xbox Live. After its alpha test and a delayed beta test, the game went live on September 30…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy XIV Online is the 122nd of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Abyssea in 2010. Its critic score of 35 is 42 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy XIV Online holds a critic score of 35 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 35 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 40 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 300 hrs, roughly 7.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy XIV Online launched on 30 September 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach and Super Meat Boy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Super Meat Boy.
Official trailer
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