This is especially true in the case of the game’s most recent expansion, Shadowbringers, where players try to restore balance to a world that is almost entirely engulfed in a tidal wave of light. But it also helped establish a theme of destruction and recovery that is a core aspect of the game’s story. The catastrophic event that played out as the servers shut down played an important role in establishing the state of the world at the start of A Realm Reborn. The game would eventually shut down its servers in 2012 before relaunching as Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn in 2013.Īlthough A Realm Reborn was developed as a new and separate game, it still connects to the original version in its narrative. It was then when Yoshida was brought in to be the new director and producer.
When the massively multiplayer role-playing game was originally released in 2010, it dealt with so much backlash from players and critics that it led to the game’s original director and producer leaving the project.
Final Fantasy XIV is a game that’s strangely familiar with being destroyed.
