2 – Final Fantasy 14
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS4 | Release: PC: August 27, 2013, PlayStation 4: April 14, 2014, Xbox One planned | PS Store: Final Fantasy 14 for PlayStation
What is Final Fantasy 14? The successful MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 focuses on telling an exciting story. You experience this by completing many quests with your friends. Exploring the vast game world is also important, whose backstory is revealed through numerous side quests.
- You can expect many quests, divided into main and side missions
- The telling of a continuously unfolding story is central
- In a group, you will face many enemies and boss foes
- A very extensive class system – even crafting professions are structured like classes and require special equipment and skills
- Housing is important for many players
- You can engage in PvP in special zones, but the focus is clearly on a PvE experience
- You defeat opponents using a classic, semi-round-based combat system that is tactical and rather slow
How does Final Fantasy 14 play on console? The MMORPG was developed simultaneously for PC and PlayStation, and you can feel this in the game. The control with a controller is intuitive and straightforward. It is equally fun with a controller as with mouse and keyboard. Only the UI cannot be configured as freely in the console version as in the PC version.
The performance on the PS4 is good, but especially the loading times show a significant improvement compared to the PC version. A noticeable improvement can be observed on the PS4 Pro compared to the normal PS4.
Additionally, crossplay between PC and console is possible. Even accounts can transfer between versions. A PS Plus subscription is not required to play.
Thanks to backward compatibility, you can also play FF14 as usual on the PS5.
Who is Final Fantasy 14 suitable for? Fans of the Final Fantasy series will surely enjoy the MMORPG, as many elements from other games in the series can be found here. These include Chocobos as mounts and cute Moogles. Generally, everyone who enjoys the online role-playing game will have fun as they complete quests with friends and experience a classic MMORPG combat system and an exciting story.
What has happened recently in the game? The latest major update was Shadowbringers, which continues the story and brought many new features and changes. Additionally, smaller updates are continuously released. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the development of updates has slowed down a bit this year.
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