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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Final Fantasy XIV, A Realm Reborn box cover.jpg
Collector's edition cover art
Developer(s) Square Enix Business Division 5
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Director(s) Naoki Yoshida
Producer(s) Naoki Yoshida
Designer(s)
  • Naoki Yoshida
  • Nobuaki Komoto
Programmer(s) Hideyuki Kasuga
Artist(s) Akihiko Yoshida
Writer(s) Kazutoyo Maehiro
Composer(s) Masayoshi Soken
Series Final Fantasy
Platform(s)
Release date(s)
  • Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
  • August 27, 2013
  • PlayStation 4
  • April 14, 2014
  • OS X
  • June 23, 2015
Genre(s) MMORPG
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic PC: 83/100
PS3: 78/100
PS4: 86/100
Review scores
Publication Score
Famitsu 39/40
GameSpot 7.0/10
GamesRadar 4.5/5 stars
IGN 8.6/10
Polygon 9/10
USgamer 5/5 stars
Forbes 9.5/10

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (ファイナルファンタジーXIV: 新生エオルゼア Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn: Shinsei Eoruzea?, lit. Final Fantasy XIV: Reborn Eorzea) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4. It was developed and published by Square Enix with Naoki Yoshida as producer and director, and was released worldwide on August 27, 2013. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original release. At the conclusion of Final Fantasy XIV, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.

The original Final Fantasy XIV was released in September 2010 to overwhelmingly negative reviews. As a result of this poor reception, then-Square Enix President Yoichi Wada announced that a new team, led by Yoshida, would take over development of the title. This team was responsible for generating content for the original version as well as developing a brand new game which would address all of the previous release's criticisms. Initially dubbed "Version 2.0", Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn features a new engine, improved server structures, revamped gameplay and interface, and a new story.


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