Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
2015
Audio: English, Japanese, German, French · Subtitles: English, German, Japanese, French
- role-playing (rpg)
- action
- fantasy
- drama
- single player
- multiplayer
- co-operative
- massively multiplayer online (mmo)
The story
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is the first expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV Online. The expansion takes the Warriors of Light journey to Ishgard a city-state mired in a thousand-year conflict with the dragons of the Dravanian Horde. Can our heroes uncover the ancient truths buried in Ishgard’s bloody history and help bring an end to the Dragonsong War? Can the Warriors of Light cast off the shadows that darken the realm?
What it’s like
Snow-dusted Gothic spires against pale winter skies, then the sudden freedom of soaring over jagged mountains and sunlit clouds on a winged mount. Ishgard's frost-bitten stone streets and candlelit cathedral interiors give way to wide, luminous highlands, and the whole world is scored with sweeping orchestral music that swells during flights and turns hushed and mournful in the city's cold corridors. The vibe is earnest, wistful epic: a sense of old grief under bright ambition. Pacing is measured, with long stretches of conversation, exploration and quiet political intrigue broken by bursts of large-scale battle. Its arcs follow a community wrestling with inherited prejudice and a long-running war, and the emotional register is serious without being bleak. Combat is stylized and rarely graphic; violence involves fantasy weapons and magic, war and death are present in the story, and it is never gory. It suits long evenings, weekend sessions with friends, or a comfort return to a big, slow-burning world. It is for players who want an immersive MMO with cinematic atmosphere, scenic flight, and group raiding that rewards teamwork.
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