The poor fate of this 1.0 release of Final Fantasy XIV has been well-documented, from our own reviews below, to the excellent documentary by Noclip, and many other sources. The short of it is that Final Fantasy XIV was doomed to failure, but thanks to a staff change, re-prioritization, and an ambitious plan to rebuild the game from the ground up to re-launch it three years later, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn released and delivered what this version never could.
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Game Reviews
Review | Author | Platform | Score |
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Final Fantasy XIV – Review Journal 5 | Stephen Harris | Microsoft Windows | 78 |
Final Fantasy XIV – Review Journal 4 | Stephen Harris | Microsoft Windows | 72 |
Final Fantasy XIV – Review Journal 3 | Stephen Harris | Microsoft Windows | 70 |
Final Fantasy XIV – Review Journal 2 | Stephen Harris | Microsoft Windows | 65 |
Final Fantasy XIV – Review Journal 1 | Stephen Harris | Microsoft Windows | 50 |
Music Reviews
Review | Author | Released |
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Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack | Mike Salbato | August 14, 2013 |
Before the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack | Mike Salbato | August 26, 2015 |
Compi de Chocobo | Neal Chandran | September 21, 2013 |
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Returning Home | Stephen Meyerink | January 19, 2011 |
Final Fantasy Solo Guitar Collections Vol.2 | Jerry Williams | January 18, 2011 |
Final Fantasy Vocal Collection | Neal Chandran | January 30, 2013 |
Final Fantasy XIV – Eorzean Frontiers | Derek Heemsbergen | September 1, 2012 |
Final Fantasy XIV Battle Tracks | Patrick Gann | September 29, 2010 |
Final Fantasy XIV Field Tracks | Patrick Gann | September 29, 2010 |
Final Fantasy XIV: Duality ~Arrangement Album~ | Mike Salbato | December 7, 2016 |
From Astral to Umbral ~Final Fantasy XIV: Band & Piano Arrangement Album~ | Mike Salbato | December 17, 2014 |