When Final Fantasy XIV was first released on the PC in fall of 2010, I was at a point where I had taken a hiatus from the MMO genre. New entries in the genre were popping up seemingly all of the time, but none of them were able to pull off anything new and/or interesting ….  Read More

The tale of Final Fantasy XIV was not a happy one. As with many of Square’s console projects last generation, it met with less than universal acclaim. In fact, it was roasted from one end of the Internet to another – laughed at and derided. Farmed out to a Chinese MMO factory, it was of ….  Read More

I, much like countless others, watched over Final Fantasy XIV with a careful eye when it was first announced. By all accounts, the release of Final Fantasy XIV, was less than stellar. The MMORPG was panned by critics and users alike and subscribers seemed to dwindle by the day. Square Enix, in the interest of saving face ….  Read More

Final Fantasy XIV makes me happy for a variety of reasons. Some of them I’ve written about, and some things make me slightly less than happy on a whole. The point is made either way: I like the game, and there’s a lot of stuff to write about, a lot of big issues that easily ….  Read More

When Final Fantasy XIV released, it met very underwhelmed audiences. Subscriber base quickly plummeted, and years of development time suddenly seemed like they were going to go waste. Square Enix‘s plan was to talk to the community, find out what the problems were, and fix them in the form of a huge game update.Final Fantasy ….  Read More