In this episode of my massive Let’s Play Gameplay Playthrough of Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers, now I wanna go watch Legends of the Hidden Temple again.
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TITLE: Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
DEVELOPER: Square Enix
PLATFORM: PC (Steam)
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is the third expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and PlayStation 4. It was released on July 2, 2019, two years after Stormblood, the previous expansion. Like its predecessors, Naoki Yoshida served as director and producer and Masayoshi Soken composed the soundtrack. The expansion pack was released as a standalone product for current players; for new players, the “Complete Edition” that originally launched with Heavensward was updated to include all expansions including Shadowbringers.
Shadowbringers takes place on the First, a parallel dimension that has succumbed to apocalyptic collapse. Players are transported to this world and embark on a quest to restore vitality to the ruined land. They are joined by old comrades who have been trapped on the First, as well as Emet-Selch, an immortal villain who aims to harness the First’s desolation to trigger a mirrored calamity on the player’s home world. Emet-Selch accompanies the player, confident in the success of his plan regardless of the player’s meddling. In addition to adding new areas, the expansion pack increases the level cap, debuts two character classes and two playable races, and introduces the ability to explore dungeons with non-playable “Trust” companions.
Shadowbringers was well received upon release and earned nominations for “Expansion of the Year”. Critics praised the story as well as the game’s accessibility to new players, both of which were focuses during development. In December 2019, Square Enix announced that the title had reached a cumulative total of 18 million player accounts. As with its predecessors, major content patches were scheduled for every three months. These updates expanded the main story, added new features, and premiered secondary storylines including a crossover written by Yoko Taro that features characters and elements from Nier: Automata and the Restoration of Ishgard, a long term campaign to rebuild the embattled nation in the aftermath of the Dragonsong War. The third major content patch had its release delayed by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ranjit just does not know how to take a hint. In addition to that he’s also something of zealot, given the fate of that rather incompetent commander. If I were an optimist I’d say that fall killed him, but as I’m definitely not we’ll definitely be seeing that stuck up old buzzard again. Y’shtola on the other hand….time certainly hasn’t changed her tendency to be, as she herself said: exceedingly reckless. That was a solid little fakeout nonetheless.
Of greater concern is what Emet Selch did to remedy Y’shtola’s Hail Mary. To pull Y’shtola out of the Lifestream the 1st time, it took Kan-E-Senna, Y’shtola’s relative as a reference and beseeching the Gridanian Elementals for aid and the process was difficult and risky. And Emet just seemingly took a peek into the Lifestream, single-handedly tracked down her soul by its colour, having only met her once and then pulled her out like it was nothing. The snarky old Ascian is evidently more powerful than he lets on. Makes me wonder whether he truly is worried about ending up like Lahabrea, or if that was a lie and he could actually kill the whole group by himself. If so then is he actually being genuine with his overtures of cooperation? The way he was talking earlier made it sound like he’s also experienced loss similar to the Scions losing Y’shtola. He remains distainful towards people and yet says that the Rejoinings are for their own benefit. He doesn’t appear to be the type to kill for the hell of it like Lahabrea, so if he’s being serious about the rejoinings being a help, then how? What endgame does these rejoinings serve and how does the subsequent billions dead help Mankind? Emet really is fascinating. Eagerly awaiting more.