Final Fantasy 14 was a failure at launch, but the developers shut down the game and relaunched the new version A Realm Reborn. It was a success and has led to the mmo becoming more popular and getting more expansions. In this video I talk about the history of FFXIV and what made A Realm Reborn so successful.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:49 1.0 is Released
8:02 Dalamud
9:59 A Realm Reborn
15:52 Starting your Story
18:07 Meet the Scions
20:15 Ifrit
25:07 Titan
27:16 Meet Cid
28:25 Coerthas
29:04 Dungeons
30:36 Garuda
32:12 Ultima
33:40 Rescue the Scions
36:03 Operation Archon
45:42 Lahabrea
50:07 Raids
51:52 Conclusion
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I don’t know what a final fantasy is….
Final Fantasy 14 or FFXIV is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida, it was released worldwide for Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, as a replacement for the failed 2010 version of the game, with support for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and macOS releasing later. Final Fantasy XIV takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original 2010 release. At the conclusion of the original game, 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, released in September 2010, was a commercial and critical failure. In response, then-Square Enix President Yoichi Wada announced that a new team, led by Yoshida, would take over and attempt to fix the issues with it. 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. This new game, initially dubbed “Version 2.0”, features a new game engine, improved server infrastructure, and revamped gameplay, interface, and story. The original version shut down in November 2012 and was followed by an alpha test for Version 2.0.
The game released to largely positive reception; critics praised the game for its solid mechanics and progression, and they commended Yoshida for turning the project around. After a poor 2013 fiscal year, Square Enix executives attributed the company’s 2014 return to profitability in part to the game’s strong sales and subscriber base, reaching a total of over 24 million registered players by October 2021, also becoming the most profitable Final Fantasy game to date. The game has had a number of post-release updates produced for it, including four major expansion packs: Heavensward (2015), Stormblood (2017), Shadowbringers (2019), and Endwalker (2021).
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From Failure to Triumph – FFXIV A Realm Reborn
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Ooh la la, a new type of video… and 54 minutes long! Better grab a snack. I played xiv at launch, so bring me back. 😂
Damn jordy! nice vid! will have to pop by one of your streams again to show some love!
Great video 👍👍
i will never get tired watching this vid talking how failure led to the success of ffxiv
Here's a fun fact, the voice actor for Alphinaud in ARR was Sam Regal, who played as Scanlan in Season one of Critical Role. Check if you don't believe me, it is true.
FF14 is one of those games that are greater than the medium itself .. it's so much more ❤
9:36 also the permanent discount on the subscription fee in the form of the legacy status, that was also among the rewards
This is excellent! So many laughs and still very reverential, looking forwards to more as now you have to keep doing them 😂
I've heard a lot of people call the twins Boy and Girl Alisae. Also how dare you slander my boy Alphibro! You saw him grow through heavensward and the following patches too! No excuses!
Fantastic video! I just subbed.
Nicely researched! With the Jordy touch, another great video o/
36:50
Cape Westwind may be dead, but the meme lives on.
"Maybe not Endwalker, that'll walk." So deep. 🙂
22:20 i think it's far more about the writing. In ARR, he was written to be a smug piece of shite, and his voice actor Sam Regal really did make you believe it, as they often say, if you hate a character then the actor done their job well. I am a fan of Sam from critical role but when i hear him voice Alphi, an uncontrolled hatred boils up in me because i know it means i am witnessing "douche Alphinoud" instead of Alphibro from later expansions.
Nice. You should do a synopsis of HW :D.
Also, cult status aside, YoshiP is probably one of the top devs in the industry currently. What he managed to do is really impressive and almost unheard of. Most other studios just shut down their games when they flop that bad, or scale them back into a f2p nightmare. So he well does deserve the hype and accolades he gets, as well as his BU3 team.
37:57 honeslty it is far far better than it used to be. I have mixed fealings about the changes to castrum and preatorium in general (i like how quick and frantic they feel but i miss some of the old stuff like having to actually blow up the fuel lines in castrum, or the magitek recognising you in prea). The livia fight is 1000% better though since the old one requires like 2 people to randomly hit missile turrets every few mins to damage her while the tank distracted her.
Tldr; over all i think i prefered the longer old version of castrum but i definetly prefer the livia figgt now.
What a phenomenal video, had a blast watching it!
wait, what? there are people who hate Nero? How can you hate that bastardly smile he gives whenever he opens his mouth? absolute legend of a character
Damn another lengthy video. Apart from classic Jordy mispronunciations there are a couple of mistakes 😛 , one being Dalamud was not made by the Garlean Empire/Cid's dad but by the ancient Allagans the even more high tech and also highly imperial world conquering bastards. The Meteor Project, helmed by Cid's dad brought Dalamud out of orbit (it's a bit more involved). Can't remember the other mistake that's how minor it was…
Great video, look forward to your return to streaming. Totally won't want to join in on the raids or trials…
omg 54:12 killed me. i'm dead now. thank you for that.
I really hope you are able to do all the expansions and story like this. It was a blast to listen to, even as someone who has played through this story an obscene amount of times lol. Your humor is just so good