In this episode of my blind and massive Let’s Play Gameplay Playthrough of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker, we’re off to Thavnair!
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TITLE: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
DEVELOPER: Square Enix
PLATFORM: PC (Steam)
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is the fourth expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. It was released on December 7, 2021, over two years after Shadowbringers, the previous expansion, with its production delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Endwalker.
In Endwalker, players as the Warrior of Light travel to the secluded nation of Sharlayan to seek help in handling the approaching Final Days, an apocalyptic event that threatens to destroy the entire world. Meanwhile, Zenos, the mad son of the former emperor of Garlemald, has murdered his father and now seeks a final confrontation with the Warrior of Light. Zenos is assisted by the nihilistic Ascian Fandaniel, who wants the Final Days to occur so everyone, himself included, is wiped out. The story has been marketed as the “finale” of the Hydaelyn–Zodiark arc, drawing the current ongoing story since A Realm Reborn to a close, with an entirely new story beginning in the major patches following release, in contrast to past expansion’s stories continuing into midway thru the post-release patches. In addition to adding new areas, the expansion pack increases the level cap to 90 and debuts two new Final Fantasy “jobs”, Sage and Reaper among other changes.
00:00 For Thavnair Bound
18:41 On Low Tide
24:25 A Fisherman’s Friend
34:49 House of Divinities
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Ah, the "1/3 fish sold" meme continues!
A lot of people, including me, failed selling all the fish. It's a running meme in the community, so don't feel bad xD
It's really interesting to think about how much of this expac's dev cycle fell during COVID abd how that might have influenced elements of the writing. It's hard to see what the merchants of Thavnair are dealing with and not see parallels with commerce coming to a standstill in the real world due to external forces sweeping across the world and closing everything down.
This section of the game often gets reduced to The Hangover: Eorzea Edition bc of the comedic start, but there's a lot of really neat elements in here along with the comedy!