A smell back at the 1.0 version of the game .
Final Fantasy XIV , Square Enix ’s second mainline Final Fantasy MMO , free 12 days ago today on September 30 , 2010 . The biz struggled upon discharge , with dubious grease monkey , a lack of polish that was expect from a Final Fantasy secret plan , and generally unfavourable follow-up .
Amongst the myriad issues that FFXIV 1.0 faced were bizarre log - out messages that seemed to intimate that exit would debauch your data . There was also the experience system that actually penalise you for play the game more , as the longer you played , the less experience you ’d get . And there were maps that divided all regions into virtually unnavigable snarl . It was a disaster that few would miss .
Rebuilt from the ground up in what is widely consider as the greatest turnaround news report in gambling , FFXIV finally re - released as Final Fantasy : A Realm Reborn in August 2013 , also known as 2.0 . The original adaptation of the game is all but go , with the in - biz chronicle account being that the majority of that game ’s locations were damage out of recognition by an event known as The Calamity . The 1.0 version is now not playable , unless you ’re one of the rare few to have a physical copy of the plot back from 2010 .
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Still , Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 hold out on in a phone number of ways . Firstly in the characters . Many of the staple of the game who were introduced in 1.0 , such as Y’shtola , Minfilia , Thancred , Y’da , and others stay on as main theatrical role . Although , they have taken a back seat to more mod additions such as Alphinaud , Alisaie , andKrile , in recent expansion .
What ’s more , the original 1.0trailerhas some familiar faces for Shadowbringers fans . The generic avatars featured in the promotional video finally attend to instigate the Warriors of Darkness who were antagonists and eventual ally in the plot ’s third expansion . While not named as Ardbert , Renda - Rae , Lamitt , Branden , and Nyelbert , they are clearly recognisable .
Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 is fundamentally lose medium at this detail . It was such a disaster on release that it ’s potential Square Enix wants to shut the room access on that unfortunate past for just , and centre on the huge success that come after with A Realm Reborn .
Still Final Fantasy XIV ’s setting is forever inspired by 1.0 . And every time you see a veteran tattoo from a player who was playing in 1.0 , or the eccentric of Estinien , who has been a trainer in the Dragoon quest since the game release , you may remember that there was once a very odd , very janky version of Final Fantasy XIV that no longer exist . And perhaps we ’re all the better for it .
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