Yes, you’ll have to catch up on the base game before you actually get to experience Heavensward, but you’ll find yourself following a story that happily stands its own among the narrative highs of the Final Fantasy series. For new players this is an excellent time to join to see what the fuss is all about. There’s so much to see and do out in the wilderness, and the story is just as gripping as in A Realm Reborn. Heavensward is an excellent new chapter for Final Fantasy 14 fans. But as soon as you unlock the ability to fly in any given zone previous frustrations dissipate in the breeze Those beautifully huge, sweeping landscapes from the air are tediously long slogs from regular eye level. Finding Aether currents to ‘learn’ about an area’s wind patterns is a chore. The only drawback is that it takes a lot of work to do so. It’s a fantastic way of taking in the game’s exceptional sense of style. The increased speed, compared to travel on the ground, makes ducking and weaving between floating Islands or gargantuan trees while you take in those expanded vistas a real treat.

While the PS4 can handle the vastness of the game, PS3 owners will feel more of a strain as the new areas take longer to load in.īut by far the highlight of the expansion is the ability to fly in the new areas. However you will have to learn to juggle your hotbars a bit more with all of the new skills that have been added, but you won’t be at any great disadvantage compared to PC Players. Everything maps easily to a controller, and jumping between targets feels intuitive. The Elder Scrolls Online should have taken notes, FF14 shows everyone how it should be done. It’s also the best MMO you can buy on consoles. It’s a little simplistic, but it’s a nice goal to collectively work towards with your friends and the developers has promised to expand upon it in further patches. You can then send it out to explore and gather rewards for you. By placing chosen schematics on the board you can all see what needs to be made or gathered to finish each part of the ship. As well as all of classes rising to level 60, the option to build your own airship by working together with your Free Company (basically a guild). FF14 also has a crafting system so deep that it easily rivals the fighting, and it’s expanded upon in Heavensward.

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