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Final Fantasy 14 will make life easier for solo playersPlus plans for visual upgrades
Plus plans for visual upgrades
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalkerbrought a close to some of the long-running MMO’s story arcs, but it’s far from the end for a game that proved so popular Square Enix briefly removed it from sale. In a live broadcast earlier this week, producer and director Naoki Yoshida outlined future ambitions, including making it possible to play all “main scenario dungeons of A Realm Reborn” with NPC pals instead of other players.
Yoshida also mentioned the game’s first planned graphical update, and a partial roadmap of new content to come in future patches.
You can watch an archive of the full Letter From The Produce livestreamover on Twitch, if you’ve got five hours spare.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER Launch Trailer
A Realm Reborn launched back in 2013 and hasn’t received a graphical update since. It still finds ways to be pretty, but proper visual enhancements will arrive with the next expansion pack. That includes plans for improvements to characters, the world, and “will encompass elements like higher-resolution textures, improved material qualities, and better lighting and shadow effects.”
While announcing a “partial” roadmap for future updates, Yoshida also said that future patches would be released every four months, rather than every three-and-a-half as before. “Looking at our schedule and how we work, I do want my team to be healthy, and to be able to maintain a good level of quality because they’re taking the necessary breaks,” Yoshida said via translator. “To be honest, there were areas where we might not have performed as well as we should have, because some of us may have been pushing too hard.”
Here’s that partial roadmap in full:
