Final Fantasy 14’s 10th Anniversary Seasonal Quest is a Love Letter For Fans Old and New

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the 10th anniversary The Rising Seasonal Quests.As prominent in online gaming circles Final Fantasy 14 is these days, it may be hard for fans to picture a time when things were different. However, back in 2010, the FF14 that players knew was incredibly different, as well as a commercial failure. After the original MMORPG suffered immense trouble during development, it released for PC to great sales upon launch, but rather negative reviews from critics. As the game was close to being shut down, Square Enix put Naoki Yoshida in charge as producer and director, who eventually introduced the immersive real-time plot of how Bahamut destroyed Eorzea, with Louisoix sacrificing himself to save the adventurers by sending them to the future.