![]() In Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the latest expansion of the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG, your character and their rag-tag group of mercenaries for hire masquerading as a benevolent, non-governmental organization are tasked with averting the second occurrence of The Final Days, an apocalyptic event that sundered the world and all its people a millennium or so previous. Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after The soul yearns for honor, and the flesh the hereafter To all of my children to whom Death hath passed his judgment To all of my children in whom Life flows abundant (Not Final Fantasy VIII, though - that game is about child soldiers and hot dogs.) However, despite Endwalker’s unflagging commitment to “the power of friendship,” it’s the game’s unvarnished look at the other side of hope - oppressive and omnipresent despair - and the real strength it takes to maintain that hope in the face of such despair that makes it the best Final Fantasy experiences I’ve had in 30-plus years of the series’ existence. ![]() That’s not really a unique descriptor since, to some degree, all Final Fantasy games, MMORPG or otherwise, are about hope. The easiest way to describe Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is to call it a game about hope.
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