When FF14 launched back in 2010, it was met with a terrible player response and equally terrible media reviews. To quote our own: "As you wade ever deeper, you discover a swampy muck of bugs ...

Square-Enix released the original version of Final Fantasy XIV in 2010 to critical indifference, and it currently holds a Metacritic rating of just 49%. Things didn't look good, ...

To say that FFXIV had a troublesome launch is an understatement. Upon release in 2010, every single aspect of Squeenix's MMO was broken. It was a disaster. Since then, the original development ...

The original FF14 was a disastrously awful game and, to Square Enix's credit, they spent a good few years rebuilding it as an entirely new MMO.

After almost a three year hiatus, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn—Square Enix’s second go after botching the first attempt in 2010—is releasing on Aug. 27, 2013 on the PC and PlayStation 3.

Final Fantasy XIV is the MMORPG that continues to grow. ... A Realm Reborn, a total reworking of the original FF14, which had an abysmal three years of existence.