Talented mod developers for Final Fantasy 14 merchandise unofficial Virtual Reality support, implicit with a video that shows the metropolis of Gridania successful VR.
Final Fantasy 14 is unofficially receiving Virtual Reality enactment acknowledgment to the efforts of a talented radical of mod developers, allowing players to acquisition the satellite of Etheirys from a caller perspective. Though Square Enix is legally required to condemn the usage of mods, add-ons, and different tools that change the mode the crippled is played, it has done small to thwart Final Fantasy 14 players from utilizing them – allowing the modding country to beryllium successful a de-facto grey area.
The times erstwhile Square Enix took strong enactment against Final Fantasy 14 3rd enactment content often revolved astir fashionable Twitch streamers either advertizing oregon showcasing the mods and add-ons forbidden by the developers. This stance came astatine a astonishment for galore World of Warcraft players, owed to Blizzard's importantly much unfastened stance connected the usage of add-ons. Though Square Enix mightiness not prohibition idiosyncratic from Final Fantasy 14 for utilizing mods oregon talking astir mods, talking astir utilizing mods is wherever it seems to transverse the line.
This VR adaptation of Final Fantasy 14 was developed by mod radical Flat2VR, and it uses the FFXIV Quick Launcher to integrate itself into the game. A Final Fantasy 14 subordinate named Elliott Tate posted the mod successful enactment implicit connected the game's authoritative subreddit, though 1 evidently can't get the afloat acquisition done a video.
In presumption of assemblage reception, the mod seems to person glowing reviews frankincense far, with galore players wondering what the acquisition would beryllium similar to instrumentality down Extreme Trials and different high-end boss fights from Final Fantasy 14 successful VR. However, the game's flashy visuals and wide cinematic absorption successful brag encounters mightiness not mesh good with this thought successful practice, arsenic it mightiness induce nausea arsenic often arsenic it would induce thrills.
It is important to notation that Final Fantasy 14 is readying a graphical overhaul for the enlargement aft Endwalker. Rumored to motorboat successful aboriginal 2024, this enlargement battalion would spot the game's visuals reborn from the top-down. Improved lighting and shadows, quality models, sky-boxes, clutter and situation item – the full of Etheirys is slated to person a afloat makeover.
Though Final Fantasy 14 managed to stay a ocular dainty adjacent successful 2022 with zones specified arsenic Elpis and Old Sharlayan, immoderate of its aspects person aged alternatively poorly implicit the past decade. Most of its blocky, pixelated textures stay a relic of Final Fantasy 14's archetypal graphics downgrade for A Realm Reborn, and getting them updated officially volition springiness the crippled a much-needed facelift. Whether players extremity up enjoying these visuals connected their monitors oregon successful a Virtual Reality volition everlastingly stay successful their discretion.
Final Fantasy 14 is disposable present connected PC, PS4, and PS5.