Final Fantasy 14is famous for its passionate fanbase full of friendly, supportive players, and this quality earned the game its second consecutive Golden Joystick Award for Best Game Community. Though all communities have their darker side,Final Fantasy 14players have consistently represented a level of personal etiquette that truly stands out when compared toother MMOs likeWorld of Warcraft.
It’s plain as day thatFinal Fantasy 14players love their game, including the development team behind it, and this scorching positivity can sometimes be off-putting to outsiders. Every server has its own identity, such as Balmung being the Moon Guard of Etheirys, but they are all bound together by mentors and sprouts, bards and concerts, free companies and statics – forming the intricate tapestry ofFinal Fantasy 14’s community.
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This powerful social aspect of the game is the reason why Golden Joystick announced on Twitter thatFinal Fantasy 14took the award for the second year in a row. Though Square Enix has slowly made the game accessible to people who prefer to playFinal Fantasy 14on their own like one would a traditionalFinal Fantasytitle, it has done little to diminish the social life in Etheirys.
Aside from the developers at Square Enix, this award has also been strongly celebrated on the official Reddit community forFinal Fantasy 14, with many players jokingly wondering how fast they’d try to prove Golden Joysticks wrong – even within the congratulatory thread itself. While there are certainly game modes such as Eureka that attract a rowdier crowd, they represent such a small slice of the overallFinal Fantasy 14pie.
In the wake of its second win, one can’t help but wonder ifFinal Fantasy 14can three-peat in 2023. With the expansion afterEndwalkerrumored for an early 2024 release, and games such as Genshin Impact possessing a community just as passionate, it will greatly depend on what Square Enix has in store forEndwalker’s final few patches.
Final Fantasy 14is available now for PC, PS4, and PS5.
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