Your Thoughts On "Encyclopaedia Eorzea" Books?

[ChocoPuni]

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[Veloran]

Really excellent sources that flesh out the world way beyond what we usually have access to in-game. For example, location, organization, character, Job, weapon and armor information that we'd otherwise never see.

I very much hope they continue to make new editions.

[DrWho2010]

the Ultimania books are chock full of game info, creator interviews, stats, tables, etc. these books (or mooks as they're called in Japan - magazine/books) are massively long and there is so much text that it's never been worth it to have them fully translated and made available outside of Japan. There are a few exceptions but the only releases here were the anniversary editions that covered all the FF games out, and aren't really all that in depth.

[Enkidoh]

The important thing to remember though is the lorebooks are written as actual in universe tomes, not a meta examination of the lore as a game world, hence as is noted repeatedly within the game's story, scholars frequently get things wrong or don't have the full picture, and so it is with the lorebooks.

Add in there are aknowledged errors and typos in the books, and a number of minor lore points that outright contradict what is stated in game, and hence it's best to approach the lorebooks with a grain of salt. Definetely useful for filling in a lot of missing info (and by Azeyma, there is lot), but not as a 'lore bible' for the game, especially when it contradicts in-game info (much of this comes about because early world building that is mentioned in the lorebooks, is often then changed later on in future expansions and contradicts what is written in them).

[Vyrerus]

'lore bible'

Now I wanna use the E. Eorzea to swear into a court room :P

[Cilia]

Companion books are nice, but they shouldn't be needed to fully appreciate the story and world.

[RyuDragnier]

Oh, I did see various Ultimania books that don't seem like they were translated. FF XIII one and VII Remake, though I think VII Remake might still make it. I've also noticed there's a magazine specifically for FF XIV, not sure if they're still doing it.

They've released a lot of the older ones. Look up the Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive books, we have 3 volumes of them here in the west. Vol 1 deals with FF1-FF6, Vol 2 is FF7 to FF9, and Vol 3 is FF10-FF14.

[Morningstar1337]

Vol 3 is FF10-FF14.

Are the XIV ones unquie ultimanias, or did they bundle the Encyclopedias with the 10-12 ones?

[RyuDragnier]

No, apparently there are other Ultimania books that weren't translated. The ones we got are general info.

Interesting, I was not aware of that.

Are the XIV ones unquie ultimanias, or did they bundle the Encyclopedias with the 10-12 ones?

The encyclopedias are unique as far as I know.

[Morningstar1337]

The encyclopedias are unique as far as I know.

I supposed some rephrasing is in order for clairity's sake. Are Encyclopedia Eorzea Vol.1 and 2 considered ultimanias and are thus bundled with older ones or are they not and thus that bundle has different ones for XIV?