FF14 question regarding the game as a whole

[FreyaCrescent]

Ok so I remember this game was released and was pretty bad so this one is a remake? im confused because it seems so new but if its already been released once wont the content be the same? are they simply holding on to it to release it timely or is this just a new game with the same title?

[Althire]

They basically destroyed the old world from FFXIV to make FFXIV ARR reason for calling it reborn I suppose so all content is different and new .

[Rahspdoy]

Ok so I remember this game was released and was pretty bad so this one is a remake? im confused because it seems so new but if its already been released once wont the content be the same? are they simply holding on to it to release it timely or is this just a new game with the same title?

Basically, they took the 'end-game story' from the first release... And started things in "2.0" form that point on. Makeing a 'continuation' (But still NEW) story for the game to progress threw.

FFXIV: ARR is a MUCH better game than 1.0 was, and the story is one that will grab you and not let you go as well.... i outright HATE the Garland's right now...... XD

[Spawnie]

honestly i nvr played ff11 but been playin this since beta n really enjoying myself, theres always so much to do to keep u busy 95% of the community r really nice n helpful all in all this is 1 of the better games ive played since i started online gamin 8 years ago xD

[Enkidoh]

Technically, although the storyline is a continuation from the original version of FFXIV (version 1.0) - it is also regarded as a reboot, as the original version has been shut down and will never be playable again.

Therefore, ARR effectively replaces 1.0 as the true FFXIV, even though the storyline is much updated to compensate for the changed world circumstances (the connecting element was the fall of Hydaelyn's second moon Dalamud, and the release of Bahamut who had been contained within. This event, known in-universe as the 'Calamity', was used to shut down the original version of the game last year, and act as the stepping stone to ARR - as Dalamud's destruction and Bahamut's rampage laid waste to much of the game world, this event completely changed Eorzea's surface and providing an in-universe reason for why the maps in ARR are much different to those in 1.0).

Really, you don't need to have played version 1.0 to enjoy ARR, as all the important information that connects the storyline back to 1.0 is revealed during ARR's storyline.

[Naberrie]

There are websites where you can re-watch all the 1.0 cut scenes, but it's not really necessary. I did it and felt I hadn't need spend the time. There is a cut scene that plays if you login but don't hit Start. That's the end of 1.0. 1.0 players saw that cut scene when they shut down the 1.0 servers.