Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Reviews

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4.5 / 5.0
Jul 6, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is the most polished version of the game to date.

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9.1 / 10.0
Jun 30, 2017

Naoki Yoshida and his team are at the top of their game here, producing something that is at both worthy of the Final Fantasy name and carrying on the astonishing work of A Realm Reborn's turnaround. More than that, it's a magnificent foundation for the coming months of patches. Long may it continue.

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9.5 / 10.0
Jun 26, 2017

If you want an enthralling Final Fantasy story, with likable, beautifully depicted characters and interesting enemies, that will keep you hooked with a monumental crescendo driving like an unstoppable phantom train towards an explosive climax, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood will provide exactly that, and then some.

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Nov 8, 2021

Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward & Final Fantasy XIV Online: Stormblood are prime examples of how you should follow up a great opening chapter in a multi-game game like Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn. The time spent with Final Fantasy XIV Online now feels like it is really getting somewhere instead of just one long introduction. While Final Fantasy XIV Online: Stormblood doesn't quite balance the leveling experience with the story questline, everything comes together as an overall amazing experience leading into Final Fantasy XIV Online: Shadowbringers.

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8.5 / 10.0
Jul 5, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is one of the best expansions in the history of MMORPGs. It turns FFXIV's storyline upside down, introduces cool new classes and has an amazing soundtrack. It won't appeal to people who don't like FFXIV, but the fans should be in awe. It has everything they like, but it's bigger and better.

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87%
May 17, 2020

While it doesn't quite soar the heavens like its predecessor, Stormblood is ultimately a solid addition to Final Fantasy XIV, with plenty to see, loads to do, and lots of little improvements to make the whole experience better.

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9 / 10.0
Jul 17, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in some aspects is worse than the previous add-on, in others - slightly better. However, we get fun for several dozen consecutive hours with a promise of a few hundred more in further updates.

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9 / 10.0
Jul 4, 2017

With Stormblood easily being their strongest expansion yet, and with at least two more expansions to go, there is seemingly nowhere for the already immensely popular MMO to go but up from here!

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NZGamer
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Jul 17, 2017

Yet more proof that Final Fantasy XIV is the best MMORPG around.

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8.5 / 10.0
Jul 7, 2017

More than ever, it's time to join the Final Fantasy XIV community. You will not regret it.

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4.5 / 5.0
Jul 6, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is one of the best MMORPG expansions in recent years, with a compelling and well-written main story, intriguing Far East setting, a wealth of new content and important QoL refinements.

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4 / 5.0
Jul 3, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is an exceptional expansion that unfortunately refuses to take any risks.

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8.5 / 10.0
Jul 1, 2017

Stormblood is another heaping helping of what Final Fantasy XIV offers the MMORPG genre. It's set in its ways and is absolutely confident with providing fans with more of the things they already love. With an MMORPG experience this good, that's hard to find fault in.

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9.5 / 10.0
Jun 30, 2017

Stormblood helps Final Fantasy XIV soar to new heights in storytelling, visuals, and gameplay, inching one of the best MMORPGs ever created even closer to perfection.

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PPE.pl
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Jul 18, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in some aspects is worse than the previous expansion, in others – slightly better. Overall, however, we get fun for several dozen more hours with the promise of several hundred more in further updates.

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Cubed3
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 31, 2017

Stormblood is simply amazing. Not much more can be said about it. With a very well-crafted story, some tense and epic battles, two new classes, and wonderful zones, saying anything else would ruin so much of the expansion and what makes it great.

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Az Elias
Top Critic
8 / 10
Jul 29, 2017

The best Final Fantasy XIV has ever been. Ever moving forward, Square Enix has managed to craft one of the most focused storylines in the game thus far, backed up by exceptional voice acting and a desire to keep quests fresh with great boss battles, characters and dungeons. The main area Stormblood suffers is postgame, where there is little desire to top that subscription back up once the main story and few unlockable dungeons and raids have been completed. Whilst it lasts, though, thoroughly engrossing from start to finish.

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8.8 / 10.0
Aug 2, 2017

Final Fantasy XIV second expansion pack, Stormblood, is a storytelling achievement, but nothing more. The game it's a showcase of the archaic scheme that governs every MMO in existence. Nevertheless, it's a rich and vibrant world which proudly carries the name of Final Fantasy.

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Jul 18, 2017

What this all amounts to is an expansion that doesn't push Final Fantasy XIV in bold new directions because, quite frankly, it doesn't need to. Stormblood takes everything that makes the game good and doubles down on it, expanding the world of Hydaelyn and filling it with more to see, do, and experience. Minor issues with its story and storytelling notwithstanding, this is everything I could want from a Final Fantasy XIV expansion.

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Rice Digital
Parallel
Top Critic
Jul 12, 2017

If you're into Final Fantasy XIV, you're definitely going to want Stormblood, but it's not for everyone just yet.

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