FFXIII – Part 6: l’Cie You On the Other Side

Summary: Anima. The party undergoes a transformation. Snow and Serah. Lake Bresha. Paradigms.

FFXIII – Part 5: Crystal Sister

Summary: The party members converge on Serah, who fulfills her Focus.

FFXIII – Part 4: Collision Course

Summary: Sazh and Lightning, Hope and Vanille, and Snow journey through the Vestige.

FFXIII – Part 3: Bad Day at Hanging Edge

Summary: NORA suffers a brutal defeat. Snow, Gadot, Lebreau. Vanille and Hope. The Vestige.

FFXIII – Part 2: Fog of War

Summary: Combat basics. Sazh and Lightning move through the Hanging Edge. Meeting Snow, Yuj, and NORA.

Note: I’m taking this slow. Reading tutorials, datalog lore, and getting used to everything. I apologize to anyone hoping for a faster pace. I may speed up at some point when I’m more comfortable.

FFXIII – Part 1: Fast as Lightning

Summary: A new game begins! Meeting Sazh and Lightning. Escaping a train into a city at war. Manasvin Warmech. Exploring early menus.

FFXIV – Part 120: Scion Sign-Off

Summary: Some brief thoughts on XIV before I start XIII, along with future plans in XIV.

Note: due to the sheer number of stories and characters in XIV, I’ll only touch on a few highlights per category. Apologies to characters, stories, and mechanics I don’t address. 

 

Spoilers inside through patch 4.4.

FFXIV – Part 119: Vivi

Summary: The Heavensward Hildibrand quests. An all-time Final Fantasy great gets his own XIV story.

FFXIV – Part 118: Warring Triad

Summary: Three ancient eikons awaken in the Containment Bay of Azys Lla. Unukalhai. Regula van Hydrus’s conviction.

FFXIV – Part 117: Prelude in Violet

Summary: The end of patch 4.4. An old character’s return brings one of the game’s biggest mindfucks.

FFXIV – Part 116: Nhaama’s Strength

Summary: Start of patch 4.4 main story quests. Following Alphinaud to the Burn. Return to the Steppe.

FFXIV – Part 115: Under the Moonlight

Summary: The conclusion of patch 4.3. The tragic end of Yotsuyu. Alphinaud’s journey north.

FFXIV – Part 114: Tsuyu

Summary: Beginning the patch 4.3 main story quest. Yotsuyu’s new identity falters thanks to Asahi, the worst human alive.

FFXIV – Part 113: The Faerie Queen

Summary: Dun Scaith, the final Heavensward raid. Deathgaze, Ferdiad, Queen Scathach, Diabolos. Sky pirates victorious.

FFXIV – Part 112: Shadows of Mhach

Summary: Sky pirate rivals explore ancient Mhachian ruins. The first two 24-player Heavensward raids. Diabolos. Cait Sith. Ozma!

Note: I completed the first quest, “Sky Pirates,” way back in part 66. Everything after that, starting with the Void Ark raid itself, is new.
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FFXIV – Part 111: The Final Coil of Bahamut

Summary: The conclusion to the Bahamut raid. Phoenix and Bahamut Prime. Alisaie and Louisoix find peace.