Final Fantasy XIV has not been a high point for Square Enix. After the game was released, critics and fans slammed it for having numerous problems. Square Enix knew the game was seriously flawed and decided to restructure the development team to create the true version of FFXIV. For the past several months, Square Enix has not charged players a subscription fee for FFXIV while the team continued to make improvements through updates. In a letter to fans, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada detailed the future of FFXIV including the end of the free period, and an update on its PS3 release.

Let’s see, it’s now November 18, 2010. Square Enix mentioned that it was hoping to start addressing some of Final Fantasy XIV‘s numerous problems by or around October 25, 2010. Let’s take a look at FFXIV – nope! It’s still buggy and annoying!

Lucky, Square Enix has noticed that it isn’t providing the MMORPG experience people signed on for…

Massive multiplayer online roleplaying games aren’t for everyone, and even the people who do like them will find themselves loving some and hating others. The reasons for affection or loathing can be simple or complex, and depend on many factors. One person could love a game for the same reason another hates it. At the moment, most MMORPG fans will agree that there’s more to dislike than like about Final Fantasy XIV. It could end up being a great MMORPG in time, but at the moment it is in desperate need of a tune-up…

If you’re eagerly awaiting Square Enix’s forthcoming Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG then there’s some new information available for you! We already knew that there were going to be five races, all very similar to the ones seen in Final Fantasy XI except for the names. Now, thanks to the Japanese FFXIV site, we know there are two tribes for each race and each tribe will have different characteristics. Let’s take a look through all five races and ten tribes briefly and, to make things easier I’ll also mention the corresponding FFXI tribe in each description.

First, there are two Hyur (Hume) tribes, Midlander and Highlander. Midlanders can be male or female, and Highlanders can only be male. It sounds like Midlanders are going to be very similar to the Humes of FFXI and be able to perform most jobs adequately, but there’s no information on Highlander’s expertise yet…

With Final Fantasy XIII recently released, Square is already putting the finishing touches on the next entry in the franchise: Final Fantasy XIV.

FFXIV will be a massively multiplayer online role-playing Game (MMORPG) set in the world of Hydaelyn. The story revolves around different guilds – remnants of an alliance to fight off an invading army – and adventurers that roam the land of Eorzea. Players will be able to choose from five different races: The elf-like Elezen, the small and agile Lalafell, the human-like Hyur, the giant Roegadyn and the cat-like Miqo’te.

In what is probably the biggest shocker of Sony’s E3 2009 press conference, Jack Trenton announced that the Square Enix-developed Final Fantasy XIV would be coming out exclusively for the PS3 (and Windows) in 2010.

A cinematic intro video was shown a the Sony press conference which provided us with Final Fantasy imagery we’ve come to expect such as flying creatures and, of course, chocobos.