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On July 28, Square Enix\u2019s Creative Business Unit III unveiled the newest expansion for Final Fantasy 14, Dawntrail, at the 2023 FF14 Fan Festival. The energy on the show floor was electric, especially since it had been several years since a physical Fan Festival took place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

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Following the events of Endwalker \u2014 the previous expansion which concluded the decade-long Hydaelyn and Zodiark arc \u2014 the development team had suggested that the next adventure would be a return to form for the game. Rather than an Etheirys-defining story, the beginning of the next narrative arc for the MMORPG would focus on recapturing the sense of adventure of earlier expansions. <\/p>\n

To learn more about the community\u2019s reaction to the Dawntrail reveal and what they want to see from the MMORPG\u2019s future, I spoke with several FF14 players who attended the event. While overwhelming excitement was the predominant thread, some within the game\u2019s incredibly diverse community are approaching Dawntrail with understandable trepidation. They also reflected on their journey with Endwalker, and how that experience has shaped their anticipation for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

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Dawntrail, Final Fantasy 14\u2019s Long-Awaited New Beginning<\/h2>\n

During the keynote, the crowd in the Las Vegas Convention Center roared as if the state of the world depended on it once the announcement trailer was first revealed. While I\u2019m aware of the FF14 community\u2019s infectious energy as an avid player myself, it was another thing to be in the room when everyone erupted in a cacophony of noise over Meteor \u2014 the affectionate name the community has for the protagonist used in FF14\u2019s promotional material \u2014 and his new hairstyle. This energy never wavered throughout the event, during which people on the show floor would cheer when the Dawntrail trailer played, particularly when catboy extraordinaire G\u2019raha Tia was shown eating a taco on screen. And yes, I was absolutely cheering along with them each time. <\/p>\n

Dawntrail will see the Scions of the Seventh Dawn embarking on a journey to a new location named Tural, located in the southwest seas of Eorzea. It is dubbed \u201cThe New World,\u201d and it\u2019s where the cast will be aiding with matters regarding a competition for the succession of Tural\u2019s throne. This \u201cNew World,\u201d producer and director Naoki Yoshida says, will have an emphasis on diversity. It is unclear what he exactly means by this, but the peoples of this region have been described as \u201cnot very industralized,\u201d and instead more connected to nature. <\/p>\n

Some players were overjoyed upon Tural\u2019s reveal as Tural seems to be heavily inspired by Latin America, particularly by Mesoam\u00e9rican culture. \u201cI\u2019m very excited as someone who is Latina herself,\u201d says Karen, one of the many players I spoke to at Fan Fest who wished to only be identified by their first name. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see other cultures and the team\u2019s interpretation of them in a Final Fantasy setting.\u201d<\/p>\n

A player named Ron says this kind of representation is something he\u2019s been waiting on for a while, for although he loves the eurocentric Final Fantasy games, his favorite game in the series is Final Fantasy 10, which has aesthetics deeply rooted in Okinawa and other Polynesian cultures. \u201cNon-[European] cultures are always in Final Fantasy, but the core aesthetic is so often rooted in it [eurocentricism] with other cultures just sprinkled in,\u201d he says. \u201cThis looks like the starting point is really Latin America. It\u2019s exciting!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Final Fantasy 14 features numerous locations based on real-world settings, from the European-inspired areas of Heavensward, to the Japanese-inspired locations of Stormblood. Tabitha, another player, sees this and places like Endwalker\u2019s Radz-at-Han, itself inspired by countries like India, to be opportunities \u201cto travel abroad without leaving my chair.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, other players are approaching this new setting and premise with caution. Players I\u2019ve spoken to like Holly Wanek and Kris expressed feeling tentative after seeing conversations on Twitter about the heavily loaded optics of the majority white Scions sailing to a \u201cNew World,\u201d evoking images of European colonizers arriving in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn describing the region as \u2018New World,\u2019 southwest-ward across the ocean from Eorzea, featuring tacos, Mezcal, and a former mountainous empire where the people utilize alpacas, with a lost golden gate reminiscent of El Dorado, it’s hard not to see the Latin American influence,\u201d says Leah Moreno, a Tohono O\u2019odham<\/u><\/a> player. \u201cI’m really excited at the idea of adventuring and bringing my Warrior of Light into a setting that has significance to me. There’s a chance I could bring my whole self into the Warrior of Light! At the same time, the themes of a \u2018New World,\u2019 of seeking gold, and of the Scions meddling in a local election, suggest a plot centered on too-familiar colonization of the region, and I absolutely do not want to feel like an agent of Latin American colonization as I play through the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Livvy, a player who describes FF14\u2019s politics as \u201cat times great and at other times extremely harmful,\u201d feels that the messaging leans into colonialist tropes, especially with the juxtaposition of a tense political conflict with a summer vacation concept. She says she hopes \u201cfor a respectful portrayal of the Latin American and Indigenous representation we’ve seen so far,\u201d as well as that Creative Business Unit III is engaging with consultants from these communities to be sure they\u2019re creating \u201can experience that all Warriors of Light, but especially people from the cultures being represented, can feel at home in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I share these concerns as a Latina American myself. Don\u2019t get me wrong: I\u2019m elated that a game so important to me seems to be centering Latin America, which rarely ever happens in video games overall but especially the fantasy genre. This expansion could be a wonderful opportunity to make Latin American Warriors of Light feel acknowledged and embraced, and to educate others on their culture and identities. I\u2019m also glad that it seems like centering non-European settings throughout the expansions is an active priority for the team. <\/p>\n

But this willingness hasn\u2019t always been successful \u2014 though I appreciate Stormblood\u2019s exploration of colonialism and imperialism, I\u2019m aware the execution received extremely mixed results among players. I\u2019ve expressed my disappointment with how inclusive FF14 has been for all Warriors of Light to Yoshida in the past<\/u><\/a>, and I know some players have been dissatisfied with his answers. Dawntrail\u2019s premise feels inextricably tied to colonialist imagery, and I struggle to envision a world where the writing doesn\u2019t fall into the traps Moreno mentions. <\/p>\n

I am, however, reassured by the fact that the development team is clearly not only well aware of present concerns regarding Tural, but also apparently eager to compensate for FF14\u2019s at times messy politics. During the \u201cSpeaking Language of Creation<\/u><\/a>\u201d panel on the second Fan Festival day, English Localization Lead Kate Cwynar stated that developing an understanding and respect of the cultures that the team draws on is a point of focus for Dawntrail. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say much about it, but I will say that is something the team is very aware of,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re aware we have not always made our goal of demonstrating the proper respect for cultures in the past, as a game and as a franchise, and we are really working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 10 Year Journey to Dawntrail<\/h2>\n

In looking toward FF14\u2019s future, I wanted to take a moment with the players I spoke with to celebrate its past. Endwalker was released during the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that there was no Fan Fest gathering where players could commiserate on their time with it together. It\u2019s only now, several years after its release, that the developers could hold a physical panel like \u201cBeginning from the End: The Annotated Endwalker<\/u><\/a>\u201d to reflect on the journey. <\/p>\n

Endwalker had a daunting task: tell a moving story that was just as good (if not better) as the critically acclaimed Shadowbringers, which was so excellent that it created a mass influx of new players, and resolve the decade-long story arc that encompassed every expansion before it. As the highest-rated expansion on Metacritic, it\u2019s safe to say that it\u2019s widely considered to have accomplished this mission, but I loved taking the opportunity to discuss its weaknesses and strengths with other members in the community. There are only a few games that have emotionally resonated with me as profoundly as Endwalker, but when I think about it, I most fondly think about the second half \u2014 the first half is, by comparison, largely forgettable to me. As a result, I was keen to hear about what other players didn’t adore about it. <\/p>\n

When Kris reminisces on Endwalker, he says that the moments he enjoyed are often hijacked with unfavorable memories of the disjointed pacing \u2014 particularly when it felt like the game \u201ctried to shoehorn in moments of levity with the Loporrits after a lore-defining battle against Zodiark, the dark god that had been built up as the embodiment of pure evil for years.\u201d Some moments, such as the climactic sequence in Ultima Thule where the Scions sacrifice themselves one by one, felt rushed and unpredictable to him, and overall lacking in impact. In general, for Kris, Endwalker and its patches have felt \u201ctransitory,\u201d as if the developers are trying to fit in as much as possible to set the stage for 7.0. <\/p>\n

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That being said, despite its flaws, Endwalker\u2019s emotional core captured every player I spoke to. Karen says she spent the expansion either trying not to cry or emptying her tissue box. Kris cites several characters, such as Nidhana, Hermes, Venat, and Meteion being memorable; in particular, \u201cEndwalker having an eclectic range of female characters at the forefront\u201d was one of the highlights for him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI found so much hope and comfort in Venat, a character who has shaped our journeys from the very beginning and who loves us, and the whole world, unconditionally,\u201d says Livvy. \u201cI also loved the parable of Meteion as a scared child any of us might relate to, how our tension with Zenos came to a head, how we got to meet Hythlodaeus and understand why Hades became like that by losing him.\u201d<\/p>\n

To people like Livvy, Endwalker was life-changing. \u201cI can think of few game narratives more meaningful to me than Endwalker’s,\u201d she says. \u201cEndwalker helped me clarify a lot of doubt and confusion I was facing in ways that have undoubtedly made me a better person. Stormblood and Shadowbringers have also changed my life in small and profound ways, but Endwalker reached me at a time I truly needed it, and I’ll forever remain grateful to [Senior Story Designer] Natsuko Ishikawa and the rest of the narrative team for crafting that story the way they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is why, for some people Dawntrail has a tall task. It\u2019s perhaps FF14\u2019s most important expansion to date \u2014 it not only has to follow up two back-to-back massive successes, but it also marks the beginning of the next narrative arc for the MMORPG. <\/p>\n

Karen is thrilled for the summer vacation arc that will take us back to our adventurer routes. \u201cIt had<\/em> to be this way \u2014 there\u2019s no way we could have gone from something as high stakes as saving the universe to\u2026 saving the world again? No way,\u201d she says. \u201cThis way, we can start off with a local adventure and slowly get introduced to whatever or whoever the next Big Bad is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kris wants the expansion to \u201clull us into a false sense of security and lightheartedness with the premise of a summer vacation\u201d and then \u201cdeliver a gut wrenching, high stakes angsty dramatic affair.\u201d He feels that while the Scions are lovable, some are lacking in character development. He hopes the promise of infighting with the Scions is an effective catalyst for character growth for the main cast. <\/p>\n

Wanek agrees with wanting Dawntrail to prioritize character development. She particularly wants to know more about G\u2019raha Tia and Erenville, whom it seems we\u2019ll be assisting in his journey as a Gleaner who travels Hydaelyn to collect natural samples for research and preservation. \u201cDrama is nice, but I think we all need a vacation, a much lighter story where we get to know the characters,\u201d she says.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn one hand, I strongly suspect that there’s more to the upcoming \u2018summer vacation\u2019 than meets the eye, but even if that were the whole expansion, I’d be open to almost anything from that team, so long as it’s made with similar care and respect as Endwalker,\u201d says Livvy. \u201cAlso, maybe we Warriors of Light do deserve a break.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor points out that the Japanese title for the expansion seemingly translates to \u201cThe Golden Legacy,\u201d which he feels is a hint toward what the story will entail. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be more to this than literal pounds of gold,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see how the Scions are tested by that and by each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another change Square Enix is readying for the next decade of FF14 is an immense graphic overhaul. Though the graphics update has been announced for some time, it was revealed during the keynote that it will be arriving in phases throughout the 7.x series. It has been 10 years since A Realm Reborn launched on PC and the PlayStation 3, and FF14 has long begun to show its age. Yoshida has stated that while the graphical updates will not be comparable to standalone titles, the team has wanted to improve FF14\u2019s graphics while not meddling with its aesthetics. <\/p>\n

Tabitha is considering getting a new PC to get the most out of the overhaul. \u201cThe graphics I have aren\u2019t the best but the hair looks a little like a helmet \u2014 kinda flat,\u201d she says. \u201cNow we get to see way more texture. What was one clump of hair sticking out is now several. And the textures on the face! Seeing wrinkles? People are so afraid of wrinkles! Give us wrinkles!\u201d<\/p>\n

The team perhaps proved their commitment to improving aesthetics best when they announced the two-toned dyes system. At least, you wouldn\u2019t be mistaken for thinking that considering the cheers in the arena were likely more loud for this feature than anything else that wasn\u2019t the trailer. Wanek\u2019s Free Company puts on plays, so she cites this as being the thing she\u2019s most excited for. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a two-dyes truther,\u201d says Karen. \u201cI\u2019m really excited for new glams! With every new expansion, I\u2019m thinking about what clothes I\u2019m going to wear.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a huge glamour player, I can\u2019t possibly emphasize this enough: Giving items multiple dye tracks is revolutionary,\u201d says Taylor. \u201cI\u2019ll spend hours crafting the right outfit before even starting the main quest. It\u2019s a huge feature I never ever counted on them adding. I\u2019m thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There was something in the keynote for everyone to look forward to, but perhaps the best part of it all was to be in the same room with so many people who care deeply about FF14. I won\u2019t forget being in the audience as Ishikawa \u2014 responsible for some of the game narratives that have had the biggest impact on me and so many others \u2014 cried from being overwhelmed by the love and support, with Yoshida following soon after. It was special to celebrate FF14 with the developers, especially because it had been several years since everyone could see each other. I loved my first Fan Festival experience and can\u2019t wait to do it all over again next year, when we\u2019ll be celebrating Dawntrail\u2019s release. <\/p>\n

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail will be released in summer 2024. <\/p>\n

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