GLAMOURS OF VIRTUE, RNG OF CRUELTY By: Alma Emma
Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 5.1 melds together the great minds of both Yosuke Saito and Yoko Taro to deliver a spectacular 24-player alliance raid based on the NieR universe. In what will likely become XIV’s most prominent crossover event, adventurers are now able to fight alongside characters from NieR to defeat both oddly-familiar and new enemies. In addition, a plethora of new music and
glamour options have been made available for those lucky enough to out-roll their party members. Though, the most notable of all of these would be the amount of effort given to immerse players through a combination of faithfully-reproduced, breathtaking landscapes, rearranged orchestral music, and an atmosphere that truly drops its challengers into the NieR universe.
