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The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG

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Added Jul 25, 2021 at 08:31PM EDT by Square Memester.

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About

The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG, also known as Have You Heard Of The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG and the FF14 Copypasta, is an advertising copypasta that promotes the free trial of the award-winning MMORPG series Final Fantasy XIV. It is later used as a copypasta meme to promote and ask about the Final Fantasy XIV free trial.

Origin

The earliest origin of the copypasta originated around March 4th, 2021, during the release of the Final Fantasy XIV Free Trial website.[3] Final Fantasy XIV's YouTube channel release three advertising videos of a woman encouraging people to play the free trial of Final Fantasy XIV.



Fans have later used The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG as an advertising copypasta meme that quotes:

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV? With an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 for free with no restrictions on playtime.

Final Fantasy XIV's English Twitter[2] page tweeted about The Critically Acclaimed MMORPG later on April 17th, 2021.[1]


Spread

The copypasta later spread all around the internet, mostly on 4chan 's /v/, Twitter, Reddit, in public and also used to ask people gaming-related questions. It also became a prevalent reference in numerous meme formats and garnered notable media coverage.[4][5][6]

On February 12th, 2021, Twitter[7] user AnonyMooseXIV posted an I Wish All X a Very Y meme referencing the Critically Acclaimed MMORPG copypasta, accumulating nearly 1,400 likes and 900 retweets in two years (shown below).


1 wish all NON-FFXIV PLAYERS a very pleasant FREE TRIAL OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MMO NOW INCLUDING HEAVENSWARD SO YOU CAN PLAY FOR FREE UNTIL LV60.

On May 20th, 2021, HatashHyrunashi posted a word art version of the copypasta (shown below, left) to his Twitter,[8] which received over 6,900 likes and over 3,100 retweets in over two years. On Reddit, an edit of the word art version of the copypasta was posted to the /r/ffxiv[9] subreddit on December 16th, 2021, by Redditor Xane, in response to the servers being overwhelmed after the launch of the Endwalker expansion. The post received over 1,800 upvotes and 59 comments in roughly one year (shown below, right).


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On July 28th, 2023, it was announced that the Final Fantasy XIV expansion Stormblood would also be added to the free trial in patch 6.5 along with a level cap increase to level 70. On July 29th, 2023, Twitter user HatashHyrunashi posted an updated word art version of the copypasta (shown below).[10] The post received over 10,000 likes and over 5,000 retweets in less than one day.


HAVE YOU HEARD OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MMORPS XIV FINAL FANTASY WITH EXPANDED AN WHICH YOU CAN PLAY THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF FREE TRIAL AREALM REBORN HEAVEN'S D AWARDSTORM EXPANSION EXPANSION BLOOD WINNING WITH NO RESTRICTIONS LEVEL 70 FREEON PLAYTIME AND THE AWARD WINNING @HatashHyrunashi

Various Examples


"The Gang Plays Critically Acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV That Has A Free Trial Up To Level 60 And Includes The First Expansion Heavensward" TRENDING WOR LOWIDE: #AEWDYNAMITE LIVE CAB PLAY AL FANTASY XIV ONLINE E UP 60 I BULLET CLUB ILET ALL ELITE AEW INT WRESTLING' SAY THE LINE TATARU. HAVE YOU TRIED THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED MMO FFXIV WITHA FREE TRIAL THAT GOES UP TO LEVEL 60 WITH UNLIMTED PLAYTIME, AND INCLUDES THE AWARD-WINNING EXPANSION HEAVENSWARD PLUS THREE NEW JOBS? AT WHAT POINT DID WE BECOME TEMPERED AND START ACTING LIKE WALKING ADS FOR THE GAME? YOU MEAN THE GAME THAT WON EXCELLENCE IN MULTIPLAYER IN 2020?

WHAT IF WE KISSED AND HELD HANDS IN THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV THAT IS CURRENTLY ON SALE 60% OFF UNTIL JUNE 9TH AND HAS A FREE TRIAL UP TO LEVEL 60 WITH UNLIMITED PLAYTIME AND INCLUDES THE AWARD WINNING FIRST EXPANSION HEAVENSWARD? NieR Series @NieRGame · Apr 23 Today's the day! #NieRReplicant ver.1.22474487139... is out today on PS4, Xbox One and Steam! 1:26 124.6K views O 211 17 2.3K O 8.5K FINAL FANTASY XIVO @FF_XIV_EN · Apr 23 Congratulations on the launch! (nice trailer btw but why is there a boss from FEXIV in there??) 27 524 O 3.7K NieR Series O.. O @NieRGame Replying to @FF_XIV_EN Thank you very much, critically acclaimed MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV that has a free trial up to level 60 including the Heavensward expansion. 10:08 AM · Apr 23, 2021 · Twitter for Android 4,784 Retweets 284 Quote Tweets 12K Likes You are without doubt Final Fantasy XIV the critically acclaimed MMORPG with a free trial up to level 60 with no time limit that includes the Heavensward expansion for free. FINAL FANTASL AN ONLINE So you have heard of me.


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Square desperately needs to slap itself in the face and figure out how to get the rest of the company to run like FFXIV's team instead of shitting out turds like Avengers and Forspoken.

I think part of the issue is they have an inferiority complex and desperately want to be like Western game devs with hip and trendy new things like NFTs. I don't know if it's the BlackRock money or what.

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FF XIV: (So good that people are doing Square's work of advertising it for free simply because of memes)

WoW: (So bad that it is also doing Square's work of advertising it for free because of Activision)

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