Gameplay at large remains unchanged from Final Fantasy XIV: players interact with each other in a responsive persistent world. Main article: Final Fantasy XIV § Gameplay The third major content patch had its release delayed by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These updates expanded the main story, added new features, and premiered secondary storylines including a crossover written by Yoko Taro that features characters and elements from Nier: Automata and the 'Restoration of Ishgard', a long term campaign to rebuild the embattled nation in the aftermath of the Dragonsong War. As with its predecessors, major content patches were scheduled for every three months. By December 2019, the title had reached a cumulative total of 18 million player accounts.

Shadowbringers received widespread critical and popular acclaim, particularly for its writing and focus on player accessibility. In addition to adding new areas, the expansion pack increased the level cap, debuted two character classes and two playable races, and introduced the ability to explore dungeons with non-playable 'Trust' companions. Emet-Selch accompanies and tests the player character, confident despite their meddling. Several comrades accidentally trapped there join them, as well as Emet-Selch, an immortal villain who seeks to harness the First's apocalypse to restore his deity, Zodiark. Shadowbringers takes place on the First, a parallel dimension on the brink of collapse, where the player character is summoned to rescue and restore the world. It released as a standalone product for current players for new players, the 'Complete Edition', originally launched with Heavensward, was updated to include all available expansions.

As before, Naoki Yoshida served as director and producer and Masayoshi Soken composed the soundtrack. It was released on July 2, 2019, two years after Stormblood. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is the third expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for macOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows.

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