The game is set in the Eorzea region of the planet Hydaelyn. In both its 20 releases, it had both a Standard and a Collector's Edition, whose buyers were able to start the game 8 days early (in the 1.0 CE's case), get exclusive in-game items, a themed journal (in 1.0) or an artbook (2.0), and some other bells and whistles.
It is an MMORPG, similar to its online predecessor Final Fantasy XI, and was timed exclusively to the PC in its first release, and was a simultaneous PC & PS3 release in its second iteration (see below). Final Fantasy XIV is the fourteenth game in the groin-grab bingly popular Final Fantasy series.
