Speaking of MMORPGs, which are currently popular around the world, it has to be Final Fantasy XIV (FF14). In mid-December 2021, FF14 officially announced that because the players in the game had reached an unprecedented peak, it suspended the sale of the official version of the game, stopped the registration service for the free trial version, and even stopped the advertising of "FF14". Other games try to lure players into the pit, but FF14 servers are overwhelmed and do the opposite, which is rare!
Minecraft is one of the most popular sandbox games for players around the world, with total sales now exceeding 230 million, the number of monthly active players maintaining hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is currently the best-selling video game ever! Minecraft is free to play, all ages, so the player base has a wide age range!
Friends who are familiar with doctors know that when I mentioned two seemingly incompatible games at the beginning of the article, it was that there were powerful player creators who "merged" the two and got amazing works. That's right! Recently, the Doctor noticed in the player community that a player built Limsa Romminsa, one of the three main cities in "FF14", with one of the three main cities in "Minecraft", which has a very high degree of restoration and aroused the heated discussion of players!
We know that FF14 has three main cities - the capital of the sea, the capital of sand and the capital of Mori. Beneath the old cliffs off the southern coast of Wilmand Island lies Limsa Lominsa, the capital of the sea. It is a beautiful and surprising landscape, full of iron bridges built on countless small islands and rocks, mainly fishing, shipbuilding, forging and shipping.
Japanese player Charlotte spent years (I can't remember exactly how many years) recreating the sea capital in FF14 in Minecraft. The size and scale of the entire city is based on the actual dimensions of Final Fantasy XIV, whether it is the sharp rock cliff structure that protrudes from the sea, the nautical and fantastic bridge architecture, and the familiar event square all restored!
The Doctor remembers that when he first came to the Sea Capital, he was often confused by the labyrinthine trails here! The minaret-shaped buildings are carved directly from the rock walls of the sea, and if you look up, you can see the blue sea and the clear sky. Countless ships enter and leave the port every day in the city, bringing all kinds of commercial goods and people, which is very prosperous! Although Charlotte's creation has a sense of urban fantasy and grandeur, it is a bit regrettable that there are fewer dense players.
Building another game building in the game is something Minecraft players often do, and the Doctor has previously shared that someone has created Hellaroo City in Zelda Legends: Breath of the Wild in Minecraft, Night City in Cyberpunk 2077, Strongholds in Monster Hunter: World, and so on. Allowing players to be creative and do what they love to do is one of the charms of Minecraft and probably an important reason for its enduring history.