The remaining four city-states- Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, Gridania and Ishgard- militarized to meet this threat, but before another shot was fired the Garleans mysteriously halted their advance, leaving the city-states with a large armed force and nothing to really fight against. Before the start of the game, the Dungeonpunk Garlean Empire had set to use their overwhelming military force to attempt to conquer Eorzea, starting with the city-state of Ala Mhigo. 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 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.
