Seemingly not content with swallowing up Animal Crossing and spitting out its own farm-and-craft minigame, Final Fantasy 14 has apparently now guzzled down Starfield and is readying to unleash its own way to sink dozens of hours into galactic wandering.
Upcoming mode Cosmic Exploration will offer a co-op experience that will take players between a number of planets as they explore the galaxy and hammer away at different projects.
The new lifestyle content joins the Animal Crossing-like Island Sanctuary - introduced in 2022’s patch 6.2 - and previous collective initiatives such as the Ishgardian Restoration, which had players across the MMO working together as its Disciples of the Hand and Land jobs to rebuild the city’s damaged Firmament district in return for rewards and titles.
Cosmic Exploration sounds like it will be closer to that game-wide collaborative effort than the individual collect-and-craft progression of Island Sanctuary, as director Naoki Yoshida explained during its reveal during Fan Festival Tokyo that while the mode can be played solo, it’s primarily intended for players to work together in order to make progress.
Announcing Cosmic Exploration, the expansive new lifestyle content coming to #Dawntrail!
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