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The latest patch for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 brings an end to Dawntrail's relic weapons, allied society, and Hildebrand quests

Which Final Fantasy game should you play first?

A forgotten 1999 Magic card transforms Squall, SeeD Mercenary into a powerful Commander while capturing his Final Fantasy 8 character arc.

I think my favourite thing about the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy so far is the specific ways in which the developers at Square Enix inject nostalgia. The games launched to date - Remake and Rebirth - manage to nod warmly towards aspects of the original RPG without it ever feeling trite. You can see it in so many aspects of the way the games are curated: the way certain musical sequences are teased as motifs, and then brought in, full-throated, for certain boss fights; the redesigns of (in)famous monsters, and how certain major enemies are deployed in slightly remixed ways for maximum effect

An Avowed sequel might never materialize now, so here are 7 great open-world games that offer similar experiences to Obsidian's gem of an RPG.