New players can now play Final Fantasy 14 all the way from streamlined A Realm Reborn content up to and through its first Heavensward expansion before having to pay a dime. That said, the most recent patch is making the stakes to enter lower than ever with a rework of the game’s free trial. It’s layers upon layers of seasonal content have made major points of the game seem sort of like episodic fun. Final Fantasy 14 has become quite a content-rich game over the years, which can arguably make it seem unwieldy to new players.