 FFXI--Always an Adventure! | | Review Date: August 8, 2008 | | Reviewer: Veronica A. Fernandez, Miami, FL United States | Jitensha~Kujata Server~75WHM 75BLM
I have been playing FFXI for several years now, and I can tell you that Square Enix always keeps it coming!!! FFXI is not just the first worldwide cross server game, and multi platform game, with beautiful graphics (in comparison to other MMORPGS), it's a world for players who want to be challenged, even if you're not a Final Fantasy fan.
Many of you might find mixed reviews about the game, and I will admit that the FFXI experience is a bit more demanding and time consuming than other MMORPGS. I will conquer on the idea that you can't have fun if you don't have a lot of time though. I'm a young woman, planning to get married soon, just finished school (full time 6 classes a semester), worked, and still had time to play (as well as sleeping, eating, and spending time with loved ones of course). It is possible, you just need to manage your time correctly.
Another reason people don't like the game is because it's not really Newbie friendly. I mean, they have different campaigns for new characters, mentor programs, special items and quests etc, but the constant leveling and less challenging quests can be boring for a player until they reach level 30. That level is when the fun begins, parties become more strategic, players can obtain advanced jobs, and much more, but as stated before, in comparison to other MMORPGS, reaching level 30 could seem like forever.
On a more positive note, once a player reaches level 30+ and is able to explore Vana'diel more, they will start to realize what a detail and amazing world it is! FFXI has an AMAZING jaw dropping story line with each expansion, and they just keep getting better and better! FFXI even covers more than it had when it started. We now can enjoy over 20 jobs, with an amazing sub job system, several PVP's, even more challenging End Game events for rare/exclusive armor and weapons, Campaign battles, and more! Also with the Special Task Force the economy is a million times better, and the game is more fun to play now. Square Enix has for many years kept it's ears open to the players, and I'm sure I can speak for many FFXI fans that the game has evolved into something amazing.
On another happy note, FFXI might now have as many players as other MMORPGS...not they make commercialize in the US, only in Japan (God knows why...)...but I will assure you, the number of 12 year olds are significantly less than that in WoW LOL... |
Final Fantasy XI = FUN | | Review Date: May 6, 2008 | | Reviewer: Joseph Valenzuela, | | I have been playing this game for about 5 years now and all i can say is that I'm still having fun.It does take awhile to master the controls and each job is different.So it's not for the casual gamer.FFXI has a great story line and well as battle system too.The graphics are very nice and not cartoonish looking like WOW.Only bad thing I don;t like is some times it takes a long time to get a party together.The social aspect is very good and it's easy to meet friends here.FFXI is a real fun game and I highly recommend it to some one who wants to get into MMORPGS.PLus the user base is older people so you don't have to deal with bratty kids,one of my biggest turn offs about WOW. |
All - In - One Box | | Review Date: May 29, 2008 | | Reviewer: Justin R. Bonanno, Traveller | The complete collection of Final Fantasy XI Online and Expansion Packs.
A great MMORPG since 2002 and still going strong. You get a 30 day free trial and then must continue by paying an affordable monthly subscription fee.
In this game you begin by creating and naming your own custom character. You will meet and talk to many people to team up with from all over the world to advance in your quests. |
Old School Fun | | Review Date: June 16, 2008 | | Reviewer: Juan Herrera, SA. Texas. | This game was one of the first, MMORPGS that introduced the nice graphics and the good sotry line, all games nowadays modifed aspects from FF11 to get thier game going like WOW and GW. This is not your average every other day game, u need to put time in it and its rewarding, yes you might say it takes forever to lvl up and ur paying 15 bucks a month, but w/e. Don't be cheap, its totaly worth it, and the comminity is great unlike other mmorpgs where no one cares about you and or calls u a dam noob. However this isnt you solo/grind mmorpg and not good for ppl who like to pvp.
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I just keep comming back to this MMO | | Review Date: December 30, 2008 | | Reviewer: P. Smetana, California, MD | I started this game in 03, JP release, quit in 06 for WoW, then quit WoW in 07, came back to this, then recently I started Age of Conan... and I think I'll go back to FFXI again.
Let me explain,
This game gives you everything EXCEPT open world ganking and glowing weapons. I'll break this down even further;
PVP COMBAT -
Not really much of it. There is a few PVP scenarios you can get into, but for some reason they arent very popular. If you get into a Ballista or Brenner or something of that nature its a scheduled thing, unless you start one yourself... then its even harder to people to go with you. But if you find a good group of people who want to do this, the rewards can be great!
PVE COMBAT -
Open world is HUGE. There are tons of different monsters and beastmen you can battle against. Unlike many other MMOs out there, the mobs dont all look the same here! Higher level ones with challange you with more abilities, and that makes for interesting game play for sure. Oh, and this game is not really Gear Oriented, but in most cases, skill oriented (Ninja tanking, for example).
QUESTS -
Holy Cr@p there are a Sh!!ton of quests in this game! Down side to them is they dont give you experience points. They do, however give you a fame rating for the city/town you do these quests for... and fame sticks with your character (toon for you WoW fans) for the life of it. As you can see, I have been playing this game for a very long time, and I have yet to repeat 1 single quest (unless I want to help someone else do it). Massive content that no other game EVER has came even remotely close to being able to match.
CRAFTING -
Some people like it. It takes a lot of time, as do most things in this game. You can make probably 60% of the items in the game through crafting. Personally, I'm big on this games Fishing. You actually have to fight the fish and wear it down to get it up out of the water. Good stuff!
CHARATER CREATION -
As far as looks go, theres not a big difference in anything other than race selection and hair color that anyone will notice much. Hume = Male or Female Human, Elvaan = A tall elf (compared to Santa Style or WoW) either Male or Female, Tarutaru = A very small pudgy (sometimes refered to as Cute) Male or Female humanoid, Mithra = a Female only cat that walks on 2 legs, and Galkan = a Massive Non-gender (refered to as male though) Hulking Dinosaur looking thing. Each race has thier own strengths and weaknesses associated with job selection.
JOB SELECTION -
Fisrt off, theres a ton, and patcheds keep adding more! Heres the list:
Warrior, Depending on the way you pla, can be a tank or a damage dealer
White Mage, A caster of healing magic
Red Mage, the jack of all things magical, the master of enfeebaling
Black Mage, Master of the Dark Magic
Blue Mage, Learns the abilitys of what its fights and uses them against your opponenets
Monk, The Master of Martial Arts with Hand and Foot
Thief, Steal Items and Money, Stab enemeys in their backs and run away fun!
Dragoon, Calls and controls his/her own dragon and wields a deadly spear
Paladin, A very Heavily Armored Tank with magic to heal themselfs
Dark Knight, A very Heavily Armed Dealer of Death
Beast Master, Charm enemys and force them to fight others for you
Puppet Master, Controls a puppet to do its bidding for them
Ninja, Master of Deception!
Samauri, Wields a Giant Katana and uses it to inflict many skills quickly
Dancer, Uses the power of Dance to change to do various abilities
Bard, Sing or Play an intrument to give your group various power boosts
Scholor, Can instantly switch between Black and White magic
Corsair, uses a deck of cards (and a gun) to give boosts to your group
Ranger, Pretty much like any ranger in any game
Summoner, call upon the mightiest of all creatures the History of FFXI has offered to fight for or with you
More, I'm sure there is, but theres just so many I forget about them all!
And on top of that, just because you chose 1 job at the beginning dont mean you have to start a new character to start a new job. Simply go into your house and talk to your Moogle, viola, change your job. You keep all the levels you have earned and all the experience and everything as you progress through the game. And thats not all with job selection, after lvl 18 you can do a quest to get a support job to your main job. For example, you are a lvl 18 warrior, and want to be able to cure yourself... well warrior does not have magic, so you go talk to your moogle and select white mage as a support job (I dont really reccomend doing this, but its a good example), now, you are a Warrior/White Mage. Your support job can be = to or less than your current main jobs level. Example again, 18warrior/9white mage. Max level in this game is 75, and that point you have the merrit system to make you even more powerful, which also carry on to other jobs if you chose to play a different one.
CUSTOMIZATION -
You pretty much choose the way you want to play the game. Although there are strong notions as to the way you should play a particular class, mainly because the game has been out for so long, but really theres nothing to stop you from doing things the way you want.
WoW bored me after a year, well, long before that, but I had a lvl 70 and wanted to see what endgame had to offer... that was a dead end for sure. I was also tired of how one-sided the PvP system was... IE; Rogues stun lock you, kill you, and theres nothing you can do about it while the swirly junk is over your head. This is not the case with FFXI, as EVERY job is perfectly ballanced. Your Human Skill, really does make the difference.
Theres never any lag issue. At all. Ever. The servers run like a finely tuned sports car.
This game is for PS2, Xbox360, and PC, so youll see a TON of people still playing this game today, and all day every day.
There really is almost TOO much to this game, and can be quite overwhelming, especially for the new player. The game helps out with that though, as it does start out slow, and gets faster and faster as you progess.
If you are a new player, and end up on the Titan Server, look myself or my wife up and one of us can help you out! I am Robotchicken, my wife is Shadowsith.
Basiclly, if you have come to the point of reading this review, just stop what your doing, buy this game, and get hooked like the rest of us. Sure you wont see glowy weapons or floating skulls off your shoulders like WoW, but you also wont see any of the cartoony kids stuff either. This is just purely a great game with tons of social interaction.
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