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BEST MMORPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the game of games. It has so many things to do in it. You get great interaction with other people while playing. Game is constantly being updated so as to bring more enjoyment to the game. Would recommend this to any age group.

Truely a must have for Final Fantasy Fans.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Final Fantasy XI, is the first of the series that went online. You start the game off by creating the race you want to represent you in the game. While doing this, you can select from features such as your facial look, height, and what gender you want to be. Upon completing this you then select what nation you want to become a part of. And now with the most recent version update for the game, you can select what server you would like to join. After creating the character you can choose what job class you want to be. You start off with 6 jobs classes already unlocked and obtain more later in the game. The majority of the missions and quest you start off with seem like they have no importance to the story, but as you get stronger you become more involved with the game's in depth story. The game tries to keep to a theme known as "Community". There are somethings you can solo but Square Enix has built the majority of the game around working with others and creating relationships with people. The story to game is very good, for being online im truely amazed with the complex story the game offers. You ecounter the bulk of the story through The Rise of the Zilart, and Chains of Promathia. Treastures of Aht Urghan is the latest expansion pack for the series that is slowly adding missions and building a decent story. I must say that the story of this game is just as good, if not better then the story being told in FFVII and other various FF games. The controls to the game are very easy to pick up. For anyone who has a played a MMO before, FFXI is very easy to get into. For those who havent, it takes a little bit to get used to, but it is very easy once you get going. The game does come with one free month trial, so for those of you who are skeptical I would say at least try the trial out. This game takes some time advancing through missions and such, so dont look for quick gratification with this game. All in all for the many of Final Fantasy fans out there, this is definately a game to add to your FF library.

FFXI - more time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just wish the free trial lasted longer. It is easy to get lost in the world of vana'diel

final fantasy 11

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing this game on ps2 for quite some time now. With the new expansions, and a brand new computer I decided to get it for pc now. It's still the great game it has always been and alot of fun when you have friends playing online with you. All the people online are friendly and nice so they will help you out if you show some effort. This game has more items then most other mmorpgs out there except for world of warcraft. I can't get into the cartoon world in WoW so I play Final fantasy because everything looks far more realistic.

The most excitement experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Playing FFXI, you will know a diferent experience in games. With this game you will make friends and long time entertainment doing missions, quests, crafting, etc.

CAME BACK TO FFXI, AGAIN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

FFXI has the most replay value and most fun endgame content from any other MMO. I come from the vantage point of having played 9 MMOs over the past 6 years, and none can compete. The subjob system allows soloing and group opportunities, and you can try out other jobs without have to make other characters. Unlike other MMOs, you aren't locked in to a class, so you don't have to start over building reputation or doing missions or giving all your friends your new ingame name.
Travelling is amazingly simple in the game because of Outpost Warps. You can teleport to dozens of locations in the world, and call your own cocobo to come and pick you up, along with the crystal based teleport spells.
Crafting, like other games, is costly at first but yields great rewards and money towards the end.
Notorius Monsters now drop items that are cannot be sold, which has combatted the RMT issue that FFXI faced in its early years. Instanced NMs still drop the valuable items that can be sold on the auctions, as well as many of the other named mobs in the game.
Also, with SquareEnix releasing expansion packs every year, the games' strongest point of having unique and engaging storylines and frequently refreshed.
Square also offers an FFXI festival that attendees can win prizes for both in irl and ingame.
I have played WoW, Lineage2, Rising Force Online, Matrix Online, Guild Wars, MapleStory, Travian and EQ2, and FFXI is the only game that I have quit and come back to (twice actually). I truly wish I had not deleted my previous characters.
Additional tools that can make your game more fun are the FFXI Atlas (for newbies who need to be pointed in the right direction), [...] (for item, crafting, mission, and quest information), and limitbreakradio.com (for an entertaining radio show on FFXI).
Have fun in Vana'diel!

from an MMORPG addict hehe

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is not for the "casual player", its not for the person who wants to do something easy, like WoW,its complicated, its involving, and its not for the "novice" MMORPG player.Its fun, multidimensional, and extremely exciting, I love it :D

Worth The $13/Month!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Okay i was reading lots of review of this game and heard alot of false comments and statements that i want to clear up! Ive been playing Final Fantasy XI for about 9 months now, so I may know a lot more then people that play it for 2 months and give up, and write a crapy review about the game. Im in love with this game and its highly addicted, i all ways look forward to coming home to play FFXI. So here it goes.

First of...
~This game does take alot of commitment to play, i usually devote about 2 to 8 hours into the game. If i have 30 minutes to 1 hour to spare i wont even bothering getting on because i wont get anything done, unless im just getting on to screw around like PvP or Farm, but leveling up wise, you have to devote lots of time, this is the ONLY down side of the game.

Second...
~There is LOTS of Mob Grinding and fighting with parties between Lvls 10 to 60ish, but this greatly depends on you job class. Getting to lvl 10 is the worst, very boring and takes me about 3 days of about 3 hours a day, so thats about 10 hours. but its worth it becuase then you get to start fighting in parties! Partying is lots of fun and there is many Do'ss and Dont's, again depending on your job class. It does take a while to form a party, and this also depends on your job class and the time of day. Partying involves lots of strategy and if one person does something wrong, it could cost everyone. Partying is one of my favortie parts of the game, but can get a little boring after a while.

Next...
~You usually dont start doing quests until level 30 unless your 20 getting your chocobo, which does not take 5 to 6 hours!!! It takes an easy 4 hours but all you have to do is feed the chocobo one grass, turn off the game and wait an hour, turn it back on and feed another grass until you do four of them, so its not that bad. And this is the ONLY quest that is a pain, that i have done soo far.

Last
~Now this game isnt for everyone, like i said you must devote a lot of time into the game, but if you can do that, you will be hooked! If you have played runescape(i did for about 2 years until the gay updates recently, then i switched to this game) but it taks millions of exp to get a skill to lvl 99, but in Final Fantasy it is pretty consistent, it takes you exactly 837550 exp to get to lvl 75 from lvl 1, but you also need a sub job to lvl 37 which is about 150,00 exp, so all together is about 990,000 exp, just about 1 million, not that bad compared to a couple million on runescape, so getting to lvl 75 with a sub of 37 is obtainable by the average human being with a life, just may take a little bit, but usually it takes anywhere from 6 months to 12 months to reach that, this greatly depends on the time you play, your job, and a little bit of luck(to get into good parties)

So thats my review from a some what expierenced player, if anything on here is not true, please let me know.

~Nick

FF XI is new to me

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 39 / 41
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game a couple weeks ago so it is hard for me to give an extensive review. I will however let you all know what kind of impression this game has left on me.

To begin with I am a Final Fantasy fanatic so consider that as I continue my review.

The first thing I noticed which is impossible to miss unless you fall asleep is the lenghty install. To finish installing all of the expansions, get registered, perform updates, create a character, and start playing the game, it is probably going to take a few hours. This is assuming you have a broadband connection. If you do not have one expect this process to take considerably longer.

I won't complain too much about the install because a lot of other MMO games out there take quite some time to update as well. This is simply an FYI.

Character creation is pretty simple. The biggest problem I have with it is the lack of identity. There are few enough options that you kind of feel like you have the same character as 25% of the world. This isn't exactly accurate, but I never felt like I had anything original. It isn't a terrible thing, but it is one of those things I wish I could customize a little more.

The interface... well... lets just say it is different. I have played many MMO PC games and this interface and control scheme are way... way... different than any other game I've played. That doesn't make it bad though. I actually felt a little lost at first because the controls we so different than any MMO I have played. I actually had to look at the manual! That is like guy rule number one, never look at instructions. I failed! haha. The truth of the matter is once I got used to the controls I really liked them. As stated they feel very awkward for a while, but once I got it, I really liked it because it felt so fresh. It was something new. A different experience than I was accustomed to. I give the controls a 4/5 once you get it down. My only serious complaint is the fact that the mouse wheel doesn't control the zoom.

Gameplay... that is a large topic to cover. I will break it down a little.

Travelling around the world is a lengthy ordeal. Don't plan on getting anywhere fast. That is all I need to say.

Combat is what I appreciate about this game. I have only touched a small amount of it in my time playing, but I really enjoy the combat. I like the spell effects and ability effects. Good stuff. If you get this game learn to use the keyboard for targeting, it is far easier than trying to get your mouse on a moving monster and clicking it. There are Tactical Points you earn when you hit monsters or take damage. Once you hit level 10 in a weapon skill you get a new ability that you can use once you get enough Tactical Points. Then you will have to earn more Tactical Points to use the ability again. You also get job abilities. The job abilities I have are on timers so I can only use them so often. Square has always done an excellent job with effects. I already stated the spell and ability effects are great and I mean it. They have that Square/Final Fantasy style where they are just so visually appealing. You just want to perform the ability or spell again just so you can watch it haha.

The game also features tradeskills, but at this time I have virtually no experience with them so I cannot comment, just know they are available.

The game environment is really nice. I have not seen it all by any means, but from what I have seen I really enjoy it. The graphics are very dated by a 2006 standard, but it doesn't hold me back from enjoying the game. I won't defend the graphics and say they are great, but I cannot knock them too much either because they are as good as any Final Fantasy game to date. If you do buy this game I highly suggest looking up how to edit your registry to bump the graphics up a bit. When I first played the game I was shocked how bad the graphics were. I went into the FFXI config utiliy and bumped them up as high as I could. At that point they looked decent. Once I learned what to modify in my registry the graphics looked much sharper. Not perfect, but I am satisfied.

The sound is alright. I like the sound effects, but the music can get a little repetative. It is good enough that it doesn't get annoying though, at least not yet. ;)

So the big questions is how does this game compare to similar titles?

That is such a tough thing to answer for others. I will say if you do not have a lot of free time this game is probably not for you. That hurts me to say because I know myself I don't have a lot of free time. I really want to like this game, but I know how much of my time I will have to invest to really achieve anything. That kind of scares me. The people who do play it tend to play for ridiculously long periods of time. I get people messaging me all the time to get on. It is kind of a turn off. I don't like logging on and having people expect that I am going to commit to 4 hours of gameplay. I have a very hard time sticking around for 2 hours honestly. I have that problem with any game though. I just can't tune in for an excessive amount of time. I don't want to tell anyone not to get the game if they are interested, but realize what you are getting into. If you are like me you might want to avoid this one and get something else. Will that keep me from playing it? Not right now. I cannot say how long this game will hold my interest. I always wish that I could stay into MMOs just for something fun to do, but after a while I just lose interest. I don't imagine this game will be different just because of how much time everything requires.

The most appealing part of this game to me is the combat system comparing it to other MMOs. I like the fact that the enemies don't feel extremely stupid and the same all the time. The enemies have different abilities and spells just like in other Final Fantasy games. In most MMORPGs I feel like every monster is the same pretty much with different graphics and strengths. They just run up to you and keep hitting you the same way until either you die, or they die. Final Fantasy has gone beyond that. To me that is a massive improvement over other MMORPGs. The sameness has been reduced.

Final Fantasy XI actually has a storyline! Actually many storylines. That is another huge improvement over other MMORPGS. Sure other games have lore and quests, but I can't think of any that have a cohesive story like Final Fantasy XI. This is another untapped area for MMORPGS that Final Fantasy XI explores.

This game feels like Final Fantasy, in a new way. In all other games parties were involved and travel was fairly quick. This game puts you into the Final Fantasy world on another level. I feel like they took all of the great things in the Final Fantasy experience and put you into Final Fantasy "the life." You live out all of the little stuff you otherwise miss in the traditional games.

So... what is my final verdict?

I am happy I bought it. I am disappointed with how much time is necessary to play this game, but I have a good enough time playing it that I will certainly keep an active subscription for a while.

Great For Square's First Attempt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing Final Fantasy XI for a few years on the Unicorn, Fenrir and Titan servers and have much to say abut the game itself and some tips for beginning players:

For starters, it should be noted that this is Square's first MMORPG and that if they can learn from the mistakes they made in this game, they'll only make it better. They are indeed planning another MMO and it will no doubt be better than this and if Square does a good enough of a job at it, it may even exceed the now-legendary World of Warcraft in popularity, in my opinion.

Now, let's continue with a very important detail indeed: difficulty and learning curve. The learning curve isn't that bad, depending on the job desired. There are six jobs available at the beginning of the game: Warrior, Monk, Thief, White Mage, Black Mage and Red Mage. The mage jobs I personally recommend once you game some party experience in the fighter jobs. This is because they not only need to learn their proper duties in the party, but the spells required in addition to the armor and weapons becomes rather expensive.

Speaking of expenses, new players will have trouble finding money, especially the Final Fantasy veterans who are used to obtaining gil from EVERY enemy in the game. In this one, you can only FIND gil on beastmen (goblins, orcs, quadavs and/or yagudo, depending on the country you're nearby, though goblins appear in every area). The rest must be earned by fulfilling quests and/or missions or selling items obtained off of enemies to various vendors or at the Auction House, though there's more money to be made at the AH. What people say about RMT's (Real Money Traders) is indeed true, however they do not really seem to "control" the economy. On Fenrir it actually seems fairly stable and said RMTs are being constantly banned. This month alone I believe about 20,000 RMTs were banned (or 10,000; I don't have the exact numbers on-hand) so, yes, it is being taken care of.

Also, the travel and leveling up is fairly difficult in the earlier levels. A subjob can be obtained at level 18 and a Chocobo License can be earned at level 20 if you have the evasive skills to reach Jueno. On foot, getting from Bastok to the Valkurm Dunes takes an average of about an hour. Once you obtain a Chocobo, it takes maybe 15 minutes at the most. Then at much higher levels when you work on your missions and quests, (or, in other words, the story to FFXI) you'll get Airship Passes that take you to other from Jueno to other cities or the Outlands and vice versa in mere minutes.

To obtain said levels though can be a fair challenge. Soloing the first ten levels is generally fairly simple, but then it begins to become much more difficult. Then you must make your choice of partying in Konschtat Highlands (until about level 12-13) or in the Valkurm Dunes (until level 20) or you can solo until level 20. It's recommended that beginners party as much as possible to gain experience for level 20 up, but for more experienced players, soloing the later levels is perhaps easier than having to get into parties if you don't want to have to deal with the new players. Beyond that, it should become easier for players to level up their various jobs.

Now, for the graphics. These graphics look incredible. They are indeed rather laggy, but it is to be somewhat expected in what I believe is also one of Square's first PC games. Blizzard, the makers of WoW have been working tirelessly at nothing but PC games, so they are able to figure out how to cause less lag and make their graphics (which are not quite as detailed as FFXI) run better and with less lag (I also happened to notice the battles go by much faster in WoW than in FFXI because there is a second or so gap between attacks in FFXI. This is not present in WoW's battle system).

The sound is fairly good. It's not exactly the best music one would expect from a Final Fantasy game, however it is still good nonetheless. Some areas, namely dungeons such as the Palborough Mines and Ghelsba Outpost do not have music except during battles. The battle music itself has various forms, including solo in the field, partying in the field, soloing in a dungeon and/or partying in a dungeon.

The story is here and it kind of works it's way into more a means of reason for travel around the world. For about the first 20-30 levels one should mainly focus on leveling up and completing simple quests rather than missions as they become progressively more difficult, requiring a much higher level and a firmer understanding of how parties should work together. It should also be noted that the Chains of Promathia expansion missions are for generally only extremely high leveled groups and the Treasures missions are great after level 50, but this means you shouldn't expect to dive into the missions anytime soon.

The replay value is moderately high. While the game may at first seem a bit aggravating, it becomes much fun once you begin to get the hang of the game's various aspects. It provides much challenges, brings together many various real-life countries (you'll find yourself communicating with people in Japan, North America, Europe and perhaps the occasional person from another area of the globe who imported the game) and introduces people to the world of Vana'diel that Square-Enix has so cleverly created.

Final Word: Well, I've said all I can really say and made my point in many various ways. If you have any in-game questions, send a friend request to "Sephioverlord" or send me a /tell (in-game command) to the same name if you wind up on the Fenrir server. I will soon include World Passes and update them weekly for people who would like to join the Fenrir server.

**** 4 Out Of 5 Stars ****

EDIT: World passes no longer exist on FFXI! You get to pick the server upon registration :D

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