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Summary: Cool MMORPG. But $12.95 a month?
Review: It an awesome game, but the monthly payments can be a hassle. But really, it's SO worth the $13 dollars a month. The graphics are great, the gameplay won't get boring because of the constantly changing world, and the story-- its kind of weird and confusing, but that's not the point. The whole game overall is perfect.Don't bother listening to the people writing the negative reviews. They probably haven't gotten far because of the frustration, so they can't really call it a "good game". But I don't blame them, it's hard to level up. Maybe for others, its easier. Most of the negative reviewers don't have any descrpition of playing the game, so they don't have the experience and right to say it's a bad game. They only complain about how pricy the whole thing is. Also, some complain about the time and how much you really need on your hands to play the game. Well, im 14 and I'm not a no-life guy, but I have 3-5 hours to squeeze in any day. But hey, that's my life. If you don't have much time on your hands to play this game or $12.95 for every month, I wouldn't really go for it. There are other MMORPGs though, like Phantasy Star Online, Ultima Online, or Everquest (I've only played Phantasy Star). Although this isn't the greatest MMORPG ever made, it's still an excellent game.
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Summary: I cant seem to get enough
Review: I must admit at first, i got very frustrated with this game very quickly. I quit playing after a month, and after having just a lvl 13 war. Boy was i missing out. Determined to get what i was paying for out of the game, i started fresh again, and i cannot seem to get enough of it. I have so much fun building my character, doing missions, and making money as well as crafting. There is just so much to do! Traveling is also quite appeasing, and folks, once you get a sub job, the game just simply becomes wonderful. Build up those characters, and when you get to lvl 30, go get some advanced jobs gogogo! :D
The environment is just so lavish in this game, and i simply adore it. yes it is hard, yes it is semi difficult to get money at first, but in no time at all you will be rollin in the dough.
Very excellent i am glad i started to play again/
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Summary: Too bad it's so bad...
Review: Besides FF10, this FF is just the worst of the series. It's also a terrible MMORPG. If you want real MMORPG, check out Ultima Online. It is actually reasonable on the quests. As with FF11, you have to level up to extreme levels just to ride chocobos, etc. The quests are boring and tedius. This is not for MMORPG, it's not even really for hardcore FF fans. FF is better single player, and I suggest starting at FF6 (known as FF3 on snes) and work you way up.
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Summary: Big fan of Final Fantasy Series, but....
Review: As the title states, I am a very big and dedicated Final Fantasy fan of the series but when I purchased this game I had a total letdown. This game is soooooooooo booooring and nothing compared to any of the other Final Fantasy legends. This is a big waste of your money. I regret buying this ridiculously lame game. If you think this game is still worth the buy, then by all means go for it. But you have been warned!!! I give this game a big fat ZERO!!!
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Summary: Buying the game then have to paid to play it????LOL
Review: This really suck. Why the hell would you want to buy a game then pay a monthly due to play the game. i want my money back. Heck the game is not cheap...$46.. then $13 every month. yeah right. Definitely a ripoff. Diablo II is much better. you buy game then you play online for free (still a very fun online exp.). Worst decision I have made buying this game. Just not sure if it is worth $156 for the year (maybe more depending on your online exp.). I can buy another game console with that price...lol
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Summary: Only start if you are serious, not casual
Review: Everything the reviewers say about the rich graphics, the realistic and pretty characters, and the depth of complexity is absolutely true about this game. If it is the case that you are deeply dedicated to the concept of the MMORPG, you have immense time to explore and learn the details of play (probably you are 18 or under or unemployed), and you really feel determined to succeed this game may be the world that suits you. When I want to log in and play a game however, I want it to be a simple and light escape from reality. I want to be able to easily role play, level at will, and enjoy the comradeship of my friends. The only way I can review this is to make a comparison to the other MMORPG I play which is Ragnarok Online. When I started that, I am immediatly surrounded by the people playing, the controls and navigation were easy to grasp, and the game was left very open on how one wishes to play. The replay value was immense -- log in, level a bit, talk to your friends, make your characters how you want. For a busy person, it is the perfect escape. FFXI however did not give me this luxury; it was tiresome learning how to play; you do not meet people immediatly on entry nor that much making the atmosphere incrediably lonely; you are not given a lot of freedom how you wish to level (you MUST find large parties); the game was so complex and the options given to you so numerous that it somehow made me feel I was at the desk of a job rather than having fun with a game. This review therefore is nor for the MMORPG fans out there that know what FFXI may entail but more for busy that may be looking to play as they have been introduced to the fun of FF before. I was amazed at the skill of the creators of this game, but I was not able to have fun.
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Summary: Help, I am so confused!
Review: The amazon ad say's, "whether you play online or on your ps2,." I bought it to play on my ps2. How the heck do I do that. The ps2 will not open the game?? Duh! What am I missing here???
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Summary: Had I known, I would not have bothered
Review: This game has some good points which you can find in most of the other reviews, all I'm concentrating on are the flaws I wish I had known about before I bought it. 1. Experience points are horrible. When you only need 500 points to advance to your next level, getting 36-72 per kill is fine. When you need 4,000 (and that's just level 18) still getting 36-72 per kill, which is all you ever get from anything you can reasonably kill alone, is insane. 2. The only way to actually level up is to get lucky enough to find a good party. YOU CANNOT SOLO IN THIS GAME. After level 15 it's almost impossible to go anywhere alone. I like playing in parties, but I don't like being forced to join another 5 people everytime I log on, and that's if you can find any open groups, which can take 5 minutes or 5 hours. Sometimes I enjoy playing alone, or with a smaller group, but the full 6 man party is essential if you hope to make any progress. 3. Casual gamers need not apply, if you think you can pop on for an hour or so and accomplish anything, don't bother. You won't even gain a level or accomplish any missions or quests of significance. There is simply too much traveling over huge distances and dependence on others to get anywhere fast. 4. The enemies are poor. There are only a few different character models so they are all variations of the same creatures. This is made more annoying by the fact that not only do the goblin thug and goblin butcher look pretty much the same, but you have to check the strength of everything before you fight it. You will fight a goblin thug in one place that is too weak to give you any experience points and fight another that kicks your butt into the ground in another. But they are the exact same enemy. 5. There is no escape. If you get attacked by anything, most enemies wait until you are already engaged in a battle or are healing to attack, most of the time all you can do is run to the nearest map zone, where a new area loads, to escape, this can be hard though since it can take five minutes to reach these areas and the creature attacking you will NEVER stop chasing. It's also nice how even though you may be faster, they can still keep hitting you with their melee attacks from 20 feet away. In fairness, there are scrolls and some spells that can help, but mostly you will run and pray, because if you fall you die and lose 10% of your current experience. If there is a level 25 white mage near you can get a raise for less penalty, but it's not dependable enough to hope for unless you've made it that high. 6. If you are looking to meet people this is the wrong place. Unlike other online games, because of the group and level limitations (there need to be no more than 3 level differences between the strongest and weakest characters in a group in order for everyone to get decent experience) the same people you meet and play with today may be 5 levels above or below you the next time you see them depending on how much everyone plays, but if you enjoyed their company too bad, you make a lousy group now. There is very little socializing anyway, few people talk other than in group chat, and in groups everyone worries more about getting the next kill than saying "Hi". This could be more of a personal complaint than the others because I have made friends in other games, and here I feel lonely since I didn't know anyone going in and the few people I have met I left behind. If you don't care about anyone but yourself in a game then this is no problem. There are a few other things that bother me about this game, but these were the one's I now realize if I had known before I bought it, I would not have wasted my money.
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Summary: A Great Game
Review: This game by far is very very good. Everyone who says that this game sucks past two weeks, is either wrong or doesnt have good taste for MMORPG's (Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games)
I do admit that this game after awhile does get old from fighting monsters but instead of fighting monsters, you can fish, cook, make stuff, its great! There is so many things to do! WHoever said that all the monsters are the same, have not explored all of Vana D'iel. You get to embarke on a Journey to San d'Oria,Windurst,Bastok,Jueno and so much more! So many different monsters: Dragons, Rabbits, Tunnel Worms, Goblins, Orcs, Elementals, oh and so much more (i dont even know what they are called!) But to my conclusion this game is great. Only but it on Computer. I have played a Beta on Ps2and it is horrible: The Graphics, The Price, The money you must spend!
THis is what i reccomend for your computer if you want to play FFXi and other games with a great Satisfication:
1. buy a E-Geforce4 MX440 64mb DDR with VGA/S-video out Graphics card for 80 bucks.
2. 526mb RAM
3.A airflow controller for PC. Buy these items and in total you spend 200 bucks (yes yes double the price of FFXI for PS2)
But by doing this you have advanced your computer and the graphics card is very good (very cheap too)and now you can buy any computer game and install it and its AWESOME!!! (BUY HALF LIFE2 and World of Warcraft) If you have any questions, email me at gothikjohnny@hotmail.com or instant message me at xGoThIcOtAkUx (AIM) I'll be glad to help.^__^
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Summary: Not a good buy.
Review: I played this game from the beta, then of course bought the retail to keep playing with the friends I had made. After playing for a while I noticed several severe flaws in the game design...
First there are only about 8 types of creatures in the game. All they did was change the monsters pictures a tiny bit ( say a different weapon in hand or a different color) throughout the first 60 levels of the game I noticed this. At one point I noticed just about every undead creature looked like a skeleton, even a lich. I would be fighting beetles then crabs and goblins at level 11, then them again at level 40, beetles again, then at level 51...beetles YET again, with goblins. You are going to spend about 70% of your xping on these three I would say : Crawlers, beetles, and crabs.
Secondly, the xp system is terrible, basically your entire group has to be within 2 levels of each other to get any decent xp, I know that doesn't sound to bad but it can make forming a decent group practically impossible sometimes, this is of course especially bad since over level 50 its at least 10k+ xp for your next level and the toughest... a well balanced group can take without downtime would give about 70-120xp.
Thirdly the pointless quests designed only to slow down character advancement. Nothing in this game comes easy, you want a sub job for your character, do a long .. quest, you will know what I mean when you spend 5 hours in a group skull hunting just to lose the lot on the ONE skull you found. You want to ride around on a chocobo ? Do another long .. quest that takes about 6 hours...of consecutive time, cant come back without starting over. You want to use the airship ? Then you have to do 6 missions(the twisted version of quests) that I would say together take about 8-9 hours of game time if your lucky and have a level 35+ group to do mission six. Best part is after doing the missions and getting your airship pass.... you still have to pay to ride the dang thing. Come on jeuno, I am saving the world here, at least give me a freaking free ride.
If you want to get over level 50, its another long annoying quest(mine took about 6 hours with two level 70s helping), and then the same quest just with different quest items for EVERY FIVE LEVELS after that.
There are plenty more horrid game flaws present in this blemish on square's record but I am limited to 1000 words in this review. So in summation, I think square rushed too much to make this game and didn't think to put in the variety and quality that all the other FF titles have had.
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