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a-okTopic: My Final Fantasy Online
So where to begin. Oddly enough, after all this time and all the games I've played, this is my first venture in the Square Enix entry into the field, Final Fantasy XI, depite it's long running status. I've been tempted before. I mean I am a fan of the series generally speaking. Have played them all to one extent or another ever since the very first one back on the NES. Still both my NES and my original FFI cart as well. At the time XI hit though, I was still firmly in my "I'm not paying a monthly fee as well as buying a client for full price" phase, something I occasionally still fall back on, and so FFXI went by the wayside, forgotten like so much unloved rubbish.
Until this past weekend, that is. Let me first say, that although I have purchased the game, and loaded it up, even making a character and running around a bit, I haven't played anywhere near long enough to make even a preliminary guess as to whether I'm going to like it or not. Also, let me speak to fans of the game and say, I know it isn't the same game it was even a couple of years ago as SE is set on making it more solo friendly and less of a grind, relatively speaking that is.
So I was off. First impressions are that the game has not aged gracefully from a graphical standpoint, but it has that Final Fantasy touch from the Playstation 2 era that stands out and makes it easy to overlook the shortcomings it displays in the graphical area. Aside from that, its quirks are many, and I'm sure they will become less of an issues as I go along. Its focus on the Playstation 2 as initial platform is surely responsible for some of these issues. Especially since I'm playing the PC version currently, although I do intend to try out the 360 version in the not too distant future.
captainzoli
