Final Fantasy XI
If it were not for the title there is no way of knowing this is a Final Fantasy game what so ever it simply doesn't have the feel of the other Final Fantasy titles in the series not even remotely. This is a shame as I am a huge fan of the series and had high hopes for this one, alas those hopes were not realised.
Upon purchase of the game installation took well over an hour and I dont have a low end system, then setting up the account is the worst I have ever seen for any MMORPG it is very long winded and rediculously over the top and the full process will take you well over an hour even when you know what your doing.
Once you finally get into the game you are presented with the strangest control system that I have ever known for a PC game but knowing this is ported from the PS2 I was percistant and once you do get used to it the system does work very well.
One major thing to note, if you want to play this game with a friend ensure you both begin at the same time as you can not join any world at will you are randomly thrown into one of the 32 world servers. To make it so another will join you on the same server you require a World Pass which you purchase in game with in game money and you must give your friend the 10 digit world pass code or they will not get into the same world as you.
Once you are finally through all of that and you begin to play the game you will notice the game runs quite slugish and slow and not through bad system performance just from how the game engine runs. This can be annoying at times as it can take a while to get to where you want or need to go and also leveling in this game is a lengthy affair even throwing down the gauntlet to EverQuest for leveling speed.
You can not solo play this game either, very quickly you will see that you need a well ballanced party at all times to get anywhere in this game and taking note that upon death there is a XP penalty it can be quite frustrating when you get into a party and there is one idiot getting you all killed.
This game is an aquired taste and apart from a few small things like the presence of Chocobo's and Airships it simply doesn't feel or play like you would expect a Final Fantasy game to, personally I would strongly recomend buying this one with caution.