A vicious black hole of time that i love anyway XD

User Rating: 9.9 | Final Fantasy XI PC
By kafuffle | Review Date:
I've read alot of reviews for this written by people who seemingly weren't expecting to be immersed into an online world when they decided to play an MMO. First of all let me get a few things straight, this is a completely real-time environment, it takes time and the people you play with are real. You can't always just go out recruiting, if you want to do something and nobody is interested at the moment, too bad (hmmm that sounds familiar ;) kinda like real-life). While you spend alot of time lfg (looking for group), the thing to keep in mind is that as you get to higher levels, more areas open up that you can go harvesting/farming/mining in without fearing normally aggressive monsters. With a world-wide search engine emcompassing all players who wish to be seen, you can be anywhere in the FFXI world lfg doing whatever you feel like until someone invites you. This game encompasses 6 'jobs' which a player can begin with (double that are unlockable through specific quests post lv30) in any of 3 nations. These nations compete for global dominance and your nationality also determines your eligibility for Ballista (PvP) matches. As my title suggests this game is not at all for the casual gamer, I have invested over 1000 hours into my character over 2 years and there is still a whole world out there to explore (espicially with the near constant updates from Square-Enix containing more new areas, monsters, quests & gear). The graphics are absolutely phenominal if your PC can run the game with all it's config maxed. The sound (though in itself quite good) is much like any game, after so long in the same area it gets muted in lieu of the stereo. This game is an absolute masterpiece in it's genre and I highly recomend it to anybody with the patience and affinity for online 'life' neccesary to enjoy it.

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