Not the best thing since bread, but it doesn't entirely suck either.
-First, there is the vast amount of options you have in choosing skill trades. What needs work is custom character design; There is very little customization of characters aside from changing the hair colour, not nearly the same amount of depth as E.S. Oblivion.
-Though this is the first MMORPG I've played it is not the first MMO, and though MMOs are designed to connect people there are some individuals who loose all sense of social grace when online.
-The initial data downloading takes forever (roughly 45min-1hour), then you have to download several updates, then more downloads, then more frakkin' updates.
-Though I'm not sure I really want to pay around $13 monthly, getting the complete game with all the expansions in one package was a definite plus, and the fact that you can play with people using PC and PS2 is an added bonus.
- The world is huge, and character development takes and extensive amount of time and work, which I really don't have the time for but appreciate nontheless. Still, character building in this game a little too time consuming. One has to start off doing medial jobs in order to get a head start. I do that in real life, I don't want to do it in video games. When I finally established my character I thought I would get busy kickin' names and takin' @$$, only to find myself gettin' thug lovin' from a bunch of Orcs, Leeroy Jenkins-style.
Bottom line, if you love Final Fantasy this game is worth looking into, but if you don't there are better options for you.