![]() I genuinely found PlayOnline delightful for two specific reasons. Nowadays, all it does is boot up Final Fantasy XI and allow you to access the PlayOnline exclusive email client, which was shuttered last year. The system once hosted game guides, mobile apps, minigames, on top of launching Final Fantasy XI. For those wondering, PlayOnline is a husk of what it once was in the past. The fact Square-Enix has yet to merge Final Fantasy XI and XIV's account systems into a single destination blows my mind. Speaking of which, let's talk about PlayOnline. Ah, yes, I always look forward to filling out long documents before being able to play the games I bought with my money! If you want a "taste" of what I had to go through to make this blog possible, go to Final Fantasy XI's Steam page and look at how many orange " WARNING" notifications highlight potential compatibility issues between PlayOnline and Steam. By the time I had, I was so emotionally spent that I did not play the game until the following day. No joke, it took me a solid three hours to complete every step needed to construct a proper FFXI account. Second is the arduous process you have to go through to create an account to play Final Fantasy XI. ![]() ![]() First are the game's notorious bosses, some of whom have gone down as the most malicious bosses in video game history. However, two facets of Final Fantasy XI have reached a nigh mythical status among the MMORPG community. They will either say:Īsk these people to name a specific gameplay mechanic or overarching narrative thread, and they will likely struggle. Part 1: If You Thought The Final Fantasy XIV Account System Was BadĪsk any Final Fantasy fan what they know about Final Fantasy XI, and their response will likely boil down to one of three possible answers. So, without further ado, let's talk about playing Final Fantasy XI in the year of our Lord, 2020. The fourth game was Final Fantasy XI Online, and now that I have played sixty plus hours of it, I can safely say my hesitance was justified. The third is Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, which is not only an awful playing game but the doyenne of everything I hate about Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshinori Kitase's management of the franchise. All three times, I came away with the absolute worst nausea I have ever experienced after playing a non-VR video game. The second game is Final Fantasy Type-0, a shitshow I have attempted to play on three occasions. The first, Final Fantasy III, is a game I find so mechanically punishing that I cannot appreciate it even as a historical touchstone of the franchise's past. Whelp, there's no turning back now!įinally, I guess it is high time to mention the four games I truly dread playing for this retrospective on the Final Fantasy franchise. It is not the early 2000s anymore, and I value my limited time on this smoldering wasteland of a planet far more than I did when I was a youngling. I understand complaining about picking up five tufts of bee pollen on a ten percent drop rate makes me sound like a crybaby. I am familiar with the byzantine quest design of MMOs and the absolute time-sinks they were, and still are, to a certain extent. I also have an understanding of how MMORPGs during this time operated. I caught the tail end of AOL's Neverwinter Nights, dabbled in Ultima Online, and wasn't above playing EverQuest or Runescape while Final Fantasy XI was at the "peak" of its popularity. That is until I decided to play Final Fantasy XI this July.Īll of this aside, I want you to know that I am not some " newcomer" to MMORPGs. ![]() These experiences permanently soured me on the genre in general, and until recently, I have managed to avoid playing an MMORPG for the better part of ten years. I have experienced watching thousands of hours of my hard work disappear due to a corporate suit flipping a switch. In each case, I have gone through the five stages of grief while watching an MMO I loved die due to poor management or developer disinterest. ![]() The handful of MMORPGs I have invested time into are long dead (i.e., City of Heroes and Star Wars Galaxies). I generally am not a fan of MMORPGs, so I'll just come out and say that. I should have listened to all of you.Īlright, so, let's try to break down my thought process in playing Final Fantasy XI. No one asked for this, and I deeply regret this decision. I'm so sorry I did you all dirty like this. I applaud your dedication to direct me into playing a " good" Final Fantasy game for once. Sincerely, I appreciate the admiration and support you have shown me over the years. And look, if you are one of those people, I want you to know I love you from the bottom of my heart. Look at it, and understand that every time I start a new Final Fantasy series, I get at least four or five PMs asking when I'm going to cover Final Fantasy XIV. This isn't an apology, i do mean all of it /Rk9DZwDoTu - ⭐ meg ⭐ July 22, 2020 ![]()
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