Final Fantasy

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 7:35 am

I found out a guy that I work with plays this game and loves it. I'm thinking of giving it a try, any comments?

Treehorn · Post by **Treehorn** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 7:50 am

Which one? There are about 15 Final Fantasy titles floating around out there.
Do you mean the online version, FF XI?

If so, I think most people here will tell you that game is crap. Forced grouping and mindless xp-grinding isn't an experience most EQ vets care to repeat voluntarily, no matter how pretty the scenery (that was my take, anyway. I payed attention to what they were saying on D's last board, and saved myself the bother of not picking it up).

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:20 am

It's fun for all of a few weeks, and then the zombie-like grinding REQUIRING a group to kill almost anything gets old.

The game looks amazing though, and is fun for those few weeks lol :dunno:

If you can get lucky and get on a server with more americans youll be better off too, the japanese are elitist pricks who can barely speak english.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:03 am

I tried to explain this to her, I think she just wants to try it out *shrug*.

Treehorn · Post by **Treehorn** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:14 am

I havn't been interested enough to actually look, but maybe there are free trials available out there somewhere? :dunno:

I tried the 14-day free trial of SW:G when my boredom this summer had about peaked. That pig took somewhere around 3 hours to download and install, and I only ended up playing it for about 30 minutes before I quit in disgust and deleted it.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:23 pm

Treehorn wrote:Which one? There are about 15 Final Fantasy titles floating around out there.
Do you mean the online version, FF XI?

If so, I think most people here will tell you that game is crap. Forced grouping and mindless xp-grinding isn't an experience most EQ vets care to repeat voluntarily, no matter how pretty the scenery (that was my take, anyway. I payed attention to what they were saying on D's last board, and saved myself the bother of not picking it up).

Yup Yup and Yup. Talk with Taxx about it Silv, we all played together for a while and it got old pretty quick.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:34 pm

IF there were actual quests to do constantly (like WoW) and not such a dependency on grouping and more diverse monsters I'd probably still be playing.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:38 pm

That game had such potential, it saddens me it was lacking just a few things that would have made it awesome.

runamonk · Post by **runamonk** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:22 pm

Taxx wrote:IF there were actual quests to do constantly (like WoW) and not such a dependency on grouping and more diverse monsters I'd probably still be playing.

Yup. That was one of my biggest complaints about that game. It's very linear, you pretty much have to go through each area to level up and each time you go to a "new" area it's the same monsters as the previous area but with new names. Very lame indeed. :/

Post by **Lyion** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:48 pm

I have friends who swear by this game. I have never tried it as the Anime look doesnt appeal to me. Wont hurt just to try it, but it is a grouping game.

Just wait for Wow silv!

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 5:04 pm

The classes and their abilities are better than any other game IMO. I also like they way they have it so you character can be any class whenever it wants to be. Here's the thing that sucks about the game: level 1-5 kill young hares, levels 6-10 kill hares, level 11-15 kill sand hares, level 16-20 kill mature hares, level 21-25 kill elder hares, level 21-25 kill super elite elder hares...you get the point

apolo · Post by **apolo** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:26 pm

takes like 10 seconds to start attacking n stuff, too

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:03 pm

ewww ok, thanks

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:20 pm

Finalzion Damanasponge · Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:48 pm

I have 2 accounts if you want one of them silv I played but I got mad at it real quick.

baddwin · Post by **baddwin** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:41 am

(FFX 11)Its was fun at beginning, but around lev 45+ my dragoon was not asked often in group. Some class don't add alot to the group, so you always ignore if you don't have a permanent group. I bring it to lev 53 or 54, after i was to tired to continue grinding and waiting for group. Still a nice game if you don't exp very fast.

Durothil Skyreaver · Post by **Durothil Skyreaver** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:57 am

I had a blast for about the first month I played. After that I got tired of killing the same mobs over and over. Plus I never could manage to get the damn sub class quest finished.