User Rating: 8.4 | Final Fantasy XI PC
Final Fantasy XI First things first the installation process is a huge pain but after that its 'GoGo' I started with a Male Hume or Human Job: Red Mage Face has a cool tattoo on the top of the head. City: Bastok Server: Laksmhi So far its been a bit hard to find Gil. I guess I better start some 'fetching' quests. I also haven't joined anyone cause I feel like I need to level up a bit just to not look stupid while I get owned by a bee. Which btw I was owned up by a bat, a worm, and the stupid bee cause at first I thought that I didn't have a weapon. (I know stupid) but It leads to my next observation.....READ THE MANUAL!!!!! At first I didn't even know how to bring up my menu! Well now its different, with the keyboard u can make your character run while looking at your menus (Sort of like Castlevania LOI) I will repeat again, READ THE MANUAL!!!!! You cannot just pick up the game and go. Theres a lot of variables and will end up with less time respawning which also leads to another observation....At early levels of gameplay u can regenerate your life and magic by ducking, while in this position an enemy can hit you, so finding a passive spot is a must. Also u can look at your menu while in this mode. It wasn't after dying several times to (u named it) a bee, that I accidently found that. Battle: 8/10 The battle system seems a mix bag of FinalFantasy's turn based system but a bit faster.(Thank God) You can also, while attacking, select spells to cast inbetween attacks although there are chances that your spell cast can get interupted by moving right before the animation or the enemy hits you hard. I have a habit now of casting 'Dia' which brings the enemys defenses down before I fight them. Graphics: 8/10 I'm a bit dissappointed here. The graphics look like PS2. Now thats a Good and Bad thing. For one, Good for speed during gameplay, Bad when your PC can do that by just blinking (PCs Blink?) I guess I expected better graphics especially for PC. I actually saw pixels! I'll try again messing with the settings but last I checked everything was on 'high' and turned 'on'. Correction after messing with the graphics seetings I got it to look smooth, I was very suprised at how beautiful it looks. Sound: 8/10 Classic FF style music very nice indeed. During the 'Install' theres this jazz type music that after awhile is pretty annoying (or was that just the install time?) Overall: 9/10 Why so high? Cause its addictive, even more than PSCrack! I will be playing this for a loooooooooong time. Just thought I'd post my thoughts on this.
