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11/01/2003 Archived Entry: "Final Fantasy XI"

My husband was choosing between getting into Everquest, or Final Fantasy XI. I told him to go for FF because it looked cuter.

Anyway, Final Fantasy XI is really pretty fun and horribly addictive. It's truly a vast world. Chatter goes on in English and Japanese. You get to dispatch weird and wonderfully cute critters. There are little touches that make the whole experience sweet. There is a "bow" command, a great Japanese emote. There are four continents and five races. Lots of buying and selling of imaginary items. There are auctions. You can decorate your house. You can join into parties. It just goes on and on.

The only problem is, of course, that it makes real life seems so poorly designed.

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