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11/08/2003 Archived Entry: "FFXI"

Some quick observations concerning Final Fantasy XI :

It takes a long time to do anything that increases your rank; some might find this a great challenge, others will only see a huge waste of time.

Though derivative, the artwork is, at worst, unobtrusive, at best, wonderfully lush.

The game is not difficult to play, but to really understand what's going on requires sorting through lots complicated systems.

FFXI is part of Sony's PlayOnline system which includes buddy lists, email, and other socially oriented services. It's all a nice idea, but the user interface is both visually unappealing and unintuitive.

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