Players have the option of using any combination of a keyboard, mouse, and controller to play Final Fantasy XI. The game servers are run by Square Enix as part of their PlayOnline network.Ī player engages in a dialog sequence to advance the story. There are no region-specific or system-specific servers, and unlike most online games, players of different languages play in the same world and can interact through automatic language translation from a library of translated phrases. Players have the ability to move between servers, though Square Enix charges a "world transfer" fee to do so. The servers are named after summoned monsters from previous Final Fantasy titles, such as Ifrit and Diabolos. A private Test Server was opened to eligible players to aid in feedback of updates in development for the game in mid-2011. There are currently 16 public game worlds available for play, down from 32 at the game's height, with approximately 15,000 to 20,000 players in each. Also diverging from previous games in the series, the game takes place in a fully three-dimensional landscape with enemies freely roaming in it, allowing battles to occur in real time as opposed to the random encounters used in previous games - a trend continued in every numbered Final Fantasy title since. Unlike the predefined main characters of previous Final Fantasy titles, players are able to customize their characters in limited ways, including selecting from one of five races and choosing their gender, facial style, hair color, body size, job, and nation allegiance.
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įinal Fantasy XI is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), and differs from previous titles in the series in several ways. As of September 10, 2020, a new, episodic story series titled The Voracious Resurgence has since been added to the game. A spinoff mobile game, Final Fantasy Grandmasters was released on September 30, 2015. A mobile client for the game was under development by Square Enix in collaboration with Korean developer Nexon, using Unreal Engine 4, but was cancelled in late 2020.
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Support for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions was ultimately ended on March 31, 2016, leaving only the PC platform playable. Final Fantasy XI became the final active server on the PlayStation 2 online service. In 2015, Square Enix released the final main scenario for Final Fantasy XI titled Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. Each expansion pack and add-on brings a new major storyline to the Final Fantasy XI world, along with numerous areas, quests, events and item rewards. Since its debut in 2002, five expansion packs have been released along with six add-on scenarios. Players can undertake an array of quests and progress through the in-game hierarchy and through the major plot of the game. The story is set in the fantasy world of Vana'diel, where player-created avatars can both compete and cooperate in a variety of objectives to develop an assortment of jobs, skills, and earn in-game item rewards. All versions of the game require a monthly subscription to play. The game was the first MMORPG to offer cross-platform play between PlayStation 2 and personal computer. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002, for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in November of that year. Final Fantasy XI, also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), originally developed and published by Squaresoft and then published by Square Enix as the eleventh main installment of the Final Fantasy series.
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