![]() So we knew that “this wasn’t it.”Īht Urhgan was an entirely new place for gamers to explore. Advanced players, particularly those who finished the story-based missions to Chains of Promathia (the 2nd expansion), knew of a realm in the far east that had yet to be revealed to players. As far as most players knew, this was it. It’s been a wild ride, but I can safely say that I’m ready to present to you, the reader, a decent portrait of what Square Enix has done with their star MMORPG since the release of this, the third expansion.įinal Fantasy XI and its two expansions all took place on the main continent of Vana’diel and its surrounding islands. – I can’t write a review having only experienced 1% of the game) led me to explore Vana’diel on a regular basis for the last 18 months. I didn’t expect it to be a serious time commitment, but my love of all things Final Fantasy, along with a personal calling to higher critique (i.e. I actually started the game in February 2006 so that I could prepare to write a thorough review for the upcoming expansion. Relevant to me, I am here to admit that this is my first and only MMORPG. So if our review seems late, it is only as late as Square Enix is in releasing a full expansion to fans. For example, most of the new combat-based events were only added in the last six months. We withheld our judgment on the expansion until we could give a fair grade to the story, along with many other aspects of the game. ![]() In the update on August 27, 2007, players were able to reach the conclusion of the main “Treasures of Aht Urhgan” story arc: in other words, you could “beat” the game. Relevant to Square Enix, the fact is that even if the “Aht Urhgan” package was released in stores in April of 2006, the “Aht Urhgan” experience slowly evolved through bi-monthly content updates, as has been the standard since the MMO’s inception. If you don’t care about issues of bias or, say, the timeliness of this review, skip the next two paragraphs. Before beginning the review proper, I need to caution the reader with two notes: one relevant to Square Enix, and one relevant to me, your humble reviewer.
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