Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2713 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Square Enix
• Released on: 2008-05-23
• Platform: Windows XP

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All four expansion packs: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urhgan, and Wings of the Goddess

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Lose yourself inside the legendary FINAL FANTASY XI saga with this massive collection.

FINAL FANTASY XI: 2008 Edition is a stunning assortment that includes the original FINAL FANTASY XI game, plus four expansion packs: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urhgan and Wings of the Goddess.

Start with FINAL FANTASY XI, where you will be able to assume the role of a variety of unique characters. Customize your character's appearance and decide which abilities you find most important.

Then develop your in-game persona to become more effective in battle. In the four expansion packs you will encounter new personalities, take on new jobs and explore new areas. As you continue to master weapons, skills and magics, you will become a bigger part of this amazing world.

In Chains of Promathia, learn more about the fabled God of Twilight as well as the Emptiness, a sinister force that is gnawing away at the world.

In Rise of the Zilart, assume the role of Samurai, Ninja or Dragoon and trek through 40 new areas.

In Treasures of Aht Urhgan, test your skill as a Blue Mage, Corsair or Puppetmaster, and embark on new missions that will reveal the secrets of this mysterious land.

Wings of the Goddess introduces the new Dancer and Scholar character jobs, and takes you to Vana'diel's rewritten history, where you will participate in three intense campaigns!

Customer Reviews

Excellent MMORPG, definately one game to own besides WoW
I've been playing this game for 4 years. Its just fantastic, sure graphically its not the looker and won't win a beauty contest like WoW does, but the gameplay, story and mechanics definately make up for everything.

If your just about to get into FFXI, I suggest you get this as it has the original game, all 4 expansions, and every content update in it, saving you hours of downloading files.

About what you'd expect from a 'Final Fantasy' MMORPG...
I just thought I'd post what I believe to be a fair review of this MMORPG, as most of the reviews I read before I started playing were wholely negative. Although the game has its flaws, I wouldn't say it was a bad game at all.

Prior to playing this, I have played both 'World of Warcraft' and 'EverQuest II'. Both of these games (especially the former) are extremely user friendly. The game takes good care of you for the first 10 levels of gameplay, and makes sure that you always know exactly what you are doing. 'FFXI' is not like this. Even after watching the video manual disk provided, I had very little idea of what I was doing. You are started in a huge city and quests and missions are not marked at all. Basically, before you even begin, you have to spend a good few hours wandering around talking to everyone to recieve your first few quests. I'd advise using a guide to help you hear, just to save on time. As quests are the best way to start gaining money, and killing monsters is the only way to gain experience and level, it's in your best interest to do the two at the same time.

However, after a rocky start and a few days of not knowing what on earth I was doing, the game started to get addictive. You have a choice of five races to play as (Hume, Elvaan, Tarutaru, Mithra and Galka) and six jobs (Warrior, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, Thief and Monk - with more jobs unlockable through quests at level 30). As you can switch jobs whenever you like, you don't need to reroll your character completely if you get bored of one, which is a really nice touch.

Also, the gameplay is nothing like 'World of Warcraft', so there is not much point in compairing the two. Basically, 'Final Fantasy XI' plays like any other 'Final Fantasy' games, therefore the interface and graphical quality mirrors this. Don't expect anything as simplistic or brightly coloured as you would find in 'World of Warcraft' or you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you're a fan of the 'Final Fantasy' series, you will quickly find yourself right at home.

In conclusion, ignore most of the negative feedback you hear about this game. Provided you find yourself a good guide for your first couple of levels and spend time familiarising yourself with your surroundings, you'll be leveling in no time.

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great buy will buy again fantastic service quick speedy efficient cannot wish for anything more