Dammit. I may have to reinstall.
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Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Final Fantasy XI. It’s been online for over 20 years and still has a devoted player base. The game’s scale is so epic that many people still haven’t beaten the expansions.
When it came out it was so far beyond what we had seen in an MMO before - The only competitors were UO and Everquest, but the graphics, music, complexity, and storyline were miles beyond those games.
It’s a game with unimaginable depth of play that takes years to master - not like the hand-holdy easy games we get nowadays. Truly a gem the likes of which we will never see again.
pseudonaut@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Hop on HorizonXI! It’s a very populated classic server.
DireTech@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Nah, this or WoW will probably go down in history but I don’t think any game focused on intentionally dragging out gameplay to keep subscribers hooked will ever go down as marvelous examples of gameplay.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
You clearly have not played FFXI.
DireTech@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
I’ve spent way more time in MMOs than I’d care to admit, but if you think FF11 didn’t have a grind you can check the millions of old posts about it on Reddit for a reminder.
Look at the RPGs people love, none focus on the grind. It’s because grinding does not benefit gameplay and only drags out playtime.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
Having played other MMOs does not make you qualified to have an opinion on a game you’ve never played. FFXI does have a grind, but it is unlike any other MMO out there. The intensity of trying to time your weapon skills and magic to land at exactly the right time, the dance-like coordination with your teammates, the variety of enemy strengths and weaknesses, learning a basic programming language to write macros and having them work flawlessly in a pinch - everything about it is exciting and you have to be at the top of your game to succeed. Every single mob fight feels like a boss battle and every kill is a win. Top that with some of the best writing of any Final Fantasy game and it’s a winning combination and technical marval that I cannot believe was achieved in 2003.