http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info Final Fantasy XI - Fainaru Fantaji Irebun Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you begin playing Final Fantasy XI, you will have to create a new character. Creating a character consists of several steps, each allowing several options to customize your gameplay experience. Click anyone of the steps to jump to it's section on the page. 1. Race ? Gender (except Mithra and ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/the-character-creation-process/ The 5 playable races are comprised of 16 character models for each race and applicable gender for a total of 128 Character Models. If that's not enough, each model can be also be assigned the size of small, medium, or large for a total of 384 unique looks. Furthermore, with ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/character-creation/ PlayOnline – Official website for Final Fantasy XI FinalFantasyXI.com – New promotional website for Final Fantasy XI from Square Enix. FFXIclopedia - Official Final Fantasy XI wiki http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/external-links/ Final Fantasy XI was awarded the grand prize from the Japan's Consumer Entertainment Software Association (CESA) for 2002–2003 along with Taiko no Tatsujin. It has also received GameSpy's 2003 PC MMORPG Game of the Year Award and IGN's Game of the Month for March 2004, citing the game's huge customization ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/awards-and-legacy/ Famitsu rated Final Fantasy XI 38 out of 40. Computer and Video Games Magazine noted that it was one of the most welcoming MMORPG's despite the cumbersome initial registration and setup. IGN called it a well done but unoriginal game and also noted that North American players were forced to ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/final-fantasy-critical-reaction/ The user base for the PlayStation 2 version was truncated initially because of limited sales of the PlayStation 2s hard drive and network adapters that were needed for the game. The Japanese release of Rise of the Zilart was the number one selling game when it debuted with 90,000 copies ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/sales-and-subscriptions/ The music of Final Fantasy XI was scored by Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Kumi Tanioka. Composer Yasunori Mitsuda was also asked to contribute, but he was busy scoring Xenosaga. The expansion packs were scored by Mizuta alone after Tanioka left to pursue other projects and Uematsu left Square Enix. ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/final-fantasy-audio/ The idea to develop Final Fantasy XI as an online game was conceived by Hironobu Sakaguchi when establishing Square Pictures headquarters in Hawaii. Impressed by western MMORPGs that he discovered there, such as EverQuest, Sakaguchi convinced Square to begin the development of their own MMORPG and suggested that it be ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/final-fantasy-development/ Players begin the game as residents of one of these three main countries, San d'Oria, Bastok and Windurst, and must help band the nations together against the resurrected Shadow Lord. The expansion Rise of the Zilart reveals that the Crystal War and the resurrection of the Shadow Lord had been masterminded ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/plot-story/ The five playable races in Final Fantasy XI are Elvaan, strong melee fighters, reasonable healers but weak in black magic; Hume, a race resembling humans, with no notable strengths or weaknesses; Galka, a race consisting of only males (they reproduce through reincarnation), strong and tough, but weak with magic; Mithra, ... http://final-fantasy.gamesitegroup.info/plot-characters/