i think you'd like XI Jim.
i can tell since your favorite FF game is IX, and they both share the same dev team (minus sakaguchi)

the game is full of the silly humor, exploration and difficulty of the older games. And the latest patch made the game even more appealing to new players.

just make sure to get some friends to play with you though. and get lots of spare time, because the game is drowning in content

but you can play the ps2 version on a ps3, i don't understand why a ps3 port would be difficult.

I also don't understand why they wouldn't promote ff14 over 11.

My friend's brother's dad works for Square Enix and he said something in Japanese about Final Fantasy XI that I didn't understand but from the tone of his voice, I could tell he couldn't understand me either.

I love how they ignore FF 14. Hilarious.

@Lenigod

Because FFXIV bombed hard.

Fuck That

I was excited and thought it was IX

That would be way cooler on vita

Because XIV was a flop, and is now free-to-play. XI on the other hand was an actually challenging MMO. One which I quit years ago, but here I am giddyup'ing about the thought of being able to play that on the go. I....I need to go think about something else.

Shouldn't they concentrate on making FFXIV a better game? Just sayin.

I second Jims point. The repetetive, grinding nature of Mercs 3D is keeping me busy these days. So addictive and a perfect match for a handheld.

@LreviN
I prefer to plug my ears and hope for a clean version when (if ever) it makes its way to the ps3.

They aren't ignoring XIV. If you've ever taken a look at the list of updates they're putting out, it's fairly massive. They're going to continue rebuilding it, then do a second launch on PS3 when it's all done. And it'll be a big launch, especially in Japan, regardless of all the shit talking on the internet. FFXI was talked shit on the entire time it was out also.

I hope people react to this with as much scorn as they do every 3DS port.

@Shinta

I find myself agreeing with you more and more than I used to. I certainly hope they improve it, it's a shame that the game wasn't all it could have been from the start. I'm tiring of WoW and was kind of looking forward to something Final Fantasy related :)

Hmmmm... so the the PSV's Internet is powerful enough to handle an MMO? Interesting.

This would be great for the PS Vita. Meh..whatever happened to that MapleStory DS Port that was supposedly to come? Anyhow, I really hope they keep working on fixing FF14, I still really want to play the game and see it made better.

" I certainly hope they improve it, it's a shame that the game wasn't all it could have been from the start."

@Chad Almasy: I hope so too. Despite the awful, rushed launch, they bought my goodwill with XI. In it's prime, it was a pretty awesome MMO - so they do know how to do that.

I would buy a Vita for this. I loved XI back in the day (so when I was like, in middle school). It was my frist MMO and, even though I was probably terrible at it, I had a blast. I rebought the game on steam for like 10$ this last year and tried getting back into it, but it was so dead. The higher levels still play, but there is not nearly enough fresh meat on the servers. The completely player-controlled auction houses had nothing for stock, limiting whatever weapons, materials, and armor I had immensely.

If this happens, I'm fucking buying a Vita. Just for this.

Well, I'm curious if it will be able to run on 3g too. I'm getting about 1.5 download and 900 kbps upstream. Wifi only could be cool, but not as much. I spend too much time on trains.

Nice, I could get that. XD

YES :D

By the time you find a party, the battery will die.

For it to even work, SE would have to make the PSV version separate from the three platforms that interact with each other, but my fear is SE would shoehorn PSV players into the existing multiplatform setup anyway just to perserve their vision.

And that's unfortunate because the cold hard truth about FFXI right now:

- Starter cities are empty
- No one helps with Nation Rank, RoZ, CoP or TOA mercenary rank missions anymore.
- No one parties below level 40 anymore, and if you multiclass, that s lot of lonely grinding if you don't know the right people.
- FFXI is a multiclasser's game, play favorites with jobs and you will be shunned.
- For a portable version, voice chat would be an absolute must, but keyboard is a must for the PC, PS2 and 360 versions and you cannot play with others and hope to communicate with a software keyboard.

And then there's the inevitable monthly fees, a concept that the PS3 and 360 crowd just don't understand and are outwardly hostile toward because they seriously believe buying the game pays all the bills. For success to even be possible, PSV's version would have to be F2P.

And if FFXI went F2P for one platform in a multi-platform game, there would be a backlash from the hardcore community like you would not believe.

It would be in SE's best interest to keep this out of the multi-platform vision and keep it F2P with a Vita-based community.

Even with all that said, does Vita have the kind of storage to handle over 30 GB of install data FFXI would demand?

I'm amazed that FFXI is still going on any platform at this point.

@the silent protagonist

Why would they have to be separate?
Why would it have to be free to play?
Also it may bring new people that could level together, and create a new wave of people.
It would be an empty game if it was vita seperate, and also, they wouldnt do that because then people who already play it wouldnt buy it on vita to play with their characters on the vita. You seriously think they dont want people who play it on PC, or whatever to buy it again to play it on a portable also.
Also it takes like 6 gigs to install...
That is all.

MY favorite MMO!

I played XI for a number of years (something I now regard as akin to self-harm), I own multiple PC copies and have it on 360, I will be getting a Vita and I can state categorically that I would not play XI on a Vita.

They would be better off fixing XIV's netcode (and everything else in the game for that matter), get the PS3 version up to scratch and out then downscaling the PS3 version's assets to run on a Vita.

@lionalliance its mine too. This might get me back into it, i havent found an MMO near as compelling and rewarding. Best class system ive seen. The battle system was very strategic too. Monsters were actually hard, shit was real. I may have to steal my friends ps2 and play again lol since i dont have a computer anymore.

@SKSith "Hmmmm... so the the PSV's Internet is powerful enough to handle an MMO? Interesting."

I played FFXI on my PS2 in 2003 on a 56k dialup connection. I can only hope so.

Out of all the Final Fantasy gamea that they could port to the Vita, why did they have to choose XI?

This would be a great power move, I wouldn't even talk about this if i was Tanaka.

On other note...why don't they just remake an old Final Fantasy like V or VI. Those two have never seen the greatness of 3D graphics. Since Sony stated that it's easier to develop games on the Vita, then it's the perfect platform. :D

Vita isn't even out yet and it's getting spammed wit PS2 ports. Pretty sad. Is this what Vita fans have been askin for, the ability to play PS2 games on the go? Why wasn't that a feature of the PSP? Why not focus on more for a nextgen handheld? Hell, even PS3 ports would be more impressive than all the PS2 rehashing we've seen as of late.

Oh and as far as FFXI goes, the last time I played it, it was nothing but anti-foreigner hate. Those Japanese sure hate anyone non-Japanese. So unless you are a weeboo, or Japanese, I'd steer clear. Though, as far as MMO's go, the game is pretty ass, even compared to the MMO's of yore(it is pretty old), so I wouldn't recommend anyone start with XI.

I Don't play MMO's, but I would be so into this on a portable. Like Jim, i just don't like MMO's on consoles or computers

@rammstein It started as a PC game, ported to PS2 and 360. One PS2 game and its suddenly being spammed with PS2 games? this is the first not brand new game i have heard that is coming to the vita. And also about the game itself, you dont ever have to play with japanese people as they are mostly on at different times, and you can just auto translate to do basic communication, i played for 7 years and didnt run into that, and it is my favorite mmo thus far because you dont have someone holding your hand or quests that give you 2 levels of experience each. The world is huge and so on. Nothing you said has any validity to it....

I played for 5 years, quit, rejoined a year later until early last year. I got bored of it, but I've been playing almost since US release. It's really exciting to hear this as a rumor though. They'd either have to make the touchscreen on the back accepting some sort of hand gesture input to write out words, or use the touchscreen on the front like a radial type touchpad... maybe but dat UI.. I dunno.

Spammed with PS2 ports? What are you talking about?

Final Fantasy 11? Ugh, don't care. What about FF10, that would make more sense. I'd actually buy it, it FFX was the first title out of the gate.

I really like the world of FF XI, but i really don't wanna play an MMO.
If they create a game with a full fledged story with the world of FF XI, I wouldn't mind buying up the Vita.

@Rammstein
What PS2 games? FFXI isn't official yet so what PS2 games that are being ported to the platform?

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