Is it worth it?

[Chocobo Chuck]

and how much does it cost?
because I've had my Eye on this game for a long while now and i'm very interested.

[Crossblades]

if you plan to get the Xbox 360 version, the game itself is 49.99 with a monthly fee of 12.99 with a dollar added for each character you make(first character you make is free of course). Plus, the Xbox 360 version has all the expansions included. And yeah, this game is worth it, because you'll get addicted doing quests and leveling up your character:p

[La Boomsikashod]

Also consider whether you can afford the thousands of hours to get anywhere in this game. You're shown a warning whenever you log on to play: Dont' forget your family, friends, work and school.

Of course if you can spare the time, it's thousands of hours of fun potentially. :)

[zell1990]

Yeah the time factor is big. So far since Janurary I've logged over 26 days of playtime >_>;;

[~SapphireStar~]

We have the PC version and it hasnt been touched in months. It cost to much to keep playing it and we couldnt play at the same time cause we had a character each on my boyfriends account. The leveling up takes far too long, the enemies cahse you and you cant do missions solo, 90% of the time you have to be in a party, which can be annoying when you play with people in different time zones. We play WoW together instead.

[No.78]

if you plan to get the Xbox 360 version, the game itself is 49.99 with a monthly fee of 12.99 with a dollar added for each character you make(first character you make is free of course). Plus, the Xbox 360 version has all the expansions included. And yeah, this game is worth it, because you'll get addicted doing quests and leveling up your character:p


I heard the 360 version had no monthly bills.

And on topic, when I first got it I didn't like it and deleted my character. Now I have a new character and I love it... Once you understand what the game has to offer and how it all works, it's really fun. Just make sure you can afford it... (it's really not that expensive)

[Yeargdribble]

If you played 8 hours a week you will be spending 40 cents per hour to play. If you enjoy the game you'll be playing far more than that most likely and the price/hr would be quite low. If it seems high you should compare it to other games. If you payed 40 bucks for FFX and played it for 100 hours that comes out to 40 cents/hr. I'd say a lot of people play one player FFs in that ballpark and none of them complain about the price.

The price really isn't an issue unless you just don't like the game. In that case stop playing and stop paying and you'll have spent around as much as you would've for a one player game you tried and didn't like.

[Summoner]

if you plan to get the Xbox 360 version, the game itself is 49.99 with a monthly fee of 12.99 with a dollar added for each character you make(first character you make is free of course). Plus, the Xbox 360 version has all the expansions included. And yeah, this game is worth it, because you'll get addicted doing quests and leveling up your character:p


I heard the 360 version had no monthly bills.

And on topic, when I first got it I didn't like it and deleted my character. Now I have a new character and I love it... Once you understand what the game has to offer and how it all works, it's really fun. Just make sure you can afford it... (it's really not that expensive)

Can anyone confirm that? If so, you just changed my mind on the 360. I'll buy it and get XI.

[Yeargdribble]

I think you may not have to pay for XBoxLive or whatever but you will still have to pay monthly for FFXI.

[Rostum]

I'm pretty sure Xbox 630 version does have monthly fees...

[Summoner]

It looks like only the first 30 days are free, unless they're talking about going online only, and not going online with the actual game. But I think the 360 comes with free silver membership and a 30-day gold membership. Or so I've read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BM3XP6/203-4515796-1926322

[Rostum]

PlayOnline is a completely different thing to Xbox Live. PlayOnline is run by Square-Enix, and is free, but you have to pay 12.99USD per month for one character on FFXI.

[Laguna]

You do need xbox live to play FFXI. However, you can just use a free silver account, like I do. Right now I pay $0 for Xbox live + $12.99 a month for FFXI. The only thing is I cant play any other of my xbox games on live (like I'd want to :p).

I guess if you're made of money you could pay for both xbox live gold and playonline, although I dont really see the point.

[No.78]

nvm the xbox version does have monthly bills, my sources were wrong.