Originally Posted by
Del Murder
You can play it for a month free, but I guess you'll still have to buy the game. Not too expensive though, only like $20 for the game including all three expansions.
There is a story and it's pretty good, only problem is you have to get to high levels and join together with other people in order to experience it all.
Certain things that are in all FFs do show up. There are chocobos, airships, and a Cid. The job system is here, with many famous FF jobs such as Dragoon or Summoner. The gameplay has more in common with FFXII than FFXII has in common with any other FF game. Honestly it has as much in common with the other FFs that they do with each other.
As far as I can tell the only recorded dialogue is in the opening movie.