I've had the game for almost a year and I still play it. I didn't really play at all for 2 months but now I'm starting to get into it again. The thing about this game is you don't have to worry about the story going sour like in many of the other final fantasy and rpg games out there. I often find that the more recent rpgs that are coming out start off having decent stories, but they try to be amazing near the end and end up just being really dumb. I know there are a lot of other things I could be doing besides playing FFXI, but I enjoy playing this game.