Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
But if you are going to ask why people dislike the game, it's because it's not a casual player friendly game. Not everyone is gonna like a game like FFXI that's offers so little to casuals. The game is seriously flawed in the beginning. in terms of playability. It drives people away.
I have never played the game, but I heard so many things about how tough it was to get started and play casually, that it drove me away from even trying. I went with WoW, and I don't regret me choice, although I would like to give FFXI a shot sometime, just to see what it is all about.

I'll agree that people are morons for critcizing the game without any real experience with it though. Many people only play for a month or don't play at all and complain about various aspects of the game that they know nothing about.

But what if you were on that bridge at the beginning of FFX fighting Sinscales and said, "Man this game sucks. The story is shallow and there's not any good magic... I'm quitting." That would be ridiculous. However, in FFXI you nearly have to play a year before you can get much story or really see the potential of things.
I find it hard to see how someone could play a game for a month, and still not be in a position to offer a valid opinion on it. Just because someone doesn't get to see everything FFXI has to offer, doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to comment on what they do see. I think most people understand that MMOs are slow in developing, and that the growth of your character is something to be appreciated, not endured. That said, you expect to see a steady progression in the game when you have put in a lot of time, and it doesn't sound like FFXI does this until you reach the upper levels.

I think I am like a lot of people who don't hate or dislike FFXI, but also don't play it because there are only so many games we can play, and FFXI just doesn't seem like a 'fun' investment of time.