Final Fantasy XI · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
Metacritic 79- Released
- 2002-11-07
- User rating
- 3.56 / 5
- Genres
- Massively Multiplayer, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
Final Fantasy XI Online is the franchise's first MMORPG as well as the eleventh installment in the main series. FFXI was the world's first cross-console MMORPG, available for Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Steam. Since its release in 2002, it has become the most financially successful title in the Final Fantasy series. Due to the nature of online RPGs, FFXI differs in that the player is not the only hero. Instead, each player creates a customizable character and adventures through the world of Vana'diel with other players; leveling up, exploring, completing missions, quests, and much…
- Released
- 2002
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
- Game modes
- Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Developer
- Square Product Development Division 3
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix, Square
Key facts
- Developer
- Square
- Publishers
- PlayStation 2 JP : Square NA : Sony Computer Entertainment Microsoft Windows , Xbox 360 Square Enix
- Directors
- Koichi Ishii (1999–2003) Nobuaki Komoto (2003–2008) Koichi Ogawa (2008–2010) Akihiko Matsui (2010) Mizuki Ito (2010–2016) Yoji Fujito (2016–)
- Producers
- Hiromichi Tanaka (1999–2012) Akihiko Matsui (2012–2023) Yoji Fujito (2023–)
- Designer
- Hiromichi Tanaka
- Programmer
- Ken Narita
- Artist
- Ryosuke Aiba
- Writers
- Nobuaki Komoto Masato Kato
- Composers
- Naoshi Mizuta Kumi Tanioka Nobuo Uematsu
- Series
- Final Fantasy
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2 Microsoft Windows Xbox 360
- Release
- May 16, 2002 PlayStation 2 JP : May 16, 2002 NA : March 23, 2004 Microsoft Windows JP : November 7, 2002 NA : October 28, 2003 EU : September 17, 2004 Xbox 360 NA : April 18, 2006 JP : April 20, 2006 EU : April 21, 2006
- Genre
- MMORPG
- Mode
- Multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Director
- Koichi Ishii
- Composer
- Naoshi Mizuta
- Producer
- Hiromichi Tanaka
- Developer
- Square
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Official website
- www.playonline.com/ff11eu
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- publication date
- 2002-05-16
- Commons category
- Final Fantasy XI
- distributed by
- Steam
- input device
- gamepad
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- media franchise
- Final Fantasy
- social media followers
- 32627
- set in environment
- fictional planet
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Final Fantasy XI, also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), originally developed and published by Square and then published by Square Enix as the eleventh main installment of the Final Fantasy series. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002, for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in November of that year. The game was the first MMORPG to offer cross-platform play between PlayStation 2 and Windows. It was later released for the Xbox 360 in April 2006. All versions of the game require a monthly subscription to play.
The story is set in the fantasy world of Vana'diel, where player-created avatars can both compete and cooperate in a variety of objectives to develop an assortment of jobs, skills, and earn in-game item rewards. Players can undertake an array of quests and progress through the in-game hierarchy and through the major plot of the game. Since its debut in 2002, five expansion packs have been released along with six add-on scenarios. Each expansion pack and add-on brings a new major storyline to the Final Fantasy XI world, along with numerous areas, quests, events and item rewards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Final Fantasy XI” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.