Final Fantasy 14 isn’t the only Final Fantasy-related MMO. Its ancient ancestor, Final Fantasy 11, which released all the way back in 2002 before World of Warcraft reshaped the landscape for massively multiplayer games, is still trucking along. It’s not exactly bustling next to the likes of FF14, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, but it occasionally attracts so much activity its dusty old servers buckle.
It seems like Square Enix wants to bring the game, if one small step at a time, into the current decade as well. Its website just got a shiny overhaul, and now it looks like something from 15 years ago rather than 25 years ago. Just to be clear, you still have to wrangle the abysmal and esoteric PlayOnline installer to get the game running; this is just a fresh coat of paint for the web.
“The fact that the game has continued to thrive for so long is due to the tremendous support it has received from all of you adventurers out there and the ‘culture’ you have created around the world of Vana’diel,” wrote game director Yoji Fujito in the post. “The game’s success has forced us to update our long-term goals for the project yet again … the entire FFXI team will be hard at work to further solidify the game’s foundation and help it reach its 30th anniversary.”
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