FFxi = trash

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:52 pm

Seriously, I have never played a game so poorly put together.

Every single step in the installation is a mess. The game graphics options are non existant. You have to change resolutions settings in regedit. Thank god I had a friend saying he would vouch for me if I didn't like it. What a piece of crap.

They should put a "stiff drink recommended during installation" label on the box or something.

Has anyone else attempted to play this disaster?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:44 pm

Never liked the idea of the series moving to online play.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:55 am

Shagster wrote:Has anyone else attempted to play this disaster?

I have friends who play, but the beta test was more than enough for me. After playing for hours on end, for probably close to a week, and having a random sheep (ornery or otherwise) kill my level 9 character (complete with large sword, shield, and enough armor to sink Orson Welles to the bottom of the ocean), I knew I had enough.

(Having my character name (or one with the same name as mine on a different server) in a Penny-Arcade strip probably didn't help either

).

*click uninstall button*

It is still, to date, the only Final Fantasy game I have not completed (or enjoyed, to much of any extent). I know MMOs are all the rage for some, but even tacking the Final Fantasy name onto the game wasn't enough to get me to pay for a single month of it.

Shaggy, I feel your pain.

BenWatson · Post by **BenWatson** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:09 am

nah man i downloaded it, went to the ijji site and clicked play live and came up on the next page say i need to install active x control...i've already got it,

BenWatson · Post by **BenWatson** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:15 am

hey i think i know, YOS you download the game right, you needed to download ijji game launcher to play the game in the first place, i need the ijji game launcher when i try to download from the site i click install and no further action is taken. Please help me

im like gonna cry, lol nah jk

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:39 am

We got it figured out now (sorta). It's basically a terrible attempt at porting a ps2 game to the computer.

The first problem is the playonline launcher. Then about two hours of patching. Half an hour to figure out how to set up your account. Then an hour to figure out exactly how to get the controls how you like them (or get them less annoying).

You and your friends are put on random servers and the world pass costs a lot of in game money. So you have to keep making and deleting characters until it you all get on the same server.

I think I made this thread a little before my buzz kicked in. Can't remember being so annoyed with a game.

There are four of us playing. We are impatiently waiting for Vanguard Online and decided to give another mmo a go for a month or two. I switch between genres and right now I really wanna play an mmo but there really aren't any.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:17 am

BenWatson wrote:hey i think i know, YOS you download the game right, you needed to download ijji game launcher to play the game in the first place, i need the ijji game launcher when i try to download from the site i click install and no further action is taken. Please help me im like gonna cry, lol nah jk

Heh, wrong thread. lol

A question, when you need to install active x and click install does a little bar pop up on the top of the browser?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:36 pm

Shagster wrote:We got it figured out now (sorta). It's basically a terrible attempt at porting a ps2 game to the computer.

Yep, except that the whole PlayOnline thing is at least as stupid on the PS2 or 360, if not more so.

But I can handle all of the silly interfaces if I find the game behind it to be fun or engaging. I found this game to be neither, so I don't blame you for waiting for Vanguard.

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:33 pm

Wow, I found the real computer graphics options. They are in the start menu. I never tell the game to make start menues, I just tell them to put a shortcut on the desktop and if I need to uninstall it just do it through windows add/remove.

Game was playing on 640xsomething and I have a 20" monitor. It was a big OMFG moment when I logged in with the new found settings maxed out!

BenWatson · Post by **BenWatson** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:12 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Heh, wrong thread. lol

A question, when you need to install active x and click install does a little bar pop up on the top of the browser?

yeah it does, it says i may need to install active x, so i click that and a little window opens and it has an install or cancel option, so i click install and no further action is taken,

P.S sorry if im getting you mucked up im not good with forums.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:14 am

BenWatson wrote:yeah it does, it says i may need to install active x, so i click that and a little window opens and it has an install or cancel option, so i click install and no further action is taken,

P.S sorry if im getting you mucked up im not good with forums.

I'm really out of Ideas.

make sure you are using IE, download the 135 meg game and install it, then click play live, and if active x needs to install it should.

In IE under tools and internet options click the security tab and then go to custom and under active x make sure that "run active x controls" is set to enabled.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:46 pm

i play everyday.

morbidpete
remora
46 whm
25 blm
15 nin
12 bst
5 war

34 cooking
56 fishing
8 leather craft

all my rse about to do limit break 1

as far as the graphics go. i have a cracked version of ffxi elemental enhancer that makes it look a million times better
i also run it in windower adn run map moniter on the side so i always know where i am and where im going

i use an xbox wireless controller connected to my pc to play with. set the buttons up the same way they are setup on the ps2

d2fanatic007 · Post by **d2fanatic007** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:01 pm

Yea, the online kind of gave me the same feeling that it would kill the series, but IMO I think it died when they made FFX

pinguinosupremo · Post by **pinguinosupremo** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:45 am

I've just never been a fan of the FF series..

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:40 am

Wow.....seems like a load of trouble ....Glad I'm an FPS junkie.