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FFXII News Coming At Square Enix Event
Gamespot is reporting on the upcoming Square Enix Summer gaming event at the end of July. From the article: "As expected, the most anticipated stage presentations at the event will be the two planned for Square Enix's upcoming role-playing game, Final Fantasy XII. On day one, series' music composer Nobuo Uematsu will discuss the game while showing off some new footage. The company will also be making a major announcement about FFXII."
No, they aren't going to replace FFXI yet for several very good reasons.
FFXI is less than 3 years old on the Japanese market, less than 2 years old here in North America, and less than 1 year old in Europe. There are very few Japanese players who have seen everything in the game, and even less North Americans. Ask any Rank 10 player how long they played to get there. Nobody wants the game to end, because you can only see so much in a day and there is a huge library of content in the game.
They just announced FFXI for the upcoming XBOX 360. Making it obsolete before it is released would be a very unwise idea. SE doesn't like shooting themselves in the foot - notice how they killed Square Pictures after one bad movie, and are also making games for Nintendo systems again. Also, if they release FFXI on the 360, we can expect another few expansion packs for it after that - and sticking to the one expansion per year trend, it's got some life in it yet.
The player base is still trending upward very rapidly, so you can believe they are still making new content.
Some people claim FFXI is dead and they're quitting because they can't have fun. I claim that their play experience was ruined by the multiplayer aspect, when they really wanted a single player game. Yes, folks, the game forces you to interact with other people in order to move through the storyline. Get used to it, that's what the second M in MMORPG stands for - Multiplayer. The famous nerfs, like DRG Penta? Those are for our own good... I don't like when someone can exploit a bug in the AI or game mechanics to gain an advantage.
FFXI is a great game without bringing my computer to its knees. I really don't care if I am way over-equipped to run it, I just want to enjoy the game - and I can.
They're actually quite easy.
So, if you have III, it's 1+1+1=3. If you have LXVI, it's 50+10+5+1=66.
Where it gets mildly confusing is when you have a lower-value numeral preceding a higher-value one, as in the case of IV or XL. In these cases, you read it literally as "1 before 5 (4)" and "10 before 50 (40)".
For practice figuring these things out, all television shows have a production date at the end (usually following the credit rolls). Present shows are easy (MMV -- 1000+1000+5=2005), but try those from the 80s or 90s. For example, MCMXCVII = 1000 + 100-before-1000 (900) + 10-before-100 (90) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 1997.
Hope I haven't confused you further.
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