jchenx's Journal: Okay, FFXI sucks, back to DQVIII and WoW

Just got through the length FFXI install for the 360 beta. Man oh man did that suck. All of the pain was due to the stupid PlayOnline registration that you had to go through, and their ass-backwards UI. I feel like I can never complain about the 360 UI ever again, if the FFXI experience is the alternative I have to expect when game companies design their own online systems. I'm hoping Square sees the benefit of having Microsoft handle integration, letting them focus on what they do best: making games.

On the other hand, the actual gameplay experience of FFXI wasn't very good either. But it's unfair because FFXI came BEFORE WoW, and WoW is my favorite MMO so far. FFXI has a lot of the same problems that plagued EQ, which WoW has (mostly) solved. Yeah, Blizzard isn't perfect either, but I'd much rather go back to WoW than the slow grind-fest that is FFXI.

Oh well, back to Dragon Quest VIII, a Square-Enix game I'll actually enjoy. Got to finish it before Grandia III comes out ...