Happy 20th Vana’versary, kupos
Fujito added some context for why the game’s entering retirement and what the future holds, post the 20th Vana’versary. Fujito said the decision was made with the team in mind as remaining on the FFXI team would mean “giving up certain opportunities in their careers as developers.” Instead, many of those devs will move over to other Squeenix projects to see “the fruits of their labour take form in new products.”
There are some allusions to the game’s long, long, future. Nothing was confirmed, but I’d be curious to see if Squeenix would ever make an offline version of FF11. The company developed an offline version ofDragon Quest 10- another MMORPG based on their classic series - and while it’s drastically different, at least the experience is somewhat preserved. Every mainline Final Fantasy is currently playable in some form, so it would be a shame to see Final Fantasy 11 lost to the ether.
You can still grab Final Fantasy 11 onSteamor theofficial website, although it does require a monthly fee as well. Otherwise, you can just check out Final Fantasy 14 for the modern FF multiplayer experience. Also, I recently found out that you could, back in the day, playFinal Fantasy 9’sdeckbuilding mini-game online via the Play Online website. How cool is that?
