Well, let me tell you guys, this is one incredible MMO.
I started the game with the character creator. I kinda got stuck on that screen for a while, just playing back the various female voices over and over again. There was something about them I couldn't put my finger on, but my hat's off to the voice actresses for capturing the very essence of femaledom. Once I finished with the character creator, I began the game. A helpful fellow greeted me in the town and taught me how to control my character and navigate the menus. He was a polite young man and I am greatly indebted to him, but for some reason, he ceased to speak to me. His final words to me instructed me to head to the guild. Me being a green horn, I thought it better to heed the words of my mentor.
Upon entering the guild, I spoke with the guildmaster, as any amateur adventurer must do before they conquer the world of Eorzea. She had a slight edge to her--I could tell that she had met many an adventurer who had declared they would become the best. She seemed to appreciate that I kept my declarations to myself and instructed me to go on my very first quests. These involved talking to various people around town...after I had talked to these people and completed a task in which I danced in front of a young girl, I felt the experience adding to my character. I then touched a big crystal in the center of town and it was revealed to me that I was just one of many adventurers in this enchanted land. However, I was the only one whose name did not seem to originate in the orient.
The guildmaster then instructed me to slay beasts in the wood. She has very particular tastes. 3 squirrels, 6 fungii, and 3 ladybugs, I believe it was. Being the first time I had wielded a bow and fought living creatures, the blood pulsed through my veins as the experienced enriched me to a higher plane of existence. Upon slaying them, I felt no mercy as I picked the gold pieces from their still quivering bodies. I was feeling rather superior to my fellow adventurers, so I shot the level 15 treant in the area to piss him off, then ran away as he began to ravage their weak bodies. Finally, 5 of them managed to conquer him and I shared in the spoils.
When I logged out of the world, I came to and realized that I had become completely immersed in this amazing universe. When I return, my adventures will take me to various parts of the town to see people I need to hand things to. I imagine one of my quests will send me off into the wild, where bigger squirrels, and bigger fungii, and bigger ladybugs await. I shall keep persevering until I've taken down the biggest ladybug of them all and picked a bow made of gold and fairy pubes from its bloody carcass.
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it's an mmo. it looks nice but stutters at all graphics settings, max or min. it controls okay with a 360 controller. I'll prob keep logging in every once in a while. I don't really know how to evaluate mmos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
