Final Fantasy XI

Console-led MMORPG that proved persistent shared worlds could ship outside the PC market.

Released 2002 Developer Square Platform PlayStation 2 Genre MMORPG Era Broadband & the console shooter Website playonline.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Final Fantasy XI inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Experience Points and Levels ~~1980~~Character Classes ~~1981~~Persistent Shared World ~~1997~~Player Guilds and Clans ~~1997~~Coordinated Raid Encounters ~~1999~~

The Final Fantasy series in this dataset

1987

Final Fantasy ~~1987~~

1991

Final Fantasy IV ~~1991~~

1994

Final Fantasy VI ~~1994~~

1997

Final Fantasy Tactics ~~1997~~

1997

Final Fantasy VII ~~1997~~

1999

Final Fantasy VIII ~~1999~~

2001

Final Fantasy X ~~2001~~

2002

Final Fantasy XI ~~this page~~

2006

Final Fantasy XII ~~2006~~

2009

Final Fantasy XIII ~~2009~~

2013

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ~~2013~~

2023

Final Fantasy XVI ~~2023~~

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