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}} | genre = MMORPG | modes = Multiplayer }} , also known as ''Final Fantasy XI Online'', is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Square (later Square Enix) as part of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Designed and produced by Hiromichi Tanaka, it was released in Japan on May 16, 2002, for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in November of that year. The game was the first cross-platform MMORPG and the Xbox 360's first MMORPG. All versions of the game require a monthly subscription to play.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Final Fantasy XI Xbox 360 Info Page )〕 The story is set in the fantasy world of Vana'diel, where player-created avatars can both compete and cooperate in a variety of objectives to develop an assortment of jobs, skills, and earn in-game item rewards. Players can undertake an array of quests and progress through the in-game hierarchy and through the major plot of the game. Since its debut in 2002, five expansion packs have been released〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/adoulin/index.html )〕 along with six add-on scenarios. Each expansion pack and add-on brings a new major storyline to the ''Final Fantasy XI'' world, along with numerous areas, quests, events and item rewards. In March 2015, Square Enix announced that ''Final Fantasy XI'' would receive one more final main scenario (spread out over three parts in 2015). The servers for the game PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions will be shut down in 2016.〔http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/03/19/final-fantasy-xi-shutting-down-on-ps2-and-xbox-360-smartphone-version-and-spin-off-announced/〕 A mobile client for the game is under development by Square Enix in collaboration with Korean developer Nexon,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nexon to Develop FINAL FANTASY XI Mobile with SQUARE ENIX High-quality mobile game based on successful FINAL FANTASY Ⅺ to be released in 2016 with planned global expansion )〕 and a spinoff mobile game, ''Final Fantasy Grandmasters'' is under development with a 2015 release date. ==Gameplay== ''Final Fantasy XI'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), and differs from previous titles in the series in several ways. Unlike the predefined main characters of previous ''Final Fantasy'' titles, players are able to customize their characters in limited ways, including selecting from one of five races and choosing their gender, facial style, hair color, body size, job, and nation allegiance. Also diverging from previous games in the series, the game takes place in a fully three-dimensional landscape with enemies freely roaming in it, allowing battles to occur in real time as opposed to the random encounters used in previous games - a trend continued in every numbered ''Final Fantasy'' title since. There are currently 16 public game worlds available for play, down from 32 at the game's height, with approximately 15,000 to 20,000 players in each.〔 A private Test Server was opened to eligible players to aid in feedback of updates in development for the game in mid-2011. The servers are named after summoned monsters from previous ''Final Fantasy'' titles, such as Ifrit and Diabolos. Players have the ability to move between servers, though Square-Enix charges a "world transfer" fee to do so. There are no region-specific or system-specific servers, and unlike most online games, players of different languages play in the same world and can interact through automatic language translation from a library of translated phrases. The game servers are run by Square-Enix as part of their PlayOnline network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Final Fantasy XI」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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