The Final Fantasy series needs no introduction; these popular games have been around for a long time and each release on the PSone (and later PS2) has been a huge success, so it was only natural that Square Enix would use the PS2 as the starting platform for their online game Final Fantasy XI - which debuted in Japan in 2002. Since the game’s release in Japan two years ago it has expanded every five to six months, in terms of worldwide marketing. This began with the PC version in Japan late 2002; then a PC release in North America in 2003; followed by a PS2 version there early this year. The last step was adding the European market to the mix on the 16th September this year. What this means for us is that we have a well established, but perhaps outdated, two year old MMORPG with two expansions thrown in for good measure. This review is based on the US version, which included the first expansion, but for all purposes it should be synonymous with the European version.