FFXI is one of the cheaper MMOs to play at a montly cost of 9.99. and the GFX compaired to other MMO's from 7 years ago, have held up over that time. It's still one of the better looking games i've played. That aside I've played since North America PC launch. then took a break about a year ago in '08. I just recently came back and found myself swept away again. It's a differnt game when you're not stuck to a tight Sched of an "End Game" LS. it's fun to hop in for an hour ro two and do Fields Of Valor" (Solo monster kill quests for Exp) and the Level Sync Option and really made group exp parties easy to find. Now if i could just make some money.