Players granted a vision of Abyssea for Final Fantasy XI

by Eliot Lefebvre on Jun 9th 2010 9:00AM

Fantasy, Trailers, Final Fantasy XI, Previews, News items, Consoles

Mark the date: June 21st. If you're a Final Fantasy XI player, that's your currently planned patch day, and it promises to be quite a patch day at that. After all, it's the first time the level cap has been raised in almost forever, and the level raise brings with it more story, the uncapping of several Chains of Promathia areas, and more. It also brings with it the first of three add-on scenarios centering on Abyssea -- and to help whet your appetite, the trailer for the first add-on has just been released by Square-Enix.

While there are no huge revelations regarding the storyline of the add-on, it would appear that there's a good reason why the pictures we've received for the scenario have so closely resembled existing zones. Could it be that, much like the recently added Voidwalker Notorious Monsters, the first scenario will involve Abyssea coming to the adventurers rather than vice versa? We'll find out in a little under two weeks, with everything due to come together at that point. Final Fantasy XI players can also take the opportunity now to pre-purchase the scenario, with the content automatically unlocking during the June version update.

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Reader Comments (2)

Wow, those weapons look sick. I can't wait to get the Masamune...if only for its name and not its stats haha. I couldn't get the trailer to load though, anyone else have that problem?

The 'new' zones are reworkings of existing zones in the same way that the Wings of the Goddess expansion reworked several existing zones. Even the method of entering the alternate reality is the same: through Cavernous Maws.

Apparently Atomos can create portals not just between different time frames but also alternate dimensions. (Kinda makes sense, as it's a being outside normal space and time.)