FINAL FANTASY XI® Seekers of Adoulin

[bungiefanNA]

You may lament PS2 support but that happens to be the version I play on. Yeah, I do have a computer that can run the game fine but I already own all the PS2 version disks so why go out and buy a whole other version when I already have a perfectly good install already? I find the lack of a US PS2 release distressing as it does mean I will have to more than just buy the new expansion but also a full PC version as well. I feel like I'm being doubly penalized for a game that I've been supporting for the better part of 7 years. Are you saying I'm that much less a customer for play on the PS2? (Honestly I'm playing on the PS3, but I did play on the PS2 for the years preceding the PS3's release).

Why would you have to buy PC install discs? They aren't copy protected, and don't require registration codes to log into an existing account, so you could just borrow discs from a friend that plays on PC, or get the installer from a friend that did a digital download purchase. You have to buy PS2 and Xbox discs because they have copy protection, but not so for PC. BlueGartr has one of many solutions for you.

As for playing on PS2, for years it was the most stable version of the game. If you don't run Windows, it's hard to play the PC version, and if you do, you have to deal with all the support programs that run in the background (antivirus, Windows update, and in the case of my system the server software since it's also my media server for the house). PS2 just boots right up into the game and isn't likely to crash on you except for stuff since WotG, because SE stopped fixing issues that would cause cutscenes to lock for that expansion.

When I tried to make the switch to PC, they didn't support my graphics card well, and after a patch I was getting 3-12 FPS outside the mog house. I couldn't do my mission set party without being on my PS2. No driver I could find for my card, which was more then capable of the game until that patch, would raise my frame rate, making my WHM useless for targeting and healing. I stayed on PS2 a good while longer because I didn't have to fuss with drivers, or spend more money trying to get a different graphics card. It had to wait until my next PC 3 years later before I wanted to try running PC version again. PS2 at least has consistent behaviour, because the system is standardized.