Readers of MMO Fallout know that, despite my strange methods of secrecy, I generally leave out various points for one reason or another. So in response to reader Dex’s question, also sent in by a few others:
“Why do you refer to there being two Final Fantasy MMOs at the end of 2010? Technically there are three: Final Fantasy XI/XIV, and Fantasy Earth Zero.”
Why that is an excellent question. Fantasy Earth Zero is a title you may have just heard of recently as that Korean F2P MMO with Square Enix’s name on it that I’ve seen ads for on MMORPG.com. When Fantasy Earth Zero launched in Japan-only in 2008, it tanked. In fact, to say that the game tanked would be a disservice to the short months that the game was active before Square Enix shut it down.
Like any good resurrection story, this of course continues with Gamepot picking up the publishing rights and relaunching under a free to play, cash shop model. Accumulating over nine million players, Gamepot shuffled the title over to the West, where it launched just over a week ago. Fantasy Earth Zero is an action-based title, with large Kingdom Vs Kingdom (50v50) battles being the main draw of the game.
So I’ll be keeping an eye on you, Fantasy Earth Zero. Being free definitely gives you an edge over your fellow Final Fantasy MMOs, but I’ve also seen your level of grind, and boy is there a lot of it.
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