[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Sword 4 Hire
I have a question though...does anyone know anything about the story...or if there will be one, or is the game mostly to be played for fun?

The game does indeed have a story. This "version" (they are roughly the same, just with differences in narative) was presented with footage of the game at the recent FF concert in Tokyo:

"It all began with a stone, or so the legend says. In ages past, the sentient jewel, enormous and beautiful, banished the darkness. It's many-colored light filled the world with life and brought forth mighty gods. Bathed in that light, the world entered an age of bliss, until after a time, the gods fell into slumber. That world was called Vana'diel.
"In the 863rd year of the Crystal Era, Vana'diel was in the midst of a great war. Faced with the invasion of the Shadow Lord and his hordes of beastmen, the leaders of the enlightened peoples united their forces in desperate alliance. They were the Kingdom of San D'oria, the Republic of Bastok, the Federation of Windurst, the Grand Duchy of Juno [sic]. Together they struggled for survival in battle after battle as chaos engulfed the land."

Essentially there will be story elements in the game. I trust Square enough, and inital signs are good, So I believe that FFXI will keep quite well to its storyline. If they pull it off, not only will it revolutionise MMORPGs, but FF will finally be able to prove that the series isn't simply 10 minutes of gaming with several hours of FMV inserted ariound it...