Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin announced as fifth expansion

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Square Enix has released official media for Final Fantasy XI's Adoulin no Makyou expansion pack (known in English as "Seekers of Adoulin"). This fifth expansion for the decade-young MMORPG was announced at today's Vana Fest 2012 event for release in 2013.



It's been five years since FFXI saw its last full expansion disc, and Square Enix does not seem to be skimping on the content. In addition to new areas, the expansion adds two new jobs. One has been identified as a "Geomancer." The other is being kept under wraps. The jobs feature artifact and weapon designs from Kazushi Hagiwara of Bastard fame.

Access the expansion official site here for additional details.

In Japan, Adoulin no Makyou will be a package release on PS2 and Xbox 360 and a package/download release on Windows. In North America and Europe, the game will be released as a package title on Xbox 360 and as a download on Windows.

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[AaronSOLDIER]

Should bring it to PS3, I'd play it then.

[Thorzilla]

Should bring it to PS3, I'd play it then.

Rumor has it they were thinking about a Vita version.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Yep. Back when it was originally released EU never got the PS2 version, so we were forced between a PC or 360 version. Thing is the Ultimate Edition or whatever it was called was released in 2008 and shouldve released on PS3 too.

[Dave-The-Rave]

Shows how little confidence they have in XIV if they are chosing to make another expansion for XI.

[Fenix]

They should of brought it to PS3. My PS2 mysteriously died for no reason and you cant even buy PS2 phats new anymore (not into used consoles for various obvious reasons)

[Thorzilla]

Shows how little confidence they have in XIV if they are chosing to make another expansion for XI.

Not really, not really. FFXI and XIV are two different games. If XI has enough population who's still willing to pay $14 a month to keep playing, I don't see why they shouldn't keep both games running so long as there's fanbase.

[Sir_Scud]

It's great that they would do another expansion for XI. As a player off and on since 2004 (Yes, literally every year or so I would come back) there isn't another MMO like it. It doesn't follow the same pattern all the others ones use, yet it still survives and people still pay for it. This expansion kinda makes me excited to jump back again.

XI is definitely not for everyone though, makes you earn every fucking item through difficult quests that generally cannot be soloed. As Thor said, why not keep two games afloat of there's an audience? With XI, there really is a special community of players.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Shows how little confidence they have in XIV if they are chosing to make another expansion for XI.

That's immediately what I thought too.

[Versus]

Shows how little confidence they have in XIV if they are chosing to make another expansion for XI.

That's absolutely not true in the least. I predicted a new expansion for XI would be announced when the 10 year anniversary of the game would come around, and it turns out I was spot on. This is a part of the anniversary of the game being out. Not to mention SE just said that XI is the most profitable FF of all time.

They should of brought it to PS3. My PS2 mysteriously died for no reason and you cant even buy PS2 phats new anymore (not into used consoles for various obvious reasons)

I agree. But it's not hard these days to find a PC that will play XI.


I personally haven't played XI in a year and a half, but I'd come back to play this. But not b4 FFXIV 2.0 because that's a whole new game all together.