It’s the first online RPG for the PS2 and the first online Final Fantasy game and it looks pretty good right now even for a Final Fantasy game. It is a fantasy game and takes place on the planet of Vana’Diel. In the past this planet was blessed with the Crystals. The people used the Crystals to defeat the evil of the planet. But then the evil took that power and destroyed everything. After many years the people of the land were able to fight back and regain the land once again. But 20 years after the war the people forget about the evil and the evil game back to terrorize Vana’Diel once again. There was only hop left within the crystals. There are Five races in the world of Vana’Diel, The Humans They are well humans and they can get many different skills. The Elves They are the most powerful character in the game and there appearance is tall and slender. They live in the kingdom of Sandoria. Tarutaru They are very small and live in the kingdom Windas. They are very good with magic. Mithra The Mithra look like elves and live in the Federation of Windurst. They do not like science and technology and like nature and use there own abilites. They have pointed ears and tails. The most common type of these are females and males are extremely hard to find. Galka There all tall and very big and very durable and powerful. They live in an industrial country called the Bastok Republic. Not many Galka look the same because they do not pass on there looks. In the game you can also pick up Chocobos The Kingdoms Sandoria This is where the elves live. It has been stricken with war between the elves who want this or that and can only be held together by the knights and the religion of the kingdom. Bastukk This is where the humans live and is very technologically advanced, and has lots of natural resources. The city was made around a mine which produced Mithril a silver. Windas This is were the Tarutaru live in tribes. This is a very magic city concentrated around magic because that is what the Tarutaru are good at. In the game you can have up to six people in your party at a time and the leader controls the party. There is also something called an alliance which is when 3 party’s can join together to fight a really hard boss or something else. This game is supposed to be released sometime next year. --Vyse

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