Final Fantasy XI vs Ylands
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XI brings an immersive RPG set in a massive open world environment full of objects and characters to interact with. A total of five different races are available for players to choose their character from along with 16 public game worlds to start your game career in. Players also have the option to jump between worlds and complete exciting missions to advance the storyline. Hundreds of unique quests can be completed for resources and to develop relations with other characters.As far as multiplayer mode is concerned, players can compete with each other in two game modes named Ballista and Brenner, based on a capture-the-flag setting. Players can also form alliances of up to 18 players to complete tougher missions and defeat monsters with magic, spells, and abilities. Moreover, a unique crafting aspect of the game allows players to create lethal weapons.
Final Fantasy XI is a must try for all players who love any of the prior Final Fantasy games or anime RPGs with an in-depth storyline.
Ylands
Ylands is a sandbox adventure game that has a gameplay that's a lot like a massively expanded version of Minecraft with a lot more resources for you to gather, items to craft, and amazing things to build. Instead of being "just a game", Ylands is more like a platform, much like Roblox is, where players are given the tools to create whatever worlds or games they like, be it a fun go-kart racing game that's inspired from Lega Racers or even a watery world where epic pirate-themed naval battles can take place. The worlds are completely interactive as well and every action you do will modify, no matter how slightly, the game environment of that segment of the world you happen to be in. In fact, if you change a terrain and populate it with an entirely different diversity of flora and fauna, you can basically change the climate system there.Unlike Minecraft though, Ylands has opted for a more polygonal appearance which gave it the extra leverage it needed to overcome the painful dismissal and degratory label of being simply a "Minecraft clone" - which admittedly, Ylands is most definitely not. The game has so much going for it and players truly have all the freedom within the game's pretty wide parameters to literally create anything they like. Of course, the game also supports sharing, so you can let other players in Yland enjoy that (for example) crazy maze-running game you've just made!
Ylands is most certainly impressive to say the least. However, due to its indie origins, not many players know about the game, let alone buy it on Steam. So, if you really like Minecraft-like sandbox games, you simply must give this game a try, and if you've had a great time there, be sure to recommend it to your friends or even buy it for them as their Christmas/ birthday gift!