Final Fantasy XI vs Tartaros Rebirth
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.
Tartaros Rebirth
Tartaros Rebirth is the revived version of the anime-themed MMORPG that was popular back in the 2000s, Tartaros Online. Featuring everything you know and love from back in the day, this game has something new to offer as well, such as brand-new storylines. Like the original, you'll get to play as one of nine unique characters, each with their own personalities and skillsets. You can switch between them while you're in town, but not in dungeons or instances. Questing is the main way to level up in this game and the grind is real. However, there are tons of places for you to explore and you can even use higher level characters to complete quests for your lower level characters to turn in.The combat system is rather clunky though, so is its controls with keys that you'll probably have to rebind. Battles are played out in a semi-action-based manner, but since you can't really dodge, block or dash away from danger, all the "non-action" can be a bit underwhelming. Not to mention, the graphics isn't updated somehow and although it may have been acceptable back then, it is definitely not something that will appeal to players in this day and age.
So, in short, Tartaros Rebirth is a great anime-themed game to play, despite sharing many similarities with Dragon Nest, for nostalgic purposes but if you're simply looking for a new anime game to play, you might have a better time playing Lineage II: Revolution.