ok so lets break this down into a few sections.

Community:

Final Fantasy XI. Square Enix focused on bringing people together based on any nation you resided from. which brought other cultures together and focused a gameplay design to keep people together as working by yourself would only mean death. now there has been the same trend in japanese school systems and work places which teaches people to work together as a whole. its that same incorperation that if you try to be an individual you would die. but those who do play into it will find they get many friends very fast. with an unrestricted amount of groups you can join via: Linkshells. a single person could be tagged in a vast social network within a game.

World Of Warcraft, though different in aspect. friendships earned in this game is not much harder. sometimes people will try to add you for no reason. and many friendships come and go. some do stay for the entire time. some can be based on guilds. but the one thing that can bring people together in this game is homeland defence. especially if another faction is attacking a main city. as this is more of an individual based game, long lasting friendships are that much harder to come by.

Gameplay/story/graphics:

World of Warcraft, this game is not the cutting edge of technology. in fact its far from it. most of the graphics look similar to that of Warcraft 3 with a horizontal view. the story is very deep and has a very rich background with tons of history to learn. the gameplay itself focuses on war, so individuals will not get as good of objects or fame as a full party does. but a single person can reach the ranks of the highest level on soloing alone. In the end where WoW has fallen short it makes up for in others.

XI: amazing world design as alot of detail has been put into weather, ground, oceans and just pure scenic areas. it really makes the world come alive on your screen. the main story seems to focus on you as the hero even though the gameplay conflicts with that story where it is a primary party base, more and more secrets are shown of the world of vanadiel, not much of the world is known outside of quests and main story. which leaves an err of mystery. With so many job classes going to a level of 75 or 80 and being able to change into a job class of your choosing on the same character can really open their imagination, plus with designing their own home. with a great design you forgive the fact that there are loading borders.