Originally Posted by
Dragoy
This is, I think, a very good example of "ruining it" if they did the same with XI (for some like me at least; I'm sure there are people (and reviewers) who'd like a whole different kind of a game more though).
To me, FFVIIR is a modern action RPG with a bunch of references to FFVII.
If they did move XI to a different engine, it would be very easy to make it feel too different in ways, but with proper care, it could be done well (that is, I'm certainly not against a remake of FFXI, but there are things I'd be worried about).
Plenty of things can still be improved without going that far as well, though I do understand the hesitation there probably looms over any such decisions.