Why can't FFXIV be more like Starfield

Within 10 years, Starfield will have more editions than FF14 will have expansions if Skyrim is anything to go by.

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Originally Posted by Mcg55ss

the studio is perfect and never does anything wrong...

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I've heard that the most Liked review for Starfield so far is the one that simply says:

Starfield is a true Bethesda game.

People whined about that like they were forced to buy every edition on every platform available…

We already have a starfield in FFXIV, it's called

Ultima Thule

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Originally Posted by KitingGenbu

Within 10 years, Starfield will have more editions than FF14 will have expansions if Skyrim is anything to go by.

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Uh oh! Yoshi-P better step it up and sell the graphics update separately as "FFXIV: Special Edition"

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

Why can't Starfield be more like FF XIV?

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You mean more like WoW.

Without WoW....XIV would have never tasted that brief success it did.

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Originally Posted by MonsutaMan

You mean more like WoW.

Without WoW....XIV would have never tasted that brief success it did.

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I wasn't being serious with my post.

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Originally Posted by MonsutaMan

Without WoW....XIV would have never tasted that brief success it did.

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https://media.tenor.com/xtktar1jnYYA...feword-wts.gif

He isn't entirely wrong.

Source:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...-interview-wow

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news...oshida-2962010

He's cited World of Warcraft as a major form of inspiration for himself and his team over the years in a number of interviews.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

He isn't entirely wrong.

Source:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...-interview-wow

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news...oshida-2962010

He's cited World of Warcraft as a major form of inspiration for himself and his team over the years in a number of interviews.

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Absolutely, but they decided to quote me to try and make that point for some reason. Such confusion. This was not my intention.

Like every MMORPG at the time, it tried to copy the top MMORPG. But there were certain things done differently, in part because of Yoshi-P's experiences with playing MMORPGs, in part because of it being a Final Fantasy game and wanting to make it story-driven, in part because of needing it to work on PS3 and learn from 1.0s lack of loading screens, and in part because of the hardware or engine or their ability to make it work quite the same.

And it just diverged after that and wasn't afraid to learn from its own mistakes and improve them in a way that was uniquely logical for FFXIV rather than copying every WoW patch. Although I do think comparisons could be drawn between Eureka/Bozja's Logos/Lost Actions and what WoW was doing with attacks that were unique to a given expansion, so they may have taken some inspiration still.