Why doesnt the game feel like a Final Fantasy game

[Teknoman]

Well Coerthas and Mor Dohna really look like something you might've seen in past Final Fantasy titles. Honestly we just need more enemy diversity in the 3 starting regions, more wandering Beast tribes of all ranks (that make sense for the area of course) and more structures (ruins, campsites, outposts, and dungeons with actual bosses).

[IveraIvalice]

Well Coerthas and Mor Dohna really look like something you might've seen in past Final Fantasy titles. Honestly we just need more enemy diversity in the 3 starting regions, more wandering Beast tribes of all ranks (that make sense for the area of course) and more structures (ruins, campsites, outposts, and dungeons with actual bosses).

i agree with everything but the adding more campsites part, i dont think theres any reason for more because they just add a place to do leves. but i think alittle of whats missing is some variation in the areas. what i mean is, thanalan is just one big same exact desert with a few variations but it all looks the same, and its the same with the black shroud and every area we have. if you think about (in FFXI) how you got from bastok to san doria, you go from south gustaberg-north gustaberg-konschtat highlands-valkurn dunes-la thiene plateu-west ronfure-sandoria.
thats alot of areas that all look different except for north and south gustaberg. i think it would be alot better to cut up the areas we have into parts that look completely different but without loading screens, just blend it into the environment. its cool that the areas are really huge but they look exactly the same everywhere. its basicly 2 areas between cities