Interesting FFXII-FFXIV similarities [Lore]

[Dante_Purgatory]

There are lorewise similarities with 3 too. Actually, there are more similarities with III than XII.

Also there are lorewise similarities between FFIX and I too, VII and VI, VIII and IV, III and V.

It doesn't make them connected, it called "being part of the same-series that often re-uses a lot of elements". XIV is especially guilty of this, since it takes a bit of everything (Gunblade and Ultima Weapon design from VIII, Judges design from XII, Summon designs from XI, CT from III, Krile and Galuf from V)

The only similarity with 3 is CT and the 'Hero of Light'-gear, afaik. Maybe I missed something, but I see them more like nods to different FF's for fanservice's sake.
As for other FF installments, I haven't really seen that much similarities. But then again, I might have missed some things. Feel free to enlighten me
As far as I am concerned, I would be pretty disappointed if SE just re-used some parts of another FF's mythology for their 'main-story' just because they like re-using stuff...

[Tupsi]

The only similarity with 3 is CT and the 'Hero of Light'-gear, afaik. Maybe I missed something, but I see them more like nods to different FF's for fanservice's sake.
As for other FF installments, I haven't really seen that much similarities. But then again, I might have missed some things. Feel free to enlighten me
As far as I am concerned, I would be pretty disappointed if SE just re-used some parts of another FF's mythology for their 'main-story' just because they like re-using stuff...

While XIV screwed a lot of FF references for the sake of making this a standard MMORPG, they kept some:

FF3 - Crystal Tower/Labyrinth of the Ancients still remain as a portal to ancients, along with Land of Eureka coming. You can't get any more similar than direct import of concept.
FF6 - The current Magitek Reapers are used on the frontline assault more than the Vanguard (Version 1.x) and Juggernaut (1.x) - In FFVI, they too were the frontline Magitek unit (same design too.)
FF11 - Ignoring Shantotto, Titan is also a protector more so than just a god that wants to wreck things. Shiva is said to have her own kingdom in XIV, much like the Shiva in FFXI, also linked to the Gigas coincidentally.

There's more lore relations to many of the FFs than just XII, a lot of us joked that the world of Hydaleyn or w/e is Vana'diel in the future, which isn't too unplausible since Atomos in XI can devour realities and 'choose' which is the real reality, in XIV, he is also a temporal being.

[KyroeFelix]

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[Tiggy]

The only similarity with 3 is CT and the 'Hero of Light'-gear, afaik. Maybe I missed something, but I see them more like nods to different FF's for fanservice's sake.
As for other FF installments, I haven't really seen that much similarities. But then again, I might have missed some things. Feel free to enlighten me
As far as I am concerned, I would be pretty disappointed if SE just re-used some parts of another FF's mythology for their 'main-story' just because they like re-using stuff...

They specifically linked Allagan lore into the CT. Some of this Allagan lore is directly taken from FFIII. So it is more than just similarities. For instance the team that yourself and Cid are a part of is called Noah. They even say this is because of the Allagan Great Magus called Noah. In FF3 the tower and Xande are both related to this Great Magus. This, as the notes above about Lahabrea, are more than just similarities. It's combined lore. So yes, this game has strong lore coming from other games than just FFXII and this supports the notion that it's just another FF game reusing content from previous games. To what end we do not know, but this much is certain.

You know? I always thought of FFXIV as a online upgraded version of FFXII...

That's funny, because I always thought XII was an offline solo version of XI.