Quote Originally Posted by Tyla_Esmeraude View Post
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Actually, FFXIII did have an open world but only once you reached Gran Pulse. XIII also broke sale records that were once held by VIII. SE didn't forget their roots with XIII. In my view, they started to forget their roots when they started to release sequels to XIII itself.

Of course SE was inspired by other modern games. Their ultimate goal is to make a profit and to get the max amount of players they can. XI didn't do that enough for them so they went into a different direction. Same with XIV 1.0. It didn't do that enough for them so they went into different, and more successful, direction.