Final Fantasy VII
Persona 3
Dark Souls
Devil May Cry
Mega Man 3
SMT3: Nocturne
Resident Evil 2

Can FFXIV learn from them? Not really? But they are better than XIV, even simple games like SMT3 have better characters than XIV and it's cast of "literally who?" characters
Will Y'shtola ever be as remembered as say someone like Cloud or Terra? Hell no.