Crossover events and breaking immersion

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There will of course be some shock and awe figures that are only explained later, like Midgardsormr, some room for twists and the like. But simply throwing players into another franchise inconsistent with all that's come before it, sharing no references, patterns, or themes, is not setup for a twist. It's just a lack of effort that ignores the game surrounding it. That's not subversion; it's neglect.

I love NieR. I like that there's a crossover for it, even if I'd have preferred Yoko Taro work his magic on an actual XIV plotline, rather than merely borrowing the poster children of another franchise in place of coming up with something of our own. But the shallow means by which it's been attached to the game isn't even worth defending, imo. Fun enough raid, but an incredibly poor effort to connect it to XIV.

Wrong, that's the point of a crossover. When the hell did FFXIV decide Neir was apart of its universe prior to ShB? Oh right, it didn't, because its a crossover lol. That's like saying the monster hunter event was bad because random palico posts a hunt poster on the board and shows up suddenly. Wrong, the whole point of a crossover is that they've never been apart of the world before until then. Again I also repeat, you're judging too quickly, and you're also basing this off of everything coming before Neir into FFXIV, rather than just playing FFXIV and taking it for what it is in FFXIV's universe. Wait and find out instead of declaring it lazy off the bat, personally I'm interested in seeing how they connected the worlds and even if they don't explain it well enough... Again it's not exactly out of place to see this sorta thing here in final FANTASY. If we wanna talk worst crossover....



How is this not the epitome of "wtf is this doing in FFXIV?"

Since you brought up not playing Nier.

NieR Gestalt/Replicant in terms of aesthetics would fit entirely within the realm of XIV. Earth had it's own Calamity as it were, and the villages you visit could be added as in game zones, and no one would so much as blink outside of the a special zone which, well, we actually got a similar treatment with Shadowbringers.

Automata is the same universe, same continuation of story. It just so happens to be set thousands of years in the future. If anything, aesthetically, it's only the YoRHa stuff that clashes for modernism, even in its own game. Forest Kingdom, Amusement Park, Desert Ruins, all things that really wouldn't be that different from things we have already seen on Novrant actually. Amusement Park leaning more on Crystarium architecture choices.



Let's not forget the three Drama CDs, manga, five novellas and orchestra concert only dialog readings.

I've watched gameplay and I gotta say, I agree fully. The environments are gorgeous in that game and even give me FF vibes, one most are familiar with is that area with the glowing white flowers when you go into the cave... I don't actually know the spot's name or place but I'm sure any Nier fan knows what I'm referring to.