Visiting classic Final Fantasy worlds in FFXIV

[Andrien]

In FFVII there is HP Plus Materia, MP Plus Materia, and materia like Cover that boost DEF etc. The materia we have now in XIV is similar to that extent, but not a splitting image of VII. There maybe more in the future.


Also I'll like to note that they may not be a Sephiroth in here but there is a meteor falling down on us. There is an empire with advance weapons and technology, and its not called Midgar.

I don't have much examples to show but hopefully people may understand. Perhaps it'll stop the paranoid and over-thinking this thread posters may have.

[Lintora]

I would have to say that I (in some way) agree with everyone here. I loved all the things that were put into the past games and would love to see them put into XIV but not at the expense of where the current game is going. Even though it was short the story in XIV is going in a good direction. Using past names in current games i like to see because they put a different spin on them all. I so pose only time will tell what they really plan on doing with this.

[Velhart]

What I think would be a great idea is if they made special dungeons that don't conflict with the main storyline of the game. Similar to how Final Fantasy 1 had special dungeons in the GBA/PSP version.

There would be a dungeon you go in, and fight mobs and special bosses from Final Fantasy's before it, set in that area. It can work in the lore also if you use the Rift (The one Gilgamesh goes through to get to other FF worlds).

For example:

Go through a floor that looks like an area from FFIV and fight the Elemental Fiends inside. (Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, and Rubicante)

Next floor can be a surprise visit from Gilgamesh and you fight him, and he has his own little comical cut scene.

It is just throwing ideas out there, but I think this would not only be fun, but great fan service to Final Fantasy fans. Not only that, you could drop weapons/armor that would give you a feeling of nostalgia.

[Boterote]

being able to travel to a previous time frame would be amazing... i would love nothing more then to go to zanarkand with my character right now

[Croy]

I know its been said, but its pretty obvious that they mean more stuff like "The Crystal Tower" or "Materia". Names that are synonymous with a specific characteristic or event from a previous Final Fantasy game that gives the game nostalgia from past Final Fantasy, but also gives them the freedom to do their own unique spin on it. A Casino called the Golden Saucer but has only has unique mini games and content specific to FFXIV including lore. I think this 'freedom' to name things is mostly going to be dungeons or enemies. We already have new worlds and continents being explored in game that are clearly new so its not like Yoshida wants to make "World of Final Fantasy" where each continent could be based on previous FF's, nor does that mean using an echo to visit previous game locales. Its all about giving Yoshida the freedom to use that nostalgia whenever he feels like it and to not tie that nostalgia only to the server names. The real reason he changed the server names seems to be more based around getting the names away from favoritism and specific Final Fantasy Titles and the memories the towns made while playing the game (He referenced Midgard as having way too much of an impact if it were to be added in the future).

[Coombah]

I know its been said, but its pretty obvious that they mean more stuff like "The Crystal Tower" or "Materia". Names that are synonymous with a specific characteristic or event from a previous Final Fantasy game that gives the game nostalgia from past Final Fantasy, but also gives them the freedom to do their own unique spin on it. A Casino called the Golden Saucer but has only has unique mini games and content specific to FFXIV including lore. I think this 'freedom' to name things is mostly going to be dungeons or enemies. We already have new worlds and continents being explored in game that are clearly new so its not like Yoshida wants to make "World of Final Fantasy" where each continent could be based on previous FF's, nor does that mean using an echo to visit previous game locales. Its all about giving Yoshida the freedom to use that nostalgia whenever he feels like it and to not tie that nostalgia only to the server names. The real reason he changed the server names seems to be more based around getting the names away from favoritism and specific Final Fantasy Titles and the memories the towns made while playing the game (He referenced Midgard as having way too much of an impact if it were to be added in the future).

This sums it up.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

I kind of disagree with the notion that yoshi-p was just referring to future content being based on other FFs. (materia, crystal tower etc) He said he wanted to change the server names because he wants to give those names to actual cities in the future. This seems to suggest that we will in fact be visiting those cities from other worlds.

[Rydin]

RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE....

hahaha.... Im so ANGRY... RAWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR

you guys...
wouldn't you laugh til you cried if you were out farming sheep in Coerthas when all of a sudden you heard some latin choir singing the Sephiroth "One Winged Angel" shit and then a long ass sword comes out of no where and splits you down the middle?

That should be the new banhammer.

I kind of disagree with the notion that yoshi-p was just referring to future content being based on other FFs. (materia, crystal tower etc) He said he wanted to change the server names because he wants to give those names to actual cities in the future. This seems to suggest that we will in fact be visiting those cities from other worlds.

yes because the English updates we get are always clear and concise and are never misinterpreted

oh wait....

[RolandDebreton]

Easter Eggs and legacy are the very nature of Final Fantasy. Period.

Originally, it was a conglomerationary blend of mythologies, histories, and stories from a number of cultures. Deities and creatures both from history as well as fantasy spring to life. In Final Fantasy I a grave stone lies in the elfin village of Elfheim, in the NES version it said, "Here lies Erdrick," which is a complete Easter Egg reference to Dragon Warrior.

I had this discussion with an LS mate the other evening who was insistent that this game be nothing like Final Fantasy XI. He was terrified it was becoming a clone. Just because a game makes reference to its predecessors or utilizes a dynamic that worked, does not make it a, "clone."

The quote from Yoshi is vague at best, and thus any and all knee-jerk reaction-ism out of people is misplaced. But let their be no doubt if it lacks reference, legacy, harkening, hinting, pointing to, repeating, and mimicking its not truly Final Fantasy.

[RolandDebreton]

Also, just because I know it will make you anti-reference people's heads explode I present a link to images of a character who appears in both FFXIV and FFXI - may God have mercy on your souls.

http://bandofthewhitehawk.enjin.com/...88/album/37643