Quote Originally Posted by Mansion View Post
You are making me so nostalgic, I love Phantasy Star IV. (Especially Ooze)
I'm not convinced about FFXIV being inspired by it though. Light and Dark fighting is an old trope, and it just happens to feel similar because of the "seal". I'm pretty sure FFXIV has 1 source and 13 shards because it adds up to 14, the number of the series. Same for the convocation of Ascians. And FFXIV being loosely about multiverse where other Final Fantasy games kind of exist, it wraps up nicely the concept without having to commit to an explanation.
Yeah, I acknowledged that it was just the wider tropes maintaining the similarity. Can't help but wonder though. If they'll reference old books, plays, movies, and the like, then why not old video games? Heck, they stuck a flippin' Black Cauldron/Chronicles of Prydain reference in Hades fight with his enrage spell's name.