Quote Originally Posted by Tiramu View Post
But isnt the setup of ARR heavily built around the concepts of FF6 and FF7? Like, sure you might be able to draw comparisons to WoW if you wanted to, but its pretty much a mishmash of FF6 and FF7 lore, so that would be the most obvious comparison and likely source.
I mean, if it had just been Dalamud crashing into Eorzea then sure, I can see them having plausible deniability and saying it was actually inspired by FFVII, but having Bahamut, a hulking dragon powered by his rage against humanity, popping out to go on a rampage that reshapes the landscape just like Deathwing did three years prior is a little -too- on the nose.
Of course ARR handled the concept far better than Cataclysm, but let's not deny the obvious inspiration here.