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[Zackneifein]

no they don't... ff9 was a more steampunk setting yet you want me to believe they went all super star trek. ff8 has more visible associations. the wiki entry for eshtar even describes it similar to solution 9.
here just look at it the city. a terrible disservice to both ff8 and ff9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VCbb9DJ87Q

Thank you, I know of FFVIII. Esther isn't even close to being as advanced as Solution 9.
Only Lindblum is about steampuck. Alexandria and Bloumecia are all about pure medieval fantasy. And Terra is one of the most advanced and scifi place ever seen in any Final Fantasy, the whole plot of Terra is about soul and lifecycle.

[jameseoakes]

Thank you, I know of FFVIII. Esther isn't even close to being as advanced as Solution 9.
Only Lindblum is about steampuck. Alexandria and Bloumecia are all about pure medieval fantasy. And Terra is one of the most advanced and scifi place ever seen in any Final Fantasy, the whole plot of Terra is about soul and lifecycle.

Terra is more alien and other worldly and S9 doesn't try to catch any of that as it's just generic cyberpunk with soul tech added in. The FF9 references just seem to be souless idea taken from notes of the game.

[Zackneifein]

Terra is more alien and other worldly and S9 doesn't try to catch any of that as it's just generic cyberpunk with soul tech added in. The FF9 references just seem to be souless idea taken from notes of the game.

There is more Terra in the Living Memories than S9. And I can agree with your second part, themes and ideas are taken from FF9 but not well implemented.