FFXIV-- the fear of a WoW Clone is real...

[YeaniNah]

What wow clone come on .... Between graphic ..for me Wow is a 1/10 ..when final fantasy is at 10/10 ...i never play wow cos its a childish cartoon game graphic

[Ceravic]

And once again, this topic rears it's ugly head... I'm not even sure people know what the definition of a WoW clone even is anymore.


"THEY ARE ADDING STREAMLINED/COMMON/BASIC MMO SYSTEMS TO THE GAME! DOOM I SAY! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"

WHY DOESN'T SQUARE-ENIX WORRY LESS ABOUT MAKING MONEY AND MORE ABOUT CATERING A GAME DIRECTLY TO MY TASTES?

[TohruHonda]

I don't care.

[Zyph]

there taking samples from the wrong games...that much is certain.

They're probably contrasting what worked and what didn't, and of the good stuff they find, what would mesh with their vision for XIV, or how could they tweak it to be fresh for XIV.

You know, like how actual game design works. It's not like they're sitting down and copying features.

People are so goddamn alarmist.

[Delsus]

They will not make it into a WoW clone, I know that, they will take some things from WoW, GW2, SWTOR etc that worked well and see if they can be tweaked a little and added, whilst keeping it as FFXIV.

Video games have always borrowed things from each other, would Sonic have killed things by jumping on them if it wasn't for Mario? FPS games allow you to crouch, does that mean they are all Quake clones? (idk what the first FPS was) all RPGs have healing does that make all RPGs Final Fantasy clones? hell all games of a certain genre tend to share the same control schemes (racing games on PS used to be X for throttle, circle for brake, R1 and L1 for gears) does that mean they are all clones?

LBP plays a lot like the old Sonic games, does that mean it's a Sonic clone? You can borrow certain elements that worked from games and still make them unique, people are throwing Rift around when that was completely designed to be a WoW clone from day one, FFXIV was not.

I would bet that 99% of the things in WoW are based on other games, but you get people like the OP that seem to think WoW invented everything, WoW's raids are based on the same concept as Dynamis, Limbus and Einhejar just to name a few, and FFXI probably used them from another game. All MMOs must have an auction house now (if you listen to this community) does that make every MMO that uses an AH a FFXI/EQ clone (no idea if EQ used one)

[Ceravic]

They will not make it into a WoW clone, I know that, they will take some things from WoW, GW2, SWTOR etc that worked well and see if they can be tweaked a little and added, whilst keeping it as FFXIV.

Video games have always borrowed things from each other, would Sonic have killed things by jumping on them if it wasn't for Mario? FPS games allow you to crouch, does that mean they are all Quake clones? (idk what the first FPS was) all RPGs have healing does that make all RPGs Final Fantasy clones? hell all games of a certain genre tend to share the same control schemes (racing games on PS used to be X for throttle, circle for brake, R1 and L1 for gears) does that mean they are all clones?

LBP plays a lot like the old Sonic games, does that mean it's a Sonic clone? You can borrow certain elements that worked from games and still make them unique, people are throwing Rift around when that was completely designed to be a WoW clone from day one, FFXIV was not.

Don't reply with logic, you have to pour on the doom and gloom without ever actually playing the game yourself. This game needs to basically be FFXI with new FFXI skins! If it's not FFXI then I'll just keep playing FFXI.

[Ingolf]

Apart from the part where GW2 isn't a wow clone.

[Valmonte]

They're probably contrasting what worked and what didn't, and of the good stuff they find, what would mesh with their vision for XIV, or how could they tweak it to be fresh for XIV.

You know, like how actual game design works. It's not like they're sitting down and copying features.

People are so goddamn alarmist.

SWTOR literally has nothing new to add to the genre, and what it does have there are better examples elsewhere. GW2 does have a few interesting pieces of stuff but is far to early to tell what will work and what doesn't.

people are so quick to pounce.

[Delsus]

SWTOR literally has nothing new to add to the genre, and what it does have there are better examples elsewhere. GW2 does have a few interesting pieces of stuff but is far to early to tell what will work and what doesn't.

Yoshi-P knows what direction he wants the game to go in, so it's not to early, if something looks like it will take him in the right direction he will investigate, if it doesn't he won't.

[Valmonte]

Yoshi-P knows what direction he wants the game to go in, so it's not to early, if something looks like it will take him in the right direction he will investigate, if it doesn't he won't.

yes, i know.....