Interesting FFXII-FFXIV similarities [Lore]

[Tiggy]

The only similarity with 3 is CT and the 'Hero of Light'-gear, afaik. Maybe I missed something, but I see them more like nods to different FF's for fanservice's sake.
As for other FF installments, I haven't really seen that much similarities. But then again, I might have missed some things. Feel free to enlighten me
As far as I am concerned, I would be pretty disappointed if SE just re-used some parts of another FF's mythology for their 'main-story' just because they like re-using stuff...

They specifically linked Allagan lore into the CT. Some of this Allagan lore is directly taken from FFIII. So it is more than just similarities. For instance the team that yourself and Cid are a part of is called Noah. They even say this is because of the Allagan Great Magus called Noah. In FF3 the tower and Xande are both related to this Great Magus. This, as the notes above about Lahabrea, are more than just similarities. It's combined lore. So yes, this game has strong lore coming from other games than just FFXII and this supports the notion that it's just another FF game reusing content from previous games. To what end we do not know, but this much is certain.

You know? I always thought of FFXIV as a online upgraded version of FFXII...

That's funny, because I always thought XII was an offline solo version of XI.

[Fumijj_Gah]

Akihiko Yoshida (best designer in Square-Enix with no doubts) is the art director both for FFXII and XIV, similarities are obvious.

[Seif]

Akihiko Yoshida (best designer in Square-Enix with no doubts) is the art director both for FFXII and XIV, similarities are obvious.

Akihiko Yoshida is NOT the ad of ARR. He was in XIV 1.0 though but not during 2.0's developement. As we all know he now only does freelance work for SE after leaving the company.

[Gramul]

Akihiko Yoshida is NOT the ad of ARR. He was in XIV 1.0 though but not during 2.0's developement. As we all know he now only does freelance work for SE after leaving the company.

I think he still works on it (how much I'm not sure). I believe they mentioned it somewhere a while back.

[Umo]

I think he still works on it (how much I'm not sure). I believe they mentioned it somewhere a while back.

That's right.

[Thyrel]

This game has similarities with almost every FF :/

[Kuwagami]

Meh, I had also said some things about it back in days, but people said it was just a lack of imagination on SE's part (Damalsca as an example, is quoted during 2.0 storyline. And it's a recurring city in the world of Ivalice..)

[Tannlore]

I have a wild idea.

What if it isn't Ivalice, the Nova Crystalis worlds, or the world of light and dark. What if instead, this is an intermediary plane of existence? Think about it:

So far we've had two dimensional travelers really: Shantotto and Lightning (correct me if I'm wrong). We also have heavy thematic elements from other games (Crystal Tower, Gold Saucer soon too) and also primals and monsters, not to mention the jobs themselves.

Could it be instead that Eorzea is in a central location to the other Final Fantasy Worlds, being influenced to a point where it manifests objects and such from these worlds? Hence why we have all these things from other games together in one place and why our two dimensional traveling ladies ended up here for a spot.

[FritoBandito]

Could it be instead that Eorzea is in a central location to the other Final Fantasy Worlds, being influenced to a point where it manifests objects and such from these worlds? Hence why we have all these things from other games together in one place and why our two dimensional traveling ladies ended up here for a spot.

This reminds me a lot of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I still have suspicions that the Crystal Tower could perhaps have a similar function as the Dark Tower, in that it holds worlds together and creates interconnectivity.

[Enkidoh]

Hydaelyn is not an intermediary world (that would be the Dissidia setting), but more like FFIX's Gaia which as well as having it's own unique ideas, also includes many intentional references, in jokes and call-backs to past FF titles. Yoshi-P stated ages ago he's a huge fan of the earlier FF titles (FFVII is actually his favourite, apparently), and he wants ARR to be a fond call back to all the games that came before it. That doesn't mean Hyadelyn is such-and-such a world from another specific FF title though, as it isn't. It just uses references to other FF games in a more ironic or subtle way.

And as for Lightning and Shantotto's recent crossover appearances in ARR, considering both characters already can travel across dimensions in their own respective games, it's little wonder they both ended up in Hydaelyn - the game itself didn't even need an explanation for how they found themselves here, they just were.