How exactly is FFXIV like WoW?

[Zumi]

I wouldn't say it copied wow. They petty much went with the standard for the mmo genre. Games evolve in that they take the best elements of previous games and build on them.

Remember how Capcom basically invented the super bar (a bar that fills up as you fight and once full lets you do a powerful super move) in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. After Capcom invented the super bar pretty much every fighting game released since then had some form of a super bar. But are they copies of SSF2T? No they aren't.

[Barimu]

How do people still defend that this isn't a WoW clone, THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES.

[stardrifter]

How do people still defend that this isn't a WoW clone, THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES.

-.- Never said it was a clone, they did say however they drew inspiration from WoW since it was the most popular MMO and that's what they wanted to make, a popular MMO.

[Volcano]

-.- Never said it was a clone, they did say however they drew inspiration from WoW since it was the most popular MMO and that's what they wanted to make, a popular MMO.

Don't bother, i tried this already trying to teach people the difference between a clone and a Inspiration of a game, but some people are blind and refuse to see on their own, "omg the developer said so!" The best thing to do is let some people think what they want to think, some people just refuse to accept this isn't a clone. if it was so is every other MMO out there.

[cryptic_angel]

How do people still defend that this isn't a WoW clone, THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES.

This^

People seem to have selective memory as it pertains to interviews.

[Velhart]

How do people still defend that this isn't a WoW clone, THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES.

Please point to where he directly said that this game is a WoW clone. Since you say he has said it multiple times, I expect multiple sources.

Can't really hold a candle to the Final Fantasy series in general in terms of original mechanics. They have been using inspiration from other games since day 1. At most they shake up the formula somewhat. What Final Fantasy has always exceeded in has been it's quality, presentation, and story lines. If you believe they bring originality beyond that, you are poorly mistaken.

[Chiramu]

You reference someone elses' work in order to make your own work more successful.

If someone made an MMORPG and didn't look at any other MMO then you would have the original FFXIV (from how the developers talked about the original production).

You always look at what other people have done when you make something.

[Oni_Akuma]

Don't play WoW. I came from there,being an elitist inn raids. I went from BC to MoP throne of thunder. The game has gotten easy from WotLK. Its not fun compared to how FFXIV challenges.

[Baneus]

Like FFXI, WoW has a decade of history behind it (or it will this year). TBH, I preferred EQ2, but no one I know played it. To me, the single most important part of MMOs is the ability to play with others. They're built on communities and they fail with their communities. All the fancy features in the world won't help a game if it's full of asshats or the community falls apart. Blizzards efforts to make WoW more social have actually had the reverse effect. The best communities left are the various forum groups.

[Black91CRX]

Nostalgia goggles