Obscure references

[Eye_Gore]

7 pages and nobody mentions Sharknado?

Trying to forget that waste of my life, and I only watched a few minutes of it, I believe it was the end of it, with the chainsaw.

[BooskiBoo]

The Scenario Quest: "Let us cling together" I think is a reference to the SNES game "Tactics Ogre: Let us cling together" back in '94 by Quest (Later acquired by S-E). It was the precursor to FF Tactics games.

"Fear and Odin in the Shroud" must be a reference to the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.

[BelgianWiz]

let's not forget the quest called Judgement Bolts and Lightning which is a reference to Queen

[myahele]

The FATE in Western Highlands "Ware the Maiden Fair" is a reference to the song in Game of Thrones: "Bear and the maiden Fair"

[kpxmanifesto]

I like how they added Biggs and Wedge to this game as well.





They look so alike. Must be the goggles.

[RhynAzullo]

I like how they added Biggs and Wedge to this game as well.

Yeah, but Biggs and Wedge have been in the Final Fantasy series for a long time, not exclusive to FF14 at all.

[Iagainsti]

First and last boss in Sastasha HM references to the 1981 film "Clash of the Titans"

Karlybos is from FFV, same attack and all.

[Altijacek]

I'm kinda sad that two users missed the Queen reference. Let Us Cling Together may be referring to Tactics Ogre, but Tactics Ogre is itself referring to the band Queen. It's been confirmed that the director of the series named the games after Queen songs/lyrics. Their song Teo Torriate has a lyric that is "let us cling together." Queen also had a song called Ogre Battle. Granted, these are older Queen songs from their earlier progressive rock days.

[Ducky]

Here's a couple of the ones I remembered to take screenshots of:

Star Wars:



Metal Gear Solid:



The Simpsons:





Dead Poets Society:



Game of Thrones:



The A-Team:



Star Trek:



Eduard Khil:



Uhhh... FFXIV?

[kpxmanifesto]

There's also a quest called "All upon the watchtowers" which may be a subtle reference to Jimi Hendrix's song "All along the watchtower".