References in Heavensward

[Takfloyd]

Some people are really in denial about the enormous amount of Game of Thrones references, probably because they haven't watched it, and fanboy over FF14 so much that they refuse to believe it copies so much. The trial by combat for example is obviously not taken from a historic context, but directly from GoT, since it invokes phrases used specifically in relation to trials by combat in GoT and only in GoT ("in the eyes of gods and men")

Copypaste from a thread I made about it before:

(Dusk Vigil is) literally, unironically the Night's Watch. Quest name is a direct reference (And All the Nights to Come), they copy the oath (We are the X on the wall), and the Lord Commander (note the title) has turned into an ice zombie... just like the Night's King. And then the boss comes along, and one of its attacks is called The Winds of Winter. Yeeeeeeeah....

-Also 12 knights + thordan and their weird helmets look exactly like Knights of the round from ff7.

They are literally called the Primal "Knights of the Round" throughout the game in the Japanese version.

[Nadirah]

Some people are really in denial about the enormous amount of Game of Thrones references, probably because they haven't watched it, and fanboy over FF14 so much that they refuse to believe it copies so much.

GoT was a book series long before it was a television show, and the fact that it's got a television show is the *only* reason most of you people even know it exists.

[Sterre]

Not sure if this has been said already but one of the MCH job quests is named 'Rage against the machinists'. I found it rather funny :3

[AlphaFox]

Found a new one from the Gaelicat. His attacks name is "Scratch Fever", perhaps reference to the song "Cat Scratch Fever".

[EdwinLi]

I heard Dark Knight is based on Guts from the Berserk manga.

(PS darn if only Berserk Manga can update decently again )

[Starmorning]

I heard Dark Knight is based on Guts from the Berserk manga.

(PS darn if only Berserk Manga can update decently again )

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight

The dark knight class has been in the franchise since 2. The dark knight itself might be a callback to the black knight of Arthurian legend.

[myahele]

There's a quest called "The Ceaseless Gardener" which is pretty much like the movie "The Constant Gardener"

[HamHammy]

The tool-tip text for the fishing bait Red Balloon, "A bright red breed of balloon bug found floating at higher elevations than its duller cousins. Live bait for both skyfishing and cloudfishing. Up to 99 red balloons can be stacked together." references the old 80's classic 99 red (english version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPOAeDBH1_U) /luft (german version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsU8fRvTeCI) balloons song by Nena.

If you got this you probably remember this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INROfoYYzCo

[Cakekizy]

There is a FATE called Olympus has Pollen, reference to movie Olympus has Fallen.

[Mysteltain]

The FATE chain in the Dravanian Hinterlands: "Metal Gears Rising" to "Metal Gears Revengeance" and culminates in "Metal Gears Reveangance 2" in which you fight a giant Vangob machine. It's a pretty obvious reference, heh.

The big FATE "We Fought a Dzu" is a reference to the Matt Damon movie, "We Bought a Zoo".

"Prey Online", the world FATE in Azys Lla is, I think, a reference to Sony's Play Online feature for the PS2.