Anyone Else Getting WOW Cataclysm vibes from SHB?

[Edax]

Anyone Else Getting WoW Cataclysm vibes from Shadowbringers? It looks like on the map provided at the start that the First is just Eorzea given a new makeover from a Calamity. WoW Cataclysm was just Azeroth getting a new makeover as well, the result of a Cataclysm. And both were the 3rd expansions of their respective MMORPGs.



Am I seeing a parallel here that doesn't actually exist?

[Elamys]

You are seeing a very intentional parallel. Kholusia is La Noscea, Amh Araeng is Thanalan, Rak'tika Greatwood is the Black Shroud, etc. The First (Norvrandt) is a reflection of the Source (Eorzea).

[Dubont]

Most MMOs do this

[Nedkel]

No

FFXIV =/= WoW.
Stop comparing both of these games.

[Dubont]

Achaea did this back in the early 90s, before WoW was even heard of. Stop "getting Wow Vibes" man, I'm getting Achaea and other MUD vibes.

This game has such a D&D vibe...jeez

[LiteBrite]

No. I'm over these Wow threads being brought on the forums, by people thinking you're relating WOW to FFXIV makes it ok. Please Stop.. No one on these forums cares about WOW. Just go back to playing your failing game, and leave it out of this one. THANKS!

[Raim]

It is literally the same planet yet with a different history/timeline. Also WoW didnt invent alternate universe.

[Edax]

It is literally the same planet yet with a different history/timeline. Also WoW didnt invent alternate universe.

Cataclysm caused a lot of players to check out of WoW. I've seen Dragon Ball Super try it and it turned into a mess. I saw the TV show Fringe try it and that became a huge mess. And that new Star Trek show tried that out and it turned into a mess. I'm worried that FFXIV is going down this route too. Once whole dimensions are at stake, it's hard to scale down the series before it burns itself out from being too big.

[TheUltimate3]

Cataclysm caused a lot of players to check out of WoW. I've seen Dragon Ball Super try it and it turned into a mess. I saw the TV show Fringe try it and that became a huge mess. And that new Star Trek show tried that out and it turned into a mess. I'm worried that FFXIV is going down this route too. Once whole dimensions are at stake, it's hard to scale down the series before it burns itself out from being too big.

Your problem is that Cataclysm didn't bring an alternate reality, it straight up changed the game world.

But as others stated, WoW didn't invent alternate timelines/worlds. Hell I think that was a plot point in FFXI.

At best this is WoW fear mongering. At worst, it's bad WoW fear-mongering.

[Edax]

Your problem is that Cataclysm didn't bring an alternate reality, it straight up changed the game world.

But as others stated, WoW didn't invent alternate timelines/worlds. Hell I think that was a plot point in FFXI.

At best this is WoW fear mongering. At worst, it's bad WoW fear-mongering.

I have nothing to gain from fear mongering, so you can put away the conspiracy theories.