Lets end FFXIV with Neir (Neir spoiler)

[Ghald]

I'm not talking about Shadowbringers. I'm talkingt about incoporating other game world into this game as part of the cannon lore like FF12. Rabanastre is now an actual place within this world and soon we are about to have Neir. This is not just some FF13 and FF15 promotion event.

[Enla]

I'm not talking about Shadowbringers. I'm talkingt about incoporating other game world into this game as part of the cannon lore like FF12. Rabanastre is now an actual place within this world and soon we are about to have Neir. This is not just some FF13 and FF15 promotion event.

That's a FF staple for going on decades now. It's literally part of the appeal of this series. FF12 was a love letter to Tactics and had many of the same locations for example. FF9 was basically one GIANT love letter to FF1-FF6 as well. Locations, characters, summons, and more often get reused.

[Minako_Nightsong]

I agree with the poster that this game is heavy on other game's lore. It's all new to me though as I only played 7 and some of 6 and 8. I am in favor of new characters and monsters over nostalgic nods which I think should be rarer to keep them special.

Now if they were to announce ff17 is an MMO created by this current team I'd be delighted. Imagine what these devs could do with a clean slate and no "technical limits" from having to use a previous game's code as they do now.

[Enla]

I agree with the poster that this game is heavy on other game's lore. It's all new to me though as I only played 7 and some of 6 and 8. I am in favor of new characters and monsters over nostalgic nods which I think should be rarer to keep them special.

Now if they were to announce ff17 is an MMO created by this current team I'd be delighted. Imagine what these devs could do with a clean slate and no "technical limits" from having to use a previous game's code as they do now.

There really aren't that many instances where you /need/ to have played the other games lore though in order to understand what's happening. They tie most of it into the lore of FF14 pretty well and most of the nods to past games are Easter eggs at best. Like Hien for example. One of the only ways you'd know he's a nod to Cyan from FF6 is when his 'theme' starts playing during cutscenes, and even then you wouldn't actually know it is an Easter Egg until you get the Orchestrion roll and it appropriately is titled 'Cyan's Theme'. The only other nod he has to the character that inspired him is his childhood name of 'Shun', which was what Cyan's kid was called in the Japanese version of FF6.

Even the Ivalice raids, the most overt nod to another game in this entire MMO, don't require you to have knowledge of the lore of Tactics. While I can definitely understand not enjoying these little nods if you haven't played past titles, I'd say the lore team has done a pretty fantastic job making these little homages fit with the newer content.