FFXIV is too simplistic and bland

[Stanelis]

FFXIV V1.0 had nothing in common with FFXI (like, absolutely nothing at all, aside from monsters models that already were in FFXI, but it is still the case today) and the reason it flopped was because it wasn't a functional product (the game was broken both on a technical standpoint and on a game design one).

Source : me as an old FFXI player who took part in FFXIV 1.0 alpha..