Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Although references have always been a part of the franchise, XIV is particularly jarring in that it often simply uplifts large swathes of content from previous games and places them directly into XIV's world. This has two consequences - fans of the references rarely get to explore them to the full capacity (since although I love Ivalice, so little of the 'Ivalice' placed into XIV is even accessible). Furthermore, original content - such as the Void Ark raids - is usually a one and done affair that is never referenced again.

Worse yet, we've even got content directly lifted from games other than Final Fantasy. The Monster Hunter and Nier crossover content immediately springs to mind.

I just hope FFXVI is allowed to largely be its own thing. Some references here and there, though maybe it'll be free of weirdness like how FFXV had American Express credit card adverts in-game...

I also thought it was extremely jarring when the Nier raids were introduced. I enjoyed them (and still do) but thought it would have been more appropriate to have the raids be more inline with the FFXIV universe itself. Heck, even the general FF universe would have been better.