Current Problem Parallels

[TaleraRistain]

So....drama? Soap opera drama? Thats what it sounds like to me

Character development. Remember, Urianger is someone studious, who always has the answers, and doesn't speak much about himself or let us in. It was a rare moment of vulnerability in someone who's usually absolutely steadfast. One might also argue that it was something he needed to get past so he didn't give in to despair and fail us when we needed him most.

Damn, XIV really is only capable of ripping other games off. And not even well.

...what? These are homages. There are many other Final Fantasy games that XIV references and it all plays into the longstanding multiverse theory about the different Final Fantasy games. The fun part for those who've played the rest of the series is seeing how they incorporate things.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki...Fantasy_series

do you have any actual proof that cb3 has complete access to all content created by square enix? simply saying that cb3 belongs to square enix doesnt mean they do.

Creative Business Unit III is not a developer that SE acquired. They're part of the structural hierarchy of SE itself. You know how companies have departments or divisions? That's what their business units are. They have the entirety of the Final Fantasy series they can use for references, and other Square games (Thunder God's theme is from Vagrant Story for instance) since those are all the property of the SE entity.

[TofuPenguin]

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.