Quote Originally Posted by Ameela View Post
I mean, if it had just been Dalamud crashing into Eorzea then sure, I can see them having plausible deniability and saying it was actually inspired by FFVII, but having Bahamut, a hulking dragon powered by his rage against humanity, popping out to go on a rampage that reshapes the landscape just like Deathwing did three years prior is a little -too- on the nose.
Of course ARR handled the concept far better than Cataclysm, but let's not deny the obvious inspiration here.
The obvious inspiration was actually the failure of 1.0 and the need to hit the reset button on the game. The FF franchise had the world wrecking dragon before WoW was ever a concept, so let's stop acting like Blizz is the least bit innovative when there's been a ton of source material and inspiration out there for decades.