Random observation

[Ameela]

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There's quite a big gap between "world destruction" and the convenient power of reshaping the level design into something (arguably in Cata's case) more fun.
This is a pretty big similarity between these two stories and it's bigger than any similarity that the seventh umbral calamity has with any FF game.
If you get defeated by Bahamut in FFIII or XI you just get a Game Over and he presumably is successful in destroying the world, which is not what's being described here.
These are both MMOs which required a heavy redesign of the zones from their original release, which were both justified in the narrative by the cataclysmic rampage of a gigantic dragon, considering XIV ARR was already borrowing so much from WoW on the gameplay side how is it any stretch to believe they wouldn't pay homage to it in the narrative when they're already doing a Cataclysm level revamp of the game anyway?
It's not like it's an insult to be compared to WoW or anything, I know it's the big bad meanie game and it's supposedly atrocious in every way nowadays but there was a time when the Warcraft games were renowned for their storytelling, that's why they made an MMO for it in the first place!

[Tiramu]

There's quite a big gap between "world destruction" and the convenient power of reshaping the level design into something (arguably in Cata's case) more fun.
This is a pretty big similarity between these two stories and it's bigger than any similarity that the seventh umbral calamity has with any FF game.
If you get defeated by Bahamut in FFIII or XI you just get a Game Over and he presumably is successful in destroying the world, which is not what's being described here.
These are both MMOs which required a heavy redesign of the zones from their original release, which were both justified in the narrative by the cataclysmic rampage of a gigantic dragon, considering XIV ARR was already borrowing so much from WoW on the gameplay side how is it any stretch to believe they wouldn't pay homage to it in the narrative when they're already doing a Cataclysm level revamp of the game anyway?
It's not like it's an insult to be compared to WoW or anything, I know it's the big bad meanie game and it's supposedly atrocious in every way nowadays but there was a time when the Warcraft games were renowned for their storytelling, that's why they made an MMO for it in the first place!

The first game I mentioned, FF9, is an almost carbon copy though.


FF9:
Bahamut is summomed to destroy the kingdom of Alexandria and stats laying it to waste. Alexander tries to protect Alexandria with a magical shield and dies in the process but saves it from absolute ruin.

FF14:
Bahamut is summoned to destroy the realm of Eorzea and starts laying it to ruin. Louisaux attempts to save the realm with a magical barrier, and dies in the process, but saves Eorzea from complete destruction.


I dont really see how some other game outside of the FF franchise can be claimed to be the source of inspiration when its an almost carbon copy of Bahamuts attack on Alexandria and almost the entirity of XIV is a mishmash of concepts, narrative points and ideas from previous FF's.

There is nothing wrong with drawing inspiration from othwr IP's, WoW or otherwise. But in XIV's case, its clearly drawing from itself.