Quote Originally Posted by BigCheez View Post
Final Fantasy has always been a fusion of sci-fi and fantasy. I'm not a huge fan of the way that this is done in FFXIV though. It's less of a fusion and more like both things existing separately in the same universe.
I think the problem is usually in final fantasy the technology is isolated. Its either ancient unearthed civilisation stuff like how Allagan was originally treated. Or its a scealed off isolated culture (Esthar, Shumi village in ff8)

In XIV its shoulder to shoulder, and while there is some scope within the narrative, to explain electrope and garlean Magiteck, currently it feels that the implementation is for "cool factor" without effort to embed it into the actual world.

I thought this was true with the whole, technologically advance space bunnies, who are also stupid and the space ship in Endwalker. I suspect the devs have grown tired of "fantasy" and thats why we are getting more cyberpunk / sci fi stuff.

Im neither against nor for its inclusion personally, as long as it makes sense. I think one factor is that increasing makes it jarring is that every area in the game is set in a timebubble but also not. So you get coethas who are using candles still, and Sharlayan who are using magic lights, yet both are trading and have connections, so it feels off.

I dont think it helps that EW tied up and got rid of a truck load of the mysticsm without need. (Zodiark, Hydealyn, the twelve) and because they are both explained and gone, there isnt really anything for the "fantasy" to draw on, and Dawn trail didnt add enough depth to the ideas it added. Had they done alexandria as an expansion on its own after an expansion of Tural, it probably wouldnt be thematically jarring.