Thematic issues. Why all the sci fi.

[Mimilu]

Like others have said, Final Fantasy has had plenty of sci-fi representation in the past. Plus, once the concept of the world being split into different shards of existence was revealed, a lot of people were interested in seeing a modern or sci-fi shard.
What I think is the issue is how they implemented sci-fi/cyberpunk in DT. It just feels hollow to me, lacking the imagination of the likes of VI's dark, magitek distopia, VII's capitalist-and-consumerism fueled dieselpunk, VIII's urban fantasy with some futurism, or X's blending and stretching of fantasy and sci-fi. I think also try to mix that with IX's imagery and lore, which for the FF series was a return to the high fantasy settings after VII and VIII's more modern sci-fi settings, is just a weird blend. (ಠ_ರೃ) ~?

[Daughterofdeath]

Like others have said, Final Fantasy has had plenty of sci-fi representation in the past. Plus, once the concept of the world being split into different shards of existence was revealed, a lot of people were interested in seeing a modern or sci-fi shard.
What I think is the issue is how they implemented sci-fi/cyberpunk in DT. It just feels hollow to me, lacking the imagination of the likes of VI's dark, magitek distopia, VII's capitalist-and-consumerism fueled dieselpunk, VIII's urban fantasy with some futurism, or X's blending and stretching of fantasy and sci-fi. I think also try to mix that with IX's imagery and lore, which for the FF series was a return to the high fantasy settings after VII and VIII's more modern sci-fi settings, is just a weird blend. (ಠ_ರೃ) ~?

y lol thats already 95% of the game up to endwalker the only expansion we kinda can say didn't do it was shadowbringers but every other part of this game is 80% scifi lol its gone a bit far than just having it in the game its basicly the entire game at this point

[Mimilu]

[Wh]y lol[?] that[']s already 95% of the game up to endwalker[.] the only expansion we kinda can say didn't do it was shadowbringers but every other part of this game is 80% scifi lol[.] its gone a bit far[ther] than just having it in the game[,] it[']s [basically] the entire game at this point

And I think the inclusion of sci-fi in XIV has been decent. (─‿─)
The Allagan Empire is the usual cautionary tale of an ancient civilization who tried push the boundaries of control over nature and the human/humanoid spirit and technology and brought itself down by its own hubris.
Garlemald being the standard evil empire, driven to conquest by an underlying fear and paranoia over their lack of being able to control aether naturally in a world full of people that can, sublimating it as them being "savages".
Hell, I even enjoy the brevity the Loporits bring and didn't see any fault in Sharlayan creating a starship with their aid (I always assumed we were going to get a version of VIII's Ragnorok).
I just think DT's use of sci-fi felt hollow. Solution 9 and Alexandria just feel like they are just copying usual cyberpunk tropes without putting FF's usual creative spin on them.
I also think throwing in heavy inspiration for XI, which as I stated was the franchise's return to high fantasy, was tonally weird.
I think X might have been a better match to take inspiration from. Hell, I even think there are a lot of parallels that could have been made between Wok Lamat and Yuna's stories and the Endless and the Unsent. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

[Daughterofdeath]

And I think the inclusion of sci-fi in XIV has been decent. (─‿─)
The Allagan Empire is the usual cautionary tale of an ancient civilization who tried push the boundaries of control over nature and the human/humanoid spirit and technology and brought itself down by its own hubris.
Garlemald being the standard evil empire, driven to conquest by an underlying fear and paranoia over their lack of being able to control aether naturally in a world full of people that can, sublimating it as them being "savages".
Hell, I even enjoy the brevity the Loporits bring and didn't see any fault in Sharlayan creating a starship with their aid (I always assumed we were going to get a version of VIII's Ragnorok).
I just think DT's use of sci-fi felt hollow. Solution 9 and Alexandria just feel like they are just copying usual cyberpunk tropes without putting FF's usual creative spin on them.
I also think throwing in heavy inspiration for XI, which as I stated was the franchise's return to high fantasy, was tonally weird.
I think X might have been a better match to take inspiration from. Hell, I even think there are a lot of parallels that could have been made between Wok Lamat and Yuna's stories and the Endless and the Unsent. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

I think they have over done the sci-finess of the game with all the content and game amount being scfi and the lack of med-fantasy without sci-fi showing up the most we got on that is early heavensward which disappears after 58, and shadowbringers the rest of the game is sci-fi I think the sci-fi is so over done we could go through 3 expansions with no sci-fi in them and it would still have to much sci-fi in the game