FFXIV - Fan Service - What would you like to see from which Final Fantasy?

[Jouten]

Since the great Yoshi-P mentioned that Final Fantasy XIV will contain content for the fans of the Final Fantasy series (such as the Crystal Tower from FFIII, the Coliseum from FFIV, and Chocobo's helping with battle from Final Fantasy Tactics), what kind of content would you like to see from what Final Fantasy? We should note that it will be adapted to fit into the lore of this numerical entry and that direct ports will obviously never happen (as speculated from other threads). We've obviously seen things such as the Enterprise from FFIV and "Judges" (the Imperial Legatus) from series pertaining to Ivalice being in the game but let's sound off below on what YOU would like to see.

I'd probably like to see an Opera House or a small rundown village full of liars from VI. Hopefully a Card Game from IX if I wanted to take a break from adventuring.

[Jennestia]

FFIX - Crystal World
FFXI - Ru'Aun Gardens - As we know Yoshida does like content that takes place in the sky and alluded to XI's 'Sky' as an eample.
FFXIII - Gran Pulse style fields - Seeing herds of monsters roaming around and an obvious 'lobby' field that connects to many other locations.
FFCC - Miasma type dungeons - Basically something that requires much more than just fighting, having a player or your chocobo dedicated to keeping the miasma away would make an interesting spin on dungeons granted the A.I is dumber than bricks.
FFXI - Empyreal Paradox/Empyreal Paradox - Abyssea - Basically beautiful battle arenas that encompasses an entire storyline in one final showdown.

[Dawiichan]

Damn, I was thinking about making this thread earlier this day too. Can't believe that you were the one to do it before me xD.

Anyway, I'm a big fan of Castle Pandemonium from FFII, I would love to see an instance of it.

[Jouten]

FFIX - Crystal World
FFCC - Miasma type dungeons - Basically something that requires much more than just fighting, having a player or your chocobo dedicated to keeping the miasma away would make an interesting spin on dungeons granted the A.I is dumber than bricks.

Well hopefully 2.0 changes their AI. Make it like FFIV where they do some really weird and complex things like casting reflect on itself to bounce the spells on it to you.

Damn, I was thinking about making this thread earlier this day too. Can't believe that you were the one to do it before me xD.

Anyway, I'm a big fan of Castle Pandemonium from FFII, I would love to see an instance of it.

Surprised it wasn't made earlier! I searched but only came across foreign threads or that one thread with the dude who has that ridiculous Final Fantasy collection.

Mmmmm...they could also add Ultros,Typhon, or Gilgamesh somehow. That'd be amusing as hell to see.

[Babydoll]

The Phantom train from FF6 =D There is train tracks no?

I'd love to have a space type area/dungeon like the moon one from FF4.

[Blargen]

The Phantom train from FF6 =D There is train tracks no?

I'd love to have a space type area/dungeon like the moon one from FF4.

Would love to see the Phantom Train!

For me....

FFVII - Golden Saucer

[yoshikwalla]

XII: City design like The Sky City of Bujerba. XII's cave design. The Pharos at Ridorana. The Sandsea - Thanalan doesn't really look like a desert as much as a drylands. I'd like some actual sand to play around in instead of the ocean.

X: A sport. Not blitzball because that hair-pulling game of physics-breaking football will always remind me of how much I hate that Meg Ryan fashion disaster and the lady with the hair antlers and the deep voice. But what I do want from X is an interesting, original sport where thousands of players can sit in a dome and get entertained buy. You can start your own team and see if it can go pro.

XIII: Gran pulse-style areas. Add Nautilus - I prefer it over the Golden Saucer any day when it comes to design. A place to have fun in. Roller coasters, chocobo petting zoo, giant parades, a clock tower you can lose your son in, have a nervous breakdown, fight an Eidolon in, then almost kill yourself before getting knocked out by a dominatrix and sent to a public execution in Eden on the Palamecia, get saved, and fight a gigantic demigod with singing baby head shoulderplates.

VIII: Don't add anything from VIII but keep note of it during every step of the design process. Keep note of how not to be like VIII in every way possible. Gunblades is VIII enough. Steer far, far away from the game's incomprehensible mess of a story, the game's unoriginal copypasta inhumane annoying dolts that make up its characters, the cruddy pacing, the needlessly ultracomplex junction system, the 5-year-old kid's storybook dialogue, and the forced-to-walk-sideways-through-a-door villian design. That would be fanservice enough.

[daemian]

I just want to see Biggs and Wedge again~ beside that I'm expecting more new things so I can say "i want ... from XIV" in the future FF games ^^

[Kiara]

Hi All,

Fun thread. I'd like to see Yoshida-san and the FF14 Team iterate and develop their own interpretation of various things from previous Final Fantasies. But I'd love to see them taking inspiration from these previous games:

• Amazing, Full-Blown Cinematic Summon Attacks. If they're taking away the classic Final Fantasy Summons for fast, repeatable usage (every battle), and making it so only 1 group can call a Summon per 2 week period(!), then please give us an amazing "Overdrive / Final Attack / 2 Hour" that's worthy of the Final Fantasy name.
  
  Like Shiva's Diamond Dust:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBuZrPI2x_g
  
  Or Bahamut's Mega Flare!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSDU-tJl2NA

• Bahamut! I'd love to see the return of Bahamut (and Shiva and Knights of the Round).
  

• Samurai. I'd love to see the Samurai Class return.
  
  
  

• Final Fantasy VII's Fun Chocobo Raising and Racing System. I'd love to see an interpretation of this fun idea from FF7. It was cool raising and breeding your Chocobo, finding rare combinations and racing them at Gold Saucer.
  
  
  
  
  

• Controllable Airships! I'd love to see more time with us in the Skies. Airships have been a staple of Final Fantasy and I can't wait to see how they develop gameplay experiences around them.
  

• Classic Square Storytelling. I'd love to see a compelling, interesting, moving Story that we can participate in. Something that moves me on the same level that we saw in classics like...
  
  Final Fantasy IV (FFII (U.S.)) - Cecil, Kain, Rydia, Edge, and the great Epilogue / Ending we were treated to.
  
  
  Yuna's Send Off Dance from Final Fantasy X. Who could forget the inspirational, poetic, sorrowful event from FFX at the village?
  
  
  The Sending. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Rgl9JxpVWQ8#t=376s
  
  Tidus and Yuna: http://static.zerochan.net/Final.Fan...full.80092.jpg
  
  The awesome multiple endings in Chrono Trigger (and the interesting Story Paths / Characters / Situations you could get).
  

Seeing the 2.0 Materials so far, and Concept Art, etc., I remain excited and hopeful that Yoshida-san and team can deliver an exciting, fun "Final Fantasy" Experience.

And even though the current 7th Umbral Era Missions and Story were made in a brief amount of time to bridge 1.0 to 2.0, I'd say the Cinematics we've seen so far are fantastic! They're shot really well, with excellent cinematography, and feature some interesting situations. And I like the "mini-epilogue" we've seen at the end of the Van Darnus Battle.

I just hope in 2.0 we get an intriguing Arch Nemesis / Villain that's memorable and have situations that allow us to partake in an exciting Story and Missions that befit a "Final Fantasy." If they deliver there (and have challenging, fun End Game Content that's not so dependent on Spamming / Random Number Generators)), along with a beautiful, distinctive world, Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 will be the greatest comeback in videogame history (no hyperbole).

I can't wait! Go! Go! Yoshida-san! (*'-')/

[Punainen]

Would love to see the Phantom Train!

For me....

FFVII - Golden Saucer

I was thinking about that the other day! Obviously it would be in Uldah... The Pugilists guild seems to deal in gambling, but none that the PCs can join in on... Maybe they should start the Golden Saucer.