Thread: 8.0 speculation

Originally Posted by Cilia

The current trend seems to be blending the protagonists and antagonists of previous titles and having them play antagonistic roles in the plotline, which is likely why people are reading the leaves and coming up with that. I would prefer an original plotline instead of a loose adaptation of a previous entry, but that does seem to be the direction things are headed if post-Endwalker's Void Arc and Dawntrail are accurate bellwethers.

Were I a betting man (and I assure you, I am not) my money would be on X.

Gaius is just Vayne in Gabranth's armor. HW ends with a fight against Knights of the Round, Zenos is the Sephiroth expy (every trait except personality), Emet-Selch is just Zemus with better PR. There is nothing truly original in this game, the only difference is between references to more popular games which you might know and the less popular games which you wouldn't.

ETA: Anyway I've been obsessively combing over the trailer and I've noticed a couple things, what happened to the fourth feels like a second retread of the background of FFIII (specifically the DS version) whereas the Void got the 2D version of events where the land was simply flooded by darkness it seems the fourth has the freezing aspect introduced in the DS version. In both cases we see the inhabitants have taken to the skies. Also the mentions of the promised land do give me VII vibes. Also the portal Meteor and the HW boys falls out of is most definitely the opposite side of the portal we're entering in the 7.5 trailer. Finally, assuming the old lady is one too, this might be the only monoracial shard given every other shown character is an Au Ra. With that said in that way its kinda like Au Ra HW (fitting to have the crew minus Ysayle (she deserved better) there).