Quote Originally Posted by Zantetsuken View Post
(I'm asuming you are responding to my Adamantoise post)

The FFXIV Iron Giant is definitely a fresh design - it's based on the iconic look, but with an Eorzean twist.

The Adamantoise is a sadly just the FFXI version - but with better textures and more geometry. (perhaps they did this to save time because they already had skinning and motion data, not to mention AI scripting that was all fully tested and could be reused)
They did say they were pulling bits and peices from all the different FF games. XI's biggest contribution in this game seems to be aesthetics.