List of Final Fantasy references in A Realm Reborn

[Stiffmeister]

I'm pretty sure there's a connection here...



Male Miqo'te idle stance looks very similar to FFIX's Amarant

Edit: Would also like to add, that I'm fairly convinced the male Miqote's running animation cycle is the same as Zack Fair's in Crisis Core... Was playing while waiting on a DF party and noticed it :P

[Yitan]

Siren, the GF from VIII appears in a main story quest.

[Riv]

The Arcanist spells Ruin and Ruin 2 are pretty much straight out of FFXIII, both with animation and non elemental damage.

[Suirieko]

Final Fantasy 6:
2. The Phantom Train is mentioned, though not seen. (credit: powercow)
(credit: rmelzer1986)

In Castrum Meridianum, there is an area of the map called "The Phantom Train Depot", an obvious reference to FFVI.

[Suirieko]

Not sure if it is mentioned in here or not all ready, the quest to unlock Scholar references a War of the Magi. FF6 also made a reference to a war by the same name. Could be a reference, or just coincidence.

It's a reference. Each relic quest involves finding a quest item tome, and the names are different for each jobs. For Scholar, it's "War of the Magi", which was the ancient war in FFVI. It's a definite reference.

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, or why they didn't, but the whole storyline in

Coerthas strongly reminded me of Final Fantasy Tactics. What with all the religious zealots and talk of heretics. I felt like I was playing a modern version of it.

COerthas is more similar to FFXI's San D'Oria than FF Tactics. San D'Oria was a heavily religious city state, as it even has a church, and the people there are very chivalroous. Plus, it's a dominantly Elezen area, much like San D'Oria in FFXI.

Primals/Summons/Espers are something present in most Final Fantasy games. I wouldn't say they're based on the FFXI ones really.

Actually they're correct. Garuda and Titan bear very striking resemblance to their FFXI counterparts.

The same can be said for Shiva as well when comparing her concept art to FFXI model:





And the same is also true for Ramuh:

3. Gilgamesh and Atomos both appear at points. (credit: aranwade)

Atomos has been spotted in FFXIV 1.0, and their model is based off FFXI model.

[Enkidoh]

I don't think Shiva's FFXIV art looks anything like her FFXI counterpart. But Ramuh certainly does resemble his FFXI equivalent. And I can't remember where I saw it mentioned, but it was generally regarded that Atomos in 1.0 was the actual Atomos from FFXI, as it crosses dimensions after all.

As for Coerthas and San d'Oria, I think you're getting mixed up with Ishgard which is the actual nation - Coerthas is simply the highland area that surrounds Ishgard and forms it's outer territory. And Ishgard is also different from San d'Oria in that the later was an actual kingdom with an autocratic king as it's head of state, where as Ishgard is a literal theocracy ruled by a bishop.

For real-world equivalents, San d'Oria is much like England in medieval times where as Ishgard is more like Vatican City - two totally different systems of government (the only nation in Eorzea that was mentioned as being like San d'Oria was Ala Mhigo before the Empire invaded, as that was a theocratic monarchy as well - they even had an order of religious monks in their army called the Fists of Rhalgr.)

[Suirieko]

I don't think Shiva's FFXIV art looks anything like her FFXI counterpart. But Ramuh certainly does resemble his FFXI equivalent. And I can't remember where I saw it mentioned, but it was generally regarded that Atomos in 1.0 was the actual Atomos from FFXI, as it crosses dimensions after all.

Oh Shiva from FFXIV are similar to FFXI. Compare the outfits, notice what part of the skin are covered between the two? Also, notice the 'gem' on her forehead, and the cape. They are definitely similar enough to reference FFXI.

Edit: As for Atomos (and the rest of the primals) it honestly wouldn't surprise me if they are indeed from the world of Vana'diel. FFXIV and FFXI have way too many similarities lol.

[Hawklaser]

Edit: As for Atomos (and the rest of the primals) it honestly wouldn't surprise me if they are indeed from the world of Vana'diel. FFXIV and FFXI have way too many similarities lol.

In XI the summons are referred to as being asleep or dreaming a few times when doing their associated quests.

[Koga_Edge]

The current "Job" System bears heavy resemblance to FF1 - Pass a trial and thereby getting a more advanced version of your class

Many of the dungeons require a 4 man party much like FF1, which require (through DF) a balanced party of 1 tank 1 healer 2 dd (red mage can be healer of DD here), which is the recommended way to play through FF1

Death claws finally reappear in the series, bearing their signature skill (Death Claw, The claw) varies by region. I'm pretty sure it inflicts paralysis as in previous titles

Ifrit is the first summon you get as a summoner (aside from Carbuncle) which falls in line with many other titles, where as Ifrit (usually along side Shiva) is learned early on in-game

The pug move "one Ilm punch" is a better localization of the FFXI move "One-Inch Punch" where in both XI and XIV an Ilm is an Inch, XIV gave more clarity of this conversion, which is also a "deadly" hand-to-hand move in real life

[Koga_Edge]

(sorry double post, 1000 max characters lol)

The Gladiator ws "Riot Blade" is Terra's Desperation attack (limit Break) from FFVI
both having to do with magic

Thms and Black mages are limited to only 2 elements of upfront damaging spells Ice and Fire, both are also only available early in FFVI, Fire being Terra, Ice being Celes

Dragoon AF & Relic weapon bear heavy resemblance to Ricard from FF2, the first Dragoon in the series (Wyvern Lance a level 43ish spear in XIV was his Ultimate weapon in soul of rebirth)

Gladiator was initially the Commando role for FFXIII and later XIII-2, but was changed to Commando in order to "update" class names

Sugarloaf type hats bear striking resemblance to FFV's (& FFT) Time Mage Hats

Colossus type enemies (found in many endgame dungeons) bear heavy resemblance to Iron Giant type enemies found in many FF titles