I only have one question...

[Evangela]

It's funny eh?

FFXIV try to be different but FAIL

FFXIII try to be FFVII-2 and FAIL

[gifthorse]

I think there is a difference in adding FFXI related material to add to aesthetic, and then ignoring FFXI material that actually added to the design of the actual gameplay experience.

Like waiting in town for three hours trying to get a party?

There are three things I remember about FFXI: waiting for parties, travelling, and farming/NM camping/mining just to scrape a living.

Party play was a highlight, but then again, camping and pulling got boring fast.

[Mack]

It's funny eh?

FFXIV try to be different but FAIL

FFXIII try to be FFVII-2 and FAIL

FFXIII failed? sure has a large fanbase for a game that failed - the game averaged 8.5 all across the boards from critics and fans, what a failure! disgusting numbers! and funny, I played FFXIII enough and didn't notice anything similar to FFVII other than that Lightning is an ex-soldier.

[Evangela]

FFXIII failed? sure has a large fanbase for a game that failed - the game averaged 8.5 all across the boards from critics and fans, what a failure! disgusting numbers! and funny, I played FFXIII enough and didn't notice anything similar to FFVII other than that Lightning is an ex-soldier.

Final Fantasy standard should be at least 9.0 on gamespot

[Zenaku]

Even FOV = guildleves i'm sure we would see even more events from ffxi being put in ffxiv.

[whoopeeragon]

Final Fantasy standard should be at least 9.0 on gamespot

There ARE other reviewers other than Gamespot. I will personally go for the aggregates, since it's an averaged out score. And if this counts for anything, Famitsu gave FFXIII a 39/40.

FFXIII was not a failure, by game standards or FF standards, though it was leaning a bit downwards on the latter. Otherwise, it was NOT fail.

The only thing remotely similar to FFVII is the soldier concept. Otherwise, everything was pretty original. I see no characters getting stabbed in the middle of a shrine in FFXIII, nor temples collapsing on themselves, nor aliens drifting from outer space to kill the ancient civilisation.