Quote Originally Posted by Malakhim View Post
I'm bumpin' me a thread!

In line with Abriael's original post and others who have posted in this thread, I too feel that path companions are they are right now are a missed opportunity for some actual RPG elements in FFXIV. Not to sound antagonizing, but didn't ANYONE over at SE Japan even HEAR about Bioware?
Eheh, to be fair, I'm pretty much of the idea that Bioware "learned" at least a bit from the romance storylines that were present in Japanese games (including Squaresoft and Enix ones, and Final Fantasy in particular) quite a lot before western developers even started to look at it as a potential attraction point for their games. To bring an example Final Fantasy IV is one of the most romantic games ever released, and it came a few years before Bioware was founded

Unfortunately it seems that lately (from Final Fantasy XII on), Square Enix has moved away from romance in their games, and I very much think that Final Fantasy XIV would be the perfect chance to go back to their roots and rediscover a little more feelings and ivolvement in their questlines. It would please the older fans and probably create an unique selling point to bring in new ones.