Quote Originally Posted by gifthorse View Post
If FFXIV is only permitted to introduce concepts and features that have been used previously in other SE titles, then god help us. LOL.
Or you can realize that it's okay to use elements that worked from previous games in the same successful series? No one said anything about it being permitted to "only use concepts from previous SE titles", if the game is titled Final Fantasy XIV -- Don't you logically assume it would feel like a part of the series? Why do you think Mystic Quest got so much flack? It wasn't a bad game, it just didn't seem like it should have been titled Final Fantasy Mystic Quest in the west.

There's a reason Yoshida says he wants to try to capture the Final Fantasy feel, and with 20 years worth of Final Fantasy games, it's clear what "Is and isn't" a Final Fantasy game -- it's why people say Final Fantasy XIII reviewed as it's own game it was great or bad (personal preference) -- as a Final Fantasy entry? We all know how that ended up.