Why doesnt the game feel like a Final Fantasy game

[IveraIvalice]

i also think we're missing some moogles, who votes for some moogles? i miss my moogle maaaan
they were probly just as big as chocobos in most games, but there only for the story in gridania. pop those little things in cities and stuff all over

[CrystalObsidian]

I'd like more variety as well..I've always been a fan of big environments, but these environments just seem *too* big. Even if sections of lets say Thanalan were different, like had more trees, make a pretty oasis somewhere, etc. Then that'd break up the copy/pasted terrain a bit. It'd be cool to see more trees on the way to Black Shroud, would make more sense...

I also saw a thread that has an interview from the devs explaining why the environment is copy/pasted, I might have to go find it..

As for what made the other FF games feel like FF games, basically the creatures, music, bazillions of areas, (all the stuff that everyone has mentioned basically) and characters, but I don't expect memorable characters from an MMO to be honest. and OMG MORE CREATURE DIVERSITY!! O.O I'm sick of seeing goats and dodos in several different areas. Makes me feel like I'm never truly in a different region.

[Kleman]

Don't know how much this will add, but I read earlier someone talking about how other final fantasies was a band of heros vs overlords ect. And that this one is everyone vs the empire, my question is, who here are fans of Final Fantasy VI? Would be cool to watch the story take a direction that VI did with the empire. Just my thoughts on the matter =D

[Teknoman]

I'd like more variety as well..I've always been a fan of big environments, but these environments just seem *too* big. Even if sections of lets say Thanalan were different, like had more trees, make a pretty oasis somewhere, etc. Then that'd break up the copy/pasted terrain a bit. It'd be cool to see more trees on the way to Black Shroud, would make more sense...

I also saw a thread that has an interview from the devs explaining why the environment is copy/pasted, I might have to go find it..

As for what made the other FF games feel like FF games, basically the creatures, music, bazillions of areas, (all the stuff that everyone has mentioned basically) and characters, but I don't expect memorable characters from an MMO to be honest. and OMG MORE CREATURE DIVERSITY!! O.O I'm sick of seeing goats and dodos in several different areas. Makes me feel like I'm never truly in a different region.

Agree with the bolded 100%

[RedAffinity]

As for what made the other FF games feel like FF games, basically the creatures, music, bazillions of areas, (all the stuff that everyone has mentioned basically) and characters, but I don't expect memorable characters from an MMO to be honest. and OMG MORE CREATURE DIVERSITY!! O.O I'm sick of seeing goats and dodos in several different areas. Makes me feel like I'm never truly in a different region.

Really makes you want to question exactly how long XIV was in development, and why such an empty world was released.
Rolling back to music, credit where it's due, Behest battle theme is fantastic. Really has that classic FF sound to it

[Loki]

For me it's not a "real" FF right now cause everything is too easy, we need more mobs diversity, more life in cities/villages, better animations concerning certain spells/skills.

Well i just hope it will change with next patches, i would like some challenge, once you have spent several years on ff11, ff14 is a joke.

[IveraIvalice]

For me it's not a "real" FF right now cause everything is too easy, we need more mobs diversity, more life in cities/villages, better animations concerning certain spells/skills.

Well i just hope it will change with next patches, i would like some challenge, once you have spent several years on ff11, ff14 is a joke.

just needs a push in the right direction

[CrystalObsidian]

I didn't play VI and thanks for agreeing Teknoman. Also, behest music sounds cool, for the most part though some of it isn't too appealing to me. Then again I could be getting it mixed up with levequest music >.<

I've said this once or twice on these forums and I'll say it again..FFXIV is still a new-ish MMO in my eyes, and there's no way a new MMO can be a masterpiece in such a short time, let alone right when it comes out. And they OBVIOUSLY wanted it to be different than FFXI, otherwise XIV wouldn't be in the state it is now. I really wish people who loved XI and hates XIV would just go back to XI..seriously, it gets on my nerves when people complain about XIV and rave about how the old MMO was so much better...even though that one had many years to get as good as it was >.>

Sorry about that, I normally don't like to rant on forums Hope this doesn't cause too much negativity..