Hiromichi Tanaka offers more answers for Final Fantasy XIV

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I have to admit that I am a little disappointed. FFXI was the first MMO I really fell in love with but after 4 and half years I had to move on. I didn't have the same kind of free time anymore.

I was super excited about FFXIV but the more I hear the more it just sounds like FFXI-2. SE are masters of remaking the Final Fantasy Series so I do not understand why they are not branching out more. Same 5 races with the same 2 that are single-gender? Still unable to make use of what should be basic MMO mechanics (jumping, swimming)? Same three city archetypes?

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There are many similarities between FFXI and FFXIV, there's no doubt. However, while some of the aesthetics of the game are similar, much of the basic aspects of gameplay and the world itself (what we know as of now anyways) are quite different. To call the game FFXI-2 just because of the same 5 races is like calling TOR and SWG the same because they're both Star Wars games.

The level of similarity, as a whole, is yet to be seen, but I'm fairly confident that it will be quite different without alienating everyone who's come to love FFXI.

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