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UshiromiyaEva posted...

OK, but Shadowbringers and Endwalker aren't like FF16. Heavenward is like 16. The former are written by Ishikawa and are completely their own beasts. There's definitely still some power of emotions stuff in there of course, but it's a completely different vibe from something like KH, Ishikawa's stuff DEFINITELY does not play off anything resembling Game of Thrones adoration.

Yeah I'd agree. The KH influence is way, way more blatant in the recent expansions. The Ascians are cribbing heavily from Organization XIII and by the time Endwalker introduces a new type of magic that is actively fueled by emotion you are neck deep into some bullshit.

And guess what, it's a massive improvement over the GoT stuff, and I love Heavensward! But especially Stormblood which is trying to tackle heavier topics and imo largely not good at it? To me the stories of 14 and 16 demonstrate that those writing teams are actively worse when they're writing mature themes and really excel at character drama.

I guess my point is the vibe is different but the bones are the same. It's fine to not like the vibes.