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Originally Posted by Sassarai
FFXIV is not a sequel to FFXI unfornatuely  |
Yes, FFXIV 1.0 was ...quite a mess to put mildly. Thankfully 2.0 is looking really good last time I checked up on the game.
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Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon
This is untrue, by the way.
Vaan was intended to be the player character from early on in development, but he certainly isn't the main character even in the final game. Basch and Ashe share that role.
XII is admittedly unfinished and I can understand why some dislike it as the story is the opposite of character-focused, but please stop spreading this bullshit about "what could have been".
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This is correct, IIRC there's an old 1UP interview during the period when FFXII was first unveiled with some of the staff most notably Akihiko Yoshida (Matsuno's go to guy for character design). Now for whatever reason this interview is either misinterpreted or isn't well known, but Yoshida actually confirmed that Vaan was always part of the game, his appearance was different (more rugged), but he wasn't shoehorned by the marketing staff. The decision to make him younger was the dev's team.
And frankly Vaan's age shouldn't have any bearing in a Matsuno game of all things. People seem to forget that two his most widely acclaimed works FFT and Tactics Ogre both starred teenage protagonists. It didn't make those stories any less compelling so why should it be a problem or excuse for whatever failings FFXII's plot had? It's one of the most irritating things about FFXII discussions.
But yeah this getting quite off topic.