Oh yeah! I noticed the red poppy's there too.. Australia had Remembrance Day here too.. Well, obviously..
Anyway, although I've been known to enjoy the old Squaresoft games like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Vagrant Story, I still found those puns/jokes rather hilarious. In general, it's true, JRPG developers -do- need to learn from the mistakes of previous games. Samey generic characters and arbitrary numbers/grinding.. Luckily, FFXIV Online won't have levels, much like FFX and hopefully it'll be MUCH, MUCH easier to progress than it is in FFXI Online (not that that's saying much..)
To its credit though, FFXIII does look quite awesome, with the major changes they've done already to the series.
Also, I saw no Terra reference in the weather report. Terraforma? Anyone...? Anyone? Sigh ;;
All in all, ENN is a great addition to The Escapist's lineup!
Anyway, although I've been known to enjoy the old Squaresoft games like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Vagrant Story, I still found those puns/jokes rather hilarious. In general, it's true, JRPG developers -do- need to learn from the mistakes of previous games. Samey generic characters and arbitrary numbers/grinding.. Luckily, FFXIV Online won't have levels, much like FFX and hopefully it'll be MUCH, MUCH easier to progress than it is in FFXI Online (not that that's saying much..)
To its credit though, FFXIII does look quite awesome, with the major changes they've done already to the series.
Also, I saw no Terra reference in the weather report. Terraforma? Anyone...? Anyone? Sigh ;;
All in all, ENN is a great addition to The Escapist's lineup!