Asura.Ladyofhonor said:
»Why do we even care about FFXI mobile? Last I read it wasn't going to link to our current characters. It will likely MOST OPTIMISTICALLY be a HD-ish exploration of the Middle Lands with entirely new combat. Sounds like it would be neat for old players who don't care to return, but sounds pretty useless for people currently playing the game and involved in it.
I have zero expectations of anything actually enhancing my FFXI experience. However, I wouldn't mind a streamlined game leveraging the FFXI world and feel. Kinda similar to how I thought FFXV Pocket Edition was a fun take on the FFXV story/setting (FWIW, I enjoyed regular FFXV too).
Most likely, if this thing ever releases it will be full of mobile garbage mechanics and die a quiet death. But in a better alternate reality, perhaps they port to Switch or develop for multiple platforms and give us a fun way to handle single-player FFXI story, or do some lighter (hopefully much lighter) version of real MMO team play. Rehash the original Middle Lands with new combat, maybe even do some new storyline stuff in that world or move on to cover FFXI expansions.
Wouldn't be COMPLETELY inconsistent with current SE wanting to repurpose a bunch of older FF stuff for Switch. World of Final Fantasy, Crystal Chronicles remaster, FF VII/IX/X-2/XII ports, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon, etc.