I guess it comes down to the degree you take the Japan culture porting.
There's taking a bit of it, and there's ripping it 90 percent.
For example; Highlanders are more or less taking after the Nordic folk, such as old Viking cultures, with their teutonic/germanic names etc, which is fine.
It does become a bit overburdening if your name is Loki Mjönir however, preying to the Deity of Adin the Wanderer, Who's son is also your Tribe-Leader by the name of Thur.
The biggest issue is that people, not being from Japan as such forget just how unoriginal it is to simply take and mix things you can grab. It may not seem so bad if your char is called Ryonosuke Tsubasa, the Ninja from a japan-esque continent with clans of ninjas warring against eachother, but if you'd shift that into more familiar context, you'd quickly understand the cringe-worthiness of it.
So yes, FFXIV takes 'alot' of inspiration from real world history and blends/likens it to Final fantasy standards, but it does not outright -port- the entire thing over. If it would, Shiva would have to be the exclusive goddess of the Indian esque culture (That being Thavnarian I think), instead of a simple Primal, Odin wouldn't be a Primal of his own but the god of the Highlanders etc etc etc.
I guess what people are trying to say is 'be wary of the conclusions you jump to', because you might be jumping into a straighout pit from where there's no return character-concept wise.
There's taking a bit of it, and there's ripping it 90 percent.
For example; Highlanders are more or less taking after the Nordic folk, such as old Viking cultures, with their teutonic/germanic names etc, which is fine.
It does become a bit overburdening if your name is Loki Mjönir however, preying to the Deity of Adin the Wanderer, Who's son is also your Tribe-Leader by the name of Thur.
The biggest issue is that people, not being from Japan as such forget just how unoriginal it is to simply take and mix things you can grab. It may not seem so bad if your char is called Ryonosuke Tsubasa, the Ninja from a japan-esque continent with clans of ninjas warring against eachother, but if you'd shift that into more familiar context, you'd quickly understand the cringe-worthiness of it.
So yes, FFXIV takes 'alot' of inspiration from real world history and blends/likens it to Final fantasy standards, but it does not outright -port- the entire thing over. If it would, Shiva would have to be the exclusive goddess of the Indian esque culture (That being Thavnarian I think), instead of a simple Primal, Odin wouldn't be a Primal of his own but the god of the Highlanders etc etc etc.
I guess what people are trying to say is 'be wary of the conclusions you jump to', because you might be jumping into a straighout pit from where there's no return character-concept wise.
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