Quote Originally Posted by Sephex View Post
I felt the After Years leans way too hard on FFIV nostalgia. They had some good ideas in that story, but they also felt obligated to recreate every major event in the game.
I believe that was its purpose. It originally made its debut as a simple mobile game and I don't think too much emphasis was placed on the story during its development. It had to have simple plots to keep up with the chapter release format designed for mobile phones at the time.