Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
FF4's story is VERY HEAVILY based on FF2 in my opinion.

FF2 AND 4 SPOILERS
you've got an empire that wants to take over the world using airships, right?
you've got your friend who turns to the dark side. (kain and leonheart, although golbez's situation is also similar to leonhearts).
at the end of the game, leonheart, golbez and kain all disappear for a while because they are ashamed of their evil deeds.
josef and yang are almost identical characters.
cecil's character design is based off the dark knight of FF2.
kain is based off ricard (i know later versions have written this in as kain being ricard's son).
gordon and edward have the same personality.

there's more probably but i can't remember. i know all FFs have similarities, but i thought with 2 and 4 it was HEAVY. not that i really mind, they're both different enough games, and both fun.
ZOMAIGAWD! Could it possibly be that FF steals most of its plotline cliches based on sucessful literature, literature forms, and literary structure from the past several thousand years and rehashes them to represent something new for each generation!? NO WAI! TEH HER0 PSYKUL IS 3VI7!