49 Ways Final Fantasy 16 Copied Game of Thrones

Here are 49 times Final Fantasy 16 is pretty much just Game of Thrones! FF16 producer Naoki Yoshida has made no secret about drawing inspiration from GoT for the latest epic in the long-running series, but the influence of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire goes way beyond its British medieval roots. Check out these similarities between FF16 and Game of Thrones and let us know if you spotted any others in the comments.
From FF16 Clive being Jon Snow, to the Iron Kingdom and a Hodor impersonator, here are all the times that we spotted Final Fantasy 16 basically copying Game of Thrones.
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[@GamesWriteUp]

Jill and Clive are literally A Song of Ice & Fire.

[@muhammadsirajo1251]

"With a sprinkle of Fire and Ice, this plan of mine might just work" ~ Cid

[@roro1412]

It seems someone in Square Enix didn't like how Game of Thrones turned out, so they took matters into their own hands and made something much better.😂

[@nimzgaz7049]

Haha, agree. And Ending was much better than game of thrones 😂

[@queenmarsia]

they ripped off the story how embarassing

[@kwon7378]

@@queenmarsiano they took inspiration like everything else does

[@azazel166]

Cid is voiced by one Ironborn. The villain is voiced by Viserys.

[@party_boy69]

There is one moment where the two differ. The ending. One is amazing and the other is Game of Thrones.

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

😂

[@SlayerSeraph]

Best burn ever 🔥

[@VonBriest]

Fun Fact: The german VO for Elwin is done by the german voice of Sean Bean (Torsten Michaelis) :D

[@thanashs]

There's an NPC of the undying that is literally the same as the man with no name that trains Arya , voice , design everything

[@shawnnbits]

its like they told Starr to deliver lines as close to Kit Harringtons as he legally could

[@TheTalefly]

FF16 has a way better ending and Ultima lasted like a truly menace while the Night King got a crappy end.

[@saking91kingsley43]

Dion is literally called Kinslayer at one point, like Jamie is called kingslayer

[@thienphucn1]

Remember that part in Game of Thrones where you fused with a phoenix then battle a dragon in space?

[@yoboyrob201]

The mom is the only one that treats Clive bad. Everybody else love and respected him. Not really the same in that regard

[@StartPrayin]

Especially since the king and queen were cousins in both of them... 💀

[@paulypipes3082]

You guys MISSED ONE Cyril in the desert literally looks just like the assassin that trained Arya stark

[@hrtlsmoe]

can't believe they missed that one

[@otsoga0105]

Yeah, Jaquen Hagar was it?

[@blakepoling4860]

This is mind blowing lol. Not saying it’s a bad game by any means but the amount they clearly took right from GOT is insane. Like this is inarguable.

[@venomshake8187]

Game of Thrones isn’t anything original either

[@kwon7378]

Also Jaimie Lannister joined the kings guard at 15 like Clive became a shield at 15

[@007GoldenLion]

FF16 got a story of similar quality but better endingvthan GOT

[@chrisjohnson8029]

Unsure if anyone has mentioned this one already, but the one that actually made it blindingly obvious for me was Joshua investigating the mural of the Eikons in the cave - a parallel to Jon Snow looking at the mural of the White Walkers in the beachside cave.

[@ndennant]

Pity Game of Thrones didn't have the SquareEnix team writing their material....might of ended better

[@excludedkratos]

This reminds me. Any body else is still waiting for the wind's of winter?

[@ProdigalBeard]

Some of these are so disingenuous and more reaches than accurate lol Surprised they didn't say "they also talk with European accents"

[@user-xc9wq4jk1s]

Ooh someone should do a "49 Times IGN is just Kotaku" 😂 The Hivemind is strong with these ones

[@Blood_Ronin]

100%

[@light_bringer_82]

Well if you play FF6 it has a lot of influence on FF16

[@Centrioless]

I'd say ff5 has a bigger influence

[@kiearawagner7901]

@@Centrioless Which wouldn't be surprising since FF5 also had a large influence on Endwalker as well.

[@Saiputera]

10/10 game for me! Some Journalist might disagree with it

[@Akirkland24]

Lots of similarities but the big difference is that FF16 did not disappoint.

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Nah books are still strong asf despite still being unfinished

[@Umega101]

@@christopherlyndsay8611 Books don't disappoint ... but once the material of the books ended; The show surely did end up disappointing

[@mr.jeorgexiii1732]

A song of Hope comes mostly from ffxiv but ice and fire yeah pretty close. Not a novel idea of course

[@Omegaslashbuster1]

Square needs to make Final Fantasy XVII into Lord of the Rings or maybe a Neo Noire story.

[@scratlivesmatter3991]

Never played a Final Fantasy game but watched a streamer play about 3 hours of it and had me wondering if all of them are predominantly long cut scenes with a little bit of gameplay in between or is that just the route this one took.

[@amackdaddy34]

Cutscene/dialogue heavy in the whole series

[@AndyHDGaming]

Yeah. It's a boring game

[@adityadas1264]

The opening is cutscene heavy

[@jimmythegamer2231]

​@@adityadas1264 More like the entire game is cutscene heavy.

[@adityadas1264]

@@jimmythegamer2231 have you played the game

[@raymondheron1223]

Dude just found out about medieval tropes

[@86lanzo]

With the amount of cutscenes in this game someone really wanted to make a game of thrones style TV show,but got told to make a game

[@TheBlayner]

This your first final fantasy? They’re all story focused.

[@Shadowant25]

First time ? Lmao cause final fantasy if anyone has always been known for its story and visual greatness. The cutscenes alone kept me playing ff13 lmao

[@86lanzo]

@TheBlayner btw dude story focus doesn't mean 75%of the game is you, with your pad down watching a cutscene. Story focus means the driving force of the game is the story..the thing that pushes you forward is the narrative.. Which exposes a problem with 16 its got alot of cutscenes but its not story focus, you can argue the focus is the combat..taking its direction in gameplay from DMC where the combat is undoubtedly the focus. Ff16 is conflicted and unfocused Its trying to be a combat heavy character action game Like DMC but the game spends most of the time dragging you away from combat..

[@Okkotsu86275]

I've been saying for months now that Clive Rosfield is Jon Snow

[@adamnesico]

You forgot. If Clive sees the hostage Jill as part of the family... Then... We have another GoT marker: incest.

[@10XSeiga]

Yeah, because game of thrones invented midieval fantasy and also war.

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

How to say you didn't watch the video without saying it...

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Games of Thrones didn't invent it, but it was the first to do it on a massive television show that until the horrible last season most considered one of the greatest shows ever made. So it is the standard many things will be compared to forever.

[@Dr._Atom]

@@JesusChrist2000BC in your second coming, tell your followers to teach you how to recognize sarcasm

[@HydeRvt]

In my opinion the game starts as game of thrones but ends as a final fantasy.

[@thatguy-dh1qh]

"The only fantasy here is yours. And we shall be its final witness!"

[@2mcgee12]

Game is a masterpiece

[@taylorlomba]

This year Totk built on an existing map, while Ffxvi built on an existing story 🤔

[@kieranstimpson6308]

cids voice actor was also a in game of thrones

[@cmadeam]

Loved this game and this show. Great breakdown!

[@whitefata104]

Dang yeah same feeling as me it just like GOT adaption to games

[@chuckturdburger4612]

this is right up there with your guides on how to watch star wars in chronological order.

[@lsaacthecraftsman]

The negative average IQ in the comments is representative of the video itself

[@ACameronUK]

The amount of cutscenes in this game is just hilarious 😂 I lost count of the number of times where you watch a long cutscene, then take 10 steps to open a door, into another long cutscene…even Kojima would consider this excessive 🙃

[@cirescythe]

Indeed. Hard to call this a real game unfortunately.

[@r.p.5140]

Agree 100%. And the cut scenes are just unnecessary long, lot of long stares.

[@robertwesley7332]

​@@cirescythenow that's an exaggeration

[@adityadas1264]

@@r.p.5140 that's rich coming from a mgs fan

[@adityadas1264]

@@cirescythe what's real game for you fortnite?

[@ExtremeOutsider]

It is not a dog it is a wolf

[@WolfieCanem]

Go bankrupt already IGN.

[@toshtao1]

You forgot the Arya reference.

[@NizarNoor]

It's Game of Thrones + The Witcher + Xenogears.

[@Wiilliiie]

Y u delete

[@excludedkratos]

His magnum opus he said. Any game of thrones fan like myself will pick up on that the moment that they start playing.

[@Voosh21]

Sheesh. They should of just made a Game of Thrones game

[@kwon7378]

Waiting for them to put in Jon snow sword Long claw which they should also put in the Witcher 3

[@deulmonster]

sooo never played final fantasy tactics then?

[@owenc.q8514]

​@@alanf8622Why, You should play fft and vagrant story

[@joselovelife8636]

reupload?

[@htogr26]

Yeah. It was reuploaded.

[@mrpotato3847]

IGN literally reminded me of the Mexican news inventing new crap everyday to make themselves look cool.

[@MrGoatFish10]

FF16 did better than GOT.

[@GuitarJester89]

Right in the first like 10 seconds. Mentioning the British roots as inspired from GoT is 100% objectively false. And has been used by this team in 14 as well. From before GoT was even a TV show. This team had already been doing this.

[@JamesZeroSix]

Spoilers.

[@wyatts4906]

Spoiler warning in the video...

[@anniebanzon1471]

well... ff16 is like inspired by GoT

[@Anonymous-om3hk]

It’s just shameful as a Japanese. SE released a sh/t game. You’d better to avoid this game. Sorry😢

[@kevingame3198]

Just get ff7 rebirth

[@Anonymous-om3hk]

@@kevingame3198I’m avoiding any games by SE. They are known as a sh/t game maker in Japan 😂

[@adityadas1264]

@@Anonymous-om3hk because they don't release games on your platform

[@adityadas1264]

@@alanf8622 nearly every game on xbox

[@adityadas1264]

@@alanf8622 no , recently they have been skipping xbox

[@steveozone4910]

So a terrible ending?

[@Mincheesy]

Honestly, yeah lmao.

[@_kuzan_5752]

wht are you dumb plz tell how the ending is bad?

[@AbrahamZX1]

No, the ending is great.

[@2mcgee12]

Ending was 🔥

[@olimpix8]

Ну от игры престолов что то есть, но гораздо больше от прошлых игр Final Fantasy. Хотя я уже прошел 65% игры, могу сказать что в плане эпика и постановки игра сильно круче игры престолов

[@darthshadow3008]

How Convenient!

[@primalwolf9045]

Game is huge disappointment. I’m about 60 hours in and not motivated to play anymore. But I’ll beat the game just for the sake of it. looking forward to FF7Rebirth instead

[@adityadas1264]

You played 60hrs and now you are realizing that you don't like it anymore

[@JediTimelord19]

VII Fanboi of course. Please stick with that then.

[@dmill96]

​@adityadas1264 he loves the game just wants to seem cool by acting like he dislikes it lol

[@haixtttpotats]

Try hard hater haha!

[@primalwolf9045]

@@dmill96 “want” to love the game. It’s OK. Characters are cool. Combat system is terrible

[@gamingwithzan4654]

This game is just a cut scene simulator.

[@simplesmile6984]

nope

[@r.p.5140]

Yes, it is.

[@_Cetarial]

Welcome to modern gaming.

[@simplesmile6984]

dunno i l ike it awesome game

[@whitefata104]

What du ya mean. Xeno3 has morethan 25hrs of cutscene lol

[@dpatrick813]

So ff16 is just a ripoff of a story we already know, packaged in a Japanese art style 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you for saving me a few bucks and hours of my time.

[@maximusjoe7806]

It’s more than that . The combat mechanic is very cool

[@GxCrEaTiioNz]

thats like 99% of stories we know now. nothing is original lmfao yall need to read a book and stories instead of games and movies.

[@86lanzo]

Its also 70% cutscene

[@Wi11iamNZ]

Delusional. Alright then, miss out on one of the best games of the year then.

[@r.p.5140]

@@Wi11iamNZ If this is one of the best games of the year, than this seems to be one of the worst years in gaming history...

[@callamastia]

this is almost embarrassing.

[@SlayerSeraph]

Stop comparing FINAL FANTASY XVI with "Song of Fire and Jerks" ... Seriously. Stop. It's not funny anymore

[@MultiGrayfox]

In Germany Elwin Rosfield got the German VA that made Lord Eddard Stark and Boromir from LOTR 🔥🔥🔥

[@cloudGGs]

Final Fantasy 16 is a big disappointment. They need to return to the roots.

[@Bannedconfidential]

Medieval times is literally their roots lol

[@Alvin-xs7db]

Go play FF1 then

[@kevingame3198]

​@Bannedconfidential he means ff7 style setting turn base or similar gameplay mechanics to xenoblade chronicles

[@felipez3115]

What is the roots? Dated turn base? Lol no thanks.

[@r.p.5140]

@@felipez3115 Try unique fantasy worlds. There is no comparison to Spira from FFX.

[@excludedkratos]

Everything but the depth of story telling that is.

[@knightartorias4246]

Robbery

[@Dr_DoomJazz]

Game of FRONESSSSS

[@ThanosIsWatching]

49?! Lol

[@silviosanchespro6778]

O elenco de GOT deveria fazer um acordo de produção de um Game fiel a série no estilo skiryrim

[@kwon7378]

Don’t forget Jon and Clive both being considered one of the best swordsmen

[@_Cetarial]

The game really should just have been a Hack and Slash, with how pointless the weapon rewards are.

[@lucastan3926]

@@alanf8622 What do you mean? There's weapons, accessories and materials in loot chests you can find across the map. There's material rewards for boss fights. There's crafting and reinforcing for both weapons and accessories. Unless you meant to expect more than just those?

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

​​@@alanf8622he weapons work the same way they did in ff4 and ff6 at every shop you just buy the next one up and sell your old one. Nice and simple.

[@madmanthepope6448]

Lolllolololloll

[@manjulaweerasekara1009]

No way 😂

[@GambitoTrick]

*Medieval media exists* “Omg it’s just like game of thrones!!”

[@Haiirofox]

Didn't watch the video

[@darthshadow3008]

Impressive!

[@CanYouResistClick1ng]

Some of these are really reaching..

[@IrvGotti-Savage]

What’s so wrong with that?

[@IrvGotti-Savage]

Stories have been the same since the mind can remember….

[@NLANDXP]

It's SO similar they both have human's AND they both have COMBAT TOO! OH MAN! THIS series is going to be over with when people find out!!