So I decided to replay Final Fantasy 12. Holy crap, I haven't played this one since launch and I can remember just wanting to be done playing it so I could get back to FFXI back when it launched. I even remember playing FFXI on my laptop while playing FF12 on my Playstation.
I am blown away by how much FF12 feels like some kind of cinematic sequel to FFXI. I know... I should not be surprised that FF12 feels like FF11, but man I can just see FFXI's influence and what would eventually become FF14 1.0 in this game.
I'm not far yet, but I remember literally nothing about FF12. I didn't even realize that the 24man raids in 14 were based off FF12. I always thought those were something to do with Tactics lol.
If anybody is like me and hasn't played FF12 in ages, might be worth trying it again. I got the HD remake on Steam. It's buggy, but it looks great.