A few thoughts looking through these:
Most of these cards are rather simple which is by design being that it's a starter kit similar to what they did with the Assassin's Creed set. More nutty effects/reps for games will be in the main set as well as the commander decks. So we may get another/more complex version of, say, Steiner or Beatrix. Or not.
Multiple games are represented despite the face card's game. This is likely the case for the commander decks.
The "Hero" tokens may as well be the stand-in for player characters for both XI and XIV.
Makes sense for Equipments to be the cards to represent granting jobs to creatures, given the Equipment subtheme. A lot of people were speculating something similar to the DnD class cards such as this:
https://scryfall.com/card/afr/180/druid-class
FFX's "Extermination" not being name "Overkill" is a crime.
The Albhed language is retained and can be ciphered.
Exdeath T-Posing for dominance is my favorite art from this batch.