Why do the bosses/raids in this game feel so lifeless?

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Originally Posted by Sneakaboo

WOW is a good example how it helps, the story isn't very good most of the time (if not down right stupid).
It's usually more of an excuse why you are going to smack an important lore character around.
However the voice acting , the delivery of the lines and the gags make it breathe.

An encounter can still be very memorable because of it, even though it might just been average.

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Not that WoW hasn't had some bad voice acting too. I still cringe thinking about Sindragosa.

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Originally Posted by Sneakaboo

Basic voice acting for raid bosses can make an encounter/character memorable.
Same as some basic story writing, it just adds something extra.
I'm not sure how it is in Stormblood , since I'm still stuck in Heavensward though up to now I haven't seen much voice acting.

WOW is a good example how it helps, the story isn't very good most of the time (if not down right stupid).
It's usually more of an excuse why you are going to smack an important lore character around.
However the voice acting , the delivery of the lines and the gags make it breathe.

An encounter can still be very memorable because of it, even though it might just been average.



When I started this game and ended up fighting Garuda the first thing I missed was just basic voice acting.
It's a shame since if ARR does one thing exceptional well it is the music, it would make it in my eyes perfect if it came together.

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For me this is Grynwaht in Doma Castle. Really the entire dungeon as a whole would have been just 'okay' but his voice acting really sells it for me, and makes me actually get invested in his character for the first time since he showed up in 3.55. A shame it was right before his death.

I don't know how it is in other languages but i love his english voice acting.

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Originally Posted by Ruinfeild

Starting to get the feeling that people who say there was no context or reason for Omega or the bosses didn't pay attention to the story and just skipped it all then came here to complain.

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Alphascape was a nice change from before because most bosses there at least had a reason to be there. While them before were nothing but stories that are told somehwere in the world. Cid even states with one of them that it could even be one from another dimension thus it might not have any information at all. And thats it. Some had some fanservice thrown into it where I for example was confused that it happened. (For example the woman after the defeat of the train, if you did not play the game in question you probably wont have an idea of why she was there)

Probably, because they are.

All I want is an arena that isn't a square or circle. It takes me right out of the encounter when its just another boss on the exact same platform every time.

Having played almost every mainline FF, and most other FF games, I can safely say "Remember this guy?" the Raid Tier is pretty weak. While I do appreciate the work that went into things like making Kefka spot on, etc. it's still feels very "We're out of ideas so now it's time to rehash old games." I've said it before, this makes it look like the devs are out of ideas, and we're only on the second expansion.