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This you see here is a single conversation with an NPC involved in the quest It kills with fire.
Pretty much all quests in FFXIV, even the most miscellaneous ones, have this horrible unrealistic monologue-like dialog.
I've always played final fantasy titles because of the plot more than the gameplay. One of my favorite games is final fantasy tactics just because of the writing in that game...
so I'm wondering what happened with final fantasy xiv's writing.
I have nothing against the current storyline, hey, so far its great. What I do have a huge issue with, is how every time I talk to an npc I get one or two full screens filled with uninterrupted miscelaneous text.
No cutscenes, no pauses, no movement from said npc (other than a few emotes), no one even answering to these people... they just stand there and spew this word vomit in my face.
Its just unrealistic how these strangers start talking and blurting out backstory and explaining themselves for each thing they say...
I find myself just tapping through the dialog on most quests (Not in storyline missions of course), and I know that I'm not missing anything.
Final fantasy xi (yes, another lets take a look at XI's thread, why not? CoP put me to tears) had great, moving quests... what was said there was believeable and needed to be said. Silences were important too. So its not a matter of "hey, its an RPG, npcs are going to talk to you even though you are a stranger...", its about how much and how little you'd talk to a stranger, and how they all seem to ask questions and immediately answer them themselves...
And I'm still puzzled about the lack of cutscenes in quests.
So please, take this into account and correct it for 2.0 's release.
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11-02-2011, 09:18 AMMajidahBrevity is the soul of wit: Request to fix the horrible writing on XIV's quests
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11-02-2011, 09:23 AMRentahamster
Some people like reading lore , some people don't. It's easy to skip if you don't wanna read it.
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11-02-2011, 09:25 AMEstelliosI hope you mean the PSP version...Quote:
One of my favorite games is final fantasy tactics just because of the writing in that game...
I like the writing in this game. -
11-02-2011, 09:25 AMZerefBecause the world of final fantasy XIV is akin to that of medieval Europe, it's believable and needed, this game's atmosphere would be completely ruined if we changed everything to currently used dialects simply because someone is too illiterate to enjoy the atmosphere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majidah
This issue brought to you by lack of education.
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11-02-2011, 09:25 AMMajidahIts not about reading lore. Anyone can make up a bunch of stuff and call it lore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rentahamster
FFXIV fails at delivering it. -
11-02-2011, 09:26 AMMajidahOriginally played it on PSX, but yes, I was refering to the PSP remake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Estellios
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11-02-2011, 09:26 AMRau
"Ifrit is back, you Need to kill it, but get me inferno tapers so i can make you a lamp to get into his lair. "
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11-02-2011, 09:28 AMMajidahThis ^ statement is ignorant as hell. Go play FFtactics for PSP. Pretty much same setting and they do nothing like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeref
I don't have an issue with them adding bells and whistles to the dialog, I have an issue about me going to pick up a quest and hearing a monologue that clearly shows they just want to spew some backstory with no real justification. -
11-02-2011, 09:42 AMZerefYOU, are ignorant as hell, since you're incapable of accepting or understanding anything that doesn't fit into your neat little mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majidah
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11-02-2011, 09:45 AMAltareon
Ironically the guy complaining about wordiness has one of the wordiest signatures I've seen on this forum.