Loved DT's story, reminded me of a actual self contained JRPG. better than HW or SB

ofc we could say most xpacs kinda could have been but DT felt like a ps2 ps1 jrpgs of learning about the world and then .

shb and HW also felt like one


but the way they introduced characters, set the world and paced as we learn about the culture and world etc and then had the 2nd half develop. just felt more enganing than SB and HW to me

Tural culture: They eat tacos, childlike race have alpacas and love to comerce, bird race eat reeds and love celebrations, moblins have artisans on giants teapots, giant race dominated others and are insular now, cats and lizards get along by eating food, lizards live in dark forest, cats on upper area, also there are a far west area with no background.

And thats the resume of Tural lore which is sad because theres barely anything else.

Meanwhile in ARR you get TONS of Uldah lore and even on a lesser ammount from Gridania, Limsa and even Ala Migho before you can even visit it, the beast races, the political situation of Garlean Empire and much more.

DT was basically all the stereotypes you could fill from both Americas with some fantasy paint on it and My Little Pony Friendship is Magic behaviour on almost 95% of Tural population

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Originally Posted by Jetto

ofc we could say most xpacs kinda could have been but DT felt like a ps2 ps1 jrpgs of learning about the world and then .

shb and HW also felt like one


but the way they introduced characters, set the world and paced as we learn about the culture and world etc and then had the 2nd half develop. just felt more engaging than SB and HW to me

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I can respect your opinion. I personally preferred HW and SB, but I can see why some would prefer this more self contained story.

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Originally Posted by Bhearil

Tural culture: They eat tacos, childlike race have alpacas and love to comerce, bird race eat reeds and love celebrations, moblins have artisans on giants teapots, giant race dominated others and are insular now, cats and lizards get along by eating food, lizards live in dark forest, cats on upper area, also there are a far west area with no background.

And thats the resume of Tural lore which is sad because theres barely anything else.

Meanwhile in ARR you get TONS of Uldah lore and even on a lesser ammount from Gridania, Limsa and even Ala Migho before you can even visit it, the beast races, the political situation of Garlean Empire and much more.

DT was basically all the stereotypes you could fill from both Americas with some fantasy paint on it and My Little Pony Friendship is Magic behaviour on almost 95% of Tural population

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You forgot the Alexandrians with their Tron-like atmosphere, which I personally loved.

I was bored out of my mind in DT. The hyperfocus on a singular character was a baffling choice after we had such strong ensemble casts for the past eight years.

Speak to Wuk Lamat.

As a Person, that came from WoW and played Shadowlands: You guys never saw real shitty storywriting.

Bait used to be believable

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Originally Posted by Jetto

DT felt like a ps2 ps1 jrpgs of learning about the world

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Could you please name the titles? I am genuinely curious what you are comparing DT with.

SPEEEEEEEN!

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Originally Posted by Higashikata

I was bored out of my mind in DT. The hyperfocus on a singular character was a baffling choice after we had such strong ensemble casts for the past eight years.

Speak to Wuk Lamat.

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I actually fell asleep once or twice. My wife making exasperated sounds on the other side of the computer woke me up a bit. (she didnt like dawntrial either)