I want to be a Warrior of Darkness! D:

[Connor]

I’m gonna be crucified for saying it, but as soon as I saw the ‘warrior of darkness’ expansion trailer I felt kinda disappointed.

I really feel like next expansion is going to be a desperate attempt to cater to people who want a ‘dark edgy storyline’.

Which is fine...if it’s written well. If it’s not, the result will be having the entirety of the storyline just being a bunch of scenes of your character running around looking edgy and doing ‘edgy’ things like not helping people when they could have.

I’m aware that Final Fantasy generally revolves around the idea that light and dark don’t always equate to good and evil. But that doesn’t mean they’ll continue with that in the future. And if such a consideration does exist, it will exist only to justify the player’s new ‘dark edgy behaviour’ (e.g ‘it’s ok that XxEdgelordSephirothxX didn’t help the villagers because he’s working for darkness but dark doesn’t mean evil so it’s ok’.

I’m willing to bet good Gil that there’ll be an ‘Asahi’ type character who always puts your character down so that when you get to their pitiful boss fight you can feel like you’re an edgy badass getting revenge.

[EorzeaHero69]

Would that mean we'll be going on a bigger killing spree than usual? If so, then Khloe would be pleased.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

I’m gonna be crucified for saying it, but as soon as I saw the ‘warrior of darkness’ expansion trailer I felt kinda disappointed.

I really feel like next expansion is going to be a desperate attempt to cater to people who want a ‘dark edgy storyline’.

Which is fine...if it’s written well. If it’s not, the result will be having the entirety of the storyline just being a bunch of scenes of your character running around looking edgy and doing ‘edgy’ things like not helping people when they could have.

I’m aware that Final Fantasy generally revolves around the idea that light and dark don’t always equate to good and evil. But that doesn’t mean they’ll continue with that in the future. And if such a consideration does exist, it will exist only to justify the player’s new ‘dark edgy behaviour’ (e.g ‘it’s ok that XxEdgelordSephirothxX didn’t help the villagers because he’s working for darkness but dark doesn’t mean evil so it’s ok’.

I’m willing to bet good Gil that there’ll be an ‘Asahi’ type character who always puts your character down so that when you get to their pitiful boss fight you can feel like you’re an edgy badass getting revenge.

This seems unusually pessimistic. You are aware that the Dark Knight quests are consistently some of the best written content in the game, right? If it means more story of that quality, I'm fine with the story putting that at the forefront.

[Derio]

If you did the DRK storyline you will see that you were becoming the warrior of darkness the entire time.

[Rasler_Heios]

I have thought of how interesting it would be for a FF game where you play as the Warriors of Darkness.

Try Final Fantasy Dimensions, you play there as Warriors of Darkness. I know it’s not of the main series and it’s for mobile devices but it is still an FF game.

[Rasler_Heios]

This seems unusually pessimistic. You are aware that the Dark Knight quests are consistently some of the best written content in the game, right? If it means more story of that quality, I'm fine with the story putting that at the forefront.

Agree. DRK is my top choice among the job storylines.

[Kotemon]

But what if I don't want to hang out in front of a Hot Topic all the time? We already have emo Cloud from Advent Children.

[OMG]

The edge is calling tonight

[BillyKaplan]

The edge is calling tonight

A friend of mine nigh lost his mind the other night after listening to Fiend with ShB in mind. There's that line, the whole "you walk the path laid before you" shticks too, that song's really good as far as seeming ShB themes are concerned.

[Jollyy5]

Those who are worried about our character becoming "edgy", don't be.

We'll be nodding in silence like we always do.