Just finished Orbonne Monastery (old content spoilers)...

[Vahlnir]

The story wasn't top notch, in my opinion, but it was alright. A lot of Stormblood's stories were mediocre at best though. What the Ivalice raids mainly had going for them was nostalgia. From the locations, to the music and the bosses it was a walk down memory lane. Orbonne had my favorite boss out of all 3 of them though, which was Agrias. Her VA really sold it for me as she delivered some epic lines. I loved the raids themselves overall though. To each their own. They can't please everyone.

[Vyrerus]

The story wasn't top notch, in my opinion, but it was alright. A lot of Stormblood's stories were mediocre at best though. What the Ivalice raids mainly had going for them was nostalgia. From the locations, to the music and the bosses it was a walk down memory lane. Orbonne had my favorite boss out of all 3 of them though, which was Agrias. Her VA really sold it for me as she delivered some epic lines. I loved the raids themselves overall though. To each their own. They can't please everyone.

I love, love, loved hers and Cid's voice lines. Especially Cid's. "The strongest of shields cannot defend the weakest of wills." "Misfortune hangs heavy on a head once held high. Such is poor cover for when the heavens fall." "To the current of life we succumb. Its judgment swift and final; its bite as cold as steel."

[Vahlnir]

"To the current of life we succumb. Its judgment swift and final; its bite as cold as steel."

Every time Agrias says this one it gives me chills.

[Seraphor]

Congratulations: you suck at writing.

It was written by Matsuno, so...

[TeraRamis]

The story wasn't top notch, in my opinion, but it was alright. A lot of Stormblood's stories were mediocre at best though. What the Ivalice raids mainly had going for them was nostalgia. From the locations, to the music and the bosses it was a walk down memory lane. Orbonne had my favorite boss out of all 3 of them though, which was Agrias. Her VA really sold it for me as she delivered some epic lines. I loved the raids themselves overall though. To each their own. They can't please everyone.

I can't argue with the music. It did hurt not to hear Antidote played, though, considering it was essentially the Durai theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmWVGN9DXC0

[MirronTulaxia]

It was written by Matsuno, so...

Honestly given the TC has ignored this being brought up twice it makes the complaints feel somewhat insincere.

[MelodyCrystel]

Honestly given the TC has ignored this being brought up twice it makes the complaints feel somewhat insincere.

Either TeraRamis hasn't noticed the statement (twice), ergo has still no idea about who wrote the thing, or simply pretends to be nescient. :shrug: There's even a chance they have known said detail and are therefore making such whirlwind in their comment.

->Unless we get some reaction about the matter, it's a Schrödinger-question.

[TeraRamis]

Either TeraRamis hasn't noticed the statement (twice), ergo has still no idea about who wrote the thing, or simply pretends to be nescient. :shrug:

I love it when people on this forum break out the thesaurus to try to sound extra smart. It seems to be a very common occurrence with this playerbase, and it never fails to leave me shaking my head.

I knew who it was written by - it's still crap. Maybe he'll read this thread and hang his head in shame.

By the way, while we're "hey, you haven't acknowledged XYZing" each other, nice work just glossing over the points made in the OP, not a one of which has an actual counter argument. Or are you prepared to nuzzle on up to the "Alma's long-lost descendants look identical to, are dressed like, and named after their famous predecessors" nonsense on which the entire arc is predicated?

[Seraphor]

I love it when people on this forum break out the thesaurus to try to sound extra smart. It seems to be a very common occurrence with this playerbase, and it never fails to leave me shaking my head.

I knew who it was written by - it's still crap. Maybe he'll read this thread and hang his head in shame.

By the way, while we're "hey, you haven't acknowledged XYZing" each other, nice work just glossing over the points made in the OP, not a one of which has an actual counter argument. Or are you prepared to nuzzle on up to the "Alma's long-lost descendants look identical to, are dressed like, and named after their famous predecessors" nonsense on which the entire arc is predicated?

You realise you're playing a JRPG right?

How did you find the quality of writing in FFXII? Which was also mostly written by Matsuno, with the first two-thirds at least being entirely representative of his writing.

I swear most of the acclaim for the writing of earlier games is mostly due to their poor quality graphics and thus leading to more ambiguity and allowing consumers to insert their own tones and nuances, thus improving the quality of said content in their heads.
Looking back without the rose-tints, games like FF7 and even Tactics, weren't anywhere near as well-written as their fans like to proclaim. Most seem to adopt the "ooooh it has politics, it's so high brow" mentality.

[TeraRamis]

You realise you're playing a JRPG right?

How did you find the quality of writing in FFXII? Which was also mostly written by Matsuno, with the first two-thirds at least being entirely representative of his writing.

It was so boring that I stopped playing about halfway through. Everything about FFXII was wrong - the combat, the voice acting, the unnatural manner in which you traversed the world. It's a bad game.