Final Fantasy XIV doesn't actually have that good of a story

[TaleraRistain]

Anyway, I think the "lack of urgency" is just how RPGs have always operated. The best time to clear all the sidequests and 100% the game is right when the villain has made their move and the world is teetering on the brink of oblivion, because that's when you've got your airship and gear from the penultimate dungeon.

Exactly. There may be others, but the only game I can remember that actually codified the sense of urgency was Mass Effect 2 if you went and did side things after a certain story point. That game actively punished you for what RPGs had taught you to do for decades.

[_Koneko_]

Exactly. There may be others, but the only game I can remember that actually codified the sense of urgency was Mass Effect 2 if you went and did side things after a certain story point. That game actively punished you for what RPGs had taught you to do for decades.

and then came 3 and you realize nothing you did mattered :P

[TheMightyMollusk]

and then came 3 and you realize nothing you did mattered :P

If you ignore the rest of the game and just focus only on the endings, anyway.

[TaleraRistain]

and then came 3 and you realize nothing you did mattered :P

We do not speak of Mass Effect 3 and its cookie-cutter endings

[TheMightyMollusk]

We do not speak of Mass Effect 3 and its cookie-cutter endings

3 ends with Anderson on the Citadel. The rest is an injury-induced fever dream. Fight me.

[TaleraRistain]

3 ends with Anderson on the Citadel. The rest is an injury-induced fever dream. Fight me.

I'm fine with that headcanon

[RyuDragnier]

We do not speak of Mass Effect 3 and its cookie-cutter endings

Andromeda was way better on that front.

[TaleraRistain]

Andromed was way better on that front.

Yeah hubby really liked Andromeda. I was too burned from the trilogy. I may get around to it sometime.