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

[TaleraRistain]

I prefer well written deaths that make sense and move the plot along, but killing off characters for the sake of killing off characters or for shock value is cheap.

*cough* Papalymo *cough*

That one was some straight up BS

[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

[Melorie]

Is it the best video game story ever told? No. Is it amazing all the way around? Not really, IMO Stormblood and ARR have some terrible moments... Getting through SB was a pain for me. Even post-HW... It's nothing groundbreaking. People that act like FFXIV is the pinnacle of story telling imo should expand their references of fantasy/rpg stories.

That being said, for a MMO, specially if you compare with other recent Final Fantasy games/JRPGS... Yes, it's far from bad. It has some really good memorable moments.
Of course, like many things regarding taste, good and bad are very subjective. This community tends to have a "you either love 100% of it or hate it" attitude and there's no need to be that way.

[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.

[Saefinn]

*cough* Papalymo *cough*

That one was some straight up BS

At least he didn't live long enough to see what Yda became. (I'm not a fan of Lyse)

[Bellsong]

TLOU2 sucked, characters were just set pieces, morals were black and white and the transgender character was so token you could use em at chuck e cheeses

2/10 bad troll thread, got me to reply tho.

[Vahlnir]

Is it the best video game story ever told? No. Is it amazing all the way around? Not really, IMO Stormblood and ARR have some terrible moments... Getting through SB was a pain for me. Even post-HW... It's nothing groundbreaking. People that act like FFXIV is the pinnacle of story telling imo should expand their references of fantasy/rpg stories.

That being said, for a MMO, specially if you compare with other recent Final Fantasy games/JRPGS... Yes, it's far from bad. It has some really good memorable moments.
Of course, like many things regarding taste, good and bad are very subjective. This community tends to have a "you either love 100% of it or hate it" attitude and there's no need to be that way.

I've always been fairly critical of this game's story. Shadowbringers was probably the first time I enjoyed it way more often than not. I'm just hoping they can keep the momentum going in Endwalker.

[Melorie]

I've always been fairly critical of this game's story. Shadowbringers was probably the first time I enjoyed it way more often than not. I'm just hoping they can keep the momentum going in Endwalker.

I enjoyed HW a lot (that being said, I don't really think that it's ground-breaking... it's your good ol' church is bad jrpg story, with a tale of vengeance, but a well-told tale nevertheless) and certain parts of ARR. The Azim Steppe bit of Stormblood was interesting as well. But I feel like it was specifically on Shadowbringers that they made the whole cast shine, gave Eorzea a better world-build and a bigger purpose to the Scion's mission.

But many people act like "FFXIV STORY IS AMAZING!!" without really being honest that a great deal of the story is not the ultimate quality. I have been told that the race's lore of FFXIV is "amazing, very elaborated" when... yeah, not, not really? Specially if you compare with any other RPG in which your race is relevant. People enjoy ShB (which is GOOD, yes), and forget about the meh parts. I get that this game tries to give more explanations for the things in their world than most, but that doesn't make it high-quality.