This is who we are. I am proud of you all.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Where have they advertised this game as dark and gritty? It's a pretty typical JRPG which runs the gamut from serious themes to cloud cuckoolander situations. I think dark and gritty, I think Frank Miller comics or something.

ShB? Just look at the trailers lol.

[Larirawiel]

It worked for arr hw and sb though. I mean, when you advertise a game as dark and gritty, you expect dark and gritty. Theres a fine line between not being dark and serious 24/7, but also knowing the perfect time to be and when to utilize it. It seems like 14 has lost that compared to how it was in the other expansions.

Sorry but i don't feel that ARR or Heavensward were very dark. Those expansions had their dark moments but overall they were neutral. Shadowbringers is slightly brighter but it also had it's darker moments.


Cheers

[Asari5]

dark? wth are you talking about?

there are only very few dark moments in this game.
1. in the beginning of shb
2. meol
3. edda
4. haukke

oh and maybe the lines from the prisoners in the optional rooms in sastasha.

yeah there are other sad moments... but would you really define them as dark?

[Sotaris]

Dark moments i suppose

[KizuyaKatogami]

I mean there’s numerous examples

Literally the first dungeon we do is full of pirates who kidnapped women to do sexual favors with against their will. Uldah dealing with slavery and having to put down tempered victims after ifrit. Gridania’s racism and the treatment of the duskwights. The raid on the waking sands killing 90% of the scions there. People throwing others off cliffs due to being labeled as heretics. The whole banquet event as a whole. Then we have HW which…i mean there’s numerous things in the beginning of that alone that are pretty grim and dark.

[TaleraRistain]

ShB? Just look at the trailers lol.

I think we just have different definitions of dark and gritty. I think dark and gritty I think about going to go watch something like Sin City. Dark, gritty, hardboiled, grimy, etc. Not what I think of when I think of XIV.

[LaughingBanana]

I think we just have different definitions of dark and gritty. I think dark and gritty I think about going to go watch something like Sin City. Dark, gritty, hardboiled, grimy, etc. Not what I think of when I think of XIV.

FFXIV's world seems cheerful but holy shit there are so many suffering and darkness underpinning it. "Gritty" probably not the best fit but "Dark" fits in nicely, I think.

[Controller]

Someone logical who actually paid attention in ARR? The rarity of it all…

We exist. I know.. it's shocking.

[Controller]

As far as XIV being dark and gritty, I don't think that matches. There were alot of dark themes in it yes, but alot of those you had to go look for. Like most people didn't know the first dungeon was a rape dungeon until content creators made a joke of it recently. I knew it but I am one of the few. Honestly, I think all of the plotlines were just as balanced with it's silly light heart moments matching with the darker ones. Honestly if I were to rate them ARR and Stormblood were the darkest to me. Mainly cause Stormblood had so much rape, you meet so many NPCs who had that happen to them it's insane. Shadowbringers felt darker BUT that's only because you the character is dying. After that plot is done I can see why some people think shadowbringers didn't feel as dark cause that plotpoint is only in the .0 patch. But over all I think they are all pretty even honestly. HW was pretty light all things mentioned. We just remember the darker parts because thats what everyone talks about.

Noone talks about how HW nearly killed the raid scene or how it had the longest dead zone between patches because the devs went on vacation. We forget.. EVERYONE hated that time to the point content creators like Mr.Happy were so bored they stopped their podcast being weekly for a while until the devs got back from vacation. That was in HW.

[IckeDerTyp]

yay/10, glad you're enjoying it!