What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[ReynTime]

I don't disagree with the rest of your comments about the crappy last third of Endwalker, Theodric. But Yoshida talks a lot of talks in live letters and interviews that contradicts what he has his team do with the game. This isn't the first time either.

He can talk about gray area of evil x good all he wants, the fact is in Endwalker despite having reasons to question Venat/Hydaelin's "fairness" the game forces us to treat her as this benevolent motherly beacon of hope, and that will always skew the reception in favor of the black and white conclusions the plot gives.

I don't like it either. It makes me have no hope at all they can deliver any sub-plot as grounded as the city-states questlines from 1.0, internal struggles and crisis of city-states or anything trying to be as mature as Matsuno's writing. Unless the lead writing takes a dramatic shift they're clearly happy with the Naruto Shippuuden tier depth they got going. Underestimating the viewer's intelligence.