Endwalker Story sucked and it's time to admit it

[GeckoMain]

I 100% agree with this take on the scions- I've said so many times that ultima thule was completely ruined by the really obvious and meaningless death of the scions, I couldn't take anything any of them said seriously and it really let me down. Not only was it incredibly obvious they were just going to come back, it's also insulting to give each character their own 'important' death speech, ergh it just completely took me out of it. I would have been so devastated and impacted if thancred or urianger or yshtola had actually died- 1 death is so much more meaningful then 7 absolutely fake deaths.

I think this kinda marked a decline in the storytelling honestly- they are so afraid of doing something the fans would hate like killing one of our favourite scions that they prioritised it over making a genuinely impressive story telling moment- and that really peeves me.

Shadowbringers got away with it because the rest of the expansion, including the core story and plot was cohesive, believable and pretty phenominal- but endwalker wasn't quite that impressive, it had some great moment throughout but it's story has some definite flaws and I'm just not a fan of how clearly defined and retconned all the lore of the game is now.

It's sad because I was so impressed with ShB and I was so excited for the future expansions amd finding out all of the lore- and by the endwalker I was kinda deflated haha, like THAT'S the lore of it all? It was just too fanservicey and made it clear they hadn't planned it through nearly as much as ShB made it seem they had- and for a game where lore is a huge drawing point for a lot of fans it does effect the way you view the rest of the story, especially going forward.

Went on a tangent there but hey ho it's just my opinion haha