Quote Originally Posted by SturmChurro View Post
I don't know what a "tweetingway" is, but I think a big problem in the story itself is that they rely way too much on the lighthearted comedy, and fanservice nowadays. They are known for writing decent stories, with a serious tone, and a lot of that kind of gets in the way when there is so much of it now, in my opinion.
The FF's in general are a variety in this way, though. Take something like FF6, and it was definitely a "serious" tone throughout. On the other hand, FF9 still ultimately told a serious story, but the feel of the entire game was a lot more lighthearted and humorous. FF14 seems to be more of an FF9 approach in that way, and frankly, the fanbase for FF14 far and away loves the fanservice and the feel.

A 680+ page megathread criticizing the story and not a single patch since EW going down smoothly is doing well?
Frankly, it's meaningless. When you consider that much of that thread is either just the same small handful of people posting repeatedly or other people disagreeing with the thread and praising the game, the length of it means next to nothing. If anything, when you consider the long-time negative echo chamber on these forums, it actually speaks to how positively EW is viewed because there's a larger number of people who thoroughly enjoy it finding their way here and pushing back against the negativity.

No worries, I'm not offended. I just think it's worth remembering that a lot of what the game passes off as 'humour' just doesn't vibe with a lot of us
It's also important to remember that this mythical "a lot of us" doesn't really hold any sway. When you have a game with hundreds of thousands of players, there will be "a lot" of people taking practically any opinion on anything. It doesn't mean they represent any substantial portion of the playerbase, though. Like with this. The clear majority of players show in polling that they enjoy the humor, they like the Scions, they like EW...all takes that show up anywhere you go except these forums.

I find it part-amusing, part-disappointing that some people will say they come here to complain because it's the only place such sentiments are tolerated, yet at the same time act as if their views are widely shared. Evidently, there are a plethora of subreddits and other sites that are overwhelmingly positive and shut down "criticism," and this forum is the "only" place such negative comments exist, yet somehow these naysayers insist they must represent the majority of players. Common sense would point out that the enormous number of positive-sites compared to one negative site demonstrates that the negative opinions are far and away the minority.