Quote Originally Posted by Teraq View Post
Coming off from all the emotions Shadowbringers made me feel, the 5.3-5.4 period was the height of my fandom. While I mildly enjoyed FFXIV before, mostly for its antagonist cast and its politics – quite naturally, coming from the evil and edgy fandom of A Song Of Ice And Fire ("NOOOOOO YOU CANT WANT STAKES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR PROTAGONISTS THIS ISNT GAME OF THRONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!") – it was 5.0 that made me finally care more than my basal level of enjoyment, because even though it had just torpedoed one half of the antagonist build-up (RIP Varys Varis and your empire), it made up for that by propping up the half I cared about more by giving them a very compelling and touching backstory and motivation.
Wasn't one of the early inspirations for this game ASOIAF?

Or was it just to ride the wave of its popularity and then resort to Disneyfication the moment Game of Thrones started dwindling in popularity?

I legit forgot '-'