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

[DevonEllwood]

I wasn't planning on posting this anymore, but the hrothgar (I think) who asked was nice and I already had this typed and saved so...might as well. this is in response to "is there anything you like about endwalker" Ignore name misspellings and typos, I am just not going to proofread. Or don't ignore them, I am not your parental figure.

I don't know if I am one of the guys you are referring to, but I'll answer anyway.

There's some stuff I like in endwalker. It's just that I feel the rest was terrible enough to bring it down to "hates endwalker". What was good, was really good and it just contributes to the frustration as I feel that endwalker "almost had it".
Sharlyan, was completely forgettable to me and frustrating in parts. I don't understand where they decided that this closed off part of the world had people from around the world, sent out assassins to safeguard secrets, but behaved more like Hogwarts. I had high hopes for the place and I just did not enjoy it. I like Thavnir even if the information felt rushed. Anxiety elephant is great, and the 2.0 moments were the highlight. His reflection on his beliefs with the villagers was a good slow moment that had impact. His moment with the baby only to have his confidence in his beliefs completely shatter was amazing. I did not mind Estenien saving the day here as much as some, even though I can understand why they didn't like it.

Enough has been said about Garlemald that I don't need to add to it. My major grievances are most of the moon, Ultima Thule, and Elpis. I am in the minority, but I hated Elpis. I'll use it to segue into your statement "Endwalker was popular and a success". I'm just going to be blunt, but I have been working in a specific environment that has brought my attention that people's comprehension levels are absolutely abysmal and it's embarrassing. People do not read. People do not have patience. People do not give an f-bomber plane about anything beyond surface level. People just want their hand held because it's easier.
Elpis was a frustrating mess for me for the bad dialogue and the pointlessness of conversations. To use an example, the scene where Hades is teaching the critter to fly and Hythlo would not shut up. Look, hes a great person. Look at him helping! I am not joking in that Elpis helped people realize that Hades wasn't always a big meanie pants. I mean, I thought that was obvious in Shadowbringers. That he was a normal person until 12k years of suffering. What's sad is the developers knew this. This is the reason for all the weird dialogue going on in Elpis. Even outside of Elpis we are constantly getting information regurgitated at us in this game and it's exhausting.
I'm going to give another example if you are familiar with the movie Cabin in the Woods. I think it was the director who was interviewed and asked if there was going to be a sequel. He just asked, "did you even watch the movie". Comprehension level of a goat. And even the people say there can be prequels. No there can't. Because the prequel would literally be every other horror movie under the sun. Because that is the point of the movie.
I'm not going to say my comprehension levels are great. People liked endwalker because they saw a pretty game with great music and a neat story. They're not going to look into it much more than that. I don't need my hand held for the story, I don't need it held for the lore, and I don't want it held for the combat.

Yet, the worst part of Endwalker is Yoshida's attitude toward it. Him not knowing people cared about the lore so much. I'm sorry, but he doesn't have an excuse to not understand. Does he just forget about all the lore QandA? Is the game not marketed for its story? Do you not have lore books? A major complaint people had about WoW was the lore being retconned. This and Yoshida clearly wanting to be done with the story so he can "move on" to other stories.

I'm still here because I still have hope that Endwalker was a fluke. I enjoy playing this game with my friends and the other content it has to offer, just not the story.