These forums are a minority, endwalker was great

[Syln]

So i guess you're a minority inside a minority OP :3

[Reap00]

Keep crying about it, you're never getting TP back and that's a good thing. This game isn't for you anymore.

Following forum logic you must now create 400 more threads vaguely related to the topic in an effort to validate your opinion. You have a lot of work ahead. You could also ignore all other opinions as only your own matters but that a bit of a stretch for the forum dwellers.

[Raraka]

I agree. Endwalker has one of the best narratives in video games history. To take the issue of depression and make it an important plot point was very gutsy. Not only the story provides hope for the in game characters, it also gives hope to us, the players. The game's message not only works for the characters but for the real life players who have invested their time in the game. It's an experience like no other.

For a MMO, yes

For videogames in general, ABSOLUTELY NOT,

[AnnRam]

I agree. Endwalker has one of the best narratives in video games history. To take the issue of depression and make it an important plot point was very gutsy. Not only the story provides hope for the in game characters, it also gives hope to us, the players. The game's message not only works for the characters but for the real life players who have invested their time in the game. It's an experience like no other.

11 years of an interesting story/plot just to be throw away because a bird was sad.

ok

[Tahbitha]

I myself just finished the 6.5 content over the past weekend.

I enjoyed Endwalker quite a lot. But that's just me. YMMV.

[Kes13a]

mileage varies. some people enjoyed it, some hated it, its a human thing...

I enjoyed Endwalker as did my friends. Is it the BEST EXPANSION EVER!!? no, but far from the worst I have ever played

[Axxion]

[Socram]

eh idk about minorities but any criticism that is given with respect is valid, and if a lot of people thinks EW wasn't that great we should be open to discussing it. I myself think Endwalker is ok, like not my favorite expansion but I think if we had another Bozja I would have a different opinion about it because I really miss that type of content

[Avoidy]

I felt more of a deeper emotional response during 5.3 when Ardbert spoke with Seto/when Alphinaud said farewell to the people of Eulmore than I did through the entirety of Endwalker.

That's not even to say that EW was bad; just, as a finale to an 11 year old story, it felt like that moment in Avengers Endgame where all the heroes show up at the same time just so the fans can have their fangasm over it. Felt like pandering without substance. The lowest point imo was in Ultima Thule, when certain characters were thought to be dead for all of five minutes before the cowardly writers just brought them back to life, like they respect their audience so little at that point that they think we'll unalive ourselves if our fictional friends are gone for too long. The high point was where Zenos did the body thing but that quickly went downhill when nothing really came of it. So many moments in EW that had potential to be emotionally captivating and then fell flat at the last minute because the writers lacked the guts to follow through. Or like, they brought in loads of characters... too many, even, so that everyone had a really shallow cameo. I was thrilled when Magnai came back, but they flanderdized him to hell and made being a giga-simp-reject his entire personality. This is a guy who runs the baddest tribe on the Steppe, and that's barely explored because teehee simp man funny. I'm just over it at this point. If you think Endwalker was "great," unironically just ... play any other final fantasy game, actually. I'm not even gonna say something condescending like "read a book," just go play final fantasy 10 and see what the FF writers are actually capable of producing.

People always give 14 a pass to have a really slow start and kind of a meandering/plodding pace because it's an mmo, but the writers for ff games have usually been very good about making a captivating start for a game that doesn't really lose the pace that often. Maybe the mmo side is holding it back. Or maybe the writers are just phoning it in. I don't really know. But yeah 100% please go check out some other media or something because if you thought EW was great, ff10 will blow your mind it's absolutely incredible compared to this imo.

[Yuella]

I felt more of a deeper emotional response during 5.3 when Ardbert spoke with Seto/when Alphinaud said farewell to the people of Eulmore than I did through the entirety of Endwalker.

5.3 was great but most of 5.0 was boring. Shadowbringers didn't become good until after the second trial and the Exarch revealed his plan. Il Mheg was the most boring MSQ section since the Company of Heroes stuff in 2.0.

11 years of an interesting story/plot just to be throw away because a bird was sad.

ok

Awesome villain. The bird was created to absorb emotions without being taught how to deal with those emotions.