This story is really underwhelming - it's opened to mixed reviews.

[Ramiee]

^ What this guy said. Gods in Eastern mythology are rarely Judeo-Christian omnipotent creators or even Zeus-like figures, they are often ascended mortals who reach a pinnacle point in their journey of cultivation, very Taoist based. Look at all the "sennin" type gods in Chinese lore, half of the Heavens used to be "great sages" who left their mortal coil.

I'm aware it doesn't mean I can't still be critical of it. We already had that really in the primals, I don't see why all holy figures had to do this in the lore.

[Zaniel]

I'm aware it doesn't mean I can't still be critical of it. We already had that really in the primals, I don't see why all holy figures had to do this in the lore.

Because that is LITERALLY how the underlying world building is constructed. In this particular universe there are no gods, all gods are creations of mortal instrumentation, that is just a fundamental building block of this game, like how every magic is aether. There are no other magic types, just different facets of aether, same with the gods, they are ALL just faith powered constructs. To suddenly have a true mythical god like say Zeus would be the weird thing in this universe. If that is off-putting to you then you need to consider switching games.

[jameseoakes]

I'm aware it doesn't mean I can't still be critical of it. We already had that really in the primals, I don't see why all holy figures had to do this in the lore.

Honestly as far as I can tell the writers just outright hate fantasy settings and are trying to purge all the fantasy elements from the story