Quote Originally Posted by Voidmage View Post
The more I read the Japanese forum on the story the more hopeful I am that Square changes course.

Almost all post are criticism regarding Wuk Lamat overshadowing anything (there are some funny anecdotes as well like comparing her to your boss‘s daughter you have to babysits on your summer vacation).
Of course there are also a few stupid takes like disliking Wuk Lamat because of her appearance.

All those posts have liked in the 80s or more. Those who are positive are at around 7.

It’s really interesting how the different languages are more or less of the same mind. Story itself not bad to very good but many saying that she was too overbearing as a character.

The Japanese thread is also far bigger and fills faster then in the past.
But the story IS also very bad. Wuk Lamat is a big issue, everything said here is also true and I'm glad to hear the JP forums share the same opinion on her because there's more chance they will do something about it, but honestly, for me the best put criticism and the one that nailed it better was THIS THREAD, if you haven't seen it yet. It explains WHY Wuk Lamat feels like a problem, as well as everyone else, and during the whole thread people also point out other problems in characters and story. The more I read it, the worse it gets.
It's sad to think that they writers seem to don't know BASIC CHARACTER WRITING. I think the one thing that nails it here is that "everyone else also has the problems of Wuk Lamat". The thing with Wuk is that we're forced to babysit - no, not even that, because I'm not doing anything - to just follow her around quietly during the ENTIRE story.

The one worry I have is they just latch on the "no one likes Wuk Lamat" and think just removing her from the story will solve the problem. It won't.