FFXIV Dawntrail reviews are out on Metacritic

[Carin-Eri]

Next time you order food, order from a 2.5 rated restaurant instead of a 4.5 or 5 stars one, and come back to tell us how great it is. Some people enjoy mediocrity or tolerate bad food, that doesnt mean the food in itself is good, just that some people tolerated it for different reasons, maybe it was late and it was the only thing open, or any other reason.

I get what you're saying - but you've proven my point in a sense. "Tolerated" - but you completely discount the idea that some may have actually enjoyed it.

And to be clear, I have mixed feelings about it. I actually enjoyed it for the most part, but certainly took issue with a fair few elements of the story.

Its not that people take issue with people actually having enjoyed Dawntrail, I think. Most people I read (exceptions always exist, people are people) take issue with their criticism of Dawntrail being attributed to "being a hater", and their valid criticisms being swatted off with a reasoning similar to "i enjoyed it so it must have been a you problem" or "enough people liked it", arguments that insist upon themselves.

Its absolutely okay to have enjoyed Dawntrail, but having enjoyed something does not mean that criticisms of said thing are automatically invalid. People criticizing the product still care, after all. And looking at the reception of the expansion, Dawntrail is definitely not ubiquitously loved.

Agreed - but by the same token, can you direct me to any thread that discusses DT in a positive light that wasn't quickly overrun by negative responses? I would assume not, since DT was poorly received and there are very few threads of that nature to read. But for the few there are....