7.3 MSQ Was Absolutely Terrific

[NightHour]

I wouldn't say it was "terrific".

Better than previous patches, yeah for sure.

[BlisteringFrost]

I wouldn't say it was "terrific".

Better than previous patches, yeah for sure.

I'm just glad it had actual gameplay for once in the last 2 and a half years.

Getting REALLY tired of 95% of the last 3 expansions just being a slightly interactable movie.

Hey, Yoshida, wonder why people hated FF16? Try pressing New Game on it and time how long it takes before you actually get to control a character.

[Exmo]

Hey, Yoshida, wonder why people hated FF16? Try pressing New Game on it and time how long it takes before you actually get to control a character.

25 seconds. ^

[ZXN]

7.3, to me personally, was good. Wasn't incredible of course, and wasn't as good as 7.2 I felt, but was WAY better then 7.0 and 7.1 story wise. Just a shame that this increase in story quality is happening NOW, when Dawntrail's main story purpose is pretty much over and done with since, like they promised by the looks of how it all wrapped up for the most part this patch, 7.4 will be focusing on giving us the build into the next expansion's main story.

Gonna miss Real Sphene and Shale though. Both became two of my favorite characters and now I gotta start saying goodbye to them as they get thanos snapped and gradually disappear to join the "characters who served their purpose for the main game story" vault to live for the rest of time until they get 5 minutes of freedom sometime in the future.

[Tsukino]

I liked the addition of the light puzzles and information gathering segments much more than the typical going to different locations and talking to people there. It's still a little weak compared to any traditional single-player RPG, but it's a step in the right direction and a reasonable substitute for not doing much with combat anymore.

[OlafQuintessa]

The puzzle section was a step in the right direction. Nice to see them trying to innovate a little. The writing was still pretty low grade and Calyx is a massive failure of imagination. I've just played through HW again and it's shocking how much worse DT is in comparison (even though HW still has its issues). I really hope they can do another HW with 8.0. They can't afford not to! Although the little twist at the end of 7.3 didn't leave me with any enthusiasm.

[Boblawblah]

I need to be more willing to do puzzles. I generally hate them so much that I just don't even bother with them and try to brute force my way through them, but I really should try to slow down and enjoy the different pace.

[AmiableApkallu]

I need to be more willing to do puzzles. I generally hate them so much that I just don't even bother with them and try to brute force my way through them, but I really should try to slow down and enjoy the different pace.

On the one hand, I understand the praise for the puzzles (I liked them!).

On the other hand, mechanically, the quest objectives could have been, "Gather information from your friends x/y" followed by "Interact with {thing}", and you would have performed the exact same actions in game.

I actually find it rather impressive how the framing changes people's perceptions.

[boigerking]

They blew it out of the park with the cutscene camera work. While my thoughts on the story have been lukewarm for the last several years, I can't deny that some of these cutscenes had me a little hyped. I have hope for good things to come.

[RianHeartilly]

So happy with the changes that they made this patch. I'm not going to lie, I seriously contemplated giving up Final Fantasy after the terrible Dawn Trail release. I was very upset I had spent so much money and subscription money on a game that I downright hated for over a year now. Every time a patch would roll around it would feel like it would take forever to be released (the new extended schedule sucks) and then the patch contents would be absolutely disappointing and the MSQ made me almost vehemently angry for wasting my time with mindless whiney Wuk Lamat dribble.

Also, I dislike the voice of the English Wuk Lamat, it gets inside my brain and feels like nails on a chalk board. So whiney. I remember saying at the end of 7.2 that I would be absolutely giddy if I didn't have to see Wuk Lamat or Sphene EVER AGAIN. But then for Yoshi P to go and make me think he might actually kill off Wuk Lamat.... I was so hopeful and I'm not gonna lie I was super disappointed that she ended up being fine. Please either shove her into a corner to lead her country and stay away from the Warrior of Light OR Kill her off... just get rid of her please.

The actual Sphene is a pretty decent character.

I want SE to know that if they are going to keep 1) Having congested servers where I have to wait to log into a game that I am subbed for (unacceptable) and 2) terrible story writing...when FF is known for the great story.... Dawn Trail has been total hot steaming garbage for story writing. GET IT TOGETHER please. I will not be subbing for long if things keep going the way of Dawn Trail. This expansion has been my least favorite of ALL TIME. OC feels empty and WoW like (barf).