Anyone Else Feel, That the World is Too Pretty?

[AzuraWinters]

I agree with you. I've always thought that the world recovered really fast in 5 years. Maybe they should had set the story 20 years after the calamity.

However, in the story it says the calamity devastated Eorzea, and Eorzea is only one continent of the planet (does the planet have a name?). I guess the other continents weren't affected as much.

[Ranebow]

I agree with you. I've always thought that the world recovered really fast in 5 years. Maybe they should had set the story 20 years after the calamity.

However, in the story it says the calamity devastated Eorzea, and Eorzea is only one continent of the planet (does the planet have a name?). I guess the other continents weren't affected as much.

With the kind of destruction they've displayed, it would be hundreds of years - possibly longer
But I'm guessing they just explain it away with some Gaia/Aether/Mother Nature crap.

Unfortunately when it comes to media about post apocalyptic times, we see it mis-represented and shown as some epic cliche (often) in some sorta-bad-way-but-not-too-bad-cause-that-would-turn-your-average-tv-viewer-away; see,-things-are-ok-cause-my-bFF-is-still-alive-oh-and-my-dog-too-apparently-they-think-even-after-a-catastrophe-the-world-will-be-like-an-episode-of-Revolution...

Rarely do we see any film or show that properly represents just how awful living in a time of fallout - whether nuclear or otherwise. We hear words like Dystopia thrown around, but never really can appreciate it.
FFXIV is too happy, fun and cute. From the context of the lore, it should be a dark and foreboding place with little to smile about.