What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[aveyond-dreams]

Again, what basis are you using to state what "most FF players" want? You keep trying to argue that the majority of FF players hold your viewpoint, with nothing to back it up.

And even IF that were correct, creators shouldn't have to pander to the most common denominator. That is the easiest way to stifle creativity.

This again? By all means try and take on the task of marketing Final Fantasy Australia or Final Fantasy Colonial-Era Americas to FF players and see what happens.

I've yet to see any conclusive proof that "most FF players" gravitate towards the games largely for having a specific type of setting.

FF VII being one of the most popular in the series despite having a very modern setting stands as one of the biggest contradictions in that regard. It is the sum of the parts; the setting, the story, and its characters that makes certain titles loved, not any singular aspect.

Possibly because modern settings have more appeal than barren wastelands with less in them than Gyr Abania or cultures that they simply do not come to Final Fantasy to play through.