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

[Xeronia]

I've never been to this part of the forum before...but what?

Other than here, I've never seen any complaints about EW's story than some people thought the pacing could be better and the second trip to Laby felt a little filler to people and that EVERYONE knew the death fake-outs in Ultima were fake outs.

While those complaints are hardly nothing, they're also not supremely or critically damaging to the narrative, largely being mild annoyances marring an otherwise fantastic experience.

Is this forum out of touch with the entire rest of the community, or is this some big thing that I've somehow never heard of anywhere else?

I can only speak for myself but on reddit complaints get drown out with downvotes pretty quickly. I had argued them citing Zenos' death in an interview was not portrayed well in game and got downvoted to oblivion making my comment hidden. A lot of the people here have cited similar things from other platforms as well. My general observation over time has made me see that if you disagree with EW you get told "Didn't read the story", "must have skipped cutscenes", "you just don't understand literature", and my personal favorite "the majority liked it so you are wrong".

A lot of people have taken refuge in this very thread for that reason, we felt outcasted for not agreeing with the "majority" and honestly if that Omega quest and the "We went too far with Magical Girl Y'shtola" is anything to go by the official forums is the best place to bring these complaints.