Thread: Review of 6.3 Story Content

Originally Posted by Vahlnir

Eh. I feel that Endwalker wasn't dark enough. And the urgency wasn't really there. By the time we head out into space, the Final Days had hit 2 zones in the entire world. Fire in the sky and everything. I think that it should have gotten more widespread as the story progressed. Even if the story's events weren't taking place in certain areas, I feel that the skybox should have at least been changed to reflect the coming apocalypse. Maybe set some random trees in the Black Shroud on fire too while they were at it. Something. Anything. The Final Days were not really as big of an issue as they made it out to be. I've got my fair share of gripes with EW, but this is my biggest one I think.

Thats fair. I actually thought similar when doing the Job quest, that despite the horrors of the Blasphemies the threat did not really seem as heavy as it could have been. Would be nice if they had shown the Final Days effecting wider zones, bit like how they added the towers in after the 5.x Patches. I suppose it may have been too much effort for just immersions gain. I do think it hit the right tone in dealing with its darker elements, the scene of the Blasphemies turning in Radz-at-Han really does not get the praise it should for the level of horror we see in my opinion. Then again, EW is also a story about hope against despair so they could only go so far.

Originally Posted by MikkoAkure

As far as styles, HW was specifically mentioned by Yoshi-P as being written to be "dark fantasy" just like SB was obviously written to be a war story, ARR/ShB are heroic fantasy, and EW was a mix of them all with a dash of sci-fi. People are going to have preferences for one of those genres more than the others, but they have long since made a creative decision to dabble in a lot of things.

Well said on all counts. When people say FFXIV is a 'theme park' game I think that should count for its lore too. Its crafted in a way that each expansion does deal with its own fantasy sub-genre, which I think is a very good thing. Means more themes and types of story can be told. Not everyone will vibe with each expansion true, but you will never be able to please eveyone all the time.