Quote Originally Posted by Kohashi View Post
You did learn about each region's culture, its people, and the activities they engage in. The side quests further elaborate on it and many have cutscenes. The vistas now give historical backgrounds, so I am not entirely sure what you actually mean.
What we learned was from tagging along with Wuk Lamat and getting exposition dumps.

That's not interesting or fun.

Being an outsider and being the one doing the traveling and having interesting 'in' points where we get involved with the local people and learn about them/help them with their issues is far more engaging and rewarding than what was given to us.

Going to one place, doing a simple task and/or having Wuk Lamat give a "I love peace! I love you!" speech and then being told about why people do something and coming to an understanding is, I suppose a way of learning about people but its so shallow it may as well not exist.

It's why the Wild West area actually starts decently because it does just that. I thought the bracelet quest line was a perfect example of what I expected going into this expansion. Lots of 'low stakes to us, high stakes for those we are helping' scenairos.