/r/ffxivdiscussion: Data analysis of Dawntrail negative reviews (Steam)

[ovIm]

I say that because I've seen people act like Dawntrail's MSQ being poorly regarded could be the end of the game or something (not necessarily on these forums, but generally). Of course not everyone is saying that, but my point with it is that there will be an 8.0 and a 9.0 etc. for those thinking otherwise.

Yes but this is in regards to this post here, which is not all that? We've seen opinions on all directions, this reddit user here has done an interesting bit of analysis of the negative reviews to put things more into perspective as to where the feedback comes from.

I'm not actually trying to say that the dislike of Dawntrail is a minority. It does seem like a lot of people actually. Whether it's actually a majority or not I'm just gonna leave to analysis' like this, but I do know that there are people I've talked to in the game that are alright with it. However, the dislike has been enough for Yoshi-P to acknowledge it as a general sentiment which I don't think he did for Endwalker despite certain pages-long posts in this forum.

You may not, but there are people that do, and an analysis like that helps to create a more objective baseline for a discussion about the criticism the game receives.

Still though, Yoshi-P's reasoning behind his "I expected people to dislike Dawntrail" (which was, in that one interview at least, that he considers the review to be based upon the ending of the old story arc, and Wuk Lamats lack of self confidence, which are both disproven) shows an inherent misunderstanding as to why people disliked DT.
Hopefully, with time having passed between that interview and now, he and his team had a better chance of analyzing the feedback provided.

[Jeeqbit]

shows an inherent misunderstanding as to why people disliked DT

It does show a lack of understanding, but I think this is because everyone has different criticism, so from a zoomed out perspective the criticism looks all over the place. Due to that, he was probably just trying to guess the root of the criticism.

Hopefully, with time having passed between that interview and now, he and his team had a better chance of analyzing the feedback provided.

I hope so as well. If not, hopefully it'll eventually get through, especially given all the events he's been going to, because places like Gamescom, PAX, and so on give an opportunity to meet people in person and then he can't avoid being directly confronted with concerns like this. And even if he doesn't get the feedback directly, any of his team that go with him to these events may talk to people as well.

I think that was one of the big problems from mid-Shadowbringers and throughout Endwalker. They had to cancel meeting people in person, leaving their only source of feedback as the internet where it's easy to create an echo chamber of what you want to hear. But when going to events in person it's unavoidable to hear the most deep and heartfelt concerns people have, sometimes from journalists as well, where you sometimes see questions catch him off-guard if asked by a journalist that's in touch with community sentiment (obviously not all of them are ).