Quote Originally Posted by Daughterofdeath View Post
[Wh]y lol[?] that[']s already 95% of the game up to endwalker[.] the only expansion we kinda can say didn't do it was shadowbringers but every other part of this game is 80% scifi lol[.] its gone a bit far[ther] than just having it in the game[,] it[']s [basically] the entire game at this point
And I think the inclusion of sci-fi in XIV has been decent. (─‿─)
The Allagan Empire is the usual cautionary tale of an ancient civilization who tried push the boundaries of control over nature and the human/humanoid spirit and technology and brought itself down by its own hubris.
Garlemald being the standard evil empire, driven to conquest by an underlying fear and paranoia over their lack of being able to control aether naturally in a world full of people that can, sublimating it as them being "savages".
Hell, I even enjoy the brevity the Loporits bring and didn't see any fault in Sharlayan creating a starship with their aid (I always assumed we were going to get a version of VIII's Ragnorok).
I just think DT's use of sci-fi felt hollow. Solution 9 and Alexandria just feel like they are just copying usual cyberpunk tropes without putting FF's usual creative spin on them.
I also think throwing in heavy inspiration for XI, which as I stated was the franchise's return to high fantasy, was tonally weird.
I think X might have been a better match to take inspiration from. Hell, I even think there are a lot of parallels that could have been made between Wok Lamat and Yuna's stories and the Endless and the Unsent. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°