So, the story

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I must admit, half the reason I wanted to try this game out is because I believed it'd feature quality final fantasy level storytelling. A lot of people believe the story to be good and so did I... that is until I progressed far enough to find out something.

From about lvl28+ quests, I started noticing weird things: it's as if scriptwriters suddenly got bored of thinking up good twists and smart lines. Or perhaps all their spark went into thinking up as many ridiculous names as they only could, leaving no room for interesting story. Boy, I must say that after 10th quest saying "Hey, you didn't think we'd actually just allow you to do this, YOU MUST FIRST EARN TRUZD" I was pretty much ready to break something. That alone would have been something tolerable, but it had to be intensified by the "TO EARN TRUST, YOU MUST FIRST KILL STUFF IN OUR STEAD" move.

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The story is incoherent and at times outright makes no common sense. When I was helping find Fey King it felt odd that someone would suddenly send me across the world to deliver long forgotten ring (hey, Fey King is definetely fine, no worries, why don't you run deliver this worthless thing in the meantime). When I moved to Costa Del Sol and that whole company plot had me running across the realm finding RARE DISHES for the feast while a continent was on a brink of destruction outright pissed me off. "It's ok we're about to die to a Primal, we won't move an inch until you can prove you can travel around the world. If you cannot feed yourself at a banquet there is no chance we're telling you how to face the guy".

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At the end of Costa Del Sol arc I was hoping the story would again pick up, but no luck, instead I'm sent to the shallowest place in the whole game: Coerthas (by the way, whoever decided Castlevania type music is what should fit a snowy wasteland filled with dragons has a really uncommon imagination) where Company of Heroes plot repeats itself, this time actors being named differently though. Boy, isn't every Coerthas npc a scum. Every speech line of theirs burned my heart with hatred for the plot in general at the time.

Anyway, I would like to hear your opinions on storyline, as it's not so commonly discussed. Really interested to know what people think.

[Holyhunter]

At the end of Costa Del Sol arc I was hoping the story would again pick up, but no luck, instead I'm sent to the shallowest place in the whole game: Coerthas (by the way, whoever decided Castlevania type music is what should fit a snowy wasteland filled with dragons has a really uncommon imagination) where Company of Heroes plot repeats itself, this time actors being named differently though. Boy, isn't every Coerthas npc a scum. Every speech line of theirs burned my heart with hatred for the plot in general at the time.

Anyway, I would like to hear your opinions on storyline, as it's not so commonly discussed. Really interested to know what people think.

just suffer through the story until you get past Garuda.

Then enjoy the fuck out of it.

[Soldowner]

I like it.

[Estellios]

The plot has its ups and downs.

Everything Mor Dhona and on is phenomenal.

Also you can bypass the character limit by editing your post.

[KitCat]

Yeah I liked it too.

I will agree I got a bit tired of the earn our trust crap, but I don't tend to think of fetch quests as story, just crappy commercials.

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Yeah I liked it too.

I will agree I got a bit tired of the earn our trust crap, but I don't tend to think of fetch quests as story, just crappy commercials.

Makes for a helluva long commercial:
*Fey - earn our trust, dance dance !
*Company of Heroes - earn our trust, travel travel!
*Coerthas - earn our trust, kill kill!

That's half the story right there with small interludes where you have to run across the world to meet Minfilia, even though you have a wireless communictor with you.

[rabbitzero]

I will agree I got a bit tired of the earn our trust crap, but I don't tend to think of fetch quests as story, just crappy commercials.

I'm just glad there were quests. I remember in 1.0 when i started, there were almost no quests at all. You had leves, a handful, and story quests every few levels (quite a few if i remember right). The trust quests were probably added to give more quests. There just were none before, which was one of the complaints of 1.0.

[Nanga]

Yeah I liked it too.

I will agree I got a bit tired of the earn our trust crap, but I don't tend to think of fetch quests as story, just crappy commercials.

I thought of them more as XP fillers.