With the new expansion I’ve decided to chronicle my journey by sharing my initial opinions as I go through to not only show my thoughts, but also to see how they will change or differ with time. For this reason this video along with any other like this will be unscripted to better show my thought. No organizing my thought by scripting them out. This video specifical will be covering the early hours of the new expansion up to the first trial.
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So the day after I recorded this the servers all died for the first time so it's been a little less smooth than I initially thought.
How often can we talk to three locals? :<
The msq writing feels more designed like a XI expansion. In XI you were never really the "hero" of the story as much as the adventurer the main cast leaned and confided in. Never the focal point or reason the story progressed.
Regarding the graphics update, I can assure you that the game looks incredible on PS5. I expected improvement, but not to the degree they went. Everything looks SO much better, and I couldn't be happier.
Can't belive they actually gave us Stormblood 2 immediately after Shadowbringers 2 (Golbez saga), the madlads.
I really appreciate how much better Il Mehg and Elpis look like.
Relegating our character to an afterthought in our own story, especially when the character we are “mentoring” is so incompetent, unlikable and poorly implemented is not brilliant
The massive number of awful reviews on steam and thread after thread on the forums talking about what an awful and boring story this expac is are not all just haters and lying.
The toxic positivity of the usual suspects can’t just fairy dust the major issues of the expansion away.
Balmung didn’t have even a slight queue wait on launch day. There is your sign. This fawning and gushing over a below average MSQ is even worse than anyone who is being accused of just hating on the game
Wuk Lamat sucks, and that is all square’s fault. My WoL would never be proud or happy to be the mentor of such an awful, trash character. And I am not even given a choice to resist. Dawntrail has failed to present an enjoyable story
Would be fine if Wuk Lamat ever evolved past early Naruto "going to be the Hokage and protect my people!!!"
This is fine as a start but this drags on for way too long and quickly become boring. The world info dump from the npc is also a huge issue, feels like reading Wikipedia recap in every new zones.