At first I thought all the criticism was overblown because I was having a good time even during the lower levels... But I didn't want to post any thoughts until I finished the MSQ.
Now that I've seen it all, I get it. It's really the best and the worst. The overall narrative is quite weak comparatively (the others set a high bar), but I've had more fun role-playing my character in this story than I've ever had in an expansion. The quests are the same thing we've been doing for years... But the zones look incredible and I genuinely had fun exploring them--literally taking pictures for the first time ever during the MSQ. The events of the story were low stakes... But we get some of the best dungeons and mechanics we've seen yet in normal mode... I can go on.
Long story short, you're all valid and I agree somewhat with everyone. The thing with FFXIV though, is that previously the "weakest expansion" was Stormblood... And both its raids and post patch content kicked major ass. If this shapes up to be another SB, I'm not going to complain.
Although anyone saying the voice acting was "bad" is objectively wrong. Preferences exist, but let's not pretend anyone in the English voice cast isn't incredibly talented. Unless you're talking about the Motorola flip phone Y'shtola recorded her lines from... no idea what was going on there.
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Now that I've seen it all, I get it. It's really the best and the worst. The overall narrative is quite weak comparatively (the others set a high bar), but I've had more fun role-playing my character in this story than I've ever had in an expansion. The quests are the same thing we've been doing for years... But the zones look incredible and I genuinely had fun exploring them--literally taking pictures for the first time ever during the MSQ. The events of the story were low stakes... But we get some of the best dungeons and mechanics we've seen yet in normal mode... I can go on.
Long story short, you're all valid and I agree somewhat with everyone. The thing with FFXIV though, is that previously the "weakest expansion" was Stormblood... And both its raids and post patch content kicked major ass. If this shapes up to be another SB, I'm not going to complain.
Although anyone saying the voice acting was "bad" is objectively wrong. Preferences exist, but let's not pretend anyone in the English voice cast isn't incredibly talented. Unless you're talking about the Motorola flip phone Y'shtola recorded her lines from... no idea what was going on there.
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