I've first started binge playing last month and a couple of days ago I just reached ShB.
I was so excited and looking forward to playing. Don't get me wrong, I was aware of how dark the game was going to be, but I didn't know it was going to be dark to the point that it even affects me too. I am baffled by how this game can make me feel down or pessimistic.
I love how this game handles their story, it's not edgy or dramatic, they take the approach to creating Eorzea as if it's the real world. This is one of the few games that I actually feel like I am immersed in. FF14 demonstrates how being a hero and having the world depend on you is stressful as fuck. It's like I am carrying all of this weight on my shoulders after completing each expansion, I don't even know how I would keep functioning mentally if I were to actually switch places with my character.
When you look deeper into some dungeons and dialogue, you can't help but say "What the actual fuck?" Some of the NPC just deserve so much better and I hate how they had to die tragically, take Edda and Yotsuyu for example. The dungeons like Tam Tara Hard and Holminster Switch are also fucked up, you have to kill someone who went insane after the death of her husband for Tam Tara and you witness sin eaters infecting every animal and human being and you can't even save all of them because it's too late.
I don't know why some fans barely recognize this game as the darkest FF title. I feel so bad for my character, all of the traumatizing moments he experienced must've mentally screwed him and he is still trying to save everyone. I wouldn't even be surprised if he is actually broken beneath that stoic mask.
I know this is a weird thing to say, but appreciate your characters (or WOL whatever you call them). They have been through a lot and have many scars but they still stand and try their best to save everyone.
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I was so excited and looking forward to playing. Don't get me wrong, I was aware of how dark the game was going to be, but I didn't know it was going to be dark to the point that it even affects me too. I am baffled by how this game can make me feel down or pessimistic.
I love how this game handles their story, it's not edgy or dramatic, they take the approach to creating Eorzea as if it's the real world. This is one of the few games that I actually feel like I am immersed in. FF14 demonstrates how being a hero and having the world depend on you is stressful as fuck. It's like I am carrying all of this weight on my shoulders after completing each expansion, I don't even know how I would keep functioning mentally if I were to actually switch places with my character.
When you look deeper into some dungeons and dialogue, you can't help but say "What the actual fuck?" Some of the NPC just deserve so much better and I hate how they had to die tragically, take Edda and Yotsuyu for example. The dungeons like Tam Tara Hard and Holminster Switch are also fucked up, you have to kill someone who went insane after the death of her husband for Tam Tara and you witness sin eaters infecting every animal and human being and you can't even save all of them because it's too late.
I don't know why some fans barely recognize this game as the darkest FF title. I feel so bad for my character, all of the traumatizing moments he experienced must've mentally screwed him and he is still trying to save everyone. I wouldn't even be surprised if he is actually broken beneath that stoic mask.
I know this is a weird thing to say, but appreciate your characters (or WOL whatever you call them). They have been through a lot and have many scars but they still stand and try their best to save everyone.
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