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desertdragon · 5 months ago

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Semi Abt last post but I do think it's funny now that the first expac without all the history built up over the last decade from the other expansions since that plot ended in EW, the general reaction to DT story is people finally realizing these mfs can't write a cohesive campaign that isn't (95%) stale bread and empty platitudes

#like the wool is finally falling away #i have yet to see anyone like DT half as much as prev expacs even though they're all the same in essence #like the reality of the writing level is setting in #and that it lacks the novelty and pocket good writing that other expacs had makes its weakness stand out harder #and no i don't say all this bc i think it's entirely the fault WL exists she's only one aspect of the issue- the issues are structural #to single out WL here is to see a tree and miss the forest of nonsense #the thing that's crazy is even as a hater of the other expacs i can look back and argue where i disagreed-#this one is so boring it's not even worth taking a position to have any arguments or understand where someone else liked it #boring is always worse than bad #when i say it takes so long playing the story here for nothing to have ultimately felt it happened im being serious #i say campaign too bc the best CONSISTENTLY good to decent xiv stories are in side quests- they write best in bursts not campaigns #i feel this especially hard because that's also my personal weakness but working on La Vie en rose has been teaching me how to go longer #i beat DT in 2 days and a few hrs and the only character i connected with is sentient corn from a sidequest

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