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da

[(Anonymous)]

yeah and as someone who was into WoW something like 15 years ago, it was a little frustrating because you, the player character didn't really get acknowledged by the game. when you took down the latest world ending threat, it'd always cut to a cutscenes that showed the NPCs being cool (usually Thrall) and there was no indication that your character was there. all credit was canonly given to them although sometimes you'd get a nod in the text that they had the help of a band of brave adventurers. there was also a lot of annoyance from people who had been playing for years and the npcs would always act like they were meeting you for the first time despite whatever you did before, so when ffxiv came out and people found out that if you did other questslines it could affect the dialogue or at least give a nod to it (ie if you did the ninja job class then in a random quest where you had to sneak around a npc could mention something that recognized that you had unlocked ninja and had the skills). i think that's one reason why FFXIV was able to get a toe in WoW's playerbase because they actually made the player feel like part of the story versus being an accessory for the devs to use to jerk off their pet favorite.

i haven't really played wow since then so i have no idea what's going on, but i'm not surprised to hear that the writing got worse because it was already pretty bad back then.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

as someone who was never really interested in having my character acknowledged, it never bothered me personally. playing through quests to level and see the story was a gameplay conceit for me and totally separate from however i envisooned my actual character's story. in thinking about it, i can see why other people might prefer otherwise especially from a non-RP perspective, though.

buuuuut it's actually my least favorite part of the FFXIV story because i'm a weirdo who doesn't really like being the specialest guy in the room. i can't get into a lot of malleable protag ganes for the same reason, only ones with defined MCs.

Re: da

[(Anonymous)]

yeah i used to raid in wow so it did wear on me on how i’d spend hours doing a raid and then we’d get a cutscene where the faction leaders went “WE DID IT, WE SAVED AZEROTH!” every week for years

so ffxiv actually treating the PC like they matter was nice, but i totally get why others might not enjoy being the most special boy. tbh i have the opposite problem where it can be harder for me to get into a game if there isn’t a malleable protagonist. i’ve passed up on games that are considered the best of their genre just because the defined MC did not appeal to me at all.