(12-04-2014, 04:09 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(12-04-2014, 04:02 PM)Verad Wrote: And yet, Exalted.
Taking Exalted seriously is the first step to not enjoying Exalted, I've found.
I agree. FF14 is the same way.Â
There are some serious elements in this, same as there are in Exalted, but this is also a setting in which you can get jerked around on ridiculous levequests, you help a goblin clear out a dragon from its village so you can get a particularly noxious cheese, NPCs are constantly engaged in squatting contests for no good reason, and one of the ongoing questlines involves an idiot inspector, equally idiotic sidekick, and a kabuki actor who uses a chicken 1/100th of his size to fly around.
And it's not as if the settings are distinct in how they justify character abilities - substitute "essence" for "aether" and it might as well be the same. Why are Sidereals able to manipulate the stars and astrology? Essence. Why are Solars able to perfect everything? Essence. Why are there dinosaurs that pee heroin? Essence!
What you do with Exalted, you can do with FF14. You have the power!
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