As far as MMO's go FFXIV's storytelling is actually pretty great compared to how bare bones a lot of stories in various other MMO's tend to be. The developers do try their best to build an interesting and immersive game world - and the MSQ's have been a lot better in 3.0 compared to how they were in 2.0.
I do, however, dislike being treated like the 'main character'. Obviously it's impossible for the developers to offer enough options to let people approach quest objectives in whichever manner they wish but FFXIV is very guilty of taking the easy route and forcing the player character into being a generic 'good guy'.
I hope that when we move forward with the story that there's more focus on the Warrior of Light screwing up. Such as being told to kill someone, doing just that and then realising that they've made a grave mistake.Â
At the very least the story could highlight that all those generic soldiers that are slain actually have families and people that care about them as well as their own hopes, dreams and loyalties. I was hoping that they'd do something with Lucia along those lines when it was revealed that she was related to Livia...but they pretty much just made her completely fine with the entire affair.
I do, however, dislike being treated like the 'main character'. Obviously it's impossible for the developers to offer enough options to let people approach quest objectives in whichever manner they wish but FFXIV is very guilty of taking the easy route and forcing the player character into being a generic 'good guy'.
I hope that when we move forward with the story that there's more focus on the Warrior of Light screwing up. Such as being told to kill someone, doing just that and then realising that they've made a grave mistake.Â
At the very least the story could highlight that all those generic soldiers that are slain actually have families and people that care about them as well as their own hopes, dreams and loyalties. I was hoping that they'd do something with Lucia along those lines when it was revealed that she was related to Livia...but they pretty much just made her completely fine with the entire affair.
