I jumped on the bandwagon when the game got popular and recently finished Heavensward. I'm not going to go into spoilers, but the game has some of the worst politics I've ever seen in a videogame. I didn't expect anything good, but jfc it was so much worse than I imagined, especially the first part, ARR.

Anyway, I don't want to spoil anything for people who might want to try it out, but I have to share my pain with someone or my head will explode. I didn't know if I should post it here or on the dunk tank, but it's a screenshot from a videogame, so I settled on this community.

I present to you: the worst take of all times. For context, that's basically the protagonist and the leader of the organization that tries to pretent world ending events. And if anyone thinks that just means killing monsters, they also overthrow corrupt kings and fight evil empires. In the most liberal way possible, it's insufferable.

  • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I enjoy playing FFXIV but the whole game is basically an endorsement of the Great Man of History theory. I suppose it couldn’t be any other way though since it’s basically a single player MMORPG and they want to make you (the Warrior of Light) feel special.

    There are some interesting quests at level 70 and 80 which

    spoiler

    question Eorzea’s colonial relationship with beast tribes

    that are different though.

    • chiefecula [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I don't mind the protagonist trope in a fictional world with magic and gods, of course in that setting great men will be far more influential than in the real one.

      I just wish the main characters did something good with their powers because they believe in improving the world, not because they want to keep the status quo.

      I'm asking too much, I know. In capitalist fiction, only villains are allowed to try and improve the world.

        • chiefecula [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          I might make another post after I'm done with the whole story, but considering how long it's taking me, it probably won't happen for a while.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The part when

      post stormblood patch quest

      Emperor Galvus calls the Eorzean Alliance a bunch of hypocrites for preaching freedom while being colonizers, calls the peace treaty at the end of Heavensward "easy when you kill all who oppose you", and points out that all you did for Doma was swap one group of nobles for a different one

      was so good! I almost wanted an option for the WoL to defect, if not for the fact that the person saying it was literally an emperor.