When does the story get good?

[MosseN]

Hey guys when does the story get good? Im on heavensware everyone says its good here but have yet too enjoy it. I just helped get alphaneud n tataru out of trial by combat and everything is just boring me thus far. The dialouge drags and doesnt seem too provide any value too the over arching story thus far. more just a reason to give fetch quests purpose. We literally have done nothing to provide any narrative too the story which is freeing the scions just stupid back to back errands. I ask cause i love the final fantasy series and this is the first game im not enjoying the story at all. Gameplay is great though. Also side not do any good youtubers make summarys of the storys and lore? If so i might just skip anr watch those videos because im boree out of my mind reasing menatounus dialouge.

[Snerkus]

yeah, i don't want to be mean but you do seem like someone who has trouble with dialogue. the runup to Heavensward is where i'd say it "gets good", though I think ARR is alright too. might just not be for you

[Zordiark Darkeater]

Thats subjective.
For me it was Shadowbringers where the whole story started to be good.

Heavensward and Stormblood i only really liked SOME parts of the story with some characters but most of them was a Borefest for me.

[Silamon]

Honestly, I played ARR when it was new and thought it was fine. HW was definitely what got me invested in the story but its not like ARR was complete garbage either, it had too much filler and some really cringe moments, but it also had some good moments too.

But like the above said, it is completely subjective. If you don't typically enjoy jrpg plots, you won't like this one either.

[MosseN]

Originally posted by Silamon:

Honestly, I played ARR when it was new and thought it was fine. HW was definitely what got me invested in the story but its not like ARR was complete garbage either, it had too much filler and some really cringe moments, but it also had some good moments too.

But like the above said, it is completely subjective. If you don't typically enjoy jrpg plots, you won't like this one either.

i love jrpg plots iv enjoyed almost every FF games story so far. this game just feels bloated with fat in its dialogue that it never gets too the point. not just FF games xenoblade shenmue, dragon quest, etc etc. there the main kinda games i play for story but this game just feels lacking but i feel its just do course for a mmo.

[MosseN]

Originally posted by Snerkus:

yeah, i don't want to be mean but you do seem like someone who has trouble with dialogue. the runup to Heavensward is where i'd say it "gets good", though I think ARR is alright too. might just not be for you

Lol yea does come across rude considering that literally makes no sense LMAO.

[Zordiark Darkeater]

Originally posted by MosseN:

Originally posted by Silamon:

Honestly, I played ARR when it was new and thought it was fine. HW was definitely what got me invested in the story but its not like ARR was complete garbage either, it had too much filler and some really cringe moments, but it also had some good moments too.

But like the above said, it is completely subjective. If you don't typically enjoy jrpg plots, you won't like this one either.

i love jrpg plots iv enjoyed almost every FF games story so far. this game just feels bloated with fat in its dialogue that it never gets too the point

Yes thats ARR.
Its horrible almost nobody likes it.
Its suuuuper long with tooo many filler.

it gets better as you progress the story/expansions Don't worry about it.
Shadowbringers and Endwalker are Waaaaaaay above them when it comes to quality Story telling and characters.

Mostly only watch the Voiced Dialogue... most of the not voiced parts in the MSQ is just blablabla that you know or will know anyway.

[Caz]

It's good from the start. Unless you don't like story-centric games, in which case you'll never like it.

[weiss]

Originally posted by MosseN:

Hey guys when does the story get good? Im on heavensware everyone says its good here but have yet too enjoy it. I just helped get alphaneud n tataru out of trial by combat and everything is just boring me thus far. The dialouge drags and doesnt seem too provide any value too the over arching story thus far. more just a reason to give fetch quests purpose. We literally have done nothing to provide any narrative too the story which is freeing the scions just stupid back to back errands. I ask cause i love the final fantasy series and this is the first game im not enjoying the story at all. Gameplay is great though. Also side not do any good youtubers make summarys of the storys and lore? If so i might just skip anr watch those videos because im boree out of my mind reasing menatounus dialouge.

the best answer to this is:
when you start to like it.
other then that will many peoples just tell you "survive ARR" xD.

[Zordiark Darkeater]

Originally posted by Caz:

It's good from the start. Unless you don't like story-centric games, in which case you'll never like it.

Yeah thats not how it works XD

[Raynn von Valancius]

It might just be you, my friend. I’m in a similar situation.

I find the MSQ boring and lackluster in every sense of the word. It’s predictable, has major pacing issues, and consistently employees what I call ‘downturns’ in the action to drag out the content a bit longer.

A downturn is when they make you do something extremely silly that’s part of the MSQ but is only tied to the main story by the flimsiest of threads.

Aka, weeding an old ladies garden because she has information you need to stop the destruction of all the realms.

Chasing a cat person who wants to be the new mayor as he ‘connects with the people’.

Capturing a ‘grizzled mouse’ simply so an NPC can tell you the same crap you already knew.

It’s tiresome. There are high points in that story, but you have to slog through countless hours of garbage to get to them. It doesn’t help that, and this is my opinion, the supporting cast is the worst I’ve experienced in a FF game. I don’t connect with any of them and they always seem to make the dumbest choices out of our available options. But you HAVE to do it. Everything is tied to the MSQ.

My playtime nosedives anytime they add MSQ stuff, because it’s a chore for me. I still haven’t finished Endwalker. I can only do a quest or two before the infantile writing drives me away.

But in my mind, the rest of the game makes it worth it. The dungeons, raids, music, class system, they all combine to create the best MMORPG currently out.

But don’t be like me. If you haven’t gotten into the story by Heavensward, just realize it’s not going to get better. I kept hoping for more and it always ended in disappointment. So I look at the other major positives of the game which keeps me excited about the title.

[Matthew]

it's just a story that's designed to be slower pace than a normal final fantasy game because it's a mmo, mmo's are designed to be time sinks, it's just something you have to temper your expectations on, it being a mmo is also why there are plenty of quest where the story is moved along with fetch quests and chains of talking to people

[Raynn von Valancius]

Originally posted by weeb matthew:

it's just a story that's designed to be slower pace than a normal final fantasy game because it's a mmo, mmo's are designed to be time sinks, it's just something you have to temper your expectations on, it being a mmo is also why there are plenty of quest where the story is moved along with fetch quests and chains of talking to people

I've played almost every MMORPG under the sun at this point. From Asheron's Call, to SWG, to WoW, to GW2 and even obscure titles like Sword of Legends/Secret World/Tera.

Fetch quests are part of all of them, but very few do story content extensively. But even looking at the ones that do (ESO, SWTOR, GW2) their stories are far more engaging and immersive than FF14's is.

But it's all personal taste in the end. We all like different things. I just wish the community didn't push so much on the story stuff. Because the quality of this game is incredible, but for a pretty significant group the MSQ is a chore. Most responses I see when someone dislikes the story are in the vibe of 'it's not for you' or 'go play something else'.

I think that cheapens all the other great things about the title. The actual game play, raids, dungeons, the music, the community. The game is insanely good even if you find the story lackluster. It was just disappointing as hell to me that I kept looking for that hook from the story and it never came (the third act of Shadowbringers was the closest it came, because that was dope as hell). But then I had to chase the cat mayor....

[Sunny]

The story is to this game what shooting is to Call of Duty.

That's why people recommend you find something else to play when you complain about the story.

[causality]

For me it got good at ARR but it seems ARR is the plebeian filter.

[Sylph]

well, I wouldn't keep playing something I don't enjoy and neither should you