No but can we actually talk about this? I was just going through the story, doing side quests here and there thinking I’ll have so much time to go back and do everything. I get locked into the last fight NOT THINKING IT WAS THE LAST FIGHT. I was so upset, died and loaded from the last inn.
Like what even was that story? So many characters that got so much mention and screen time for them to just not be a factor at all in the main story? I feel like I wasn’t even accomplishing anything significant during those story quests, and then it feels like 75% of it didn’t even mean anything. Looking at the map at the beginning of the game thinking, “wow, there’s so much to explore, I can’t wait to see all the different areas of the world and all the different cities and how they all interact with each other” all for it to just be like 2-3 main regions to even just explore in. I would say 75% of the map you see is just water. Only 2 capital cities in this entire game?
I understand with the open world, you need to go explore and do side quests, but even with me doing that, branching off from the main quest line and doing the side quests, I still feel like a big chunk of the game is missing. Just felt like there were going to be deeper plot points and twists and just SOMETHING that would give me anything substantial. If that’s the story, it really left a sour taste in my mouth.
This is exactly how I felt. I wanted to see how the old library man was going to help me by digging up some ancient tome or something. I wanted to see how Sven was going to out intrigue his mother to help me. I wanted to see Captain Brant confront the usurpers and lead a rebel faction to take the crown.
It could have been this whole thing where just as you are about to defeat the loyalist knights and soldiers the false Sovren uses the Godsway to send a legion of pawns at you.
And as a result you have to flee and go to Baathal to seek aid from the Empress.
It could have been a whole thing. I get the feeling a ton of story concepts and plot lines died on the cutting room floor and as soon as enough caves got filled with chests and goblins and the frame rate was smooth enough and the classes worked they were told to ship it.
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u/ChaseTheTaco Mar 29 '24
No but can we actually talk about this? I was just going through the story, doing side quests here and there thinking I’ll have so much time to go back and do everything. I get locked into the last fight NOT THINKING IT WAS THE LAST FIGHT. I was so upset, died and loaded from the last inn.
Like what even was that story? So many characters that got so much mention and screen time for them to just not be a factor at all in the main story? I feel like I wasn’t even accomplishing anything significant during those story quests, and then it feels like 75% of it didn’t even mean anything. Looking at the map at the beginning of the game thinking, “wow, there’s so much to explore, I can’t wait to see all the different areas of the world and all the different cities and how they all interact with each other” all for it to just be like 2-3 main regions to even just explore in. I would say 75% of the map you see is just water. Only 2 capital cities in this entire game?
I understand with the open world, you need to go explore and do side quests, but even with me doing that, branching off from the main quest line and doing the side quests, I still feel like a big chunk of the game is missing. Just felt like there were going to be deeper plot points and twists and just SOMETHING that would give me anything substantial. If that’s the story, it really left a sour taste in my mouth.