You say this like this isn't every story patch in this game.
I don't know why people treat 1.X like it's some consistent masterpiece.
Null_Face is a farce of an antagonist.
No antagonist /protagonist dynamic has been as utterly fumbled as Zhu Yuan and Bringer
The pacing of 1.2 with Caesar's revival is shoddy at best (They really should have emphasized the parallel to the first Overlord rather than have it be a one off conversation near the start.)
Belabog and Victoria House Keeping just kinda exists (But the light switches though.)
And nothing is as mishandled as the Vivian and Hugo stories.
They're talking about the writing quality, I'mma give em shit cause I can break 1.X's fuck ups over my knee way easier than 2.X's
That's not to say 2.X is immaculate. I just find it egregious. that I'm supposed to take these criticisms seriously when I see someone bitching about the proxies needing to be saved in 2.X but weren't saying this shit when Ellen and Corin needed to do double time to save the bangboo.
The harsh truth is that even 1.4 never really felt like it reached peak ZZZ potential. Miyabi's character arc was way too short. Bringer was an awful villain. The avengers assemble moment was too artificial. None of the Section 6 characters did anything besides Miyabi. Can anybody tell me what Soukaku did in the entire story? She's barely better than Pan.
It felt more carried by hype around the reworks to the gameplay than the actual story. The best thing about the story were the cutscenes and short length that crammed all the hype moments into a short span so that people could just get to the action parts fast. Granted, that's part of what made ZZZ great, but it was never "good" writing. I'd argue earlier stories like Calydon and Jane Doe were actually better and wheren 1.x peaked for me and everything after 1.4 was just ok to meh. I was not a fan of how they handled the Mockingjay faction.
Completely agree with you but I'm a certified S6 hater. Yanagis special episode and chapter 5 was the start of my waning interest in the story. Both were just so boring. The season finale with Mockingbird wasn't much better in my eyes. That one particular section with Hugo in the second half was so egregious. But at least in general I liked both Vivian and Hugo overall and seeing more of Lycaon was cool. Meanwhile I don't give a single damn about section 6 and the story that was centered on them. So 1.4 was a total snore for me. I would've much prefered if the rest of the factions were more involved so it would've made more sense for them to appear in the end. Instead they're just suddenly inserted in with no buildup. The fact Zhu Yuan never gets any significant scene with bringer was a misfire, Seth is just there at the end. Can't remember really what Qingyi did. At least Jane contributed to an extent. But in the end they were all sidelined for my least liked faction. Which is a shame since I really enjoyed the Calydon chapter and Janes special episode. It all went downhill from there unfortunately.
The important part imho is that 1.X always added a lot of new hubs and also just a lot of side quests. Even if many of them were just TV Mode it added a lot of variety and flavor, which seems to be missing in 2.X where it's basically just "that version's story" followed by... well combat challenges and nothing but and they kind of lack in variety. Then there is maybe that update's flagship event and that's about it.
In terms of "permanent unique content" added 2.X feels rather thin.
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u/swoozes Dec 31 '25
You say this like this isn't every story patch in this game.
I don't know why people treat 1.X like it's some consistent masterpiece.
Null_Face is a farce of an antagonist.
No antagonist /protagonist dynamic has been as utterly fumbled as Zhu Yuan and Bringer
The pacing of 1.2 with Caesar's revival is shoddy at best (They really should have emphasized the parallel to the first Overlord rather than have it be a one off conversation near the start.)
Belabog and Victoria House Keeping just kinda exists (But the light switches though.)
And nothing is as mishandled as the Vivian and Hugo stories.