It's fine, I don't know. x.4 patches are always hit-or-miss and this was just kinda okay.
Well, this was an interesting one. I found the limsa world-building quite enjoyable, the tempered 'cure' could have slightly been developed more though and I am still unsure what to think of the villain build-up for Endwalker. When it comes to this patch I specifically enjoyed the content outside of MSQ, Eden's conclusion was good and I really dig how Sorrow of Werlyt continues to develop.
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In terms of story content sadly 5.4 has to be one of the worst patches in terms of MSQ post A Realm Reborn, The return to the source is incredibly slow and only the dungeon and the ending really make up for anything. I suppose there's some nice limsa world building but we are nearing Endwalker :( why is the focus here??? its a complete sidetrack.
This game never fails to impress me; right when I think stuff is slowing down for a bit and maybe the story will with it they pull me right back in
10/10
10/10
I was quite honestly ecstatic with the story finally tackling tempering and that someone cared enough to make it their life's mission to revert the process. If anything, it seems like the questline resolves too quickly. An incurable affliction that was commonly solved through execution (that moment in which Thancred offhandedly mentions Ul'dah would put all people we saw being tempered by Ifrit to the sword was one the darkest throughout ARR, imho), suddenly curable with an almost 100% success rate, given enough resources.
I also appreciated how 5.x in general has been slowly bringing "beastmen" into the fold as sentient beings worthy of respect. I 100% do not trust any Eorzean nation to not betray them again, given how racist they all are, but it's very nice that the narrative finally addresses the issue with some degree of attention.
I also appreciated how 5.x in general has been slowly bringing "beastmen" into the fold as sentient beings worthy of respect. I 100% do not trust any Eorzean nation to not betray them again, given how racist they all are, but it's very nice that the narrative finally addresses the issue with some degree of attention.