As expected after a barrage of foreshadowing via exaggerated overestimation of the capabilities of the Warrior of Light and associated factions, the once-celebrated heroes are now fugitives. It's an unsurprising twist with both good and bad sides.
On one hand, FFXIV's plot would probably not last very long. If the hero keeps winning, there's no true conflict and no true development. In this particular case, having a 16-year-old commanding a paramilitary organisation with some success was already straining very hard at the seams of verisimilitude.
On the other, it was very nice to imagine for a brief moment what happens after the hero saves the world. As in, to believe that a fall was not inevitable and to play through the slow day-to-day life after the credits roll.
It also makes me wonder: this story is still going on after roughly a decade. How many other falls and how many resurgences will follow?
On one hand, FFXIV's plot would probably not last very long. If the hero keeps winning, there's no true conflict and no true development. In this particular case, having a 16-year-old commanding a paramilitary organisation with some success was already straining very hard at the seams of verisimilitude.
On the other, it was very nice to imagine for a brief moment what happens after the hero saves the world. As in, to believe that a fall was not inevitable and to play through the slow day-to-day life after the credits roll.
It also makes me wonder: this story is still going on after roughly a decade. How many other falls and how many resurgences will follow?