The writing has hit a new low. Hire some decent writers, and make Shadowlands an old god induced coma.
In all honesty, the last time I enjoyed WoWâs story was in Legion. Each class/spec had their own individual lore, own class hall, we all fight against the burning legion (one of the oldest enemies of warcraft).
It just isnât the same anymore, the new enemies are like clowns⌠especially mister big robot man who ran out of batteries.
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Yeah, that ending wasâŚsomething, oof lol.
Anyway, hereâs FF14âs lead writer for Shadowbringers and Endwalker getting a standing ovation at PAX a couple years ago:
Maybe one day, Steve, maybe one day.
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Now thatâs an interesting thought. Some people have indicated that the jailer and SL is a retcon, contrary to the âloreâ, etc. That might all make sense if he doesnât really exist and the whole of SL is a NâZoth induced hallucination, as was his demise back in BFA, as he prepares to unleash his plans for Azeroth in 10.x.
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I like this idea, the whole thing was just a dream and our characters have been in a coma for 3 years.
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We canât. That would mean all the war crimes Sylvanas did in BfA would still be loose ends, and weâd have to spend yet another expansion dealing with her.
Please god no.
This is the problem with daisy-chaining all these goddarned expansions together.
I guess when you hit rock bottom, thereâs no where to go but up.
That said, Good game. Bad Story.
Also not a problem. The âwar crimesâ never really happened. They were just another hallucination created by NâZoth to put his enemies at each otherâs throats while faking his own death.
There is no reality in which the WoW writers will ever try to convince the playerbase that the last four years of their life in-game meant absolutely nothing.
Hmmmm. Maybe this would work.
It would be the worst decision that any game developers could ever make because it would create the expectation that players can directly influence story development.
I donât think any game company would want that set as a common practice.
They did anyway. It was called BFA and Shadowlands.
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The âit was all a dreamâ trope has been liberally used in media before.
At this point, itâs probably a warning more than anything else. I canât think of a single time it was ever used to great effect where the audience walked away pleased. It just punishes you for ever being invested to begin with.
Youâre going to have to elaborate on this. Just name dropping those two expansions doesnât produce the âoomphâ that I think you think it does.
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The âworstâ decision? That might have some competition. Also it wouldnât create the expectation you suggested if this development in the story was their intention all along. (Coff. Coff. : )
I meanâŚdoes it in actuality?
Oh you liked the story in BFA? The whole azerite slingshots can reach across a wide body of water that gives anyone fatigue to burn a tree lore? The Sylvanas 4-D chess that didnât culminate into much? NâZoth being killed off so easily after being built up so long? Only for us to find out there is a bigger threat we donât know of yet, then we get into this expac and the next big baddie tells us that thereâs a bigger threat than this? Despite none of this being that big of a threat because none of it really gets the culmination it deserved?
What is bad story to you?
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The way itâs written, it almost does come off as a bad dream
I made a post about how trying to convince players that 4 years of game lore equates to âit was all just a dreamâ would go over very poorly.
You read that as âBFA and Shadowlands are good writing, actually.â
It is possible that you are so blinded by your hatred for the writing that you are inventing opponents where they do not exist.
No I said it doesnât matter because they already wasted our time with the lore of BFA and Shadowlands and you come back with that doesnât have the oomph I think it does.
Well what did they do that didnât waste our time?
We are still exactly where weâve been the other times some big bad that isnât really that bad told us there is something worse on the horizon.
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Why give them a free pass when they are givinâ us another WoD with Shadowlands being abandoned. That is inexcusable. This fever dream suggestions are fun memes, but itâs not ok.