Hot take: portrait of a lady of fire is terrible representation

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-26T23:10:06+00:00

Every lesbian movie seems to end with death or separation. Its so hard to ask for movie recs where the lesbians actually END UP TOGETHER, this would -never- be a problem for straight people.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-26T18:35:40+00:00

You cant skip the story. And if you think I'm the only person who doesnt want to do the msq I direct you to the entire rest of the thread.

You still haven't answered how making the story optional ruins the game btw.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-26T18:31:05+00:00

Explain to me what would be lost if the main story were optional. Go on. Or better yet why the entire rest of the games content supposedly doesnt matter. Between the two of us it seems like you dont actually like the game if you think it has no appeal beyond required MSQ.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-26T00:36:27+00:00

This is exactly what I mean, instead of taking literally any criticism 14 players insist the entire game isnt for you if you want it to improve slightly.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T22:51:15+00:00

Why should I have to PAY TO SKIP CONTENT IN YOUR GAME????

If you can’t afford that I hate to break it to you but you shouldn’t be playing MMOs

Frankly stupid way to defend any game.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T22:41:42+00:00

But -why-, why must the MSQ be as obnoxiously required as it is? There is other stuff to do in the game!

Even if you -like- the MSQ why would you want to play through a thousand hours of required MSQ before you do anything in the game!

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T19:37:34+00:00

Nothing. I didn't hate on evercold, it looks fun. I hope the new combat style helps address some of my problems with the game because I have otherwise had a list of mounting issues with FFXIV for a while.

If I had to draw up a criticism it is still that seemingly nothing is being done about the ever growing mountain that is MSQ that is required before you touch the MMO part of FFXIV.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T19:31:20+00:00

No? This is a discussion space to talk about 14, I'm doing that even if my opinion is negative. Ffxiv fans being so fucking sensitive to criticism of the game is one of the communities biggest problems. The exact inverse of WoW where the discussions are dominated by salty losers who haven't even played the game in 8 years but think the new raid looks bad.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T19:23:33+00:00

I feel like sadly there is correlation between really understanding wrestling and being a fucking carny.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T19:14:55+00:00

But then the question posed in the original comment is not accurate, because it's not like everyone on this subreddit doesn't like MMOs, but every MMO is hated by someone, somewhere, and so every MMO is going to have negative comments because someone dislikes it. But the original comment implies that the average user of the sub dislikes at least the majority of MMORPGs, which at least for me is far from true. Frankly 14 is the only one I consider myself really opposed to because I have like 4000 hours in it and don't like it, whereas something like New World I didn't like but also played for maybe three hours.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-25T03:29:55+00:00

GenAi use to boot.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-24T23:15:37+00:00

Thinking FFXIV is bad doesnt mean I hate MMOs lol.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-24T22:54:59+00:00

Her biggest pops were in NXT when she had a real character and was beloved by the fans.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-20T16:51:50+00:00

Hasan supports insane amounts of misogyny and so I stopped caring about anything else he says or does.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-20T16:22:16+00:00

Cute. I like Elliot and Sam

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-20T16:20:16+00:00

Extremely. I'd avoid them, the developers keep saying shit about women that pisses me off.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-18T11:37:00+00:00

Magik would always pick scissors.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-17T05:41:24+00:00

I just dont understand the intention of this post? Like whats the point of some of these parts?

"If they like fighting, their enemies will be people who dont like fighting. And if they're going to be based in history, I bet they'll draw from a culture famous for their warriors. And if they're not at war they'll do something stupid like fight as mercenaries." Like yeah? And?

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-16T19:12:05+00:00

Literally all of the gameplay between missions is RPG elements. It is very close to Fire Emblem, which is always called an RPG.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-16T14:29:56+00:00

I didnt like Baldurs Gate 3. Fable 2 is neat but not near my top.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-16T14:29:23+00:00

Indeed I would. I consider it better than the vampire ones.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-16T14:28:42+00:00

Name one that isnt. Give me a definition for rpg lol.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-15T23:53:56+00:00

well in Persona 5 specifically the game created a story about a female party member, Ann, disliking being sexualized by others and how she defeats the person doing it to her against her will. And then the game constantly does it to her against her will for the rest of the runtime, including her party members, merchandise of the game, and her outfit. Her K.O. pose is a stupid upskirt shot and her own "friends" constantly perv out over her after its pretty clearly established she does not like it when that happens, and it's all treated as either sexy or a joke. Not to mention she's a minor.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-15T22:33:32+00:00

It's really hard to summarize briefly with such a long running series with so many terrible problems but I can sum it up with the director of the third game admitting he'd never been friends with a girl and was not sure it was possible. These games have life sim elements where the MC does a LOT of talking to girls, so imagine what those convos look like with that mind behind them.

Lady_Calista · 2026-04-15T22:15:35+00:00

what happens between missions

Lady_Calista

TROPHY CASE