Grummz isn't the best mouthpiece for criticism here. IIRC, his playtime was barely enough to have cleared the MSQ through Endwalker, let alone reach Dawntrail.
"Most insufferable character' also ignores Lyse, a similar waifu/mary-sue from Stormblood, which makes me think Grummz hasn't actually played through the MSQ. (Story skips are a thing, but that's also a black mark against anyone seriously critiquing the game's story.)
Even if the critique is based in fact, Grummz is enough of a clout-chaser to question his motives.
Lyse at least had the courtesy to not fucking hog most of your time in an expansion. You're stuck with that writer's pet furry for pretty much 90% of the quests.
And Lyse wasn't completely written as bad as Ms Popular Furry who basically learns nothing throughout the entire MSQ and gets some sudden hyper level spurt without a single day of training. Lyse at least has some character growth through Stormblood MSQ and didn't end up so strong that she does limit breaks like it's free.
The other 2 NPCs billed to be important to the MSQ got some bullshit 10-20 mins of combined MSQ time and that's it.
Also, in Stormblood the main character (that is, the player) remains the main character. It might be Lyse's story, but if she's Yuna, the player is Tidus. Dawntrail downgrades the main character from Tidus to Kimahri.
Grummz isn't the best mouthpiece for criticism here. IIRC, his playtime was barely enough to have cleared the MSQ through Endwalker, let alone reach Dawntrail.
"Most insufferable character' also ignores Lyse, a similar waifu/mary-sue from Stormblood, which makes me think Grummz hasn't actually played through the MSQ. (Story skips are a thing, but that's also a black mark against anyone seriously critiquing the game's story.)
Even if the critique is based in fact, Grummz is enough of a clout-chaser to question his motives.
Lyse at least had the courtesy to not fucking hog most of your time in an expansion. You're stuck with that writer's pet furry for pretty much 90% of the quests.
And Lyse wasn't completely written as bad as Ms Popular Furry who basically learns nothing throughout the entire MSQ and gets some sudden hyper level spurt without a single day of training. Lyse at least has some character growth through Stormblood MSQ and didn't end up so strong that she does limit breaks like it's free.
The other 2 NPCs billed to be important to the MSQ got some bullshit 10-20 mins of combined MSQ time and that's it.
Also, in Stormblood the main character (that is, the player) remains the main character. It might be Lyse's story, but if she's Yuna, the player is Tidus. Dawntrail downgrades the main character from Tidus to Kimahri.