Originally Posted by
Drindorai
And as I, and others, have been saying all along, saying, "I didn't like what of the story I saw" is perfectly acceptable. I know people who are like that and quit before finishing ARR. But to then generalize it into, "The story of FF14 is bad" is where people push back against it, especially if you only saw about 20% of it.
There is a notable difference between, "I didn't like my experience with this thing" and "this thing is bad." I'm not sure how else to explain it if you cannot see the difference. One is clearly framing it as a personal opinion about something subjectively while the other is, if not explicitly, than implicitly making what is very close to an objective statement.
You can find ARR's story to be bad, or cheesy, or 'too anime,' or whatever and stop playing the game. Go for it, you do you. I hope you find a game or something that you like better. Not liking a lot of ARR is a pretty common reaction. But if you then begin going, "FF14's story is bad!" when people are talking about stuff you aren't even aware of, you're essentially arguing from a place of overall authority on a subject when you've experienced a fraction of it.