As Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P hopes upcoming patches "show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great," patch 7.1 makes a start by redubbing one of Dawntail's most memed-upon scenes
Nov. 12, 2024Yoshida also said the abuse the voice actor has received “breaks his heart”
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The climatic battle of Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail expansion has got some new voice work, whichfollows comments from producer and director Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshidathat the team hopes to “show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great” as the abuse thrown at the English VA behind the lead “breaks his heart.”
If you log into the MMO today, you’ll findFinal Fantasy 14’s 7.1 patchwaiting for you. The highlights are a few more hours of story content, the debut of the Final Fantasy 11 crossover raid, and much more. What fans are noticing, though, is that some dialog has been spruced up in the expansion’s final encounter.
If you haven’t completed Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail expansion, here’s your spoiler warning for the rest of this post.
Still here? Grand. Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail expansion concludes with one big fight against the big bad Sphene. There are mechanics to learn, a boss to hit, and eventually, you’ll get a cutscene where Wuk Lamat joins the fun. Unfortunately, the delivery of her dialogdidn’t quite landfor fans of the MMO, which wouldn’t be as much of an issue if the expansion’s overall story itself did. Alas, it did not. As our ownFinal Fantasy 14 Dawntrail reviewlays out, the tale has pacing issues and Wuk Lamat doesn’t get the best showing.
It’s something Yoshida has since commented on himself. Speaking toCheckpoint Gaming, Yoshi-P says he expected some of the feedback and that the team is taking notes on comments regarding pacing. When it comes to Wuk Lamat, Yoshida says she’s a complex character that the team could’ve done better with.
“We accept that feedback,” he said. “I feel a little sorry that we weren’t able to properly depict her. We may have been able to make her more straightforward, so we’re pushing her in the forefront as this character. But again, we’re going to be reflecting that learning into [content patch 7.1] and onward, we’re hoping that we can show more of what makes Wuk Lamat so great, and I’m hoping that we can regain from there.”
Reading Yoshida’s comments earlier, I expected we’d see more of Wuk Lamat in the story content going forward, though another go at older dialog was something I hadn’t thought of. Still, as a Wuk Lamat enjoyer myself, I hope the battle against Sphene will now resonate with more fans a little better than it once did.
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It also bears repeating that criticism of Wuk Lamat in Dawntrail is messy. As Yoshida says himself, some of the abuse directed at the protagonist’s English VA is less about Dawntrail and more about how she chooses to identify. Following the expansion’s release, Sena Bryer, a trans woman, came forward to say she and her family suffered abuse, including threats and more.
“There were comments about how we are too accepting of diversity – some people seem to be disapproving of that,” he said. “I’m afraid one of our staff members received very negative comments and it almost felt like a personal attack, which breaks my heart, because she worked really hard and these criticisms were not constructive at all.”
Final Fantasy 14’s 7.1 patch – Crossroads, to give it its glitzier name – is out now.
Final Fantasy 14’s patch 7.1 notes are here and it’s good news, MMO fans - over 118 shoes have been spruced up to make your feet look better than ever.
Iain joins the GamesRadar team as Deputy News Editor following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When not helping Ali run the news team, he can be found digging into communities for stories – the sillier the better. When he isn’t pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new hat, you’ll find him amassing an army of Pokemon plushies.
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