Talk:Rieze Maxia

Worldbuilding
I've been wondering this for a while now. So, Rieze Maxia is a large and populous continent. Is it on the same planet as Elympios, veiled by the schism? Another planet? An entirely different realm? Maxwell created the "world" of Rieze Maxia, but where is it exactly? Once the schism is dispelled, it's shown to be a mere island-sized continent compared to Elympios on the same planet. Also, is Elympios sort of like the Mainland in ToL? We're never able to see how large it is exactly? In that same regard, is it underpopulated? Or do the events of the story only encompass a small portion of the "continent"? There seems to be a large mountain range to the north and east. What's beyond that? Anything? If so, do humans populate that area? Is there mention of any of these things in ToX2?

As you can see from this map, Rieze Maxia is relatively small compared to Elympios, and the visited places in Elympios don't even put a dent in the size of that which seems to be a large continent.

All that being said, I have my own opinion of the game's plot. A big part of me feels that Maxwell did right by creating Rieze Maxia, a seemingly ideal world, and letting Elympios rot. Elympions may be good people, but there's some sort of overbearing evil there I can't seem to let go. They abused their world despite Maxwell's warnings, and then they tried ruining another world and killing millions (?) of people in it to continue the same destructive behavior. This isn't even Exodus I'm talking about; Exodus is the organization in Rieze Maxia. If the Elympions had never tried penetrate the schism, the game's plot would have never occurred.

The penetration of the schism was what led to the E.S.S. Zenethra passing through the dimensional breach, and its members became the founders of Exodus, who introduced spyrix technology to Rieze Maxia. Had the Elympions never interfered with Rieze Maxia, they would have died out because of their destructive behavior, and Rieze Maxia could have continued to flourish. Sure, you have innate human behavior to deal with, which leads to wars, but things could have been fine. How desperately did Elympions need to use spyrix? Because it seemed to be that it was largely a uncontrollable, ever-increasing problem that provided nothing but convenience and luxury.

On that same note, if Maxwell was able to create a world in which humans possess mana lobes that allow them to maintain the power balance with spirits, why couldn't he do this with the Elympions? I suppose because they still wouldn't have stopped using spyrix now that the knew about and had access to it? Do they have a certain destructive behavior? Did he feel the world was too far gone? That maybe they didn't deserve such an opportunity? All these questions come to mind, but since I haven't played ToX2, I don't fully understand all there is to know, if that makes sense.

Arosia (talk) 22:30, January 12, 2017 (UTC)