Generally, do you like the lore/story so far?

[JeanneOrnitier]

ABsolutely, yes. Shadowbringers is one of the best stories in a game I have ever played, it has everything I enjoy in a JRPG in one place. My favorite game series of all time is Kingdom Hearts and Shadowbringers is evocative of it in many ways.

The only time I didn't enjoy the MSQ was Stormblood, which was a slog from launch to the last patch. It had serious pacing issues, they tried too hard to make Yotsuyu sympathetic when she was too cruel to deserve any sympathy, and Zenos was a horrid, flat character of a villain. I enjoyed its side stories like the raids and trial series though.

[Brightamethyst]

The only time I didn't enjoy the MSQ was Stormblood, which was a slog from launch to the last patch. It had serious pacing issues, they tried too hard to make Yotsuyu sympathetic when she was too cruel to deserve any sympathy, and Zenos was a horrid, flat character of a villain. I enjoyed its side stories like the raids and trial series though.

Stormblood's biggest story issue is that it tried to do too much all at once. Doing Doma and Ala Mhigo at the time didn't allow either of them to get the love and attention they deserved. The split focus made it hard to connect with the stories and characters in time allotted. The best stories in SB came in the from of side quests where there was a laser focus on a single point (Omega, some job quests, anything from the Dotharl tribe, etc.)