I mean, my young daughter has just started getting into more story based games (she was basically only Minecraft or animal crossing).

She isn’t old enough nor does she have the history in games to have anything to be nostalgic for, but she enjoys the game a lot. She accurately compared it to the genre of manga she likes to read. (Kimetsu no Yaiba/Fairy Tale/etc).

At the end of the day, I’m not asking for Shakespeare, or Spielberg, or even a drawn out James Cameron story. I’m perfectly satisfied with this Saturday Morning Cartoon level of story. I don’t want to have to keep a notebook to remember something that happened 6 months ago IRL in the patch cycle.

If I wanted something more complicated, I would play that game or watch that show instead.

I’m satisfied that FFXIV is exactly what is sells itself to be for me: casual, easy to get into/get out of fun.