Quote Originally Posted by Veloran View Post
Shadowbringers recieved nothing but glowing praise (more or less) because the narrative was far more tightly written and had far less plot holes and inconsistencies. Like the worst plot hole I can think of would be G'raha coming in at the end of 5.0 and despite being shot, beaten, exhausted, and far from the Crystal Tower, enacting a summoning spell for seven people that he barely managed to complete for WoL when we were helping him on our end. And this is very egregious, but people let it slide because it was part of possibly the best sequence in the entire game. Endwalker's issues are more widespread by comparison and affect much more than a single moment.
It's much easier to have less plot holes and inconsistencies when you're placing the the story entirely in a separate world and kinda have it doing its own thing. They were pretty much working with a blank slate. The Ascian plot is probably the only thing that affects the game world as a whole and it's the first time they really delved into it as the plans of the Ascians were extremely vague before that

Personally, I think Endwalker did a wonderful job tying lots of things together and giving them a satisfying end for such a long ending series.