What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Rulakir]

Nomura/Ishikawa collab without any meddling when?

Oh lord, I'm Nomura. :P I still want to know what his original vision was for FFXV. I didn't end up liking any of the protagonists except for Ignis (Lunafreya is one of the worst female characters I've had the misfortune to come across) and Ardyn is close to tied to being my all time favorite antagonist next to Emet.

Left to my own devices, I'm a mercenary/anti-hero. I don't relate to 'goody-two-shoes' types and I'm a Fordola-level realist. If I had any choice in the matter Esteem would've taken over as the WoL and it would've been awesome. I only side with the villains if they're compelling.

I went in not caring either way about Hydaelyn but not actually believing that she was a villain and came out feeling that she very much was an antagonist and she's now my least liked character in the entire game thus far.

I went in expecting nuance. I figured she'd be handled similarly to Emet. I did not expect her to evil. Instead, her actions were far worse than I anticipated (the sundering being intentional and with knowledge of the future) with gaslighting the likes I've never seen to try to convince me she wasn't a 'bad guy'. Someone on Reddit said she would've made an amazing villain if the writers/devs had the stones to depict her as such and I'd have to agree.