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

[aveyond-dreams]

You're right in that the comparisons to Persona are inaccurate in this regard because at least Persona games have stakes and the characters actually grow up over the course of the game without going backwards like Alphinaud does each expansion. If you want a story that handles "end of the world" sort of vibes, I would recommend someone go play Persona instead of FFXIV.

I cannot wait for what sort of new themes they try to impart on us in the Void, who knows maybe they'll even go further than they did with them in Endwalker, assuming that's even possible. Imagine if they actually focused on entertaining first and moralizing second. Then perhaps we'd have a story that imparts its messages more naturally instead of the forced manner that Endwalker did.