Synodic Scribe's "The Steady Change in Writing..." Video

[JohnLakeside]

Here's my controversial take as someone midway through EW. ARR (despite its weak main narrative) through Stormblood felt like playing inside an amazing fantasy novel. I genuinely think Stormblood gave us a bona fide masterclass in handling themes of imperialism and nationhood.

I also believe ARR through Stormblood is the real 'trilogy' of the Hydaelyn saga, despite most people considering it to be Stormblood through EW. But to be fair, I haven’t finished EW yet.

Anyway, starting with Shadowbringers, the writing became so focused on plotplotplot and big reveals that it just started to feel like… well, a video game (whoa). But seriously, somewhere along the line, the writers stopped caring about giving the people and world of FFXIV sociological depth.