I agree 7.2 was a big improvement over the 7.0 (and maybe 7.1) story. That said...

Quote Originally Posted by Vallavia View Post
I think it's worth remembering in conversations like these that this game is still a live service RPG, and the story will always reflect the fact that it's perpetually a work-in-progress; this seems to have been kind of broadly forgotten since Endwalker, which was an exceptional circumstance. 7.0's story was only 2/3 finished by design, because they need to keep us on the hook for another two years until 8.0...
The third act being good doesn't excuse the first two being mediocre at best. It's fine if you like it (I'm fond of more than a few works that are mediocre or even genuinely bad) but the 7.0 story was... just not cutting it for me.