I feel like the story seems all good with interesting things going on. Because clearly they are able to produce all these things going on like Sphene finding purpose and wanting to lead these future Alexandrians, and learning about this new threat.

But I think it doesn't resonate with people much, including myself, for one simple reason. It's Cyberpunk (extreme technology) being aimed at players interested in fantasy games. You just look at it and see all this technology and it's so off-putting. Then it's compounded by Star Trek, the final frontier.

I'm trying my best to appreciate it. Because if every expansion had the same theme, it would get boring. I did this with Stormblood, where I wasn't really into the Japanese aesthetic, but I tried my best to embrace it because the alternative is every expansion has the same theme.

But every time I see this theme I'm reminded of how an amazing lore from FF9 was sickeningly assimilated by the Borg and it's just not really my thing.