WotG wasn't very good, to be honest. And FFVIII was terribad. That story was easily one of the worst, if not the worst, in the franchise. A forced love story and convoluted for the sake of being convoluted. The first disc of FF8 was fantastic, and then it went downhill fast.

CoP was pretty good, but I'd argue that ToAU has a better storyline.

FFXIV's story is fine, it just needs to be spread out better, I guess. Also lay off cliffhangers. Either make the stories episodic or something, I dunno. I remember all of the missions just fine, aside from the Lv42 quest.