Is the game becoming too metaphysical for its own good?

[Kallera]

I'm not sure why everyone points to the Ivalice-based areas as feeling out of place in this game- I don't think Rabanastre and Dalmasca existing in Hydaelyn is any stranger than having Doma or Costa Del Sol. These places are all well integrated into the setting, and I trust any new places they add- even wherever we're going in the Nier Automata raids- to be written in just as well.

I'm a bit anxious myself since, at this point in time before the expansion, I think they've been a lot more cryptic and I'm not as certain about what Shadowbringers will bring story-wise as I was about Heavensward or Stormblood before those came out. But aside from sometimes being too short, I've yet to be disappointed by the MSQ in any patch that I can remember, and for now I have faith that ShB will have a campaign just as enjoyable as the last two.

I tend to enjoy the campaign at the outset, but then certain parts of it age very badly when I keep thinking about them. Ivalice as a region, to me, feels like it isn't inspired so much as lifting whole parts of the game and putting it in ffxiv. I might not like eorzea very much, but at least it was a unique setting. The only thing original about Noah van Gabranth is his middle name.