- More thoughtful story compared to Stormblood's terribly-paced, poorly executed tale of liberation.
- Revamp of classes that reduces the atrocious crawl of hotbar bloat, streamlining a lot of classes.
- Varied and ambitious lands. The daylight effect helps give that high fantasy feeling.
- Incredible soundtrack. You can tell when Yoshida's heavy hand tells Soken to make music compared to when Yoshida just lets Soken do what he wants. Soken did what he wanted.