Eden Normal Personal Review (Hopefully no Spoilers)

[Burningskull]

For me this has to be the best raid story ending I've played. I love how it tied into main story and gave answers to some questions I had. It was also, even though it used some plot points from the game, a better story than the entirety of FF8, though that probably isn't hard.

So I just want to say thanks and good job to the person or persons that wrote the Eden story. I really enjoyed it. Hope the next raid story is just as good and also ties into the main story some how.

[ItMe]

This tier def has my fav story too.
And I think that context did a lot to help me enjoy the raids more. I hadn't gotten into Savagr before, but at the beginning of ShB I saw E2N and felt I needed to know what it was like on Savage.

I'm with you OP.
It was very fun.

[Vickii]

I hate how I’m only posting negatively today I’m not a troll I swear...

I’m very mixed on Eden... as a whole I have to say it’s better than Omega and on a par with Alexander.. but honestly the fanfic ending to the story is better for me than what they came up with.

I don’t know if we can talk spoilers here or not but I’m getting very tired of certain repetitive things they do in the story (the villain) and was hoping for more FF8 than just the music.

[tdb]

I liked the raids and the story was good as well. My only complaint is that one of the mechanics on the third one was kinda hard to see because of the amount of graphical effects on the screen. It's the first time I've had to resort to capturing a video and looking at it afterwards in order to figure out exactly what was going on. That would be expected in savage but the normal mode graphics could maybe be tuned to be a bit clearer. Nothing wrong with the mechanic itself.

[Novae]

I liked the story a lot, mostly because it was a continuation to the main story, and not some easy FF8 fan service.
I didn't like the last boss design though. So ugly compared to e8.
Fights were easy but fun.
Healer top is fabulous.
And the finale transition during the last cutscene is just magical.

Overall, it has been my favorite raid story by far, and I'll miss Ryne and Gaia a lot.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I was probably expecting too much.

Because it all kind of fell flat for me.

Last tier I remember all of my friends and I getting hyped in VC.

And all we did this round was complain during the cinematic bits in the last half and then go 'meh' once it was all over.

I'd give it a 6/10, personally.

[Fal_Kearst]

It was also, even though it used some plot points from the game, a better story than the entirety of FF8, though that probably isn't hard.

At least in the 8 credits we got to see the after party INSTEAD OF THIS ULTIMATE FESTIVAL TEASE RYNE WAS GOING ON ABOUT! XD.

I do say the Omega storyline was a bit better than this one but this was still a fun ride.

[tdb]

At least in the 8 credits we got to see the after party INSTEAD OF THIS ULTIMATE FESTIVAL TEASE RYNE WAS GOING ON ABOUT! XD.

Who knows, maybe we'll get to see the festival yet. There could be some wrap-up quests in a later patch.

Apparently things inside a click to show thing don't count towards post length so I have to add this here.

[BokoToloko]

Eh, I feel fairly cold about the entire raid.

The reinvention of primals and their themes fell flat for me.
I didn't really dig the whole teen besties story.
Mechanic wise, it was alright.
I didn't like Ryne and I liked Gaia less, they felt too cliche and it was really hard trying to feel something for them. I know there is a lot of anime tropes running on in FFXIV but i kinda think the moments where it shines best is when they avoid them and save themselves some awkwardness.
First time I head E12 theme it felt good, but it grew old on me.

And to be honest, while I genuinely liked most ShB stories, it has also given so far the most characters I dislike: Gaia, Zenos (i know he's from SB, but I think he deserves to be mentioned for not doing us the favor of staying dead since Stormblood), Fandaniel,...

And entering in spoiler territory

I didn't like the focus of the story moving from reviving the First to save Gaia from her obsessive Ascian ex. I kinda wished the last boss were more focused about the Light and all that.
I liked Loghrif more than Gaia's and she only gets one cutscene

Maybe it's the nostalgia kicking in, but I kinda prefer Coils or Alexander, despite having thought back in HW that the second raid wasn't up to snuff, something I've grown to rethink.

Compared to Eden, the NieR raid's plot seems to be getting better, despite there being some disconnection between the NieR setting and the dwarves' stories.

[TyrTry]

I hate how I’m only posting negatively today I’m not a troll I swear...

I’m very mixed on Eden... as a whole I have to say it’s better than Omega and on a par with Alexander.. but honestly the fanfic ending to the story is better for me than what they came up with.

I don’t know if we can talk spoilers here or not but I’m getting very tired of certain repetitive things they do in the story (the villain) and was hoping for more FF8 than just the music.

You're not the only one. I'm actually disappointed. Perhaps I was expecting more out of the story due to the hype (imo) it was leading up to. The reveal of the main villain was rather lackluster and I don't know....felt very rushed. As if the story beats just did not flow to what was being introduced and was suddenly put in there for the sake of a conclusion.

Sidenote:

MAYBE it is just me, but I felt like the bosses were WAY easier than the other raid tiers. I could have sworn that past raid tiers gave me more trouble than this one. I don't know. I'm mostly likely imagining it.

I'm probably being negative too. I mean, I enjoyed the fights and love the anesthetics of the final boss. But...I don't know. Just left a sour taste in my mouth.