What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

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To be fair, the story went sideways after the new writer took over during Stormblood. By the way, don't compare Xenogears with Mass Effect, that's just rude, lol.

*To xenogears.

They're not in the same level, I just think they're all way better written than XIV. And despite the ending ME is cohesive enough IMO.
Chrono Trigger has a different strength compared to those examples too, or even the numbered FF titles. It just handles the pacing masterfully and the fact they kept to their limits makes its relatively safe story wrap up very neatly in a way few games compare. It wasn't until Cross that they bit more than they could chew.