Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
Then we must have been playing two completely different games.
Nope. I remember booting up this game for the first time in late ARR to see my cat girl on a cart with a moogle getting a little too friendly with his bottle.

This game has narrative shortcomings for sure, but Hildibrand is as FFXIV as the entire sequence of Garlemald. If you're seeking thematic cohesiveness you chose the wrong game.