Synodic Scribe's "The Steady Change in Writing..." Video

[Auro_Seldaris]

Here's my controversial take as someone midway through EW. ARR (despite its weak main narrative) through Stormblood felt like playing inside an amazing fantasy novel. I genuinely think Stormblood gave us a bona fide masterclass in handling themes of imperialism and nationhood.

I also believe ARR through Stormblood is the real 'trilogy' of the Hydaelyn saga, despite most people considering it to be Stormblood through EW. But to be fair, I haven’t finished EW yet.

Anyway, starting with Shadowbringers, the writing became so focused on plotplotplot and big reveals that it just started to feel like… well, a video game (whoa). But seriously, somewhere along the line, the writers stopped caring about giving the people and world of FFXIV sociological depth.

Stormblood has practically nothing to do with Hydaelyn and Zodiark though. Why would you even consider it part of the story? It's the "Boring middle part" that ultimately matters very little in the end.