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final fantasy xiv stormblood has some of the best instances that the game has to offer. aside from one, the dungeons are all well-designed. the trials, notably sri lakshmi, tsukuyomi, and shinryu were challenging but super fun.
the music is also some of the best the game has to offer. the boss music is incredibly hype and the tracks for trials such as tsukuyomi have me shaking my booty.
where the expansion stormblood falls a bit flat is in the story. it is very slow and drags on at times. some of my gripes:
- the entire mini arc with the snake people felt very shoehorned in. aside from the one with the one kobold and titan, i really dislike the filler tribal primal summoning mini arcs in this game
- the ending of the patch content was really lackluster. it felt like nothing really happened and no progress was made. the decision to off-screen estinien saving us from "zenos" was super odd. showing us that could've been hype
- constant fakeout deaths. i dont mind the occasional one here and there, but the constant noncommitment to killing off characters that was prevalent in this expansion gets tiring.
- raubahnn's wasted potential. i feel like the game has been setting up raubahnn to be ala mhigo's savior for the previous two expansions and so i think making lyse the narrative focus in the liberation of ala mhigo was a bit weird. especially when raubahnn is a good character but gets sidelined until the end of the expansion which is unfortunate.
- the story definitely suffers from the split focus. i dont think the doma and ala mhigo sections needed their own expansions. perhaps i would've liked to see the story begin in doma then move back to gyr abania. instead of the several hour intro in gyr abania, then going to doma, then going back to gyr abania.
with that being said, i actually think the doma section of the expansion is decent. the zones are much nicer, i really like yugiri, hien, the tribes of the azim steppe, and all the other characters. the ala mhigo section on the otherhand isn't very good.
i do think what puts stormblood above a realm reborn for me are the main villains. i think yotsu and fordola are really compelling villains. zenos is a bit shallow to me but he does have potential.
i really hated stormblood after finishing. but after taking some time to process everything, i think the hate is a bit excessive. stormblood does have redeeming qualities so i ultimately think its ok. not great. NOTHING will ever be worse than a realm reborn.
the music is also some of the best the game has to offer. the boss music is incredibly hype and the tracks for trials such as tsukuyomi have me shaking my booty.
where the expansion stormblood falls a bit flat is in the story. it is very slow and drags on at times. some of my gripes:
- the entire mini arc with the snake people felt very shoehorned in. aside from the one with the one kobold and titan, i really dislike the filler tribal primal summoning mini arcs in this game
- the ending of the patch content was really lackluster. it felt like nothing really happened and no progress was made. the decision to off-screen estinien saving us from "zenos" was super odd. showing us that could've been hype
- constant fakeout deaths. i dont mind the occasional one here and there, but the constant noncommitment to killing off characters that was prevalent in this expansion gets tiring.
- raubahnn's wasted potential. i feel like the game has been setting up raubahnn to be ala mhigo's savior for the previous two expansions and so i think making lyse the narrative focus in the liberation of ala mhigo was a bit weird. especially when raubahnn is a good character but gets sidelined until the end of the expansion which is unfortunate.
- the story definitely suffers from the split focus. i dont think the doma and ala mhigo sections needed their own expansions. perhaps i would've liked to see the story begin in doma then move back to gyr abania. instead of the several hour intro in gyr abania, then going to doma, then going back to gyr abania.
with that being said, i actually think the doma section of the expansion is decent. the zones are much nicer, i really like yugiri, hien, the tribes of the azim steppe, and all the other characters. the ala mhigo section on the otherhand isn't very good.
i do think what puts stormblood above a realm reborn for me are the main villains. i think yotsu and fordola are really compelling villains. zenos is a bit shallow to me but he does have potential.
i really hated stormblood after finishing. but after taking some time to process everything, i think the hate is a bit excessive. stormblood does have redeeming qualities so i ultimately think its ok. not great. NOTHING will ever be worse than a realm reborn.