For the most part I have nothing to add that everybody else hasn't already said – this is as good as Final Fantasy gets, and is an especially rewarding experience if you're a devoted Final Fantasy fan to begin with. As an enormous fan of the Dark Knight class and its questline, the way that Shadowbringers incorporated Dark Knight's themes and messages into its own narrative resonated with me in a uniquely intense way.
It's still FFXIV though, and FFXIV by design is prone to issues – pacing and poor random-encounter combat mainly, but the small mission count and short missions more than do much to lessen the weight of these issues.
I hated FFXIV for two years because I simply couldn't see the appeal in it and loathed A Realm Reborn's dull storytelling. Not only was this expansion worth the wait but it retroactively makes every single bit of A Realm Reborn's monotony tenfold better.
It's still FFXIV though, and FFXIV by design is prone to issues – pacing and poor random-encounter combat mainly, but the small mission count and short missions more than do much to lessen the weight of these issues.
I hated FFXIV for two years because I simply couldn't see the appeal in it and loathed A Realm Reborn's dull storytelling. Not only was this expansion worth the wait but it retroactively makes every single bit of A Realm Reborn's monotony tenfold better.