Man, I don't really know what happened here. FFXIV has been on an upwards trajectory up until this point, but Stormblood has killed all of the momentum for me.

Gameplay wise, Stormblood is A+. It has some of the best areas, dungeons, bosses and even music. They really killed it in that aspect and it absolutely carried an otherwise incredibly middling expansion. The story is a snoozefest at best and a hot mess at worst. Not going to get too deep into it because of spoilers, but it was disappointing especially after a relatively good stretch of storytelling.

I've sat on it a bit and I can confidently say that I dislike this even more than A Realm Reborn, which is shocking to me.