LaurentDS
2022
2023
A really good puzzle game with good vibes. The puzzles are not too hard. It's a good balance of puzzles that required us to think and analyze, a good chunk of easy ones that were nonetheless very fun, and a few where we felt like genius when solving them quickly. The game is a bit short, but unless they went with something way more bigger, that length is pretty much perfect for what it is. Still for a game that can be completed in one day, it felt like a complete thing.
2001
2014
2015
A deeply flawed mess, but what a game. The main story is so weird. It's really good and has so many problems at the same time. The characters are amazing, the tone is good, the environment is really fun. The gameplay is ok, like the battles are ok but not really fun. There are so many boring sidequests that you can do. There are a lot of things to do in this game, and then the game just locks all that midway through the game. It becomes really cool and focused, but it's gone (except if you use a vision dog?). Anyway. The DLC episodes that are with the main story are amazing. Ok the Gladio one was so dumb. But Prompto was really fun, and Ignis was soooo good. Like, it's so so so good. Really better than the main story. This thing is a mess, and it could have been one of the best FF ever.
This is a step down from Heavensward. I think that the new zones, the story, the music, the characters are not as good as HW. There are still some really good content, but my biggest gripe is the story. Rebels vs Imperials stories are not my favorite thing. We saw that a lot already in ARR, and with Stormblood we get to see it twice in the same DLC. It's a lot of the same thing.
This is my thoughts on Heavensward. It's one of my favorite FFXIV dlc. It's a huge step up from ARR. The music is a lot better, the feel is better, a lot more atmospheric, the characters are really good and the voice acting is so good. The story arc is so interesting and pretty much everything else is top notch.
This is my thoughts for A Realm Reborn and not for the other DLCs. There are so many things that I loved right at the starting point, but there are so many things that are not good. The story, the pacing, the voice acting, the numerous fetch quests. It's not good. There are also some really bad tracks in some areas of the game, while some areas got some of the best tracks ever. It's so uneven. The gameplay is really fun though.
1999
We all know that the combat system is something else. A lot of people hate it, and I kinda really like it and also hate it. It has some fresh ideas that I would have love to see refined. It has some of my favorite ff music, I also love the setting. I also never got far in the game, but that does not really matter, it still had a lot of influence on me.
1997
2012