If you play mostly for the main story, I am sorry to say that Dawntrail will disappoint you. Great ideas, horrible execution. It has its moments, but Dawntrail is honestly disappointing story wise. It is the start of a new story arc so I was never expecting it to be as exciting as Shadowbringers or Endwalker, but even with that in mind, Dawntrail's main story lands extremely short of the quality one would expect. Hopefully the team learns from the mistakes made here for the patch quests and the next expansion.

Gameplay wise, it's still FFXIV, so pretty good if this is your cup of tea.

Graphics wise, the graphics improvement was nice but the game still looks a decade old despite the updates from Dawntrail. The first four zones for Dawntrail lack that Final Fantasy feel as they far too heavily lean into their real world inspirations. However, the last two zones and the two city hubs look AMAZING. You are certainly in for a visual treat once you arrive there.

The music for Dawntrail is hit or miss. Some are good, some are outright horrible, especially the final song that plays in the last cutscene that goes into credits.

If you play mostly for the main story, I am sorry to say that Dawntrail will disappoint you. Great ideas, horrible execution. It has its moments, but Dawntrail is honestly disappointing story wise. It is the start of a new story arc so I was never expecting it to be as exciting as Shadowbringers or Endwalker, but even with that in mind, Dawntrail's main story lands extremely short of the quality one would expect. Hopefully the team learns from the mistakes made here for the patch quests and the next expansion. Gameplay wise, it's still FFXIV, so pretty good if this is your cup of tea. Graphics wise, the graphics improvement was nice but the game still looks a decade old despite the updates from Dawntrail. The first four zones for Dawntrail lack that Final Fantasy feel as they far too heavily lean into their real world inspirations. However, the last two zones and the two city hubs look AMAZING. You are certainly in for a visual treat once you arrive there. The music for Dawntrail is hit or miss. Some are good, some are outright horrible, especially the final song that plays in the last cutscene that goes into credits.