Recent reviews by KKO

Solid entry into the series. CBU3 had a hard task to start a new story ark post ARR-EW. A lot of the reviews complaining about certain elements show many didn't get far into the story at all or skipped the story all together. Story wise I would give it a 4/5. Everything else is a banger so far as I haven't leveled every job/class to 100. A lot of people complaining about the game being to "shonen" or even "woke" sound like the people getting outraged in 2020 finding out their favorite band RAtM is socialist/communist after listening to them for 10 years. What's worse is some legitimate concerns are getting drowned out due to this such as Jobs feeling to familiar still (which I don't agree with but can see) or end game is to focused on the two minute window (I can see this especially if I still did progression content.)

EDIT: I will add, if you truly finished the 7.0 story you would know it's relation to one of the best FF's, but I can't say more without spoiling it. LOL. It's been killing me that I can't talk about it without spoiling it.

EDIT EDIT: After being able to reflect on it and run it on my alt, there are some moments that are very "eh?" Possibly 3 moments. 4 if you include music from one scene (IYKYK) which isn't the music is bad but simply doesn't fit the theme the xpac is going. A major critique is pacing and I will agree with that. Out of 100 MSQ quests, it is roughly 50/40/10, and if it stayed 100 it should of been closer to 35/50/15. The second "eh" moment is a 4/10 moment for me. It didn't ruin the xpac, but it was a low point. Mike from Preach Gaming called it a GoT S8 moment for him and I can see that. It definitely does not drag the xpac to not recommended but once you hit it, you understand a bit of the frustration from the community. For me a not recommended is a 5/10 game or lower and Dawntrail is way better than that. Without the story the xpac is amazing. The story has 10/10 moments but there are definitely some 4-6/10 moments there with that last "eh?" moment just making me sigh. Overall a 9/10 for me but it did have some low points story wise which I hope are not repeated. I would even be for them rewriting those cutscenes. lol.

Getting killed almost near immediately after landing for four attempts isn't enjoyable. Putting decently geared players in lobbies with new players is a good way to ensure you player base stagnates.