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OK so thoughts so far.

ARR is def solid but its real dry looking back on it. I remember he ending of 2.0 kind of rushing up at me, and most of the patch content is whatever. Up until the very end where it goes absolutely mental and sucked me in, I hadnt even memorized some of the main characters names yet. At that point I would say it felt solid for what it was, not so much a standout. Doesnt help that the first half nothing really happens at all as it gets you grounded.

There are some good moments here and there, but MAN does that hour long cutscenes do some Work. Also, my opinion of ARR was artificially inflated a bit because the last thing I did in it was all the Hildibrand content, which is unironically the best thing in 2.x.

Heavensward, though, fucking baller. I was invested all the way though, the story was constantly evolving, and if it werent for repeating locations the patches would feel like a solid expansion in their own right. Arguably, I was invested in a lot of it more then Heavensward proper.

Somehow, even after that, the biggest difference is definitely the gameplay itself. Those 2.0 dungeons are BLEH. So many dead ends and empty hallways, every one of them is a maze in some way, with tons of samey cooridors. I could go with never playing a 2.0 dungeon again. I was tolerating it at the time, but theyre SOOOOO much better in 3.x.

I guess a good way to put it is that a lot of my drive for a chunk of ARR was to GET to Heavensward because I had heard such great things, even though there were some sections where I was just treating it like busy work. So many fetch quests.

Now, as I head into 4.0...I mean, I have Persona 5 Strikers installed, a game I have been waiting for for over a year, and I have no interest in touching it until I at least catch up on MSQ. That should say it all.