Real close to the end now and i gotta say tho, that its not as good as i had hoped it would be. Guess I expected a bit too much after all the hype. After all is said and done, Stormblood was more fun and compelling for me personally.
Shadowbringers starts out so so strong. Everything up to and including the first dungeon is absolute top notch. Seeing Eulmore, Tesleen etc.. just great all around. But then it kinda fell into a lull for me that lasted until about LvL 77 when things with Eulmore started to pick up again.
Its such a shame that the majority of Lightwardens have a total non presence that starts and ends with the dungeon they get killed in. Their light plays a role later on, but I wished they would have been more of a character themselves. I guess Titania had that creepy horror short cutscene that played ... same for the Sin Eaters as a whole imo. They feel heavily underutilized save for the beginning and I never felt like they were really that much of a threat, more like a minor hassle. The discrepancie between how the story talks about them and how they appear ingame is just too much for me. Even the lakeland invasion fell kinda flat for me as everyone survives anyways. there was this cut away in a cutscene that almost made it seem like (was it thancred or minfilia) got really hurt, but afterwards its just : "yeah that sin eater got me good but i am fine anyways lolz"
I dunno.. I am a sucker for eastern themed areas and shit, so Stormblood was probably always gonna be my favourite :P. The themes and character interactions in shadowbringers are hands down better than stormblood tho, but its the larger story here that leaves me unsatisfied in comparison. I thought the liberation of doma and ala mhigo was just more compelling.
Btw, Kugane > Crystarium, and its not even close. Eulmore is awesome tho, and shits all over Rhalgrs Reach. Its gonna be my main town for sure.
Lets see how the Endfight measures up to Shinryu!