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Stormbloods story was meh, but the raids and trials were amazing and my personal favorites. The introduction of ultimates was a nice addition also.
I would hardly call stormblood the games worst expansion, that for me still goes to shadow bringers. Stormblood MSQ wise was a tad on the dull side, but outside of that the alliance raids were good and a great throw back to old FF games, normal raids series was good both in the fights and the story around, the four lords trials were fun and the story for those was great. It has the best beast tribe in the game (Namazu), eureka was hit or miss depending on you.
Shadow bringers however while the MSQ is outstanding the rest of the content was meh. Raids were good but story was painful, the alliance raids were an absolute disaster if you dont like Nier, tribals were cute as always but we got no alliance tribal, no hildibrand, they squandered the Weapons trials on a Gaius redemption arc no-one really cared about and bozja was like Eureka hit or miss. There is a lot more to an expansion that just it's MSQ
*Spoiler Thoughts Reflecitng on all of Stormblood* … … I think Stormblood took a long time to find it's footing and really didn't get into strides until characters like Fordola and Arenvald took the narrative themes to heart about making what you can of the present despite the weight of your past (because Lyse, for all they tried at least in the English version of the game I know, wasn't carrying the story like she was set up to). You can never truly forget, but you can learn from what came before and try to play your part well in doing better – even if you may feel inadequate to the task. Some characters initially had excellent arcs where you can sympathize with them and they bow out of the story in the best way possible… and I might get some flak for this by people who can get whom I'm talking about, but I think it undermined certain characters to have them miraculously survive for us to have multiple arcs to drop all the weight of what was explored beforehand adequately. I can still sympathize with them – especially with the new stuff they added to their characters but it felt like padding in the least worst case and them outright being used to prop up other characters that might be relevant latter – undermining them as key figures to the plot till now. Still, I love allot about Stormblood and I don't think this game has had an awful expansion in any sense of the term. It's the worst only because the bar is that high. I still listen to many SB tracks and hang around any of it's locales to chill.
Stormblood back then was great gameplay wise and content wise. now? not so much with the braindead nerfs
I know many people had mixed feelings about SB, but I enjoyed it although had to deal with Raubahn EX during the launch that sort of ruined my experience a bit. The content is really great though overall. It totally may not have been the best of all the expansions, but it was still enjoyable personally. Either way its nice for them give it out for free even for a small timeframe.
Going back to find Lyse's wallet – I'm rolling on the floor, Meoni! Lmfao!
Stormblood is where alot of the action happens and starts… Many just hate though how the Main Quest Ends… Which is a depressing end to the hype.. Shadowbringers had to do stuff for the depressing end… Endwalker closed out the tale how it Really should have been
DONT FALL FOR THIS
you need an actuve paid sub. You will fall in a subcription mode, you need the starter edition of the game, at that point just buy the complete edition which include the base game and every expansion. Finish at your leisure ARR and HW for now to get the most of your free trial.
I think when you technically compare the stories of each expansion with one another, it's really easy to see why people say stormblood is the worst expansion. Yet, for me, Stormblood was largely a lot of fun! I met lots of amazing people, and made so many wonderful memories… I wish I could go back and relive those moments again.
That's the deal when you are fueling your decisions off of high octane nostalgia. Your mileage will vary.
Stormblood is only bad in comparison to it's flanking expansions. Narratively, Stormblood at it's best is about equal to Heavensward at it's worst.
I really liked Stormblood. The music is so good, the zones are gorgeous, and the whole thing felt kind of theatrical. I wonder if that was the intended vibe, too, considering all of the Hamilton references. Was the story perfect? No, but it was engaging enough to keep me invested!
Just because it's the worst expansion doesn't mean it was bad. Its' a solid 7 and even if the story isn't the best it could be, a LOT of content came out of Stormblood 😀
Wow, thats cool
It's so funny when people say Stormblood is disjointed, Heavensward is more disjointed than Stormblood.
this offer is good if you already have the starter edition
Can trial players buy this? Like I know we won’t be able to access the content until we we sub but can we like buy this and keep it on the back burner until we are ready to to start paying or is this just for those who are ready to start paying immediately.
Because if you plan on spending more than two more months in the trial wouldn’t this still not be worth it?
I've never heard stormblood was BAD. Just that it wasn't as good due to pacing, and that's only the story. The gameplay is fantastic.
stormblood is my least favorite expansion but in no way does that mean i didn't love it. the plot was the most boring part for me, but the world and dungeons and music really made it such an enjoyable experience. and especially the raids!! ivalice raids are my favorite alliance raids even still. i also have a house in shirogane because i just love that area so much.
My journey was made post ShB, so I didn't have to deal with the story or content drought that many at the time did. The story does feel jarring when literally jumping ship after 2 levels in the MSQ to another storyline, but, overall, I still found it incredibly compelling. Lyse could've been done more justice, but many other characters makeup for that discrepancy (the twins, Gosetsu, Hien). I found it a great expansion, but it doesn't help it's sandwiched between two phenomenal expansions that knocked it out of the park in comparison.
Stormblood might be the "worst" expansion, but its got some massive competition, and it isn't bad. Just not as great as the others.
I definitely think Stormblood's story at its worst was pretty bad, but at its peak it was nothing short of amazing. It also has some of my favourite dungeons and trials in the game and all of the music slaps.