It’s taken a lot of time and practice to get to this point, A Realm Reborn was good but after six years of iteration and experimentation with how to present its story Shadowbringers excels. The development team have taken everything they’ve learned from previous expansions and applied it masterfully. While newer games seem to chase the realism of cinema, Shadowbringers feels like curling up with a favourite old novela little old-fashioned but a far richer experience for it.
Source: N4G PC Why technical limitations make FFXIV: Shadowbringers the best Final Fantasy story in decades