I wish there was a neutral rating for reviews on steam because this would definitely fall under that, though I am rating this up as recommended purely for the music, locations, graphic update, glams and overall vibe.
I absolutely adore the inclusivity of the cultures, it's clear where the inspiration of the locations & main city comes from and I think they implemented it really well and respectfully.

Learning about the difference of culture in the tribes from Eorzea to Tural was also really interesting to me and I enjoyed getting some lore from those quests.

I also love the new mechanics of dungeons/trials and I feel they really touched base on everything I was hoping for in new content. A lot of the mechanics I have personally never seen before so it was really fun to experience for the first time and I’m super excited to see what the raid series are like when they are added.

The new adjustments to quality of life (especially with crafting and gathering) I have really liked as well. I really enjoyed levelling all my DoL/DoH to 100 with these improvements!

However, I will say the MSQ is pretty average, which is super unfortunate. I love this game and I play mostly for the story, but this felt so rushed and lack lustre to me. A lot of the story felt like a time waste in a way. It also felt super predictable with the villains, as we've seen all of this stuff before especially during Endwalker.
Some of the scenes were really attention grabbing and heartfelt, but a lot of them were boring to me.
I loved the new characters and I truly think Wuk's character development throughout the story was great. The focus on Krile and Erenville as characters was also really interesting to me except I felt a lot of the ideas were halted and the ending was super rushed. The last zone was the quickest to finish and it felt so wrong because the lead up was so dramatic. There’s a lot of plot holes in this MSQ and I am super on the fence about it. I just expected so much more, especially how it was hyped up to be a whole new story with new experiences; which I felt was only clear in the cultural aspect ;w;

I also wish they would have put more time into voiced scenes, there's a few memorable moments I wish were voiced (and I know a lot of people would have skipped because they weren't).

I also noticed a lot of restrictions with travelling; such as being unable to go on things that seemed like you'd be able to (zone 6: if you know you know), and being unable to climb up surfaces that you would easily be able to get up.

Overall MY opinion of placement for all stories now are: Shb > EW > SB > DT > HW > ARR.
It definitely saddens me to put DT so low.

I wish there was a neutral rating for reviews on steam because this would definitely fall under that, though I am rating this up as recommended purely for the music, locations, graphic update, glams and overall vibe. I absolutely adore the inclusivity of the cultures, it's clear where the inspiration of the locations & main city comes from and I think they implemented it really well and respectfully. Learning about the difference of culture in the tribes from Eorzea to Tural was also really interesting to me and I enjoyed getting some lore from those quests. I also love the new mechanics of dungeons/trials and I feel they really touched base on everything I was hoping for in new content. A lot of the mechanics I have personally never seen before so it was really fun to experience for the first time and I’m super excited to see what the raid series are like when they are added. The new adjustments to quality of life (especially with crafting and gathering) I have really liked as well. I really enjoyed levelling all my DoL/DoH to 100 with these improvements! However, I will say the MSQ is pretty average, which is super unfortunate. I love this game and I play mostly for the story, but this felt so rushed and lack lustre to me. A lot of the story felt like a time waste in a way. It also felt super predictable with the villains, as we've seen all of this stuff before especially during Endwalker. Some of the scenes were really attention grabbing and heartfelt, but a lot of them were boring to me. I loved the new characters and I truly think Wuk's character development throughout the story was great. The focus on Krile and Erenville as characters was also really interesting to me except I felt a lot of the ideas were halted and the ending was super rushed. The last zone was the quickest to finish and it felt so wrong because the lead up was so dramatic. There’s a lot of plot holes in this MSQ and I am super on the fence about it. I just expected so much more, especially how it was hyped up to be a whole new story with new experiences; which I felt was only clear in the cultural aspect ;w; I also wish they would have put more time into voiced scenes, there's a few memorable moments I wish were voiced (and I know a lot of people would have skipped because they weren't). I also noticed a lot of restrictions with travelling; such as being unable to go on things that seemed like you'd be able to (zone 6: if you know you know), and being unable to climb up surfaces that you would easily be able to get up. Overall MY opinion of placement for all stories now are: Shb > EW > SB > DT > HW > ARR. It definitely saddens me to put DT so low.