I am very bored of this "End of the World" anime crap. FFXIV used to have a mature story with inter-state politics playing a primary role, skilfully crafting allusions to real life. The Garlean Empire was made out in the end to be a straight out "bad guy", rather then the rich contextualisation they received in both ARR and Heavensward. It was a mature, gritty story where BOTH sides were doing evil things and played well with the dynamic of the beast tribes, displaced from their lands and desperately relying on their primals to bring them deliverance from poverty.
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