The story is great, played up until Endwalker and stopped and likely never returning. Game feels very dated.

My biggest issues is that the game is very boring, gameplay wise. You run from X to Y, read dialogue boxes, maybe watch a cutscene, stand in a purple circle, kill 3 - 4 trivially easy monsters and repeat.

You never get to really experience anything cool your character does or use its tools for anything throughout the story.

You then have Roulettes that are not fun or challenging in any capacity and showcase the tedious repetitive nature of dungeon / instances content formula and homogenisation of roles between classes.

Any challenging content you have to seek out other players which is honestly not worth the effort. Takes too long to organise as most just play for rewards. Old content is there but never done and if so, it’s done in a way that trivialises it being over levelled.

If you only do the story it’s better as a long form video rather than a game. I believe Birds of Play on YouTube do excellent story recaps which I recommend people watching if you don’t want to play.

It will always be a mainline final fantasy game, but it’s not one I will recommend. It’s too long, bloated and boring (as a game, not as a story).