STORM OF BLOOD, STORM OF BLOOD, HABBA JABBA JABBAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- In general? It lands firmly in "yeah, this is fine". Not as teeth-pulling as ARR, not as tight and engaging as Heavensward. Solid 7/10.
- Lyse as the star of the show Does Not Earn It- every "breakthrough" moment she has seems to be forgotten later, and she never quite develops enough character to feel like a realized person. Honestly, this should have been Raubahn's show, full stop.
- Doma was a weird diversion that broke up the narrative flow, though it was a fun diversion. Liked the cast, though there were a lot of moments of "why am I doing this for people who hate me" before the plot proper got into full swing. Ultimately satisfying... with caveats.
- Christ am I tired of "let's redeem the irredeemable monsters" as a trope the game falls back on. No, Fordola and Yotsuyu don't deserve "actually they're woobies" moments, their actions long since stripped them of any sort of sympathy, you can't be pulling this shit. Real shades of "well what if both sides are wrong?"
- Zenos was fun. Just kind of a monster, which... sometimes ya just need to be up against a monster.
- All in all the fights were terrific, though stuff like the swimming sections did not earn their stay, and I see why they don't come back.
- Nobody can fucking stay dead in this expansion, cripes.
