I bet there’s some kind of kickback from Microsoft involved here. Maybe indirectly. Because the only reason I still have a Windows PC (just one left) is to play Fortnite with my kiddo. Every other PC and tablet is running Linux since October.

It does slow down after that. Eventually, it picks back up during Endwalker and that does really well on it’s own, but in the shadow of Shadowbringers it’s hard to measure up. Endwalker would be my second favorite expansion. Even post-EW was good. But then it drops like a rock for Dawntrail. That’s my least favorite of the entire series. Maybe they’ve turned it around, idk. But I quit in the post-DT around one of the quests that just says “Speak to Wuk Lamat” AGAIN and I just don’t know why we’re still hanging out with that loser who falls into success.

It does get good at the climax of the base game, A Realm Reborn, when Rauban loses control. That’s what hooked me. There are other great moments and plots along the way through the whole game . But for the overall best time, it’s the 3rd expansion, Shadow Bringers, that’s a masterpiece all the way through. That’s some of the best Final Fantasy I’ve ever played from Squaresoft or SquareEnix.

Dawntrail, I can’t recommend. I can’t get into it.