yeah granblue fantasy's story is kind of basic and the combat doesn't really come into its own until later when you unlock more stuff. it's kind of a mid game with a pleasing artstyle but not that special.
Agreed. I was very critical of the side quests in Rebirth but holy shit, through 4 chapters, Granblue may have had the worst side quests that I have ever played. There's no actual quest. I know it's about the end game and post game but I was never interested in doing that stuff. Just wanted to play through the story but outside of a few varied objectives during the story chapters, the visuals and art style, there wasn't anything else in the game that I was really enjoying.