I didn't watch Shippuden until way later in my life, and to be honest I was kind of disappointed by it.
I recall my peers constantly praising it as being "so much better" than Naruto, but I just don't see it. It's also not what I thought it would be like.
Shippuden ended up being a lot more like Dragonball Z and less about ninja wars in between the villages.
I would've liked to see more blood and weapons, broken bones, and fewer energy blasts.
It's kind of ironic, because a lot of what I expected Shippuden to be like was explored in the Obito flashbacks. It's ironic because while that's what I expected and would've liked to see more of, I almost feel like it was too bleak and 'colorless' to be a high-point of the series.
I dunno, there's also something about seeing kids fighting that adds an extra layer of significance to whatever is going on.
To be fair, game development is one of those professions that should've moved to remote-only years ago.