Originally Posted by
KiriA500
There's a difference between "explaining everything" and just "HERE IS STUFF!"
The first half of the video, aka the "End of an Era" trailer, tells a story. It shows our final moments fighting for our land.
The last half of the video, aka the new stuff, is just a clip show of random things. "Hey! Here's Odin, now here's a Behemoth! WOAH! IS THAT A CRYSTAL TOWER? Now, there's some people getting random chocobos!"
It doesn't give any narrative, which should be the entire purpose of an "opening" movie.