FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Opening Movie Now Live! (01/07/2013)

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Originally Posted by Arkine

The 5 main guys appeared from the past in a forest and that's OK but where the heck did their chocobos come from? lol

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Chocobo whistle, duh ;) ....its a magical world. So don't think to much about those type of things. The chocobos even look a little dirty.

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Originally Posted by KaMuiSouZou

I think it helps if you think of this as one movie, instead of 2 movies put together. We have a narrative - the end of an era section - that tells you the background premise of the game. All of the new footage is then meant to be very trailer-like, saying "Now that we're here in A Realm Reborn, all of this stuff is going to happen so go play the game!" If I only looked at the new footage as the opening I agree that I wish there were more narrative. It'd be even less than the original opening to the game, which had a narrative but wasn't very clear what was going on. I think some people were looking for an opening like FFXI which told a distinct story. But as I said, if you look at this as one movie, we do get this, it's just not the new parts.

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The only thing is that all the 1.0 characters will need to get a design change... So it would make sense for them to show our 1.0 character for the first scene, then initiate the design process and then start the second scene...

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Originally Posted by Rustyhagun

Chocobo whistle, duh ;) ....its a magical world. So don't think to much about those type of things. The chocobos even look a little dirty.

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well they've been waiting for years...

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Originally Posted by Alerith

I couldn't bring myself to skip the End of an Era stuff...

http://i.imgur.com/mZrc7.jpg

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YOUR MY BOY BLUE....not LOU

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Originally Posted by Viscount

This cant be all of the opening, it doesnt clear anything up at all.
I think i remember Yoshi saying that legacy players would get an unedited version, is this what he was talking about?
Abit disappointed, Bahamut/Louis not explained and Odin shows up out of nowhere. SE pulling a Lost or something.

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We are not watching a movie. The Intro CG is not going to give you the plot of the entire reason. That is what playing the game, and 'READING' the in game lore, will be for.

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Originally Posted by Rustyhagun

YOUR MY BOY BLUE....not LOU

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It is "You're my boy, Blue!"

http://swagct.com/generators/images/...cken_thumb.jpg

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I loved the rest of the opening movie. I was very happy to see Thancred made it through along with the other inner circle characters (Except Lou :( ). I am really looking forward to finding out what happened to the world and key characters.

Trailer got really lame after they summoned their chocobos. It was like... dude. Its been 5 years. What the hell were they doing at the forest?

Chocobo skelletons should have appeared in their stead. Starved to death by their abscent leaders.

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Originally Posted by Mug

The original opening movie is so lackluster compared to this one.

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I actually loved the original opening movie. Watch it again, its really epic and detailed. Even now it gets me excited about the world.

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Originally Posted by Viscount

its not really an opening, its a montage.

An army of chocobos
Appearence of Odin
Behemoth
Crystal tower

None of these are explained, none of them are coherent, what is the point of them?

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To get you excited to play the game to figure out what the hell is going on?

one of the story arcs in 2.0 is to explain what happened after we get Teleported >.> so we'll find all that out eventually

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Originally Posted by Ragento

First off i liked it!

Second doesnt his shoulder "steam punk" accessory look like a face or even a kitty cat!

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I didn't see the cat until you mentioned it, now I can't UNSEE it!

Its an opening people, you play the game to find out about the rest of things that appear here. If they explained everything from the introduction, their wouldn't be a point in playing the game now would it?

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Originally Posted by Rustyhagun

YOUR MY BOY BLUE....not LOU

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Originally Posted by Alerith

I couldn't bring myself to skip the End of an Era stuff...

http://i.imgur.com/mZrc7.jpg

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Originally Posted by Cedri

http://i.imgur.com/smlHk.jpg

Small fix

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I already fixed this one.

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Originally Posted by xXHalloweenTrixXx

Its an opening people, you play the game to find out about the rest of things that appear here. If they explained everything from the introduction, their wouldn't be a point in playing the game now would it?

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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.

Also, did anyone think...http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instanc...x/24772931.jpg about the video?

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, the video clearly showed his Bravura lying on the ground next to him with it's blade sharp end down towards the end of the End of an Era part - you can still see it lying there with it's handle sticking up after Lou teleports him into the Rift just as Megaflare swamps the area.

So yeah, he kind of violated the fundamentals of the Armoury System with that one. ;)

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They might be on the way to pick it up??

Okay, SE can make cool trailers, they always have....next on the agenda?

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Originally Posted by Cedri

Also, did anyone think...http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instanc...x/24772931.jpg about the video?

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We don't need one, we already got one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4gv11PTI8

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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.

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To me its just to show what we pop back into and the 4 circle members and perhaps odin and behemoth also seem to sense our arrival. It does seem imcomplete but it is only a couple extra minutes. If you watch the movies they released in the past there seems to be more to it that will be coming.

Regardless the happy KWEH KWEH of our chocos after seeing us again after so long made me teary lol

Any more news???? Well not a bad video, it's kinda weird.

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Originally Posted by Kirito

The only thing is that all the 1.0 characters will need to get a design change... So it would make sense for them to show our 1.0 character for the first scene, then initiate the design process and then start the second scene...

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Not sure I follow you here. We remain the same after being teleported as seen by how the midlander and his party haven't changed. If you choose to change your character via the character creator the game will just pretend it's how you always looked. (I guess RPers can say the aether changed them somehow?).

I don't think we'll be seeing our characters actually teleport into the world. We see the CG Midlander party do that for us as our representations. Following this logic, legacy characters may start the game where that party is headed to at the end of the movie (the giant orange aether thing in Coerthas), not where they initially teleported in the black shroud. That said I hope we do get an arriving teleport cutscene with our own characters.

It still wouldn't affect the cg movie though... we watch this movie, then teleport in with any design changes you may have made. I'm assuming the clothes you log in with is the same as your last log out before the deadline. IF you teleport in with different clothes, then yes something went wrong continuity wise. But the midlander party all teleported in wearing the same thing so I'd assume our characters will do the same.

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Originally Posted by Lady

I didn't see the cat until you mentioned it, now I can't UNSEE it!

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HAHAHA i know what you mean, my bad, i just found it funny that it looked cat like.

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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.

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Play the game and you will learn more.

-.- They are just showing teasing footage of what is to come on your new journey. I doubt the post dalamund scenes was meant to be narrative, at all.

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Originally Posted by xXHalloweenTrixXx

Play the game and you will learn more.

-.- They are just showing teasing footage of what is to come on your new journey.

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right which should be reserved for a trailer not an opener

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

New video is like 75% (did the math) 63.58% of old video >.< But 6:30 = Thancred Lives!

But interesting new things is @6:15, 6:22 and 6:35 Y'shtola, Papylamo and Thancred have odd steampunk necklaces/armbands.
http://i50.tinypic.com/1fvbrm.png

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of course they are alive, they prayed in the main cities while bahamut was attacking. and what do we know? the main cities havent received any damage.

so it was clear they have been save.

I was hoping for the benchmark, not a new movie. :( but hey, new movie is still cool :p

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

of course they are alive, they prayed in the main cities while bahamut was attacking. and what do we know? the main cities havent received any damage.

so it was clear they have been save.

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So all those meteors that hit Ul'dah and Bahamuts attacks on Limsa did zero damage?

They ALL have the clothes mark and the tattoo thancred had now...red is tattoo, blue is mark on clothes
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ps091574c1.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ps1f4ab6f4.jpg

EDIT: Watched old Cutscenes, they already have the tattoo, my bad

I'm more concerned about Cid and the Grand Company leaders >.>;

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

So all those meteors that hit Ul'dah and Bahamuts attacks on Limsa did zero damage?

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have you watched that movie really closely? it doesnt really hit limsa.. it hits the landscape all around uldah and limsa.. when you watch it closely. the buildings dont receive any damage... just a huge dusty cloud rolling over limsa.. but that does not destory the city itself. thats why the cities itself stay almost the same in 2.0.

thats the explanation for yoshi why only the landscapes in 2.0. are changing.. and not the cities. as they mentioned hundreds of times before.

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

So all those meteors that hit Ul'dah and Bahamuts attacks on Limsa did zero damage?

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The three cities received damage, but we're not completely destroyed.

Crystal tower is beautiful, I wonder if hyne' is waiting to get own in there? ^_^

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

But 6:30 = Thancred Lives!

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Nonono, see, that's actually my character posing as Thancred~

http://i.imgur.com/nnEQ5.jpg

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Originally Posted by Takeshi_Eiketsu

They ALL have the clothes mark and the tattoo thancred had now...red is tattoo, blue is mark on clothes
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5...ps091574c1.jpg

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what the heck? all of them had tattoos before...

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...Y%27shtola.jpg

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

So all those meteors that hit Ul'dah and Bahamuts attacks on Limsa did zero damage?

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Did you miss that part of the video?

http://i46.tinypic.com/esnn7t.jpg

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Did you miss that part of the video?

http://i46.tinypic.com/esnn7t.jpg

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I can't stop laughing...ahahah....ahahahhaaaa @____@;;;

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Originally Posted by Endemerrin

Nonono, see, that's actually my character posing as Thancred~

http://i.imgur.com/nnEQ5.jpg

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I like it, he looks more less pretty boy now. :3

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Originally Posted by Endemerrin

Nonono, see, that's actually my character posing as Thancred~

http://i.imgur.com/nnEQ5.jpg

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Nice photoshop of beard...

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Did you miss that part of the video?

http://i46.tinypic.com/esnn7t.jpg

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well and here you can see it hits only the coast.. and not limsa city itself.. its on the water.. the dusty cloud rolling over limsa didnt destroy it.

and thats why the cities in 2.0. dont change ( except small changes). the buildings itself did not received any damage. thats the explantion for the team why the cities itself didnt changed like the environment.

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Did you miss that part of the video?

http://i46.tinypic.com/esnn7t.jpg

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Those buildings have high dodge, explains everything.

Here's an idea to blow all your minds, it was confirmed by the Fern that part of Derplander and Co is to represent the player characters we all got transported together, until it was safe, so what if they want us to see most of it from their point of view. Essentially Derplander and Co have no idea what happened so we have no idea what happened and have to fund out.