Plans for a Cutscene re-viewer?

This is a pretty trivial feature, but it'd be nice to be able to rewatch cutscenes.
Some of them (okay... just two) were pretty ***ing awesome.

My biggest reason would be to rewatch them with all the sweet gear I have now (as opposed to the misamtched Canvas set I had back then...), but also because I basically forgot what the hell is happening in the story line. I'd like to be able to sit and take time to actually read/watch what was/has been taking place.

Sure, I can go to YouTube and watch all the cutscenes that some person recorded, but it's not quite the same when its not your character.

Obviously, I want the actual game fixed first (make stats matter, give me defined roles in jobs, etc etc), but just I'm saying a Goblin Footprint-esque feature would be an awesome addition somewhere around 1.20~



SPOILER WARNING
EDIT: Also, I just rewatched the R46 mission scene and totally forgot about one of my biggest complaints.

I feel like around R46, our characters should be able to "kick ass" per se, but instead, all we do is stand in the background and let the 4 NPCs from the City storylines do the fighting for us. I mean, I don't want us to be the equivalent to a Legatus, but I should be able to at least hold my own alongside those NPCs....

/rant

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Originally Posted by Rau

This is a pretty trivial feature, but it'd be nice to be able to rewatch cutscenes.
Some of them (okay... just two) were pretty ***ing awesome.

My biggest reason would be to rewatch them with all the sweet gear I have now (as opposed to the misamtched Canvas set I had back then...), but also because I basically forgot what the hell is happening in the story line. I'd like to be able to sit and take time to actually read/watch what was/has been taking place.

Sure, I can go to YouTube and watch all the cutscenes that some person recorded, but it's not quite the same when its not your character.

Obviously, I want the actual game fixed first (make stats matter, give me defined roles in jobs, etc etc), but just I'm saying a Goblin Footprint-esque feature would be an awesome addition somewhere around 1.20~

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So agree 100%.

I'd love to see an argument against it though just for the fun of it. I can't think of one without using the word immersion or the phrase new gen mmo player.

I think it was a JP rep that responded to a question on the JP side saying they want to but they're thinking of a way to implement it

Yea a jp rep stated it a few days ago

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...lish%29/page82

About half way down the page

In FFXI you never really fight in a CS because once that done you fight it for real so why fight it in a CS? I think it's the same in FFXIV you watch the npc fight they lose then you enter CS over and you fight it then CS of it dieing and the npc saying great job.

I think its implied that all those NPCs are MUCH more powerful than you though. I just saw that cs yesterday and have rewatched it a couple times on youtube cause it's so awesome =P

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

In FFXI you never really fight in a CS because once that done you fight it for real so why fight it in a CS? I think it's the same in FFXIV you watch the npc fight they lose then you enter CS over and you fight it then CS of it dieing and the npc saying great job.

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Because you don't actually fight anything in parts you play. The storyline missions Accomdate people who do Nothing but Craft, and the presentation suffers for it.

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Originally Posted by Estellios

I think its implied that all those NPCs are MUCH more powerful than you though. I just saw that cs yesterday and have rewatched it a couple times on youtube cause it's so awesome =P

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You would think 50ish ranks later would give room for some story based character development...

Nice to see this coming up again!
For more informations, Jynx has proposed a Goblin Footprint-like system that lets you watch the cutscenes all over again, including a mockup.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ghlight=goblin

Given out ability and such that the storyline talks about, we have a good way to be able to review them and have it in game without it just being a feature with now reason behind it.

They're thinking of a way to implement it? -- Hold on, I've posted this idea in like three threads about goblin footprints so far. Let's hope someone actually sees it this time >.>

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

Implementation Idea
Use a piece of the lore we already have: The Echo.

Add an NPC to each city that's a 'master' of the ability to use the Echo - and they could 'assist' us in revisiting our past experiences.

Once engaged with an Echo NPC, an interface menu much like the Journal would pop up, allowing us to choose which Class we would like to revisit events from (Main storyline included).

From this menu, we would be able to select anything we've done so far - including being teleported into the instances regardless of their location. These anchors are extremely important, in my opinion, as they would allow players to relive an entire storyline without leaving the cities - which I consider to be paramount because the only downfall of the goblin footprint was having to solo my way to difficult locations (Like the promy spires) just to see my hard-earned progress again.

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So... is there anything difficult about that implementation? Adding an NPC that lets you manually trigger the same cutscene and instance flags that first reaching the quest did in the first place? Sounds easy enough - just need to name, list, and connect the flags.


Bay? Rik? Anybody?

No, I said THE Echo, not just echo...echo....echo...echo...

i was just saying like 3 days ago i wish i could see them all gain cause i kinda forget some of the details. also i would like to take the cs's and do all the voices myself and put it on youtube for your viewing pleasure.

Synt, I'd watch your vids

Mr. Moose, that was the same kind of thing i was thinking of. I like it a lot.