Will the Cutscenes be Improved in the future?

[Drakzen1]

It doesn't validate your point. CT could have been ready for launch, but they decided to change course and release something else instead.

So they purposely released content that Yoshi P said himself would be used for vanity gear(at least the first few turns) .Now mind you CT was delayed before vanity system was even an accepted idea. If you remember people keep asking for it and yoshi finally said yes. But hey maybe its been the plan from the start to release higher level coil before CT...maybe

[Despite]

They're way too long now. I like story and cutscenes as much at the next player, but they are veeeeery long winded. I bet most players may skip them.
I don't know how many lfd queue pops I've missed die to being stuck in a cutscene. I hurriedly read as fast as I can and still miss it.

[Shioban]

Actually, as the CS's use the ingame engine they are very easy to create. .

Newp.

If you've ever actually created any half-decent cutscenes in a game engine before, especially one with unique assets it is not a simple process. It's not as long as creating something along the grandeur of the original 1.0 openings but it certainly isnt fast.

The time it takes to get the correct timing, positioning, assets, models, mise-en-scene and over-all polishing is not super-fast, even with the front-end of systems like Kismet, it takes a very very long time to make them.

If it were as simple as [Place camera here, move from here to here], shove in a few animations and slap on a music track we'd have much grander cut scenes than we do now, with a design team as fussy as this one even the lower quality cut scenes in 2.0 took a substantial amount of time to create.

[KiriA500]

It's not as long as creating something along the grandeur of the original 1.0 openings but it certainly isnt fast.

Jesus christ...does this community actually read the nonsense they type?

[Shioban]

Jesus christ...does this community actually read the nonsense they type?

grandeur
ˈgrandjə,-(d)ʒə/Submit
noun
1.
splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style.
"the majestic grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture"


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I've used the correct terminology here, I don't see the problem. Would you prefer if I'd said "CUTSCENES WERE LIKE SO BAD IN 2.0 DUDE, 1.0 4LYFE "
It's only my personal opinion /shrug.

In comparison to the cutscenes in 2.0, they were for the most part better designed in appearance and style (See above).


P.S. And yes, I read everything I write very carefully. I don't say it if I don't mean it.

[Welsper59]

Something I'm really not taking from 2.0, that 1.0 was easily capable of, was the darker atmosphere. Yeah, the main story of 2.0 has moments of death and such, but it's not done in the same way. ARR usually has a specific target towards what is being the cause of death. You can always point a finger at something. 1.0 did enough to give the impression that it's not just this "something", nor is it just the people, it's the entire world.

Final Fantasy games are looked at for their story (among other things). It is an RPG afterall. It doesn't matter if it's traditional turn-based gameplay with a world map, real time, grid-style, or a third-person MMORPG. It's Final Fantasy. While ARR does well enough as is for it to feel like a Final Fantasy, it's important to always remember that's what it is (in other words, they can't slack off on this just because it's an MMORPG). If people don't like it, and rather ignore it, they're either ignorant of the series or just barking up the wrong tree. This goes not just for players, but developers too. They're working on an established tradition that really can't afford to lack on whatever strengths the series has. If they can't make good on expectations that are rather exclusive to the series, then the series will simply fall upon mediocre and run-of-the-mill.

Given their work on fixing 1.0 after the horrible launch, I think it's safe to assume we won't be disappointed on story-telling when they're given the time for it. Then again, I don't know how much change was done to the team once Yoshida took over. And something many people don't fully realize is that in order to fully be immersed, you must interact with the world at large. So while story is a significant part of the FF series, so is the actual interactive world itself. If the world zones are severely limited (in exploration and, to a lesser extent, graphics), it won't feel like it's important enough to remember. It's as though everything works as one to become something whole... hmmm...

[Naunet]

Nothing needs to be done because nothing's wrong with it. I felt the story just fine. I'm really not seeing a difference in quality.

At the very least, the cinematography in the 1.0 cutscenes is far more dynamic, which does lend them are particularly more lively feel.

Yeah there wasnt one point were I stoped and said, "Man this is epic" or "Man I hope X doesnt die" at best i said "that armors kinda cool" or "it would be so cooler if they"

Haha, though there were several times when I exclaimed, "For crying out loud, JUST LEAVE THANCRED TO DIE!"

[Alhanelem]

So they purposely released content that Yoshi P said himself would be used for vanity gear(at least the first few turns) .Now mind you CT was delayed before vanity system was even an accepted idea. If you remember people keep asking for it and yoshi finally said yes. But hey maybe its been the plan from the start to release higher level coil before CT...maybe

The thing about using CT stuff for vanity was just a reason he gave for people who don't need the gear to get it anyway. He's not in any way trying to say they made the gear just for vanity.
Coil was originally intended to be run with gear obtained from CT. They decided to release coil first to give hardcore players an extra challenge.

[Krystalynn]

Again, I'm really not seeing the validity of the critism. The cutscenes have the same or better production values that they had in 1.0.

Um, you do understand we're talking about cutscenes... not the Full Motion Video opening that came with ARR. Did you click on any of the links in my opening post? The "giant red moon crashing into the world" was actually also done in 1.0. It was the ending cinematic to the game when the servers were taken offline. I am talking about the ingame cinematics that take place throughout the story.

http://youtu.be/uOA44w0prLc?t=2m24s (Watch in HD)

Click on this link, sit there and watch, and then find me anything of the sort in 2.0~ Please. Anything that even compares. Nothing of this sort, even in all of Praetorium. Even in Coil. Nothing. The animation, the fluidity, the intensity. Please. To say what you just did, tells me you've seen nothing in 1.0, or simply are arguing just to argue.

[Soulscare]

Thanks for making me regret that I didnt play FFXIV 1.0... Better Graphics, UI, Cutscenes, Animations, Hamlet.... -.-

Tbh, its like they removed all the things that were great about 1.0... First they gave us a terrible game, with few things right, then they gave us a great game, with few things bad. Grrr, I want the best of both worlds!!!