Cinematics and FFXIV

[Felis]

emotions that i think would not have been captured with game-play graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmS...tailpage#t=737
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngv6QaqDIXg

[Pterois]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngv6QaqDIXg

that's wonderful... i can do it too... Gaius vs. the Scions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8TKeXk5eA

This is about a million times better than any of the cut scenes in 2.55. However this is no longer how things are done, that was back when the curving bullets probably had more polygons than our PC's now lol.

[Felis]

that's wonderful... i can do it too... Gaius vs. the Scions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8TKeXk5eA

This is about a million times better than any of the cut scenes in 2.55. However this is no longer how things are done, that was back when the curving bullets probably had more polygons than our PC's now lol.

And still done with gameplay graphic.

[Aethaeryn]

This is about a million times better than any of the cut scenes in 2.55.

Anyway, a lot of story stuff has been bland throughout 2.x, but I thought 2.55 was getting back on the right track.

[Aeyis]

Anyway, a lot of story stuff has been bland throughout 2.x, but I thought 2.55 was getting back on the right track.

The actual cutscene (graphics) quality is of a higher grade then what we have right now. Not sure how that can be an opinion.


What is with the trend of calling everything an opinion these days...including facts. oO

[Aethaeryn]

The actual cutscene (graphics) quality is of a higher grade then what we have right now. Not sure how that can be an opinion.


What is with the trend of calling everything an opinion these days...including facts. oO

It was a joke and an excuse to use a picture from The Big Lebowski. No reason to go white knighting for his cause when I'm not attacking him or anything. Oo Please note where I even agreed and said most 2.x stuff has been bland.

But anyway, it's still an opinion. Pretty big no-brainer that the textures on 1.x were higher res than anything 2.x, but 'better' is still subjective. I did love that scene to pieces, but I don't think we need SE to go throwing time and money at SUPAH HIGH DEFINITION CGI!!!!111 for scenes to be interesting in this game. I would rather they spend that time cranking out more interesting content and a better story all around. But that's just my opinion, so your mileage may vary.

[Pterois]

...I don't think we need SE to go throwing time and money at SUPAH HIGH DEFINITION CGI!!!!111 for scenes to be interesting in this game.

i disagree... if we would have seen this whole scene (w/blood too ^_^) the first time around my jaw would still be on the floor BTW THANK YOU FOR THIS SE!!! exactly what i was talking about :P

[Velo_Vandore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8TKeXk5eA

This is about a million times better than any of the cut scenes in 2.55. However this is no longer how things are done, that was back when the curving bullets probably had more polygons than our PC's now lol.

The ending cutscene of the current storyline is actually more action packed and cinematic than normal and arguably on par with that one. I was also really pleased with the amount of voice acting in the recent story cutscenes. I hope we'll get more of this and less bla bla bla + stock emote cutscenes.

"Thank you hero of light, thank you, thank you, must needs, aetheric combobulation, prithee, prithee, did i mention you're awsome? thank you... thee"

*smile and nod*

Regarding cgi cutscenes with your character in, it's a bit too much. Rendering those high quality scenes takes a farm of high end pcs hours / days to render. Firstly, which pc would render the scene again? The players PC would either take too long or simply not manage this, and if square were to undertake this for every player they would need enormous resources which would be a huge waste / impossible. Secondly, the players the player character models are lower detail than those in the cgi cutscenes / adverts - the models / tetxures in the cutscenes are given much care and attention by some of the best cg artists in the world. They could never create every character combination in such detail. If the player character models as they are were pre-rendered into a detailed cgi scene they would look better than in engine due to lighting and other effects, but still noticeably out of place compared to the rest of the scene.

That said, I share the desire to see more cgi cutscenes!!! Single player Final Fantasy games are speckled with a nice evenly distributed number of these and in fact they are often a big part of the motivation for me to continue to play. It would be great if we could have a few more cgi scenes at parts of the story which don't need to directly involve our character (i.e. a new primal appearing, introduction to new characters / new area's, important events that our character isn't present (or in shot) for). Perhaps the ending story scene of each major patch would be a good point to slip in a juicy cgi scene.