I wanted a game and all I got were cutscenes

[Luvbunny]

I don't see why the skip cutscenes option is so hard to fathom. Or how the game is lacking in content outside of cut scenes.

Skipping CS is EASY, if only that is the solution. The biggest problem is those useless inane fetch quests that are purely padding content, garbage of a story, and can be made entirely optional side quests. You cannot SKIP CS on those, and they are required. At least 3.0 is a little more on point, and put all those garbage quests on the side for people to do in between dungeons, and for other who love exploration and finding out lore.

I think what they should do is to make future patches story extremely succinct for MSQ, on point, and less garbage fillers. But DO make those optional side quests that expand the back story or lore of the MSQ, for people who want a little more than the "extremely focused" main story. This will solve all of their problem. Since the MSQ + Patches already svelte, people can focus on those quickly, while still having a large optional side quests content they can do for XP and whatnot (but not gating them for accessing game content).

[Issac]

OP is seriously silly. HW story is amazing. I couldn't stop til I reached the end.

[Toystore]

It's not so much too many cutscenes as it is they need to tighten up the story questing. It's incredibly blatant they are trying to avoid one giant cutscene by all of the quests with 5 objectives in a row that just ping pong you from npc to npc (usually Minfilia). This comes off as way more annoying than just having one giant cutscene, perhaps economizing the storytelling in the future. I would rather sit through one well made cutscene than ping pong between Minfilia and whoever 5 times in a row before any real quest objective.

[Colt47]

I totally get where the opening poster is coming from. This game loves it's cutscenes way too much, to the point that they are chaining what could constitute 10+ minute cutscenes right after each other. It's totally possible to turn in a quest, get a 10+ minute cutscene, then start the next one and get another 10+ minute cutscene. I had two points where the game chained 3 or more cutscenes together through this method and it was atrocious (Not even talking about "The Fall" cutscene, where they at least warn you ahead of time it is long). Also, they shouldn't be making us have to click through the mile long cutscenes when they are already being voiced. Just have them auto forward to the next scene so we can sit there without clicking a silly mouse button.

Also, this dislike for cutscenes has nothing to do with disliking the story. The problem is that Cutscenes were a tool devised to deal with technical limitations back when games were on the PS1 and the PS2. We've made a lot of progress since those times and have other ways to convey the information in a cinematic way without resorting to cutscenes. That being said, there are times when cutscenes are necessary such as showing what is going on inside a ship that we will never walk through with our character, or show the happenings in a distant land. The majority of what we've seen in FFXIV could be done without cutscenes and instead done in a more interactive fashion.

[Neuflune]

Also, they shouldn't be making us have to click through the mile long cutscenes when they are already being voiced. Just have them auto forward to the next scene so we can sit there without clicking a silly mouse button.

Some people read slowly, especially those whose native language is not any of the available ones (JEDF).

You can click the 0 on your numpad by the way (or whatever "Confirm" is bound to). Much more convenient than having your hand on the mouse IMO.

[Felis]

About those who complain about that vets have months time to do the MSQ, every MSQ of a patch was around 5 hours gameplay.
Do 2.1 MSQ during a day, do the next day something else like leveling up DoH/DoL or do CT or some lv50 dungeons to unlock high level roulette, then do 2.2 MSQ during the next day and do the next day of it again something else etc.

[Eidolon]

About those who complain about that vets have months time to do the MSQ, every MSQ of a patch was around 5 hours gameplay.
Do 2.1 MSQ during a day, do the next day something else like leveling up DoH/DoL or do CT or some lv50 dungeons to unlock high level roulette, then do 2.2 MSQ during the next day and do the next day of it again something else etc.

Unless you are eager to play one of the new jobs. In which case, screw you and binge on the story until you hate it.

This is basically what people are being told. And I find it unfortunate because the game DOES have a well done story. It's just too bad you have to sift through a pile of **** to get to it.

[Colt47]

Unless you are eager to play one of the new jobs. In which case, screw you and binge on the story until you hate it.

This is basically what people are being told. And I find it unfortunate because the game DOES have a well done story. It's just too bad you have to sift through a pile of **** to get to it.

Ah, I'd laugh but unfortunately it's true.

[Felis]

Also, this dislike for cutscenes has nothing to do with disliking the story. The problem is that Cutscenes were a tool devised to deal with technical limitations back when games were on the PS1 and the PS2. We've made a lot of progress since those times and have other ways to convey the information in a cinematic way without resorting to cutscenes.

You really don't want to see cutscenes like this never again?
https://youtu.be/VGdz1gjQPrE?t=994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzA1l4oV6A

Unless you are eager to play one of the new jobs.

New jobs don't run away.

In which case, screw you and binge on the story until you hate it.

The same you can say about ice cream. Eat every day 4 portion ice cream and you start to hate it at the end of the month. Eat only 2 portions the week and you can still eat it at the end of the month

This is basically what people are being told.

And I say that a player should take his time and should not put himself under pressure to get it done as fast as possible. Nothing is running away. Enjoy the journey.

[Zabuza]

This is an MMO that's being treated like an RPG with the occasional content you're forced to team up with 3-7 others to do.

Wait, so an MMORPG is actually being treated like an MMORPG? Holy crap call an ambulance. You realize they've always been called MMORPGs right? Not just MMOs. This "chore" is something you literally only have to "slog through" once. After that the content where you team up with others is by no means occasional, in fact it's all you will do when you reach endgame. Grinding dungeons/primals for tomes, doing the raids, you can just do that all day every day. I guarantee you'll spend more time doing that than these cutscenes if you choose to go hardcore into it.