Is it just me, or did FFXI have better animations for cutscenes?

[DWolfwood]

At least in this game we don't run around like my grandmother.

Haha, yeah that was my biggest complaint about Mithra. I hated their running animations. That said, a lot of the races' running animations are pretty bad in XIV as well. :<

At least here in FFXIV, despite the slight tendency to veer into Mary Sue territory, my character actually feels like they really are affecting events and being given credit for what they do, and the storyline actually involving them actively, rather than just a sidekick. But as Anavi said above, it's personal preference.

I feel like this limits what our character can be a bit, and it also runs into that big problem they'd rather just sweep under the rug about how we're all adventurers of light. I think a slightly generic persona makes for better world consistency, but it's not something I'm really adamant about either. I like the story in XIV just the same.