Opening Cinematics: Past, Present and Future

[ellohwell]

CGI is a waste of time.

I liked the intro.

It's not supposed to make sense, it's supposed to pose mysteries (a story can't be compelling if there is no mystery).

The opening cutscene set up the world in the following ways: it introduced the concept of adventurers, aetherytes, and guildleves all in the space of a few seconds, even showing the map of Eorzea. It then went on to develop the concept of the echo and the Garlean threat. It introduced the war between the dragon horde and Ishgard, as well as the Primals, and also the power of the aether and the Starshower.

All these elements form the spine of the story in FFXIV, and it may have seemed like information-overload at the time, but it slowly begins to make sense as you progress through the game, and I think that's the point of great mysteries.

Maybe it could have been better, but I think it got the job done.