Final Fantasy XIV 1.23b - Would you Play it if Available?

[KisaiTenshi]

I've tried watching the story on Youtube. All that's there is a useless disconnected mess of cutscenes. Even placed in the correct order, there's no way to tell how far apart they take place (in terms of both space and time).

I don't care if none of it is canon any more and I'd rather judge for myself how good or bad the gameplay is.

You're right, there is entire instanced bits that go along with the cut scenes, the cutscenes alone don't tell the entire story, and there are flavor text parts just like in V2.0 that come before and after cutscenes.

For example F'lhaminn is heavily involved with the storyline if you start in Uldah, and there's an instanced part where you are told to use the emotes that looks like just some filler quest but isn't. In the other starting areas nothing is quite as relevant.
Like this is what the cutscene shows you
https://youtu.be/1KuFyQcmNng?list=PL...Ci-3M-hy&t=418

But this is what you actually did
https://youtu.be/gySHO1Be9OM

It's part of this quest sequence
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Court_in_the_Sands

I feel that that storyline is relevant since it features Ascilia (Minfilia) and F'lhaminn who are otherwise part of the game in V2. Minfilia in v2 keeps talking about Louisoix, who isn't even in V2 unless you play the Coil dungeons. Louisoix is essentially replaced by Alphinaud (Main storyline) and Alisaie (Bahamut Raid storyline) for V2.x . Louisoix is also the game's narrator.

As for the other paths, eg Limsa Lominsa and Gridania

The Gridana storyine does have Yda and Papalymo in it, much like Thancred is in Uldah, and Y'shtola in Limsa Lominsa. However much of what happens in those is forgettable and none the lore appears to have made it into V2.0.

Like for the most part, the opening of V2.0 was a sad disappointment as you got the exact same thing for all three. With some Moogle on top if you start in Gridania.

Edit: Everyone forgets about the Path Companions because AFAIK it was supposed to be like FFXI's Adventuring Fellow, and not storyline relevant at all.

[Mysticales]

The Gridana storyine does have Yda and Papalymo in it, much like Thancred is in Uldah, and Y'shtola in Limsa Lominsa. However much of what happens in those is forgettable and none the lore appears to have made it into V2.0.

Like for the most part, the opening of V2.0 was a sad disappointment as you got the exact same thing for all three. With some Moogle on top if you start in Gridania.

I agree I came into ARR and then when I saw the 1.0 CS. I was like "Wait a sec! This explains so much more!"

So would be nice if at least the Unending Story Table could host these CS with our chars as the model.