SE should make a new pre-rendered FMV cinematic for Version 2.0.

[Rhianu]

This is true, although I think in this generation of gaming FMV is unnecessary, it was used in the past to show off dramatic cinematic scenes which would have been impossible to do using in game engines.

With each generation of graphics cards the need for it is less and less.

If you have seen the final lvl 46 mission in this game you can see that CGI is not necessary.

I'm aware that in-game graphics are much better than they have been in past generations, but I'll have to respectfully disagree with your assertion that pre-rendered videos are no longer needed in current generation games. Just playing through FFXIII and FFXIII-2 clearly demonstrates that pre-rendered videos are still superior to in-game graphics, at least for now.

Maybe in like 2016 when the PS4 comes out, and there is no discernible difference, then we can say pre-rendered videos are no longer necessary. But for now, they should still be utilized whenever they're appropriate. And there is no time more appropriate than the complete relaunch of SE's flagship MMO.

cgi is the last thing SE should waste money on when this project is bleeding money.

SE has already spent millions upon millions of dollars on FFXIV. A little more to create a pre-rendered CGI video that will greatly increase publicity and generate more hype isn't going to break the bank. In fact, the loss of potential box sales if they don't do it would hurt much more.

I am sorry but you are soo wrong, just look around at any release and you'll see gameplay and such always gets more favour over some fancy CGI.

This thread alone is enough to show that people dont want CGI and would much prefer IN GAME engine stuff, even if its an ingame cinematic.

I do not mind in game cinematics and gameplay combined, but if your trailer is 50% CGI, 48% Ingame cutscenes (of which most didnt even come to light, have you seen Titan yet? lols) and 2% gameplay it will fail like it did before.

I don't know what screwy upside-down world you live in, but everywhere I look pre-rendered videos always generate more hype than videos with purely in-game footage. Perhaps you're not paying attention? There's a reason why every new MMO always has a pre-rendered CGI trailer that coincides with its launch. New RPGs need the kind of publicity that only pre-rendered CGI can generate. And FFXIV is essentially relaunching as a totally new game with Version 2.0.

Also, this thread is not an accurate barometer for what will or will not generate hype in the general public. Everyone in this thread already believes that FFXIV is worth paying a monthly fee for (otherwise you wouldn't be able to post here), which means you're already in a separate group from the general public, so your opinions cannot be used to gauge theirs.

(Not to mention the fact that only like ten different people have even posted in this topic, which is nowhere near a large enough group to get any kind of accurate reading for predicting the reactions of the general public and mass market, especially when we take into account that there is likely little to no variation in demographic among the posters here.)

And again, you're still operating under the assumption that SE has to choose between making a pre-rendered cinematic and making a trailer with in-game footage. I don't know how many times I have to state this, but SE doesn't have to choose one or the other. THEY CAN MAKE BOTH! SE is fully capable of making more than one trailer. They did it for the original launch, so I see no reason why they can't do it for the relaunch as well.

[Jinko]

I'm aware that in-game graphics are much better than they have been in past generations, but I'll have to respectfully disagree with your assertion that pre-rendered videos are no longer needed in current generation games. Just playing through FFXIII and FFXIII-2 clearly demonstrates that pre-rendered videos are still superior to in-game graphics, at least for now.

Maybe in like 2016 when the PS4 comes out, and there is no discernible difference, then we can say pre-rendered videos are no longer necessary. But for now, they should still be utilized whenever they're appropriate. And there is no time more appropriate than the complete relaunch of SE's flagship MMO.

Well whatever fact is that making a CGI trailer would cost money, making an in game trailer would cost much less time and money as they already have the assets and game engine working.

People don't want to see CGI they want to see in game, its been this way for a while now, to me if SE showed CGI at E3 it would say to me, we aren't ready to show the game off yet and would make me worried they were behind schedule.

Though now that I think about it, E3 is in June, and Version 2.0 won't be finished until October, so there's a good chance that gameplay footage won't be ready in time for E3.

The graphics engine was finished last month according to Yoshida, thats all you need to make an in game trailer.