FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Opening Movie Now Live! (01/07/2013)

[Hulan]

I have to agree - with caveats - with the two or three people confused at the lack of narrative in the second (new) part of the video. I am not disappointed, per se, but I do find the second half of the video to have muddied the narrative presented in the first half. Unlike my fellow commenters, I don't think it has to give us answers, but the End of an Era video had a very smooth narrative flow. The events made consecutive sense and told a story. The second half, on the other hand, feels somehow tacked on to me. Things come at you in a jumble of non-associated scenes; most notably the Behemoth and Odin scenes.

While I greatly enjoyed this video (I don't want to call it an Opening or Trailer) and I'm satisfied, I don't really feel like SE lived up to the bar they had set with the first half. It was like watching an Olympic runner stumble just as he wins a race. Yes he won, but not with the grace and excellence you really expect out of an Olympic runner.

[hrdndv]

I have to agree - with caveats - with the two or three people confused at the lack of narrative in the second (new) part of the video. I am not disappointed, per se, but I do find the second half of the video to have muddied the narrative presented in the first half. Unlike my fellow commenters, I don't think it has to give us answers, but the End of an Era video had a very smooth narrative flow. The events made consecutive sense and told a story. The second half, on the other hand, feels somehow tacked on to me. Things come at you in a jumble of non-associated scenes; most notably the Behemoth and Odin scenes.

While I greatly enjoyed this video (I don't want to call it an Opening or Trailer) and I'm satisfied, I don't really feel like SE lived up to the bar they had set with the first half. It was like watching an Olympic runner stumble just as he wins a race. Yes he won, but not with the grace and excellence you really expect out of an Olympic runner.

I agree mostly. I felt the lack of narration. This video needs a song or a story to go with it to set up the ARR story. Not an explanation of events, just a carrot to get you excited to play. Set up the new story.