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

[Rustyhagun]

The 5 main guys appeared from the past in a forest and that's OK but where the heck did their chocobos come from? lol

Chocobo whistle, duh ....its a magical world. So don't think to much about those type of things. The chocobos even look a little dirty.

[Kirito]

I think it helps if you think of this as one movie, instead of 2 movies put together. We have a narrative - the end of an era section - that tells you the background premise of the game. All of the new footage is then meant to be very trailer-like, saying "Now that we're here in A Realm Reborn, all of this stuff is going to happen so go play the game!" If I only looked at the new footage as the opening I agree that I wish there were more narrative. It'd be even less than the original opening to the game, which had a narrative but wasn't very clear what was going on. I think some people were looking for an opening like FFXI which told a distinct story. But as I said, if you look at this as one movie, we do get this, it's just not the new parts.

The only thing is that all the 1.0 characters will need to get a design change... So it would make sense for them to show our 1.0 character for the first scene, then initiate the design process and then start the second scene...

Chocobo whistle, duh ....its a magical world. So don't think to much about those type of things. The chocobos even look a little dirty.

well they've been waiting for years...

[Rustyhagun]

I couldn't bring myself to skip the End of an Era stuff...

YOUR MY BOY BLUE....not LOU

[Rustyhagun]

This cant be all of the opening, it doesnt clear anything up at all.
I think i remember Yoshi saying that legacy players would get an unedited version, is this what he was talking about?
Abit disappointed, Bahamut/Louis not explained and Odin shows up out of nowhere. SE pulling a Lost or something.

We are not watching a movie. The Intro CG is not going to give you the plot of the entire reason. That is what playing the game, and 'READING' the in game lore, will be for.

[Velhart]

YOUR MY BOY BLUE....not LOU

It is "You're my boy, Blue!"



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I loved the rest of the opening movie. I was very happy to see Thancred made it through along with the other inner circle characters (Except Lou ). I am really looking forward to finding out what happened to the world and key characters.

[Majidah]

Trailer got really lame after they summoned their chocobos. It was like... dude. Its been 5 years. What the hell were they doing at the forest?

Chocobo skelletons should have appeared in their stead. Starved to death by their abscent leaders.

[Torvald]

The original opening movie is so lackluster compared to this one.

I actually loved the original opening movie. Watch it again, its really epic and detailed. Even now it gets me excited about the world.

[Griss]

its not really an opening, its a montage.

An army of chocobos
Appearence of Odin
Behemoth
Crystal tower

None of these are explained, none of them are coherent, what is the point of them?

To get you excited to play the game to figure out what the hell is going on?

[ShinigamiKayla]

one of the story arcs in 2.0 is to explain what happened after we get Teleported >.> so we'll find all that out eventually

[Lady]

First off i liked it!

Second doesnt his shoulder "steam punk" accessory look like a face or even a kitty cat!

I didn't see the cat until you mentioned it, now I can't UNSEE it!