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

[Xaimera]

After the End of Era flash/Gigaflare, the very first part of the new intro reminded me a lot of Final Fantasy Tactics.

Also Hildebrand @6:48

whut?? WHERE??!?!?! lol also Yoshi said maybe Hildebrand was in End of an Era trailer as well I can't even imagine where he would be LOL. PICS PLZ!!! :O

[Lucke]

Than looks a little bit like some other FF character...





Jus' sayin'

[Vilhem]

That backlight is a very strong light, so of course it'd hit his hair that way.



See how this same light engulfs the outline of his body? >.> Its really strong

I guess I'll just wait until we see him ingame again and hope he's kept his sexy ash locks >_>

[Laume]

let me rephrase, meaning sometimes gets lost in text.
i know its an opener, however to me it doesnt feel like one. It feels like a trailer because of the way its cut, thats all.

My point is, the cutting has nothing to do with it feeling, looking, passing, like a trailer. A trailer, like you said before needs narrative, summary, explanation and is usually, on average, 50~100% longer than a teaser (and usually takes longer and cost more to make), as I pointed out in post 189 on page 19 with the avenger trailer and teaser. Maybe what you mean is that it's not as fast pace as you would have liked it? Or as exciting? Maybe the pacing isn't as exciting or as fast or awe-inspiring as you would have liked it? (which is completely understandable. Adding the epilogue of 1.0 does drag the opening movie a bit. On the other hand, they needed to bring people back who aren't as up to speed as we are. There really was no perfect solution to that.) Because, often, trailers are a lot slower paced in general compared to the teaser (which is suppose to be "in-your-face" and fast paced.).

[Majoga]

Lots of FF games have characters riding into the sunset on chocobos (although I guess FFT was the first to do it in CG).

It was mainly the part where the chocobo foot splashes in the water in a forest.

As for Hildebrand, uh, I don't know what version of the trailer you're watching but 6:48 shows Odin on Sleipnir for me - and I've watched both the UK and US versions (the only difference is the rating at the start). I even looked carefully throughout the entire trailer and couldn't find that bumbling buffoon anywhere (shame he isn't there though - you got my hopes up for a second!).

Sorry you're right, it's just my own personal opinion that I want to believe Hildebrand became the Dark Rider similar to Luzaf in XI. I don't think he could of survived Dalamud any other way but I don't have proof to support this, he can still be his goofy self when not in Dark Rider form. My only other theory is that Odin is another "van" with the Empire since they all do have similarities.

[Vilhem]

Hildibrand is a comic relief character, and as such isn't exactly canon compared to say..the Circle or Cid. So anything can go with him. He coulda been spit down by Dalamud, landed in a tree and somehow survived, and said he did a splendid job staying Bahamut.

[Reika]

It was ok....

[Xaimera]

I just applied to the beta test and it went thru but im Legacy member so is this application only for PS3? im confused cuz it says players who are legacy do not need to apply. I'm guessing this is for PS3 and for non legacy members?

[KaMuiSouZou]

It's possible SE decided to suddenly change Thancred's hair color, but considering everything in his scene is heavily brown it's more likely it's the lighting. It certainly does look brown so we'll all just have to wait for other pics to see.

Also, why are people saying the Miqo'te changed her chest? It looks the same to me...? I think we just didn't get a very good look at em before.

[Xaimera]

yeah her chest isn't bigger its just we finally get to see them under a more brighter light than when the End of An Era happened lol.