Will the Cutscenes be Improved in the future?

[Alhanelem]

It was rushed or else housing and ct and pvp would have made the release, but thats another matter altogether.

It was not rushed, those contents were not planned for release. They set Crystal Tower aside to put Coil in so that the endgame players would have a good challenge from the get-go. PvP was never scheduled for launch.

You can't delay releases forever, and someone's going to call it "rushed' no matter how long they take. They could have released the game a year later, made us wait a year, and put 3x as much content in it, and we'd still complain that it was rushed because we waited so long and therefore expected more.

They could have delayed the game 6 months and released with everything in 2.1 as base content. They could have delayed it 9 months and released it with the 2.2 content as well. They have to release it at some point, you could delay an MMO forever to keep adding things. Better to let people play it then have a project with a never-ending finish line.

[Drakzen1]

It was not rushed, those contents were not planned for release.

You can't delay releases forever, and someone's going to call it "rushed' no matter how long they take. They could have released the game a year later, made us wait a year, and put 3x as much content in it, and we'd still complain that it was rushed because we waited so long and therefore expected more.

I really could go into detail about all the things that have happened since launch that could have been avoided if more time was put into the beta but ill simply say "I would have prefered a year later". Also im not complaining just agreeing that the cutscenes were better. Everytime someone disagrees doesnt mean they hate somthing , just that they feel differently about it.

[Roris]

The game was rushed nothing can be done about it now only look to the future...Yeah i kinda hated all the cutscenes didnt feel like a final fantasy game...felt like a standard mmo...idk kinda never really felt any real reason to do anything there wasnt really a drive like in 1.23 trying to stop dalmund was epic like everyday you could feel it getting closer AHHH

That's because as rushed as the original game was, though rushed for different reasons, they really put a lot of effort into the animations and cinematography. Final Fantasy has been known for it's great graphic work including it's CGI and animation work, amongst other things of course, and a couple of 1.0 in engine cutscenes managed to look like CGI at times.

Meanwhile ARR doesn't really have that, most of its animation work is repurposed from other in game animations or even 1.0 animations. Just look at this video of some of the motion capture work that went into 1.0, which I expect will probably be reported by some upset individuals and removed any moment now so watch it while you can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kIBlhhneY

[KiriA500]

Thanks for making me regret that I didnt play FFXIV 1.0... Better Graphics, UI, Cutscenes, Animations, Hamlet.... -.-

[Felis]

It was rushed or else housing and ct and pvp would have made the release, but thats another matter altogether.
Also I dont know man the story didnt move me at all...It was so dry, not that 1.23 was great, but by comparision I think so.
I am refering to golden age final fantasy here but maybe deep story to me is very different than it is to you so this of course is my opinion.

Housing and PvP was never planned to be ready at launch. It was always planned for after launch.

[Alhanelem]

I really could go into detail about all the things that have happened since launch that could have been avoided if more time was put into the beta but ill simply say "I would have prefered a year later".t.

Oh, like the servers? It's already been well established that they made projections based on the beta participation and those projections proved to be inaccurate. It had nothing to do whatsoever with the length of the beta. You can only predict so far what's going to happen based on a beta. Making the beta longer doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be more bugs at launch nor does it mean their predictions will be more accurate. Yes, I'll probably prefer the game more a year from now, and even more a year beyond that. Again, you can only wait so long. If the game was truly "rushed" it would have been an exact repeat of 1.0.

Also im not complaining just agreeing that the cutscenes were better. Everytime someone disagrees doesnt mean they hate somthing , just that they feel differently about i

It sure looked like a complaint to me. Again, I'm really not seeing the validity of the critism. The cutscenes have the same or better production values that they had in 1.0. You can criticize the content of them possibly, but how can they top a giant red moon crashing into the world?

[Drakzen1]

Housing and PvP was never planned to be ready at launch. It was always planned for after launch.

I thout those two were but maybe im wrong, im reading a live letter from around the end of 1.23 so maybe plans changed. But im pretty sure CT was. Which in itself validates my point.

[Alhanelem]

I thout those two were but maybe im wrong, im reading a live letter from around the end of 1.23 so maybe plans changed. But im pretty sure CT was. Which in itself validates my point.

It doesn't validate your point. CT could have been ready for launch, but they decided to change course and release something else instead.

[Drakzen1]

It sure looked like a complaint to me. Again, I'm really not seeing the validity of the critism. The cutscenes have the same or better production values that they had in 1.0. You can criticize the content of them possibly, but how can they top a giant red moon crashing into the world?

Why complain it doesnt change anything...we are just disscussing how we feel about the cutscenes. You feel there better and thats okay. I feel there worse and thats okay too. The game will continue on hopefully and the cutscenes and story will get better. If they had more time I firmly belive they would have been better.

[Darko]

Thanks for making me regret that I didnt play FFXIV 1.0... Better Graphics, UI, Cutscenes, Animations, Hamlet.... -.-

lol... no. graphic (accept shadows) was worse and ui (nowhere near responsive) was even worser.