I have a friend that skips ALL the cut scenes. Is he insane ?

[DSanchez]

I haven't watched a single cutscene or read any of the story either... don't really care for it.

[Grembo]

Sounds like a generic MMO player.

I grew up with Final Fantasy games so naturally I want to have an attachment to the story and world of the game I'm playing. That's why it's been hard for me to get into other MMOs because most of them don't have established lore and it takes really good writing and an interesting world to hold my attention.

Even as a FF fan the story is pretty much 98% trash, nothing I haven't seen a thousand times before. If it's getting in the way of the actual fun parts of the game, the gameplay, sense of progression etc. then yah i'm going to skip it.

I do like the style of the NPC dialogue for the most part.

[Yukiko]

You have to be careful, some Cutscenes are not in the INN.
Special the scenes with ascians... currently noticed the one after EX primals.
I hope SE will fix that in one of the next patches and really add ALL scenes.
I havnt anything against a secund Kindom Hearts or Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles with the "memory" issue, but please tell us before!

[wildgalax]

i tried i really tried, however nothing really got me to watch them, before i knew it my fingers already navigating towards the skip button. So i still have no idea what the story is about or anything, i just know ok bad guy kidnapped some people, heroes must defeat bad guys or something like that, etc.

[Atreides]

I for one enjoyed the story and look forward for more of it.

[Diadumenos]

skips CS?! *spits coffee out*

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They know there is a story right? It is a mmoRPG. The stories play a big role in the overall feel of the game. Trying to make an emotional connection with the gamer to the game's world and inhabitants.

Skipping the CS is kinda anti-social. You are basically saying that you do not care for what they have to say or even what happens to the people. So then it begs the question. Why bother with an RPG at all? All they want is ... gear/max level as fast as possible with all other things be damned?

Why do I get the feeling they role DPS, hit max iLevel. Then complain that their is nothing to do...

[Morsmordie]

In my opinion, people who skip all the cut scenes and don't know anything about the game's story and lore are heretics... (okay maybe not heretics but I think they are missing an important part of the game and their game experience is very shallow and empty)

I've watched every single cut scene and read every single line of text and I've actually enjoyed it all. I don't think the story is weak and I'm looking forward to more of it being added in the future.

[Kimzark]

I agree but I am a FF fan who has played all the games and we love the stories of these games. Perhaps general rpg players who don't know the rich history of the series are coming in with less expectations about it and don't care about things like bahamut and gilgamesh which we fans are excited about.

I'm a FF fan myself (i own every single one since IX, and the rest i play on ISO), and i don't think i've watched any cutscenes. And you can't measure who is or isnt (or who is bigger than others) a fan from the game just because of the story. There are many ways to enjoy a FF game. Combat, Environment, Story, etc. And for me personally combat is the way i enjoy the game the most (although target, keybord smash and move to the side sometimes, isnt the best type of combat for me IMO). And like some previous people said, you can always go to the inn and watch every single cutscenes on the journey book.

[Airikay]

But don't people play Final fantasy FOR the story ??

I'm shocked. I thought he was in the minority. Maybe I am

Gotta remember, the forums reflect a real minor part of the population. On topic I watch the cutscenes, as does everyone I know that plays. At least the main story ones, some class/job quests aren't worth it. But I usually start paying attention for the level 40-50 ones when an actual story develops usually. I think story is pretty well done for an MORPG, still feels like a FF.

[Laf]

They know there is a story right? It is a mmoRPG. The stories play a big role in the overall feel of the game. Trying to make an emotional connection with the gamer to the game's world and inhabitants

You mean it is MMOrpg? Played few offline FFs, stories felt lively and emotional, compared to them ARR feels like... hmm... filler? Yet to see good and engaging mmo storyline.

Skipping the CS is kinda anti-social. Why bother with an RPG at all? All they want is ... gear/max level as fast as possible with all other things be damned?

It is MMO, people usually play it to socialise with each other(aka real people), raid dungeons and not to care about random faceless npcs... even less if plot is crap.

Why do I get the feeling they role DPS, hit max iLevel. Then complain that their is nothing to do...

Even if you read every word at best you extend gameplay time by one freaking day. Changes nothing.