Am I the only one finding it hard to enjoy ARR because of the things I miss from the original FF14?

I'm not just being nostalgic, I know that the original FF14 was really messed up. But by the time 1.2 came, the game had come a long way and I enjoyed it a lot.

These are the things I miss from the original FF14:

-The superior opening cutscenes
If there's anything the original FF14 team did right, it was those lovely opening cutscenes for each city. The parade in Ul'dah, the storm-battered ship to Limsa Lominsa, the memorable characters of Gridania. They were all much more exciting, well-animated, beautiful, and perfectly voice acted than the dinky, weird opening scenes we have now. ARR's beginning story quest cutscenes seem just as lame so far.

Please tell me the cutscenes get better at higher level story quests or something??

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