In my eyes, it's clear as day on how to make 2.0 cutscenes so much better. Give them more goddamn animation life. Seriously, I never played 1.0, and just by watching one cutscene, I already love it because of the life that everyone and everything has. Their faces, their movements, the cutscene structure, your character actually has life and feel to it. I wouldn't care about their voices or their lighting. Just get their animation together and it'll be spectacular. Your character actually look like a bloody iconic hero in all the land.

The 2.0 main story characters voice quality doesn't match a stiff robotic animation with an overly dramatic face. I don't feel like a hero when all I do is stand, pivot, smile, nod... stand, pivot, smile, nod... the whole way through. When all I see is, this, all I can feel is how much of a computerized robotic figurine I am, only having motions selected from the emote list rather than having any unique effort in cutscenes. This is why I enjoy Hildibrand cutscenes a few notches more than the main story.

So much above-and-beyond potential, wasted.