PLEASE make cutscene texts play on their own without having to click them!

[Iplewhelmed]

So I just watched that one hour or so of cutscenes at the end of the ARR storyline. Pretty good stuff in my humble opinion, well directed and decently voice acted.

Too bad I can't sit back and immerse myself in the storyline because I have to click on those textboxes after EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF DIALOGUE. If I as much as want to drink some water from the glass next to me, I have to endure this awkward silence that toally disrupts the flow of the scene because my hand happened to be occupied.

Now, I don't mind this feature in voiceless cutscenes, since that means you read the text at your own pace, but when you already have the voices reading said texts out loud for you, why do I STILL have to set the pace for every single piece of dialogue?

In what world is this considered good game design? AT LEAST give us an option to toggle auto-subtitles on and off instead of forcing you to do static clicking for a whole HOUR when watching a cutscene.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Just press numpad 0. I rebound it to Tab so my right hand is free for drinks or food lol

[Suirieko]

I'd rather not. This makes it easier for me to take screenshots of cutscenes, without any texts displayed.

[FearTheOldBlood]

I'd rather not. This makes it easier for me to take screenshots of cutscenes, without any texts displayed.

Why does this comment have so many likes? The OP said "Option" so it's Optional. Personally i'd love this setting as clicking the text can get very tedious especially in the 20-30 minute cutscenes, i'd rather sit back and watch them like a movie.

[Agrios]

Since when is hitting a button so time consuming that it effects immersion? Bad game design? Really? Hm.

[Paladinleeds]

Actually no I think it should be an option. I don't mind clicking the button every time myself, but I'd prefer it if it went along on its own as an option. When in a voice acted cutscene, I go at the pace of the voice acting. So it'd be easier for me to do that. I also believe that if it isn't already an option, add an option to turn off the voice acting completely for those who best understand by reading and would find the voices distracting to their intake of the story.

[ErryK]

If I as much as want to drink some water from the glass next to me, I have to endure this awkward silence that toally disrupts the flow of the scene because my hand happened to be occupied.

You drink with both hands or what?

[Claire_Pendragon]

I cant stand when games (even more so games u cant pause) dont let u stop after each dialogue box, in case u have to afk or something.

[Paladinleeds]

I cant stand when games (even more so games u cant pause) dont let u stop after each dialogue box, in case u have to afk or something.

Which is why I'm advocating for it to be an option. And have it disabled by default if needed. That way people like you are able to read it at your own pace and handle an AFK or something, and people like me can have it go through in one smooth motion.

[Iplewhelmed]

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YES. THIS is what I'm trying to say. English is not my first language so I probably did not word it as well as I wanted to.

I just seriously think it's a disservice to the game's story and cutscene direction to have you manually make the dialogue go forward instead of letting you sit back and just take it all in. Square Enix are so famous for their linear games and cinematics-boners anyway so why did they decide to give us control over something that can potentially be seen as tedious? I mean, these introductory cutscenes with narration at the beginning of ARR/HW have "normal" subtitles - what makes those scenes so much different than the ones were characters are having a conversation? An OPTION to have the textboxes go by on their own (with a paus button in case of sudden AFK) would be a great feature to an already great game in my opinion.