I Can't Help but to think FFXI Opening CGI is highly simular to..

[Starlord]

New trailer is missing adorable tiny ones running around pwning the enemy with lolblizzardII

I sure hope they put them in the Opening in FFXIV

[Atoli]

Can't really compare a shadowlord beastmen army (FFXI) to a giant red meteor destroying everything with another country invading (FFXIV)

This.
I see no similarity beyond people forming an alliance to defend against some kind of threat..which is basically the plot of 95% of fantasy books/games out there so it's not like it's special that it is similar to FFXI's alliance.

[JackDaniels]

This.
I see no similarity beyond people forming an alliance to defend against some kind of threat..which is basically the plot of 95% of fantasy books/games out there so it's not like it's special that it is similar to FFXI's alliance.

I wouldn't say 95%, but yes the majority for sure

[Starlord]

Hehe, was just expressing how I felt about it is all =). They both do have the "Darkness feel to it though" FFXIV 1.0 CGI wasn't all that dark. I'm glad they are taking this route.

[JackDaniels]

Considering the decade between ffxi and ffxiv.. it's like.. comparing ffII to ffIX (FFI is in its own category)

[Leo_Hart]

I cant help but to think "ffxi vocal > ffxiv vocal"

[Ralliare]

Those are nothing alike. infact those both portray way in two opposite methods. Method one being to display the horrors of war and the effect on the common man. the second showing the horrors of war through the eyes of those fighting in it.

Those are pretty much the 2 ways of covering a small narrative on war in 2 min.

[Akira_Tenshi]

They are nothing alike. The opening to FF XI is powerful and emotional, it almost bought a tear to my eye.

[Elexia]

They're similar in nature but not context. In FFXI when you learn about everything through CoP and WoTG the intro has that much more impact on you if you care for storylines.

In XIV, what we know so far..it's just a cool looking scene, no type of attachment at all.

[SuzakuCMX]

We haven't seen the FFXIV opening CGI yet. We've seen bits of it cut-and-pasted out bit-by-bit in a badly voiced trailer.