I was recently re-watching the openings for 1.0, and I can't help, but feel more engaged by all aspects of them in comparison to the openings for ARR. Voice acting is better, the animation looks more cinematic, the music is engaging... the atmosphere is more appealing. The story was more epic in delivery and emotional impact, in my opinion.

I'm going to link videos to these original openings and I'm curious to hear other player's opinions on them in comparison to the ARR openings. (New and old players alike.) I'm not trying to bash on the game here, but maybe there is still more to be pulled from the original game and into ARR still that could definitely help it with it's storytelling/immersion aspects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9KvwFRRO0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub60_0knHFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DzfppJ7UAc