Cutscenes!

[Balbanes]

*spoiler* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-romTzwbOrc *spoiler*

This is a snippet of a cutscene from the R38 mission, Lord Errant.

There should be more quests that have scenes such as this. Not just missions! Now, your basic "fetch" side-quests don't necessarily need these, but when adding new quests, SE, please consider larger scale ones -- like we had in XI.

[AlexiaKidd]

You think thats good wait until you see the R46 one ^^

But yes they game does need more cutscenes. They story is good but the delivery is bad it needs some work.

[Zenaku]

I think the reason players need to know that most of the action done in the game was done in real life action. Every CS done in the game with your Char was done by ppl in a room getting record doing the action. I think this is the reason why there no CS for sidequest. But i hoping they would do some CS for other CS even if they don't look realish like the one we have now.

[zaviermhigo]

I would take some FFXI esque cutscenes, just to vary it up. Lower cutscenes limited in movement (they can work a cutscene around people talking come on), and they save this special motion acting for awesome cutscenes. This way we could have a lot more cutscenes.

[GreyWolf]

I loved FFXI with all the cutscenes, got helped with immersion. ;_; miss them cutscenes

[Seif]

I loved FFXI with all the cutscenes, got helped with immersion. ;_; miss them cutscenes

I agree. They were the reason I did so much questing in XI. A well told story was always a better reward than any gear or spell. (as a sidenote getting scrolls like warp II through a quest beats getting "worn underpants for the low level and different class" any day of the week)

I've yet to learn any npc's name in this whole game.

[Illy]

While I would agree and would LOVE to see more awesome cutscenes like those seen in Lord Errant and Futures Perfect I don't think it's wise for SE to do that now. It takes resources to make those scenes(more then it did in XI because XIV has mo cap and in some cases VO to do) And seeing that they have alot more to focus on right now I think it will be awhile until we see that kind of stuff. Probably not until the first expansion comes out and who knows when that will be.

[Warm]

well I dont care
I want my character to look good and have more movement (fighting mobs etc)
I dont like the way cutscenes are now cos I feel like my character is useless and brainless on those cutscenes, even tho Ive worked so hard to rank up to do quests but I see my character on those screens did nothing only walk stand and never speak a single line (why option for voices if you're not gonna speak?)
I dont care how bad graphics for those cutscrenes should be but I want more actions for my character on those cutscrenes
I dont want cutscrenes as FF XI cos its new generation already people keep saying I want this and that from XI but if you gonna get everything from XI to XIV then XIV wont be XIV it just gonna be XI-2
I want something fresh and new so XIV can be XIV
I believe stories on FF games are great so what makes FF series stand out more than other games are stories and cutscenes !!
I hope I will see my character on FFXIV with great action cutscrenes and speak some lines in the future and be proud of it as FF fans and as FFXIV player

[weeble]

what seperates this game with any other game, or should i say what seperated ffxi, cause ffxiv is not hit the mark at all, is it's storyline,cutsceens and all the party play in them. all of this is missing or just not enough of it. this game is a pve but running like a pvp game with sub par everything but again theres no pvp to make up for it. se needs to fix these issues, this game isn't ffxi but it ain't a real mmo(RPG) anymore to me at all.

[MarkH]

So far I have not really find a cutscene in XIV that really leave an impression on me. I was told that the R46 cutscene and Zalvan would be awesome, but after seeing it for myself I feel that it is severely lacking when compared to many of the Wing of the Goddess cutscenes. Zalvan's introduction, with all of his gadget cannot compare to that of Robel-Akbel arriving on chocoboback, taking out many Yagudo with one spell.

Cutscenes is what really motivated me to do many of the mission and quest in XI. As the only reward for doing Windurst[S] mission before "At Journey's End" came out, it was more than enough for me to spend a whole day trying to solo "A Nation on the Brink". It was enough for me to try and get rank 10 in all 3 nations. It was the only reason my LS mate made me start Promathia mission. It was the only reason I ever finish A Timely Visit.

Most mission and quest in XI have cutscene that make me care for those involved. I want to save the children, I want to find more about that tavnasian price, I want to take the Lightbringer back from the Orc, I want to go to the sixth ministry to find more about Karuha-Baruha, I want to break Ajido out of jail, I want to fight Zeid.

XI's cutscene and world are much more idealistic, and it make me want to do quest, to help them. When doing ranger's quest, I don't want Semih to be taken away by the sin hunter, I really sympathise with what Perih did, I really wish they reconcile. I want to find out what happen between them, i wish there were more quest to tell me about them, even if the quest's cutscene is nothing but them talking.

While doing pugilist quest, i really wonder why I'm wasting my time "pursuading" people to pay their gamble debt, I wonder why I join a guild where half the people in it are ripping off the guild and hurt whoever try to expose their corruption, I wonder why I'm beating up tarutaru for someone's entertainment. I'm really skip most of the cutscene and am glad I am done with them, because I really do not wish to be part of the guild. I don't get the feeling of emptiness I experience when Lehko sailed away on the ship and then wonder if Nanaa ever met her father, I'm just glad it is over.

When I start in San d'Oria I was treated to a cutscene of Lady Curilla bending the rules so that returning Royal Knight can enter and rest quicker. And the more i find out about San d'Oria, the more I like San d'Oria, The more I do Windurst mission and quest, the more I want to know about Windurst.

When I start in Gridania, I was told something is wrong with me and I have to be cleansed, then i spent the rest of my time babysitting and learning dancing from a group of very annoying very demanding children. I shortly moved to Ul'dah and never look back.

But the more I find out about Ul'dah, the more i feel that every inhibitant is greedy and corrupted, doing nothing but showing off money they have to borrow. When I made a new character in Ul'dah, the first mission involve fixing a gladiatorial match, being ripped off by an elvaan and a guild of miner wanting to kill trespasser.

The game cutscene and story make me ponder "Am I really suppose to care about these people?" and at this point, I really think that if the Garlean Empire do conquered Eorzea, they will probably be doing it a lot of good. At least Ul'dah won't be ruled by greed and it's law being change at the whim of the highest bidder.

I really hope they will add some new cutscenes that make me change my mind about Eorzea..