Patch 2.5 Part 1 release date Jan 20 2015

[Slycer]

I really wish they had kept the original Scion VAs from 1.0, but oh well. It's the entire reason I started in Gridania in 1.0

I DO BELIEVE WE'RE DEAD PAPALYMO

goddamn i even miss Hydaelyn's original VA and she had 3 words spoken in the entire thing

Original VA Papalymo saying "Hit them harder!" was his best line in either game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeJ5fAlIac#t=03m55s

[Rocl]

FETCH SOME OF THIS

[Slycer]

Those interactions with Yda and Papalymo were so campy but I found them pretty funny, wish it would have carried through more into ARR.

[Niiro]

I have no idea why they threw out the script writers and VAs from 1.0 along with everything else.

Hate watching 1.0 cutscenes now, I can't do anything but weep at the shit quality of the ones we get now.

edit: and really, it's just a shame that all the effort that went into making the 1.0 cutscenes just went to complete waste, they put so much work into them and it really showed ._.

[Lucavi]

Oh yeah I peruse it too so it doesn't count for me either.

<3

Thank you very much, m'lady.

*Tips fedora in creeper fashion.*

[Rocl]

I have no idea why they threw out the script writers and VAs from 1.0 along with everything else.

Hate watching 1.0 cutscenes now, I can't do anything but weep at the shit quality of the ones we get now.

on the other hand, i do like getting more frequent storyline updates

hell, waiting every other patch in XI for story was too fucking much let's not talk about XIV never actually getting a continuation of the MSQ and only the infrequent smattering of 7UE shit

[Niiro]

When the story is presented in such a basic and slapdash way, it's not worth it to me.

[Adajer]

wrong thread.

[Obsidian]

The only 1.0 VA I liked better was Yda's.

[Alkar]

I don't even remember 1.0 cutscenes, shows you how great they were...

[Insanecyclone]

Still the best

[Destinye]

I don't even remember 1.0 cutscenes, shows you how great they were...

I can remember all of the 1.0 - 1.23 cutscenes, I can't remember much about ARR's cutscenes even shortly after I've done them.

[Damane]

I can remember all of the 1.0 - 1.23 cutscenes, I can't remember much about ARR's cutscenes even shortly after I've done them.

compared to FFXI the cutscenes in 14 are utter garbage. the storytelling too. i really hope they ramp it up to 11 quality with heavensward. albeit SoA didnt have the quality of previous expansions in terms of CS but even that is miles ahaed from 14 storytelling.

[Eurell]

While there is a fuckton of cutscenes that are just standing around and talking, they do add in plenty of good ones too. Thancred and the admiral fucking shit up in 2.2 come to mind, or some of the FCoB stuff.

[Deuce]

I like to believe that with 2.0's success we'll see some better writing/cutscenes with the expansion due to an increased budget and less of a rush, but who knows. They may just not have the proper talent in certain departments because of how the staff was gutted from 1.0.

[Jem]

Yeah 1.0 CS'es were amazing. I'm still pissed they promised us that Legacy players would be able to rewatch them in ARR and then never fucking gave them to us.

Also where the fuck is my slutty mithra companion that twisted every sentence into an innuendo?!

[Rocl]

Yeah 1.0 CS'es were amazing. I'm still pissed they promised us that Legacy players would be able to rewatch them in ARR and then never fucking gave them to us.

iirc they said they'd try but later said it'd be impossible ?

Also where the fuck is my slutty mithra companion that twisted every sentence into an innuendo?!

i thought they answered that canonically they were dead but not 100% sure tbh

[Obsidian]

I don't remember that promise but since they were done in-engine and that engine no longer exists it's pretty easy to see why they weren't able to follow through on that even if they originally intended to.

I also didn't really think stock XI's writing was significantly better than 2.0-2.4's.

[Lucavi]

Nostalgia's a bitch. No XI writing is better than Manderville quests. That said, I take issue with some of the cutscenes in ARR. Shadow Lord/Raogrimm's fight against the Ark Angels still trumps 95% of ARR's SCes, IMO. I feel that some of that, however, comes from ARR not yet being in a place where they're willing to showcase any of their heroes actually fighting hard against the enemy.

Whether its a lack of resources or just a lack of time (they put out a LOT of content), I hope we'll see more "badass" scenes, even if its just more of the hilarity of the Manderville Ultros post-fight CS.

[Elcura]

I can remember all of the 1.0 - 1.23 cutscenes, I can't remember much about ARR's cutscenes even shortly after I've done them.

Opposite with me (well, same as Alkar) I don't remember shit about 1.0 except maybe Ifrit being there with Nael then he shoots some mega laser shit at something... Also something vaguely comes to mind of being in a tomb in Ul'dah? I don't fucking know shit happened in 1.0 then the world ended. Generally what we had wasn't very exciting at all even if it was well animated.

While ARR has lower quality, it has way more obvious story beats since every primal is a big thing and the shit leading up to it is just building up to it. Ifrit > Titan > Garuda > Ultima Weapon > Moogle (is vague and shit) > Leviathan > Ramuh > Shiva leading to Ishgard and what I assume is Midgardsomr (I don't rememeber). Coil being it's own story with way more memorable cutscenes and then you have Hildebrand which if you do is certainly memorable and entertaining, then finally CT storyline which...yeah is pretty bad.

If Coil was main story I feel it would be up to par with shit that XI did since T13 feels very Shadowlord-esque. Also we do get far more story than we ever did in XI. That shit took ages so if it wasn't good (and some sections weren't, especially playing patch to patch) you had to deal with it for another 6 months.