Nostalgia overload (FFXI event)Follow

Yeah after finishing the event it just always makes me remember how XI's story was, actually a full blown story and flow together. Yeah stuff gets left open ended and finished later on, but they usually do it to justify a "cross over" event, like Apocalyptic Neigh or, well, obviously Rhapsodies of Vanadiel.

XIV's story is definitely so disjointed I don't know if it'll ever have the same kind of impact. You get nice elements within the patch stories, but then comes the next and it's like "oh right there was a previous story." Especially when they pull BS like 2.55's ending :l

Is it possible FFXIV's story is less interesting to you... BECAUSE you aren't paying attention to it?

Most of the FFXI cutscenes I remember were people talking to each other or talking to you. There were some more cinematic ones too, but also a lot of blahblah.

About the event though, I loved the battle music, the victory chime at the end of the FATEs, and the little parade of pictures at the end. It was nice. I do think they could've chosen a more iconic character since Iroha is a complete unknown to anyone not playing the finale event in FFXI, but it was still a nice sendoff for the game.

I think I mainly enjoyed ARR's storyline because I played through the full story of 1.x, and ARR's story felt so much like a sequel to the old game. It would have felt much less impactful without that sense of continuation.

But the Heavensward storyline stood on its own as fantastic.

I do love FFXI's story though. I absolutely love that it came before the era of voiced cutscenes. Kind of like reading a book, your imagination can fill in more blanks when the characters' voices aren't forced upon you. Also, there are certain types of dialogue that are awesome when read, but would be cheesy/awkward if spoken.

XI's storyline also seemed to be based more on mysticism/gods, whereas ARR's storyline is more bad people/politics... but Heavensward took a pleasant turn for the better in that regard.

Edited, Nov 11th 2015 10:29am by Thayos

What you get in an FFXIV expansion from day one you got in FFXI in a span of 1½-2 years at best. Everything that happens past day one in FFXIV is already more than what FFXI ever gave us.

I just love to point out the contrast between what Theonehio says vs. what is actually the case. Black and white. Yin and yang.

XI's content seemed fatter than it was because most of the smaller fights with each content infusion required you to form a party to complete them. XIV builds that epic battle with dozens of NPCs instead, or puts you in a dungeon where you can DF it in a pinch. I was stuck on WotG's "A Feast for Gnats" for two years because I couldn't find 5 other people who also needed it. I eventually cleared it at 99 cap with a group of 4.

Cutscene for cutscene, they're around parity when you exclude XIV's voice acting.

Edited, Nov 12th 2015 8:28am by Catwho

Nah, I tend to ignore him because he's so butt hurt over it he has to attack people to feel better about himself.



The only problem was as expected, it was FATE focused. Even if it has references just hoped they'd decide to do something else for once lol.

Edited, Nov 12th 2015 7:29am by Theonehio

They all popped up within a few minutes for me. I think the last one even has a "Destination" so you could trigger it.

..... there may or may not have been onions being cut in my general vincinity.

And I may or may not have started patching XI....

I've done the first two chapters of Rhapsodies; I kind of want to finish Abyssea and Adoulin before finishing the third chapter. I feel it was intended to be the finale, and I really want to get its full impact.

Oh and

SpoilerIroha is totally gonna be the Samurai trainer in XIV

Edited, Nov 12th 2015 2:40pm by BrokenFox

The game is also on sale for ten bucks if you lost your old login information.

*twitch*

inb4
"Playonline Viewer has stopped working"
"Playonline Viewer has encountered an error"
ect.