FFXIV 1.0 Limsa Lominsa Opening Cutscene

The opening cutscene for the Limsa Lominsa start in FFXIV 1.0

[@leshyaedawnfire]

So veteran players who started in Gridania were attecked by slavering wolfs and a mad treant, and got to meet Yda, Papalymo, and the Moogles, those who started in Ul'dah dealt with a rampaging Goobue and met Thancred, F'lamihn, and the girl who would eventually become Minfillia, and those who started in Limsa Lominsa fought off a horde of aurelias, met Y'shtola, and saw A FUCKING PRIMAL BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW THEY WERE A THING!? Lucky sods.

[@jessepinkman6113]

Yeah, imagine if we had that as our intro to ARR. God it would have been so so so much better

[@takatacheroki2624]

IMHO the intros were as follows - Ul'dah: Harrowing Gridania: Somewhat mysterious (also whimsical) Limsa Lominsa: Shock and awe

[@JJMomoida]

Not quite. The creature you see in this intro cutscene is not THE Leviathan. It's actually just some random sea serpent lol.

[@leshyaedawnfire]

@@JJMomoida Shush. *pout*

[@thestatethatiamin]

Okay, so I wasn't just imagining things. Nice

[@johnhorner1821]

I know!!! I think we are in excellent hands.

[@gandalf-big-naturals]

SAME

[@n0ctiz456]

Came here as soon as I saw the first endwalker cutscene

[@user-ob4kn3rp3j]

This opening was way better than the ARR one

[@Castersvarog]

But good god, it ate the budget like chips. Each fin on that sea serpent was individually animated, which took more time and effort than was needed.

[@HawkinaBox]

@@Castersvarog It's so frustrating that it was that way. I love that our character had personality compared to just nodding.

[@GameGod77]

Every video I've seen of a 1.0 opening has had the player character as a cat girl, lmao.

[@lokhuajenzahl6462]

it's a staple of ffxiv. Even SE themselves acknowledged it by having Y'shtola be the first of the FFXIV characters represented in Dissidia iirc lol

[@ulrichwrathshadow1768]

I see Im not the only one making sure we didn't imagine this. LOL

[@sarsgarrs]

It's so good!

[@kurokusa-199]

Morden FF14 cutscenes tier: non voiced cs, voiced cs, voice cs with mocap. and now I wish Yoshi-p add one more tier: 1.0 PC breaking cs

[@ribonella9690]

Oh how I love this opening more--along with the song, as if Hydaelyn is singing to us, hinting the start of our journey to becoming the warrior of light🥺

[@jamiefulton4676]

I like the meteor shower the players dreams before seeing the storm they are caught in. Makes me think the devil planned the road to Endwalker all those years ago.

[@Poldovico]

I'm pretty sure the rough concept of where the game was supposed to go had already been established back then. It just had to take a bit of a detour.

[@andruism7]

Imagine if cutscenes still had motion captured characters in them!

[@MistyKathrine]

This game was ahead of it's time.

[@natalyst]

i think one in SHB did

[@nev2221]

All the budget went to the animations.

[@LivvieLynn]

I can see what was meant by 1.0 being inconsistent. The cut scenes are beautiful but I imagine not being easy to maintain.

[@anotherkenlon]

Full fucking circle - starting our walk to the End right from the start. Jesus, the FFXIV dev team are rock stars, managing to pull that off out of the ruins of 1.0.

[@phenik403]

I think what surprised me most was the protagonist's grunt noises.

[@priestessredspyder]

Every time I see anything from 1.0 (I started in 2015, so missed it), I get distracted by how loud the footsteps are.

[@strigoiowl]

A lot of people about to flood this video...

[@WyrmLimion]

I remember when we were first greeted with this cinematic during the Alpha/Beta and before the launch. Everyone on the forums was so excited myself included!

[@NakuruKouChannel]

the lipsync?????????? they lipsynced cutscenes back in the day???????????

[@highborn18]

This is kinda awesome! I started as a warrior in Limsa Lominsa. I wish I could watch a full playthrough of the 1.0 story!

[@azure1691]

Not the throwback to 1.0 loool

[@The_domoto]

Dat callback :D

[@lordlasombra]

so very true i wish i could still the 1.0 cs in my inn room as a legacy player.

[@buryingbrightness]

2:21 kinda like the 6.0 scene where we first meet venat in person

[@captian1000]

Oh good, I wasn't alone! lol Today this video has 5,347 views, lets see how many it has later lol

[@Picxalate]

Freakin Endwalker

[@kyrolazioko4783]

Even with the recent Dawntrail lighting updates, 1.0 is far superior.

[@yabiyabi]

I must say, holy.... mama...While in endwalker... your mi'qote is by far the most beautiful I have ever seen so far...................... wow

[@dracotheshadowphoenix]

it kinda reminds me of endwalkers intro scene...or am i just imagining things? only thing missing is hydalin

[@Arwing-o4z]

I wonder if they even mention where most of these people in the ship's holding (in this video) are coming from. They look like standard Eorzeans to me. 😹

[@sa-yb9qn]

The story scenes back then were so much better! Makes the newer version look like a cheap knockoff.

[@jamiehav0k62]

With the incoming gfx update ff14 will finally look as good as 1.0 did 10 years ago lol