9 hours of unskippable cutscenes?

[Adaman]

That sounds like way too much. It may also be a lie! I just read it in one negative review. True or no?

[Casurin]

If you count all FMV and let all dialog scenes play out to the fullest you might get to 9 hours.
The FMVs them self are not even 1 hour.
I see no reason to skip them but if you really do not want to get the story of a story driven game then there is a mod that allows you to skip the scenes.
Next thing people will want to skip the battles too - so no story, no combat.....

[Hinnyuu]

Considering this is a story-driven RPG and that most people will easily spend 100 hours trying to get everything, 9 hours isn't actually all that much.

It's not like this is a FPS with a 3-hour campaign with 1 hour of cutscenes or something. This is an RPG. If you're not interested in story, perhaps you're in the wrong genre.

[Adaman]

okie dokes, thanks.

[Serafie1999AD]

Yes, it is true. If you want to just complete the storyline, the game takes about 50 hours, and a YouTube movie consisting of scenes where you just put your controller down and watch the action takes about 9 hours.

Originally posted by Casurin:

I see no reason to skip them but if you really do not want to get the story of a story driven game then there is a mod that allows you to skip the scenes.

I see a major reason to skip some cutscenes. There are 5-6 minute, unskippable cutscenes before the fights against Seymour Flux, Yunalesca and Braska's Final Aeon, and if this is your first playthrough and you're doing a blind run without using any guides, it is very likely that you'll lose some of those battles at least once. If that happens, you have no choice but to watch the same cutscene over and over again.

[Andrew]

Welcome to JRPG

[Hinnyuu]

Well, to be fair, they listened - both X-2 and XII have native cutscene skipping (though in X-2 skipping scenes may cost you completion percentage).

[Casurin]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

There are 5-6 minute, unskippable cutscenes before the fights against

Yeah, i am in favour of a way to skip cutscenes once you have seen them (a savegame past that point or after gameovers)

[Mikasa Ackerman]

fun fact , X has more cutscene lenghth than 13 which was more infamous for being an interactive movie

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Erza Scarlet Titania:

fun fact , X has more cutscene lenghth than 13 which was more infamous for being an interactive movie

Absolute, or relative to the overall length?

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

Originally posted by Erza Scarlet Titania:

fun fact , X has more cutscene lenghth than 13 which was more infamous for being an interactive movie

Absolute, or relative to the overall length?

theres all cutscene videos and the X video was longer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6XwS9L3Ba8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpTMmlR6G0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxMcuzOgVrU


the two videos that are from the same channel have a 3 hours length difference ( X is 3 hours more than 13 )

[Hinnyuu]

So that's absolute, then. But X is a longer game than XII, by a fair margin. You can't really compare absolute numbers.

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

So that's absolute, then. But X is a longer game than XII, by a fair margin. You can't really compare absolute numbers.

Only if you play the postgame, which requires an excessive amount of grinding. If you just want to beat the main story, FFX's story is on average about the same as FFXIII's story, if not shorter:

FFX - https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3525 (main story 48½ hours)
FFXIII - https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3532 (main story 49 hours)

So during the main story, FFX has more cutscenes both in terms of absolute and relative lengths. In addition, unlike in FFX, you can skip the cutscenes in FFXIII, which does reduce the playtime for those who aren't interested in the story. (Though to be fair, I don't see much point in playing either FFX or FFXIII if you're not interested in the story, since gameplay-wise, both are major hallway simulators where you're walking a straight path, with FFX's hallway stopping just before the final dungeon, and FFXIII's hallway stopping when you enter Gran Pulse.)

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

Only if you play the postgame

True, but then again that makes the comparison a little unfair since XIII has no postgame :P

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

So that's absolute, then. But X is a longer game than XII, by a fair margin. You can't really compare absolute numbers.

Only if you play the postgame, which requires an excessive amount of grinding. If you just want to beat the main story, FFX's story is on average about the same as FFXIII's story, if not shorter:

FFX - https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3525 (main story 48½ hours)
FFXIII - https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=3532 (main story 49 hours)

So during the main story, FFX has more cutscenes both in terms of absolute and relative lengths. In addition, unlike in FFX, you can skip the cutscenes in FFXIII, which does reduce the playtime for those who aren't interested in the story. (Though to be fair, I don't see much point in playing either FFX or FFXIII if you're not interested in the story, since gameplay-wise, both are major hallway simulators where you're walking a straight path, with FFX's hallway stopping just before the final dungeon, and FFXIII's hallway stopping when you enter Gran Pulse.)

but for those that play the game again , skipping cutscenes is great

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

Only if you play the postgame

True, but then again that makes the comparison a little unfair since XIII has no postgame :P

True, I guess "optional content" would be a more accurate term than "post-game", since I was referring to the content that takes place outside the main story. I consider about half of the Cie'th stone quests, Adamantoise farming and getting the Treasure Hunter achievement to be part of the post-game, though. I can't really imagine 5-starring Vercingetorix and beating Long Gui if your characters are on "main story strength" (i.e. without unlocking the last Crystarium level, and with barely touching the secondary jobs).