After Playing WoW for over 15 years, I’ve finally given FFXIV a chance, and although its taken nearly a month due to many in game disctractions, I’ve finally completed A Realm Reborn and wanted to share my ARR ending reaction live from Twitch.
People say ARR is the weakest part of the FFXIV or even the “worst” part, but I’ve honestly fallen in love with the story and this ARR ending absolutely blew me away, it was such an emotional rollercoaster! After playing WoW for over 15 years it was crazy to be this invested in a story like FFXIV ARR and even have this much reaction to an MMO in general.
I played through this live on Twitch and we ended up completing FFXIV A Realm Reborn at around 2am, and felt completely broken by the end!
I hope you enjoy these longer video’s and thanks to everyone who came and watched live!
It is actually hard to revisit these scenes, so much sadness, so much frustration… enjoy seeing your reactions though!
Not to nitpick, but it hurts to hear the mispronunciation of our favorite girl. Easiest way I can think is is it pronounced Yish-tola, with a hard "o" like oak.
Very interesting, been here since part 1!
what a ride!
but now things really start to get colossal XD youre in for a treat
31:50 look at her eyes
The foreshadowing is strong in this one
Always good to see that little bastard get cleaved clean in two
Y'Shtola is the best girl! I even have all her outfit!
The fun thing was how we all willingly went into "Emote Only" mode to keep from spoiling things. I remember the poll being like 155 – 4
Congrats on beating the tutorial
Now the real game begins
Now imagine waiting 6 months for the next story. That's where we are now with end walker. We are so eager to continue with the story it's making go crazy.
The only thing in WoW that sparked even the slightest emotional reaction was when Varian said "For the Alliance," in Legion.
Really love the reaction clips to these key moments. Welcome to HW
Just so you know, you can set voiced conversations to automatically play without having to click every time to move onto the next bit, makes watching cutscenes much easier, just hit space-bar to turn it on and off
Ahh yes, the emotions that we had to deal with, without knowing what was ahead
"They're not gonna die."
You can't assume such things anymore.
Welcome to Ishgard!
Quinn begs to differ. XD
"Wait, who's this?" 😀
Thancred,
Esti-babe,
and now Brendt
…or was it Bremondt 😛
FFXIV will play with your emotions for sure <3 can't wait to see your thoughts on the HW opening
I forgot how angry I got. about Nanamo. I ran through ARR as a WMage and all I could think is “I can literally cure poison with my mind and raise the dead, WTF”.
But yeah, all Lala are evil until proven otherwise. There’s like 4 total Lala I like.
one of the best moments of all FFXIV^^
Marty's cry of "Help her!" :'<
You have even better story coming friend.
You say "I don't know how"…
… You have said what we all said at the exact same time as you and yet we all say "better is coming"
it's Game of Thrones from now on.
was he spoiled about nanamo?
Is falsely accused of murder
Marty: I need to murder this guy…
Yes, the betrayals always comes in small doses
Man, I remember seeing this for the first time and my opinion of Lalafells in the story took an absolute nosedive lol.
She wears the mask so she has an excuse to ignore positionals.
You do not punch Lala, you punt them
It's been over six years and it still hurts.
I just want to extend my comforts, though it is a bit in the past now <3 . But oh man the roller coaster at the ending. Tears, Anger, Shock, Vindication, MORE TEARS T_T. The story of FFXIV is so good!
The end of ARR filled with politics and intrigues, that's why many people find it sluggish, but it the end it jab you right on your stomach and uppercut you right on your chin. It does feel like Games of Thrones for me.
This kind of storyline will continue: the grey morality, villainous hero, trust and betrayal. The Heavensward and Shadowbringers will become darker and more mature in content. The aesthetics of this game may looks cheerful, but the story isn't.
There is weight in the story because FF14 is well known to let go some of your favorite characters to death. SE will make you love some characters, but they also brave enough to kill characters you love. The more friends you'll get through the journey, the more lost you'll get.
I've played every big mmo from 2005 with EQ2 and onwards, and FFXIV was the first time that I've ever shed a tear. I was devastated for days. It wasn't in ARR, but never the less, it gets you in the feels.
/trauma hugs
If there's one thing the writers of FF14 have nailed, it's how to absolutely wreck you emotionally 😛
Proud Lala here.
i hate how i started paying attention hear def need to start arr over that was a great ending
Best rule: don't trust lalafell with a beard. Apparently beards make them evil. Then again being so smol makes you angy…
Loved seeing your reaction. Gosh I remember the mix of emotion I went through back then as well. Not knowing what was going on, totally helpless. It hurts. This is truly a great end
You could say this is teledji's best cut scene ever, by half at least.
Every FFXIV player ever: "Killing is bad, but lalafell is exception."
Poor princess potato
Now imagine having to wait another 3 months for the expansion to drop after watching that! 😛
Ah yes…the part of the game that will either make you excited for or, most likely, dread the words "Upon proceeding to [insert location here], several cutscenes will play in sequence." =X
If u think this has been dark, wait till the Werlyt Questline, i wont say any more.
What I think I’ve enjoyed about your posts, like others, is that I get to see the game again as mostly I had seen it originally. You can never see it again for the first time, but this is as close as you can get. Thanks for sharing Marty.
I've watched this ending from other players, and NONE of them made me tear up. You help bring about the emotions that I first had watching this. Dude, it is so much fun watching your videos. I wish I had time to watch your streams.
16:46 I guess he's… besides himself…
PS: Maybe don't taunt the guy who got himself enough money to join the Syndicate by being really, really, REALLY good at killing people?
This is only a warm up for the upcoming emotional rollercoaster.
The Nanamo and some other cutscenes are VERY awkward as a healer because LET ME ESUNA HER IT'S RIGHT THERE
But the game says no
"I don't want to click it"
Eat your vegetables, Marty