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Tell me how you would try to sum up your Endwalker's experience, with plain English words, because I've no idea how to.
The title art is a spoiler and I can't believe YoshiP got away with it.
I really can't wait to see Jesse Cox play, it'll be a long wait but this is going to pay off so much.
Tho despair will always be present use it and ride above it with those you love life doesn't need to be complicated just enjoy the little things
I’m only at level 85 ish msq area but there has already been multiple adrenaline spiking, emotional draining moments, and anxiety. There has also been moments of wonder, shock, humor…everything.
The dialogue options are also great so far and helps the immersion greatly.
I keep tearing up and nearly crying when I talk or type about what I think of Endwalker.
I have disabilities that limit how much I can contribute to society. And some family members that don't understand and more or less tell me to get over it so I can do something meaningful.
Sometimes, it does get to me. Only when I want to help those close to me, but can't.
This, personally, just reaffirms to me that the point of living is just to feel. And I'm doing that, as well as the best I can do in other regards.
And ever since Shadowbringers and now still Endwalker, I believe magic exists. If anyone had asked me if I thought it did before that, I'd have said, "I wish!"
But it does.
I've never been a fan of the ffxiv story, I've played since ARR but played for the raids. I basically feel that you can throw ARR, HW, and SB MSQs in the trash can. but Shadowbringers and Endwalker are really very good. Not perfect, but very good. Endwalker is easily my favorite MSQ, the explanation for the downfall of the ancients was really cool, they tie up everything that put everything into motion. It was a pretty powerful attempt at defeating nihilistic ideology. The events leading up to the end, really for the first time, started to feel like an actual final fantasy rpg.
Lemon Muffins~
I beat EW today after being up until 6 am this morning and unable to do the final trial at the time. I slept until the afternoon because I was so emotional and mentally drained from the lead up.
Then the ending. Fuck. Just. I felt like I was going to burst from the amount of emotions. Akasa…
As a 1.0 player (and I didn't get far), I was getting goosebumps. I haven't reached the end yet and I'm in no rush
At the moment of writing this me and my friend have been going through the MSQ together because we've never had someone to go through a MMO's story together. At the present moment though we are level 88. Thus far we've been rather bored no we did not skip the stories of the previous expansions nor of ARR. Infact he just got done completing Shadowbringers last week. I on the other hand completed SHB months ago and sure there are some shining moments in the story thus far but way too many boring parts that outshine the good moments. As of right now this seems like a downgrade story wise compared to SHB. I'm hoping by the end of it, it will all be worth it that is my only hope as of now.
Yes It comes close to a masterpiece imo.
The silence in the last quests befor the finale made me ugly cry, the climb up the bridge did the rest and during the final fight… the cutscene, i wasn't even able to klick the right buttons on my keybord afterwards to do damage… it was just incredible and intense.
I have never shouted the word "NO" so loud in my screen until the scene where a certain someone is running in the forest while he carries something as they both slowly turn into smoke. if you know, you know. that really gripped my heart so much. This expansion is so emotionally exhausting. I love the msq so much but damn I felt like I'm lost when I finished it. Like what do I do now who am I why am i still alive. 20/10 would wipe my memory to experience everything again
I got very, very lucky – in the moment servers went live, and too scared of queues and dropouts, I completed the msq by playing for 40 hours straight. I didn’t even feel as exhausted as I should’ve done, because the story, the fights, the characters, the music – it all just gripped me the whole way through. Especially being as far ahead in story as I was, being in any of the last three zones by myself was an experience I’ll never forget.
This vid helps a lot, I'm only lvl 84 and there's an officer in my FC that has finished and keeps saying ShB > EW… along with a friend of hers in chat that was criticising the game. Even though they haven't said any actual spoilers, it's hampering the experience enough that I only have a CWLS open so I can't see FC chat for now. Thankfully, my friends in the LS can't say enough about how amazing this expansion is and they're way head of me, almost finished. I don't get her criticism, either, I get that I'm only partway through but it already seems to be topping ShB. She also practically stayed up 48 hours straight to finish asap, so maybe that has something to do with it in a way that she doesn't even realize.
i finish the msq yesterday……………. depressed, confused, happy and horny. my god. honestly, they outdo shb.. HOW?
Can’t wait to see ur reactions!
I’ll repeat something that I said to my free company at one point in the game. I’m not sure who loves the game more. Me or the devs.
I didn’t think they could. But they did.
Beautifully stated. What a time to be alive :).
I caught myself getting emotional especially when the chorus of Answers hit in the story.
That song has been the biggest hint at what was to come from ARR all the way to the end of EW.
It has been building in meaning with every part of the story revealed, and has now reached a new zenith.
I just wish that the Zenos saga would be a lil more epic if not different.
I always tear up during each of the endwalker cutscenes and that's saying a lot. 6 years committed towards the game and I wasn't having fun anymore, completing Endwalker was the first time in a long time I felt genuine fun and enjoyment for the game and my heart felt so light. Its like all the toxicity and hate I had for the game ( crafting savage any endgame content salt) was magically washed away and I told everyone I have fun, after so long being committed to the lore, this was more than a reward for me, this was a release
The way Endwalker made me feel is like.. I feel more complete haha. I don’t need the next expansion to be “better than Endwalker” anymore. I just want to keep having more adventures in Eorzea and beyond, forever.
I haven't even finished Endwalker and watching this video is making me choke up
one of the best RPG experiences in my life. and it really has that sense of "you had to be there at that point in time" to truly understand when you look back.
theres just so much feels in Endwalker. considering your own reactions to this game, i think you can imagine how much more intense they might be for someone who has been invested in Eorzea and the characters since 1.0 in 2010 (there are actually a ton of 1.0 references/callbacks) and have grown older with them over the many years. Add to that 20+ years of playing Final Fantasy and understanding all the references to older games (FF4 in particular) and musical leitmotifs.
it is utterly overwhelming.
it feels like the end of an era T_T
but the journey never ends.
I just finished yesterday as well and still in cant even. This game hits your feelings like a truck but also cradles you like a newborn babe. It's so good! I also barely slept lol.
After everything, I tear up slightly when I hear the main menu music play now, this game has broken me ;-;
I teared up when you held out your hand reaching out to a certain someone as you ride away. That was very emotional for me.