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Now that you listened to this, I beg you to do "Close in the Distance", also from FFXIV Enwalker (soken)
Yup, cried again. For like the 200th time
Looking at your stream from FF VII you definitely have time for XIV 🙂 there is no grind while going through the story and the game is made for you to take your time. If you decide to give it a shot it Will be a wonderfull Day 😀 also another great reaction <3
Flow is about the end, that "brave little spark" is someone's soul and she's welcoming them back to "the flow" which is the cycle of rebirth. She's singing about how she's observed their life and found joy in it, but it's time for them to be reborn and asks to greet the new souls who are about to be born. Basically you got it right: she's singing as an angel-like entity welcoming a newly passed away soul back to the lifestream.
Pretty great song for a genocide apologist character
My best summary of the emotional context of this song, without explaining a big long jrpg plot:
This is a song sung directly to you, the listener. The character singing has loved you since long before you were born, and has guided and protected you throughout your adventures. Her voice is the first thing you hear when you start your journey and by the time you hear this song, many quests and dungeons and expansions later, she's passed on.
I cant hear this song without crying.
One of the most natural, beautiful singers around. She makes me melt.
I cannot put it into words how incredible this song makes you feel when you finish Endwalker.
If you do nothing but story (which you can do almost completely solo), you can catch up relatively quickly.
I've been waiting for this reaction for soo long.
Great video as always.😊👍🏻
FFXIV is singularly unique as an MMO. An hour here, an hour there is really the bare minimum to begin your journey through Eorzea. The story is a long term investment that narratively builds over the course of several expansions, but this is the important part: the story is not going to change. If you started in 2013, you have the story of ARR. If you start today, you’re experiencing the refined gameplay experience of ARR, but the story is still the same.
Bottom line, this game doesn’t demand your entire day, week, or life to experience. Do it as you want to, and eventually you will be where veterans are, experiencing FLOW for yourself with the weight of 10 years of narrative behind it.
As someone who joined late to the FF14 party let me tell you: there is never a "too late to join" for FF14. It's gonna take time, (but so does a playthrough of FF7 so… all in due time) and that's a good thing because it takes room to breathe and set up details that are important later.
I call this "Mom's song" because just…its basically our in-game mom welcoming us, proud of us, and sending us out on a new journey as she passes on.
Feelswalker. Soooo good. You have to check out Close in the Distance. Another big feels song from Endwalker.
It's really amazing how much music can communicate… your description of the song is so perfectly on point even including what you know you're missing there, just wow
I think the best way to describe what you are feeling is that bittersweet feeling of saying goodbye to a friend who is moving on in their life to bigger and better things. You may not see them again, but you know that your life was better for having them in it for however long it was. A thankful sadness that you wouldn't trade the world for.
You got it 90 percent correct . Once you play the game, the other 10 percent will make you reevaluate every song in FFXIV
Yeah, the context really made it hit dam good.
Piano is my favorite instrument, glad you mentioned it here <3
It's been six months and this song still makes me weep openly every time I hear it. I'm so glad to hear that the essence of the song comes through so strongly for you even without context.
All what people said and even more, that was the Flow is for us 😉
It's a hope and sadness, welcoming and farewell, soft and hard hitting, mixing and melding all we felt
to complete your journey have to listen to close in the distance next, i might donate for that one.
I get it, FF14 has grown to be something that has to be expierienced, it didnt start that way but certainly is now.
Theres very few games that I would say can enter the Zeitgeist of the medium.
FF7, Skyrim, Minecraft, Fortnight (ugh), World of Warcraft (old), just to name a few, games that shape what we perceive Videogames can be.
It's quite astounding that you got the exact emotions that went with the song in context of the game without playing it or knowing the story
A mix of hope, sadness, finding yourself. The song, then, conveyed the emotions properly.
If you feel strongly like the game would resonate with you and you want to play… I think you would be able to find time for it and you should play 🙂 You've seen enough of the "heart" of the game through the music you've reviewed over time that you're not feeling that way without reason. If you have an hour or two here or there to play, that honestly can be enough for this game. I've played it for 10 years, and I play it too many hours each day, but if you are the type of person that doesn't have as much free time and is just playing the game primarily for the story, a couple of hours here and there until you get through it will do. It's not the kind of game where you have to grind levels or gear or currency (for the most part) if you're just doing main story quest stuff – that stuff will come naturally as you complete the content. Taking it a few hours at a time will put you on an extremely slow roll through the MSQ – probably months to a year at least to complete it, honestly – but I really think it will be worth it.
I get this "feeling" about stuff sometimes too, that I know it will be important to me if I engage with it. It's never been wrong so far. I think you would not regret experiencing the story of this game… I certainly have never been, and I think most people would also say the same.
FFXIV is my favorite game of all time and I hope you choose to experience the game along with all of us in the community. You won't regret it, of that I'm absolutely sure.
Hot damn I am SO there if you ever decide to play xiv. I live for your xiv reactions, seeing it in real time with context would be INCREDIBLE <3
It is very different from Answer, which you got everything right. You really need to know the story to know why you are frustrated.
The feelings and interpretations, are so true, and that might be it is your time to try the game
because of the piano, you should check out "close in the distance" as soon as possible
pls react to Phoenix Theme (From the Ashes), one of my favorites xiv themes
Oh my gosh, my favorite ff14 song.
people who dont play ff14 listening to this
"wow this is beautiful song, must be some happy reunion or something"
people who play ff14 and finished endwalker
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This song is about dying, and your soul entering the aetherial sea to meet Hydaelyn to reflect on your life and give your soul rest, before eventually reincarnating into life.
Go play ffxiv. Play at your own pace. You can see the context for all these things, and I'm sure people would love to watch if you record it =)
Very highly recommend "In the Balance" from FFXIV, it's easily one of the best pieces of music they ever made for the game.
The music never fails to get me really emotional listening to it. It signifies an end of an era, about letting go, about reconciling with loss and despair, but the most important thing of all to remain hopeful and optimistic about the future and what could come.
Amanda Achen sat and got interviewed over on Marcomeatball's Channel. He does a similar thing to you with Music Reactions, but he comes at it from the perspective of a Former Opera Singer. You guys would get along. But she was very charming and had some interesting things to say about Flow.
Also, I cannot listen to Flow without crying… I am overcome with emotion every time for a number of reasons, but I cried even listening to it this time through. And I will cry the next time I hear it.
And it's really hard to explain the full power and context of the track… We can explain situations, but to TRULY understand the experience, you have to play through A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker. All of the game builds toward a few specific moments in Endwalker, though every major story line has exceptional moments with incredibly gravity.
I cried so hard when i heared this song. This Lyrics, The Voice and the Memories that my 10 Year long Journey is now……over.
The fact that you get hit by this song without any context speaks volume. We got hit hard by this. Even the vocal, Amanda, had to stop recording to cry…that is how emotional this song is
Jessie: doesn't play the game
Also Jessie: nails the feeling
AGAIN! You're a boss!
As what everybody else has said, Yoshi P and Team specifically makes this game for people who do not have time to dedicate to a lot. He actively encourages people to stop in content droughts, play during the time they want, etc. So if you want to join us, please do. Its free from 1-60 anyway. We are a great community, we have bards that play concerts in towns, people who dance together, lots of events put on by the community. You'd be very welcome and probably would love it.
If I may I highly recommend listening to the song 'With Me' from Sonic and The Black Knight because it has Marty Friedman from Megadeth on guitar in that song. here it is to add to the list for a future video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbRsr4Uzj0Q
This isn't fair… I literally just finished crying from cutting onions and now I'm watching this! I can only cry so much in one day!
why tf do I always get emotional at the big singing moment, god fucking dammit, stupid soken and his songs that hit too deep xD
Gods, this song hits so hard after finishing Endwalker, especially when u think back to all the quiet moments in it when it plays.
Simply, this is the song of a mother to their child. All their hopes, all their watching, all their love