This was such an incredibly wild ride. There were tears and yelling and so many emotions and I absolutely love what they did with Zenos and the final trial was magical. I still get chills when the scions pray for us like they did in the ARR trailer. I’m so happy we got to see Hyth and Emet one more time and that Emet foreshadowed what is possibly to come. What a masterpiece of game, and a gift of an expansion. Thank you for going on this journey with me.
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I've waited quite a while for this video. I knew without a doubt you would be the one streamer I've watched who got hit right in the feels at 1:28:45 , just like I did at that point in the story. Somewhere inside I was hoping ever since Elpis that it would happen.
I belly laughed as soon as I saw your reaction to Big Fat Tacos. My sides are satellites rn lol
I loved the cut-away apology and the cut back to hugging Zenos!
"…Can we kiss first?"
I had to LOL at that.
Such an amazing game. The story, the characters, the voice acting, and especially the music. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
2:04:37 Didn't skip credits and you know because Flow is playing. Bless you Bree!!
Zenos sacrifice paved the way for you to get back home.
i was here. 13:44
Wow Brit hosting the stream! I think you guys would get along really well.
Your daughter is the real MVP here
I broke down in tears so many times in that zone, and i was so destroyed from the moment Raha mention the promise (Seriously, is like the main point of his in the story is causing us emotional damage) and at the end the music hits. But i didn't get the lyrics at first, so then i read the lyrics watching a streamer and to this day this song destroy me with the msq (but still have it on my house)
I've commented a few times on this channel (mostly on crisis core I think?), but once again I'm so happy to see someone who has played the old FFs go through this ending with endwalker they really finally fully captured that classic FF feel for the story and I can't believe how emotional it made me. Thanks for uploading your full playthrough and letting me re-experience it again through you~!
that moment where the teleporter appeared after zenos died, i think that was zenos unconsciously using his dying dynamis to save us. how else would it have appeared out of nowhere and activated on it's own?
speaking of zenos, did you ever notice that zenos and sicard are voiced by the same person? O.O
the person in elpis saying something about waiting for his "guiding star, as he fortold." i think that might have been azem that he was talking about. i feel like i remember him saying "she" fortold in my playthrough and i have a female character.
I've watched all your ffxiv vids on YouTube, and it's been a fantastic journey and I've loved every single reaction from you! Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us! 💜
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who had a good cry during these quests. When the music changed to its 'final' iteration, I started to get teary-eyed, but held on.
It was a combination of losing the twins, though, and 'The Walk' that got me. Hearing Haurchefant in particular just kinda… yeah. I got as far as Aymeric's line, I believe, before I just had to stop and cry.
They didn't pull any punches with this expansion, and I love it. Wonderful story, I enjoyed every moment of it.
Not sure if anyone commented but the speculation on why the teleportation device showed up is in zenos's last moment he willed with all his being for you to return safely as you both are still in a space where emotions dictate reality.. I myself firmly believe that as well.
Still amazed that they managed to make us ride Zenos after all! 😀
That Omicron part really makes you realise that the G'raha Tia we travel with now is not the G'raha from the First, or the G'raha from the Crystal Tower raids. It's both, and at the same time, neither.
So fucking awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
1:20:10 Endsinger: "Why do I hear boss music?"
And so the curtain falls. What an amazing journey. I remember the moment Emet snapped those flowers into existence in my playthrough. I have never cried so much for anything that wasn't family related. But then, that's what makes this game so wonderful. You feel like these characters are a part of a family, of your family. Here's to another 10 years with the Scions.
The entirety of Ultima Thule killed me.
Since the death of my grandfather I have barely if ever caught myself crying at anything no matter how rough or emotionally touching.
And Endwalker broke that barrier for me. I could finally, for lack of a better word, feel something again.
#YouAreNotAlone
Yours is a long road, my friend. And it stretches on to places beyond imagining.
With your every step, these grand adventures shall grow more distant and faint.
And there may come a day when you forget the faces and voices of those you have met along the way.
On that day, I bid you remember this: That no matter how far your journey may take you, you stand where you stand by virtue of the road you walked to get there.
For in times of hardship, when you fear you cannot go on…
The joy you have known, the pain you have felt, the prayers you have whispered and answered–they shall ever be your strength and your comfort.
you're simply not human if Endwalker doesn't squeeze you of tears xD
What a journey.
Emet asking about distant unvisited places was when i felt at peace with the ending. It was a reminder that hope still exists, and our journey will continue.
This game makes me feel like my character is personally attached to their friends better than any single player RPG ever has. It really earns that scene heading back home, and the last one in Mor Dhona.
Watching you on this journey was really beautiful, i'd really wished id have the time or timing to watch you live….
But most importantly, WHUT YOU GOT AN DAUGHTER?? XD
While many hate it, I just loved the Part Zenos played and loved the fight he got, the Satisfaction – Id really hope for an ex version where we get his weapon as a trophy/glmour lol
Edit: I love your singing, but how you miss mechanics pains me xD
2:03:25 Youre crying because its the end of a long journey, the end of an era… ik that feel too well i cried just as much…
I nearly lost my shot when our best friend showed up to help us out 😀
Great video. Very enjoyable
I sobbed after G’raha Tia too. I was broken after that. So many things building to that moment.
i to lost it when the title first appeared
As a Lalafell, can confirm. That last bout was hilarious. Yet, oddly fitting. Not once did Zenos ever doubt the WoL based on their appearance. It never mattered. Only the thrill of the battle. The ability to push each other to the limits. To break them and yet keep going.
Tbh I know only 2 other streamers who probably stopped completely to hear Close In The Distance. Not saying people have to but yeah I just couldn't keep going when I heard this song I had to stop and sob so hard 😭
Also Fun Fact: The Dead Ends is actually called Final Fantasy Remnants in the JP version 🙂
During the RP walk, we get a visible debuff mentioning the WoL's emotional burdening weighing them down. I loved how many of Emet's most well known lines had subversions here, from the "remember us" one to the reversal of intent for the "You have no fight left to fight" line when informing us its safe to summon our friends. loved that even after all of that Emet decided to leave because it was his purpose and duty to bring back his people and the beautiful days of their past but with that goal impossible he refused to stay. He refused to forsake them. His memory being returned didnt change his ideals or wash away the sins he committed following them. so many people have made the same comment about Endsinger "
This is such a final fantasy end boss!" XD cause its hella true. You went with the best choice in the Zenos Dialogue, that sneering smirk is quite the unique expression for our WoL to make in the MSQ as they admit Zenos has a point about them.
The Dead Ends is absolutely my favorite dungeon in the game. The music and locations, while being narrated by Meteion. And Meteions' voice actress did an outstanding job throughout everything.
Endwalker, in a nutshell…
(Hythlodaeus)
"Oh come now, It's been a gripping tale. Unbreakable bonds and noble sacrifice, sprinkled with moments of levity to counterbalance the pathos. It's got it all."
(Me)
*WHAT IS THIS GAME!?!?!*🤩🤩🤩🤩
Honestly I didn't expect that you would finish the rest of it off in one go. I would have thought that you would pause upon seeing the Endwalker mission. But it's completely understandable. You have to finish this. You have to see what happens.
Also, Zenos can be quite the romantic? "I rode the light of stars to you" is such a good pickup line
during the final battle:
same, girl, same
so the NPCs for the Endwalking part are:
1. Ardbert
2. Haurchefant
3. Merlwyb
4. Aymeric
5. Nanamo
6. Raubahn
7. Kan-E
8. Hien
9. Papalymo
10. Edmont Fortemps
11. Beq Lugg
12. Ryne
13. Midgardsomr
14. Minfilia
15. Ardbert again
i recognized most of them, except for Papalymo, Minfilia and Edmont, it's been so long D:
just imagine how the people would flip their shit if the WOL would loose in a scripted fight against Zenos at the end, haha. And he would pity-port us back to the ship.