FFXIV - Answers | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

>Doesn't play the game >NAILS the interpretation Legend.

The impact is suddenly even higher for this after Endwalker. I don't think I can hear this song without getting misty eyed anymore lol

"Hopefully I saved the best for last" Bold of you to assume the FFXIV community isn't going to want you opinion on every track in the game.

“No more shall men have wings to bear him to paradise, henceforth, HE shall walk!”

lmao he basically said it sounded like a calamity and a realm reborn without ever playing the game

Before EW: its a song about people suffering and crying help to a helpless godness. After EW: its a song about a godness suffering even more, yet still willing to believe, to love, and to entrust to the future. that mankinds would be strong enough to find their answers to the question of life. My mind is blowing. the story, the song, the meaning, all so beautiful.

I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Susan Calloway perform this live and I don't think I've ever seen so many grown adults openly weeping. This song is just so powerful, especially in the cutscene. The lyrics trade off between the people of the world begging Hydaelyn for the reason for their suffering (The Calamity) and Hydaelyn herself giving her own cryptic assurances that everything will be okay. When they ask why they suffer, she says to feel. But they don't understand her lessons, so they're left feeling hopeless and abandoned ("Feel what? Learn what?") It embodies the helplessness and anger we feel towards our own gods (whatever or whoever you believe in) when tragedy strikes us. ("Tell us why, given life, we are meant to die, helpless in our cries?") So she gives us our Answer, even if it's not the one we want. Thy Life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow In the same fleeting moment Thou must live Die And know Doesn't matter how many times I hear this song, it still reduces me to tears every time.

"something was ending and was starting over" Totally nailed it there, Jesse! The song was played in the cinematic to the end of original FFXIV 1.0. Right before they shut down the servers they played that..which pretty much meant the end to the original FFXIV and to mark the beginning to A Realm Reborn. Also all these reactions are great. Keep it up my dude!

"Tell us why, given Life, we are meant to die, helpless in our cries?" THIS ALWAYS HITS ME TOO HARD!

Upon reading the comments, I'm absolutely floored that I somehow caught the emotion of the song when my mind was completely adrift. Thank you for the insights, comments, subs, likes... it's all kinda overwhelming to me. Thanks for sharing this with me

So the reason this song is so important to FFXIV is exactly what you interpreted from it. The original version of the game was poorly received and a failure, and that song was used for the cinematic to obliterate the game and remake it into the one that people play today. Answers itself is a legacy setting the former game's flaws ablaze and turning it into "A Realm Reborn", and all of its success and love comes from everything that happens after. A final goodbye and a new beginning, as it were.

Some people: "I don't feel anything when I listen to music." Answers: "Excuse me, allow me to introduce myself."

Can't hear the final "thou must live die and know" without getting chills

To add to what others have said, Answers is basically a prayer from people that are facing their inevitable ending asking their creator why, the female is the voice of the goddess answering and basically easing them into their fate. It's very emotional for players since it captures the main motif of the game and even more to the 1.0 players that are canonically survivors of the calamity. You pretty much nailed the emotion in it.

"I close my eyes." Jesse- I sleep "Now open your eyes!" Jesse- REAL SHIT

This song hits different after Endwalker

You may not play ffxiv, but you are now one of us. You've heard, you've witnessed, you've felt what we have. We're glad you got to experience this!

The last three lines of this song always make me cry if I think about them too hard. In one fleeting moment from the land doth life flow. In the same fleeting moment for anew it doth grow. In the same fleeting moment thou must live, die, and know. Like, life is so very brief in the cosmic scale of things, and in that fleeting moment we experience life and death and an awareness of this infinitely huge universe that we are a part of. We love and hate and /feel/.

I've listened to this song hundreds of times and I still get chills and choked up about it. Like a lot of others have said, they played this cinematic (up to the point where the old guy fades to white) at the moment the servers shut down for the 1.0 version of the game. Something that's really powerful about this, at least to me, is that in the leadup to the servers going down, that moon was hovering low in the sky and you could hear parts of the vocals of the song rippling throughout the landscape in-game. The planet itself was crying out as these events were happening.

Aw no worries dude, I think we were all left speechless on our first listen. If you'd like a bit of non-spoilery context, this song marked the death of the ORIGINAL FFXIV, 1.0. A new director, our beloved Yoshida-san was brought onto the project to try and fix the dying MMO and he said "Just burn it. We'll make a better one." Thus, a huge meteor (shown in the trailer) was dropped on the servers and players watched as their world collapsed, ending with the "A Realm Reborn" cutscene, featuring Answers. Many, many tears were shed that day. Glad you've enjoyed our recommendations thus far!

In another vein, this song is effectively the PTSD song when it plays in-game at any point It played as a version called Hymn of Dalamud in the skies just before 1.0 (update 1.23b) went offline for good, and has since returned as Answers - Reprise as numerous huge story beats and sometimes the area music for the annual Rising event to commemorate the players sticking with the devs all these years

I like how you're apologizing for not having much to say about it when in actuality your stunned silence says more about this than words ever could. This is a hugely meaningful song to FFXIV players and even without the context the game gives to it, it still elicited a powerful reaction from you for reasons that were your own. This song's ability to do that is simply wonderful.

And hey... FFXIV kind of teaches us... "it's okay to cry, that's what makes us human". You feel emotions and it's healthy to feel those things. Some many new players I've followed have had to just let go and live in the moment. Hear. Feel. Think. The song holds tons of emotion. Hell I've heard it thousands of times and it still makes me sniffle and few tears just... escape even though I know that it's just my mind being caught up in nostalgia and when it plays in the game.

What's interesting is that like Dragonsong, these lyrics are also telling a story. One with layers and ramifications that aren't fully apparent until you get certain plot revelations in the Shadowbringers expansion. This song ended the original game and opened the Reborn game, but has significance that is still being revealed.

'Answers' is one of my favourite songs. Not just from FFXIV, or gaming, but in general. There's just so much emotion and meaning in the song, and having played through the entire MSQ, it just keeps getting better.

One guitar guy to another, FFXIV's The Black Wolf Stalks Again is silky smooth.

Returning to this after Endwalker and just...holy fuck. I never expected Answers to be an even BETTER song than I thought it to be. Not gonna spoil shit, but for anyone with the ability to, please play FFXIV.

After EW, i feel that this needed to be said. "Answers cant keep getting away with it" *cries*

"Answers" is so beautiful and you picked up the themes of the song so easily. It really is a song I have to immerse myself in when I hear it and the finale brings tears to my eyes every time. I don't think any of us mind that you were letting yourself feel it through your first listen. I'm sorry to hear you went through tough times recently. The downs of life can be really awful and I'm glad you are on an upswing. I'm definitely enjoying your reactions to the music! Best wishes to you.

12:35 Over the course of playing the game this song had never lost its impact and they only seen to build on it. It's really amazing.

Every time this song plays my fiancé cries. In FF you can actually have a jukebox in your house (or in room) and collect music. It is on every playlist he's ever made. The ending to a beginning - this song played as they destroyed the old game and started a new one. They destroyed the old game and built a new one and this was the first song of it. A lot of the lyrics are tied to the songs and themes of the other expansions after it. The words the Goddess of the Land says to each hero when they begin is "Hear...Feel...Think." These words echo through every part of the game and it's a not terrible way to think about life.

i dont remember how many times i have come back to see this guy react to this song and video, its so wholesome and inspiring

Song: starts Me: immediately crying

Some players posit that The Gregorian chant at the beginning is actually the player base crying out and that the female singer is Hydaelyn the mother crystal ( top goddess and literal manifestation of the land of Eorzea) responding to the questions. And the subsequent back and forth is again the player base and Hydaelyn in the parentheses. They are also the things she says when you get pulled into her world just before she talks to you properly. Hear...Think....Feel... is actually the most common one.

Ending and starting over? Exactly correct actually. This was sung by Hydealyn, the goddess of light. The will of the star incarnate. In ages of eld, we were all one race, powerful enough to wield magics of creation. Immortal and full of wisdom. Our world new aught of sorrow and was a utopia through and through. A calamity fell, threatening to unravel the very aether of the world, seeing to the death of all who inhabits it,. Having exhausted all other methods, mankind chose to sacrifice half the populace to summon a god: ZODIARK. Zodiark balanced the Aether of the world and halted the end days, but this wasn't enough. A world free of sorrow now has experienced loss. Unable to cope, they sought to sacrifice more lives to bring back those who were originally sacrificed. In disagreement with this, and in fear of the power Zodiark held, a splinter group sacrificed themselves to create Hydealyn, the Light to Zodiark's Darkness. They fought, but Zodiark being comprised of half the population was too strong. The only recourse Hydealyn had was to sunder him. Fracturing him into 14 pieces. But in doing so also fractured the world into 14 shards, 13 reflections of the source. And sundered the souls of man, a piece of their soul existing on each shard. The power man once wielded now gone, their soul torn, their bodies forsaken. Bearing sins of the past their future was taken. No longer does man have wings to fly to paradise, he must walk. Know pain, sorrow, suffering. Listen, Learn, Wander, Hope. Their unsundered forefathers were unable to solve the riddle of life, giving up when first met with sorrow. Moving on we must find that answers ourselves, the answer to the question: "Why, given life, are we meant to die?" This song serves as the main theme for the Hydealyn/Zodiark ark of the game, and plays whenever she is speaking. It's lyrics and meaning wrapped into the plot, not making much sense until the later expansions. That was a bit long, but if you actually read it, thank you. And I hope it helps.

Here's what's great about the message of this song. It's not about the game. You don't have to play. You don't have to experience it firsthand because, honest to God, the song is a bit fourth wall breaking in that it's speaking to you, not your character, not just within the context of the narrative. The story. The literal overarching story of the whole damn game, is, "What is companionship? What is life? Why do we exist? What is strength of will? What is truly right? How do we determine when someone is wrong? Why do we live at all, is it only to suffer? Or is it to make happiness in suffering?" That's...not an oversell. The writers...They're asking you a question. Throughout the entire narrative...slowly at first, and then more and more as the story builds...They're asking you what gives your life purpose and meaning. And asking you to find the strength to carry on, even when all hope seems lost. This song can move you, because genuinely it's not just directed at the narrative, but the concept of what it means to live in this world. If you think that sounds too grandiose for a game, just ask my fellow players here. This game's story is so poignant at moments, that It's genuinely helped people I know process depression.

"It's like something coming to an end and starting over." ...well, I guess they absolutely nailed the message. 💯👍

Endwalker is out now and holy crap they really recontexualized this song from about a decade ago. I'm torn because it's so unlikely that they had so much planned out a decade ago, but it's also so unlikely that they could make it work so perfectly and beautifully without meticulous planning back then. I guess I can add this song to the list of songs that can just break me whenever they feel like it now. Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to properly explain the significance of how this song's meaning expanded to encompass more than what we originally thought without making a thesis in the youtube comments, and I don't think it can even be properly conveyed in words alone.

This might be the most silent reaction you've done to an FFXIV OST, but the emotions that move through your face in those fleeting seconds tell us a story that you resonated with a tale not known to you. It is profound and transient, those emotions of a lifetime not lived encapsulated into time bound by a single second.

I've never played FF14 in my life but I can't listen to this song without getting emotional. It portrays such an intense feeling without any need for context at all

This song applies to real life in a way that's... haunting. We always wonder why misfortune finds us, why we have to suffer, we even look to higher powers such as gods to explain to ourselves what we did to deserve the bad things happening to us, individually or as the whole of mankind... and the _Answer,_ in the end, is as honest as it is ruthless: To live is to suffer. To die is inevitable. We only last for fleeting moments... yet to be alive is to thrive in spite of it.

"In the same fleeting moment, thou must live, die, and know." You don't even have to know the story at all to know that last line is poignant as fuck. Always gives me chills and makes me choke up lol

“No more shall man have wings to fly to heaven. Henceforth, *epic sword swing down*, He shall walk!” Probably my favorite line from endwalker

Uematsu nailed this song. The end of an era, and the beginning of a new one. Pain, regret, fear, and hope all rolled into one song.

Now i think you have heard music from what i think is the 3 greatest video composers currently, Uematsu who composed this is absolutely legendary, Soken who composed most of FFXIV music and Okabe from NieR. The fact that people know their names by heart is a testament to this. Yeah there's other amazing composers, but these are at the top of all the 10/10.

I love how he was completely speechless during the whole song. When you listen to that song, you're just...in the moment, thinking about nothing else, and it makes you teary. Very honest reaction, i can see you were properly listening to it. That's what the song does, it gives you feelings, and leaves you speechless, you need a moment to recover. Glad to see you have the exact same reaction as me when i listen to it. You really captured the essence of the song.

Let me put it like this as a long time final fantasy fan. This song is meant to make you speechless. you understand what the song is about, legit the best reaction ive seen to it.

I can’t count how many times I had to hold back tears. I could tell he was holding back some tears too.

I still remember when I watched the trailer (not the lyric video) for the first time before getting into the game, was completely confused. "Why am I crying? I don’t even play this game, I don't know who these characters are, I don’t even know what's going on but... Why does the song hit me so hard?" And, yes, it is indeed a rollercoaster. Like I said on the stream, Answers is the most beloved and dreaded song but mostly of the emotional impact it has. Also, you were on spot with the ending and a new beginning point because it showed the end of FFXIV 1.0 (which only exists as lore now) and the beginning of A Realm Reborn (2.0). I could also recommend listening to: -Thunder Rolls (Ramuh's Theme)(FFXIV) -Ultima (FFXIV) -eScape (FFXIV) -Equilibrium (FFXIV) -I Am The One (Dragon Age Inquisition) -Dark Solas (Dragon Age Inquisition) -Blu-bird (NieR) Have fun, Jesse.

I have come back to this reaction so many times, and I tear up EVERY. TIME. This song taps into something primal... something primordial that exists in all of us. You're reactions are so great because you truly listen and even better you *understand*

I just had to add in here - you were apologizing for being speechless, for not being able to come up with something to say… THAT is a real reaction, man. Watching your face the entire time, you could tell how hard it was hitting you in feels. I think this has been my favorite reaction video, ever, from all channels, because of how speechless it made you. I mean, we ask for reaction videos because we think the songs are great and powerful, and this is the kind of reaction that is the best to see because it shows that you agree. This reaction gets 20/10.

You nailed it. Answers, after all these years, is still one of my favorite trailer songs in the entire franchise. Maybe ever in any game. The song is just SO powerful, and I'm rendered to tears or near tears every time I listen to it. What is more, it is amazing to listen to 1.0 veterans talk about what the game was, before it was reborn into what it is now. Into what it became. I'm glad you're in a better place now. I found your channel only yesterday. You seem very chill and down to earth. You've proven you have a great ear. Looking forward to more.

So i shall sunder us from that temptation, never more shall man have wings to bare him to paradise, hence forth he shall walk!

I've never actually known the lyrics to Answers until now, and it makes so much sense after Endwalker

In Germany we say..."Verliebt" im in FFXIV since 2 Years..after Endwalker..i can say..i cant hear this song without tears..the story..catch me..everytime..i love every moment..of it..

Even after all this time, Answers hits HARD.

Been listening this song for over ten years. Really enjoyed your reaction and interpretation. This song played when FFXIV version 1.0 was shut down being a dismal failure. It would later be released as FFXIV 2.0. Next month ten years of story will wrap up. This is one of the most powerful songs. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and To the Edge would also recommend. As would the video about Spoken and To the Edge's composition.

So great that you got the root of the song that easily, good composers to convey a message and good ears to understand it. Looking forward to more!

Sometimes the best reaction is just stunned silence because it's just that powerful.

Answers is both beautiful and sinister in many ways, depending on how you view Venat and her choices, her “Answer” might not have been ours. But the song still has so much power to me, its actually the scene in this trailer with the Scions in prayer, watching Y’shtola and Thancred in particular always brings tears to my eyes. The eldest of them, knowing that there isn’t any time left, hoping for deliverance. Truly a masterpiece by Nobuo Uematsu.

Many find their emotions on this song because it was the end of 1.0 as you've been told but this song kills me for an entirely different reason. This song is basically humanity struggling and asking their god why are they doing all this why is life pain and suffering. And the response is that such a question's answer is one we find collectively by seeing, feeling and thinking, hell, by living. Your purpose is one you can only find yourself with help of those around you. Hence "Answer together"

As soon as she starts "To all of my children" I already have a runny nose and a wet face. Her voice is so powerful. You are right, you are only experiencing 20% of what is going on. I always saw the entire video and song as an in-game explanation of what was also happening in real life. The game failed, the servers were deleted symbolized by bahamut destroying the world by fire. Nobody was able to survive. All the characters and NPCs can do is just stop their massive battle and just watch as everything is destroyed around them. but at the last moment louisoix (louie-swah) sacrifices himself to teleport everyone to safety while the calamity takes place, then smiles as he dies a savior. Which I equate to (Yoshi-P) saying hold on, everything is going to be ok. And it only become more striking when ARR came out and completely changed XIV to be one of the best MMOs ever created. You will never find a producer that cares more about their game than Naoki Yoshida!

This song never fails to overwhelm me 6 years later since I first played the game. I can never listen to this song without crying.

The look on Jesse's face and the quiet "wooow" says it all.

"I'm kind of... speechless" Speak.

This song has so much meaning to the FFXIV community for some like me it’s the first song they heard stepping out of a cart in Ul’dah or wherever you end up as you began in 1.0. For some it’s the theme of watching a world die as Bahamut razed the land we previously adventured through Granting both a sudden end and a new beginning to the world we walked through Those in endwalker have a new meaning for it but to everyone it’s absolutely the end and beginning of something. Well picked up on kudos to you

The singers name is Susan Calloway. She's got a really powerful voice. I love her. When I first heard this song I didn't know much about FFXIV. After learning about the characters, it really started to hit home.

Listening to this again after Endwalker. How can the same song be so perfectly made for two events ?

Looks like he's about to cry from the get go of the song and I CANNOT blame him this song hits so hard after knowing the story of ff14

At the start of the video when you said you hope to end the night on a brighter note, I was like "Hohoh boi, not with this song, it makes you feel things and think things." First time I heard this without knowing or playing the game 6 or so years ago, I just teared up. Have a good evening though o3o/

I'd like to suggest "Liberi Fatali" from FF8. The game is divisive among FF fans, but the song is pretty universally regarded as a banger.

I don't think I've ever seen a more telling reaction to this song than the silence, the quiet hum of the fan and the singular click of the mouse.

This is my personal favorite out of all the themes, I was there at the end and for the relaunch. Hearing it brings back that just feeling of being hopeless to stop what's going to happen, but filled with hope about what comes after it. It's unfortunate that the full impact of this song can't be experienced by anyone who wasn't actually there, you can get the feeling from it, but the weight of it really happening just, it's hard to convey that to people who only see it after.

So for context about spcifically the lyrics, we in XIV are champion to Hydaelyn's--the goddess here represented by the female vocalist--will. Embroiled in war and calamity, the chorus (or the people who worship her) begin to doubt their role in her design and lose purpose. She spends the first half of the song attempting to persuade them to "walk free" that their tribulations and victories be their own, which is met with mild conviction. It's in the second half that the roles are reversed; Hydaelyn now speaks and acts through chosen mortals, i.e. the player and the few others who can communicate with her directly. These people are active in the conflict of Hydaelyn's subjects and experience the same suffering. It's only in response to this mutual experience that the people propagate Hydaelyn's teachings, and, finally singing in unison, Hydaelyn and her people reach their answer together. The intent of this song is sort of analogous to the situation at Square Enix surrounding XIV. 1.0 launched in the sorry state it did because the devs thought they understood the player experience without regard for precedent or external input. 2.0 was successful because Yoshi-P, who understood the MMO experience having grown up playing them, forged a line of communication between the dev team and the players, which has only grown stronger through the years and is absolutely what's allowed the game to flourish.

Fantastic channel, love your humble and authentic vibe brother. Never thought any game will match The Witcher 3's music, but FFXIV took my breath away. It's music and story is world class. TW3 has it all and will always be one of my favorite games but the link between music and story in XIV is what pulls it ahead of any game I played. Been gaming for 25 years more or less.

You did an amazing job understanding the song's source. This plays years before the first few seconds of the game in its current state. It is the theme of FFXIV A realm Reborn and for those that played the original version of the game, this played during the literal ending of the world. You can say it is the moment the original FFXIV died and gave birth to a Realm Reborn. It makes me cry everytime

The extended version of this song . Adds extra emotional feels to the score. If I remember it’s called “flames of truth”

Hi! Just want to say you were spot on with feeling this song as an end, moving onto a fresh start. This is the song and video sequence that played after the initial failure of Final Fantasy XIV's first launch (1.0) In game they destroyed the world and started anew in A Realm Reborn. This song and video were shown, right before they shutdown the servers. It was a huge impact and many of us FFXIV players still cry every time we hear it, me included. It makes me happy that even non-players can really feel and appreciate some of the fantastic music of Final Fantasy games especially FFXIV. Thanks for your reactions! ^_^ /

"...And amidst deepest despair, light everlasting."

I feel what you're going through. This song the first time is like a frying pan to the head. Just makes you stop and take it in for a second!

I remember hearing this in the final days of FFXIV 1.0. The sadness of seeing the game go down and change completely, knowing the world I loved was destroyed. Knowing the goddess herself sung it to the people... Every time I hear this I remember watching Dalamud fall, standing outside the Gates of Judgement in Coerthas. Not knowing that would be the last time I saw a beautiful green Coerthas - its lakes and rivers.

Something ending and starting over, that's pretty spot on for this song

Thanks for the awesome reaction. Definitely check out the full trailer to see the video that plays alongside the music. The timing of the song along with the visuals hits hard. Whether you react on the channel or just watch it for yourself, I think it's very much a worthwhile experience. It's called, fittingly, "End of an Era".

"Coming to an end and starting over" Ff14 v 1.0 was so bad that the new lead decided to destroy the game (take it offline) and rebuild it (a realm reborn) This video was the last thing the og players saw before 1.0 went offline. This was the actual video that played ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-39j5v8jlndM.html

I play this game since 2014 and STILL get the chills as soon as the Song and Trailer start 😅

I’m not sure how many hundreds of times I’ve listened to this song and watched the accompanying cinematic over the last nearly decade. I do know that the song, the imagery, the story behind it all, and Susan Calloway’s amazing vocals bring at least a few tears to my eyes every single time. It is a masterpiece of a song, I am so thankful that the FFXIV community have such amazing talent working to provide this content.

It’s the opening for ARR which means a realm reborn and you nailed the empathy to a nail. You are such a nice genuine guy. Thanks for you being you.

Since you're super into the FF14 music right now, one of the songs that always gets me is "From the Heavens" which has a very "saving the world from impending doom" vibe which always gives me chills and a rush at the same time. It's precursor "Heartless" is also amazing with a similar feel but not quite the same.

Why Nobuo is a legend.

I'll say it again and again, this game has been one of the best things that happened to me in my life. The story changed my perception of life in general and it so happen I finished the latest expansion (Endwalker) during my chemo treatments. Life is a beautiful gift. If you do have the opportunity to play it someday, please do. You won't regret it.

Oh man! I'm glad that you just...floated with it. The written lyrics for these cornerstone pieces that become motifs over the musical score of the expansions they sing for are so deliciously layered. Masayoshi Soken, the composer, has done an amazing job, and he's worked on every single expansion. I'm sure this has already been mentioned in the comments, but while he was working on Shadowbringers, he was diagnosed with cancer. He only told two other people on his team about it, and composed through his treatment. He created some of his finest work during that time, and I'm so grateful that he never lost his spark to want to create. If you can, I would highly suggest you check out the Shadowbringers OST. Especially the title track, because it's like this one, but ramped up to 11. How it plays out in the game is during the final battle between you and the (or should I say, a) Big Bad, and you find help from a familiar face to get up and fight one more time. Like, if you show us players a screencap of that battle, we can hear it because of the title track and how it's expertly weaved within the cutscene. I know that the FF14 community at large can get picked on for how much we enjoy the game, and how much we love the devs behind it, but we really do. There is love crafted into every aspect of A Realm Reborn and beyond. Yes, it was initially to recoup any losses during the first iteration of FF14. That was certainly a goal that the Execs set forth, but the care and transparency the lead team has had about this game just really places it into another level for a vast majority of us. It's told by people who are storytellers, and are so good at what they do. I'm not saying to buy it or try it out if it's not your thing, it is an MMORPG (though I would argue that it's more of an RPGMMO) after all. HOWEVER, I'm sure there's lots of videos of streamers playing through the game from the very start of Version 2.0 (A Realm Reborn) to the current expansion if you do want to know what's going on more thoroughly. E: I was browsing through some of the clickable links on the right, and you have, in fact, reacted to Shadowbringers, so never mind my 'highly recommend', I see that many have already recommended it.

It’s beautiful when music resonates so perfectly with us. Thank you for sharing your experience of this song with us.

I like that you stay quiet during the entire song, the respect you show. I can see it plain on your face that it affects you. Most excellent.

What's incredible also, in terms of the story, is that the story in Endwalker connects back to this very song and part of the original story, and what it tells us. Thou must live, die, and know.

You hit the nail on the head. FFXIV had a rough release and the devs took the 1.0 version of the game down, but rather than scrapping or rebooting it, they had the final battle canonically end in catastrophe, and this was the song and cinematic that played before the servers went down. The 2.0 release of the game is called "A Realm Reborn" and picks up five years after the disaster shown here. Great read on a great song. I had the chance to hear this performed live at the yeeeears ago, and I think before it began, Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth said it was the first time Susan Calloway would be singing it live... stateside? In the world? I can't for the life of me remember. What a song, though. I remember being seated next to a pair of little old ladies who had season or lifetime passes to the venue, and they were so amazed to see so many young people there and to find out it was music from a game.

I felt like you exactly, but with a lot of tissues and tears for just the emotions that song evokes within myself. I'm a completely new player to both the FFIV mmo game and the Final Fantasy universe in general and came to this song passing though "Answers - Reprise" from a tastefully decorated plaza I randomly passed by and was instantly captivated by that song. Shortly after I found the whole song and then your reaction to it, so I thought I'd watch it for the first time with you. I really enjoyed your reaction because I can tell that you were feeling a lot inside yourself, and for me it's rare to find somebody that really seems to focus on what he is feeling. It felt genuine and that made this first time even better. So thank you for making the vid and sharing it, and maybe I'll be seeing you another time :) o/

You know music hits its mark when it leaves you completely speechless and reflecting on your own life. Answers is exactly how you feel, it got you just as hard as it got us. Simply put, it is beautiful. If you want something to get your blood pumping I highly recommend Those Who Fight Further from Final Fantasy 7 Remake. As much as Answers stunned me into silence, that piece of music made me want to take on the world! 😂

Basically what happened is the Fantasy Germans dropped a moon which had God in it on Fantasy Africa. You are completely right about in what context this cinematic played. The female vocals first play during the cinematic intro of Realm Reborn, the cinematic ending when all the heroes get teleported away. In 2011 Final Fantasy 14 1.0 was shut down because it damaged the brand almost irreparably. As part of this shut down they blew up the world as an in-game event. Then it was relaunched as a Realm Reborn or 2.0. This full cinematic you reacted to, and the full song, plays near the end of Realm Reborn's raid called Coils of Bahamut, where we find out what happened between that cataclysm and the current year. Hence the title 'Answers'. In a way, the final few lines of this song could also be considered to be spoken by the world's god, Hydaelyn, to us mortals, as an Answer, to the initial question at the start of the song.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Scions & Sinners - A Long Fall Music Video (THE PRIMALS) is Sokens band. Glad to see someone loving the FF14 music as much as the fanbase much love brother.

The soundtrack feels like the composers teleported into my emotional center and made music that appealed to every emotion possible.