FFXIV Shadowbringers Ending Reaction (spoilers)

Подписаться 1 млн

Просмотров 508 тыс.

50% 1

The final cutscenes and battle of Final Fantasy XIV Shadbowbringers 5.0 and my reactions. This expansion is not only the best MMORPG experience I've ever had, but might be one of the best RPG story experiences in general. I truly can't thank the community for being there to share in this with me.
Seriously, check this game out! The base game and first expansion are now FREE (I'm on the Jenova server): www.finalfantasyxiv.com/
New Merch at the store! store.jessecox.com/
Become a subscriber ►► goo.gl/HPFQis
Take part in the next saga of the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY XIV Online with the next legendary expansion pack-SHADOWBRINGERS. Explore breathtaking new environments, encounter exotic new races, master exciting new jobs, and fight alongside prominent characters with the new Trust system as you embark on a new journey as the Warrior of Darkness!
Ala Mhigo is at last free from imperial rule, but that liberty may prove fleeting as the Empire moves to both reclaim this bloodied nation and subjugate all of Eorzea.
In their hour of need, however, they cannot turn to the Warrior of Light. Nor to the Scions, who yet slumber, their souls adrift. The realm is left to struggle without its saviors, for they have been beckoned beyond time and space─beckoned to the First. Here a new adventure begins in a world where light ushers all unto oblivion. But hope is not yet lost, for where there is light there is shadow.
• Interested in helping me create content? Support the Patreon: / jessecox
• Watch Cox n' Crendor on / coxncrendor
• Listen to Cox n' Crendor in the Morning! The best PODCAST! On iTunes!:
/ coxncrendor
feeds.feedburner.com/soundclou...
• Stay connected!
Twitter - / jessecox
Facebook - / thejessecox
• Cox Omnimedia:
Founder/Executive Producer: Jesse Cox
Production Manager: Kristen Delgado
Editors: Mari Locsin
Animation: Daniel Tan
• Send your fan mail to:
Jesse Cox
PO Box 11089
Marina del Rey, CA 90295
Let me know what you thought about the Final Fantasy XIV ending! This FFVIX Shadowbringers ending left me speechless.
#FFXIV #Shadowbringers #SoManyEmotions #ShadowbringersEnding

Игры

Опубликовано:

20 янв 2021

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 1,1 тыс.

@holve11 3 года назад

My favourite pastime is watching people’s reactions for Shadowbringers.

@diamondsofsix 3 года назад

I've been watching a bunch of 5.3 reactions and cried every time. Don't know what that says about me, but there we are

@DavidSantos-ix1hu 3 года назад

The ending was really good,peob the best storytelling ff has had in ages.

@TheCooderix 3 года назад

If only FFXIV was fully voice acted to make up for the poor gameplay. It's really a shame, because the game could easily be so much better!

@Pompadourius 3 года назад

@@TheCooderix The gameplay is good, it just takes a while to get there.

@TheCooderix 3 года назад

@@Pompadourius It's on the weaker side of MMOs, but it does have some interesting fights. Just needs more varied and difficult dungeon content too and it'd be golden!

@myfyp2 3 года назад

Emet-Selch was slouching in his other cutscenes, but in the final scene, he was no longer slouching. He didn't have to bear the burden any more.

@jamesderbutler 3 года назад

Yeah, that’s one thing that stuck with me, too. As if the weight of the world had finally been lifted from his shoulders. He even was able to finally smile at the end.

@soliquidsnake3990 2 года назад

Stand tall my friend

@DennisShadows 2 года назад

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - Never caught that small detail until I read this comment 3 months after the fact....Oh god the emotions, they're back.

@ivaultboytsr4894 2 года назад

Another detail i missed during my playthrough was at the end ardbert's axe is no longer stained in blood when he sees his friends again

@Shiirow 2 года назад

@@ivaultboytsr4894 not only is it not stained in blood but the colors of his warrior armor is brighter shades of red and brown. goes through the whole expansion with drab muted colors then at the end, the armor is its natural bright color palette.

@jessecox 3 года назад

I don't even know how to express all the emotions I was feeling. We did this on Dec 31st, after a terrible 2020 with a game that I can say definitely saved the latter half of the year for me. Not to mention all the messages I was getting from the community after cutscenes sending me all sorts of wonderful words or encouragement for the fight. Like, I was definitely feeling all sorts of things here.

@NorthManSmash 3 года назад

Love everything your wonderful self does. Always excited when I see anything new pop up :) hope this next year is better for all of us

@mylesdavies1606 3 года назад

Experiencing this amazing emotional journey of a story again with you has been a treasure Jesse so thank you as well ❤️

@bluestormpony 3 года назад

Im so glad you love it. This game is fantastic and i cant wait for you to experience what comes next

@Draeckon 3 года назад

Jesse, do you intend to ever upload the full stream VoDs of your FF14 experience? As someone who can never catch a livestream of anyone I follow, it would be nice to have that for the future.

@Shinegamikira 3 года назад

Hell yeah!!! I am so happy you got into this game :3

@Edzter 3 года назад

For context. Jesse went to level warrior all the way to 80 for this moment.

@BlackWACat 3 года назад

yeah, he mentions that at the very end of the video LOL honestly respectable

@1LuvMLPFiM 3 года назад

"How many years have I waited for this moment?"

@Alkiryas 3 года назад

Entirely worth it

@KingslayerSenpai 3 года назад

As a Warrior main myself, playing through these scenes as a Warrior with the Bravura was so emotional

@37calorieghost35 3 года назад

I'm right outside the entrance for the dungeon before the dying gasp, been playing warrior since I started last year, gonna postpone finishing things up until I get Bravura thanks to this vid

@amsaa91 3 года назад

*Ardbert appears walking towards the people* Me: Oh, they want me to cry, I won’t *Nyelbert, Renda, Branden and Lammit are there instead of the people* Me: D e f e a t

@rosaliavirus 3 года назад

i spoiled myself on the ending before i played through shadowbringers myself so i wasn't that emotional until that part. that's when i started crying like a baby

@1LuvMLPFiM 3 года назад

R.I.P. to them all. :')

@scootlaboot9666 3 года назад

I really like the small touch in that scene where the blood is no longer on Ardbert's axe.

@belgariontheking1 3 года назад

@@scootlaboot9666 Not only that but his, and the other's armor are back to their original color instead of being dyed black.

@holve11 3 года назад

I held it together all through the prior scenes, but this was the straw that broke the camels back for me too.

@NeoDMC 3 года назад

That moment where Graha summons your party members to fight Emet Selch. I feel like it's the first time in an MMO where story and gameplay came together like that. I mean sure there are raids where the implication is that you a bunch of randoms invade a castle....but this just feels like on a different level.

@Draeckon 3 года назад

The game usually makes mention in someone's dialogue of you getting your companions/fellow adventurers together for a fight. But yeah, Shadowbringers is the first time we see this sort of on the spot summoning of other players. That said, some of the mentions of your friends gets pretty comical, particularly in the Stormblood expansion... Lots of funny mentions of your friends just happening to go on a fishing trip to the east, and just _insisting_ that they help you in your endeavors, and who are you to refuse them?

@Uldihaa 3 года назад

It's the only time the game states that the other characters in your party are also WoL. Every other time, they're just other adventurers. _This times_ they are Warriors of Light from their own Shard.

@goldi947 3 года назад

@@Uldihaa Well, not really. They're heroes from other shards and time periods yes, but they never call them Warriors of Light.

@Uldihaa 3 года назад

@@goldi947 Nope, the game does state they are WoL via the incantation used to summon them.

@goldi947 3 года назад

@@Uldihaa You're going to have to provide an example then, because I'm pretty sure the game never uses the phrase "Warriors of Light" to describe the people who were summoned. I do agree that they are basically Warriors of Light since they have the blessing light, but I'm almost certain the game never outright states that.

@ruggedlemmings9163 3 года назад

When Ardbert shows up like "It's yo' boy!" Natsuko Ishikawa was the lead writer for Shadowbringers and she did a fantastic job. She worked her way up through the ranks and her talent shows with each project she was assigned to. She was the lead writer for the Rogue and Dark Knight class questlines (both of which - the DRK in particular - are considered to be the best class questlines by many fans). From class quests she got bumped up to writing the story for entire zones (of note: Coerthas Western Highlands and Azim Steppe). With her fantastic writing still shining through, they decided to give her the task of head writer on Shadowbringers. And yeah, Shadowbringers' story speaks for itself: the story is simply amazing. Here's hoping they give her the lead again for 6.0!

@roetheboat1 3 года назад

She also was one of the main writers for the Crystal Tower Alliance Raid quests.

@lmcfleury 3 года назад

not sure if you're already aware but she is officially coming back for Endwalker!

@ruggedlemmings9163 3 года назад

@@lmcfleury Hadn't heard anything official about it, so I thank you very much for informing me! :^)

@BGrimoire 3 года назад

And she's back at it! Hell yeah!

@pixelapocrypha 3 года назад

As a DRK main I can vouch that it is THE best job story, period. It makes the WoL feel like a real person processing their grief and frustration and failings. And the final job "quest" being what it was was a perfect endcap for the job story. She is literally my writing idol and this expansion just solidified that.

@ElkRiverDog 3 года назад

35:00 This was one of my favorite parts of this expansion. When the camera pans and you see Ardbert, you think he’s finally (in a symbolic way) getting the hero’s welcome that he and his friends deserved. Then the camera pans again and you realize it’s So. Much. Better.

@TallWartortle 3 года назад

He and his family can rest now.

@VorAbaddon 2 года назад

One of my favorite parts that I didn't even notice until the 2nd time I saw it: The blood on his axe, the literal blood of his comrades, was gone in that cutscene. He's literally washed away his own guilt.

@sleepythemis 2 года назад

@@TallWartortle No, no rest. He's telling them goodbye-because we've got more adventures to take him on.

@VDA19 2 года назад

And that's when I teared up

@TheStantonatorr 4 дня назад

This gets me every time, it's such beautiful story telling

@MrNoobxs 3 года назад

The most touching part of all this is how Jesse could barely remember the scions names before 2.5, but the way his voice cracked in relief when they weren't dead after the fight, they have come so far together

@DoctorSciencetime 3 года назад

I was the same way during ARR. I annoyed my bf by calling the scions Tatertot, Papa John's, Twunklord and Gwen Stefani Wannabe. Cut to this expansion and I'm literally sobbing over them all.

@Bluelyre 3 года назад

@@DoctorSciencetime I feel like that's how most players who are interested in this game's story were. The lead writer for shadowbringers did amazing work making us care about these characters. Now if she could just figure out how to make Zenos a compelling villian...

@weebboi9457 3 года назад

@@Bluelyre I knoooowwwww. I wish the vallens was the villain for the next expansion instead. At least he has some sort of personality and a reason for it.

@mastergeek2014 3 года назад

@@Bluelyre I mean she made Elidibus a good character, and I thought that was impossible since I started playing back in 2.2.

@SuperCopyCat12 3 года назад

For me at least it was similar; the twins, for example, went from "which of you is which" to "*Don't you dare harm my children*"

@Tobeh 3 года назад

I love the detail that Ardbert's weapon is no longer bloody when he is walking into the Crystarium for his reunion.

@ashura9699 3 года назад

He also shaved!

@gasparguruoftime5475 3 года назад

And he has the level 50 Job Gear you get from the Coffer.

@jijonbreaker 3 года назад

@@gasparguruoftime5475 He always has that.

@gasparguruoftime5475 3 года назад

@@jijonbreaker No he has the stuff you get that's level 45. The coffer is different.

@luketfer 3 года назад

It's actually interesting because technically it's a 'downgrade' he went from the Atma step back down to the Zenith or just fresh Relic step. I was expecting him to be fully upgraded to Ragnarok Zeta.

@shadowneko521 3 года назад

That moment where he offers the axe and the main theme kicks in is maybe imo one of the best music queues in gaming that I can think of. Just watching it still made emotion flare up inside me. And there were weeks after the words "remember us" just made me get a shiver. This game is amazing.

@lexiconwrites2188 3 года назад

I will argue that the best (maybe nostalgia speaking) was when the snap happened in the first fight against shiva, but this one is pretttty great.

@ShakeyMac18 3 года назад

You ain't wrong my friend. I've watched a half dozen people go through that very cutscene and it hits me just as hard as it did when I did it back on 5.0 release. It's just too perfect.

@ninetailedfox579121 3 года назад

Personally I prefer the music change during the Bahamut Prime fight when Bahamut starts casting Teraflare but this cutscene is definitely a close second.

@Willias 3 года назад

@@lexiconwrites2188 I agree but don't agree. That Shiva heel click was THE EXACT MOMENT where FF14 changed. ARR was an okay MMO, but the FF14 team didn't find their stride until patch 2.4 and the Shiva fight. Everything that followed that fight was where FF14 started transitioning to where it is today.

@DodderingOldMan 3 года назад

Genuinely the most epic gaming in moment history, IMO.

@animewarrior16 3 года назад

When the bass of the guitar for the Shadowbringers theme hits. You know it is about to go down

@geoffreycannon2197 3 года назад

LogoshGaming thanks for the name of the song-had to go grab it after hearing it here!

@1LuvMLPFiM 3 года назад

Emet-Selch: *"Why do I hear Shadowbringers music?"*

@safarfsaf 3 года назад

It's been a year and I still tear up at emet's smile at the end. His long goal stopped, his legacy destroyed by shattered husks. He still smiles because he knows the world he loved still exists. It exists in all of us. His legacy is ours. Hades the gatekeeper of the death of his people had no one to take him across the river styx. It's so heartbreaking and happy. Perfectly shown in that smile.

@brittanyhayes1043 Год назад

Thank god his legacy was destroyed. Shows where he was in the wrong . He deserved that axe.

@exxo3349 2 года назад

I will never not cry when I see G'raha Tia tear up after you tell him that you're glad to see him awake. That shit took me out when I played it and I am not usually the type to cry at movies or games.

@mike_qt 2 года назад

Same. Just finished 5.0 today. I don’t remember the last time I cried, but this ending made my cry, even after watching it for a second time here. Shadowbringers is truly a masterpiece.

@Hilipinapixili 3 года назад

I think I mentioned this in some other video, but my favorite part in this ending is the little smile Emet gives you after the "Remember that we once lived." line. For such a sardonic and trollish character, that was THE ONE TIME his smile felt actually genuine. Also, the scene with Ardbert walking down the bridge to reunite with his companions was the one that finally broke me.

@brittanyhayes1043 Год назад

He was genuine when he was all happy to want to kill everyone. He deserved that axe.

@trigunner6968 3 года назад

Ardbert finally coming home to his waiting comrades while the Eternal Wind playing in the background is really one of the most emotional moments in FFXIV, already done with this story but I still got teary-eyed after watching this video 😭

@a.darleneheisserer1028 3 года назад

Yeah I finished the expansion pretty soon after it dropped. Was freaking fantastic and emotional. Just watched this and cried all over again.

@rebellyanmagic6409 Год назад

That scene hits different if you did all the Role Quests. You set the other Warriors of Darkness free, and at the end they're there to greet their old friend. Like I know they show up even if you only did one, but still

@IvadNagrom 3 года назад

I had the pleasure of working on this expansion (even if only as one small part of a great whole) and it still hits hard. Always awesome to see people’s reactions to what we at the time believed to be a genuinely superb game, one in which everyone put their heart into.

@Rakka5 3 года назад

Thank you for your work. Do you mind if I ask what part did you do exactly?

@IvadNagrom 3 года назад

@@Rakka5 i was in localization QA. Most of my work was done taking the English localization and checking it for inconsistencies, misspellings, structure issues, etc. For example if someone in Wright said “go south to complete X objective”, but the objective was to the north, we would have to write it up to say North. We’d also get crashes and freezes to writeup of course but that was mostly Japan QA’s wheelhouse. It was a lot of Chicago Manual of Style research, spreadsheets (to scale of thousands of lines), familiarization with the whole story of the game, all the side stories, AND the FF franchise as a whole. My crowning achievement is TECHNICALLY (for obvious reasons) we got NA first on E1-4 legitimately, which was my first MMO raid ever. No cheats or debug. ES was another thing altogether lol

@kylescott2235 3 года назад

@@IvadNagrom thats adorable and awesome, i hope ya having the best day!

@cyrhasmarshall4603 3 года назад

@@IvadNagrom wow your amazing dude , thanks for your contribution ❤️

@selzyr3796 3 года назад

@@IvadNagrom thank you and the other guys work on bringing this great xpack onto FFXIV, both me and the wife LOVED the story, and small part? you guys do one of the best jobs, you bring the world of Eorzea to a wider audience! never say you play a minor part m8! Thank you.

@Rakka5 3 года назад

This entire sequence was the moment when I've realized that I'm playing one of the best games I've ever played in my entire life. And after that, the amount of dedication and emotion Jesse has put into this, and seeing his reaction just made it all the better. This game is something truly special.

@fredxu99 3 года назад

Ysayle's final sacrifice, Tsukuyomi, end of 5.0, and end of 5.3 are easily some of the best moments in all of gaming.

@n8pls543 2 года назад

I'd swap Ysayle's predictability with Final Steps of Faith.

@aerieleah533 2 года назад

Ysayle actually disappointed me, since I didn't really feel like her arc was complete. Agree completely with the Final Steps of Faith though.

@LotofNothing 3 года назад

My God Shadowbringers was a masterpiece

@aschryu1682 3 года назад

@@KainsAddiction i almost see you on every comment trash talking, what are you? wow agent ? 🤣

@Zackarco 3 года назад

"You bout to make me cry" Oh my dear sweet Summer child, you have no idea what's waiting for you in the following patches...

@TheMetalGaia 3 года назад

End of 5.3 had me both laughing and in tears.

@ChappeticMarina 3 года назад

the ending of 5.0 expansion had me feeling things, and I'm someone who barely felt anything if at all with Haurchefant and yet STILL 5.3 destroyed me... He's gonna be annihilated...

@LaughingComedian 3 года назад

"The rains have ceased and we have been graced with another beautiful day, but you are not here to see it."

@Zackarco 3 года назад

@@LaughingComedian Spoilers mah dude -_-

@si421 3 года назад

I was main tanking THAT fight in 5.3 on release day. When the cutscene happens, and the rescue occurs, I broke. I was just crying. Very hard to tank through tears. We wiped and then did it again, without me screwing up, but I was still sobbing.

@MoonTiger88 Год назад

You know.. when you want to cry a bit, just come back to this video. Works every single time.

@UltimaOmega777 3 года назад

Man, last thing I remember about Jesse talking about FF14 he was making fun of it and didn't want to touch it. Now seeing him like this really tells you this game is really something.

@nokturnallex2160 3 года назад

Yea a lot of WoW players think badly of it but once they play it, they fall in love with it. The story is better, the game mechanics are better. It's like if Blizzard didn't sell out to Activision and made a good MMO instead of the crap they make now-a-days.

@fanta9377 3 года назад

@@nokturnallex2160 The problem is that the story is better... After ARR, and the mechanics are better... After ARR Which means that for fifty+ levels, FFXIV feels slow, and choreish

@trinitywarrior1320 3 года назад

@@fanta9377 and from 1-max level wow is a chore

@palientologist 3 года назад

I think if Asmongold who is notorious for his vitriolic hate of FF14 actually sat down and played it for a while he would change his mind. There's a reason it's one of the most popular MMORPGs after WoW for so long.

@billyfluffya6304 3 года назад

@@palientologist I don’t think he will ever do that, he got lot of followers from WoW. Kinda remind me of Conan Doyle who hated Sherlock Holmes but had to keep going because it was what he was know for. Who know, he may be actually playing it and no one know it o.o

@UndeadZamiel Год назад

It's been a few years since I played through Shadowbringers and seeing Ardbert walk towards his group of friends still fucking wrecks me emotionally.

@BlazeLibra 3 года назад

I forgot how this is one of the few times where Urianger absolutely YELLED out that line

@Piretfreak87 Год назад

Had the honor (and it is an honor) to play this 2 weeks ago for the first time... "Remember....remember that we once lived"...and then this music. As if the end wasn't epic and emotional enough, they also had to put in one of the best soundtracks I have ever heared in any game! What they did with that one ending scene others can't do in an entire game!

@darthtevos81 3 года назад

I don't even know what's happening or who any of these people are and I still got goosebumps.

@udiar 3 года назад

You should give final fantasy 14 a try even if you don't want to buy it is free until the end of the first expansion if you get through the base game that's a bit slow to build up but sets a lot of the future plots even to this day stuff that happened in the base game is relevant. You'll have a great time if you enjoy the game play.

@Rakka5 3 года назад

It's only one of the best games ever made, and one of the best stories ever told.

@chanellearchibeque 3 года назад

You should definitely give Final Fantasy 14 a go, and in my opinion, the Shadowbringers expansion is by far the best.

@jamvng 3 года назад

It's the song. It's great on its own. But tied to the story and characters, and the moment, it's even better. Perfectly done cutscene.

@BH5432 3 года назад

Sounds like you need to play FFXIV

@Kaeltis 3 года назад

Seeing this reminds me of when I played through Shadowbringers and all the emotions I felt, really gives me the chills. Shadowbringers truly was amazing - the gameplay, the story, the music, everyting.

@misteryofdragonfly 3 года назад

right? i cried for a second time watching his stream

@XtremeNuisance 3 года назад

@@misteryofdragonfly freaking SAME! I'm now sitting here thinking about doing new game + for the story ~*.Experience.*~

@Chopin124 Год назад

Every so often I come back to Jesse’s reaction… the reaction that led me to try out ffxiv :) Sigh one year in and it still grips me…

@HylianRezzi 3 года назад

I finished Shadowbringers in 2019 and that first bass note when Ardbert offers his axe STILL HITS THE SAME AS WHEN I FIRST SAW IT

@HaswarX 3 года назад

G'raha, best boy. I cried like a baby during this part. I was also mad that I could not pick him up and carry him home in my femroe arms.

@Rakka5 3 года назад

G'raha is a fucking gem.

@belgariontheking1 3 года назад

@@Rakka5 literally.

@Fuzzout 3 года назад

@@belgariontheking1 Hah! Excuse me while I go laugh and cry away from human eyes.

@mangalover0149 2 года назад

I screamed his name when you see his face. I was so happy and sad.

@sanddry738 2 года назад

Just finished this last section and my god I wanted my character to give him a good hug. Made him cry by saying his name and I felt so bad but happy

@mischitary 3 года назад

I absolutely adore how they found a way to sneakily give your character a whole lot more dialogue in Shadowbringers by upping the amount of dialogue choices you get to make by like a factor of 10.

@TheMrrccava 2 года назад

As someone who literally only beat this a couple weeks ago, coming here to see Jesse emotional while I was clapping and cheering during the hades fight is so appropriate. Also when that song kicks up when you find a party in DF it MAKES THE WHOLE EXPANSION.

@SergeDuka 2 года назад

40:35 Everyone skips the slideshow, which is kind of unfortunate because it ends with a picture (not a screenshot; it's not in the game) of Ardbert and his team back in their adventuring days before the flood. They looked so happy there, it almost made me cry.

@Shinku_no_sanbun 2 года назад

"Oh you tower over your misbegotten ilk, no doubt." Lalafell WoL: "Are you making fun of my height, Mr. Selch?"

@ajparry1996 3 года назад

It's crazy that Shadowbringers is two years old and watching those end cut scenes STILL make me cry. Even after doing it on 5 different characters. It is such brilliant storytelling and I can't imagine anyone playing through it and not at least getting a little choked up.

@GrandiaKnight 3 года назад

Can we just have all your FFXIV streams uploaded to youtube Jesse? I just want to watch them over and over again!

@Rakka5 3 года назад

THIS. THIS THIS THIS.

@egliukse 3 года назад

they are on his twitch channel under collections... at the moment there are more than 200 hours to watch :)

@watchthis8O 3 года назад

@@egliukse until they have to be taken down because of more copyright nonsense.

@LooseCo 3 года назад

I hope he does do this. The VOD system on twitch is a mess

@TheArchDandy 3 года назад

Oh MAN i need to go see them before they're taken down;;

@Word46 3 года назад

I've seen this sequence play out dozens of times and EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. TIME. It still hits different. This is one of the best stories I've ever experienced, beyond MMOs, RPGs, or even Video Games. Natsuko Ishikawa is a fucking goddess of writing and deserves every single ounce of praise she's gotten for her work on this multiplied by a factor of 1000. It's frankly incredible, and I sincerely hope the XIV team keeps up this pace.

@turquoise9706 3 года назад

Emet-Selch: "I will expunge your stain from history." Lil JC: "I'm BBQ sauce! My stain is forever, and I'm a spicy boi!!"

@archon9513 3 года назад

Emet: sad, wistful; "My world will have no need of heroes..." He knows. He knows what you are, he knows what you do. He knows his greatest failure as Architect is not being able to craft a world where your role isn't necessary. Not being able to craft a world where his friend wasn't put in danger.

@brittanyhayes1043 2 года назад

@@archon9513 that's not his place. It's the WoL decision/ Azems decision.

@brittanyhayes1043 2 года назад

@@archon9513 If his goal was to create a world without heros, dont become the villian trying to commit genocide.

@Sitinomi 3 года назад

Watched this with my fiancé (who I met through FFXIV!) on new years as you streamed. We both teared up so bad. Thank you for posting this!

@Knoxerboy101 3 года назад

Hell yeah. Always nice to see another who found their partner through a game they both love.

@idek5 3 года назад

Its hard for me to make friends on here, kudos and mad respect to you who found a whole fiance 😭😂

@chrisrounds1242 3 года назад

One thing I love about Shadowbringers is this is first time that our comrades are fighting with us(Warrior of Light). That is something I missed from Realm reborn to Stormblood. Yes, we are the main hero of the story, yet from the Final Fantasy I played from 8 though 15 is that I am not alone in the quest. Our comrade at arms is as important to the story. In addition, compare to the other MMO games, we get to play as our comrades from a brief moment just like the other Final Fantasy that I grown to love.

@nickypenn5841 3 года назад

Fighting away tears, and majestically failing at it, is the correct reaction for the entire Shadowbringers endings.

@midnight2600 2 года назад

The scene that made Party Finder canon

@25xxfrostxx Год назад

He cried a lot during this ending. Little did he know that Endwalker was around the corner and the psychic damage was just beginning.

@haggard735 3 года назад

I’ve been playing FFXIV since heavensward and even if I can’t always find the motivation to play it all the time It’s still a game that I always come back to when new stuff gets added. The quality of the games story and content definitely makes it one of the best MMOS out there right now.

@benhagstrom2185 3 года назад

Same. I have long since gotten tired of the MMO grind, but I still show up every expansion for the story.

@yinyang452 3 года назад

Yoshi-P has said that he WANTS us to play like that. He's perfectly fine with us taking breaks, and I love him for it.

@Lugia_Blizz 3 года назад

Even as a hardcore WoW player I can’t imagine something LIKE THIS for an expansion ending. Closest thing was Legion but not as impressive as this.

@BlueSapphyre 3 года назад

It gets better. Just wait for the end of 5.3.

@TheSernah 3 года назад

The crazy thing is this isn't even the "end" of the expansion, it's actually just the end of the leveling/beginning of the endgame experience! The technical "ending" to Shadowbringers takes place in 5.3 where things have just gotten more tense and emotional over the 2 major patches that came before it.

@kiretan8599 3 года назад

Its not even the expansion ending lol. The expansion ending is on another level!

@Blitzwaffen 3 года назад

As people are mentioning the expansion ending being later here is a crash course for those unaware. In FFXIV between expansions there are a series of patches that go from x.1 to x.5 . The story continues in all patches but the story relevant to the current he or expansion goes until x.3 . Starting from x.4 the story starts to change tracks and guides you to where the official start of the story in the next expansion takes place. Similarly the trailers that are released before the major expansion often hint the story developed in those later patches and teasing what will be appearing after.

@NuSpirit_ 3 года назад

I am figuratively screaming (it's late here) - finished this a month ago and now I can see Jesse laugh/cry! What a day :)

@TeshiMeshi 3 года назад

Ive played this game since Beta. My life is poured into this game and I've met the most amazing people [as well as meeting them irl] from this game. I just found your channel,and I was surprised to see this- and even though I have finished these scenes ages ago....I still cry when I watch others be moved just like so many of us were. I got goosebumps and I smiled ear to ear knowing that you were enthralled in the game!! I'm so happy for you and I hope your followers are inspired as well to try this game!!! [can't wait for you to get into 5.0+ ...talk about tears ahaha] so excited for you!!!

@JMulls 3 года назад

Watching Jesse go from the end of ARR all the way to this moment was a journey and a half! Who would have thought that such a great and compelling story could come from an MMO :)

@Delnoir 3 года назад

Rewatching these cutscenes again on stream made me notice that they really did do their damnest to make it look like that Emet-Selch killed Ryne. The shot was shown to go through her in some nature, the music instantly cut out, and they let her "hang in there" just long enough to say one last thing while clutching at her stomach before falling face first to the ground. And really they couldn't do something like that this effectively with anyone BUT Ryne, because as a denizen of the First and at the end of the story, there was no guarantee that she had the double layered armor of "Plot" and "Trust Member." The story team really pushed for that last moment of "there's no one left, all hope is lost".

@animewarrior16 3 года назад

Emet Selch was a good enemy. With his constant appearances and taunts

@fgfh10004 3 года назад

Also because he genuinely was trying to find a compromise. He genuinely wanted to see worth in the world that remains, but was plagued by the memories of what once was and his grief for his family/friends was too much to bear. What happens in 5.3 makes me love him even more -- SPOILER WARNING, STOP READING. SERIOUSLY, SPOILERS. The fact that he sets pieces up on the board for AFTER his own death to ensure that (insert 5.3 villain here, trying to be vague) doesn't have to suffer alone for eternity with a half-forgotten goal, the fact that he thinks ahead to that and does this only out of kindness, my god what a character.

@NarutoGeek411 3 года назад

He is legitimately the first villain that I ever wanted to simultaneously give a hug to because he needs one, but also punch him in his smug ass face. I hope he gets remembered as one of the best Final Fantasy villains in the years to come.

@zavi3rz 3 года назад

Emet Selch would be my BFF in another less shitty life. That's how much I like him.

@telenNG 3 года назад

I'm going to miss the obnoxious sneering glorious bastard

@theguyyouhate 3 года назад

@@fgfh10004 when he says "the victor will write the tale and loser become the villain" he truely means it. he fights till the end but when he finally loses he fully accepts that by his own terms he is the villain of this tale. and in his final moment having lost all he asks is that his people, not him, at least not be forgotten. that all he fought for won't be erased... that the warrior of light will be a better victor than he would have been.

@darrenleake3343 3 года назад

Roughly 18 months since I did this story and the ending still makes me tear up seeing the guy walking to meet with his dead friends again.

@robowolfzane6666 3 года назад

Doing all the role quests first made this seen all that more beautiful

@hieroh 3 года назад

Still can't believe this all went down at midnight New Year's Eve. Seriously perfect timing. What a great start to the new year. Love you Jesse!

@BlumenCT 3 года назад

Crying at the exact same beats as Jesse does. God it's such a nice ending and I can't get over that final cut when WoL holds their finger up. 5.3 makes me have even heavier tears though, I hope it affects him just as much.

@icantthinkofaname1009 3 года назад

Shadowbringers made me feel all of the emotions but I think the closest I came to shedding a genuine tear was Lyna's "I am fine" speech. For me this part was more just absolute chills. 5.3 though? Good God, I was an absolute mess. And it just. Keeps. Hitting. You. There's like a straight hour of content solely designed to turn you into a complete emotional wreck.

@SuperRamos619 3 года назад

@@icantthinkofaname1009 that scene was so gut wrenching. I felt her pain and frustrations.

@JamMasterJesus 3 года назад

@@icantthinkofaname1009 To quote someone else: "My heart has already been ripped out. It's already on the floor. It's bleeding and they just keep beating the shit out of it. It's beautiful."

@macattack7949 2 года назад

This video was what convinced me to give FFXIV another shot after 6 years back in May. Last night I reached this stage with my character and... wow.... A part of me regrets having seen spoilers before playing but... just wow... These cutscenes made me tear up even without the context... now that I've made it through the game the floodgates just open up... Thanks so much Jesse for inspiring me to come back to possibly one of the best narrative experiences I've seen in gaming!

@GhostGhostFacers 3 года назад

So happy you and the artist were able to work things out. Glad to see you back

@sforzie 3 года назад

Jesse's giddy love for Zenos is so great.

@sebastiancintron29 3 года назад

Its fun to see someone enjoy Zenos for once. The amount of hate he gets is ridiculous

@ISayEssays 3 года назад

I love the Dante/Vergil dynamic we have with Zenos.

@katiepersons6575 3 года назад

Fun Fact: just as the theme of sacrificing the new to bring back the old is playing out with the ascians, it is also playing out with the player, with the scions being faced with Ryne having her existence taken over by Minfilia, or for Minfilia to fade for good and for Ryne to come unto her own.

@raverkitsune 3 года назад

This part still makes me cry like a child. I love the story of FFXIV. I'm so glad to see you enjoying it.

@mgshadow45 2 года назад

Emet Selch is one of the best-written villains I've ever seen. Mainly because he doesn't see himself as a villain, he's trying to bring back the people he knew and loved. I truly felt for him.

@keagian8115 3 года назад

The thing that I love about how this ending came about is that this expansion feels like a lot of the older Final Fantasy games. You go off to find companions that will then travel with you and help you fight your advisories together and solve the world's issue. Then finally you all come together to take on the big bad at the end of the journey. This expansion notes that the Scions and WoL/WoD is an actual party instead of like previous expansions where they would send the WoL to go do tasks on their own and occasionally meet up.

@tjongdavid1921 3 года назад

Exactly. I even dare to say the Trust system was specifically made for that feeling

@carlos-zy7vx 2 года назад

Heavensward felt like that as well, at least for me, when you were looking for Hraesvlgr with Estinien, Ysayle and Alphinaud. The scene at the bonfire was probably one of my favorites because of that

@krika1119 3 года назад

I was so hyped when I got to this point in the story. Like I could barely contain my excitement when the music started.

@monpetitchouxpastry 3 года назад

This was so good... watching your reaction .. wow. It’s been over a year and this all still makes me cry. Thanks for sharing. Gosh my heart

@jasonmartel854 2 года назад

One fun thing is he actually does go through with the 'no more titles' too. Hades was his personal name (Emet-Selch being his title of office as it were as part of the 14), and unlike ALL the other bosses who get intro screens with titles and descriptors, etc his is just 'Hades'. A nice touch. Hades is also an interesting boss in that there's a LOT of mechanics without it being to overwhelming since the damage isn't too high for a competent runthrough (to the point you could get him into extreme form without significant mechanic changes, just by souping up his hp pool(s) a lot and increasing the damage), and maybe putting in some more stuff for phase transitions along the lines of Warrior of Light/Elidibus..

@ivyvandeshire 3 года назад

Find you a man whose happy to see you as Jesse is to see Zenos in a cutscene.

@ashredux 3 года назад

That shot of Ardbert returning to his friends always gets me.

@CrazyGamerMike 3 года назад

Now all i can ever picture is Ardbert handing lil Jc that giant butterfinger.

@spac3monkey3000 3 года назад

I absolutely love when you have the super hype and serious build up to the fight with Emet-Selch, and Graha summons the 7 other Warriors of Light - like it's literally an ALL THE WARRIORS moment. Plus you just get stuff like the random Hrothgar who looks like he was just yeeted across time and space and away from whatever bar he was chilling at. And the guy wearing the Namazu head. Like for real, I don't want to go to whatever alternate universe that is from...

@MacFernor 2 года назад

I first saw this video existed when I started playing. Now finally, 380h of playtime and a finished msq later, I can watch your ShB reaction spoiler free. Every second worth the wait!

@KalanArkais 3 года назад

Man, I'm so goddamn glad I went on this journey with Jesse and everyone else. I started off watching what I could catch around the end of the ARR patches and by Stormblood I was 100% in. I don't think a story beat in a game I was only watching on stream has ever made me tear up before, but seeing Ardbert reunited with his friends got me during the stream and it hit just as hard now. Thank you, Jesse.

@DavidTheGamer27 3 года назад

Dude, you held it together far better than I ever did playing through that end part. I actually had to get up and walk away when the other heroes were summoned.

@GENOSANDIEGO 3 года назад

Before you went into the series of quests leading to the Level 79 dungeon, you leveled your WAR to Level 80, hoping for the eventual "bro-down" with Ardbert somewhere down the line, and my thoughts about that idea is that it will definitely be worth the wait. AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH THE WAIT! This whole ending scene was enhanced because of this. And I'm so glad you did it your way.

@EdyGlockenspiel 3 года назад

I am so glad your channel didn't get deleted, Jesse. I have been watching you for years now, your videos got me through the worst parts of my childhood, including my constant depression and thoughts of suicide. If it wasn't for you, I might not even be alive today. When life was shit, I knew I at least had your videos as a pick me up after bad days, which were often. Thank you so very much for existing, Cox. I love you and everything you do. I was on the verge of crying when I found out your channel might have gotten deleted because of those 3 strikes, thank god it all got resolved peacefully. I look forward to watching you for the next decade+

@imomoiro 2 года назад

What I truly like about the MSQ of FFXIV it made me feel " I was important. " " I matter in this world "

@Keira_Blackstone 2 года назад

I felt it from the very beginning of the game honestly. I finally got fed up with WoW and my role in the story being cameraman, and decided to download the free trial. And just stepping off the boat in Limsa and having npcs talk to me like I'm actually there and tell me about the world and their troubles felt great, and it kept getting better from there.

@invaderzam 3 года назад

This is why Shadowbringers is the best Final Fantasy in modern times. The swell of the music, the insurmountable odds, the coming together of heroes. It is more than the sum of its part. Shadowbringer is one of the Final Fantasy titles that really made you feel like a hero.

@MythrilZenith 3 года назад

FF14 and the friends I both made and reconnected with through it definitely saved me through 2020. I started playing back in April, got through all the msq by October, and now I'm an erstwhile 9th in their static for savage raids. Shadowbringers definitely holds up as an amazing expansion to a legendary game. The community was so surprisingly kind and nice, I never experienced anywhere near the toxicity I was expecting from an MMO, and it has kept me coming back for more every week. So glad to see you enjoying ff14, as someone who has been a massive MMO fan and even built this channel off of WoW. May you enjoy the rest of your experiences across Eorzea, Norvrant and beyond!

@sopranophantomista 2 года назад

I JUST got here a few nights ago, and now I can FINALLY watch this. Dude. My man, my buddy, my friend...I hope you let it all hang out. This finale was packed with so much love and passion for the story that was being told. It truly was an Epic Gaming Moment.

@Maghanashi 2 года назад

When it switches to Ardbert walking toward his bro's... That hit hard.

@HexAstyra 3 года назад

I only caught bits of a couple of your streams, but even what I did see of your reactions warmed my heart. I feel the same way about this game saving last year for me, too. Square Enix truly has something special here.

@TermT26 3 года назад

Jesse becoming an FFXIV fan was the 2020 plot twist i was welcome to see :D

@alduniaphoenix6464 3 года назад

The first cutscene in this gave me the biggest goosebumps of the whole game. Your reaction was so good too. Great content dude, thanks!

@MiloKuroshiro 3 года назад

After all that I felt in the end of 5.0 and 5.3 I can't abandon XIV anymore.

@Tucker0603 3 года назад

Man I will always love this moment and this song, nothing quite matching the feeling and emotion of how hyped this got me. Also I love that Urianger is just passed out in the water.

@castoputa 3 года назад

My hair was stood right on end the moment that guitar sliced through the aether.....!

@tzarena3427 3 года назад

Donated during this. What a night! Glad everything went okay and your channel is back!

@luro9946 3 года назад

Gosh I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on FFXIV as a whole. I remember hearing you talk about doing such a video, so I look forward to that! Thank you for playing this game, and a big thank you to both your community, and FFXIV's community, for being so welcoming, heartfelt and kind. FFXIV had such an odd impact on my life, one I didn't expect. I went into it when I wasn't at a great part of my life, and created a character who acted as my friend, telling me of their adventures and the like. It gave me comfort, and so the game had become a big part of my life over the last year or so. I won't say the game 'saved' my life or anything like that, but it definitely brought me out of a pretty dark place I was in. I get emotional just thinking about moments of the game, especially Shadowbringers, and seeing your journey progress much like mine did brought joy back into my heart, and now I look forward to both our journeys. I hope people don't mind me sharing my thoughts in that way.

@Freeasacar 3 года назад

Simply one of the greatest stories ever told, and if you think about it, isn't it the story of all of us as well? What legacy will we leave behind when we inevitably pass on? Who will remember us? How many different lives have we lead in our lifetime and which of them is the true unshattered version of ourselves? We can but only hope the memories and lessons we leave behind are able to lead those who walk after.

@superlink 3 года назад

I still get chocked up on this game's story sometimes. Shadowbringers has been the best expansion of ANY MMO that I've played, and I've played several. I'm very grateful that the team behind FFXIV worked so hard to make it the game it is today. I played FFXIV before it was A Realm Reborn (got my tattoo to prove it) and, at the time, I was almost certain that the game was going to fail and vanish into the void. How glad I am to have been wrong :)

@freazertv 3 года назад

Hey Jesse, my heart and will died a long time ago. But I can still feel echoes of emotion through others, and just... thanks for always being you. You feel things twice as deeply, and I'm sure that often hurts, but the joy and love you share.. warms me.

@lemonlefleur6236 3 года назад

“I’m bout to cry” and then there’s me wiping away tears in remembrance

@moonshiry 3 года назад

35:17 "Okay i cant take this anymore" LMAO

@ginsuneko 3 года назад

I always get so emotional watching the ending, no matter how many times I see it. Glad you got to experience it too and had such a good time with the game. I might go into your stream VODs whenever I get the chance :3c

@prinstyrio0 3 года назад

I picked this game up as well during the start of this year which saved it for me, but didn't quite get into it completely until March and April. I never expected the story to hit me so hard with so much emotion, it made me question all that time spent on WoW or even GW2 (which doesn't have a bad story but hard to compare), knowing that this existed, even if Shadowbringers had only been out for about a year. Even after the xpac story was completed, I was graced with the opportunity to enjoy the most amazing patch story that comes later and be part of the experiencing it with everyone for the first time which peaked the same emotions even more. Now I'm just looking forward to each story progression and for the next xpac, having never felt this excited since looking forward to a favorite TV or anime show, or during the time I thought GW2 had amazing story, but this is just different and on a different level now that I know what peak storytelling is, and I absolutely love it.

@scottmckie3677 3 года назад

I love so much that you were as deeply moved as the rest of us by this story. A lot of the joy of 14 is seeing others fall in love the way we all have. Thank you for sharing this with us Jesse

@xxacidmv 3 года назад

So happy your channel is back (also algorithm posting)

@Azylethe 3 года назад

I havent been around this channel since the Jesse Cox and Total Biscuit in Terraria days. RU-vid hit me with this recommendation and I am so glad to be back here!!

@digitalbooklett9357 3 года назад

Thank you for posting this up!!! I remember when you started with Heavensward and just seeing you here, now, at the end of this story and how much you love it. Would love to see more XIV highlights on this channel, I was doing the Alexander raids yesterday and couldnt help but think of the time you put anime music over Mide staring over the edge. May you ever walk in the light of the Crystal, Lil JC!

@XenosInfinity 3 года назад

For those we have lost. For those we can yet save.

@TaiLysana 3 года назад

The game saved the latter half of the year for you, and your streams played a big part in saving the whole year for many of us.

@ZweihanderSteve 3 года назад

I beat 2.0 to 5.3 in 2020 as well, and watching you go through many of the same emotions I did made me feel I wasn't crazy for once. Can't wait for that edited video. Take your time with it. It will surely be a banger.

@Wordslay 3 года назад

Pog how could I only see this now. Jesse Cox playing the game I play religiously after I left WoW mid pandaria. I'll have to binge through your live playthrough. Love ya man, glad you enjoyed the game and story!