Final Fantasy 14 All Cinematic Trailers Reaction 

A little context for all the trailers: Flames of Truth: This one marks the end of the original game and shows the battle of Carteneau between the Eorzean Alliance (Good Guys) and the Garlean Empire (Bad guys). It's launch was such a disaster that Square Enix decided to axe the entire game and build it from the ground up. That Dragon in the trailer was Bahamut and he brought the literal end of the world as the servers were shut down after this cinematic played. (Minus the part where Louisoix, the old dude killed Bahamut, as this was added later on when they re-released the game) Heavensward: The little girl (which is a Lalafell, a very small race) is the Sultana of Ul'dah, the richest of City States of Eorzea. After defeating a very mighty dragon, there was a grand Victory Celebration, where the Sultana was poisoned by corrupt officials and You, the player, along side all of their friends were blamed for the assassination, which is why they had to flee to the snowy lands of Coerthas, because Ishgard (the big castle) was the only place where they were safe from the corrupt authorities, trying to get them. Stormblood: I think that one was pretty clear to you. This trailer was basically just a showcase of the new Areas and Classes that would be added to the game. Though you might have missed that the Guy in the beginning sparring with the girl and the samurai fighting the Garlean soldiers was the same person, representing the player at different points in time during the story. Shadowbringers: This is a big one. The Warrior of light had to travel to another world that was threatened to become swalloed by light. In order to fight back they had to become the Warrior of Darness instead. It's probably a little heavy to unpack in a comment, but it was the first time they used Voice acting in a Cinematic and showed off more characters from the Story. Ah and btw. The big blonde one is a guy. Zenos yae Galvus, the son of the garlean emperor. Endwalker: This one is literally 100% fanservice and is probably very hard to understand if you have not played every single expansion that came out so far. It's basically a loveletter to all previous trailers and the culmination of the story that we have been playing through for almost a decade now. Endwalker will finish the Story and the fight we've been fighting since A Realm Reborn and thus will introduce us to a completely new story arc. Hope this makes everything a little easier to understand. I tried to keep it spoilers free just in case someone who plans on playing the game reads this.

The best missable moment in all these is that the Shadowbringers trailer actually has flashback footage _from the trailer for 1.0_ calling back to the fact that despite being gone forever, despite its colossal failures, _1.0 still matters._

I always get a lil emotional from the 1st video, when the "old man" smiles, as he's not doing this for himself, but for his grandkids. They are in-game.

"Yeah, she's not afraid of anything" Well spotted. That would be Y'Sthola, and things are afraid of *her* if they know what's good for them.

You expressed interest in the tattoos some of the characters have. Those characters are part of a group of scholars from Sharlayan, the big white city from the Endwalker trailer with the big library. The tattoo indicates that they've completed the equivalent of a Doctorate degree, and had their thesis accepted by the city's academic council.

The composer of the game soundtrack, Masayoshi Soken, was battling cancer while composing the music for the new expansion. He was in hospital for several months and only told two people about it, all of his other coworkers didn't know. And he kept writing music even in the months he was in the hospital 😭 He revealed this on stage at fanfest 2021 (where the team shows fans new things about the game) and the whole crew cried on stage, this team truly is amazing and I am feeling honored to be a tiny part of this even if I'm just a player ❤️ Lets hope Soken gets well soon

wow ff xiv, what a game literally had one of the worst launches and was thought to be a trashy game, but fast forward today, with a bit of revision and care, it's one of the best multiplayer rpgs out there

"He's seen some shit." Oh, you have no idea.

Major rules of the Final Fantasy saga, even with each game being a standalone title: 1) If the villain is a pretty dude with androgynous features, he's the most dangerous living being alive. 2) If a scene have a soundtrack with lyrics, get your Klennex cuz tears. Of joy or sadness or rage. Tears. 3) Be nice with small characters. They can be the most friendly person or an unadulterated agent of chaos

No matter how many times I watch Flames of Truth, Bahamut being unsealed still gives me goosebumps. He’s just so fucking cool.

That pretty boy represents the player character. They just made him a generic human male for the trailers, but it is basically insert yourself here.

A general rule for Final Fantasy is that if it's not obvious if a character is a girl then it's most likely just a pretty dude. The blond long-haired big-armored scythe-wielding one is in fact a man. I think he's like a prepetual wild-card villain called Zenos yae Galvus.

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who had that "they're going to bang" reaction to the Stormblood cinematic. And yeah, the main character is the same dude every time. This game allows players to change their class or "job" at will, and they are considered canonical; the player character really can "do it all". He is a stand in for *you*.

The guy with the spear is called Estinien, and he's on our side. He started out as a dragoon (Dragon hunters) and has kind of evolved into a fantasy/hobo version of batman, helping us from the shadows while also directly avoiding us at every possible turn.

- Flames of Truth: This is actually not the trailer but a reward for people who have completed an in-game raid which ties up the results of what happened between 1.0 and 2.0 (A realm reborn). The actual trailer stops at the fade-to-white and then shows the land 5 years in the future where things pick back up. The heroes reappear there after Louisoix (the old man) sends them away from death. In Flames of Truth we see that all the magic energy (Aether) he collected and the prayers of hope of everyone basically transformed him in the physical embodiement of the 'god' Phoenix and he destroyed the summoned entity (Primal) Bahamut. Who was trapped in that moon for a few thousand years so rightfully angry. - Heavensward: Sees 'us' (the highlander human is 'us') after a betrayal has us accused of treason and the murder of the Sultana of a major city (the cup part). We flee to Ishgard where we are enmeshed in the thousand-year war between the Ishgardians and the Dragons. The trek through the snow represents the exile, and we also see our representation change his job from Warrior to Dragoon. The latter also being a bit of the showcase job of the expansion. - Stormblood: This one has us travel Eastwards. Assisting two rebellions to free themselves from the rule of the Garlean Empire (the people that we were fighting in the first cinematic). We start in Ala Mhigo where our Warrior of Light is seen as a Monk, and then later we go to the Far East where we see him as a Samurai. We eventually have to fight and defeat the crown-prince of the empire ( He is that tall fellow with the long blonde hair) - Shadowbringer: Has us come to the aid of a completely different dimension. Apparently something very bad happens to 'us' in the future, as we see the stumbling Warrior of Light as an Archer (his very very first class at 1.0) reminiscing about his life and the path he followed. It's also telling that in the battle against the monster he goes from Archer through all the other jobs he's had in the other trailers until we land on Dark Knight; The showcase job of this expansion. We have to 'unmake our future' and 'become what we were meant to be'... Save this world and through it save our own... not as the Warrior of Light, but The Warrior fo Darkness. - Endwalker: This is full-circle... Going to be the End of the overarching plot of the Real badguys behind all these other expansions. Funny detail is the callback to an older Final Fantasy title where we also go to the moon. One of the main characters Cecil goes from Dark Knight to Paladin in that one and here we have our Warrior of Light self be a Paladin for this last expansion... Well... latest... Still, you might want to look for the actual game trailer for 1.0 and 2.0. Flames of Truth is just a little off.

Imma be real watching people who never played FFXIV react to the trailers and making their own small theories are super refreshing. If you guys ever do have the chance to play the game I 100% recommend it. It's a bit of a time dump, but a worth it time dump indeed.

friendship ended with Derplander, now Pretty Boy Norman Reedus is my Warrior of Light/Warrior of Darkness

It’s a small detail but my favorite part is in the stormblood trailer. When the guy is loadin the cannon they focus briefly on a bucket of water next to him. You can see the water rippling from the force of the blows of the 2 people sparring on the statue. It’s very small but I love it. It shows how they could fight giant monsters with just their fists

The final walk to the end of endwalker just had me in tears..the really did a phenomenal job wrapping up this very long and epic journey... there really hadn't been a dull moment

I like that you picked up on the warrior of light versus the warrior of darkness part. The point was that the warrior of light is tipping the scale, he eventually gets taken to another world where the light has all but won and saves them by becoming their warrior of darkness. FFXIV is an amazing game.

Ah Final Fantasy XIV. A game where you, a random nobody who works as pest controller end up being the savior and protector of multiverse in span of 2~3 years.

I never watched them back to back like this, but now I'm realizing that without the 2 years of story between each of the expansion releases, it seems as if the world is ALWAYS kinda ending 😂

love how you two react to the city "old sharlayan" exactly how my reaction when i first saw it!

To answer your questions about the furry ears haha, the rabbit-eared people are called Vieras, and before Endwalker, there were only females in game, both in the first game they appeared in, which is FF12 and in this game. Males exist (otherwise how else would they continue propagation :), but were never featured. The cat-eared people are called Miqo'te and are just cat people. The little people are called Lalafels, or Dwarfs in the alternate world. Players are divided on the existence of Lalafels. Half hate them because they look like gnomes and the other half adore them because they look like po-tay-toes. There are also other races that exist in game, but these are the ones that were featured here. To answer another one, yes, this game is online only. You can play for free! Up until level 60 and the end of the first expansion, Heavensward (where all those dragons were attacking that giant castle). There's no time limit and you can level every single class/job to level 60, which could take several hundred hours+, and continue playing after, but you won't be able to progress in the story past that nor level to the max level (currently 80, soon to be 90 in Endwalker). In order to access the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th expansions' stories, you will have to buy either Shadowbringers (which unlocks everything up until then) to start playing immediately, or preorder Endwalker (which will include everything prior as well) to play once that expansion is released this fall. If you buy Shadowbringers, however, you will still have to buy Endwalker. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend buying either if you don't have the time to spend because MMOs are a HUGE time sink and even the base game will take you probably 100-200 hours to beat depending on how you play. Another 50-100 hours for the first expansion. It took me 900 hours to go through the entire game but only because I spent a lot of time doing optional things in game and leveling different classes. For most players, it would probably take 250-300 hours. IF you do decide to get into it, however, I recommend just playing for free and seeing if you enjoy it, then buy Endwalker when it comes out so you don't have to buy it twice (essentially). There are two versions of the game on PC, which is the Steam version and Square Enix's version. There are very little differences between the versions and it's mostly to do with being able to buy optional items for the game. If you start on one version, you'll have to commit to that version for any future expansions. I'm pretty sure you guys play games on console, though, so that really doesn't matter, just download it on whatever console you use! it's a really fun game to together with each other and other people. I know plenty of couples that play the game together (you can even have your characters marry each other in game) and have a lot of fun interacting with people. It's really about playing how you want to play beyond progressing the story to unlock things.

fun story: On the initial release of the game it was very TERRIBLE there were many game breaking issues where it was quite unplayable. Then they switch out the director's and the current director Naoki Yoshida decided to wipe the slate clean. So the cinematic with the Bahamuth (the dragon you witnessed) was the answer to that by destroying the whole world (servers). Then released it as a practically brand new game that is now considered one of the best MMO around.

17:20 “their totally gonna bang” when I tell you I SCREAMED just know I mean it

"pretty boy Norman Redus" Oh my god, now I am never going to be able to unsee that. Thanks. lol

"They're totally gonna bang" about the Wol and Lyse. I practically gagged 😂 I actually like Lyse a lot but more like a little sister haha

“Dude, why weren’t you using those powers to begin with?” Well you see, Dark Knight kinda sucked for awhile…

So glad to see ya'll finally do FF14. "Pretty Boy Norman Reedus". As a FF14 player, from now on anytime I see the Warrior of Light/Darkness in a trailer I can't not see that anymore. :)

Some context about the trailers: The first trailer wasn't a trailer, it was the Flames of Truth which showed how the 7th Umbral Calamity happened and the ultimate fate of Louisoix Leveilleur who was trying to stop it from happening. Garlemald is pulling the red moon Dalamud from the sky to devastate Eorsea, but what they don't know is a powerful elder primal (summon being) known as Bahamut was trapped inside the moon for thousands of years. Its release causes the 7th Umbral Calamity and nearly destroys all of Eorsea. Heavenward is the story of the player fleeing to Ishgard after being falsely accused of killing the Sultana of the wealthy nation of Ul'dah (the tiny girl who drank from the cup and fell to the floor). The player gets involved in Ishgard's war against the Dragons, learns the true origins of the war, and eventually is able to broker a peace between the dragons and Ishgard. They also, over time, regroup with most of their allies who were scattered by the incident in Ul'dah. Stormblood is a war story. The three nations of Eorsea are unwillingly drawn into a war with Garlemald to free the nation of Ala Mhigo from their oppression. All seems to go well until Zenos, the son of the Emperor, shows up and kicks the Warrior of Light's ass and most of the Ala Mhigan Resistance is crushed. To draw attention away from Ala Mhigo, the Warrior of Light and a couple of allies flee to the Far Eastern nation of Doma. There they help the rebels fight back against the Imperial viceroy and reclaim their freedom. Victorious, the Warrior of Light returns to Ala Mhigo with help from Doma and frees that nation as well. Shadowbringers is a story where the 8th Umbral Calamity happens and the Warrior of Light is killed. A survivor of the apocalypse travels back in time and to another dimension called the First. The First is one of 13 alternate universes that are all reflections of the main world of the game, called The Source. The First is being flooded by an overabundance of Light and is on the verge of coming to an end. The destruction of the First will trigger the 8th Umbral Calamity on the Source, to prevent this the Warrior of Light must become the Warrior of Darkness and restore darkness to the First which hasn't seen a night sky for over 100 years. Endwalker is the finale to the story that started in FFXIV A Realm Reborn. Remember the Source and the 13 alternate universes? They used to be one world, but something went terribly wrong, and the world was shattered into the Source and 13 reflections. The main baddies, the Ascians, have been rejoining of the 13 reflections with the Source to restore their sundered world, and every time a rejoining happens a Calamity takes place. However, the Warrior of Light has defeated all of the Ascians causing the calamities. A lesser Ascian and Zenos set into motion the same apocalypse which destroyed the original world, but this time on the Source. It is up to the Warrior and Light and their allies to stop it.

The flames of truth cinematic was created to literally destroy the original Final Fantasy 14 MMO. It had failed dramatically so they wanted to reboot it. They nuked the game's world in-lore (the cinematic) and then we got the remake, A Realm Reborn

Heh, it tickles me a little hearing the uninitiated call Zenos "she". He definitely does fall into that bishi archetype. The "androgynous pretty boy" is a mainstay in Japanese fiction. And very often, the more androgynous and pretty a character is, the stronger they are. Zenos is the main antagonist of the series, and is the strongest entity in the world. It's interesting to see in your summary that you managed to pick up on some of the story beats even without any context. Some of the moments didn't hit home without knowing the background (trust me when I say that the "I promise you, Minfilia" line would have blown your mind if you knew the story and who Minfilia is :D), but I'm glad you enjoyed them. I suspect other comments have answered your questions, but just to throw in: The game is played in the third person. You create your own character who can be male or female, and from a number of races (the hyur - or human - male who the movies focus on is essentially a proxy for the player character. He's a stand in for the player; but the player doesn't have to be male, or human, or look anything like him) and adventure in the continent of Eorzea (and eventually beyond). Much of the game is played solo, following the main storyline of the game and leveling up your character as you would in any other RPG and gaining skills. Monsters wander around the world and will usually attack your character if you get to close to them, and fighting takes place in real time. Your character has abilities that you activate via a hot-bar, that can be chained together to create combos that make each attack in the sequence more effective (also known as 'a rotation'). Your character can find, buy or make armour and weapons, and your character model updates to accurately portray whatever you happen to be wearing at the time (unlike most other MMOs, your character isn't fixed as one class. Your character can switch freely between any class in the game, but he or she will level them up individually. Although it is possible to reach max level in every class with enough time investment). It is also possible to enchant your armour to look like other armour (for example, making a very powerful piece of gear that you don't like the appearance of look like a less powerful piece of equipment that you thought looked cool). Meaning that no two characters are every likely to look the same and there's a lot of freedom in customizing your character's appearance. In addition to solo play, the game also has group content like dungeons - where you team up with three other players and work cooperatively to fight your way through large set piece battlefields, fighting large groups of monsters and powerful boss enemies. Many of these dungeons intersect with the main story, such that you'll have to run them to progress. Others are optional side content. There are also 'trials', which feature between 4 and 8 players, which are basically very powerful boss fights. Again, some of these occur as part of the main story, and others are side content. Some of the optional trials have multiple difficulty levels, such as 'extreme', 'savage' and 'ultimate' - these tend to be considered the endgame, and being able to defeat them is a major accomplishment that usually gives the best gear. But they require major coordination between the players. Then there are raids, which are large scale dungeons that require a total of 24 players to take on. They feature some of the most powerful enemies in the game and have their own storylines. There is lots of other content in the game that I won't go into here, since the list would be exhaustive. But that's the basics of how the game works and how it's played. Some people even just use it as a social hub, and don't partake in much content at all except building a house, buying and customizing character clothing, and hanging out with their friends playing music.

the flames of truth cinematic is actually an extended version of the 'a realm reborn' one- it originally ended when the screen turned white. what's really cool though is flames of truth is effectively what was the end of the 1.0 version of the game which was notoriously bad, so they effectively just destroyed the world using bahamut- the dragon. they made them trashing the old version of the game actual in game lore- known as the seventh umbral calamity. ps. the dude with the axe who appears in each trailer, changing jobs in each too, us the player character stand in

This may sound off-topic, but the way you two interact makes it really seem you were made for each other. That's sweet. 🥰

Sweet that you guys finally got to some Final Fantasy, been looking forward to this all week! Half surprised it took you this long to get to this most legendary of franchises, considering you guys are fantasy nerds. I've loved me some Final Fantasy since I was like, 9 or 10 or so (I'm 33 now), so nice to see someone else jumping on board. You guys rock!

If she's a she, she's pretty big - ShadowBringer trailer Who's this? Does everybody afraid of her? - Endwalker Trailer Oh- this is gold.

The purple tattoos on everyone's face translates into "Sage". Long story short it's literally their PHD in their given field of study.

I keep coming back to this video. I really love these reactions

The thing about light and dark is that in the earliest final fantasy games there was always both warriors of light and warriors of darkness and they were both on the side of good since in final fantasy light and dark are mostly seen as forces that create balance between each other and sometimes one can over power the other and the corresponding warrior of either light or dark will have to fight the overpowering side in order to save the world its pretty cool

Howdy guys! The cinematic you watched at the very beginning was the final cinematic for A Realm Reborn that was released after you beat the base game's story! The original one did not show the part after the old man died and was symbolic to the first iteration of the game ending and closing their servers. A follow up to that one took you into the future and showed off the world where you start the game after the reboot. The cinematic where the dragon was destroyed was after the final events of the base game that showed you the [Flames of] truth of what happened and why the world wasn't completely obliterated by Bahamut (the dragon) and Dalamud (the big rock the dragon was imprisoned in). No need to watch the other trailers or anything since it's pretty much the same thing but added on in parts. Really cool to finally see you guys react to this series. Thanks for the video and the reactions!

I honestly thought I couldn't cry more than I did in Shadowbringer but Endwalker proved me wrong. I cried way more in Endwalker.

I personally have never seen the trailers for these games. But holy cow they are epic! I will have to check the game out now! The opera-like music that reminds me of the Final Fantasy-esque style epic fights and journey. The over the top action combined with the flashy skills and moves, really entertaining to watch!

Final fantasy XIV is an MMO with an extreme dedication to the story. everything revolves around it and everything exists to service it. (this isn't necessarily a good thing but it's not bad either). while it IS an MMO it plays in a way that if it was just a single player story driven RPG it would probably feel like a complete game even like that. combat starts very slow in the game and progressively gets faster and faster as you level up and gain more tools of your trade. it also is extremely lenient for people who just wanna take it easy. catch up doesn't really feel like a "grind" so much as just doing what you want when you want. (the devs design philosophy is to take breaks and come back when you feel like it and it shows). there is also a ton of things to do to just kinda whittle the time away like the gold saucer, crafting, and sidequesting if the big raids with friends isn't your cup of tea. There WAS a free trial that included the entire base game and the first expansion with no limit on playtime, however due to the explosive success of the newest expansion, free trial registration has been put on hold until a later date as all NA servers are currently full. as someone who doesn't really like MMO's I can say that XIV doesn't really feel like an MMO in the best way. you still got your guilds and you still got your endgame raids (which if you like a challenge like me are very fun), but you can enjoy playing the game solo or with friends.

Final Fantasy XIV online is an JRPG MMO available on PC Mac and PS4 and PS5. Completely cross-play so we all play together. It has been said that it is a JRPG first and an MMO second. Very story driven with MMO elements. I love this game and I also like trying to unravel the mysteries of the story. There is a free trial through the first expansion heavensward, so give it a try if you want. (that's level 60).

Forewarned is forearmed: This is a long post. Felt it is fitting to post this here, as it's related to the theme. :) While the game itself has lots of great action, emotion and fun-filled cutscenes in the MSQ (Main story Quests) , it is a MMORPG that, unlike standard gamers, requires a monthly fee to be played (save for the limited free-trial periods). Thus it may be less likely for you guys to play it in order to watch and react to them. Finding the scenes on Tube and watching them will surely only feel less immersive, since one need to have played the story up 'til those scenes to know what is, and has, happened, who those people are, why they do what they do, etc. One story there however, played via a Side-quest line, is real cool. It's about a inspector called Hildibrand (who is a Hyur, a humanoid race of the Highlander-type). Square Enix delivered a gold-coin with this character; he feels like a parody on classic detectives, spiced with a dose of slapstick- and humour in general. :D The cutscenes, as well as the dialogues outside them, are all text-based with no voice-acting, but in this case there feels no need for it either. -The comedy, laugh'able lines and silliness is just legend, in my opinion. ;)) If you wanna see the main cutscenes/cs'es only, with no immersing on the progress of the cases he tries to solve in between them, I got the links to some of them for recommendation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eBu-c5o9F2c.html

You got so many trailers to watch! Final Fantasy series, Tales of series, Trails of Cold Steel series, Persona series is list of a few of my favourites but they are many more!

you guys came through! Thanks for posting this after the request!

It's always nice to see people who never played the game trying to catch what's going on by watching the trailers. For me, a veteran player of the game since day one and a Final Fantasy fan in general, it's 10 years worth of laughs, tears and joy condensed in 30 minutes of cinematics. The man who appeared in each and every cinematics is Square-Enix depiction of the player character, who is at the center of this amazing story. The hero of light trying to save the day with the help of the Scions of the seventh dawn. Endwalker is the final episode of the Hydaelyn/Zodiark saga, the main story of the game so far. Patch 6.0 will bring Endwalker online and the main story will close on itself at the end of it. Since it's not the end of the MMORPG in any way, 6.1 will be the start of a whole new saga that, I hope, will last for the next ten years. A wonderful story that deserve a try.

So excited to see their reaction to this 😆😆

"Why weren't you doing that to begin with?" The job that the Warrior switches to there is called Dark Knight. In game, the storyline revolves around having to draw out their inner regrets, sorrows, and basically all of their negative emotion to fuel their power. Their frustration with having to answer the call to duty, their remorse for having to fight and potentially kill people who all have their own lives, etc. Without those kind of darker emotions, the Dark Knight is not as strong. The trailer plays it up by showing that it is the Warrior's last resort. It's a neat bit of storytelling for this trailer and even some foreshadowing- they'll have to be the opposite of what they typically are to survive.

Loved the reaction guys like always.

So many people have been fleeing World of Warcraft for Final Fantasy XIV, that Square Enix has been forced to temporarily suspend sales of the game because the servers are being overwhelmed. Oceania is getting their datacenter and servers, but it won't be enough.

A cool easter egg I never noticed. It may have been mentioned. The Asian city you liked is Kugane. As the scene is end there are two people standing on top of a tower. Thats actually in the game. They have jump puzzles. Its a pain to get up there and then you can jump off and try to land on a light pole for an achievement.

so ready for this. love your vids

This is my favorite reaction channel!!! You and your wife are so adorable and I can just tell you have good hearts.

What a lot of people forget to mention is that FF XIV is a RPG first and the MMO part takes sort of second place. This blend is unique as it actually has a story and even the small sidequests got a small story and an explanation why you have to do them.

Man, Flames of Truth makes me cry every time because, well...you lost. You fought, and you fought, and you fought, defeating every villain, stopping the world from being drained of life energy by Primals, and even killed the person who was summoning the moon from falling. ...But you still lost. All of that hope, all of that good, taken away from you because the initiation sequence had already started and couldn't be stopped. The false moon fell, the dragon was released, and the world was quite literally changed on a fundamental level. The Calamity you fought your ASS off to prevent, doing everything right without failure...still happened. Then the guy who was guiding your path the whole time sacrificed himself and used his power to send you 5 years into the future to try to still help the world that was on the brink of death and make it a realm reborn.

Hey guys! Been a while! If you are still interested in 14, but maybe you looked into it and saw how much commitment it is, But here's something similar to what y'all watch for WoW! Would love for you to go on this amazing journey and see your reactions. But again. I understand if you choose not to. This is an Odyssey of a story. The epic to all MMORPGs. But, if you both would like to go down a magical journey, filled with moments of joy, tragedy, and the true power of hope. Here you go, my gift to you both. Final Fantasy 14 in a more digestible video. Now I hold no credit to any of these videos. I just went youtube dumbster diving for them. xD Hope to see y'alls lives change with this! :) Chapter 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V_7guKvwKBM.html Chapter 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TGpxHoLvIZ8.html Chapter 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dQWo4ts0FxM.html Chapter 4: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--f8ycjRk4PI.html Chapter 5: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aXvoMNUoML4.html ***This is just the bare minimum. Only the Main Story and none of the side stories.***

I just stumbled across your video at like 1 in the morning and this was really awesome. Seeing someones reaction without any context and just enjoying it for what it is was really great. I started playing this not that long ago after friends had recommended it for awhile. It has definitely become a favorite. Also, pretty boy Norman Reedus is now my favorite meme. Really great video, thank you so much for making it. I'm subscribing to ya'll.

Its a bit much without the actual gameplay , but man , FFXIV is a masterpiece, and the people behind it, the devs , are just...amazing. These cinematics make me so emotional because FFXIV is a major part of my gaming life. 15/10 would recommend playing :)

epic cinematics yes, but most hold story related moments that require context to truly appreciate

27:49 FYI The vocals are Sam Carter of the metal band "Architects"

It's amazing to see so many people like Final Fantasy XIV content even when they dont know anything about it. This game has so many things to share, a top tier community very chill, one of the best story, music content, and more. It's not rare to see people react on it or make content of it like musics, animation etc... Best game so far o/

So glad yelled finally watched these awesome trailers! I dunno if you plan on playing any of these but just to clarify some things for you: In the first cinematic the dragon was sealed away not born. As stated before by someone else, the person with the scythe is infact a guy :p He is also the same guy that was wearing the flashy armor during the beginning of the shadowbringers cinematic The guy riding the dragon in the endwalker trailer is definitely a good guy The tattoo you saw on some of the characters identifies them as part of the 'Circle of Knowing' "Sharlayan neck tattoos are a sign of having completed a high degree of education and being recognized as a Sage of that discipline." And the story for this game is so massive it would difficult to explain it all without major spoilers: But if you don't mind *SPOILERS* Long story short (for the last trailer and why everything was on fire), eons ago a world fell to pieces and now the world that the game mainly takes place in is experiencing the same catastrophe and the key to it all is on the moon (or something of that nature).

The main guy is the same from all of them, The people with the Tattoos that all match are a group trying to "save the world" Each Expansion or video showcases a different "job" a staple in most RPGs. The "girl" with the blond hair is a horrid bad Guy, he's also just "pretty" Rewatch them at some point, you'll see a lot of the characters in each one or most of them anyway. Each expansion released more Jobs, so the Dark night at the end of Shadowbringer, was a job released with that Expansion. which is why he didn't have that power before. Its a pretty involved storyline and realistically unless you play the game, you'll miss a lot, even with explanations. There are literally hundreds of Story missions with this game. You can get a vague idea, but its a game you understand better by playing. However, its a MMO, so its a big time investment. Also yes, the people with the furry ears are kind of Hybrids. A lot of this game references Final Fantasy 11, which there were 5 playable races, FFXIV started out with essentially the same but has expanded to add several more. But yes, there are Bunny People, Dragon people, Cat people, Elves, a Dwarf-ish race, there are "beast" people and then just normal "humans" And that's just the playable side, there are foes and allies which spread across more races, although those aren't shown in the trailer much, aside from the Goblin. Most of the "foes" you see the main character or allies facing, are Dungeon or Storyline bosses. And yes, Light and Dark plays a huge role in this game. Its not Quite so linear in that Embrace both sides, tho that is a piece of it. "Warrior of light" is a Final Fantasy Staple starting from FF1 Game play: Its a MMO, so online full time, Subscription based, but because of how much content, you can do a free trial and get all the way up to level 60, possibly higher, Current Level cap is 80. You assign Action to hot keys, or Keyboard buttons, Or can use Mouse and Keyboard to click. Its standard RPG, target monster, fight monster. Its Fairly fast paced. Its is also Very story and quest driven, with both giving you exp and helping you level up to progress further. You Auto learn Spells and abilities based on your Class/Job as you level, and need to equip yourself with appropriate Gear based on your Class/Job and level. The "wizard" from the Flames of truth.. That trailer was After the world Broke. They had an Alpha and Beta development, where Majority of the player base felt the game was trash, so they literally scrapped the game. They "ended" the world, by making a Giant Meteor crash down, Inside that Meteor a dragon was sealed away. So during the initial Storyline, you learn that Louisoix, the wizard, had helped seal the dragon away before. He is also the grandfather of the Sibling elves in Endwalker. But since the realm was literally ending, both in story, but also since the servers were being reset to be worked on, He sends you away to a new realm; A realm Reborn.

Flames of Truth came out about midway through Heavensward's expansion cycle due to the second half of that story (the part where the old man defeats the dragon at the cost of his life) being gated by the raid series in A Realm Reborn and people wanting to see that story but could not due to the difficulty of the raid at the time (some people just couldn't do it even over-geared.) So most people watched the End of an Era trailer that 1.0 players saw when the servers were shut down to remake the game so it was actually playable and player focused or they watched the A New Beginning trailer that I will post below. The other video I will post is one of the original trailers for the game, which will add more context to the Shadowbringers trailer with all the flashback scenes that happen. FFXIV 1.0 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-opQjN74Meec.html FFXIV A Realm Reborn ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h542YbZuwkQ.html

Omg this was my first time rewatching that first cinematic after real reborn. Louisoix was such a freaking badass. I will never not cry. Beautifully done.

While I would absolutely recommend FF14 to any fans of fantasy stories, as an MMO it can be a bit of a challenge to get into- after all the upcoming expansion Endwalker is going to be the finale of a storyline that has been ongoing for about 15 years. That is a lot of story and gameplay to play through. For that reason alone I probably wouldn't recommend FF14 to be the first Final Fantasy game for someone new to the series. If I was to pick a FF game for a first timer I would probably recommend Final Fantasy 10. It is a far more standard single player, heavily story driven RPG that really captures the essence of a Final Fantasy game. It was made recently enough that the graphics are still appealing to look at, and has somewhat recently had an HD remaster, which means it is available on modern consoles and PC. Something to note about the Final Fantasy series that first timers usually ask about- the stories of each numbered game are entirely self contained. So you don't have to play previous games to know what is going on. All of the characters, conflicts and even the worlds themselves are unique to their own games. The only time this isn't the case is when it is a direct sequel- for example Final Fantasy 13 developed into an entire trilogy of games, starting with Final Fantasy 13, followed by Final Fantasy 13-2 then Final Fantasy 13 Lightning Returns. (On a side note, the FF13 trilogy are some of my favorite FF games, but they were rather divisive among fans- there are just as many who hate them as who love them.) That said, there are a few things that all FF games have that mark them as part of the series. Most notable are similar species of monsters/animals, for example every FF game has Chocobos, which are basically big yellow chickens that you ride like horses. Furthermore, there are some characters (usually side characters) which share names of people from previous FF games while not actually being the same person. A great example of this, that "pirate guy" from the Heavensward trailer is named Cid- he shows up in most FF games in one form or another and he almost always pilots an airship, but this Cid is very different than say, FF15 Cid who was a grumpy old man with a southern accent who runs a garage (FF15 also had another character named Cindy in English releases and Cidney in the Japanese release who essentially acted as a female Cid.)

Some info on the Jobs (character classes) seen in the trailers: ARR: The jobs seen in the trailer are the “evolved” forms of the starting jobs you can pick from at character creation. In the trailer we see the following: Warrior: Tank class. Massive axe. Evolves from Marauder. Played here by a Hyur (FFXIV name for humans, serves as the Audience Surrogate for the other trailers) Bard: Ranged Physicsl DPS. Uses a Bow/Harp hybrid. Evolves from Archer. Played here by a Miqo’te (Cat people race) White Mage: Magical Support/Healer. Uses Canes to cast magic. Evolves from Conjuror. Played here by a Lalafell (A sort of Dwarf/Halfling/Gnome hybrid) Black Mage: Ranged Magical DPS. Uses a Staff. Evolves from Thaumaturge. Played here by an Elezen, I think (FFXIV version of elves) Paladin: Tank class. Sword and Shield. Evolves from Gladiator. Played here by a Roegadyn (not sure what the closest fantasy race equivalent would be) Summoner: Ranged Magical DPS. Summons beasties to help you fight. Evolves from Conjuror. Definitely played here by an Elezen. Heavensward: Dragoon: Melee DPS. Spear boy. Likes jumping around. Evolves from Lancer Stormblood: Monk: Melee DPS. Punchy boi, basically the guy in the Kung Fu movie that can shatter concrete with his bare hands. Evolves from Pugilist. Samurai: Melee DPS. Katana guy. Brand new class, no evolution. Shadowbringers: Gunbreaker: Tank class. Uses a Gunblade (a sword with a firearm mechanism built into the hilt). Dancer: Magical Support. Uses Chakrams (bladed rings originating in India). Uses other party members as “dance partners.” Played here by a Viera (Bunnygirl race that first appeared in FFXI) Dark Knight: Tank class. Uses Claymores. New job, no evolution.

Im sooooo happy yu guys reacted to this i was hopin yu all would ok ima watch the vid again lol

As an OG 1.0 player, the first one, flames of truth hits so hard. You go through all of that, the endless fighting and wars and doing everything in quests to stop the calamity but it still happened, only to stand there with friends and watch that cutscene and the servers shut down and it all goes black. Then 2.0 comes out, I believe two years later with A Realm Reborn only to be forgotten by the normal peeps in the game and is not much talked about in the quests, very few mentions if you're looking for them. The flames of truth cinematic is more of closure and nod to us that played the original and of a raid series that tells you what happened during those five years you missed plot-wise. Every time I see the flames one, I get chills, the music too if you listen to the lyrics hit home as well. Right in the feels as it is a love letter to us OG players and new ones getting to see the devastation that we OG players played through leading up to that birth forth of Bahamut. Fun fact, not only do we get the 'Mark of the Twelve' and name in the end credits of A Realm Reborn, but we also get slightly different dialogues in cutscenes due to it as a 'legacy player' if you will that new players don't. Though it's - slightly - noticeable in scenes you read or hear that comment when they remember it was you that you did this that or the other and get remembered and are specifically mentioned as 'you are - the - warrior of light-', whereas normal players get the generalised 'you remind me of the warriors of light.' Even hits more home when Derbert (Pretty boy Norman Reed, but also unofficially called 'Derplander', though I personally call him Derbert) in ShadowBringers says: “We were just adventurers trying to make our way. An odd job here, a favour there-we never aspired to be Warriors of Light. But word of our deeds spread, and soon people were calling us heroes. They placed their hopes and dreams on our shoulders and bid us fight for all that was good and right. We fought and we fought and we fought…until there was no one left to fight. We won…and now our world is being erased from existence. We did everything right, everything that was asked of us, and still-still, it came to this! You of all people should understand! We cannot-we will not falter. We brought our world to the brink of destruction, and now we must save it. We were blind to the truth once. So I tell you this, as one fool to another. Light, Dark, it doesn’t matter. What matters is how you choose to use them. We made our choice, and you see what came of it. So please…forge a different path. Seize a better fate.” So you guys hit it right on the head with the grey lines between dark and light etc. The entirety of the game is a constant dissonance between what is light? What is dark? Who is good? Who is bad? Am I the player doing the right thing or wrong? It constantly takes you through this journey of self as a player as well as the character in the story you play, and the realm around you. Each expansion vid you saw takes us along on that journey and leaves little hints here and there for players to look out for that ties into and preps for the next one. The latest trailer, Endwalker, really is the most ultimate love letter from the SE team devs as it visually comes full circle for a game we've been playing for over a decade. Music by Soken (all may he reign, the musical genius behind the music you guys were vibing to in the trailers) referenced every expansion theme and song from areas we've played in for - so long - and still manages to twist and make it better and hit us all like a ton of bricks. (I also highly recommend listening to the music if anything and reading lyrics as those alone tell a lot when there are vocal tracks). The "He has seen some shit" is right on the nail too, as we as players and characters in the plot have been in a constant state of battle no matter where we are and have seen some difficult things and gain the resolve to keep moving forward and doing what needs to be done so that others won't have to shoulder that burden. We do with the creed of “For those we have lost. For those we can yet save.” The plot really lays that on thick as you have all of these questions and as you progress through the story, you get to see how all of this really takes a toll on your character. Things like these listed, you rarely see in games nowadays and is outstanding coming from a mmorpg. I highly recommend watching those full cutscene videos floating about if you guys don't play the game, or looking up channels that deal with the lore and such specifically to gain a better understanding. If this game was a physical book, it would blow the Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings series out of the park-like it was nothing. Sorry for the novel, but the love that the team brings us, players, with the plot, music, and cinematics is out of this world and I'm so glad you guys got to watch and get a taste of that and intuitively be able to pick up a lot of some of the elements that this game touches on even though you guys haven't played. It was awesome to watch. Thank you!

I just love how people who never played ffxiv calls Zenos a girl, he has long hair, so they must be a girl. XD

My Personal 3 Favorite characters that show up in the Trailers, are Y'shtola who is the White Haired Cat Gal with the Staff, she's just awesome in general and can be very snarky. She tends to be the most practical and logical of the Scions...though all of them tend to be practical and logical to one extent or another since they are all Archons, it kind of comes with the Gig. You also see her briefly in Flames of Truth praying to the Twelve and trying to help Louisoix(The Old Guy) Reseal Bahamut. Followed by Yugiri and Gosetsu, who were the two standing on top of the building in Stormblood. The real big guy and the smaller gal with the white horns. Both are very dedicated to their Lord and enlist the Warrior of Light's help to aid the people of Doman, well Yugiri enlists your aid, Gosetsu Shows up to be like "Yugiri! Where you been Lord Hien needs us!" then when she says she has a debt to those that helped her people he's basically just goes "Well then I will help too!"

The game originally takes place in a region of the world called Eorzea which is generally what you saw on the map during some of the trailers. In Stormblood you move into Gyr Abania (the Middle East of the world so to speak, also where the the two monks were fighting on the statue's hand) and Othard (home to Doma which is kind of a pastiche to Japan and China) and Hingashi (the world's Japan and the beautiful city of Kugane that the samurai was kicking soldier butt in). Endwalker is introducing several new regions and cities into the game, the villains are hanging out in Garlemald which is the home of the Empire. Old Sharlayan is the beautiful watery city.

Big fan of the FInal Fantasy 14 Cinematics, and also a huge fan of you boths reaction!

19:58 "This might be the best so far" Me: Can't wait to see their ShadowBringer reaction Anyways yeah, you follow the same dude through out the trailers, the Warrior of Light. After the first trailer, where the 7th Astral Calamity happened, Bahamut blowing everything to hell, you're teleported 5 years into the future and everyone forgets who you are. Also there's a reason Shadowbringers is one of the best expansions, if you don't want any spoilers skip this but: The main world in the game is the Source, you travel to one of it's fragments, the First. In the First, the Warriors of Light of that world won their war against the dark, however because they won, the world became filled with Light, the angel is one of the creatures created from the over abundance of light. You come into the world 100 years after this has happened, summoned by the Exarch, the dude with the crystal hand. Throughout the story you're followed by the spirit of that worlds Warrior of Light, it's a very heart wrenching story as well. One of my favorite quotes that he says, in a previous expansion where it's all introduced, is "We did everything right! Everything that was asked of us but still! Still it came to this!." I think that's how the quote goes, but yeah it's an amazing story and I highly recommend looking up all the cutscenes for Shadowbringers, it's amazing. Also last thing, just wanted to point this out, the class in Endwalker, the one the Warrior of Light was using, is the Paladin, it's one of the best classes in the game, and is easily S-Tier

Ah, the problem of reviewing only the trailer without knowing the context of the subtle characters and significance of how things change from one expansion of the game to another. Playing through the game is a more enriched detail on the story without missing out on what is meant by each scene in the trailers themselves. Shadowbringer's seems by far the best thus far, not because its the latest in use atm but its the fact that you have been the Warrior of Light for the entire series, but now forced to change your ways due to circumstances of the new world you enter into.

I had to stop a sec once the video got to Endwalker & Close the Distance started 😭😭. A year later and that song still brings me to tears. #TheWalk

I don't see it in any of the other comments so I may as well point it out: Alphinaud and Alisaie, the red and blue twins at the start of the Endwalker trailer, are the grandchildren of Louisoix, the guy who killed the dragon in Flames of Truth. And when Y'shtola (black dress catgirl) was arguing with the white robed elf about "Sharlayan keeping its counsel" - that's Fourchenault, the twins' father, and Louisoix's son. So you see three generations of the Levelleur family across these trailers.

I've been playing for a year, my Warrior of Light/Darkness is a male cat boy. The entire story is absolutely amazing. I am ready for Endwalker. Got a lot of my jobs to level 80. This game is so much fun to play.

Yay bahamut my fave eidolon, he was abit unhappy being imprisoned

thank you thank you soooo much for reacting to these trailers

This is a trip and y'all are adorable!

I love any and all final fantasy trailers, OMG...sooo epic.

The game is an MMORPG that is heavily story driven. It's available on PS4, PS5, and PC. I highly suggest playing it. The story is amazing.

You guys were spot on about there not being a clear set distinction between who's wright and wrong. There is a lot of gray area with the characters and factions

8 months later and I'm still getting this video recommended to me. I don't know why the RU-vid algorithm keeps giving me videos I have already watched but I'm not complaining though.

These cinematics are so good! The game itself is amazing too, best MMORPG of all time imo.

Great Reaction! Thanks for doing all of them! FFXIV has woven one of the better fantasy narratives in games in a long while. If you are ever interested, its a slow burn but so well crafted. ps: Pretty Norman Reedus (love it) - Is meant to be a personification of the player.

I'm not sure if this happens to all 14 players, but I feel a strange sense of pride and joy whenever someone reacts with amazement at the trailers. I'm here at work, smiling like a crazy person, as if they were reacting to a story I wrote. I guess this game is so fantastic at making you a part of it, that you actually feel others are reacting to YOUR epic story ❤️

I hope you guys get the chance the try it! I think you both would love it! That way you can feel the story even more! It’s been amazing to see all the new players (which we call “sprouts”)

Final fantasy is fun old and new, each has it's own merits. You got to watch the other trailers!

Just started watching and heard you both mention Kingdom Hearts a lot, which I found interesting as Kingdom Hearts is actually a spinoff of Final Fantasy. Many characters from Kingdom Hearts such as Cloud, Leon and Sephiroth to name a few are originally from Final Fantasy. If you decide to give FF a try I hope you enjoy :)

Also I loved your reaction to Old Sharlayan 😂 yes we wanna live their too

this what ive been waiting for

I play FFXIV. I'm looking forward to see both of your reactions to this. The "dragon" name was Bahamut and he wasn't hatched, he was imprisoned. They were trying to deal him back up again. Louisoix Leveilleur was the older Elezen man that gave his life to save the world. One the second video for reasons I will not tell you (hehe) we are exiled and cast from our homelands. Blamed for something we didn't do. So we head to Ishgard where a terror roams and we must find and defeat it. For the third video we quest more and it leads us to Kugane which is the beautiful city you saw. Much happens and we have to step things up a bit. As you saw our Warrior of Light Ardbert (that's his name btw) has learned to be a Samurai. Incase you don't know the reason Ardbert changes from Warrior to Dragoon and from Monk to Samuri is to show people that your not subjected to one class or job in the game. You can be anything you want. In the 5th video we are teleported to another world entirely. It's called The First. In our world we are known as The Warrior of Light. But in this one we must become the Warrior of Darkness because the world is set in perpetual light. No night time ever. We didn't use those Powers because we never had them. And for the final video we head to the moon. The person with that giant scythe is a man. His name is Xenos, you saw him before in the other trailer where the had the fight in the battle field around bodies of falled comrades. Honestly I'm excited to see if you play. If you do hit me up. And as always I loved this video. Thank you for reacting to the one game that changed my life for good. The gameplay is great characters can be how you want to make them and your not subjected to only one job or class. There are crafters and gatherers as well as the disciples of war and magic. This can be something I see you both playing I've seen multiple couples play it together. And they always tell me they have a blast.

the big dragon in the first trailer is in Final Fantasy the king of all Dragons called "Bahamut"

"They totally gonna bang." That one got me good. ROTFLOL

This isn't the first time I heard of this channel but I'm going to sub this time. Keep up the great work you two.