For those who do not understand the last scene with Noctis and Luna. They are not alive. Both are DEAD. This scene shows the two in the afterlife where they are together in this dream of their wedding. This is Noctis and Luna's "Final Fantasy". And at the end they close their eyes and sleep means that they have fulfilled their task and can now rest together in this dream in peace.
Despite all the problems, despite Luna being very underdeveloped, despite all its problems, the relationship between the 4 guys is the heart of the game and I think it nails it better than most games. I understand when others do not find it great but I have over 150 hours into this and started replaying this. That means it did something for me and it has a place in my heart.
The relationship between the guys and the photos really was the key to the game. It's such a shame it could have been one of the games of the generation if it didn't have to go through that development hell. Luna being underdeveloped, and the story being told in a confusing way. If they had made it clear to the player that Noctis was going into it knowing he would need to make that sacrifice, or made character deaths more clear, it would have hit so much harder. Ardyn could have had his story fleshed out better too.
Luna was not underdeveloped this is the most annoying bandwagoned bad take I've heard. The fact that EVERYONE immediately brings up Luna when talking about ffxv means she was a great character. The fact that everyone wanted to see more of her makes her a great character. People complain about how she was handled and are unaware that in doing so they're basically acknowledging what a great character she was. Luna was handled much the same way zelda/shiek was handled in ocarina who is also a fan favorite. Their absence from the story is what gives her mistique and makes you interested. Her early demise is what makes the game a tragedy and pus you in to the story. The entire game is from noct's perspective. In order for Luna to be more developed...there would have to be a long period of time where she starts following noct around which would have completely ruined her. And...all things considered she's in the story enough that you know her quite well. I just have no idea how this criticism had emerged it's so counter to reality.
For the sadness, or for having the audacity to cover Ben E.King’s legendary classic “ Stand By Me”’. While the Florence and The Machine version is fine I would’ve much preferred that they used the original.
@@thedeepfriar745 prefer this version for this context. The orchestra elements added fit the vibe better IMO. Original would have sounded very out of place
When I first beat this game I too was a mess. My girlfriend came downstairs to me with my face in my hands crying during the song at the end credits. She just had to hold me through it all. Honestly, what an amazing game
Same me to even after 4 times I think ff15 and red dead redemption 2 are the only games that make me cry and at the end of rdr2 i cried so much like someone died they are sad but wonderful moments.
This is the most emotional and unappreciated Final Fantasy game in my opinion. Everytime Stand By Me plays and the credits and the pictures of your adventure rolls, my heart sinks. Sure, it had a rocky start but it's a wonderful game.
The moment at the credits when you see the photos *insta crack "i was doing so well !" Also I think the FF theme version of XV is the best, it so royal, noble and high class
@@masamasamun What do you mean FFXV is mid? They already remaking 7 and 1. 1 is not exactly frame by frame remake. They are telling the story in a different way and there are some changes here and there.
The thing about XV is that they criticize the gameplay but if you look down deeper, it's about the bond of 4 friends thru thick or thin and believing in each other. That is why the Stand By Me song at the end hits so hard.
I think as many problems as the game has, especially with its rocky development cycle, it’s still a solid entry into the series and does a fantastic job of leaving you emotionally deflated by the end of it all. Also, if you really want to feel broken, just think of how the guys felt when they had to re-enter the throne room to find a dead Noctis on the throne. 😈
Martyrdom always fucking crushes me when it’s executed superbly in media. FFXV was lackluster in a lot of areas IMO, but one place it excelled ALWAYS was the story. As a long time FF fan, hearing the main theme of the series kick in during that final sequence where noctis and Lunafreya were together, just that mere piano intro, I ugly cried as soon as I saw it.
The photo selection scene is so brilliant for the player. It’s not just because you get to see the one you choose later at the end but it forces you to go through all the photos and therefore memories right before the end. 😢
In the entire game you don't see the journey of the future king and his guards to gain power and sacrificed to save the world You see the journey of 4 friends, laughting, fighting, singing, doing things so simples as play video games, chating, reading and playing cards in their resting That's the reason the final chapter hurt so much, you emphatize with that caracteres and their bond
I just played this game last night with my sister, I beat it once and was fighting back my tears. She ended up crying and my eyes were burning with tears 😭
I absolutely love the world atmosphere this game build. The bros interaction with lighthearted jokes and drama, the diminishing daylight as the game progress, the music, the lyrics of 'Stand by me'... Even with shortcomings and a lot doesn't makes sense, this is the game that made me feel immersed, that made me feel alot of things, a game that made me cry.. and i cried again watching your reaction. I didn't have anyone to experience this game with me because I don't have many friends. So even I never met you before, and you don't know who I am, watching your reaction made me feel like I relive to play this game again, but this time with a friend. So thank you for making me feel less alone =)
I have recently confused the hell out of my mom and dad we were watching a movie and Stand By Me started playing and I literally just got up and went and nope not listening to that song and this game is the reason why I would get emotional for no reason
I think Stand by ME was the perfect choice of song for this game, when I played it and they were pushing the car and you here the music start playing you actually get a real sense of tone for the game and what the characters themselves are about the game is about the bonds you share with people 🥰 there is a up and coming game for the PS5 called Lost Souls Aside I don't know if you've seen the trailer perhaps? but the main character is actually based off of Noctis!!
I have beaten this game several times, but the ending when Noctis sits on the throne and sleeps forever next to Luna still gets me every time. This is my favorite Final Fantasy. Let’s see if FF16 tops it. Something tells me it might not. FF15 is an original timeless classic.
dont be ashamed for crying. It was one of the best final fantasy endings, very deep and emotional. Your reactions were pure and sincere. The kind of reaction the people who wrote the history were expecting. Hope you have a wonderful life, play more games and be this sincere woman you appear to be. Walk tall
Grown alpha men cried at the end of Final Fantasy XV. You have to be a machine for this not to stab you in the heart in amillion tines. Final Fantasy XV wrecked me and I dont normally get emotional at games.
I just finished this game and am still crying, most emotional experience I have ever had with a video game, and I needed someone else to share my pain. Thanks for being here
I was crying at the end too. This game had me in tears so many times too. I enjoyed it a lot and play through it many times. Underrated game I tell ya. 😭
It’s so nice to see someone else hit as hard as I was the first (as well as the couple of other times) I played through the ending. FFXV is a masterpiece despite any flaws. It makes me bawl like a baby anytime I listen to Stand By Me, and anytime I’ve seen the ending. You feel like you’re on the journey with the boys and you fall in love with each of them. It’s such an awful gut punch when you get to the end, because you’re so invested in the characters.
God fucking dammit, why do I keep torturing myself watching this ending again. Tolkien had it right when he wrote: “There were two musics progressing at one time [...] The one was deep and wide and beautiful, but slow and blended with an immeasurable sorrow, from which its beauty chiefly came."
Thank you so much for the great reactions. I never thought I would be so moved by my favorite FF15... I'm happy as a Japanese and I feel like I've been saved. I felt keenly that my impression was not wrong after all. 素晴らしいリアクションをありがとうございました。私の大好きなFF15にこんなに感動してもらえるとは…。日本人として嬉しいし、救われた気がします。 やはり私の感動は間違っていなかったのだと、痛感しました。
FFXV, FFVIII and FFIX all of this games made me cry i played all the FF this year,ñ. I have never cried to games or movies before but damn this games man🥲
@@lumberluc i’m a bit late bro sorry, but they were tears of happiness, FFVIII is my favorite game and i have great memories of me and my dad playing that game, so playing it as an adult plus the music plus Squall i mean the whole journey was so great that I couldn’t help but cry when i knew it was over. And 9 i cried more than anything when I realized that Vivi was dead 💀
@@gamerdadjx oooof that is so hard. i think ffxv was a little more depressing *overall* but ffx was a goofy good time and then punched u in the gut with feels
final fantasy logos are deep. this game was a masterpiece from start to finish. although majority of my time was reloading for the coin things for exp boost game was ez lol. good times
This game had a lot of incompleted ideas, but somehow, they did enough to make us feel a lot, such as loss, fun and love just at the end of it. Even royal pack is a good dlc for all kind of players.
"Kings of Lucis...come to me!" *cue me tearing up during the entire sequence* And then post-credits scene where Final Fantasy theme starts playing *breaks down in tears even more*
No matter how many times I watch the ending scene at the campfire... it always, always cracks me open and brings tears in my eyes. This was not the best FF for many development issues they had, but it certainly left a mark in my heart, the journey was beautiful, and I'm grateful for the great memories I have with this game.
i cried so much at the ending and I even cried when we were choosing a photo to take because I was stupid and forgot to save photos so I only had like 4 to choose from
I've played and beat it twice on both console and pc, and cried both times. The ending of it was actually sad and just watching this made me cry. I loved your reactions 💜
I just finished a second playthrough of this masterpiece, forgetting a lot of the plot and having to live through these deaths again I searched up reactions and they lead me here. Needless to say I cried with you both here and in altissia with luna 😭😭😭 What a game
Despite all the development problems this game has had, it is one of my favourites. The development of the relationship of the four protagonists is exceptional and so realistic. Ardyn is one of the best antagonists I've ever come across. He inspired Emet Selch from FFXIV.
"Gladio forgot his shirt, the suitcases can only hold so much." I always assumed most of the supplies were stuffed in the same place they stuff their weapons. I mean, Noctis' power makes it seem like he would be a walking, talking Bag of Holding from Dungeons and Dragons.
This game had so much potential to be one of the best, if not the best FF game in the series. It's unfortunate but its nice that the soul of what makes FF games great is still present, especially near the ending. 10/10 would cry again.
@@alanmaclain2285 personally, it is in my top 3 but I won't deny that when it first released it disappointed alot of people and even drew some anger from a few fans, which was understandable and justified considering the 10 years development and how incomplete the game was day 1(this is coming from someone who pre-ordered it and played it day 1). It was only thanks to the dev team for churning out the updates and DLC that the game is as good as it is today. What I mean by what I said previously was that this could have been the FF7 of this generation if the game was released day 1 with story completed and polished without being cut and thrown to various media formats because of the fiasco during its development.
@@sysfreakz999 90% of RPG games have DLCs and Companies spend millions of dollars to make DLCs for a reason. The reason is to add more content to the main game and make the experience better. You posted your message in 2021 but you talk about the 2016 version of the game. That doesn't make any sense. When you talk about Final Fantasy XV in 2021 You have to consider the main game + All DLCs. Because all of the DLCs are available now. Main game + DLCs = A complete experience. If someone wants to have a full experience they have to play main game and all of the DLCs. Another thing to point out is that, you are wrong about the main game. Director of Final Fantasy XV, Tabata, said that his vision for main game was to put 100% of the focus on Noctis and what he is experiencing through his journey. There were few times that they had to show what's going on behind the scene so that the story make sense but for the most part you play what Noctis is experiencing. There are few events in the game that he didn't talk about for that reason. he said that he is going to release DLCs for each of those events and let players control the character which that event is relate to and experience those events. Final Fantasy XV the main game is exactly the way Tabata wants it to be. It is not an incomplete game what so ever. It is a critically acclaimed game and won a lot of awards. in my opinion this game is masterpiece . This game is one of the best game of this console generation. People who say this game is incomplete or rushed don't know what they are talking about and others blindly repeat what they say without doing their own research. The problem with people who call this game incomplete is that they haven't read what the director of the game has to say about his vision and see the game from his lens.
@@alanmaclain2285 I hate to break it to you but I have done my research and have been following this game since its announcement in 2006. I have swallowed every content FFXV universe had to offer through kingsglaive, brotherhood, game trailers, DLCs, cross-overs, books and even the bloody 8 bit mini game on ps4 so don't question me on lacking knowledge of FFXV because I love the game and it's universe and have been doing so for 15 years now.. Trust me when I say the game has come a long way from its release and its better than ever but it could have been so much more on release. It could've been the best ARPG or just straight RPG in general in this generation IF THE GAME WAS RELEASED WITH ITS FULL STORY on release day (minus DLC). Why do I keep talking about the release back in 2016? Because that's where people form their first impressions of the game and most likely their only impression of the game. Take a look at No man's sky, fallout 76 and cyberpunk as examples. Players back then when playing through the game could easily tell that a chunk of the story was missing, especially in chapter 12-13 which also dragged out longer than it needed to be (which even the devs agreed and updated) and unless you were a big fan of Final Fantasy in general, nobody was going to bother jumping to other forms of media just to make proper sense of a story and build character development that could've been done IN-GAME during the first half e.g. Luna. Her death was underwhelming asf because she barely had any screen-time so there was no real sense of connection and emotional investment from the player yet she was all over kingsglaive. The players were only sad of her death because Noctis (who we are emotionally invested in) was in pain from the loss. Thank god for the ending part of the game as that was one of the most emotional moments of any ff I've played and I've played all except 11. Also, keep in mind that the first DLC was released on March 2017, 4 months after release. By that time, a lot of people have already written FFXV off and moved on to other games. I personally loved it but all of this disappointment and hate could've been avoided if management wasn't pulling the devs out of the project to work on other games and many other behind the scenes fuckery. Square Enix lost millions from this project despite the positive reception for the most part simply because of the story and how it was handled hence why DLC for Noctis and Luna was canceled and now we have to refer to a book for the true ending. Even XIV, an MMO handle their story better than XV. Regardless of what your expectations are for others, at the end of the day your expectations doesn't mean shit to anyone but yourself because it's nothing more than an opinion and this is a subjective matter. Edit: sent accidentally before I was finished. F.
@@sysfreakz999 You played it day 1 and watch anime and move too? ok great but it doesn't make you right. you are 100% wrong and don't know what you are talking about. Me and all of my friends played this game day one too. I have collector's edition of this game. Some things are opinion. You have yours and I have mine. but some things are facts. You have all your facts wrong. You keep saying you did you research but everting you say it pure BS. I am talking about the FACTs not opinions. It is clear that you didn't even bother to read my previous comment properly and skip most of it. You like to keep coming back and keep writing same thing about how incomplete this game is and don't bother to read what I have to say. This conversation doesn't get anywhere. You and people like you are the problem of the community people who spread wrong information. Go back and read my previous comment first and then read this one. when you go to an art galley you talk to the artist or read notes next to each art in order to understand their creation better. Because you look at those arts from their point of view and it makes you understand it better. Video games are art too. if someone wants to understand Final Fantasy XV better they have to read what the creator/director has to say about the game and what was his vision. read my previous comment to understand what the director of Final Fantasy XV had to say about the main game story and it is 100% complete. You call this game incomplete and say people first impression of the game was not good because of that. similar to Fallout 76 and cyberpunk. you are 100% wrong. Fallout 76 and cyberpunk were a big mess. Final Fantasy XV was a complete game day 1. DLCs add more content to the game. Because there are DLCs it doesn't mean the main game is incomplete. You wouldn't say these BS if you have read my previous comment. you talk about chapter 12 and 13 being too long and Luna's death was underwhelming and etc. these are your opinion. because you believe in something it doesn't mean it is true. Director of the game made the best game he could and I respect his decisions. You can't sit there and expect every single part of the game be the way you want. If you want a game to be exactly the way you like you have to create and direct your own game. This is Tabata's game and you have to be open minded about his decisions. that's why I say understanding the point of view of the director is very important before playing a game like this. You talk about the release date of the first DLC which is 4 month after the release date and people where already moved on. That's not true. Soon after releasing the main game they announced that their will be multiple DLCs and offer Season Pass in order to get all of them as soon as they releases or purchasing them separately when each of them separately . If some people don't want to wait it is their decision but it is not like they all of a sudden release a dlc after 4 month and no one knows that it is coming and people move on. Your logic is laughable. you say "management wasn't pulling the devs out of the project to work on other games" that's a lie. where did you get these information? from your imagination? Square enix didn't pull any devs to work on any other project. the reason the last DLC canceled was because the director quit and left Square enix and created his own video game studio. You say "Square Enix lost millions from this project" that's 100% wrong. the director said that after only 6 month of the release date they made more sales needed to call this project a success. It's been 5 years and still new people like this streamer purchasing and playing it. The game is a big success, It is an amazing game that received many praises and awards before even the DLCs come out. I don't care about your opinion about different parts of the game but You've got all of you facts wrong. how is it possible you say you did your research? LMFAO You and people like you are the problem of gaming community. People who don't know what they are talking about and spread lies and wrong information. A person who played the game day one in 2016 doesn't let go of it and 5 years later still search about it on the internet and write angry comments about how bad the game is and make some facts out of imagination and spread wrong information and lies. I don't have time to argue with you and someone like you. I enjoyed talking with people who do a lot of reading and doing a lot of research but talking with a clueless person who doesn't know what he is talking about is a waste of time. This conversation is over.
just went on a trip to watch all the recent ffxv ending reactions and i really loved yours! It's nice to see people truly love this main series entry! honestly, take my like and sub! I went through your backlog and saved the FF7R videos for later, but i'd like to make a suggestion which you've probably heared a million times by now (if i've overlooked anything relevant, please let me now), I'd love to follow your progress through the whole of FFXIV from A Realm Reborn till Endwalker! You'll love it!
As much hate as 15 gets (unjustly) this ending is right up there with the best of them (10 and Lightning Returns). If you haven't played 10 or the 13 trilogy give them a go :) I go into every FF and like sure they can't make me cry again. At the end...blubbering wreck every single time
Want to know how I capture how amazing this game is? I even bought a 1/6 scale action figure for lady Lunafreya, Superduck Brand has released it and it's very beautiful 😭😭😭😭 i don’t want to miss a beautiful moment for this
Same reaction for me at the camp fire, weeding and logo. Any time I listen « stand by me » I think to FFXV. This song match perfectly for the ffxv context.
The story line in FF15 was some of the best gameplay but the real problem was they cut the budget. After Chapter 12 (iirc) the map had so much more potential but many content was cut.
Yeah you can literally tell after that chapter the game gets really linear and pacing is off. If it finished properly this would be the best Final Fantasy 100%
in 2017 i ended this game, i cried too, but somehow it show me to appreciate friendship, people who loves me and the value of sacrifice. Thanks for remember me this game, it was a Transcendent experience maybe for the feelings, tears, how i loved every character, maybe for the journey. I loved you saying: "its not fair, i don't like it" and i loved how you cry, somethings was like you were laughing and suffering at the same time
I thought Ardyn's fight was pretty underwhelming. Even after it was over, was expecting something big to happen and refused to believe that I just beat him. I guess maybe it's because the last 3 fights before him were much harder and more well executed imo
This game renewed my hope of Square making a fantastic Final Fantasy game. After playing through Final Fantasy XIII, that game left such a sour taste in my mouth (just going for the platinum trophy on that game was excruciating) that I not only forgo playing its sequel games but it left me serious doubts that Square forgot how to make a memorable Final Fantasy title. Then XV came along and it blew those doubts away. Initially I thought "Stand by Me" was an out of place song; but after playing through the game and hearing it again at the end, I understood the meaning behind the song and its significance within the game. It got me tearing up; but it wasn't until the "Final Fantasy" theme song began playing is when the tears really came down. That song is synonymous to the series and its absence on XIII made that game feel out of place and bland. Anyway, Final Fantasy XV is such a great game, it's because of this game that I got into the Nier series (due to Nier Automata's "Weight of the World" being an MP3 add-on for the Regalia). I love both series, Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin was a great game and it didn't disappoint (though its story was a bit weak, everything else was great) and I do hope that Final Fantasy XVI will live up to the legacy that its predecessors left.
