*_"If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you!"_*

@ploo1492

2 жыл бұрын

😭stop

@davecarlson505

2 жыл бұрын

"Let's finish this!"

@ploo1492

2 жыл бұрын

@@davecarlson505 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@brandendenney2012

2 жыл бұрын

"Do not despair! You are not without allies."

@Cybrian89

2 жыл бұрын

"Strong art thou, mortal."

I will never forget the feelings I had when I stepped into this area for the first time. Seeing my WoL there with his friends, the last hope of Etheirys, yet feeling such a deep sense of sorrow... I couldn't put it into words.

@shiyzo

2 жыл бұрын

right? insane ending, i also won’t be forgetting the feelings i had during this part neither.

@aoz0ra

2 жыл бұрын

Same! It is so sad to see those destroyed stars and the distorted version doesn't help. I was so sad while exploring the new area.

@stephirothstealerofpants

2 жыл бұрын

I won't be flying here lol, I love the song and it's was an amazing placement for it but dang I ugly cry all the time.

@LucaFox

2 жыл бұрын

The music was the perfect thing for the area before the final boss in a game, like it was all leading up to this.

@steffren

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not crying, you're crying!

Ultima Thule hurt me in ways I haven't been hurt in FFXIV yet

God, the Long Walk with Alisaie and Alphinaud was tough. Those two sweet children, who have literally been with us from the very beginning, still standing by our side as we walk forward. There's no way they didn't know what would be required of them at that point. We all knew. And regardless of whatever faith they may have had, there were no guarantees. That we'd win, that the rest of the way wouldn't be blocked by yet more insurmountable barriers, that there was any way back. But we, the Warrior of Light, are forced to place an utterly unreasonable burden upon their narrow shoulders as they in turn set another on ours. "You open the way, and I'll carry all of us through." Who could have known, on that cart in the middle of the Twelveswood, that it would end like this?

@ryanc5572

2 жыл бұрын

That made me tear up reading... They've both grown so much, and I love them dearly. As the song beautifully says, "through you we live."

@darkchris66

2 жыл бұрын

I was so torn that they sacrificed themselves to just help the WOL make it to the end. That broke my heart and that walk was so heavy and wholesome.

@matthewh8005

2 жыл бұрын

Actually.. we are the main character, it was guaranteed we would win.

@ItsSauIGoodman

2 жыл бұрын

I love you. Thank you for that, for making us remember.

@barrygeistwhite3474

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewh8005 Not big into suspension of disbelief, are you?

The moment we lost Estinien and we got instrumentals, I started tearing up. But the moment that G'raha sacrificed himself after giving his speech about the meaning of life and how to move forward, I lost it. I legit had to pause for a moment, and seeing both the Twins waiting there for me to do the walk, I couldn't do it anymore. After the Twins had left me all by myself, and being forced to do the Endwalker segment, I couldn't believe how magical the experience was. Ardbert's voice of having my back to finally ending the path with, "Let's finish this." was so powerful. I swear I haven't cried this much during a game (besides RDR2), the remaining hours of finishing Endwalker will never, ever be forgotten. What an amazing expansion. How I wish I can experience all of this again.

@ShyKoi_Lunis

2 жыл бұрын

This was me! Had cried after Estinien left us. Had an 8hr recovery (work) jumped back into it after being informed it gets worst. Come back and Urainger and Y’shotla got poofed and I tested up but was able to hold up. Got to G’raha’s sacrifice and it broke me down completely in tears. Three of my friends jumped on discord to comfort me through the rest of the story because I wasn’t going to be able to continue on my own.

@jaeusa160

2 жыл бұрын

"It will not lead us astray. HE would not." I knew when we hit Estinien where it was going and that everyone was gonna make it, but Alphinaud's reaction still got me.

@Pellimori

2 жыл бұрын

And the distortion of the music all falling away as G'raha spoke, combined with the quest names being made of funky characters up until that point, where it all just peels away and says "Hello World"... it was a very cathartic moment for me. After a few minutes to let the tears fall (and absorb the lyrics), I felt a new resolve wash over me. I wouldn't let them down.

@AC3handle

Жыл бұрын

I told him, "I CANNOT do this again. I CANNOT" And still he did it. He had the faith that I didn't.

@luciferr09

Жыл бұрын

I was EXACTLY the same! I had to take a good 20 minutes before continuing on. This whole section broke me so bad...

The distorted version is absolutely fantastic, I do like the vocals but damn, this ambient puts you in the mood.

@supremeoverlord0

2 жыл бұрын

Same! Kind of would be amazing if you could get an orchestrion roll for both!

@GCPlugs

2 жыл бұрын

AGREED

@lordblazer

Жыл бұрын

the clean version is my favorite. its just smooth and it seriously reminded me of being at the gas station at night and seeing the stars and the Ea reminded me of the interactions I would have in such a setting.

I can't listen to this without tearing up.

@akiii710

2 жыл бұрын

SAME

@Zaldras

2 жыл бұрын

Same man - dem feels get me right away.

@toxictripp

2 жыл бұрын

youre not alone in this Martin.

@kimfry4019

2 жыл бұрын

this area makes me cry it is beautiful the music is amazing

@magicalhermitcrab5912

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about To The Edge, particularly after Soken's cancer story. It was already my favorite track in the game on account of the melody and lyrics, amplified by the story around the trial itself. But then Soken opened up to us about his fight, and suddenly the song was so... HEAVY. I can't help but get emotional when I listen to it, and same with Close In The Distance. I can't separate these two songs from the context surrounding them, and while I think they're better for it, it makes them hard to listen to! Final Fantasy XIV is such a special game, man.

This should be the official version of the track. The final vocal mix is nothing without the gradual journey as triumphant melody rises from the cthonic ambience.

This is the most beautiful use of dynamic music I've seen in a long time. Throughout this segment of the game your companions are sacrificing themselves to bring something to the edge of the universe that we took for granted on Etheirys. Oxygen, wind, light, crystal, hope, a path forward. As we press on against despair, against oblivion, knowing that to lose sight of our goal will see our very soul trapped and kept from ever being born anew, every step washes away another layer of despair, and with it another layer of distortion. We move from one shattered memory of a race long gone to another, seeing these broken constructs of dynamis take our closest friends from us at every turn. And even when this song of hope is silenced, one more sacrifice, one more push forward gives us the strength to walk alone unto journey's end, with this song ringing loud once again and memories of our friends to give us strength. We forged ahead. We did it.

@steffren

2 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to make me cry? This comment is incredible

@Kirijio

2 жыл бұрын

@@steffren I almost cried myself writing it! This area is a masterpiece.

@protatype7487

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kirijio And if this video goes the way of its brethren uploads, even these comments will be fleeting recollections. I too left sentimental words on another upload of Ultimate Thule and they are now gone. How topical.

@Kirijio

2 жыл бұрын

@@protatype7487 At least we still have the memories. That means something, right?

@alexdelarge2095

2 жыл бұрын

Would have meant something if we didn't already know for sure they'd come back, making the sacrifice entirely devoid of any emotional weight. At least the music remains as good as ever though.

Jeez i really would've liked a option to keep the distorted version, i just love the feeling it gives us, the feeling of a sad nostalgic sad feeling. Of things that were once.

@thomas0comer

2 жыл бұрын

If you use the dalamud launcher, there's an orchestrion plugin that lets you substitute one song for another and you can use that to make it play the first version of Close in the Distance!

@Crowens

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomas0comer Holy shit I didn't know it could do that, thank you now I can replace some unfitting and lame mount music

@ZoraKurosagi

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@IrideaeSnowbloom

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomas0comer does that mean I can replace the inferior version of Lahee with the one by the great primal of music himself?

@megamanblack4309

2 жыл бұрын

Use new game plus!

I swear when each of them were sacrificing themselves I teared up at G'raha's part. I knew Square wasn't gonna kill them but man did it hit hard. Alisaie and Alphinaud made it harder and when they came back with Hades and Hythlodaeus too... Made me get those feels.

@aria.e

2 жыл бұрын

I was ready to accept they're going to be gone forever, then Emet Selch came and i got immediately brightened up!

@tsukitsune9070

2 жыл бұрын

@@aria.e Don't forget about best boy Hythlodaeus! I really lightened up there too!

@aria.e

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsukitsune9070 truee, I'm sad there was no Venat but it's her magick that made everything possible in the 1st place

@kerrycherry3713

2 жыл бұрын

Was like oh this fine as long as the twins and G’raha don’t do the same thing that the others did it would be fine................. I had to be told by my flat mate and my fc member to continue the story after I finished crying (for a while with G’raha part) and then finish the story

@NeoTrggrTheGammer

2 жыл бұрын

@@aria.e yeah Emet's sass made me feel a bit better after all that, and then they were all brought back and felt much better

This one will surely become a classic Final Fantasy song.

Holy, the lyrics and the way I'm waking the path with Alisaie and Alphinaud were phenomenal

@MrRaposaum

2 жыл бұрын

"No time for mourning" :')

@kaltadesmon

2 жыл бұрын

its funny...... they were basiclly the first people we saw coming into our city state.... here at the end of it all, once again, it's just us three.....

@juju8406

2 жыл бұрын

"Now, more than ever, we must walk as one. Will you go and take Alisaie's hand?"

Very haunting and beautiful final zone. Made me tear up and realize we take the people and world around us for granted so easily. I don't ever want Meteion's dark vision of despair to come true in real life. Went and hugged my parents right after this 😎

@armandozertuche4054

2 жыл бұрын

It does have a haunting feeling. Specially reading about how the dragons there was just waiting for their end to come. I made me ache for them. And it depressed me for the same reason.

@ARCrusader

2 жыл бұрын

@@armandozertuche4054 was interesting how many flavors of despair they looked at in the end, including the last dungeon. People who gave up rather than fight, people who gave up because they couldn't enjoy the present with knowledge of the future, people who gave up because they had combined their identity and their purpose. A lot of these are seen just about everywhere in our lives and social circle one way or another. This was quite the trip of a zone. I personally was more unsettled by the Ea, while a guild member felt uncomfortable with the Omicron segment. There's something for everyone in there.

@protatype7487

2 жыл бұрын

@@ARCrusader Every flavor of depressive suicidal tendencies, Ishikawa brings to bear. It was the Ea who got to me personally. I’m the type of person to anticipate every wrong thing ten miles down the road and thus poison my present moment. At the worst of things I was very much like them, weary of struggling to find a reason to go on when all tomorrow brings is more worries. Geez... This game really gets my engine running, doesn’t it.

@woljay9362

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed we take everything for granted. EW really made me think even deeper. I hope we can save our Planet before it’s too late…

The initial theme fit the whole nihilistic edge of the universe vibe, alien and unrecognisable, distorted and twisted. I loved what it ended up becoming.... HOPE!

The moment the vocals came in..... I just stopped and stared into space... listened to the entire first loop & when the 2nd started up again I broke down and had to walk away. Such a beautiful moment, I wasn't sure if anything could top the Thordan appearance for me but this moment takes the cake. What a game, I know you all know what I mean.

Masayoshi Soken delivers once again. What a legend.

Honestly I have never related to a song so hard. While I do feel it when losing our friends, real life makes it hit hard everytime. 4 years ago my younger brother was murdered, it took me a long time to be able to get up and look forward to the day. But this has truly helped me in ways unimaginable. When I first heard that one lyric; "Through you we live," I broke down. It made me realize that even though he's gone he still lives on through me. All of my memories of him are engraved on my heart. I couldn't continue to live like that and I refused to dishonor him by reducing his life to that one moment anymore. I have to forge ahead to the end because in the end I still have a life left to live.

I was strong, didnt get too emotional to carry on. Until this music started in its full glory. I've couldnt control my tears and everything broke in that moment and i was just a pure raw wave of emotions. I love this song.

The feeling of being complety alone in a barren wasteland, a wasteland that holds the meaning of existence. Losing all you love, yet you carry on knowing that's what they would want most. Feeling they're gone, is so soul wrenching and gutting, but also knowing, that they're so Close in the Distance...waiting on you..is simply beautiful.

This is definitely something I'll remember in my life. I'll always remember what I was like when I first discovered this zone, with the music changing as we progressed. This had to be one of the best gaming moment if you are actually into the story of FFXIV. I've been playing this game since 2013, and it never ceased to amaze me. Love you guys, I hope you're having as much fun as I do.

Those transitions are seamless. SO fucking good dude.

@smishdws

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@USASUKS

2 жыл бұрын

The transitions HIT HARD. They made me literally stop what I was doing, jaw on the floor.

The first time i came here... and hearing the Lofi version i kept thinking where did i hear it? i knew i heard it somewhere, and until we progressed the music came blowing up, and then i realised.. ah the music i waited and wanted for so long to hear it completey was from the Launch trailer... i can never go back again to that feeling of exicetment and my interest peaked as i progressed... Sooo Gooood

@christianurrutia9602

2 жыл бұрын

I must agree, when I first heard this song in the launch trailer, I was so eager to know where in the story its gonna play. Turns out it was the area I would shead the most tears.

What makes this so much better, is EW soundtrack was created in a hospital. The composer if you guys remember was battling cancer. And he made these masterpieces while literally dying. So happy hes in remission, true strength.

@nihilisticpoet

2 жыл бұрын

That was ShB, bud. Soken's cancer was already in remission when they did that Fan Fest thingie.

@whysnana

2 жыл бұрын

@@nihilisticpoet no he was doing endwalker music while in the hospital. Endwalker was still being created when he was sick. His timeline matches up. He went into remission not long before endwalker was originally suppose to release. (6months after he had announced at fanfest) the music was nearly done, if not already finished before then. There's no way he wrote an entire expansions soundtrack AFTER that fanfest.

@ReesesBees

2 жыл бұрын

@@nihilisticpoet No, Soken was working on Endwalker's music during his stay in the hospital.

The themes are "Echoes in the Distance", "Close in the Distance (Instrumental), and "Close in the Distance"

@luxerion_

2 жыл бұрын

Any idea where to obtain??

@ProfessorHeavy1

2 жыл бұрын

@@luxerion_ What do you mean by that? Orchestrion Rolls? If do, only the 3rd variation is obtainable from FATE gemstones.

@semimaster83

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorHeavy1 when u look at the trask listing for the soundtrack, u do see those names for each pf these parts

I know I said this on another video, but I did not have "Crying tears of emotion to a 90's power ballad" on my 2021 BINGO card. Yet here I am.

God, the zones with the Dragonstar and the Omicrons hit me so freaking hard after having done everything before shadowbringers and having seen Omega.Think about this poor bastard of a machine lifeform, having scoured the entire universe looking to fulfill its society's purpose of evolution through combat, not knowing that such a thing literally brought ruin to its own race. Omega's revelation at the end of the end of the raids having come way too late to help save his people from oblivion. And at the same time, Midgardsormr's race was also destroyed in the wake of the war for the dragonstar. Two entire civilizations gone entirely extinct from pointless war and suffering, with the only people who could've changed the course now the sole survivors. It's so goddamn tragic. Just imagine the mental burden on Midgardsormrin our timeline thinking he's the only person who remembers both the Omicrons AND the Dragonstar race. After all, Midgardsormr would not recognize the wind-up Omega as our boi until the 8th umbral calamity timeline, when he was awoken by the crystal tower traveling through time, as he was put back into slumber in the Omega raids. Imagine how he felt in that timeline, seeing that Omega found the hope his people lacked, but knowing they both can't go back in time and stop their civilizations from dying in a pointless conflict. It's just so fucking sad, and yet, after Meteion's rehabilitation, we see a glimmer of hope for the two civilizations, as their echoes in Ultima Thule suddenly break out of their haze and begin desiring to live again. Even if its just literally running a restaurant at the edge of the universe, it's beautiful to see that Omega's legacy will not be left to die in the past, and that Midgardsormr can maybe sleep a little more peacefully. Two tales of loss coming to a hopeful conclusion, hopefully one expanded upon by the beast tribe quests for Endwalker. Here's hoping we get to interact with the Ea and Omicrons some more especially.

@ArisaPD

2 жыл бұрын

In 6.1, if you have completed the Omega storyline, there is a new quest you can do that involves Omega...

@gateauxq4604

11 ай бұрын

Yeah the Omicron tribe quests choked me up all over again, such a good bookend and the final scenes were so sweet

I like to call this theme "Close in the Tears". Also, i just noticed how the lyrics are laid out - they totally could be sung either by the "deceased" scions, or the "original" WoL to the player. There are so many ways to interpret this song, F it, i'm bawling again

by far my favorite final area theme from any Final Fantasy games...was expecting bombastic and heavy orchestral stuff to really set the "YOU CAN DO THIS!" feel that a final area tend to have (victory road from Pokemon as a example)...instead got hit with the feels musically and from the area itself. I turned off everything music wise except the area music for this area, this song is yet another reason why I love video game music as a art form...it tells a story just from the lyrics but in context its much more powerful *Quest Complete tune plays as I sob in the corner*

@ArchieGamez

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me a bit of Zanarkand from FF10 when the theme plays as you walk through the ruins of that city in the last stretch of the game 😭

@ShadowProject01

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArchieGamez YES! I got the same feeling x 10(no pun intended) from this area and track. Also reminds me of the end of FF9 when your team gives you everything they got to push Zidane forward toward Kuja.

@NeoTrggrTheGammer

2 жыл бұрын

and then I made the mistake of doing the side quests for the first area with the dragons...the part that hurt me the most to begin with, how can side quest make you even more sadder?

@nimazsheik5152

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowProject01 Hey buddy why do you think this mission is named 'You're not alone' which is a direct reference to that moment in FFIX

@agafaba

2 жыл бұрын

@@nimazsheik5152 It was a really nice play on the FF9 scene, a mirror image where you lose your friends the farther you go instead of finding them again (still helping you push on though)

Almost cried my eyes out playing through this zone. It's been a whole month since I finished EW, still can't listen to this song without tearing up.

Imagining the song is sung by WoL’s companions, and the lines “but I hear you”, “but I see you”, “you’re still here” were said by you in response to their song makes me cry

@ryanc5572

2 жыл бұрын

"Through you, we live," is sung by them as well and really is so heartbreaking and empowering in equal measure

@alayaph

2 жыл бұрын

Through some investigation spurned on by Ishikawa mentioning that the song was from the viewpoint of one of the Scions, they narrowed it down to G'raha being the one singing... who's sacrifice initiates the vocal version.

@ryanc5572

2 жыл бұрын

@@alayaph That makes so much sense. "Unbroken, promises we made so long ago." That line alone reminded me so much of him.

@kiraleshoth

2 жыл бұрын

@@alayaph ??? She never said it was from the viewpoint of one of the scions, she said they originally wanted it to be sung by a choir because the song is basically from the pov of every companion/ally/important person the wol has met. Then they narrowed it down to one singer, but it's basically from the scions's pov as much from the ancients like emet-selch, hythlodaeus or venat's, or the various allies you've encountered during your journey.

@gateauxq4604

11 ай бұрын

Fun fact-G’raha being a bard when we first met him, he is known to be an excellent singer

Whispers, falling silently, drift on the wind But I hear you Our journey, now a memory fading from sight But I see you Unbroken, promises we made so long ago You're still here Unspoken requiem for the river of tears Flowing, winding, to an eternal sea And yet our hope remains Guiding, lighting the way No time for mourning Rises on a land reborn from the ashes With the heavens' true sunset Blood-red skies tranquil after the storm Blessed shadow Turning, wеnding, always night follows day The sun will shine again Walk on, nevеr look back Through you, we live Tales of loss and fire and faith Every word on our hearts engraved In the dark you will not stray Forge ahead, till the end, we pray

@Zagreus717

2 жыл бұрын

"Rises on a *land reborn* from the ashes With the *heavens'* true sunset *Blood*-red skies tranquil after the *storm* Blessed *shadow* " Soken is a genius.

@svenstevenson2245

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zagreus717 I do love soken but it needs be said if you check the credits on that song and alot of the music actually micheal "koji" fox plays a big part in alot of the lyrical shenanigans and is the head localizer for english too.

@xiaocheng6643

2 жыл бұрын

@@svenstevenson2245 Fun fact: Koji is his actual second name. No need for the " ". His parents loved Japanese names just that much and it was what prompted him to learn Japanese in the first place. (source is the 1.0 documentation)

@Zagreus717

2 жыл бұрын

@@svenstevenson2245 thanks for pointing it out!

@svenstevenson2245

2 жыл бұрын

@@xiaocheng6643 learn Japanese, play un imported games, move to Japan, go work for his dream company/job helping to make a final fantasys, gets on the company band as a vocalist, is a major player in not only localization but active in the development of the lore. Koji is the ultimate weeb rock star.

A journey into void. A journey to the end. Tales of Loss. Of Fire. Of Faith. You forge ahead. First noise. Then red. Then chaos. Your flesh meets metal. A presence arrives. A warning. An end. _Fall. Surrender. Give in._ He stands in defiance, ready to defend all He holds dear. He is the First. Your eyes open. Rock, cracking open and spewing plumes of cosmos. Rubble idly falls into void below. Air stale, air that should not be but is. Silhouettes in the distance. Lumbering creatures, winged and terrible. Yet they remain motionless. Further ahead, more, yet not. Something wrong, but there all the same. They care not. They cannot. One speaks: _Fall. Surrender. Give in._ He speaks in defiance, lance in hand, ready to deliver and receive retribution. He is the Second. A breath, fresh as spring. A current, carrying you like wings. To forge ahead. Sand. Dust. Ruin. Souls without flesh. Yearning for flesh. Not to consume, to become. Only to undo again. They care not. They cannot. One speaks: _Fall. Surrender. Give in._ She stands in defiance. He stands in defiance. They are ready. To forge ahead. They are the Third and Fourth. Barren steel, machina without purpose. Some seek strife, others, idle. Ever-seeing, oracle remains silent. Logic denies, yet you forge ahead. One speaks: _Fall. Surrender. Give in._ He stands in defiance, his words wanting for a new tomorrow. A better tomorrow. He is the Fifth. Crystal. Rock. Despair. Nothing. Existence nowhere, yet everywhere. Life gone, but once present. It speaks: _Fall. Surrender. Give in._ They stand in defiance. Siblings, brother and sister, ready. To forge ahead. They are the Sixth. They are the Seventh. Silence. You are the Last. You are the Final. You. Are. Alone. You raise your head. Determined. To Forge Ahead. Tales of loss and fire and faith. Every word on our hearts engraved. In the dark you will not stray. Forge ahead, till the end, we pray. Forge ahead, Our Friend.

@jennifertautz1403

2 жыл бұрын

Where is this from?

@Lilgreenman89

2 жыл бұрын

@@jennifertautz1403 If it's from anything specific, I wouldn't know. I pulled the wording out from under my hat, but it IS part of the Endwalker story that matches with this zone.

@jennifertautz1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lilgreenman89 Yeah it perfectly matches the Ultima Thule progression so I wondered if it might be found somewhere in game :D Very well written, love it!

@ZoraKurosagi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lilgreenman89 very well written, got me tearing up dude. Thank you.

@Mocita

2 жыл бұрын

• Voice from the Past : If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you. • Voice from the Past : Do not despair! You are not without allies. • Voice from the Past : What we have sown in blood, we have reaped in suffering, and it cannot go on. • Voice from the Past : Upon the souls of they who have sacrificed themselves to pave the way for peace, we will never abandon our cause. • Voice from the Past : While it is true that man succumbs all too often to anger and avarice, he may yet overcome his baser instincts through the forming of bonds with others. • Voice from the Past : Such victories are rarely won without sacrifice. But the prize is worth the price. • Voice from the Past : And we for our part are glad indeed to be able to welcome friends both old and new... • Voice from the Past : Save your tears for the morrow. You may be sure we will have ample cause to shed them, be they for joy or despair. • Voice from the Past : From tragedy and sacrifice we rise to greet a new dawn. • Voice from the Past : A future shaped by the choices we made, in ways we could never have foreseen. • Voice from the Past : Yet miracles do happen. So let us pray, and will our friends home. • Voice from the Past : I won't stop praying until I know they're safe. • Voice from the Past : Strong art thou, mortal. • Voice from the Past : Look to the light within, that you may continue to serve as a beacon to others. • Voice from the Past : Let's finish this.

"Forge ahead, till the end, we pray". The story of FFXIV.

When the path of crystal opened up...and of course it was crystal...I had to collect myself at my keyboard before I could move. (P.S. As a fellow female middie SAM I appreciate the representation)

This whole part of the game was immensely thoughtful. I wish I could send a box of chocolate to everyone involved in writing this, it is a beautiful narrative. You and your friends already have decided what you stand for what you are going to do. It's not about risk, but resolve. Should it prove an impossible task in the end, everyone would perish but would never stop being true to what they are, as the Scions make clear in each of their passing. This is what even the Final Days can't take from them. That's why also there is no time for mourning (as the lyrics say), for there wont even be people to mourn the ones who sacrificed themselves for other's future. And in the last stride, you walk instead of running, because you are not desperate, you are resolved. And you are not alone either, for your road until here was paved by the beliefs that everyone shared with you.

I stayed up so late to finish this whole zone. The emotions feelings I had here from beginning to end I will never forget and the beginning distortion to loud end with music really hit me.

@tmoldenSHS

2 жыл бұрын

When I finally got to this section of MSQ, it was... 3am? I think? By the time I'd finished, and boy, did I FUCKING FINISH, it was well-past 7:30am. I was dead tired, relieved, and crying. And laughing at Zenos. But mostly crying.

This is almost like when you need to solve a serious problem weighing you down. The first part captures perfectly being in the middle of that problem and it’s depression. The second represents a glimmer of hope and a plan in the works to solve it. And the third represents executing the plan and rising above the problem. To those fighting to overcome, just remember: “the sun will shine again.”

@luciferr09

2 жыл бұрын

HOLY SHIT did you just capture this whole song perfectly!

This zone broke my heart and then put it back together. Unforgettable.

Chi will spawn in 5 minutes copium theme

@pipe-bomb-eater

2 жыл бұрын

On gilgamesh it's 20 minutes to reflect how our queues are four times longer than everyone elses

@seanmacisaac334

2 жыл бұрын

I said it as a joke when I was digging up a map the other than and shout chat erupted

@lyannashadowsong9384

2 жыл бұрын

Just 15 more minutes!

@lucrecia3303

2 жыл бұрын

let's summon zodiark again

@Egiltk

2 жыл бұрын

10/10 would ruin sleep schedule agaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

This guys voice is so damn beautiful

They way they did this in the zone as you complete each section and lose your companions was amazing.

this part made me ugly cry the whole time.

When I first arrived to Ultima Thule and I heard that distorted version of the song I almost cried my eyes out, and when I finally heard the full version, I just could not contain myself. T_T

When the music came I was frozen in time... I love this song so much! It goes straight to my heart. ❤

being a guy who grew up in a very toxic family environment who was never able to express emotions or even cry my whole life, this expansion was a release for me, I cried so much and related so much that it feels like I took a tons of weight off my chest.

@luciferr09

2 жыл бұрын

I am AFAB (Assigned female at birth) and was told to keep my emotions at bay by my toxic mother. I feel I can understand how you feel. Going through this expansion was hard for me, but I gained a sense of self after the fact. I hope you're doing well.

@FongsFate

2 жыл бұрын

@@luciferr09 i hope you are going well too.

@luciferr09

2 жыл бұрын

@@FongsFate Better every day! Keep being your authentic self! Never apologise for having feelings or needing to cry. Everyone needs a release!

@tiago7063

Жыл бұрын

Fala gustavo, eu tenho 20 anos e vivo neste momento em uma família que não me da privacidade nem nenhum apoio, quero que saiba que você não ta sozinho nessa cara. Um dia eu saio desse lugar de merda. Esse final do endwalker eu simplesmente desabei tbm.

@meminhofuny

Жыл бұрын

​@@luciferr09 "assigned female at birth" just say youre a woman wth

From something broken and out of tune, to something of a good end. Kind of sad, but glad, was and ever is a great story. Relief and awesomeness ever progressive step. Happy new year everybody.

Thank you for adding the incomplete version (like seriously thank you I love the ambiance)

*spoilers this was such an experience! definitely my favorite part of EW. the distorted music at the very beginning in an unknown land, you’re all alone and don’t know what to expect at all. it was frightening. as you progress and lose your comrades, get to know the miserable situation of the land, music gets cleaner, the same track you’ve been hearing this whole time as if it was somewhere distant and being played through some old broken radio, now gets cleaner and much more introduced to you, like the zone itself. and then the vocals? completely developed. you know this is the end, you’re absolutely full of emotions after everything, but hopeful. thanks for uploading these, big love to this soundtrack

@smishdws

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, I really loved the musical development of starting off with the distant/distorted music and progressing to the full version, so I went and made the audio-only mix so I could experience it all over again. When I listened to my final audio-only version in full, I really loved that it told a story all on its own, and when I showed it to a friend, she agreed and loved that aspect of it.

The first variation is my favorite. Just drowns you with this thick despair in the air like a tinnitus that won't go away in your dark room

@gateauxq4604

11 ай бұрын

I really live Echoes too, it took me several minutes to realize that there was music in that thick static sound the zone had and suddenly I was walking in a dream

So many memories, such long journey... Every time I hear this song I simply cry... the memories hit me, the feelings hit me. And I simply just can't stay compose with listening to this. 10 years in making, and this is the end. At the edge of Universe, at the heart of dead stars. Thank you CBU3 for giving us this masterpiece.

This last stretch of Endwalker is some of the best Finale writing I’ve seen in a video game. This is on the level of The Ringed City, from Dark Souls.

@107frenchy

2 жыл бұрын

Eeeeeh...if there were legitimate consequences during the ultima thule section then I'd agree with you. The scions have too much fucking plot armor, yshtola especially. She's my fav scion but good fucking lord either kill her or stop pretending to do so. They were doing so well with the calamity in radz at han too, but the momentum was lost once the lops showed up in garlemald. The expansion was still really good but theres a handful of things that hold it back from being even better.

@MakeoutParadiso

2 жыл бұрын

@@107frenchy can't kill em off or no further content tho

@SushiBurritoPapi

2 жыл бұрын

@@107frenchy even though I knew we were getting them back, I had a feeling that not all of them were going to make it. Because we aren’t the big baddie on the block to protect everyone now. Endsinger would’ve killed us if our boy Zenos didn’t show up. So even though there is plot armor, it’s well written plot armor lol.

@soliduswasright678

2 жыл бұрын

@@107frenchy I disagree with the notion that character death = story good.

@polygonDust

2 жыл бұрын

@@soliduswasright678 right? it's such a lazy shortcut to evoke emotion.

Even the distorted instrumental when I first heard it got me emotional.

One year and many hunt trains singing along in chat later, still never fails to bring back the memory of how masterfully the music in this area was handled and accompanied the storytelling. Bravo, XIV team ✨

For someone who suffers with depression, I was able to relate to this whole storyline so much.

@Lyu-Phy

2 жыл бұрын

The feels man..

@Ybw420

2 жыл бұрын

our sun will shine again

@khianakalypso4743

2 жыл бұрын

This was the same for me. My fiance and friends don't quite understand why Endwalker hit me so hard. I think it's more they just don't understand what it gets like.

If my feeling for the coming years had a theme it would be distorted instrumental part. I love this song too much and I do not even play the game. Soken is a genius.

Damn, this is EXACTLY what i was looking for! The Ultima Thule Theme is already great as it is... but the build up of the different variations (from the first distorted, far away, kinda lost melodies to the clear vocals [e.g. finding your voice in this deserted planet]) gave me the biggest thrills! Such a nice way to end this beautiful journey!

I feel super emotional whenever I hear this song, and I'm not sure if it's because of the song itself, because I was a sobbing mess the first time I heard the complete version of it, or both. Probably both tbh

in retrospect, I really should've pointed the camera up higher rather than being pointed down at the ground so much. Would've been nice to get more of the horizon and the skybox. Alas, I'm feeling a bit lazy to redo the video atm, but maybe I might redo it in the future anyway 🤔

@darcygrimm8354

2 жыл бұрын

Ty for video :)

@Tackleberry61

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. That said, thanks for sharing the video, especially with the different versions. Especially since the one I shared on my profile on facebook got deleted.

@leomoreno7369

2 жыл бұрын

I think the downward shots of the vortex under Ultima Thule in the third part make up for the lack of skybox.

@jeggzzzz

2 жыл бұрын

All good. I close my eyes listening to this. Its so good. A wonderful summary of our journey.

@AmnesiacDoe

2 жыл бұрын

I understand the concern, but I hope you keep this one around if you eventually do! Most videos of the zone tend to focus on the flashy skybox, and the landscape is lowkey but still lovely. Even if it's an accident, you've served a niche here!

its perfect how you switched each area with the music. thats exactly how its done ingame to my knowledge

@smishdws

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! It switches during the cutscene where G'raha disappears during the Omicron section.

@GCPlugs

2 жыл бұрын

@@smishdws love it!

Can we take a moment to appreciate how good the blending between the variations is?

If you play this at 11:57 on New Years Eve, you start the new year on Variation 2

@megamanblack4309

2 жыл бұрын

Too late to try it now. But I'll try to remember once 2023 is almost here. Or just do it on a new day since I'm impatient. 😅

Tales of loss and fire and faith Every word on our hearts engraved In the dark you will not stray Forge ahead, till the end, we pray

Absolutely love the version without the lyrics. I wish I could have recorded it, if I know I would never get that back, I would have. I just like the emotions it convicts to me.

God, parts of this song sounds so much like something Soken wrote while he was in the hospital.

@ReesesBees

2 жыл бұрын

He actually did write the majority of Endwalker's music while he was in the hospital.

@luciferr09

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReesesBees Has he ever said this? Because to my knowledge, he wrote 5.3's songs in hospital, not most of 6.0's.

@lune5289

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReesesBees he never said that stop making weird stuff to suit your *fantasy*

@SILVERONIN

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't surprise me, creatives find their muse in their darkest moments

@TKUltra971

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReesesBees He didn't write this in the hospital. Goodness folks, this is how false information in the internet starts. 6.0 was in production for years.

One of the things that is so beautiful about this zone is how dark it is. Many games don't really let you experience dark places - they keep areas well lit, even at night. Ultima Thule though? Wonderfully dark, and then the bright objects out in the distance just make your mind wander. Best final zone in any MMO.

@knuckles543

2 жыл бұрын

if you wear dark clothing, and your chocobo has dark barding, you are almost invisible. bonus points if you stand in the shade, use the ninja's hide ability and you have a black choco

I just realized what this song reminds me of. A song from a movie called mysterious skin. Samskeyti - Sigur Ros

@armandozertuche4054

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! When I first started to notice this song it reminded me something of post rock/Sigor Ros/Hammock... I just knew I would love it instantly.

Theme 1: Cosmic, eldritch background hummings born of far gone origins ringing out into the vast emptiness of space, trying, hoping to one day rebound off of something to attempt to remake even a vaguely similar sound to the one they were originally born from. Theme 2: Purpose clear, you set off towards your collective fates. Theme 3: "If you need a push, i'll be right there behind you; If you lose control, i'll do my best to stop you."

Distorted instrumental is so so good. It gives me that same feeling i had when i stepped into kholusia and when you clear the story, it's forever gone...

the evolution of this track through the zone is absolutely brilliant. the distortion slowly becoming clearer... the eventual addition of the lyrics... just incredible. this is one of of my favorite zones in ffxiv just for the music alone. soken is a genius.

Made sure to, uh, possibly, download this one before squeenix strikes again.

To those no longer with us over theses 10 long years, I pray you watch over us as we forged ahead to the end of this story and to the beginning of a new one...

Thank you! I couldn't find a video that had all three anywhere!

Couldn't bring myself to do Dailies or TP Home and break the sequence. Great area, great music, great story.

I’m going to make a request to SE that once we beat the game they have a version like this that plays all 3 versions over time! I LOVE all 3 versions and the transition is amazing!! If anyone else feels the same way, request it to!!! We know SE does listen to us!!!

Ultima Thule should have 2 more phases in its theme. Starting with absolute silence and either something before the distorted or between distorted and clean, so that you only hear the full theme with vocals at the last walk.

@Alex-lg8oo

2 жыл бұрын

I personally think Graha's sacrifice adding the lyrics makes sense. He was noted as a bard during the crystal tower questline, so him adding the lyrics out of the scions makes the most sense. It also makes the pure silence of the nekropolis so much more heavy.

@alayaph

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-lg8oo Ishikawa did mention the song was in the perspective of one of the Scions, and people ended up narrowing it down to G'raha... where after his sacrifice is when the vocals kick in.

I’ve been looking everywhere for this!! I love the distorted instrumental ;0; thank you!!

I was sad for all the deaths…but the twins are what broke me. I think that in my life, the thing I’ve always wanted to be is a father. Those two kids that I watched grow became sorta like that to me. They weren’t buddies on equal footing, they were kids learning in the worst of circumstances. In that brief moment of uncertainty where I didn’t know if they would live or not…it broke me into a crying mess. I think it’s one of the hardest gut punches I’ve had in a game

@modil2935

Жыл бұрын

Great comment, Jeff Bezos!

GOD BLESS YOU,I have been looking for this

Thank you for this. I thought I’d have to wait for the ost to hear all versions again. I was half way in to realize what was going on!

Thank you for making this, captures the journey perfectly.

had to do this zone in small chunks because the music, combined with the story was incredibly emotionally draining. it's not depressing, but god it makes me sad when i hear it

Thanks for sharing all versions on KZread. ❤

I had a smile on my face all the way through this zone, even at the parts where everyone else was crying, for a personal reason. There was a line from Ghosts of Tsushima that helped me put the loss of my father behind me. "Your father is the wind at your back." It really stuck with me, to the point where things that some people see as burdens, I see as a kind of driving force. So as worried as I was after we found out what happened to Thancred and when Estinien disappeared, the moment that wind blew through, I knew it was all gonna work out. Walk on, never look back. Through you, we live. :)

@Fl0wchart

2 жыл бұрын

Yes hello I was just scrolling through KZread comments until I read this specific comment that gave me a completely different perspective on life itself...

Whenever I feel pain, sadness, or pain in my heart, I always come back to this video. It's because when I first heard this song, I felt a sense of loss, and even so, I felt like I had the courage to move forward. If you don't mind, please share these words with Masayoshi Soken.

I kept stopping while I was playing this zone to listen to the music. It is just incredible, and to have the music altogether like this is even better. Thank you so much for uploading this, I think I've found my new wind down music!

I loved how Close in the Distance just started sounding as if we were tuning in a broken, old radio we found somewhere, and the closer we got to the only working signal the more prominent and complete the song became overall.

Honestly each of these songs perfectly fit the scenes they play in. At least for me. The first theme meshed beautifully with how entranced I was with the area around me. The stars frozen in time mid-collapse, the strangely familiar but alien sky, the ghostly dragons. And with the music on top of all of that, it had me confused, but in total awe. The second theme was when I first started getting goosebumps, the slightly somber tones telling you "it hurts, we know, but you gotta keep going." while still keeping the awe from the first scene. And the third theme... Holy fuck... When Raha said "Promise me" I knew exactly what was coming. It's not the first time he's asked us to do something with before he 'dies'. But it had me shook. I had to get up and walk around my house to calm down. And when he disappeared, and the crystals filled the sky, giving us a clear path forward, and the music started.... I wasn't ready. Not the first time I cried in Endwalker, but definitely the first time I broke down. It was just an emotional attack. Definitely an finale of a song. Thank you Soken.

Gosh I’d love the initial version in a 30 extended cut

This song really makes me think about the journey of ffxiv entirely. Never got to see the reboot live yet playing realm reborn to shadowbringers was a rollercoaster. But then hearing that endwalker is the final expansion made me feel like I’m going to loose something close soon

@Yessir432

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, Endwalker is the end of the Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga, but the developers have already confirmed more expansions and new stories in the future.

@ami-kun

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yessir432 yeah that’s y I’m sad lol rip the hydaelyn saga

Great transitions!

I appreciate you including the ambience soundtrack too. Many of us can’t get it back.

I must admit, every time I see Meteor models, it makes me kinda happy 😂

This is one of the most impactful piece of music I have ever encountered in my entire life. The music itself gives you hope on keep going even if all seems lost, the lyrics is meaningful to all the players that have been on the journey to the end. this song gives me chills and when the chorus hits I burst into tear every time. Stellar work Soken-san and folks who created this historical piece of music! also thank you Yoshi-P and the dev team for making the best MMORPG this world has ever experienced

remembered when I first stepped into ultima thule, I was thinking 'I'm not really digging this track, but I guess it's something I'll grow to like eventually.' No one told me this wasn't it's final form lmfao

@rairai5114

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, by the time this song goes Super Sayan 3, it's just got you crying your eyeballs out, dude. :)

@MrTalithan

2 жыл бұрын

Should've known that it wasn't it's final form, lol. It's a final fantasy game :p

The transitions are so beautiful. The ambience and that mixture of hope and forlorn emptiness especially from the first version really hits home that we're on a dead planet in the middle of an impossibly infinite space.

This zone's music, art and story tells the ultimate humanist tale and in my opinion is the pinnacle of collective art and storytelling that humanity has ever achieved to this point in history. If only everyone had access to this as much as the epic of gilgamesh or beethovens symphonies or Picassos art. This is a part of my life that I will never forget being able to experience.

@hundset

Жыл бұрын

I hear you. This is such an immensely invaluable tale, and I think so many more than just mmorpg players could benefit from it.

I really wish I could change the area theme to the distorted instrumental version, I like it more than the lyric version

I just finished this area and the base game for EW last night. Walking up those stairs with all those memories echoing within me and without as I made that long walk…THIS is why love this franchise so much😢🥲

It was like being up late at night, climbing Mount Ordeals and getting to the top