OK Yoshi-P, I see what you're workin with, no wonder Final Fantasy XVI was cookin like that...

@tona4x7

Жыл бұрын

Soken too with those fire tracks

@flygonkerel781

11 ай бұрын

YO! where'd you get thet TWEWY shirt???

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

@@flygonkerel781 it was from "The Yetee", there was a special promotion for it so not sure if its still there but they do keep them around afterwards sometimes, I say check out their stuff cause I got 2 TWEWY ones lol

The main dude they show is the same guy. Over 10 years, he has aged. He's been through a lot. He is the stand in for your player character. He even has a scar on his cheek from the first cinematic.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Ngl he's a pretty dope stand in, but at the same time it's like man even watching I felt the history behind this dude's journey LOL. A shame I won't actually see him, but I get that's how MMO's will do, fantastic nonetheless

@unlimited971

Жыл бұрын

The myth. The legend The derplander himself

@shimasclan

Жыл бұрын

​@@MetaSF_ as you don't mind spoilers, in both HeavensWard and ShadowBringers, you deal with some parallel universe/alt dimension shinanigans and spend some time around a guy who looks just like the MC stand in. (The MC stand in is often called Derplander, WoL, or Meteor, so if you see any of these, it's likely referring to him, though WoL may also be a persons own character specifically)

@aronth

Жыл бұрын

@@MetaSF_ when you go to character creation mode, by default without any changes the appearance looks exactly like the main character u see in a realm reborn. There are players that follow the exact route, changing hairstyles and jobs matching the ones shown in the trailer.

@meteorwalkergg

Жыл бұрын

@@aronth Yep yep, doing a New Game Plus (Savage) [100% as much as I can as I slowly progress MSQ & all quests] run as mister protag. It's *really* fun. Still in ARR atm, ~Lv30 for everything. XIV is my favorite mainline FF, even and especially as a (vast majority of the time) solo "single player" experience. A lot of the changes & additions in the most recent patches accommodate my kind of playthrough. It's really great, even as a straight up FF game, when played straight w/ no rushing to MMO endgame. At least in my opinion

"Or is that this game's Cid?" It was, in fact, this game's Cid.

@MetaSF_

8 ай бұрын

I might be a lil goated

To clarify, the first major arc for FFXIV runs from A Realm Reborn (and kinda 1.0 as well) through to Endwalker. All of those expansions plus ARR form chapters of one long long story that has taken a decade to tell.

@devonm042690

Жыл бұрын

At least it didn't take as long as Kingdom Hearts' first story arc. Took almost 20 years to get to 3, but then still wasn't properly finished until Re:Mind and MoM as well.

Fun fact: the Dragoon you fight in the early hours of FF16 is voiced by the same guy who voices the lead Dragoon character in FF14. Robert Vernon is his name, and he rules.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I think I did hear word about that, now THAT is cool, love when a dev brings back VAs for other works of theres, might have to go for Dragoon as my job 🤔

@cynthiahembree3957

11 ай бұрын

Bro I didn't know that but when I did that fight I was like Estenien is that you?

@Killertnt5

11 ай бұрын

on the topic of VA fun facts. FF14 uses some Xenoblades English Voice actors such as Adam Howden (Shulk), Carina Reeves (Fiora), Peter Bramhill (Egil), Nicholas Boulton (Gadolt), Blake Ritson (Alvis) and Timothy Watson (Mumkhar)

@Reycied

11 ай бұрын

@@Killertnt5 Peter Bramhill also plays Thancred in FFXIV as well. I was happy to hear his voice in 16 too. :D

@vagabondht5791

11 ай бұрын

@@Killertnt5 David Menkin (Malos) was also in FF14 shadowbringers and barnabus in FFXVI, Urianger's VO was also in XBC1

Yeah basically the first cinematic tells the story of how the garlean empire tried to fly over Silvertears Falls I believe its called in Mor Dhona to directly invade Eorzean. But They stirred the dragons that rested there and the biggest of them all Midgardsormr who is the ancestor of the dragons of the world resided there. He burst forth from the lake with his host of dragons to engage with the titanic garlean airship Agrias. Towards the end you can see Midgardsormr managed to take it down into the lake, but the engines spurred and caused a super gigantic explosion which took him out as well. In-game you can see his body still wrapped around the ruined ship in the lake in the zone of Mor Dhona.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

That's a really cool in-game detail, I appreciate when MMOs do that. Can never hate on a world-impacting event that remains known by it essentially "staining" the world itself in some way

@JayRhea

4 ай бұрын

More specifically, Midgardsormr is charged by the deity of this world to be the protector of that area, Silvertear Falls, when he arrives with his clutch of dragons (Tiamat, Bahamut, Nidhogg, Hraesvelgr, Ratatoskr, Vrtra, and Azdaja... known as the First Brood since they were the first dragons on this world).

FFXIV has one of the most compelling stories of any game I've played. The music is bangin, the boss fights are fun, and when you get caught up theres still more content to do with the savage raids and extreme trials. Truly a limitless journey!

@thefinalfrontiersmen

11 ай бұрын

I don't do anything with the Savage content or trials or any of that stuff and I still have plenty to do. The world of Eorzea is just exciting to be in.

Fun Detail! When Meteor, the player stand in, swaps weapons and gear in the Shdowbringer trailer there is a little sound. That is the Same sound that the game makes whenever the Player switches their gear sets. A small, insignificant yet lovely detail for players to appreciate.

"Oh THAT'S where this meme's from" - always my favorite part of watching trailer reactions LOL

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I'm able to disassociate meme culture from the original source or else I never would've been able to appreciate this scene LOL

wow dude I love how you absorbed the themes and enough of the plot just by paying attention to the music and the shots. like not knowing anything fuzzy on the details you nailed soo much of your guesses to the tone of each trailer.

@MetaSF_

8 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm glad to hear that, if theres something my extensive love for Kingdom Hearts has done is make me experienced in analyzing and figuring out things like this lol

So, that second trailer with the moon falling from the sky? That's got some history behind it. Basically, ff14 version 1.0 was absolute garbage and everyone knew it. So the devs basically said, screw it, it's so broken we can't fix it, so let's tear it down and rebuild it from the ground up. And not only did they do that, but they made it into an event in the game itself. The moon falling was an actual apocalypse that happened and is referenced in the game even today, and when that cutscene played in-game, servers went offline immediately afterward. Then they worked their asses off to remake it better, and they relaunched the game as FF14: A Realm Reborn, and the rest is history. THEY MADE THE SERVERS ENDING INTO A CANON GAME EVENT. I love FF14 so much.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

you know, that actually sounds right in Final Fantasy's ally lol consider that was legit Squaresoft's last efforts even way back when to succeed with an rpg, I know that event had to have hit DIFFERENT

@onilink134

Жыл бұрын

@MetaSF_ Hell yeah, dude. There's some videos of it online, of people just clustered in game, looking up at the moon, hearing an eerie distorted version of the lady singing, and waiting out the last minutes of the game. I wasn't there myself but I have a friend who was, and he told me it felt like how it would feel being huddled around your friends and family and watching a nuke go off in the distance. Square don't deal in half-measures.

@Bobnotk2point5

11 ай бұрын

​@MetaSF_ There is a No Clip Documentary talking about FFXIV going from 1.0 to ARR and beyond. The biggest thing was that ARR/2.0 was being worked on while 1.x patch content adding things to the base game was being released. YoshiP put so much work and energy into this game and we are all thralls to the Primal that is YoshiP (And Soken with increasing levels of Limit Break with each expansion soundtrack)

One cute thing, the elezen twins in the Endwalker trailer - Alisaie and Alphinaud - are among the first people you will see in A Realm Reborn, and they're the grandchildren of the old guy in Flames of Truth.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

Aww thats is pretty cute, love the long-time connections

The first trailer was the disastrous 1.0 launch. Flames of Truth + A New Beginning are 2.0, aka A Realm Reborn. Flames of Truth is actually a cut-scene for ARR's end-game raid series that tells the truth of the aftermath of Bahamut. The 'dragoon stance' is a reference to IV. Heavensward has HEAVY inspiration from IV in alot of places, and dragoon's style is heavily inspired from IV's Kain. XVI was a twinkle in Yoshi-P's eye at this point (I'm pretty sure XV was in development at this time?) The Warrior of Light (aka the WoL or Meteor survivor) is a good guy, and is your character. Stormblood is told in two parts: one is slightly Indian/Western influenced while the other is mostly FFXIV in Japan. The second half is the best story-wise by a wide margin. Stormblood's trailer is also pretty much a 'where your going' trailer for us who were caught up. The two regions (Ala Mhigo and Doma) had been heavily references since 1.0, but FINALLY we were going there. Shadowbringers + Endwalker are big story focused trailers. There's some levels of spoilers here, but you lack context, so alls good. Soken had taken musical control in Stormblood, but Shadowbringers is where he began to SHINE like an absolute KING. The timing for the 'valkyrie's attack and the dark knight counter attack with "We fall!" from the music sends chills up my spine even today. Endwalker's trailer's song, Footfalls, uses tracks from ARR, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Like its expansion, it is a celebration of the long journey we've been on.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

XV had to been in dev time I'd imagine. And yea Stormblood definitely felt like it had a super different inspiration, Western I got but not the indian part, it looked more chinese but not like I know the game's intentions yet lol. As much as Heavensward felt like an obvious tone shift, I felt what you mean about Soken's musical showcase with Shadowbringers, that one felt DIFFERENT

@devonm042690

Жыл бұрын

@@MetaSF_ Just to clarify what OP said about Flames of Truth, the only part of it that was new for any first-timers to that raid is what comes after the old wizard magicked everyone else away. Everything up to that was played for every player of 1.0 who was active when the server went down, as a dramatic sendoff to that dumpster fire, and then later when ARR (2.0) launched in its place, that cutscene was a part of the opening cinematic, being immediately followed by the A New Beginning cutscene. So when you start up the game you see this big battle that's interrupted by big daddy Bahamut, and everything going to shit, and then after the old wizard sacrifices himself to get everyone else out there's a fade to black and then you get the Square Enix logo leading into the more hopeful part that is A New Beginning.

@SashaTheQwaser

10 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ Yeah, whoever put together the collection videos I've seen a lot of people reacting to lately didn't actually understand it. "Flames of Truth" was never a cinematic trailer; It was released approx 14 months after base 2.0, once the world-first clear group got through the raid that it's included in. The actual cinematic trailer is "End of an Era".

Funny you should mention the dragoons from FFXVI right then: that specific dragoon is a named character called Estinien. The first dragoon you fight in FFXVI, during the prologue, shares a voice with him - in both Japanese and English. It's clearly intended as a reference.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I think I did hear about this, such a cool thing to do

The power of darkness is not necessarily evil, its that too much darkness in the world is a problem. Same with light is not necessarily good, like in shadowbringers. The dark knight questline (separate from the story) is vaguely more in like with the trope of embracing the darkness in your soul without turning fully to evil

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

ahhh, yea that's pretty much what I had concluded, gave me big KH Riku vibes, which I'm a big fan of

So, a bit of everything here. Other people have probably covered most of this by now, but I don't quite wanna comb through all the comments to find out. 1.0 Trailer: The beginning. Main big fight with the dragon, I did see a comment covering this; the battle over Silvertear where Midgardsormr takes down the Agrias. This glimpse into the past takes place 15 years before the actual events of 1.0, and delayed Garlemald's invasion of Eorzea, the main continent where most of the game takes place. From what I understand, this event is also responsible for Eorzea being a land so monstrously rich in Aether (the essence of magic, which also fuels life itself). This is also where the Summons come in; the amount of Aether required to summon them properly is so enormous, that to do so was impossibly rare... but after the battle of Silvertear Skies... the Beast Tribes of Eorzea, in their conflict with the various nations around them, began to summon them (which they worship as their gods) with dangerous frequency. This is where summons like Ifrit and Titan come in. A Realm Reborn + Flames of Truth: This is actually two cinematics; the fade to white where it seems like the guy is dying is where the original cinematic ends. When they shut down the game servers to rebuild the game as A Realm Reborn, the story that would culminate in this first cinematic was played out over several patches, and said cinematic played in-game at the moment the servers shut down. A Garlean Legatus (basically general) named Nael Van Darnus conspired to bring down the Red Moon Dalamud (revealed to be an artificial construct by the obligatory Hyper-Advanced Ancient Civilization), to obliterate Eorzea entirely. Problem is, Nael Van Darnus has actually been brainwashed and now *worships* Dalamud. This is because Dalamud is a prison for big angry dragon Bahamut. Players killed Nael in 1.0, but it didn't stop Dalamud's descent. The guy in armor watching the war from another airship is another Legatus, Gaius Van Baelsar, who provided the players with information to oppose Nael, because he wanted to Conquer, not obliterate. The Flames of Truth trailer was actually hidden near the end of the "Coils of Bahamut" raid in the 2.0 patches; canonically, no one knows what actually happened after that fade to white, and even the people who were THERE don't remember, and they don't even remember what the Warriors of Light (see: player characters) looked like, or their names. It's where the name came from; when they try to imagine them, all they can see in their mind is vague silhouettes against a brilliant white background. Though, player characters end up being referred to as the Warrior(s) of Light, regardless of whether or not they are from 1.0 or not; Legacy characters get a unique starting cinematic upon logging into the character, and a few unique cutscenes to reflect that they are the same character from 5 years prior, and that they ARE the fabled Warrior of Light that everyone cannot remember, new characters are simply new characters, but they all end up being Eorzea's Warrior of Light. "A New Beginning" trailer is actually tacked onto the end of the A Realm Reborn trailer with Bahamut, and together these two form the proper full "A Realm Reborn" cinematic. This shows the player characters reappearing after being teleported away (more like teleported through time) by Louisoix, the badass spellcaster guy in the A Realm Reborn trailer who kicked Bahamut's ass. In 1.0, he was a prominent questgiver and one of the "Big Good" characters, dedicated to fighting the good fight. This portion of the cinematic takes place 5 years after the disastrous emergence of Bahamut, referred to in-universe as the Seventh Umbral Calamity, or simply The Calamity. Dark Knight on the dark horse is Odin. Past this point, it gets into trailers for expansions, which starts assuming knowledge of what's been going on in the story leading up to said expansion, and teasing what happens in the expansion more than outright telling stories in the actual trailer. EDIT: You figured out that it's the same main character all the way through, but despite the similarities, silver-haired elfman in the Shadowbringers trailer is not the same guy from the 1.0 trailer. He's someone else that you'll have met long ago by the time you reach Shadowbringers. The Warrior of Darkness bit during Shadowbringers is a unique situation - most of the time, YOU are the Warrior of Light.

Just a heads up, the Warrior of Light is a good guy! You are the warrior of light, and that is represented via the main guy you've been seeing. As well as this, the Scions of the 7th dawn are your friends as well. WOL(warrior of light) is not evil, but an adventurer

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh I get ya, it was definitely cool to see how they've persisted this long even from the very start, glad they kept the gang along for the journey

I’m impressed with your musical analysis as well as your takes on the themes visually. A great reaction.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that, glad all my rpg experience helped lol

Seeing the dragon wrapped ship in Mor Dhona. And wondering to myself; “How the hell did this happen?” And then actually seeing how the events went down in a cinematic. That is just so cool.

23:56 OG FF composer Nobuo Uematsu was the lead on 1.0, ARR, and Heavensward. Stormblood, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker was all Soken.

Seeing the stand-in character choke up a 11:37 always gets me. Since the 1.0 story is no longer playable we are to imagine he has traversed through many localities and has performed so many heroic deeds for the people of that continent, only to stay frozen in disbelief knowing he is helpless to do anything at this point. This right here is the start of your hero's journey. By the time you reach the end, youll fondly look back at your experience and be thankful you gave it a chance. I cannot wait to see if you follow through and play through this game if you are someone who truly enjoys deep diving into great stories. To say it was a great experience is an understatement to a lot of loyal fans.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

I LOVE deep stories and diving deep into them and I absolutely will hop on this game. I a few more things in my stream backlog and I wanna think about how to approach streaming itbut its not far off at all. When I get to it you all will very clearly hear about it 👍

That guy through all of them is your character and you are the warrior of light .. then you become the warrior of dark for Shadowbringers .. so now you have both powers basically even though Dark Knight was actually introduced in Heavensward. In Stormblood the girl in red is a monk. In Shadowbringers the bunny girl is a dancer.

Alright, to clarify since you seem to have a lot of preconceived notions about the Warrior of Light that do *not* apply to this game: Every mainline Final Fantasy game takes place in a different world/universe. So the Warrior of Light in the original Final Fantasy and Stranger of Paradise, is not the same as the WoL from 14. The WoL that appears in every trailer is a stand-in for the player character. When you play through 14’s story, the character you made is the Warrior of Light. And they are distinctly *not* a villain. The story of Shadowbringers revolves around another world where Light has consumed everything, and Light becomes the “villain” of that expansion. You become the “Warrior of Darkness” in that world (which is actually being used as a hero’s title), as your job is to restore balance by bringing Darkness back. Hence the name “Shadowbringers” This might also be why you thought the Warrior of Light was actually evil, you might have heard bits and pieces about this concept from Shadowbringers from other 14 players. Hope all this made sense

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

yea I'm familiar with FF having self contained stories within titles but the main reason I mention about if there was any actual connection between Stranger of Paradise and this was cause that game has some...dimension shenanigans going on, so I thought maybe if there was any, it would be with that but I get the explanation 👌🏾

the music in this game is more than half the storytelling.. the singers they get are unbelievable... I'm still pretty sure, after 8 years of playing, that Amanda is an angel not a human like the rest of us

When you said "that gave me kingdom hearts vibes" YES EXACTLY THAT WAS A RIFF FROM KH2 I SWEAR TO GOD ❤❤❤

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I KNEW I couldn't be the only one, IT HAD TO BE

Its funny how everyone starting to play FFXIV looks normal, but few months later they look like Anime character.... Good luck. ;)

Your personality seems tailor-made to enjoy FFXIV's story. My advice is to take your time. Don't try to rush to endgame. Enjoy your journey. It's okay to deviate from the main scenario quest (MSQ) when one of FFXIV many other features catches your attention. Also, save side quests so you can level another job with them. You don't need to do them to understand the MSQ and the MSQ will give you enough experience to level up your first job. Most of all, have fun! You only get experience the MSQ for the first time once.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

I am HUGE on some rich storytelling and especially character-writing, I love getting so invested and analyzing yet being able to still enjoy without making it seem like a chore to do so. And I'll definitely dive deep and enjoy as much as I can, there's so much there

@suiginmigasuto3356

21 күн бұрын

@@MetaSF_ I hope you did. And I hope you are enjoying it as much as we are.

The PC is the Warrior of Light, it's a title given to those who bring hope to the people of the world, in Shadowbringers though there's a bit of a tweak you need to make to your public image for story reasons so you call yourself the Warrior of Darkness in that expansion

Flames of Truth is a cinematic you earn after getting though all the Binding Coils of Bahamut raid series. The real 2.0 cinematic is Answers. It played after the 1.0 servers booted out all the players.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

ooooh I see, I've had some of it explained to me by some other commentors, seems like it was a momentous event in the game's lifespan

Watching this, and I'm excited.. I need to save up for a PS5

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

Well we finally have a bigger substantial game to make it worth it, go for it 👌

Nice review with the focus on matching music to scenes. Enjoy your playthrough!!

I totally understand the confusion at the start of the Shadowbringers trailer. Even though it's the same guy in all of these trailers, for some reason they made him look completely different in both parts of the Stormblood trailer

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Honestly it was stormblood's design that mainly threw me off cause he just looked so different and there wasnt really a tie to him there from prior that I noticed, but getting to shadowbringers I got it back together lol

@osurac14vlb

11 ай бұрын

Its the standin for the player character so the different looks help illustrate that to an extent, at least thats what I suspect the reasoning is for it changing.

Welcome to the emotional Rollercoaster that is FFXIV

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Glad to be here 🙏

Idk if anyone else has said this but the theme in the endwalker trailer actually contains pieces from the themes of all the trailers before it

@MetaSF_

5 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone actually has told me that yet but that's extremely clever, that's something Square would definitely do

@dinopower901

5 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ and as I think someone else said in one of these comments Endwalker was the end of the story arc that spanned every expansion before it so it's appropriate

Bro thats a clean TWEWY shirt

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Ty ty, I had to gather some support in place of my lacking FF apparel lol

My first time watching you, and I subbed within 20 seconds. Love your energy

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

That means a lot, glad you were able to enjoy, hope you stick around! 👌🏾

Pause to talk or talk after video has been seen...listen to what is being said and watch what is going on. A lot of your questions were answered if you saw the context clues.

Havent seen anyone mention it yet, and you may already know, but those card things in the 1.0 trailer were levequests. Basically, lorewise, they were somewhat random (random on which ones were available, not the actual quest itself) repeatable quests. The design on the levequest was supposed to depict the type of quest. Levequests are still in the game today, but are not nearly as used as they were in 1.0, mainly because they were one of the only forms of content 1.0 was launched with.

Nice analysis man I'm subscribing. Even without the context of the story youre like 80% there. Can't wait for you to get started on your 14 journey and see how close you were on some predictions and how far you are on others haha.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I appreciate that, with this new expansion announcing I definitely am more eager to start it soon lol, for sure on the way

It's so cool how you caught a bunch of references to FF tropes and previous entries that I now have to rave about the tiny missed details that haven't been mentioned in the comments. Please excuse the wall of text. First of all, you've already noticed how well these trailers are at drawing in newcomers, but the other side of it is how they manage to impress returning players. I'll try to sum it up without spoilers. A Realm Reborn trailer had to pull in FF fans in general, since the few people who managed to suffer through XIV 1.0 were most assuredly returning for the relaunch. That's why on top of the direct continuation of 1.0's ending cinematic and the promise of a bright new adventure, you get to see Odin as people have pointed out already, but also Behemoth in his usual muscle beast form and right after it, the Crystal Tower right out of FFIII. Also hey, the praying catgirl from the Flames of Truth returns and is seen sniffing a flower in a port city! As is the praying pair of a tiny mage and a masked girl, this time in a glade in the middle of a forest. And the praying eboy (Squall's cousin) from the same segment is seen at a place of worship again. You get to reunite with old friends (applies to seasoned 1.0 players only; additional rewards provided on account creation). Heavensward hooks returning players right away with a compressed summary of the end of ARR and then exposes a place that people immediately recognise without having ever seen it up close. Dragons, dragoons, elves and a castle in the clouds? 1.0 players didn't have to play ARR to understand where the story would go, and the keener eyed ARR players were able to spot a strong returning character for a few frames. Also, our boy Cid returns from the Flames of Truth trailer, and note how he's grown as well over the years. This is XIV's strong suit: characters go through changes, not just us. Stormblood trailer, once again, shows mainly the locations, and once again they're easy to pick up. An ARR player will easily understand what the desert oasis with lightly dressed people and monk fistfighting is, and the eastern regions are referenced so much it's hardly possible to miss them. And we get a peek of two established characters at the end being very much in the right place. Shadowbringers' trailer is fantastic and has a story in it, mirroring the writing changes that happened in it. Its main theme is an unsettling feeling of things being wrong. Like Heavensward's, it starts with a recap of the very end of the previous expansion, but right after that John Finalfantasy encounters a trash talk gremlin and fights a valkyrie or angel in a washed-out white and yellow environment. Now, players who have been to specific side content knew that similar creatures and conditions exist in the game's universe, but either not here or not now in relation to the game's story. The bearded elf is an old friend but his getup is all new. The catgirl is the very same as in the ARR trailer but her name doesn't match. The eboy from ARR has turned into an edaddy with how he's now doing a disney princess rescue, and the princess herself is straight up impossible. Remember how the Crystal Tower at the end of the ARR trailer was in the middle of nowhere? Now there's a bustling town at its doors, and what's going on inside is also wrong. As a fun side observation, you noticed how John Finalfantasy recollects all trailers, but notice how throughout the fight with the valkyrie he also changes his weapons in the exact order he changed them in the trailers. And then Endwalker's trailer is the definition of tying a decade's worth of storytelling together. It's even in the music, as people have pointed out. The ancient Greek looking city doesn't even need words on the map for the player to know what it is because it's been a vital offscreen part of the game's story for its entirety. All the warriors we've been fighting shoulder to shoulder with make their appearances. It's a majestic capstone to most of the game's story from 1.0 onward and it shamelessly advertises itself as such. Also, you noted how the trailer felt hopeful amid the chaos. The lyrics that kick in during the white stone city part of the trailer are "our song of hope, she dances on the wind, higher, oh higher". Oh, and the narrator's voice made some people lose their minds while others didn't want to believe. The amount of thought that goes into these trailers is admirable.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

Wonderful comment, glad I was able to make people happy by catching even a good amount of small things, I thank my Kingdom Hearts experience for the detail noticing lol. But I love how you broke down each trailer's focus and intentions for both plot and players, it makes a lot of sense and you can clearly see the care and attention put into the creation of this game. Makes me realize how this game blew up and came to have such a strong backing these past 5+ years. And me, I LOVE analyzing these things and especially stories of games like this well, cant wait to get to stream my first time journey of FFXIV 😤

@zheldor651

10 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ It's gonna be a fun time and a good way to interact with your community every time the game throws a dungeon or worse at you. I'll be tuning in for that

Also, Endwalker is the end of the current arc that started back in 1.0. The new expansion coming next year, Dawntrail, will be the start of a new story. The character continuity of the side characters extends from 2.0 through 6.0, the current Endwalker. So you have time to catch up, but you'll be looking at hundreds of hours to get through all of the story, unless you skip, which I don't recommend if you want to understand what's going on. One thing to keep in mind about FFXIV's story is that story beats and characters from 2.0 have relevence throughout the story in various expansion, including Endwalker. And side content has a minor effect on the end scenes of Endwalker, so I do recommend you try and do major side raids between each expansion.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

I'll definitely consider it, I have some friends I know also recently started so I might can hook something up when I stream through XIV, I'll try at least lol

Derplander is what we call the player standin character and yes, his job changes every expansion.

The warrior of light is the player character with the exception of most of shadowbringers :)

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

oh really, haven't heard that yet, really interesting 🤔

@Yoruten17

Жыл бұрын

@@MetaSF_ Yeah, I can't really go too much in depth because it will spoil some of the plot!

It’s always the same main guy my friend lol. His hair just changes that’s all, he’s a stand in for ALL OF US. All the people that have ever played this game

@MetaSF_

5 ай бұрын

yea I get ya now, stormblood kinda threw me off a lil lol

Some points I want to add: (Im a huge FF fan so this will be a bit of a ramble) 1. Stranger of Paradise is definitely tying in the multiverse of all FFs, for example, the pirate grotto, the second dungeon, was created by the Lufenians based off of what they saw in Dimension 14, aka FFXIV, specifically the first dungeon of 14, Sastasha. (And assuming you finished Strangers of Paradise, they also are tying in the FF Dissidia universe which I am a huge fan of!) 2. The guy with goggles is the Cid of 14, and you will notice a lot more references to other FFs besides this one. 14 is like a melting pot for all the FFs. 3. The brown haired guy in all the trailers represents the player character, and their growth through each expansion, but that Skyrim looking version of him? That guy is an important character you will meet. 4. Soken did arrange and compose most the trailer themes but I think the first 2 (1.0, Realm Reborn) were done by Nobuo Uematsu, the Legend who created Sephiroths theme, and the majority of the other FF osts. 5. We are the Warrior of Light in this one, and some say this, some don’t, each main character in each FF is basically “the Warrior of Light” as well as their party which is while you’ll hear “The Warrior’s of Light” (Neon even says this in Strangers of Paradise) but this is the first time since FF1 that we, the player, has been labeled as the Warrior of Light by the NPCs. 6. The squad you saw in the first 2 trailers are important characters, but in those moments they represented the players friends, and they only appear in those two trailers, anyone else you saw after that resembled them, is not them. 7. You misread the text in the Heavensward opening, it said the Warriors of Light have delivered the world FROM destruction. We are definitely spilling blood but all for the greater good of course, and Shadowbringers is where we do need to balance things out by becoming the Warrior of Darkness, but I’ll let you find out what exactly we’re balancing. #Shadowbringers

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

Much appreciated for the clarifications 🤝 And I did finish Stranger of Paradise so I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt like it was tilting in that direction with intention for a "multiversal connection" if you will. Playing through FFXVI right now and some little details in it really has me wondering if this is the angle they really are taking the franchise lol, but of course I can be wrong because I'm not finished with it yet

You not understanding heavensward is why people wait to watch this once they finish each expansion. The story evolves with every expansion. I hope you enjoy your time in ff14. ❤

@MetaSF_

7 ай бұрын

LOL, I completely get it, but it'll give me something good to look forward to, I still got some other things in the backlog but I'll definitely stream my journey of ffxiv and have a great time 🤝

as for your question about the Dragoon inspiriation, that pose in the Heavensward trailer is an homage to Final Fantasy 4's logo, its original one at least, which features a dragoon in that pose. 16 also did it as a further homage though.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

ah yes, one I skipped, pain. But thanks for the info though lol

@osurac14vlb

10 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ of course, 14 is filled to the brim with references despite its very own identity and story. Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the series, plays and loves it, calling it a theme park for FF

The Flames of Truth is what played the moment they shut down the servers in 1.0 and started rebuilding A Realm Reborn.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

SO epic

So as you realized that is the main character. The community has named him Meteor. I can't really blame you as he has had quite the glow up between Heavensward and Stormblood. He is meant to represent the player character who is also referred to as the Warrior of Light(or WoL for short)

@jereboy2005

10 ай бұрын

I've also seen people affectionately refer to him as Derplander as well

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

Ahhh I got ya, thats a nice placeholder name, but yea he changed a LOT by stormblood and I wasnt ready lol

@mackenzienoyes1231

10 ай бұрын

I've never heard the MC being called Meteor wtf are you talking about? and shit name doesn't mean anything. Maybe it's a FF7 fanfic thing?

@paine_inflicta

10 ай бұрын

Meteor as in Meteor Survivor, since the narrative of the trailers has him as a Legacy WoL

The male main character that you keep seeing is the representation of the Warrior of light character that everybody plays. So in a sense he is us.

Also, big Kingdom Hearts vibe with some of the plot points

Man, After nearly 10 years of being with this game, Answers still gets me. And it hits even harder now! Just hope Dawntarils is as good as the first 10 years of XIV was.

@MetaSF_

9 ай бұрын

Knowing the success and heavy increase in traction FFXIV has gotten in recent years, I have faith they'll do justice by its history

the strings in shadowbringers are also the main theme of final fantasy III

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

Of course it's one of the few FF I haven't played...

Welcome to FFXIV! I've been playing since the launch of A Realm Reborn back in 2013. It's been an incredible experience. Not sure what Data Center and World you're starting from, but I'm on the Crystal Data Center, Coeurl World. My character name is Niko Inshido. Feel free to send me a friend request or if you need a hand, I'll come over to whatever world you're on and lend a hand. Feel free to ask questions and i pray you enjoy the game as much as i have these last 10 years! Good luck and have fun!

Its hard to see the throughline of the traliers viewed by themselves. The 1.0 trailer is for a prior version of the game, which was remade into 2.0, a realm reborn. So the connective tissue between that first trailer and those that came after is tenuous. So don't focus too much on that. But the main short, dark haired fellow is basically a stand in for the player character. As we are all the Warrior of Light in our playthroughs, which is one of the best parts of this game in my opinion. You are the big hero.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

oooooh I get you, I like the warrior of light concept a lot in FF, I know it's more traditional and they don't do it as much anymore but I love a good legend of hero(s)

Never played Strangers of Paradise but what I understand from the discussions and such you are basically playing in the world of final fantasy 1 from the perspective of the main villain of that game, so of course you fight the heroes of the game eventually. But yeah they aren't connected with this one specifically. I hope you do play this game, I'm playing it while watching this video actually. Be warned though that it takes its time to cook. Personally I started going "Ok, yeah this story is cooking a bit" by the end of A Realm Reborn, and to me it was all uphill from there. For some what goes immidiately next is a bit of a slog until Heavensward starts (ehhhh... for context, this game is structured like "Base Expansion" then "patches that came out during that expansion's life cycle"(which end up being almost as big as the base expansion) then "next base expansion" and so on. So yeah again, for me I got a bit hooked by the end of the base ARR and liked more the post patches and liked it more and more For some the post patches of ARR are a bit of a slog but it's in Heavensward when the game starts cooking.

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

Yea it sounds like it takes the usual MMO route, you have the original release then they continue with expansions till the next "Chapter" if you wanna call it that lol. Also Strangers of Paradise is pretty much as you summarize with except you weren't originally the villain then you and the group becomes it so it's almost like a time reset kinda thing. And from what it sounds like and what it looked like when I did this, Heavensward is built different

@Kaldrim72

11 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ It does and doesn't. It has expansions like the normal MMO route. But you are hard locked to doing the story to progress through the expansions. You can't just start a new character in the last expansion, you have ~2+ months worth of game before you get there. Depending on how hard you play. There is story skips you can buy, but it is never recommended for this game as how they designed story dungeons and such it helps you learn tons of Mechanics that can become relevant in later expansions, dungeons, and such. I think Story skip is more-so if you make alternate characters for some reason. Edit: to add on, its kind of recommended to not actually buy a subscription until you finish heavensword. Unless you plan on being in a Guild/alliance ("Free Company" in this game) in which case you'll want it. There is quite a few more things locked to free trial players, but as for all story content you can do everything in the base game and first expansion for free.

I am deeply enjoying how very wrong he is, but how close to right he is. Really shows how cohesive a story the trailers tell. As I'm sure plenty have told you, 1.0 ended with the arr trailer up until the older man looking into the light. And the servers went down. Game over. YoshiP did the unthinkable and killed the game. ARR is what returned. Set 5 YEARS after 1.0 and the Calamity that was Bahamut. In the post patches was the first, infamously difficult then easy then difficult then- anyway one of the first Raid sets called the Coils of Bahamut. The Flames of Truth was a cutscene explaining what happened after the screen went dark. Still part of ARR ARR ended with one HELL of, not a twist, but definitely a Collapse of everything the players were feeling. Which lead into Heavensward. So on and so forth. The character that is the stand in for the players is named Meteor. And a couple other names, such as Derplander, [redacted] and [redacted].

@MetaSF_

8 ай бұрын

It was definitely a new experience doing something like this but it was a lot of fun doing the theorycrafting lol I love it enough doing it in the rpgs I already am super invested in 🤭 And I appreciate all the details and lpre you guys drop, makes me look forward to when I begin my journey even moreso

Bro called is with Cid, nice job

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

Oh I called it? Lets go

Strangers Of Paradise is actually a prequel to Final Fantasy 1

@MetaSF_

4 ай бұрын

really? it was strange, they made it really feel like almost an alternate timeline ff1, or just a new reality altogether

@JasonSmith-lb1nx

4 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ How far into the game are you? I don't want to spoil anything

Actually a Realm reborn all the way to endwalker is the first arc of final fantasy 14

@shanewarrior2507

11 ай бұрын

The new expansion that's coming out next summer dawntrail will be the start of the 2nd arc

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

HUH

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

you know, this makes a lot more sense now, I saw that announcement and I was confused (shocker)

The original party from the 1.9 trailer are 9nly relevent through that and the 2.0 trailer. Starting in Heavensward, they are no longer references (in the trailers) and the allies you make from ARR on are known as The Scions of the Seventh Dawn, and consist of Thancred (the guy you compared to squall), Urianger (pronounced Oo-Ree-an-Gey, is the elezen (this games term for elves, pointy ears and long necks) with the cards later on, but isn't the same elezen from 1.0), Y'Shtola, (the cute Miqo'te (cat girl) with white hair and the staff), Alphinaud and Alisaie (the young elezen twins from endwalker trailer), who are your adventuring and world saving buddies from ARR (2.0) onwards.

@cyntheticly

Жыл бұрын

Would be worth noting Estenien too as he appeared in the Endwalker trailer riding the dragon, whos a major character from ARR (If your a Dragoon) and takes a more main role in the story in Heavensward, Shadowbringers later patches, and Endwalker. (With a few other moments sprinkled in here and there in Stormblood)

You need to do a reaction to the final Dawntrail trailer

@MetaSF_

2 ай бұрын

Few others have asked that too, might have to ✍

My goodness just watch it, you don't need to comment the whole time

Each Final Fantasy has a different story, unless the title indicates a direct continuity, like FFX and FFX-2. The naming, elements, monsters and some locations can be the same to produce fanservice, but there all different settings. The Warrior of Light of XIV is a different one from all others. And yes, the dude from all trailers is the main character. He represents the player. Edit: forget about the companions from the A Realm Reborn trailers. They used to represent a player's party. But with the progression of the story, the game introduced us to a new party: the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. They will be your NPC friends that can send you in missions or fight them with you. The elf with husky voice is called Urianger, he is an Astrologian, a healer that conjures the power from the stars. The cat girl is Y'shtola, and she is a Sorceress, a mix between Black Mage and White Mage to deal tons of damage and heal if necessary. The human in a trenchcoat is Thancred, and he is a Gunbreaker, a Tank class specialized in fast bursts of damage and thick personal defense. There are many others, but these three are often the most prominent.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

Yea I was kind of getting the vibe that even if they favored each other that maybe they may not be the same day 1 party from the beginning. And I'm for sure familiar with the Final Fantasy series I just have never played FFXIV so and FFXV feels so long ago as well that it feels like ages since I've experienced a new one. Not sure I'll find one I consider better than FFIX but XIV and XVI both certainly have the potential to do so, I'm excited for it all

I hate he misunderstood the warrior of light thing and it stuck the whole analysis LOL

@MetaSF_

8 ай бұрын

listen man, you gonna have to chill on me LOL, somebody lied to me at one point and told me that's how it was when they were trying to get me to play and it was CAP apparently

you as the player are the warrior of light. Its a Title and shadowbringers shows that light =/= good

Watch the new one that just got released, Dawntrail.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

You think so? Wasn't sure if I should but now that I think about it it wouldnt be any different from me reacting to literally everything else ffxiv LOL

love the ff14 content, the launch trailers are super hype and awesopme too if you want to check them out. i especially like the stormblood launch trailer ^_^

@MetaSF_

8 ай бұрын

Glad you do I'll have to check those out then, didnt think about those at all, I'll have to see what they're cookin 🤔

the heck made you think the Warriors of Light were the bad guys? lol. In Stranger of/in(i never know what it is) Paradise you are playing as a villain, so from their perspective the WoL would be a bad guy.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

Well you know how stories can be nowadays, people love the whole perspective swap, and the whole keeping things in balance concept, that "even an overabundance of light can be a bad thing" type deal ya know. At least that's a recurring thought process I see from people in things like FF, KH, Star Wars, etc even if it isn't always accurate or that simple

@unironicallydel7527

11 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ In ShB(Shadowbringers), since you already watched the trailer I'll just tell you that yes, in that one specifically it is like that. Kindof. You'll like it. just gotta spend 1000+hrs gettin to it, lol. Luckily everything before it is good too.

Did you make a stafox joke!? Instant subscribe

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad at least one person caught it lol

@blakec8549

Жыл бұрын

@@MetaSF_ the great fox will cover you! Man starfox 64 was so meme worthy, my generation didn't appreciate what they had lol

@blakec8549

Жыл бұрын

Also I randomly stumbled on to you channel, if you play 14 will you stream it? Or do like a highlight reel or something? I'd follow it, either way. My son just reinstalled the game and now I'm getting the itch to log back in. I like watching new players experience it to help me remember the details and such. There's no need to go deep into this game but there's no end to how deep you can go if you are so inclined

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

@@blakec8549 I appreciate the info, and when I play I will 100% be streaming through it on this channel! Knowing me I'll also probably make edited highlights for those that don't really watch streams or like to go back in full VODs too

its funny how you're piecing together the plot and whats going on better than the weirdo's who play this game and revolve their life around it when they watched these trailers.

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

LOL, well I'm confident in my ability to be able to piece together stories and understand writing even with little to work with, I am a Kingdom Hearts theorist after all lol so I'm glad I was able to get even some things right in this

@feeblemind

11 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ the fact you understood the balance of light and dark is like 90% of the storyline lmao. People watched shadowbringers and didn't get it at all. Makes you understand why terribly written marvel shows are so popular lol.

I get its a reaction video, but DUDE. Stop talking for 5 seconds and take it in before throwing guesses out. Alot of your questions are answered just by watching and not rambling.

@MetaSF_

10 ай бұрын

Well you're not exactly that wrong 🤭 yea I definitely be getting to excited and miss things at times, I'll do better about it without still pausing so much either, gotta be some more balance lol

@vagabond2797

2 ай бұрын

naw at least he actually talks and tries to get involved w the videos instead of sitting there deadeyed like most reaction streamers lol

did he just say shadowbringer and endwalker trailer music are western genre? im dead

@MetaSF_

Жыл бұрын

well parts of them do sound partially western inspired to me, or at least have aspects of their approach, which isn't at all uncommon for final fantasy in music or some settings tbh, nothin wrong with it. They aren't entirely western or anything stylized or anything

The music is JUST as important as the scenery. You probably shouldn't talk over the narration or the music. :/ ...and why are you repeating the narration? :(

You talk way too much.....

@MinimyoCaly

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, my God - and the repeating of the narration - I had to stop watching.

@user-jq3zx1ie9x

11 ай бұрын

Yea, literally the only times he wasn’t talking was to breathe for a couple seconds

"Or izzat this games cid?" Dude called it in like an instant. Also... Dude, Warriors of Light? Reign of Terror? Why would you come to the conclusion that 'Warriors of Light' means bad guys? The line even said 'cast down these these heroes' in it. The warriors of light are the Heroes. It's a reference all the way back to FF1. The group you play as were referred to as the 'Warriors of Light.'

@MetaSF_

11 ай бұрын

I just remembered that somebody trying to get me to play had mentioned that in some aspect the Warriors of Light were "the bad guys", ofc I have no reason to 100% believe that but with Shadowbringers it made be wonder mainly lol

@rednova2212

11 ай бұрын

@@MetaSF_ Oh gotcha. And can see how the aspect of imbalance and balance would come into the picture with it all, considering the music even.

Congrats, you spoiled yourself without even understand a thing. But i suppose you are here for the money, not the game.

@MetaSF_

7 ай бұрын

Well I'm happy with both, I'm gonna play it on stream and prepare to have my mind still be blown by the writing so, it'll be ok ✍️

you ramble too much, hard to watch...smh