i am incredibly normal about this ending, my brain chemistry is totally not altered after this expansion (me when i lie)

@andrewpotter6455

16 күн бұрын

welcone sister, we who have walked before will continue to light the path for those who are yet to come! We wait for you at the end. keep on walking!

@tarkhan15

16 күн бұрын

I queued into Crown of the Immaculate and after the fight, I got six comms as a Dragoon. The rest of the raid waited out my cutscene to cheer at me. I think that was probably when I knew for sure that Shadowbringers was *different*

@Sethinnol

16 күн бұрын

Believe it or not, the patch content keeps hitting hard, too. And that's not to mention Endwalker, which is also excellent. You've got plenty to look forward to.

@JustAnotherJeremy

16 күн бұрын

Yes indeed, all of us!!

@arcanadawn

16 күн бұрын

Not sure if you noticed this little tidbit or not, but *all* throughout ShB, Ardbert's axe is bloody. At the end, when he's walking to meet his friends, it's fresh and new.

Forge Ahead :)

@Alkiryas

15 күн бұрын

There he is, the emotional vampire 😂

@Rhelaza

14 күн бұрын

verily :^)

@Ambs90

14 күн бұрын

We knew Jesse would be here 😂 Love ya, JC hahahah

@Ezrosh

14 күн бұрын

@@Alkiryaswe all are 😅

@turoskensei13

4 күн бұрын

The final lesson of us Mentors: Once you are all caught up, you either get friends to play and re-experience it all through them, or you watch videos on youtube of others first time. Just jab a Capri Sun straw in their noggins and just drink up their feels.

Hello fellow emotional vampires. nom nom nom.

@KujoTenshi

14 күн бұрын

yum yum yum

@jtabox

12 күн бұрын

The taste of emotional damage from ShB never goes old, even after so many years. I see a thumbnail with Emet's serene face after the Hades fight, and some sprout in the corner depicted in a status of emotional dissolve, I click - no second thought. Also, I take note of the channel. Because its creator will inevitably go on to do Endwalker sooner or later, and I wouldn't want to miss the second filling.

@diersteinjulien6773

11 күн бұрын

one of us, one of us

When Jesse Cox gets here, he's gonna be eating good.

@mrbastos

16 күн бұрын

ngl, I scrolled through the comments looking for him

@25xxfrostxx

16 күн бұрын

He's somewhere out in LA sniffing the air and getting ready to break into a sprint. He senses these reactions.

@Khailward

16 күн бұрын

@@25xxfrostxx If you listen closely, you can hear a somewhat ominous "Sprouuuuuuuuuut" on the wind.

@Riku2005

15 күн бұрын

keep that vampire away

@patsmith2064

15 күн бұрын

This is the fuel he needs to upload his next 14 vid

I think one of the reasons why G'Raha cries when you reunite with him is because he hasn't heard anyone say his name for over a century.

@ashkorfrost

15 күн бұрын

And the first one to do so is US

@VulpineYT

15 күн бұрын

And we accept him without recrimination.

@myourenhijiri5730

11 күн бұрын

And our promised when he said when he woke up, we replied the exact words...

I will never tire of watching people react to the climax of Shadowbringers.

"Take it, we fight as one." always gives me chills no matter how many times I've watched others react to it.

"if you need a push, I'll be right there behind you"

"Remember us" absolutely DESTROYS me every time. I cannot begin to explain how much I feel for the Ancients and Emet. No character in fiction made me feel like that. Such incredible amount of sorrow & sadness...

@CCWXAGA

8 күн бұрын

Remember ....that we once lived.

@christiantaboada

7 күн бұрын

Most potent line in gaming from the best antagonist

51:49 Ah, yes. Extended, emotionally-induced tea kettle noises. Those of us who have walked the path before you are very familiar with it. :)

@Lunastarsss

10 күн бұрын

Very emotional moment. 😢

The ending of 5.0 was my favorite in all the game. I cried soooo hard. But oh man, you're gonna need a box of tissues for 5.3. And you're in for an emotional ride in Endwalker too. Stand tall, my friend

The ugly crying at the end... yep, I can relate. That was also me at the end of 5.0... and 5.3... and basically the last 1/4 of Endwalker... such emotional devastation, it WAS SquareEnix's intention. If you've not made it to the end of Endwalker yet, enjoy the rest of our journey - if you have, enjoy the last few weeks until Dawntrail, fellow Warrior of Light and Darkness/Adventurer.

That moment you appear as an Ancient... My gods it was so gooooooood

I like to point a few things out because there's SO MUCH to take in through the ending. In Rak Tika, when asked how Emet knows about the mural, he says "Because this is our history. Our story." When you, joined by Ardbert, are engulfed in light, Ardbert tells Emet "This is our future. Our story." Emet's lines at the end are in the trailer, from the gremlin: "Who are you? No one! Nothing!" After you defeat him and Emet asks that you remember them... he's accepting you proved yourself. You're worthy to inherit the star. Because of this, he's standing up straight, no more slouching. The weight is lifted from his shoulders. Someone else noted, yes, Urianger is actually visible floating in the water on the bottom right of the screen at the last second before the scene fades at the beach. And I noticed someone else commented on this, but when Ardbert is walking into the Crystarium to his comrades, his axe is no longer stained. His guilt is washed away. But fear not, the patches are just as emotionally impactful and Endwalker will make you think about your life, purpose, and meaning. So many more emotions ahead!

10 months? Well, time flows different in the First.

emet-selch is one of the best villains ever written in a FF story imo. He had plenty of times to kill you and your friends during the fight on the purple rocks before the hades fight and he never dealt any serious damage and just sat there goading the whole time. Think he WANTED us ( the players ) to kill and stop him

@xviii5780

13 күн бұрын

Imo he not so much *wanted* us to kill him, but he was just very tired and he probably suspected that his plan either wouldn't work, or whatever it would bring back wouldn't be the life he missed. He accepted that he can't move on from the past and decided to die with it, Amaurot projection being his sort of last goodbye.

@christiantaboada

7 күн бұрын

Good assessment

You can see Urianger face down in the sea as the camera zooms out on the party before fading to black

@Rhelaza

14 күн бұрын

NO WAY??? OMG HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE HE WAS THERE LMAOOO

Everything from Amaurots reveal onwards hits so incredibly hard...every fucking time. What a beautiful ending, and a game that continues to defy expectations. Shadowbringers is a masterpiece, and I'll never forget it...it really just changes you inside when you come out the other end!

For Emet, there is a great bit of physical story telling as well. Look at his model prior to the fight: he is hunched over, his eyes tired and weighted down. His burden has weighted him down, over and over again. A thousand, thousand life times searching for a a way to bring about the grand design. And he can do naught by try again and again. But after we beat him? Standing straight and tall. His burden unloaded. He is unfettered by his duty, his gaze clear and strong. And all he asks of us is to remember the Aincents.

Remember,....remember us. Remember that we once lived. Those words always hit me as he speaks for his entire race now gone. So glad you enjoyed it.

Every single time the music hits when he holds out his axe I cry. I think I have watched this scene over a hundred times.

Now I eagerly await for you to reach that part in Endwalker.

8:48 Appropriate Y'shtola reaction.

@TarundiMC

16 күн бұрын

Based. But also Runar would like a word, although perhaps he doesn't mind sharing :)

Why does it feel so good to watch someone suffer as much as I did when I played this extension? God, I can't get enough reaction video about this game man...

Even after all of these years having passed since I went through this myself I was in tears with you it is so good that it transcends time and still hurts just as good as the last time I watched these scenes

Please, continue sharing your journey, It makes me revive again the adventure. Thank you for sharing to us your experience. I'll be waiting for the next update.

51:50 Is the tea ready?🫖

@jameelalawi5281

Күн бұрын

🤣

6:00 "Burn bright again, and live." This line always gets me choked up.

Just so you know, Crystal Tower raids didn't used to be required. On release, you didn't get the G'raha text options in cutscenes unless you did the raids. Happy they made it a requirement.

I cant believe how much STILL this game grows. Thriving in the MMO scene.

Welcome back! Thanks as always for these!

The feels are strong with this one

Final fantasy has it's way of doing this to you.... over...and over... and over again... It's an amazing and rough ride, and you havent seen anything yet :)

Emet’s smile gets me every time. So simple yet so powerful.

This is the most wholesome reaction I've seen to SHB's ending. Forge on, warrior! :D

Oh how i love G'raha Tia. It's incredible what they've done with him. I remember playing the game as a kid and quitting after Crystal Tower (cuz of school). I was so ecstatic to see him again when i played again.

Subscribed because of the wall of text on Yshtola capturing my emotions perfectly

only 3 minutes in and i'm already sobbing help

@Rhelaza

12 күн бұрын

nyxiYUP

hey, you know we're here for it when you do upload 🙏 take your time, do your thing, and we'll be here when it drops 💪

I can't wait for the patch 5.3 reaction

So happy to have you back.

oooooooh I cannot wait to see you on the patchs...

Great video, looking forward to the patch content and beyond!

god i cried with her at the 52 minute mark

This is peak shadowbringers

Great job on all the little edits here. Made it more enjoyable :) And to think this masterpiece is just another step towards the ending.

All the previous expansions were mostly about you filling in the gaps of other people's stories Shadowbringers, however, stood tall as YOUR story, and everyone else that got you to this point in your story The Warrior of Light and Darkness both

51:43 That's the sound my tea kettle makes when my tea is done.

Ah FeelsBringers, what a nostalgia xD

I'm finding your story during the expansion maintenance. This was SO GOOD!!!! Time to go watch your VODS hehe.

Just when I think I'm all done crying over Shadowbringers, another one of these pops up in my feed. I am also very normal about Shadowbringers.

What a well edited video!! 👏 So glad YT recommended this video to me. I think an alternate title to the "remember us" section could have been "the part where everyone was screaming and crying" 😂

I just finished Endwalker. I was looking at other dlc reactions and i saw this video. I am glad i found this video. Your reactions were so good 🥺

About the beginning of the video Just take your time Though we want to see these VODs of course As long as you keep at your pace, everything is good Hope you're doing well ^^ And about Feelsbringers I MISS EMET SO FVCKING MUCH OOOOOH MY GOSH

OOOOH BABY, THE TRAUMA TRAIN AIN'T STOPPING ANYTIME SOON

RHELAZA UPLOAD (pogging)

Shadowbringers is peak fiction to me. Not just FF, Fiction in general. I don't think anything else will ever feel as good as it did when I was playing through it.

It's ok, I've been waiting for this XD

Best expansion ever. It rivals even the single player games imho. This will go down as one of the most special Final Fantasy experiences I ever had, and I've played them all. Here I am again, in a puddle of my own tears smiling.

Not sure if you noticed his axe is no longer bloodied at the end...take that as you will.

This was an absolute joy to watch! I watched this during the 48 hour maintenance before Dawntrail launch because, well, what else is there to do at the moment, right? I am so glad the algorithm served this up to me, and I am so much looking forward to watching the rest of your journey, even if it is another 10 months before you get around to editing and uploading it! You've earned a new subscriber so that I don't miss out, and happy Dawntrail launch to all!

You're so real for this. Every time a new scene would start I'd already be in tears like "aw shit here we go again."

wing dings best choice

I will never tire of seeing people go through Shadowbringers for the first time. It remains as awesome to see again as the first time I got this far.

Just wait until 5.3 quests. Prepare for tears :'D

Awesome reaction! Ardbert besto Hero! 🪓

My favourite past time of watching people finish Shadowbringers. I am so happy I found someone who cried as much as me 😢

'tis good to be awake... Always gets me. Crying like Niagara falls, Everytime 😭

in other words Emet-Selch saved you from being turned into a forsaken, he was never evil... he is , was and always a true friend

“I’m feeling so much!” -every FFXIV player.

Omg, we vampires are eating good on this one, thanks for the reaction 🫂

I feel the energy flowing through me. Oh, the feeding has begun my friends. Another sacrifice to the primal of Tears, Ishikawa.

yup there we go that’s it my night is booked mmhm yup

I never realised Feo Ul is almost as tall as a Lalafell XD

52:50 Dunno if anyone have pointed it out, but it's implied that this boy is the reincarnated soul of Ardbert. That's why they focus on him there and why they look so alike.

Oh, bless. Stand tall, my friend. Thank you for the upload and thank you KZread for sending me here! I always love a good cryfest with people checking out this game! Enjoy 5.x and Endwalker! ;)

Also when Emet says "Let us cast aside titles and pretense" his is the only trial where it just says the name, Hades, without any other descriptor.

I see a SHB reaction video, I *always* have to watch it.😭

IM DIEING TOO DONT WORRY

shadowbringers ending breaks all the coolest people, it's ok (i love videos like this because i reacted JUST LIKE YOU and like everybody else who turned into a sobbing mess at 5.0. just wait until 5.3!)

This entire video is just anxiety noises lol

34:52 Emet, for a few seconds seeing his best friend once again.

Oh man I'm here for the ride through EW.

Honestly, extremely reasonable response to the end of this masterpiece.

Famitsu does regular polls of pop culture in japan including most popular final fantasy characters and for like 20 years its always been the same charaters at the top like Sephiroth and Cloud. Until Shadowbringers happened and since then Emet Selch has been right up there. The modern goat of the franchise.

I can't waiting for Endwalker MSQ reactions😁

I'll never gonna get over how insanely good ShB is mad hoiw emotional i got with the entire story. Also, i forgot how soul crushing was seeign Ardbert at the end reuniting with his old party, I was emotional exhausted and didn't knew why Emet dead destroy me but i was OK until that scene.... That part destroy me with ugly tears. I wish with the graphic update this also get changed so i can relieve everything one more time with better graphics.

The thumbnail is just so accurate lol

emotional vampires assemble!

You look soo much like the girl that used to do our dog training! I remember telling her how much I loved ff14 and that she should try it out because she liked final fantasy! Hope she did give it a chance! And glad you’re loving the game so much!

The existential wail at kzread.info/dash/bejne/e66Y262EfsTUf7g.html really sums up Shadowbringers lol

19:45 i remember in this part saying something different, similar to what haurchefant said at the end of heavensward

I see Archaeotania right behind these lalas.

Seeing Emet in Aumarot, reminds me of the time he used Our Cat boy as a skateboard :') good times

So you got Hades, Themis, Hermes, Athena... you get the gist of it, so you can only be Helios, Helios Azem, a travelling sun.

@bahumut01

15 күн бұрын

There's apollo too as artemis is there

@Bandikitty

7 күн бұрын

SPOILER WARNING: Personally, I'm in agreement with the above post that Apollo is the most likely candidate. The FFXIV devs have been good about remembering little tidbits from ARR and applying them to the game and one particularly interesting fact -- at least to me -- is if you're a male character, the goldsmith guild master, Serendipity, tries to guess your name when you take the first quest and the name she guesses for you is Apollo. If you're a female character she guesses Adrian. I tried this on several different characters to see if the name she guesses is randomized and it's not. Male characters were ALWAYS Apollo and female characters were always Adrian. Plus, Apollo is a much more prominent god than Helios. In some cases Apollo just straight up replaces Helios. Apollo, also, isn't just associated with the sun, he is also the god of Light in general. He is the god of prophecy as well and we already know from the Pandaemonium raids that Azem has a penchant for prophecy, as he/she predicted our coming to Themis. Apollo is a shepherd and Azem is "shepherd to the stars in the dark". I could go on, but yeah... Many clues hint more towards Apollo than Helios.

@antyrak7905

6 күн бұрын

@@Bandikitty cool theory, makes a lot of sense. The biggest hint for me is the Azem's crystal, being the sun and all. Also, Emet leaving the same symbol in places where he told us to visit.

You poor thing. I couldn’t help but laugh because yeah, I’ve been there. Ishikawa has hands.

wanna know smth fucked up? yknow how emet has gamer posture and is constantly slouching? yeah when you kill him, that's the first time we see him standing up with a correct posture. almost like his death relieved him of a weight on his shoulders in a sense

You will enjoy EndWalker, I’m working on finishing it, but been told EW brought the same excellent story writing as SHB if not more

50:09 "I feel so happy and sad...my heart hurts." That's called "doing it right."

"So no matter how long it takes or how much it hurts, you can count on me to keep on walking" to the end one might say. ~