It didn't occur to me till rewatching this here, but you teleporting your friends away to save them was probably a nod to Louisoix saving you all those years ago from Bahamut.

FFXIV is such a special story. So many parts stand out as incredible, and I truly don't think there could have been a better ending to the Ascian story line that they've been working on since ARR. I feel blessed to be alive at the same time this story came out tbh. And, in true thematic relevance, I feel blessed to be alive period.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

Initially, I was melancholic upon the realization that I may never experience another story as incredible as this one. But after some time of reflecting, even if nothing can compare to it, I will be forever thankful for the experiences it gave me. I'll carry it with me until my own final days. ❤️

@moosecat00

Жыл бұрын

@@terabellum You should check out their other MMOs if you enjoyed this story.

I took the whole week off when Endwalker dropped. I played through the entire thing and had a couple days to let it sit with me. And when I got back to work, with my normal coworkers, who asked what I'd been doing on my week off, I found that I no longer had the ability to talk to normal people about this game in a way that didn't make me sound like I'd lost my mind. I tried to explain that I'd just played one of the most beautiful works of art I'd ever encountered, something that was among the funniest, saddest, silliest, scariest, most thought-provoking pieces of media I'd ever experienced, all at the same time. These are the good old days, and I hope they stay with us forever.

@ExceedProduction

Жыл бұрын

I had the same problem. I too took a week off and immersed myself. I didn't finish the game in that week (I play slow and enjoy) but a few days later. I too found it difficult to convey to friends and colleagues how I felt about the game. I could only describe it as a deeply emotional journey that confronted me with themes and experiences real life just won't be able to, unless you're in an actual terrible situation. In a way this game prepared me for the worst and gave me the tools to handle it. I feel like I, thanks to FFXIV, am more mature and emotionally wise. I find it difficult to recommend the game to other people, because if they play ARR they will declare me insane, due to its asinine and terribly-paced nature. It really is difficult to bring the "Just play 200 hours, it will be good then!" argument.

The Coils of Bahamut theme playing when the twins spoke to Meteion…like the grandfather they so dearly loved, they would give themselves up for the hope of a better world, for the love of their fellow man. 😭

"I wish to hear your words... share your feelings.. know your thoughts." "Hear... Feel... Think..." The words all hit so hard now

Find someone who longs for you the way Zenos longs for the WoL. "I rode the light of the stars to you..."

The transporter was zenos's final wish, he died and wished you home to your friends.

The teleporter... The first time I played through, I reacted pretty much like most people. The second time I played through it, I kind of wanted to tell the Scions, "See, it's not so nice from that side, is it?"

"What I desire from you isn't succor, it is satisfaction." Me : IN THIS FORM?

I love Livingway. "Zodiark is finally dead....anyway...." "Oh, you survived after saving the entire universe....anyway" 🤣

@surpriseandterror9698

Жыл бұрын

Which one of these damn bunnies is Anyway?!

@Mr9TalesFox

Жыл бұрын

This is why she is in charge. Always calm.

When Thancred died, part of me wondered if they would let him stay dead. I had him do the late-night visit, and in it he mentioned that he's worried he might not be able to think objectively, because he's got something to live for: Ryne. When he made the sacrifice play in that moment, I felt it completed his story arc, and he could leave the story safely. But then Estinien made the sacrifice, and I steeled myself. I figured out what kind of story they were going for: we would lose _everyone,_ but we would get them all back in the end. I didn't know exactly how, but Y'shtola hinted at it. Despite knowing this, when I got to this part, I told the twins "Not another word," because _I was starting to break._ And when we got them all back, when the spell went off, everyone came back, and the music swelled up only to go back to just the light piano... I cried. This sequence convinced me that just because a story is predictable, doesn't necessarily mean that it is bad. ------ Also, the trial is the first time I ever cried _during_ a boss fight. We had already *literally* shattered her world, and the prayers of our friends shattered her resolve. She goes from calm indifference to flailing and recoiling from us. The prayers from our friends, and our theme blaring triumphant... they made me feel like I was the embodiment of the Hope of the Universe. And then the lyrics kicked in, solidifying that link, and it broke the dam. I am proud that I was able to keep up my Gunbreaker rotation despite the tears flowing down my cheeks.

@bucca2

Жыл бұрын

I think the point of the sacrifices they made was to affirm their faith in you. Even though they didn’t know if you would ever be able to bring them back, they see you as the best mankind has to offer, and knew you would do your best.

In Sharlayan there's a "Bespectled Technician" with a yellow side quest called "A Heartless Hypothesis". It's easily missed if you aren't an avid side quester like me. Much like Heavenswards "The Paths We Walk" I highly suggest you do it. It rewards an awesome Orchestration Roll (the song you hear when sparring with Venat actually). You also get to have some fun with a couple sidekicks from before.

Endwalker at launch was genuinely the closest thing I've ever had to a religious experience. The themes and messages woven throughout its story are spiritually important to me in a way that I can hardly begin to detail, and on top of that it capped off the story of a world that was my rock and the center of my social life throughout the loneliest days of the pandemic in 2020; the story of an intrepid Miqo'te adventurer-turned-hero that I had come to regard as an extension of myself, and of a close-knit group of companions who I'd grown to love like a family. Words cannot express how meaningful it was to see my Warrior of Light's name in the credits, and how moved I was by the end of it all. I'm only a recent viewer of your Endwalker video series, but it's been a joy to see your adventure unfold thus far. I'm very much looking forward to your next video!!

@Senriam

Жыл бұрын

I am glad to find another soul who feels the same way.

There is something so deeply romantic about the line "And hungry still for our reunion, I rode the light of the stars to you."

I feel that between Shadowbringers and Endwalker we've had two different kinds of foil for 'us'. Elidibus, as his Warrior of Light, was our in-character counterpart. He fougth for the duty of his people but eventually lost. Zenos is more the foil for us as a player. And most importantly the MSQ-playing player... He is the powerleveller. He skips the cutscenes and pushes through to get into the raids, the extremes, the savages. He doesn't care for all the trappings and tedium of plot. And 'you', his 'counterpart'. Thrust into this world (Character creation), bestowed a name... The game/developers asking YOU 'was it worth it?'. :)

Something that may be lost on folk initially since it’s been so long that makes Emet and Hyth’s gift to us at the end more touching. Emet watched as over half his world was given over to Zodiark, and challenged that in our time our people wouldn’t when we confronted him in Amaurot. Alphinaud shirks from the challenge. But that challenge was already met first by G’raha’s doomed timeline when they sent him away with the Crystal Tower. A whole future world was given up and their lives cut free from time so we could avoid a Calamity. Then we do it again when the people of Etheirys give up fleeing the final days to send us to confront Meteion. We met his challenge twice over. When we call Emet and Hyth back to our sides they’re able to reenforce Ultima Thule. Through their effort we can do what Emet never was able to do in his life. Bring our friends back. “In case the practical implications where lost on you, your comrades no longer need fight their fight”. His friends, Hythlodaeus, all the people who sacrificed themselves to summon Zodiark couldn’t be returned. Only our friends can be returned because of Emet and Hyth’s efforts. We are allowed to have back what Emet couldn’t get back himself, and he and Hyth make that possible. The parallels are beautiful and painful. Also, a cherry on top. Hythlodaeus’s wish to return to the Star with Emet and Azem when their work is done is partially realized. But only because Hythlodaeus knows that we’ll succeed. Not because we’re a sundered shard of his beloved friend, but because we have become his friend in our own right, and Hythlodaeus has always believed and lived for his friends.

@bucca2

Жыл бұрын

That first point is so important to me. Not only did the citizens of the doomed timeline give up half of their number, they gave up all of themselves. Because they believed in a better life they would never get to see. Because the WoL inspired them to see that even though their fellow man was the reason why they were in this hopeless situation to begin with, hope for their fellow man is what sustained them. Even 2 years later, I still cry every time I think about Shadowbringers and Endwalker’s themes.

I can't even count the amount of times I've seen this story and man I've cried every single time. And that is something that doesn't happen all that often. Never did a game manage to move me as much as FFXIV did. The stories, characters, the worlds we visited, they all left a lasting impression and I will never forget them because of that.

An interesting detail for the music playing during the majority of the Endsinger battle is that it's a medley of all the different end fights of all the previous expansions. We got the Ultima, Thordan, Nidhogg...

"Where did you come from?" Zeno's Wish. 😭

I said it once ill say it agian this story is incredible and they know when to let up and when to keep digging congrats on making it to this very moment

@ndisfoshiz

Жыл бұрын

I remember finishing Endwalker and saying "This isnt a game, it's the most beautiful story I've ever read"

When your name appears in the credits, that's when I bawled the hardest It hit me, how long my journey was. Every memory, every friend I made. It all came rushing over me.

@castoputa

Жыл бұрын

I’m a ten year player…. I cried so intensely when venat smiled at us I missed my credit heheh. What a ‘game’ ❤

@kuronaialtani

Жыл бұрын

Nothing will ever come close to that for me No game has ever given me the feelings of “this is MY story” that this game has given me That’s me, I made this journey, I was stronger than the end And man, I’m so happy I started playing, just on the offer of a good friend I had to say goodbye to a few years back, this was for you

@castoputa

2 ай бұрын

I cried so hard when Venat smiled at the end, I missed mine, I’ve been playing for ten years too hehe. Such a journey ❤

"what is this defiance" wol: look at me, im the god now, this is my battlefield

So the devs confirmed this in an interview, Zenos did die in Ultima Thule. And the only reason you make it out is because he uses the last of his aether to wish for you to be able to escape, which is why the teleport stone appears.

"I'll see you in two minutes, grab tissues" Huh, do we get a little Terra-made cutscene for the end of our journey? >First three notes of the Omori Duet start playing OH OKAY SO HE WAS NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE TISSUES

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

If it's any consolation, I cried literally the entire time I was editing that little video.

Literally life changing. Completing 6.0 changed that Lala into a catboy.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

TRUE. Trauma twists lalas into miqos. You can't argue with the science there.

@pcdruid

Жыл бұрын

@@terabellum Have you already switched to Miqo'te?

@theprideling

11 ай бұрын

@@terabellumFrom a former Lala and current Miquo… yep 100p

Only thing I wish they did was Minfillia's line to be "Pray return to the waking sand"

That might have been the best post-cutscene gathering I've seen at the elpis flowers. Great community you've brought together Friend!

Good thing you are lalafell. Only true way to defeat Zenos is with a good ol' fashioned DWARVEN DECKING!

Ultima Thule messed me the hell up Hearing the song from the launch trailer but distorted and echoing in the background (literally called Echoes in the Distance according to files) was a sign of what I was about to experience And sure enough, sacrificing the Scions, literally bringing life by losing life, I just couldn’t, but I had to keep going The final walk I’ll remember to my dying breath, I don’t care if people find ways to hate this game, it’s changed my life

I am glad I'm not the only 1 wishing for a zeros redemption arc ,he did definitely show change especially since we were rescuing people off the empire when he helped defeating a monster ,I kinda felt very sad for leaving him stranded in space

I'm sure someone's brought this up before, but Emet-Selch is the other soul, besides Minfilia's, that Hydaelyn ferried from the First back to the Source.

You went through the five stages of grief in Ultima Thule and yet you overcame them. That touches even the hardest soul. Don't be sad that it's over, be happy that you experienced it. :) Thanks for letting us partake in your journey!

FF14 story touched me more than the other ff games did lol. This is truly such a special story i'm so glad that you got to experience it

I felt the same way. Life changing.

What a ride. CBUIII is hard-carrying Square, they all deserve a raise.

I also hear you can not help but sing "Beef soft tacos the beef soft tacos the beeeef" cause that is what I hear every time.

Emo bird with severe anxiety finally recalls her depressed dad and how much he loved her, has an intense change of heart I loved this expansion as much as Shadowbringers. It's such a fantastic finale. It's the perfect mix of hopeful and melancholy. Emet and Hythlodaeus return to the star having played their part, but it is without Azem like they wanted. Their friend still has a journey ahead of them

When Thancred winked at my WoL, I was like "You’re way too late for flirting, starting scion. Love you like a brother... gotta see a Lord Speaker about dinner."

This game, man. This story. I went to go into the last part at about 9 PM on release weekend, figuring I'd finish and take the next quest and finish the last zone in the morning...and well. I DID finish it in the morning, I guess (at about 4 in the morning). XD Going to bed ceased to be an option and it was so worth the journey. It's been a delight to walk with you through it all again!

As someone who finished the main story quests, watching your reactions makes me feel all the feelings and experiences i think we've all felt. Ffxiv is a great story.

The shell breaking and the souls/Aether pushing down is the trapped/nihilist life trying to break free and reaching towards hope, this whole expansion is so full of metaphor.

I did this on pre-release weekend. I no-lifed my way through the game, and got to the final zone... and there was no one there. No one talking in chat. No other players, even when I checked the other shards at the Aetherytes. I went through the entire final zone alone, and even my buddy who had been doing the weekend as well had long since logged off. So I was going through the whole thing by myself. It's dark out, and I'm going through all this on no sleep.

Thanks for taking us along for your journey. It has been a blast watching you tackle emotional ROLLERCOASTER that is Endwalker.

The voices of each ghost, in order: Ardbert, Haurchefant, Merlwyb, Aymeric, Nanamo, Raubahn, Kan-E-Senna, Hien, Papalymo, Count Edmont, Beq Lugg, Ryne, Midgardsormr, Minfilia, Elidibus (as Ardbert)

Thank you for the upload! I love to watch people react to this phenomenal story and amazing music. I've been playing this for 9 years now and it still is a joy and delight to play and watch others play :) So many characters wormed their way into our hearts and even after all these years I cry the moment I see something of Haurchefant or G'raha. And now Hythlo, Emet and Themis joined the club. They're all dearly missed, I consider Themis and Graha my son's, as many others do one way or another I assume xD Just like Alphinaud, Alisei, Estinien and so on, all of them are so beloved by the community and it makes me so happy to see you cry and break down just like I did. It's so heartbreaking, but beautiful at the same time. But I think we should all smile, because a smile better suits a hero.

I love how after they hit the Endwalk they just gave up keeping track of all the cries. 28:05 "How can there still be a dungeon and a trial left?" Don't forget a solo duty and two hours of cutscenes. 30:40 Emet be staring like "don't be putting words in my mouth." 31:48 WHAT are they wearing!? 33:10 Your little montage there was just plain unfair. You want to make us cry as much as you. 58:05 It's exactly like 1.0.

Watching you experience the story made me feel like I was seeing it all for the first time again.

I have loved your reactions to these events. You are so genuine and not afraid to show any emotions and its had me smiling the whole time

The very first time I saw Zenos reappear my brain was like: "Are they doing a Vegeta with him???"

Congrats for seeing the adventure to the end, much love from your fanbase and viewers

Again, Terra, thank you so much for sharing!!

The walk always destroys me.

I've been enjoying your channel since catching your channel when you were doing Stormblood and realy enjoyed your honest feelings to the various things that have been going around. I plan on watching your VOD channel as well (since i'm not a big Twitch fan sorry) and want to see things you have cut out and what not. Hope to see more with the next chapter of the next big adventure for our WoLs.

The Endsinger had the honor of hearing the WoL's boss music

Ascians were all just a big ol' race of Theater Kids!!! AND you can get a Displate of that final watercolor shot of the Scions and Ancients passing one another, I have it on my wall next to my desk... it's beautiful.

You almost cry as much as me. I appreciate that. This game is such a journey. It's been a treat to watch you take it!

Its currently 1am over here and I have to wake at 5am for work. Thank you Terra for posting this video! Was definitely worth it, I was eagerly waiting for this since the last video!

what a ride its been, and such a treat to reexperience it through you! you're so open with your emotions and are so attatched to each character, you've truly been a joy to watch play through ffxiv 😊 looking forward to even further adventures as you now move into the patches!!

I have enjoyed your path through the game so much! I can relate so much to how you show the impact of this story on you. I fell in love with your streams. You're amazing! Keep on going! ❤ I love to see another fellow enjoyer of FFXIV

When i entered the Endsinger fight, i said in pc "when i said id ride Zenos, this wasnt what i had in mind..."

Congrats bruv Love your reactions

i have so many thoughts on this phenominal ending but i will settle for these 2 (and a half) for now. First, i can finally add context to my claim in a previous comment that dynamis is not the (entire) reason for Limit Breaks! I'm freeee! hahahaha. Basically, this place is made of Dynamis and lacks pretty much any aether, so OF COURSE it is dynamis in this specific instance, but Etheirys is so aether-dense that you couldn't possibly collect enough dynamis to pull off the same level of Ability as we know that dynamis is a much weaker source of power that is just more generally plentiful in the space between stars. It has to be aether, but people just assume it's always dynamis because of like this 1 time instance even though they explained how weak dynamis is and how little of it is on our star. That was why I called it misinformation before. You also finally have the requisite experience to watch some of the lore videos on the topic! I highly recommend Synodic Scribe's Limit Break vid. He's much smarter than me and has much more knowledge on these sorts of things. Second, the phase 2 theme for The Endsinger is especially cool when you realize it's YOUR phase 2. The main motif of the theme is from "Maker's Ruin" (you do ruin gods after all) and is used all the time in scenes that heavily focus on the player as far back as phase 1 of Ultima Weapon, when you hear it you won't ever unhear it. She thinks she's killed you, but then she gets a cutscene and YOUR theme plays and that's the coolest shit ever. She goes from being so calculated to basically flailing desperately at you as the hope of your friends overpowers her. YOU were HER final boss as much as she was yours. Editing to also add, some people think it was Zenos' wishes who summoned your teleporter back to you, but it could have also been yourself or your friends or Meteion. I like to think they leave it open for each person to answer based on what best suits their personal narrative, a lot of people hated Zenos after all.

The third time this game rendered me completely speechless was when I realised the dragon that just breached the Dead Ends wasn't Midgardsormr. As much as I do not like Zenos - and please don't bother arguing with me on that, folks, he was wrong about me the entire time because I'm not the kind of player he's addressing - that moment was *flawless*. Because of course it was him. Who else would be fool enough to chase us to the end of the universe and then have the nerve to ask how we haven't killed the final boss yet?

@greggreyes6869

Жыл бұрын

he inadvertently gave the most crucial pep talk to overcome despair nothing will give you a confidence boost up than a foe asking why you having killed the despair at the edge of the universe yet

@theprideling

11 ай бұрын

Love or hate Zenos, he certainly makes us feel, huh 😅

1:39:18 The accidental timing of this music transition is amazing.

It's always fun watching the ending of this expansion destroy people.

As someone who's an emotional husk, watching your playthrough has been quite the experience Though I normally understand the emotion of the moment I hardly ever can "feel" it (which has many times made writing about my WoL hell since she's a semi-self-insert and thus, is every bit as dry as me), but accompanying someone so unapologetically willing to feel not only for himself but for other characters as well has been less "a breath of fresh air" and more "being reminded to breathe at least every once in a while" Not like your emotions have been all there is to it, time and time again I would hear your theories and go "Oh wow, that was spot on, nice!" Or "Good lead, a bit off-center but the logic was on-point", I always enjoy those moments where someone picks up on the smaller details and figures out what is going to happen, much because I do it all the time I guess what I mean to say is, thank you for letting us reach this end with you, and let us move onwards to Newfound Adventures (With a doubled facial rigging budget apparently because holy hell the expressions from this point in gets so much better to where I wouldn't be surprised if things were already being worked on with the 7.0 graphic update in mind)

In my 25 or so years of gaming, I've never played a game like FFXIV and probably never will again. The story up to the conclusion of Endwalker is truly something remarkable. A work of art that encompasses so many facets of life beyond a simple game. What an experience.

Don't know you, or this channel. I know this journey. Thank you for sharing, I cried along side.

The best quote to describe the finale "Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES!!"

@tarkett8529

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@SteelSpurs

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic!

Endwalker truly is something so very special, I'll never forget it. ;w; Something tells me Terra is gonna have a good time with what lies ahead of him from here, haha

Every time I see the scene between the WoL and the twins, talking about happiness at journey's end, I feel as though Alphinaud and Alisaie are Yoshi's conflicting feelings and the WoL is Soken in the hospital. I always tear up without fail

Love this game , thank you or sharing your adventure with us

It's been a pleasure to follow your journey and share your tears where we all felt the same at some point :D Welcome to the Endwalkers ! :3

I just noticed that Vrtra and Hoary Boulder had the same voice actor.

♥ Loved all of this

32:56 Was not expecting this but it broke me 😭I just recently finished Endwalker and Omori was my previous and is still one of my favorite games of all time. When I heard the music kick in I knew i was not gonna be prepared lol. Thanks for sharing this!~

@terabellum

4 ай бұрын

Omori enjoyers 🤝 FFXIV enjoyers. Fun fact that segment got this video demonitized due to copyright, but I just can't bring myself to cut it out. 😭

It's hilarious to think that Blizzard tried to compare the end of Shadowlands to this.

"I can fix him!" "I can fix him!" ... you know, after how it ended, it would be more appropriate to say he's the one who "fixed" you. He's the one who finally had you see things his way, not the other way around xD

Not really a tempertantrum...empathy bird took in the entire universes sorrow into herself...it kinda effects the mind

The Zenos fight was fun. I was on my bard, and just danced around him, making him a pincushion. Oh, and I took option 2.

After completing this story it felt like Alsasie is truly the WoLs best friend.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

YES! And G'raha, the WoL's biggest fan.

No Game can top THIS FIELINGS AND EMOTIONS.❤❤❤❤❤❤

I love your content so much!!! I enjoy having a cry fest with you, makes my experience with FF14 more fun and memorable!! Thank you for playing FF14.

@terabellum

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for joining me on the adventure!

Zenos was just tanking a nap before he goes where all the other RPR mains go, a big 'ol farm that he can frolic in.

What a journey T_T

Endwalker is so full of "You can't do this to me" moments.

Sorry to say I chose the first option to Zenos, rejecting his help I may have come to really enjoy him as a character (from actively disliking him in SB), but I play my WoL as his own living character up to building his entire backstory and personality. And my WoL *hates* Zenos' guts and wants nothing to do with him. He was as exasperated as ultimately grateful by his appearance.

Endwalker, a story of a man who turned to Twitter to find meaning and only found depression.

Hear, feel, think! ... that line is hitting otherwise now ^^

LMAO Emanalain at the end

I hope you got to talk to the Scions before exciting the headquarters. There was a lot of extra dialog.

congratulation on ur long long jorney :) did u check out the FFXIV - Close in the Distance (with 1000 Singers from the community)?

37:38 im glad i was not the only one who laughed at Wilhelm Estinien

When the SAM punched the Limit Break at Endsinger I vocally burst out with a panicked. "NO!" Cuz I forgot that the gauge is filled instantly to receive that first hit anyway. xD

1:27:51 I SWEAR that was a mini him flying in the background after he teleported!

One thing no one have consider is that WE ARE NOW AN ASCIAN, remember the words in the Warrior Of Light fight, "the 14th seat of the convocation is yours..." or when you summon Emeth the last time... "And so, as show of respect to the LAST OF US...." or when we are in Alpys, our soul color is the same an Ascian...

Starbird companion is canon to me

I like your video. What I found most ironic tho, was that the game was about to do exactly that to you 😂 you could splice that in at the last time Metion asks you to hear...feel...think...and it would be glorious.

Aaaah, to see Emet-Selch again…and with his boyfriend, Hythlodaeus, too! XD

During the walk, the second Haurchefant's voice echoed I cried! I am hopelessly in love with him and couldnt continue for a good 2 minutes i was crying so hard