Too Many Good Dungeons - Ranking Every 5.0 Shadowbringers Dungeon | FFXIV Wall of Dungeons

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Shadowbrought a bunch a good ones.
0:00 - Wall of Dungeons
1:46 - Holminster Switch
6:08 - Dohn Mheg
11:14 - Quitana Ravel
16:31 - Melikah's Well
20:14 - Mt. Gulg
24:38 - Amaurot
27:26 - The Twinning
33:35 - Akadaemia Anyder
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  • @Bakanogami
    @Bakanogami Жыл бұрын

    The thing about the Twinning is that its very design tells a whole story. The exarch kind of offhandedly says "oh yeah, they woke me up way in the future so they could send me back", but that's a whole journey generations long that just kind of gets brushed over. The twinning shows us the real guts of the Crystal tower where the magic happens, where it connects to the very lifestream using the same visual cues that were used in FF7. The fact that the Ironworks toiled for all these decades to master the technologies of the crystal tower, of omega, of alexander, is told through straight-up level design. They created an artificial god and mastered time travel-a trick that even Emet Selch apparently didn't know how to do, given his desire to interrogate the exarch about it. The whole dungeon is filled with trash mobs implied to be created not by the Allagans, but by the Ironworks, over decades and decades of experimentation in a post-apocalyptic world. Not to mention it's a callback to three different expansions and has one of the best tracks in the world to go along with it. Like, I love Amaurot and it's one of the best setpieces in the game, but it's essentially just repeating what Emet's told you multiple times over by that point.

  • @chiekokurokumo

    @chiekokurokumo

    Жыл бұрын

    I do Twinning just for fun. For me, the story of it makes it more weighty. The thrust of the thematics in Twinning is that a group of people saved another group of people with no hope of salvation for themselves. They literally send their hope (their literal symbol of hope, the CT) through time and space. Thereby, the Ironworks prove Emet wrong. There are people, many people, generations of people, who were ready and willing to sacrifice themselves for others. It's the kind of dungeon that gets more meaningful with more thought and playthroughs...

  • @bioboygamer

    @bioboygamer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chiekokurokumo oh my god, I never thought about that.

  • @TheTriforceDragon

    @TheTriforceDragon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chiekokurokumo This is exactly why I love this dungeon as well. It is a direct refutal of Emet's claim and that is so beautiful.

  • @ericmm6822

    @ericmm6822

    Жыл бұрын

    The Twinning is a great example of how Chat can overhype a segment almost into disappointment. Instead of discovering The Twinning on their own the way most of us did, GG had to hear people going over it so much that they thought it was going to be better than Amaurot. Actually a decent microcosm of Shadowbringers in general.

  • @imtired927
    @imtired927 Жыл бұрын

    The boss of Akademia I'm pretty sure is one of the Words of Lahabrea and not Laha himself, they work directly for him in creation magicks

  • @Worrok
    @Worrok Жыл бұрын

    the Twinning does both show and tell you... through song! The song is the beat of Alexander, the guitar and vocals of Omega, and the melody of Syrcus Tower. The way they use musical memory to reinforce the lore they're trying to convey is why I love that dungeon so much.

  • @Rakka5
    @Rakka5 Жыл бұрын

    It's so satisfying to see that literally, and I mean LITERALLY every single streamer's reaction to the 3rd stage of the Amaurot dungeon is just utter bafflement for at least a solid 10 seconds. Really hard to beat that dungeon. But something might.

  • @habibko

    @habibko

    Жыл бұрын

    the only dungeon in FFXIV on the same level is The Burn.

  • @CrashB111

    @CrashB111

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@habibko just smile and wave boys.

  • @ericbright1742

    @ericbright1742

    Жыл бұрын

    Once I recognized the shape of Vylbrand, I noticed the coastline of Ul'dah next to it. Realizing I was seeing the coastlines because _everything above water was on fire..._ I just had to stand there and look. I felt a bit of that sorrow that Emet-Selch felt, watching my world burn.

  • @DrollLondon

    @DrollLondon

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean….wasn’t that your reaction? I know for sure my jaw dropped when I entered that area.

  • @idleeidolon
    @idleeidolon Жыл бұрын

    All Garret needs is a streak of white hair, and he can totally cosplay Emet. Given that emet's outfit is mostly just cloth and fur, a good seamstress/tailor could craft the costume, no movie magic props needed.

  • @Lordoftheapes79

    @Lordoftheapes79

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure that all he has to do is ask and someone in the community will make it for him.

  • @cyphi474

    @cyphi474

    Жыл бұрын

    Told him long time ago to buy white color. :)

  • @ReaverPrime
    @ReaverPrime Жыл бұрын

    If you haven't seen Alex Moukala's complete breakdown of The Twinning's track, A Long Fall, it's definitely worth a watch. Having a full analysis from an actual music producer that happens to be a huge fan is really nice.

  • @TaurusVersant
    @TaurusVersant Жыл бұрын

    Quetzalcoatl is a mini-Zodiark. It's a created being made from a single Amaurotine giving their life (who definitely wasn't Lahabrea). If one Amaurotine giving their life to create a concept to defend others made a level 80 dungeon boss, think of what half the population of the world giving their life to make Zodiark made. That's the point of it in lore, at the point in time of this dungeon, the Amaurotines were figuring out how they were going to do their ultimate summoning. So here's a micro example of what a single person summoning is like.

  • @Nehfarius

    @Nehfarius

    2 ай бұрын

    What a single person CREATING is like. We already learned what a single person summoning was like back in ARR. Just ask Gilgamesh.

  • @bunnygals1661
    @bunnygals1661 Жыл бұрын

    I recall an interview regarding the first four dungeons where the developers said they had challenged themselves to reinvent the stereotypical dungeon types, I.e forest dungeon, water dungeon, ancient ruins and abandoned mine. In particular they wanted to see if they could make a better version of coperbell mines.

  • @25xxfrostxx
    @25xxfrostxx Жыл бұрын

    If Garret wants a "Town Music" version of La Hee, he really needs to do the Qiqirn (Qitari) tribe quests.

  • @kncotton85

    @kncotton85

    Жыл бұрын

    If only so he can access the best minion/s in the game

  • @rudolfambrozenvtuber

    @rudolfambrozenvtuber

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kncotton85 GREAT SERPENT REAL

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz Жыл бұрын

    Academia Anyder also explores the backstory for one of the major FATEs in the zones. Those kinds of things can carry the period between the launch of the expansion and the first major content patch.

  • @KountKristyl
    @KountKristyl Жыл бұрын

    For those curious (like I was), Anyder is the name of the river that runs through Utopia in the book of the same name by Sir Thomas More.

  • @duncanmacleod6274
    @duncanmacleod6274 Жыл бұрын

    I think part of the hype with the Twinning was putting together the last few lore answers about how the hell G'Raha Tia teleported a building across time and dimensions to get here and make the plot of Shadowbringers happen. I know I was recommending it prior to 5.0 wrap-up for that reason. That, and the meme.

  • @ChrisMorray
    @ChrisMorray Жыл бұрын

    I can't wait for the final "THE ENTIRE WALL OF DUNGEONS" once you guys are caught up to see where these match up against all the rest, or even against later Shadowbringers and Endwalker dungeons. The dungeon deepdive of Holminster has me going "Hoo boy, these guys are gonna lose their minds in [redacted]". Mt. Gulg was a spectacle. Amaurot was the escalation I knew you'd love with the setpieces and escalation of "crisis in the city" to "watch this city crumble" to "watch the world burn from space!". Twinning is just pure crack for the ears. You still have some treats here and there. Some cool trials, some cool dungeons, and dare I say it: Some cool solo duties. Definitely don't want to overhype them though, I'm not sure any of them will beat Amaurot or Hades in terms of hype. But I'm sure you'll still have a great time on the whole.

  • @arcadeashdown3579

    @arcadeashdown3579

    Жыл бұрын

    I also can't wait to see that during 7.1

  • @meltheredcap6307

    @meltheredcap6307

    Жыл бұрын

    There's one solo duty in particular (you know the one I'm thinking of!) that the GGuys are going to either love or hate. I look forward to finding out which!

  • @ChrisMorray

    @ChrisMorray

    Жыл бұрын

    @@meltheredcap6307 I know the one. I for one love it and think it's a perfect use of videogames as an art medium to convey a message.

  • @johndoh9395
    @johndoh9395 Жыл бұрын

    I think anyone who watched the 5.0 end marathon live knew exactly where Amaurot was going. The look on Garrett's face when they hit space was priceless.

  • @xeno7473
    @xeno7473 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Garrett had one heck of a personal journey with the Twinning, from a tale of overhype to a tale of epicness

  • @Lhight85
    @Lhight85 Жыл бұрын

    If you do the trust system, you get a unique experience depending on which npcs you bring with you. Although it is slower paced, you get character-unique dialogue. The balance beam in particular since Thancred breaks the rules in order to bypass the illusion.

  • @Salt_Mage

    @Salt_Mage

    Жыл бұрын

    Thancred ninja teleports across the beam, Alisae sprints, Urianger “rescues” himself over the gap, Alphinaud and Ryne walk really slowly and won’t make it in time.

  • @rudolfambrozenvtuber

    @rudolfambrozenvtuber

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Salt_Mage I think they actually speed up a bit if you don't fall off so uhhh

  • @VashimuXIV
    @VashimuXIV Жыл бұрын

    I still appreciate the fact you both like to just observe the dungeons and stroll through them like an amusement park ride. I understand it’s for streaming purposes and content, but it’s refreshing all the same. And it makes me wish I just took moments to go through dungeons in explore more. Though I was so invested in the story that I couldn’t wait to see what was next. Shadowbringers is just unforgettable in my eyes.

  • @e-rankluck2594
    @e-rankluck2594 Жыл бұрын

    Man the actual chills that sweep over me as soon as the Amaurot theme hits.

  • @MsSjofn

    @MsSjofn

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. I got tired of running Amaurot after a while (although I still absolutely love it as a MSQ dungeon, I don't think they've matched how excellent it was as a storytelling device since), but never, ever got tired of its theme.

  • @gamedjinni9543
    @gamedjinni9543 Жыл бұрын

    I love Dohn Mheg--it's fairy mini golf!!! It's one of my favorites though haha 🤣 puts me in a good mood.

  • @Junebug89
    @Junebug89 Жыл бұрын

    Low-fi Ascian Beats To Rejoin The Shards To is a particularly great track. Did you ever pick up that it's a rearrangement of "Without Shadow", the ascian theme from ARR? (The Akadaemia Anyder theme is actually called Shadows Withal for those curious).

  • @beurtalvarez
    @beurtalvarez Жыл бұрын

    to me, the perfect word to describe Malikah's well tune is "eerie". I love the dungeon btw, one of the best replay values among ShB dungeons imo (it keeps grinding up in my mind each time I run it)

  • @tinybee7780
    @tinybee7780 Жыл бұрын

    The last area of Amaurot became my live desktop wallpaper for a long time, reminds me of the main title screen for Mass Effect 3. Then EW came and one of the zones of that expansion said "hold my beer". Those level designers in CBU3 deserve all the praise they get.

  • @serisothikos
    @serisothikos Жыл бұрын

    My favorite thing about Unwound, the track used in Qitana Ravel, is that it leans on woodwinds and wooden percussion, which are instruments the Maya - who inspired the zone’s ruins - would have used in the pre-Columbian period.

  • @magus13131
    @magus13131 Жыл бұрын

    When you exit the cave in Qitana Ravel and see the giant tree in the distance, and the pink birds fly across, that is 100% the title screen of Secret of Mana and I love it every time.

  • @ONYP3RF3C710N
    @ONYP3RF3C710N Жыл бұрын

    GARRETT! The waves are waving -- thank You for bringing your Hair A-Game to this video 😍

  • @karlrassmann4604

    @karlrassmann4604

    Жыл бұрын

    Both bros are giving the strongest hair game. The hair envy is strong today.

  • @Yume03
    @Yume03 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who loves pixies and Il Mheg aesthetic I love Dohn Mheg dungeon but I can definitely understand it’s not for everyone 😅. I kinda hate the balancing beam mechanic though 🤭

  • @supernicktendo64

    @supernicktendo64

    Жыл бұрын

    Our poor Midsummer night's dream was lost in favor of Holminister. What a backwards world. Spot on for Amarout though. The insane amount of biblical references throughout the whole dungeon utterly blows my mind every time I run it.

  • @wilbertsledge3454

    @wilbertsledge3454

    Жыл бұрын

    I dislike that mechanic because for some reason Thancred and Urianger can just skip it and I can't

  • @Xilibrius
    @Xilibrius Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see the massive wall of dungeons and you guys trying to figure it out

  • @matthewmay6806
    @matthewmay6806 Жыл бұрын

    The second Amaurot boss is a model pulled directly from FFXII, as is at least one other model of enemy from that dungeon. In FFXII it's just a generic mob you can encounter later in the game lol. You've probably had this pointed out before, but TONS of models in FFXIV come from both FFXII and FFXIII.

  • @lartisteautravail
    @lartisteautravail Жыл бұрын

    Qitana Ravel is one of my favorite dungeons in the game. The music reminds me of those nature videos we used to watch as 90s kids in science class growing up, as does the Raktika music.

  • @coldrunfinalfantasy5545
    @coldrunfinalfantasy5545 Жыл бұрын

    8:09 "Do you know what the word 'cute' means?" The sheer breadth of things that Kyle describes as 'cute' is BAFFLING to me. (I say this with kindness!)

  • @arachineatzeer7478
    @arachineatzeer7478 Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact about The Twinning, the adds AND bosses from the first 2 sections (minus 1 or 2 of them) are from FF13

  • @DrummerLocnar
    @DrummerLocnar Жыл бұрын

    such SLANDER for my beautiful Dohn Mheg! my personal list puts it in the place of qitanna revel, with all others moving down in order: revel to holminster, holminster to well, and well to where dohn mheg was UNJUSTLY tossed 😭/s. rest of the list is spot on, tho cant wait for thursday, great video

  • @Artimecion1
    @Artimecion1 Жыл бұрын

    The lack of lava could be easily explained by the presence of light aether. The lava is infused with stasis thus this appears as rock.

  • @Junebug89
    @Junebug89 Жыл бұрын

    It's funny them comparing Mt Gulg music to "final fantasy music", because it doesn't really sound Nobuo-ish at all to me haha. Anyway, I definitely expect a full wall of dungeons when you finally catch up on everything! (And no hate for the music Holminster please, I love that track. The name is epic too - "To fire and sword".) Looking forward to seeing a few more bangers added to this wall over the next couple of patches ♥ edit: And probably one epic, too.

  • @Xylus.
    @Xylus. Жыл бұрын

    I've loved these wall of dungeon videos, and I've been inching my way through this one as I do them myself. Every time I complete one, I'm like, "okay, what did these dudes think" and come back lol

  • @Avaene
    @Avaene Жыл бұрын

    You missed the opportunity for an Alphinaud style "Everything's working out so well" bit at the beginning there 😹As always, these videos are the highlight of my Wednesday!

  • @DrollLondon
    @DrollLondon Жыл бұрын

    I will not take Garret’s bait on solo duties. I will just sit back and wait.

  • @DrollLondon

    @DrollLondon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Hawkenwhacker once they get to Endwalker they will be ashamed of their words and deeds

  • @Merusdraconis

    @Merusdraconis

    Жыл бұрын

    his opinions are getting a frosty reception, but I'm sure when they get through Endwalker they'll come in from the cold

  • @AVarghul
    @AVarghul Жыл бұрын

    These intros are so well edited, great work you two! I hope to see more of y'all even after the FF14 hype is gone ^^

  • @TheIvoryDingo
    @TheIvoryDingo Жыл бұрын

    I literally only JUST realised that Malikah's Well is effectively the First's equivalent to Copperbell Mines... Not sure how I feel about that, to be honest.

  • @ericbright1742

    @ericbright1742

    Жыл бұрын

    An angry Ankylosaurus, Mr. Bucket, and a Biblically Correct Angel hovering over you going Bᴇ Nᴏᴛ Aғʀᴀɪᴅ. Yep. Definitely a Copperbell Mines reference.

  • @TheIvoryDingo

    @TheIvoryDingo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ericbright1742 I moreso meant in that it's a mine shaft dungeon in the First's equivalent of Thanalan

  • @ericbright1742

    @ericbright1742

    Жыл бұрын

    I was being deliberately obtuse.

  • @meltheredcap6307

    @meltheredcap6307

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ericbright1742 No, no, the Biblically Correct Angel was going "Be Very Afraid"

  • @KironX1
    @KironX1 Жыл бұрын

    Cthonic riddle looks like Barthandelus final form in ff13 ALSO that twinning boss Mithrodates or however it’s spelled is literally an enemy from ff13 as well.

  • @ogrimbothesour2976
    @ogrimbothesour2976 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid, Regarding quetzalcoatl i think all we were really meant to take from it was that they were creating creatures to combat the terminus monsters. and that this particular creature was so powerful that it would even expend a whole amaroutines worth of energy.

  • @turntapeover5749
    @turntapeover57496 ай бұрын

    You will notice, all dungeons in ShB appart from Twinning, The Anyders and Paghlathan are rearrangement of the zone they are in. But Anamnesis is a jazz remix of Sastasha (Hard) and Paglathan is a remix of the Amalja beast tribe area. Because yes, both Holminster Switch and Grand Cosmos are rearrangement of Lakeland's theme. So in that sense, it's kinda creative use of an existing melody.

  • @applegothic1984
    @applegothic1984 Жыл бұрын

    "You convinced me of something I already like" is the theme of Shadowbringers as a whole, both Patch Quests and Side content included.

  • @opheliaobscura
    @opheliaobscura Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the levels of genuine reactions you guys have to the twinning. I'm finally not alone in the "the twinning is REALLY good but not the best thing since sliced bread" camp. Felt really bad when I just seemed like I couldn't see what all the hype was about with that dungeon other than the banger music and lore details.

  • @extremeoutlawking1771
    @extremeoutlawking1771 Жыл бұрын

    mt. gulg is my favorite shadow bringers for a meta reason. you can pull straight from the entrance to the first boss, and straight from the second boss to the third. i feel awesome everytime i do it.

  • @nekochiyu5060
    @nekochiyu5060 Жыл бұрын

    Don Mheg is like a giant fairy themed mini golf course

  • @ToaChronix
    @ToaChronix Жыл бұрын

    You'll appreciate the music of Akadaemia Anyder even more once you listen to it (from about 40 seconds onward) and 'Without Shadow' from 1.0/ARR side by side and realize it uses the same leitmotif. The facility was overseen by Lahabrea, after all.

  • @elvininfante307
    @elvininfante307 Жыл бұрын

    A note on Mithrodates. Kyle was right that this boss model screams Final Fantasy. There’s a secret boss in FFXIII called Vercingetorix that uses this model. Check it out I think you might agree.

  • @cparle87
    @cparle87 Жыл бұрын

    A thing that's often overlooked about Malikah's Well is how massive the entire complex is. Remember when Alisaie mentioned there are caves and mines that would be a perfect hiding place but it would take her quote weeks to explore them? Which is why Ryne got the idea to seek out her Oracle of Light powers in the first place? We're being led through on a straight shot of this place and likely only seeing a tiny fraction of it.

  • @frans-albertvanzyl6553
    @frans-albertvanzyl6553 Жыл бұрын

    "Nothing will go wrong" Famous last words

  • @Junebug89

    @Junebug89

    Жыл бұрын

    To be fair, this list isn't spicy at all I don't think!

  • @Steve-YT383
    @Steve-YT383 Жыл бұрын

    I want GG invited to 7.0's media tour. And for Yoshi-P to start it off: "About your "Wall of" series" 😜

  • @robertmarsh5322
    @robertmarsh5322 Жыл бұрын

    The hype is understandable on the Twinning. Absolute banger of a track, but that specific kind of banger everyone can get behind. It's optional so we hype it to get folks to run it at all. And for some, SOME the revelations of the efforts of the aborted futures Ironworks and the Sons of St Coinach's Find with G'raha? Yeah, that's a trifecta of hype. I mean what narrative can you quote that can justify yeeting a skyscraper through space and time by tying together 3 seperate stories in the same world? CTs continental aether manipulation and later dimension door abilities, Omega and its ability to sail the void, along with Alex (physically built for realsies this time, no primal short cuts, no cuts!) for the time travel? so cool.

  • @zofotoziggy
    @zofotoziggy Жыл бұрын

    I probably would have liked any way, but I have to like every video I watch with Tim Curry's Space clip

  • @deanospimoniful
    @deanospimoniful Жыл бұрын

    Such a bold (and incorrect) opinion on Dohn Mheg. 🙂 Complaining that it is a bit much is like complaining that a funhouse is a bit much. It's supposed to be garish.

  • @seekittycat
    @seekittycat Жыл бұрын

    Woo return of the wall ❤❤!!! 🎉 Love these so much. For me I legit go "ok now this is the best dungeon, then no THIS is the best dungeon" like the whole expansion. I can never do this 😂

  • @sharksalad
    @sharksalad Жыл бұрын

    Garrett: I would listen to that man read me my car manual. Emet: Looks like your washing machine's broken!

  • @starofaetherius
    @starofaetherius Жыл бұрын

    It's 100% not Lahabrea at the end of the Akadaemia xD but that is funny

  • @laerwen

    @laerwen

    Жыл бұрын

    I know, if they were going to mistake any ancient you'd think they'd mistake that person for Mitron considering they were actually involved in Akademia Anyder, lol.

  • @SashaTheQwaser
    @SashaTheQwaser Жыл бұрын

    Someone has likely mentioned it already, but Mithradates is an optional boss from FF13; a chunk of the enemy models in The Twinning, including the Flanborgs, the Zaghnal, and Mithradates, are taken straight from FF13, and many of the Allagan robotic enemies, such as the Dreadnaught, are originally from FF13, as well

  • @TheElviz86
    @TheElviz86 Жыл бұрын

    Its been so long since the last dungeon wall! I missed it 😭

  • @ThemisElidibun
    @ThemisElidibun Жыл бұрын

    Not sure if you guys know this but the music from The Twinning is available in the Mogtome event right now. Great video, as always!

  • @midnighmiqo
    @midnighmiqo Жыл бұрын

    Part of me is afraid to scroll through the comments to see how many people had to point out (myself included), that wasn't Lahabrea at the end of Anyder. That being said, I think the boss was supposed to be a precursor to the concept of using life force to summon an entity, akin to a primal, which they would then extrapolate to the summoning of Zodiark. Personally I think the FF references are there as convenient easter eggs for FF fans, but wielded in the lore of the game. In this case, they needed/wanted a primal like being, and it was one of those "He lets use X for it." Def falls into unexplained/alluded to vagaries category though. I was wrong only my guesses for only two of your dungeons. I really though Mt Gulg would land at the bottom of Epic and Don Mheg at the bottom of grindable.

  • @TheFrantic5
    @TheFrantic5 Жыл бұрын

    As a controller player who has trouble walking straight ahead, the Dohn Mheg tightrope walk is the death of me.

  • @nahuel3433
    @nahuel3433 Жыл бұрын

    The weird artficiality of Dohn Mheg to me makes it BETTER. There is always something like this in Fae stories where they are so obesssed with inhuman beauty that it kinda flips around into a an eerie artificiality in their work. So to me it fits a lot. Garrish, as Garrett describes what he dislikes of the dungeon, to me very much describes a Fae creature. So it's perfect.

  • @omega73115

    @omega73115

    Жыл бұрын

    200% agree there, Dohn Mheg is one of my favorites of the 5.0 story dungeons, only really being mt. gulg and ofc the final dungeon.

  • @EternaltheGrey

    @EternaltheGrey

    Жыл бұрын

    And also, Dohn Mheg is a crafted set piece. It's an elaborate glamour, so it gives you something to compare to Vauthry's efforts creating Mt Gulg later on- which they didn't catch.

  • @ZekeRaiden
    @ZekeRaiden Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised, albeit glad, that The Twinning was able to hold its own for you. I was there when it was writ--I mean, when you found it to be overhyped, and I can totally understand. A lot of folks found the story incredibly satisfying, so when paired with a great dungeon, it's hard not to get excited. This may be the first wall where there's nothing I'm particularly _upset_ to see in its place. I would have bumped Don Mheg up to low Grindable--I'm always happy to see it on Levelling Roulette, it's bright and colorful and just challenging enough to be distinct--but I totally get your criticisms and recognize that it isn't perfect. (I, too, never can remember the name of the second boss, even though it's arguably the coolest one in there mechanically!) Can't wait to see the Shadowbringers wrap-up wall. I'm pretty confident there's a dungeon up ahead that you'll want to squeeze between your two high-Epic dungeons. But we'll see.

  • @seekittycat
    @seekittycat Жыл бұрын

    I'm wheezing over that birdman clip 😂😂😂

  • @SpellboundTutor
    @SpellboundTutor Жыл бұрын

    @31:00 Fun fact! Mithridates is actually a superboss from Final Fantasy XIII ! If memory serves, you have to beat every single Cieth Stone mission (which is a kind of side quest subcategory in that game) and this boss is the very last one. I... never had the patience to get through FFXIII start to finish, nevermind all the Cieth Stone missions (that's strictly personal preference). It was fitting since a lot of the dungeon borrows elements from FFXIII, like the Alpha Zaghnol is actually what a Behemoth in FFXIII looks like, then there's the Flanborgs and the machina, and the kind of industrial cyberpunk architecture throughout! So Kyle is technically correct that it is, indeed, a Final Fantasy boss! XD

  • @Lagzlot
    @Lagzlot Жыл бұрын

    I'd say the dull mine dungeon feel works in Melikah's Well's favor, because at first it's kinda generic, you're fighting a random animal and a broken talos... then you break through the crystal wall and tunnel under the Empty itself and things get really ????ed up as you see the remains of what looks like a last ditch underground shelter filled with sin eaters formed out of the very rocks and maybe even some of the creatures and people who tried to hide down there from the Flood.

  • @happyninja42
    @happyninja42 Жыл бұрын

    I've run the Qitana Ravel on Duty Support and Trust SO many times, grinding for the gearsets. Something about the Ravel Keeper's outfits, I just love them. Especially the arm/hand guard stuff for several of the classes, basically boils down to tattoo sleeves on their arms, with this bicep bands. It goes really well with my shirtless glam for my highlander. Plus the Ravel Keeper outfits are what the resident's of Slitherbough wear. I forget their name, but that night worshipping group that Y'shtola is allied with. They had such cool glams, that I wanted their outfits for pretty much every job. So I've farmed that one a LOT 🤣

  • @RKJiu

    @RKJiu

    Жыл бұрын

    They are known as the Night's Blessed. Also some of the armor is the Fanow outfits and yeah, real great glamour options all around!

  • @happyninja42

    @happyninja42

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RKJiu Thanks, I keep wanting to call them Children of the Night, but I knew that wasn't correct. So my brain just always framed them as the night cultists in the woods xD

  • @GarlyleWilds
    @GarlyleWilds Жыл бұрын

    Hype definitely can hurt Twinning; not because it wasn't deserving, but a huge amount of the Wow is the shock of getting such an absolute banger as just a "bonus"

  • @TheBanned0ne
    @TheBanned0ne Жыл бұрын

    The best part about this video is seeing Garret's hairstyle change the flashback to previous Dungeon Rankings.

  • @JoshuaStingl
    @JoshuaStingl Жыл бұрын

    Great video guys! I always love the walls.

  • @reyennarhel2505
    @reyennarhel2505 Жыл бұрын

    Garrett, your curls are looking great -- and I agree with you on pickles. They contaminate everything around them.

  • @BaithNa
    @BaithNa Жыл бұрын

    I watched one of your early FFXIV videos and you both have greatly upped your hair game since you started playing 👍👍

  • @heylookitsnana
    @heylookitsnana Жыл бұрын

    I remember back in Jan 2022, I had commented on your Greatest ARR Dungeons that you'd need a tier above Epic for ShB dungeons. I kinda wish you would do a super wall of dungeons when you complete endwalker (or, maybe by then the next expansion will be out so after then.) Very happy to hear Amaurot as a perfect dungeon.

  • @DayleDiamond
    @DayleDiamond Жыл бұрын

    So much Grinding Gear today. It's like all my namedays have come at once!

  • @samyie3279
    @samyie3279 Жыл бұрын

    Again spoiled with a top tier intro! Going to start blaming y’all and Sesame Street for clicking past videos that don’t grab me in 10 seconds!

  • @maceofbass9295
    @maceofbass9295 Жыл бұрын

    Qitana Ravel is def my favorite 5.0 dungeon; I just love the aesthetics and the music. That said, the Well is a low-key banger for me, it's such a great dungeon.

  • @broad_cat
    @broad_cat Жыл бұрын

    Love to see Garrett still going to bat for Stormblood.

  • @patyos2
    @patyos2 Жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to see your videos on Bozja story, raids and dungeons

  • @neoshadow5192
    @neoshadow5192 Жыл бұрын

    Damn I thought Mt. Gulg would be an easy epic after how much you guys seemed to love it during the stream and in the standalone video

  • @98765zach
    @98765zach Жыл бұрын

    Therion holds a special place in my heart due to the way my three friends and I cleared it, in that we looked nothing up, and made a lot of mistakes leaving me, the paladin, to stand alone against him alone with fewer and fewer platforms, healing myself to survive damage, using my invuln and a tank LB to avoid the last hyperbeams, it was insane And my friends went crazy when he went down. They’ve been less impressed as I’ve continued to do this exact thing in a number of dungeons afterwards but I gotta say… paladin just has the tools. Given you play it right you won’t die ever

  • @Zakjuh
    @Zakjuh Жыл бұрын

    You should do a per expansion competition video once you catch up completely. Get all the dungeons from a given expansion and let them face off against each other, then let the winners of each expansion face off against each other and see what falls where. And then do the same for the worst dungeons. That sounds interesting and fun.

  • @jvdach4652
    @jvdach4652 Жыл бұрын

    Amaurot final boss and 2 of the twinning bosses are reskins of FF13 bosses. Some mobs and 1 boss of Amaurot are from ff12 straight. Most mobs in twinning are also from FF13.

  • @rabid_si

    @rabid_si

    Жыл бұрын

    Chthonic Riddle / Therion isn't a reskin, but it is a clear homage. I think an interesting parallel is that the character that this homage links to has very clear similarities to Emet Selch himself. They both belong to groups who yearn to "return" to something they despair at losing, and to do so they scheme and manipulate to literally sacrifice millions to attain their goal.

  • @21vicroy58
    @21vicroy58 Жыл бұрын

    Garret: "I'm scared." Me: OH BOY this gonna be good lol.

  • @anaalvensleben789
    @anaalvensleben789 Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, it's been a while since we had one of these!

  • @SammyRebbo
    @SammyRebbo Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad Garret likes SB. Still my favorite FFXIV Expansion!

  • @Sageharpuia0
    @Sageharpuia0 Жыл бұрын

    It might just be their tie to the narrative, but I feel like all the Shadowbringers dungeons really stuck with me. In the previous expansions, it seems like there's always at least one dungeon that slips my mind.

  • @MyFooFo
    @MyFooFo Жыл бұрын

    As a big ff8 fan seeing Quetzalcoatl come out of nowhere was extremely hype, big nostalgia hit but I completely understand how odd it is without context, it was never a good looking...smooth noodle bird thing, but it brought back a lot of great memories.

  • @alexninten8818
    @alexninten8818 Жыл бұрын

    The Boss at the end of Amaurot is technically a Reskinned of barthandelus ‘s form in the second fight with him in FF13

  • @maidmaia
    @maidmaia Жыл бұрын

    "Bluer than eiffel 65" I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE AND I LOVE IT

  • @zecendia
    @zecendia Жыл бұрын

    Funny that you comment about the enemy models in the twinning. While xiv generally reuses a lot of models from both ff12 and 13,Twinning is almost EXCLUSIVELY ff13 models ,and it works great with what its supposed to be.

  • @InvictusRed1911
    @InvictusRed1911 Жыл бұрын

    Garrett looking extra handsome this video and idk what it is. Derplander scruff? Been hitting the gym? Drinking plenty of water? Getting plenty of rest? All of the above? Oh yeah and thanks for the video I guess 😂

  • @Amovetv

    @Amovetv

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn, thanks.

  • @mukakruda8474
    @mukakruda8474 Жыл бұрын

    Dohn Mheg may be among giants, but if you take into account that lore speaking the Fauth are said to be the spirits of drowned children- it fits extremely well with what a bunch of kids would think of for this illusory forest and castle they made It's not top tier, but it is cool how they captured that "yeah kids probably did this" kinda vibe considering the lore, nothing really makes sense at the start theres just random floating flowers and sparkles and random fantasy elements strewn about, and the castle is a kinda generic castle but with water- no MAGIC water. Very much like something a 6 year old would come up with

  • @screwed8182
    @screwed8182 Жыл бұрын

    It's funny that youre making this now just before your 5.3 stream :)

  • @Ramotttholl
    @Ramotttholl Жыл бұрын

    Only change I would make would be taking quintana top the top of banger. Great list!

  • @cobbil
    @cobbil Жыл бұрын

    Mt Gulg, musically, took me during the first boss fight when Torn from the Heavens played. SO DAMN THEMATIC.

  • @trinioler
    @trinioler Жыл бұрын

    Nice deepcut with that Eiffel 65 joke.

  • @dafire9634
    @dafire9634 Жыл бұрын

    As many, i am very excited to see you tackle 5.3! Good dungeon lineup for shadowbringers

  • @maevekirkland9452
    @maevekirkland9452 Жыл бұрын

    the second boss of Aumorot is called the Doom Turkey.

  • @Gassy555
    @Gassy555 Жыл бұрын

    There is a video! I was starting to go through GG withdrawal.

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