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i dont know if i wanna ask but can you react to dusttrust phase 3? i would love you to react to it!
I'm very glad you enjoyed this piece of music, this game Final Fantasy 14 has done so much in the world of music I'd recommend even more from the series. personally I vote for Footfalls or close the distance, but anything from that game especially in recent years is fantastic. 100% in love with this reaction by the way. keep up the great work!
You should do XIV's Endwalker - Footfalls! plz
@quicknugg you guys might want to check if he's done footfalls already before you recommend it lol, besides in the balance is better
Bold of u to assume we aren't here already.
I'm a simple man.
I hear Answers, I cry and I like.
Thank you. I cry. Every. Single. Time.
Bro fucking same, this song makes me fucking weep.
Ngl. Listening to those ending lyrics. I never realized fully how much they fit with the end of the story. Like it's literally as if they knew exactly what they were going to write 10 years before it happened.
@@TNTspaz They have mentioned that they didn't have all this fully planned out, so instead I would say that the writers did a phenomenal job of taking the pieces that were already placed down and making it fit into a story that felt like they had planned from the very beginning. I do feel like that is an even far greater achievement too.
Hearing Answers especially in Shadowbringers and then in Endwalker and hearing the lyrics and coming to understand them more and more felt really good.
Any dislikes on this video are probably people who missed the like button because their eyes were too wet
the ffxiv community will come, it is only a matter of time
this is just another huge rabbit hole
You may accept this fate, or defy it, but you cannot deny it.
We’ve arrived
@@ultraboy971 :)
We are here!
Answer has 2 meanings,
You get the first meaning by starting the game
You get the second meaning by finishing the game
The second meaning wasn't even a concept when this song was written. It was shoehorned into meaning something with the song after the fact.
It's like hearing a song on the radio and applying it to whatever your current situation in life that you're going through, is.
@@VaultArchive72incorrect. The devs actually wrote Endwalker to fit with the song, not the other way around.
Or you could say the second meaning was a tree that grew out of the first meaning. The whole game has had a chance to grow over time with the song always being an element. The “our souls have been torn” certainly gained a new meaning. I wonder how it felt to hear it in Endwalker for those who went through the end of 1.0 with that playing as overworld music?
@@VaultArchive72 This game is always written with lots of open ends that are developed later. It's not a crystalline entity made once ten years ago in its entirety and doled out in small increments. It gets written on the way, like any MMO, but unlike many others, it's always looking forward and back unto itself, to leave breadcrumbs for the future and to pick up those threads later and weave them.
No, the second meaning didn't exist when it was first written. It was resignified later. This is a good thing.
@@VaultArchive72 That's a bit disingenuous. Shoehorning meaning that wasn't planned in advance is more like when the GOT TV series tried to make Melissandre's comment about Arya closing many different-colored eyes "green eyes, brown eyes...blue eyes" to make it seem prophetic that she kills the Night King instead of Jon. The showrunners literally admitted they just made that up to fit later on. There was no plan back then. Answers, however, wasn't penned with an idea in mind and then changed later to fit something unrelated. It was open-ended, and invitation to learn more, and then we got Answers Reprise at the very end of the story, retelling the story of our characters in a grand finale that tied it all together. It's a motif, one that the game revisits time and again to connect it all.
Not only does this play in the final 1.0 cutscene but somehow they managed to incorporate it 10 years later into the story again but with a completely different meaning and context. To me this isn't just the best song from FFXIV but one of the best in all of video games due to it's importance to the story.
For reference, since that scene 10 years later, I literally can't hear this song without crying. It was this good of a moment.
@@NibelungJ i'm out of that phase but that was me for some months after endwalker too xD
Seeing a particular cutscene in Endwalker (you know the one!) while this is in the background and the lyrics are lining up so well… WOW. I have no idea if they planned that far ahead or were just clever enough to mold things to fit the song, but either way, it was fantastic.
@@madpolitico we know almost for sure that they did not play this before shadowbringers! They took these super lame villains, the ascians and made them incredibly layered and complex RETROACTIVELY! It's so cool.
Agreed. It's one of the best video game stories I've ever seen. I started playing a few months before Endwalker released, so basically I played through the whole story in one go. It was incredible, and the music at various points was way better than I expected from a MMO.
This piece is context immortalized. It came with a cutscene that played when the servers for the game's original launch shut down. Narratively, it was the Bad End and an Armageddon the player characters had failed to prevent. But the context of the lyrics changed with the most recent expansion as a result of new insights about the setting and its origin. It was a prayer to Hydaelin asking why life was suffering, and interestingly enough, a decade later, you actually get the answer in the game's storyline.
And the fact that it has a version of it for the fight with Hydaelyn called "Your Answer" i must say i was truly crying during the first few times i was fighting her, having played the game since 2.0...
"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk."
@@evandavis5223 And by walking he will become stronger. by being weaker individually they will become stronger collectively!
@@evandavis5223Such an incredible line. 😭
@@evandavis5223I teared up just reading that 😭
"No more shall men have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk."
The one single sentence that immortalised this song, along with FF14, into the gaming Hall of Fame
"From that temptation...I sunder us."
Literally one of the best writing in the last decade. The fact they made this song 10 years before they even knew where they were taking the story and incorporated it into one of the greatest moments in media blows my mind still.
That scene gave me the chills. It gave Answers suddenly a different context.
It's incredible how biblical this track actually is..
That whole cutscene was amazing and made her my favourite Final Fantasy character. Well, she's tied with Zenos.
The game's context aside, this song speaks to me on a painful level. When I started playing this game about 4 years ago, I was in a dark place and questioning my reasons for living.
Why was I given live, only to suffer? What is it all for? What are my reasons for living? Why endure this pain?
Then this song comes around and just slaps you firmly in the face with all these reasons to live.
To make promises. To witness beauty. To feel emotions. To hear music. To listen to the tales of my elders. To follow in the footsteps of those before me.
To wander the earth in search of something new. To stumble, make mistakes, and learn. To teach what I have learned to others. To whisper sweet nothings to a loved one.
To value a gift I was given. To hope that tomorrow will be better. To ponder a fascinating topic. To welcome new people to my family.
I could go on and on and on.
I can't hold all these reasons for living, Hydaelyn, pls calm down.
Lol trying to type through my tears but I wanna let you know how much I appreciate you o’ stranger on the internet. I am beyond words and overjoyed to share these feelings and experiences with you.
I’m so glad this “game” exists and that it’s …just… I don’t know. The words are gone. God I love it and what the creators have given us. Thank you Yoshi P and team.
This game is free therapy of the best kind.
I know it sounds cringe to some people but I had the same epiphany as you. The game taught me about the things that are worth living for, and I was really down bad back then. It probably saved me tbh
I'm glad this comment resonated with people, but I want to caution people that it's not that this game cured my depression or something, that's not how that works.
But it DID change my perspective from "I wouldn't mind if a truck hit me rn" to "Actually, I probably would mind a bit."
Even among deepest despair, my friends, there can be joy. Good luck out there.
@@veradrost9654 excellent disclaimer 👍✨
The FFXIV OST is a can of worms that no one on music reaction RUclips is prepared to open. Uematsu's torch for this game was passed to Masayoshi Soken, a man who takes every genre of music as a challenge to surmount. His genre is "Yes." Uematsu you've got orchestral pieces and rock pieces. Off the top of my head, Soken's work on FFXIV includes those, punk, ska, electronic, metal, industrial, surfer rock, what I can only describe as 'whimsical Disney music', hip hop and probably a ton of other genres I'm forgetting. Every content drop for this game is a treat not just for the story that comes with it, but because we're always unwrapping a mystery box of "What has Soken decided this thing's theme should be?" He writes one of the game's most beautiful and powerful pieces while in the hospital with cancer, ad then at Fanfest after he recovers, he runs up on stage with an otamatone and then sings one of the game's songs so horrendously off key that another of the game's composers who was playing piano for this has her chin attempt to withdraw into her neck out of horror. The man is a chaotic mad genius.
Soken is a treasure. Because of him.....
We all know La Hee! ;)
"His genre is 'Yes'.
Perfect 😂
So very much this! Uematsu is a master and Soken is a gift. The music is a HUGE part of why I play FFXIV. (I'm stealing the 'genre is "yes"' line, btw, too good :D)
All I gotta say is "LA-HEE!!"
This :D .. Genre: 'Yes' ... its perfect :D
6:18 Susan Calloway (The female singer, and 'voice of Hydaelyn' in this song) is Answering the choir.
15:00 It's actually the reverse here. It's the choir answering to Susan. to Hydaelyn, the very world they call home.
That second part, is the people's answer to Hydaelyn. That even through this chaos, this unparalleled destruction. They WILL find a way to go on.
The song by itself is great but the foley and other sound effects from the original video really enhances the song, in my opinion. The dragon roar, the shields hitting each other, the giant fire ball getting closer, everything. The song is also altered a bit to fit with the drops in the original cinematic, so I can understand why, as a musical analysis channel, you would prefer to breakdown the pure song version, but you do miss a bit of the impact the original cinematic has.
Think this the theatrythmn version on the 3ds... haven't seen it on switch one yet
I agree, the trailer adds so much to the emotion. Bahamut's roar really sells "you're screwed"
100% agree, This is an ok version, but the original cut scene version really really adds more impact. The live Distant Worlds version is also stunning
as someone that came in to this game at 2.0 ARR and heard this anytime i went afk and with the trailer, i 1000% percent agree. without the background noises it doesnt hit home . but it still a amazing ost and i love it. FFXIV music is soooo good. i listen to it on its own alot.
I wasn't ready for Answers either the first time I heard it. Still utterly stirred in spirit every time I hear it, even more so thinking of the memories of the game itself.
And now after Endwalker it stirs up emotions even more in a new way.
@@mccoyrj452 Extraordinarily so
@@mccoyrj452 I just started down the End Walker path and with the main story I'm like why did I see it heading this way. It make me feel kind of like Sherlock Holmes from the BBC TV series where you see it coming and you like they are going to do this. Then you get the cutscene showing what you knew was going to happen then they throw in one little twist. Then your like there is always one thing just like Sherlock.I figured the whole thing was just the result of the fight between Hydalin and Zerg, or however you spell his name sorry, I called it a fight between mommy and daddy. Daddy took the Ashians and Mommy took the rest. Did not figure them to be the first and oldest Summoned Primals, should have from the fact that they are being praied to all the time but you know hind sight and all.
Oh man, Tony, you just opened a can of worms. Prepare for the FFXIV requests to Flow.
Important context about the vocals is that they represent a prayer. The people petition their goddess, asking why life is only hardship. She responds, telling them they must decide. The first call and response features the male vocals lamenting over their woes while she responds with things they don't understand. But, progressively, their prayer becomes more positive, and they begin to live with more conviction, upon which they reach a unanimous conclusion with their goddess.
In the second verse, the goddess speaks from her perspective, regarding her own hardships. Only once the people understand the value in their lives can they be receptive to what she needs from them. The second call and response flips the vocals, such that the people have achieved the conviction to answer their own question. Thus, they harmonize to deliver a conclusion: That only in life and death--rapture and sorrow, but also the dreams and conviction that come with them--may you find the answer to existence.
I see what you did there.
Flow is beautiful but I think it hits harder when you know about Answers and understand the context. That 10-year later callback is why it makes so many people cry.
Edit: and, of course, Amanda's vocals are absolutely insane (Flow).
Man. Listening to this gave me the same chills I had in that part in Endwalker.
Tahnk you for posting this. it is the same thing I was going to post and say.
@@guzhenn This wasn't Amanda. This was susan calloway. Amanda replaced her.
The fact this song was 10 years old and the way it was utilised in the most recent expansion is actually peak. Ff14 has an amazing story
Big Endwalker spoilers:
It makes it really cool when you think about it in the context of: We got the Answers before the game had even launched. We've had them the whole time, from the very beginning.
Endwalker was the journey of us finally coming to understand the question.
"In the same fleeting moment, thou must live, die, and know". I absolutely love that line so much, it's such a perfectly ominous yet thought-provoking line to end such an intense piece of music with.
One thing I really love about Answers (along with a lot of other music from FFXIV, for that matter), is that you don't really need any lore or story context to be able to appreciate their lyrics. They're open-ended enough to where a person who knows nothing about Final Fantasy can listen to it and interpret meaning behind them. The lyrics play more into the themes and morals behind the game's story, rather than the specifics of the story itself.
You can figure out without any prior knowledge that this song is a lament of life itself. The suffering that it necessarily includes, the death that it inevitably ends with, and questioning the reason or point behind all of it. Why do we even live if our lives are destined from the start for suffering and death? The name "Answers" is not referring to the song actually answering these questions; it's the people of a world demanding answers from whatever higher power may or may not even be listening, and finding none of the answers they beg for.
FFXIV seems pretty lighthearted and whimsical from the outside, but it tackles a lot more dark and heavy themes than you'd probably expect.
And i feel like its so with most of the games story, sure there is plot and its fictional story. Its open ended, the player feels, hears, seeks and finds answers. Probably their own answers and so it shall be. Its amazing song in so many ways, but there were circumstances that lead to its existance.
Tldr i agree, i just really appreciate the whole package.
Also i remember i listened to this song way before i even knew of ff14's existance and yes i was mesmerised.
And in my experience it just got amplified when i got into the game and saw the cutscene years after hearing the song alone. (Maybe i am just biased for fantasy worlds)
All FF has a dark side. It wouldn't be proper writing without it. But Ishikawa turned out to be a bloody master at it. From the DRK quest line, which is just psychotherapy, to Shadowbringers and Endwalker, there's not been an FF that has been so dedicated to not just telling a story and teaching hard truths, but also to provide hope, meaning, therapy and even ... Answers.
This is why Nobuo Uematsu is revered as one of game OST's legends. Completely immortalized through his compositions in FF.
Uematsu didn't directly work on that much music in XIV but DEFINITELY left his mark on the legacy of the game. So much of the OST is just references or arrangements of his previous works, and Answers gets referenced constantly in Endwalker.
The man, the myth, the legend.
@@ZephWraen I think they said that in reference to Answers which was composed buy Uematsu
@@sehrverrueckt3358 yeah, I know Uematsu composed Answers. I was just mentioning how much of his legacy is respected in XIV's OST. I was agreeing with their comment.
@@ZephWraen My misunderstanding then, carry on.
Uematsu paved the road so Soken could run
Whats even more impressive that they took this complete masterpiece and started writing the plot based on the themes of the song. So this song both began and ended a story told over 10 real time years.
You can break a ff14 player by just singing to them: "thou must live, die and know"
Oh and now you have opened a box of a decade of incredible music you can make videos on. Personal favourites "Scream" and "Dragonsong".
I'm seeing a lack of "And Love You Shall Find," "In the Balance" and... *ahem* "La Hee."
I legitimately like Civilisations (aka La-Hee). And don’t forget A Long Fall (from The Twinning). Although some of my favourite tracks are The Warrens (Snowcloak) and A Land Long Dead (The Burn).
@@TheWickedWizardOfOz1Don't forget "Close in the Distance."
@@ConManAUCivilisations was my most listened to song on Spotify in 2022. So I'm there with you.
You know...la hee?@@TheWickedWizardOfOz1
It's one of those songs where you listen to it and you're like, this is amazing, then you beat the game and now you cry every time you hear it.
Every. Time.
@@aelithmackinnon8656 I know I do. I am a grown ass man, nearly 40, this song murders me every. single. time.
Oh no, we’re doing Answers? Getting the popcorn ready
This is at 69 likes. Out of respect, i will not like. Nice.
@@agntzeroness You're getting popcorn? I'm getting tissues bro
Don't forget the tissues
Man. Ten years later, I can't hear this song without flat out sobbing. What a masterpiece.
And it just keeps getting better.
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
Man, this is one of my absolute favorite songs. I struggle to actively listen to it, without being almost moved to tears. Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute master of his craft.
There is so much about this song that I adore that I can't put it all into words, but I just love its deep connection to the game. The story of A Realm Reborn, of the development, that is, less so the one of the actual game, is one of my favorite stories, and this song just represents it so beautifully.
The men's choir at the start is the people of Eorzea, begging for answers, wondering why they have to suffer so, and then the rest of the song is sung by Hydaelyn, the Goddess of Eorzea. It's such an interesting song, since you start playing the game, and you have that song in mind, and slowly connect things to it, and then the game goes on and on, and it actually gets recontextualized a few times. Especially towards the end of Shadowbringers and then in that one scene from Endwalker, which is one of my favorite scenes out there, due to this song.
What a beautiful piece of music. Thank you for your perspective on it.
The cutscene in Endwalker where this song plays hits me harder than I think anything I've ever experienced in a game. It's such wonderful storytelling.
@@SomeCallMeAku "We will find our way, Venat"
OMG right in the feels! @@rosariofloridia6882
I consider "Answers" to be the most important song ever written and a part of our cultural heritage, it's a true masterpiece. The lyrics are a testament to that, especially the last 5 verses. The song perfectly describes humanity, what it means to be human, the trials and tribulations, but also the hope, the effort, the beauty, the future. We are here but for a "fleeting moment", might as well make the most of it. "Thou must live, die and know". Certainly was an awesome surprise to see you react to it.
Here's some other songs from FFXIV to check out:
"Flow" (on the same level of importance as Answers)
"Dragonsong"
"Dedicated to moonlight"
"Return to oblivion"
"What angel wakes me"
"In the balance"
"Scream"
Shadowbringers.
This song was always pretty heavy, even back in A Realm Reborn. That said, what they did with it in Endwalker.... wow, just wow. They made this song just so much more impactful with the added context.
It took THIS long for Answers to be requested?!
That's shocking
Footfalls was reacted to first saddly lol plus this song has been copy struck before.
bro i watched this video and it made me not wanna listen to the ff xiv soundtrack
@@JButterZJIf this makes you not want to hear the rest, then you probably shouldn't. The game isn't for everyone.
But check back in 20 years and you might get it.
"Dragon Warrior."
And with that, Tony proved he was indeed from the old school.
It's true
This song has an insane amount of meaning for the FF14 community. Not only was it used at the end of 1.0 and for the intro trailer of ARR, it was recontextualized in one of the hardest hitting cutscenes I've seen in the game 10 years later in the expansion that concludes the story started in 1.0.
Mom (Hydaelyn) was everything I ever wanted out of a MMO Christ analogue.
@@highlyeducatedtruckerOh, same. She's in my top three favourite characters of FFXIV.
Certified hood classic right here
Thing with FF14 music, a lot of these pieces are specific to events in the story and carry an emotional connection for those that play and experienced that moment which makes the music even more so meaningful.
When I got to see this at a live Final Fantasy concert event with Susan singing, it's probably one of the most chilling and beautiful things I've heard in terms of music. It's amazing that no matter if it comes from a soundtrack from a video game or a more commercial piece of music. If it's good you will get a feeling!
I had the pleasure of hearing this song live during the last Final Fantasy Distant Worlds tour. It completely changes the experience of listening to this song. I cried hearing it live, feeling the energy in the room and the emotion of pouring the last 10 years into this game. I cry almost every time I listen to the song now--just totally overwhelmed by the emotions it carries. Her voice is something else and this song carries so much meaning and memories. The song selection is a surprise every time they do Distant Worlds, so I had no idea that this would be the song she sang, but I'm so glad that it was. I'm so glad that I got to witness this live.
You have no idea what kind of beacon you just lit, hahaha. There’s a whole fandom about to break down your door looming. Myself included!
Names you’ll see are Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken a bunch with this one.
One thing I love about Answers is the part that's like "Walk (Think)" because the first grouping of it has the male vocalists do the first word and the female vocalist do the parenthesis, but the second group of it does it in reverse.
The Distant Worlds orchestra recording of this is also incredible and has even more interesting lyrical and melodic lines.
I have always seen Answers as a cry to a mother, first the children are crying out for help with a world they don't understand, the mother answers them and gives them the nurturing they need to grow. They then start to grow and learn to live, the mother encouraging them and then the children have grown into their own and can stand side by side with her. Finally they grow old and think back on their life and take up the mantle to keep that cycle alive for those who come next. Such a beautiful song that perfectly captured the rebirth the game was about to go through.
It kind of is. without context just watching the cinematic it feels like Hydaelyn (The woman) is speaking to us, the characters being killed in the war between the Empire and Eorzean alliance, and the dragon which got released (Bahamut). but after you start the game the song changes it's meanings, especially in Shadowbringers where you first find out more about how the world was before our time. before the time of what the cinematic portrayed. We then start hearing this song as the call from the original people who lived before, crying out for help, crying in misery and pain with Hydaelyn as the voice for it all, but with Endwalker...
With Endwalker we found out the whole truth, of what happened, and how even if her own people would scorn her, even with them all dying in hatred of her, she had to do what she did to ensure there would be a tomorrow to fight for. And before we got to this, we had to fight her kin (Ascians, the original occupants of the Planet) and why? to live. to die. to know. which is what in the end of the song is said. Ascians all just wanted to live, to know everything, why they had to suffer for us to come and take their place while all they wanted was to go back to living as they had. And in the end the last of them we fought, not as a real enemy. but as someone who had been there with us the whole journey, guiding, helping us. We gave our answer to Hydaelyn and showed her that what she did was not in vain, and that we were strong enough to take the mantle of responsibility now. Not too unalike how a mother becomes old and its now the children whos job it is to propel us to the future whatever it may be. At the end of it all, we got to finally end the threat to the planet, we got the revenge for Ascians who had died in what they thought would be in vain, and we survived. In a poetic way it's all just a story of Humanity, from our infant stages to adulthood and now we are the ones with the reins to guide the next generations.
Some quotes that sticks with me ever since Endwalker that all still in a poetic way all come from the same concept that Answers showed us back in the end of 1.0
-A quest to find your purpose, knowing your end is assured. To find the strength to continue when all strength has left you. To find joy even as darkness descends...and amidst deepest despair, light everlasting.
-So let there be no way back. From that temptation I sunder us. No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk.
And of course both Hydaelyn and Zenos's quotes.
-“Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?” -Hydealyn/Venat
-"Was this life a gift? or a burden?" -Zenos
It's all a matter of perspective for everybody. for many of us even today are like Ascians who cling to what they know, not being able to see a better future because they might not get to live to see it. but in all of that darkness and misery, and only there we might find light everlasting. a beautiful conclusion to the story of Realm reborn.
Trust me when I say Final Fantasy 14 has one of the best soundtracks you will ever hear. There are so many tracks that fit so many different moods and genres. Soken's work is nothing short of incredible.
"Thou must live, die, and know." 😭
Absolutely chilling.
This song was so powerful back then, and it only became that much more so with it's use in Endwalker. That one simple line, Answer together, took on so much meaning.
I've never played Final Fantasy XIV, but this song somehow always makes me cry
Hearing this performed live is a transcendental experience, as someone who was there when FF14 originally shut down and then back for ARR until now there is so many feelings that come up with this song.
I can understand looking at the lyrics version, but the original version is sync'd up MUCH better music to visuals and it makes a HUGE difference.
You can't be disappointed with a FFXIV song :D Can't wait for the reaction
Yeah, this one is special for a lot of reasons!
Great video, dude!
Prepare for more FF14 song requests!
First video I have seen and been suggested(which make sense that it's this video because it's one of my favourites).
Sadly I didn't play Final Fantasy XIV when it came out so I was unaware of any of this sort of content until years later, I don't know why but this song seems to evoke intense emotions for me and I can't really put my finger on why. Perhaps it's that I am very interested in the story, perhaps the lyrics have a sentimental meaning but this is an absolute masterpiece in my opinion. The folk who put it together, the haunting singers and everyone involved did such an amazing job.
Thanks for the breakdown.
If you like Answers, then Tomorrow and Tomorrow is one to listen to.
Absolutely!
i swear, everytime i listen to this piece. i pick up words and phrases from it that they managed to use in the current / new patches of the game and it makes me break down sobbing when i tie down those connections :(( and i gotta love that church organ ugh.
you cannot listen to this piece once and expect same stuff. there are times id watch it to grasp the cinematics. there are times i wanna just enjoy the instruments and music itself. there are times i pick up pieces for the lore. ugh brilliant ;w; i saw this on my youtube front page and i loved how you broke down the whole thing and explained things :3
This song literally brings a tear to my eye when I think about 2.0 and its launch.
Been playing FFXIV for a few years now. Can't listen to that song without tearing up.
Hell ya! Thank you Robin for the request.
The shivers everytime I listen to this piece, especially the line "Walk free, walk free, walk free, believe". I can't get enough.
I heard this in concert where Susan Calloway was there to reprise it, and man, it was impressive and amazing! This music is some of my favorite to come back to over and over. And as a long time 14 player, I appreciate this!
god i love this song so much. I listen to it all the time and whats better yet is that the song is given an entirely new meaning after the most recent expansion, tying the whole story together. Its great music writing and ties into the great story writing too. Theres some really great pieces from this game.
Thank you for covering this Tony. FFXIV has a special place in many peoples heart.. especially after the last expansion. My only hope after seeing you cover this is that you could experience why singing the last line "In the same fleeting moment, thou must live, die, and know" would bring so many people that have played the game to literal tears. So i hope one day you will be able to play this game all the way to endwalker. It is.. a journey.. one that is worth it. :) Thanks again! Oh and, please do flow.. same game. :)
That moment when you realize the song that haunts your dreams *was the entire point of the story all along.*
The way you described the lyrics falling through the cracks and not lining up, when you go through the story of ffxiv and in your adventure quests you start learning more and more and filling up the spaces. Such a beautifully woven story with amazing music that when you listen to each song, they take you back to every part you experienced and the goose bumps mixed with tears and laughter.
I just love ffxiv T_T
Those of us who played ARR and did Coils feel much different when listening to Answers. You hit T13 and listening to it while trying to prog the fight and then suddenly the crescendo kicks in and the entire Sony carries you through the raid.
The entire raid had a bitter sweet feeling. My group were excited about clearing the fight but there was always moments of silence as people were rocking and the music would just be playing.
Damn it still hits hard even to this day.
This was one of Nobuo Uematsu's best works, I believe. I been a FF fan since the OG 7, but played all of them up to the current gen, and his work still outshines even most of the new items (with the exception to Soken, who does most of the music now for FFXIV.) Answers was just a song that hits in ways that you would never think, and then it continues to hit even after you think it's done. He is a legend in the FF music space.
For me, this was one of those songs I listened to over and over when I first heard it and I just couldn't hear it enough. Every time I restarted it, I heard something that I missed the last time. Haven't heard it for years and it was really cool to hear you go through it!
10 years later this still gets me. Knowing the lore and a lot of the meaning behind this especially now as the game and its lore has progressed this song has so much new meaning. It's powerful on it's own but with the game knowledge it's even more powerful. The lyrics and song writing on this game is phenomenal.
Nobuo Uematsu and Susan Calloway. Such an amazing piece.
Good video :) Answers is so good, there's a clip of a live version where the delivery of "Walk free" section even hits me harder, look for "Answers - 25th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago 2012" in youtube, it's beautiful despite the recording quality.
Yes was going to comment the same! The live version cuts you even harder! Susan Calloway has some real pipes on her.
Spoiler free context: Answers is a dialogue between Hydaelyn, the Goddess of Eorzea, and the people that live there. With their lives being rife with suffering, the cry out for answers to the question, "Why, given life, are we meant to suffer, to die?". Hydaelyn's answers are her faith in mankind to seek light in darkness, joy in sadness, and in the deepest despair, fund hope, everlasting.
Song brings me tears every time. So glad you got to experience this :D
You're gonna get swarmed with FFXIV requests now lol. Not that it's a bad thing, Nobuo and Soken are geniuses.
Now that you’ve finished 86 I think it’s time for the LilaS reaction!
Been over a decade and i still always get so emotional with this song, it's amazing
It's been over 10 years that i've first heard this song, and to this day i can't listen to it without tearing up. It blew me away back then but after playing the game for over a decade all the additional story context created an even deeper emotional connection for me. I just LOVE it, easily one of my favorite pieces of gaming music ever.
oooh shit dude this is gonna be good
Answers is such a good piece, cool to hear it here, and I just noticed on the sidebar a video of yours on Dragonsong, definitely gonna watch that next :D
Im pretty sure Answers can draw a tear from anyone who has played FFXIV for any period of time. Not only that bit about the servers getting shut down and rebooted that you heard about in the request but they also use it in other places to tie things back to that event and there are a couple different mixes of the piece but when it plays during a fight its the most amazing thing ever!
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This track moves me every time. I’m always shedding tears by the end of it 😅🥲💙
Been a ffxiv player for 10 years, this song and Close The Distance make me cry every time
You get tingles by never playing the game. When playing it and seeing it, you feel it deep. And it makes you think aabout everything you've ever known. Hear. Feel. Think.
Being a 1.0 - present player having experienced the entire story this song holds a special place in my heart. I always have to stop myself from crying as the song conjures memories of friends that have come and gone touching monents and even heartache. Thank you for this video may you always walk in the light of the Crystal.
Always wish I had gotten into the game earlier than I did. I know 1.0 was a mess, but going from that to where it is now had to be a pretty interesting experience.
@@AIopekis 1.0 got better as Yoshi P. took over technical issues aside. But I was there at Cartenau when the servers shut down on 1.0 that battle was somethin else.
If you watch the version called “Flames of Truth”, it actually syncs up to video and there’s a bit more at the end
Always always get chills when I'm listening to this, what an incredible piece just so full of emotion
With the context of the original and then endwalker, I can't help but become emotional whenever I hear this song.
I played the original Final Fantasy XIV for it's entire 2 yrs of life. I watched this play after the servers went down for the final time. It still gives me the goosebumps all these years later as I've continued to play Final Fantasy XIV.
The emotion this song has is amplified on another level for people that play the game. The lyrics really hit different. 🥲
And it comes full circle when this song plays again in The Cutscene™ almost 10 years later. It's amazing.
MAN I LOVE THIS PIECE. The algorithm sent me here and I'm glad it did. The cinematic blows my mind every time I see it. As a musician and gamer, I am so happy when my worlds cross like this
I cry everytime i listen to answers, it really makes you feel the emotions of the song, lyrics and video together
I just was searching if you had covered "Answers" like a week ago, glad i didn't have to wait long i knew you'd love it lol. It is what i pretty much expect to hear in heaven
This song still gives me chills all these years later
It's fantastic to hear about the musical theory. I love listening to people who know more than me to put words to the things I already feel, and really helps me learn something.
whatching the cutscene with the sound effects of what going on in the back. with the song on top. gives it alot more shivers. its a awsome piece
just found this video and thank you for the analysis. This song makes me emotional on a deep level and I've never even played this game (though I love all things Final Fantasy) part of that deep emotions comes from watching the scene while the song is sung and seeing how music really ties it all together to create something incredible. As a former music kid, this is why I advocate so hard for music and arts in the school systems (hey fellow Seattle-ite!) because THIS kind of awesome doesn't happen if we don't support it, nurture it and allow it to grow from an early age
Having from played from A Realm Reborn to Endwalker this song means so much to me. Listening to it I can’t help but shed tears. One of the songs I will want to hear in my last hour.
Gained a subscriber. I already love the music that they put out in this game, but your breakdown and descriptions are definitely interesting to listen to!
As someone who went through the end and the new beginning of this game, thank you. I was crying as soon as the song started. This video is so special to me.
Thanks for this video! I'm obsessed with Masayoshi Soken's work, he's the composer of the current iteration of Final Fantasy XIV, but this is a piece I adore, and is foundational to a lot of the game's story in so many ways. Your commentary is insightful and your reaction to the piece as it goes on is brilliant.
Answers always hits hard. Every time I hear it, it just takes me back to when I first started xiv, first time hearing it. Never gets old. Great video, man
When you do have the context through playing the game and all its story, I think this song just becomes the peak of video game music. Somehow you can hear this song throughout 10 years of the game and every time its played you'll think you find a different meaning to the lyrics. Absolutely love this masterpiece.
Ive heard this soooo many times over the years and it still gives me goosebumps evey time.
God. 9 years later and I still crumple into tears.
The first time I heard this song I was 14-15 yo. I loved FF but I never played FFXIV, and even tho it automatically became my fav FF song ever. I cried the first time I listened to it and I didn't even know why. And it still happens everytime I play it. This song is PURE GOLD.
I love the construction of this song. The singing of the men's chorus at the beginning is the broken hearts of mortals, then we have the response from the world's Goddess who is basically say: I'm here, I hear you, I am here for you.
This piece honestly stands strong even outside of the context of the game, it's haunting even ten years later, and is both heavy with sorrow and hope. It really stays with you and I'm hoping to hear it live in concert someday! Answers is heavy but always worth the suckerpunch to the feelings.
As a FFXIV player since 1.0, this game has meant so much to me. This piece of music move me every time I hear it. It is amazing the ranges of emotions you can feel from one piece of music. Thank you for this video and breaking it down!
Having only gotten into this game last year, i can say this is one of my FAVOURITE pieces from the entire game. Especially when paired with the cutscene of Dalamud's fall. Its a genuinely soul shattering moment that is quickly filled with this sense of hopeful optimism for better days. Its awesome. I suggest looking at the song To The Edge next btw. Its absolutely stellar.
For real, I think I’ve been in it for about a month now, and hitting this song at the end of ARR had me openly sobbing. The way the chant is delivered, I instinctively reflect on tragedy after tragedy that people have dragged themselves through in recent years. It’s one of the few pieces ‘about humanity’ that’s felt honest to me, and not oversimplified.
On top of that, I first heard Spiral in Palace of the Dead. Instantly mesmerized by it. Once I hit this song, I realized Spiral is a techno remix of Answers, which just made me love both songs more.
Why did I avoid this game for so long?
I have seen this song played by a live orchestra and singers. It is truly something to behold.