“”legendary guardian?” I was just a boy: a boy about your age, actually. I wanted to change the world, but I changed nothing.” This is the one statement that has stuck with me since I was very young. I will never forget it, and even now just thinking about it brings a tear to my eye. How many young men strive to become someone the world remembers and make a change, yet fail despite their efforts? What Auron says here is so powerful, and it resonates more with me now that I am older.
Auron is a man who got humbled in the most brutal way possible and lived on as a ghost to pass his wisdom to others... a bad**s ghost swinging a big sword and giving the most grounded advice out of any cast member. Newer players always think he's just being edgy until they realize he's not just talking out his **s, he's speaking from lived experience and suffering. And watching people play this game for the first time is always a joy watching them reach those kinds of realizations, just those gut wrenching "Oh.." moments. I lived for them. I can never experience this game for the first time ever again, but seeing other people play it for their first time almost makes up for it
EagerTurnip He's almost out of place in a final fantasy game. It's such a strong performance and such a well written character. Not melodramatic, just remorseful and tired, like an actual person.
@@MrMagoo-rg8er he is ethical, but that doesn't have to stop him from feeling remorse. His friends went to their deaths for nothing, in his eyes. Of course he feels regret.
He didn't do anything wrong necessarily, be he DID effectively participate in helping guide two of his best friends to their deaths unwittingly under the guise that it would save the world and no such thing happened. He helped them become sacrificial lambs, and all for nothing. And he lives with that. Even when he had the realization that summoners were just paw s being used in a sick game, he was powerless to do anything to stop it and was dealt a fatal blow by Yunalesca, the proceeded to crawl all the way back from Zanarkand through Gagazet back to the Ronso in shame before dying, and the guilt was so strong and compelling it kept him a stable unsent for years. Auron didn't "do anything wrong", he just failed to protect the people closest to him and it cost him everything, a wisdom he now parses along to Tidus believing he's going to accomplish what he wasn't able to.
I liked how they put in his heavy foot steps at the end. He is carrying a lot of weight, and it is a great addition to elude to it with that slight touch.
If they ever remake FFX into a game similar to FFVII-Remake; I bet they’ll have to get new VAs.. especially for Auron, or older actors, I bet James, would come back for Tidus if he still had it
This is definitely one case in which the English dub is better than the Japanese. People like to say that FFX has bad voice acting, but I cannot for the life of me think of many stronger performances out of all RPG voiceovers than that of Auron in X.
I just loved this scene so much. Auron opens up a little giving some insights for his motivations while stating his previous method didn't work. Hellyeah, Auron is awesome.
Auron was a great grounded counterweight to most of teams forced optimism about the summoner’s pilgrimage. He didn’t care to hide how he truly felt about Spira’s customs that continued to send young people to their deaths so men whose time had passed could continue to rule. Overall Auron’s a X/X character
this very part of the game made me want to make a difference is the world. auron is the man responsible for making me feel that even a total badass has reasons for being like so. everyone has a story. the ending is not the most important part but the journey is what you are remembered for. if i die i will die protecting another. i want my life to reflect that hope and courage does not go unnoticed. immortality is simply the ability not to be harmed. no your limits and you can achieve this.
I think the honor of this game is preserved through this story alone. Knowing the track history of gaming companies today, they would ruin the image with needless microtransactions and such.
Probably the BEST or Among the best Characters in ALL games & Stories ever made. Such Sacrifice , compromise, will, patience, LoVe for TRUE Friends and much more. If this man was REAL, he would be the Closest you could find for a Perfect man, a REAL man in all sense, to the very end.
Auron is not only a character of true introspection, he is imbued with a very humble spirit. Due to those characteristics, the man severely undersells himself to a fault and thats how it is with people of that personality type, especially when wrestling with regret and responsibility. He changed everything. Without Auron and his iron will/burning desire for justice and his unyielding loyalty, the stories events do not fall in motion. No one would know the truth about Yevon and Yunalesca's deception, Kimhari doesn't get to Bevelle in time to get to Yuna to be her protector and Tidus doesn't have a guide to get to Spira and become strong enough to take down his father when the time comes. Not only was he the most physically strong out of the group to get them to battle Sin and win, he was the only one to get the group to see the bigger picture, the deception being played as a whole, fill in the blanks they didn't know and be the gas fuel to their engine. Auron was literally the arbiter for change and essentially the true hero of FFX.
Everybody loves the Yunalesca moment but this will always be my favorite Auron moment/quote. Even though he's a famous figure in this world, it just shows that he's like everybody else, trying to do the best he can with whats in front of him and fulfilling promises to those he cared about.
This is my favorite scene in the game. I am able to draw many paralels to the life Auron led to the on I led up until this day, in 6 years I will have reached his age and I will see how many of those mistakes that there's no turning back I did. Hopefully I can still change my world.
It’s no wonder I loved video games like these growing up. The dialogue was so ahead of its time and enjoyable. “My resolve wavered.” Auron had such a great vernacular and I loved how his character stood back and watched. He didn’t try to convince any one what he learned, just watched them go through it as he did. Letting them come to the revelation on their own, how all of the teachings were just warm blanket of lies to keep people from losing hope.
FF fans: "So, when will we get FF X-3 with Auron, Braska and Jecht's pilgrimage?" Square Enix: "More FF XIII sequels? I heard more FF XIII sequels. You got it."
You don't really want X-III, the script is so utterly lacking. Let X be what it is, stories get ruined with unneccesary sequels all the time, I'm sure you can think of a half dozen examples without me giving any.
I love the topic of ffx is pretty much a cycle, the world is named spira for a reason, and how this is reflected in the story of he game is amazing. Sin dies and comes back over and over again, people die and live, and the adventure of the summoner and their guardians repeats all the time. Auron truly wanted Tidus to make things different, to break the cycle, and the way is implemented with him repeating the cycle in the past is amazing
Everybody when was young has the illusion to they have the power to change the world , but the world changed him . Spira changed Tidus, pilgrimage changed Yuna and others. Auron know how they changed after all that.
People crap on this game all the time for the laughing scene, but FFX has such good voice acting otherwise! And one of the best stories in any game I’ve ever played
When you first play through the game it might seem like Auron is being too aggressive about completing the pilgramage, but as the lies of Yevon get exposed and you get to the scene. You might have an inkling that Auron is very aware of what's going to happen and maybe even have it figured out. He's just so frustrated with all of it and he wants to see change but he knows everyone but Tidus needs to know the truth or they'll never accept what he's saying. Hell he might've even been furious at Wakka for snapping at Rikku for being an Al bhed, like it's just another reminder of how bad Yevon's brainwashing has been.
Auron is and always will be my favorite character from Final Fantasy X. He is an awesome character and I think they did a great job bringing his character over from the Japanese version to the English version.
I think Auron is the only character I prefer more in the English version; he just has such a presence lended by the aura of age and wisdom that the voice actor so excellently portrays. That's something the Japanese version lacks, definitely.
This is the scene I think about when I think back to this game. Hard to believe it's been 20 years since I played it for the first time. I have not played every FF game, but this one remains my favorite and has never once moved from that spot.
I know this comment was 2 years ago, but who knows, maybe you're still out there. What do you find smug about him? In the story, whenever his title "legendary guardian" came up in conversation, it made him uncomfortable. He took no pride in a title he didn't earn or deserve in his eyes. To him, he was a "legend" because he was a miserable failure, and this speech is the climax of all those moments in the story when he'd side-step that whole "legendary" bit, and to my memory, he only ever used his status as an advantage to get the party further down the road.
@@websterhunt2508 Well said. I do not see anything smug about Auron's character. Throughout the entire series he only ever saw himself as a tool to further Yuna's pilgrimage.
His resolve wavered it finally sunk in even tho he knew braska would die it became real now they were at the gates of zanarkand with braska obtaining the aeon. He says “legendary guardian? I was just a boy” meaning naviety. Yevon spouts that guardians are the exalted protectors of summoners Auron now knows it’s Bull when it comes to a friend dying and sees through what yevon is. Even tho he knows the truth of it all he’s still respectful and hush hush of those who are devout he doesn’t reveal. There is an interesting bit of dialogue between tidus and Auron under macalania which describes what I mean with Auron. Auron mentions yevons in turmoil and tidus says he could care less about yevon etc. Auron responds basically people still believe in it because they don’t know the truth. He then adds a time of great pain is coming. Meaning he knows the damage it will bring when the truth is finally revealed about yevon when for a thousand years it’s been revered as the only way.
in kingdom hearts 2 any one knew why he was so angry at hades? well YOU WILL KNOW NOW hades stole his beer look on his model and he wont have it on him :)
Kinda cheap for folks in the comments to reference one of the most quiet main characters, Auron, and argue that this game totally had great voice acting; if the important moments feel awkward to watch around other people, it's bad. BUUUT at least Auron's and Jecht's voices, I can't get enough of. These guys are such badasses in every way.
“”legendary guardian?” I was just a boy: a boy about your age, actually. I wanted to change the world, but I changed nothing.”
This is the one statement that has stuck with me since I was very young. I will never forget it, and even now just thinking about it brings a tear to my eye.
How many young men strive to become someone the world remembers and make a change, yet fail despite their efforts? What Auron says here is so powerful, and it resonates more with me now that I am older.
Auron is a man who got humbled in the most brutal way possible and lived on as a ghost to pass his wisdom to others... a bad**s ghost swinging a big sword and giving the most grounded advice out of any cast member.
Newer players always think he's just being edgy until they realize he's not just talking out his **s, he's speaking from lived experience and suffering. And watching people play this game for the first time is always a joy watching them reach those kinds of realizations, just those gut wrenching "Oh.." moments. I lived for them.
I can never experience this game for the first time ever again, but seeing other people play it for their first time almost makes up for it
What i love about this speech, is that it actually encourages Tidus to make things different, to not make the mistakes he did, to have his own story
The older I get, the more I relate to Auron
Sure kid
I feel the same, dude ....
Everything Auron says is deep as fuck.
EagerTurnip He's almost out of place in a final fantasy game. It's such a strong performance and such a well written character. Not melodramatic, just remorseful and tired, like an actual person.
@@hoeraufist what does Auron have to be remorseful about? Please name one thing he did wrong. If anything he is the most ethical character/person.
@@MrMagoo-rg8er he is ethical, but that doesn't have to stop him from feeling remorse. His friends went to their deaths for nothing, in his eyes. Of course he feels regret.
He didn't do anything wrong necessarily, be he DID effectively participate in helping guide two of his best friends to their deaths unwittingly under the guise that it would save the world and no such thing happened. He helped them become sacrificial lambs, and all for nothing. And he lives with that. Even when he had the realization that summoners were just paw s being used in a sick game, he was powerless to do anything to stop it and was dealt a fatal blow by Yunalesca, the proceeded to crawl all the way back from Zanarkand through Gagazet back to the Ronso in shame before dying, and the guilt was so strong and compelling it kept him a stable unsent for years.
Auron didn't "do anything wrong", he just failed to protect the people closest to him and it cost him everything, a wisdom he now parses along to Tidus believing he's going to accomplish what he wasn't able to.
@@MrMagoo-rg8erdid you watch the video? The scene is LITERALLY him expressing remorse? Like what?
I liked how they put in his heavy foot steps at the end. He is carrying a lot of weight, and it is a great addition to elude to it with that slight touch.
Never put thought into that, it's a really good takeaway
He's gonna carry that weight...
If they ever remake FFX into a game similar to FFVII-Remake; I bet they’ll have to get new VAs.. especially for Auron, or older actors, I bet James, would come back for Tidus if he still had it
This is definitely one case in which the English dub is better than the Japanese. People like to say that FFX has bad voice acting, but I cannot for the life of me think of many stronger performances out of all RPG voiceovers than that of Auron in X.
This speech is so epic, Im gonna mix this with a scene from spongebob.
auron had such a good voice actor
+Harkz0r I feel that the English dub is great, it does have its weaker moments but what doesn't. I even like Tidus' voice actor.
His mouth is covered. The actor can actually act.
What if I told you all that THIS is the only voice acting role Auron's actor ever took?
This is LITERALLY the only role he ever played.
Posted in 2008... man where does the time go
I pretty much played this entire game just waiting to see what Auron would say next.
12 years later and this scene still gives me goose bumps.
And now 21 years... What a fantastic scene.
@@narutoman93 I feel old...
Well...
@@darshio8307 Same effect.
I just loved this scene so much. Auron opens up a little giving some insights for his motivations while stating his previous method didn't work. Hellyeah, Auron is awesome.
Auron was a great grounded counterweight to most of teams forced optimism about the summoner’s pilgrimage. He didn’t care to hide how he truly felt about Spira’s customs that continued to send young people to their deaths so men whose time had passed could continue to rule. Overall Auron’s a X/X character
ahhh gooooose bumps. I love this scene
Best character in FF history
Based
this very part of the game made me want to make a difference is the world. auron is the man responsible for making me feel that even a total badass has reasons for being like so. everyone has a story. the ending is not the most important part but the journey is what you are remembered for. if i die i will die protecting another. i want my life to reflect that hope and courage does not go unnoticed. immortality is simply the ability not to be harmed. no your limits and you can achieve this.
Braedon Thibault after 5 years i hope u have the same morals brother
That's very deep
he is inspiring because of his resolve.
20 years later and I'm still obsessed with this man. I would pay big dollars for a auron jecht braska game. Auron's 'final' moments red dead 2 style
I think the honor of this game is preserved through this story alone. Knowing the track history of gaming companies today, they would ruin the image with needless microtransactions and such.
And a year later back again.
Such a fucking boss. 10/10
Probably the BEST or Among the best Characters in ALL games & Stories ever made.
Such Sacrifice , compromise, will, patience, LoVe for TRUE Friends and much more.
If this man was REAL, he would be the Closest you could find for a Perfect man, a REAL man in all sense, to the very end.
FFX was one of the best PS2 games that ever out and Auron was just such a great character. Ominous yet a complete badass...
Auron is not only a character of true introspection, he is imbued with a very humble spirit. Due to those characteristics, the man severely undersells himself to a fault and thats how it is with people of that personality type, especially when wrestling with regret and responsibility.
He changed everything. Without Auron and his iron will/burning desire for justice and his unyielding loyalty, the stories events do not fall in motion. No one would know the truth about Yevon and Yunalesca's deception, Kimhari doesn't get to Bevelle in time to get to Yuna to be her protector and Tidus doesn't have a guide to get to Spira and become strong enough to take down his father when the time comes. Not only was he the most physically strong out of the group to get them to battle Sin and win, he was the only one to get the group to see the bigger picture, the deception being played as a whole, fill in the blanks they didn't know and be the gas fuel to their engine. Auron was literally the arbiter for change and essentially the true hero of FFX.
Perfectly said.
I love Aurons little speeches. Especially when he tells Tidus that "Yuna is easy to read, but hard to guard." That and this are my favorite cuts.
What about the speech 🎤 right before fighting yunalesca or when he says life can be harsh even cruel but it is life .
@@MrMagoo-rg8er As bad as your eyesight is Mr. Magoo, the fact that even you see it, means it was an extremely great speech by Auron.
@@Steveman27 yes young whippersnapper good speech indeed , have you seen McBarker anywhere?
If they ever remake FFX into a game similar to FFVII-Remake; I bet they’ll have to get new VAs..
My favorite Aurom moment is when they are just about to fight Yunalesca and he gives that awesome pep talk !!
I think it's pretty cool that my grandpa looks nearly exactly like Auron.
He’s 35 years old
Everybody loves the Yunalesca moment but this will always be my favorite Auron moment/quote. Even though he's a famous figure in this world, it just shows that he's like everybody else, trying to do the best he can with whats in front of him and fulfilling promises to those he cared about.
This is the best scene in the game hands down to me. One of the best cutscenes in the entire series
This is my favorite scene in the game. I am able to draw many paralels to the life Auron led to the on I led up until this day, in 6 years I will have reached his age and I will see how many of those mistakes that there's no turning back I did. Hopefully I can still change my world.
I don’t think the writers knew how long 10 years is.
It’s no wonder I loved video games like these growing up. The dialogue was so ahead of its time and enjoyable. “My resolve wavered.” Auron had such a great vernacular and I loved how his character stood back and watched. He didn’t try to convince any one what he learned, just watched them go through it as he did. Letting them come to the revelation on their own, how all of the teachings were just warm blanket of lies to keep people from losing hope.
FF fans: "So, when will we get FF X-3 with Auron, Braska and Jecht's pilgrimage?"
Square Enix: "More FF XIII sequels? I heard more FF XIII sequels. You got it."
To be fair we already know and have seen the most important parts of their pilgrimage.
You don't really want X-III, the script is so utterly lacking. Let X be what it is, stories get ruined with unneccesary sequels all the time, I'm sure you can think of a half dozen examples without me giving any.
And he Changed everything...
I love the topic of ffx is pretty much a cycle, the world is named spira for a reason, and how this is reflected in the story of he game is amazing.
Sin dies and comes back over and over again, people die and live, and the adventure of the summoner and their guardians repeats all the time. Auron truly wanted Tidus to make things different, to break the cycle, and the way is implemented with him repeating the cycle in the past is amazing
This scene still makes me weep.
“Legendary guardian? I was just a boy.”
Those words stayed with me.
Everybody when was young has the illusion to they have the power to change the world , but the world changed him . Spira changed Tidus, pilgrimage changed Yuna and others. Auron know how they changed after all that.
People crap on this game all the time for the laughing scene, but FFX has such good voice acting otherwise! And one of the best stories in any game I’ve ever played
When you first play through the game it might seem like Auron is being too aggressive about completing the pilgramage, but as the lies of Yevon get exposed and you get to the scene. You might have an inkling that Auron is very aware of what's going to happen and maybe even have it figured out. He's just so frustrated with all of it and he wants to see change but he knows everyone but Tidus needs to know the truth or they'll never accept what he's saying. Hell he might've even been furious at Wakka for snapping at Rikku for being an Al bhed, like it's just another reminder of how bad Yevon's brainwashing has been.
Auron is probably the best male character in the final fantasy series, not to mention the best character in final fantasy x.
Auron and Vivi are number 1.
Auron and Sazh are my favorites with Ardyn as my favorite antagonist.
Auron is a reason why this game story is so good
He has a voice more manly than Kevin Conroy
Auron is and always will be my favorite character from Final Fantasy X. He is an awesome character and I think they did a great job bringing his character over from the Japanese version to the English version.
I think Auron is the only character I prefer more in the English version; he just has such a presence lended by the aura of age and wisdom that the voice actor so excellently portrays. That's something the Japanese version lacks, definitely.
Auron: IT COMES
This is the scene I think about when I think back to this game. Hard to believe it's been 20 years since I played it for the first time.
I have not played every FF game, but this one remains my favorite and has never once moved from that spot.
I remember playing this game when I was a bit younger than Tidus, and now I'm closer to Auron's age and totally get his cynicism. lol
Aurons voice is epic too, hes just a a fucking epic character
Possibly the most smug character in the history of manking, I almost choked to death by the fumes of his pathos.
I know this comment was 2 years ago, but who knows, maybe you're still out there.
What do you find smug about him? In the story, whenever his title "legendary guardian" came up in conversation, it made him uncomfortable. He took no pride in a title he didn't earn or deserve in his eyes. To him, he was a "legend" because he was a miserable failure, and this speech is the climax of all those moments in the story when he'd side-step that whole "legendary" bit, and to my memory, he only ever used his status as an advantage to get the party further down the road.
@@websterhunt2508 Well said. I do not see anything smug about Auron's character. Throughout the entire series he only ever saw himself as a tool to further Yuna's pilgrimage.
He really gets better and better as the game reaches its climax, brilliantly written character ❤
Auron is such a great character 😊
His resolve wavered it finally sunk in even tho he knew braska would die it became real now they were at the gates of zanarkand with braska obtaining the aeon. He says “legendary guardian? I was just a boy” meaning naviety. Yevon spouts that guardians are the exalted protectors of summoners Auron now knows it’s Bull when it comes to a friend dying and sees through what yevon is. Even tho he knows the truth of it all he’s still respectful and hush hush of those who are devout he doesn’t reveal. There is an interesting bit of dialogue between tidus and Auron under macalania which describes what I mean with Auron. Auron mentions yevons in turmoil and tidus says he could care less about yevon etc. Auron responds basically people still believe in it because they don’t know the truth. He then adds a time of great pain is coming. Meaning he knows the damage it will bring when the truth is finally revealed about yevon when for a thousand years it’s been revered as the only way.
wzruszająca historia bohaterów. Kocham tą grę
So auron knew everything all along yet he just let everything play out naturally
Amazing scene, thanks for uploading man
Auron..
The best.
Oh gosh is Auron so attractive T.T
Hope they make an HD collection for 10 and 12. They can skip X2
lol
i love x2 it gets a bad rep, its srsly one of the best ffs imo
WOOO AURON!! love this game for life :):):)
Respect
Hola Amigo, cuando hagas un comentario en otros videos, noo insultes, solamente te insultas a TI. ¿ Porque te respetas y amas, tan poco?
Any idea what's the music track named? I dig trough the game's OST but cannot find this piece. Sounds like a nice ambient music.
ruclips.net/video/1DVz_yAuyLo/видео.html
the last 10 years my opinion is that Auron must be Max Payne's brother.
I was looking for some sample of his voice to make sure it wasn't the same voice actor xD
its good that they added auron to KH
epico!
I still have the original my uncle bought in 2002
Auron coolness!!!
Amazing ...
Che mito!
auron wanted to change the world and changed nothing, i wonder what he thought of what tidus was trying to acheive, did he think it was futile?
Na you changed everything OG
@moonsasuke
Auron and Guts vs Chuck Norris and Bruse Lee.
Fixed.
How bout this: Auron and Itachi vs Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee
same here :-)
anyone give me this music?
Wandering Flame from the FFX soundtrack.
in kingdom hearts 2 any one knew why he was so angry at hades? well YOU WILL KNOW NOW hades stole his beer look on his model and he wont have it on him :)
Auronplay lol
Is it kinda weird that I think Auron is sexy?? hahaha
Hell no, it's not. He's fine as fuck. 💖
I'm straight and I concur.
@duzy122 haha nice to know!:D
Lol not very inspiring is he? XP Auron is still the coolest though, with Rikku coming in a close second ((She's so cute =D))
Kinda cheap for folks in the comments to reference one of the most quiet main characters, Auron, and argue that this game totally had great voice acting; if the important moments feel awkward to watch around other people, it's bad. BUUUT at least Auron's and Jecht's voices, I can't get enough of. These guys are such badasses in every way.
@Scapegoat24 HEYYYYYY!!!! Lol