Plus, if you ever jump into the game, I'm proud to say that it has one of the friendliest and most welcoming communities I've ever been a part of. It's not hard at all to find a more experienced player who is more than happy to offer advice and/or directly help you clear content. I've been a fan of Final Fantasy ever since a friend of mine first introduced me to the franchise via FF7. I've been a devoted fan of the franchise ever since. And while I haven't played or completed _every_ FF game, I have at the very least played most of them to some degree.
The Pixel Remaster infamously didn't include the credits, but eventually they patched them back in. The video she watched must have been taken before they patched the credits back in, which is a shame. One vote for redoing these on the original release versions.
@@MakoTenseii 13 was hated due to reverting to being linear, over promising in marketing, Not adding towns or many NPCs to interact with due to developers not wanting to put the effort in to make them visually appealing (they admitted to this), and a romance you are expected to care about despite one of the involved characters literally being in stasis with near zero interaction, also hope. 13-2 mainly got hate because when you finally get to see Sarah not in stasis suddenly her romantic partner Snow is missing and replaced by another man with whom Snow is practically cucked emotionally even if Sarah isn't the type to cheat. It still gives us more exposure to her and a personal journey with noel instead of snow. Though storyline wise it is understandable snow had more important world shaking things to be doing. However, this romance issue is a large part of why 13-2 is hated on. 13-Lightning Returns is mainly hated on for the way it treats the main cast aside from lightning and it's move away from the systems fans were accustomed to. Obviously nothing wrong with liking them and they are games that should be played to see if they appeal to you.
Don't get me wrong, i'm glad you like XIII trilogy. . But me, I didn't like them. I don't mind linear games as long as the story interest me and that's where XIII failed for me. I'm not interested with the story nor any of the characters. I hate Vanille's voice to this day. Anyway, I force myself to finish the game because I paid for it. There's nothing wrong in liking the game. Even I have games that are hated that I like.
what? never even thought it was a sad ending. 16 and x are the saddest ones. 15 isn't sad. also don't get the full story unless you watch the movie. idk maybe its because I went through the stupid secret dungeon and lost all feeling XD
56:09 despite the similarities, they aren't Lopporitz, but they're the moogles of Ivalice, which is the setting of FF12, FF Tactics, and Vagrant Story. The Ivalice games are also where the Viera originated as well 1:19:37 this is the intro to FF14 1.0. A Realm Reborn was 2.0. The 1.0 contents are lost to the aether, ss it was such a disaster, that they rebuilt 2.0 from scratch.
It is kind of INSANE that you didn’t see FF14 Realm Reborn (tldr, when the game was originally shut down and essentially redone from the ground up, they put that INTO THE STORY, and lots of crazy stuff happens; it’s BASICALLY a different game at that point too).
@@GilbettaGaming I only started in 2019.. and only recently within the past year did a decent grind, getting through A Realm Reborn, Heavensward and now a bit into Stormblood. also did a bit of a dive into what the game was like before ARR. its all very interesting and would highly suggest looking into it. the main things to look at are some old clips of before the servers shut down and the Song "Answers" along with the music video👍 Welcome to the land of Eorzea, hero of light.
1:03:01 "Wait, is that the kid that died in the other one?" No, that's the main character of XII. Just a street rat who gets swept up in something far bigger than himself by being in the wrong/right place at the wrong/right time (sneaking into the frickin' palace) for completely unrelated, personal reasons.
The magitek armour they're riding in the ff6 intro is what the mount we get at the end of ARR is actually based on, (its concept art at least) and plays that song when you ride it. Doma castle actually drops a mount more based on the pixel art too.
Also, spoiler-free explanation of the openings from the games I played: FF1, FF2, FF4- scenes cover it pretty well. nothing to say. FF4 after years- was basically showing a lot of the characters you play as (and one was just plot relevant). but the first green haired girl is not rydia FF7- basically showcased the city and the start of Cloud's first mission with Barret. FF8- again, showing plot relevant characters. And yes, that was Leon from Kingdom Hearts, but he goes by Squall originally FF9- that storm and that girl is connected. she's actually 16 btw. Also, that wasn't a heartless, that's a black mage named Vivi, but he did appear in a KH game. FF10- that 1st scene is intended to be cryptic. 2nd scene shows some of the start of the main guy's journey. also, yes, that was wakka with the red hair, and also tidus is the main character. rikku was also in that scene FF10-2- Rikku and newcomer Paine were trying to get to that dancer (who looks like Yuna from the first FF10). won't explain anything past that. FF12- Dalmasca has a wedding, but then is interrupted by a sudden war from an enemy country. this drives almost all of the plot so I won't explain more. Also those tiny bunny eared characters are actually moogles. moogles are in almost every final fantasy but that's the first time they looked different than normal. and yes, FF12 was heavily inspired by Star Wars... FF13- More fighting with more soldiers. Again, not explaining much more for plot reasons. and yes, FF13 looks good cause of the PS3 graphics and how cinematic a lot of it's cutscenes are. FF13-2- Deals with a lot of time related stuff. Not saying much more than that except that things are a bit convoluted. Lightning Returns- it's essentially FF13-3. As the scene said, 13 days to go. as in the last 13 days period. side note- the FF13 series was shoved down our throats and FF13 itself was already divisive. Square jumped the gun on 2 sequels to FF13. imo, they aren't bad games, but square did overhype the FF13 series and it did suffer a bit due to that. FF15- never payed it, but I do know that it's another case like FF12 where the involvement of multiple countries drives the plot. And side note, this is the first final fantasy that doesn't use a turn based or ATB system. You freely get to move around and fight.
I just realized there's a difference between FF7 and FF7 remake intro cinematic. In FF7, Aerith doesn't look behind her as if something was chasing her, and she never bumps into anyone. In the original FF7, she bumps into someone and thats where Cloud meets her for the first time I believe. 34:40 Don't take these things too literally or seriously, its just a transition between scenes when you see feathers and swords together. I'm a bit surprised they didn't include FF7 Dirge of Cerberus in that compilation video, ah well.
well its not good i can tell, the best of the 3 is 13-2 and worths it atleast to play. if you just want to go for story, well, its okish, nothing really mind blowing(pc port is also not great). but well you cant really play 13-2 without 13 as you lack some background story. but for 13, the story is told threw reading datalogs in the menu.
I'd say to try them out to see if you like them. There's still a lot of ff fans who still don't like the ff13 games, but I noticed that people who have been playing them more recently seem to like them. I know i enjoyed all 3 ff13 games, especially bc the music is so good in those games. I would say to maybe get them when they're on sale or play them for free if you have Xbox game pass (I think that's what it was called).
@@kevin13cabello and install a 60 fps patch, just for the music i dont buy a game alone, even if its great, spotify has the songs, youtube has them for free. the combat in ff13 is boring, capped by story and most of the time pretty unfair(aka if leader dies, its game over, your other party members can die tho). your leveling progress is capped to story, the game is 90% corridor onwards(not a bad thing in particular, but there is no other thing you do, you move threw it, grab the obvious placed chests, and beat enemys with the same press auto attack 3-5 times till enemy is dead thing). so the gameplay is a boring loop, the story is...eh okish i would say, the soundtrack is great, the character progress feels absolute dumb and weapon upgrades aswell, i mean you can play threw the game without spending any gil at all
@@kevin13cabello yup the 13 trilogy is all on steam they were pretty clowned on when they were new because at the time was when other RPG series came out that were like real competition for people's hearts. for both high quality CG's and story telling. They came out at the same time as games like Mass Effect, Skyrim, the wave of Open world games like Assassin's creed. soo when 13 was playing in the same field as those game and was mostly a linear string of fights with no towns it looked bad by comparison. the phrasing at the time was "it gets good after 14 hours" because that's how long it took for you to hit the second half of the game when the world map finally opens and the combat system gives you freedom to customize the characters. A lot of people thought that the railroad opening 14 hours where the game choses who you're playing when you're playing them and very little in ways to customize boring. Looking back they become a lot better if you care enough about the characters to be invested in their drama.. the upside to the first half's strictly linear design is that the story of that section is pretty well laid out and paced. buuuut it's a gamble because if you don't like this or that group of character's then spending hours at a time with them can get annoying until you have the freedom to swap them out in the open world bit.
Final Fantasy XV is complicated to say the least. It was made during the height of the Square Enix drama, and it was originally going to be Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Key staff was removed, the assets were retooled, the story was entirely changed. This restructuring gave the game a long development and marketing cycle, with lots of story pieces delivered before the game was even released. To truly experience Final Fantasy XV, you need to watch Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV, which is a feature length film, read an english transcription of a japanese audio drama, watch a miniseries anime OVA, and after you finish the game and its DLCs, you need to read the book that finished up the story. The things contained in the book were originally planned to be DLC before it was cut and never made playable. Some of the other Final Fantasies are also complicated, but not to the degree of XV. XV is the only one where the player has a deficit of relevant information by playing the game first. Also, P.S. Final Fantasy VII REMAKE is a sequel in a long line of entries and not a remake. You should ABSOLUTELY play the original, and maybe the rest of the FFVII compilation before moving on with REMAKE, REBIRTH, and whatever the 3rd title will be named.
Ffx is a game that took me 10 years to finish and me finishing it was tied to my own character development so everytime I see it mentioned I always remember when I finished it at lowest point of my life, tears in my eyes as I said goodbye to those characters that were stuck in time for 10 years accepting that I also had to say goodbye to my childhood dream and move on. I still consider FF12 the best of the series though lol
6 is iconic, it's such a good, beautiful moment when Terra's theme kicks in and you see the magitek armors walk towards Narshe, you just need to savor that moment, it lasted exactly the time it needed, just sit down and enjoy it. Not everything has to be a 6 seconds keys jiggling moment to keep ones attention haha Regardind XII's opening, these are actually the Moogles from that game haha, lopporits are from FF4
Car push was the player actually pushing forward lol. It was a great start. Also Prompto has a small short movie prequel. He used to be an overweight kid and we get to see his journey to lose the weight to look like what he does now
btw the ff14 openings will have 2 versions of the a realm reborn opening. has 2 different endings so keep that in mind if you react to them all. its only for the first one. not the one you reacted to here but the others. also think the cards give a glimpse of what will be on the adventure if you choose it which is why he is reacting to everything like he just got transported there as well as multiple other battlefields.
To think that Final Fantasy 1 is what saved Square and the series has grown this much since then. In fact, the series was called "Final Fantasy" because it was Square's last shot at avoiding bankruptcy
That's been confirmed to be a myth. the reason it was called final fantasy, wasnt because it would be the last game of the company, it was because they actually wanted to call it the fighting fantasy, but that name was already taken, they liked the FF sound, so they changed it to final fantasy.
I love 15 and the 13 series soo much, if you love character stories the group and banter that felt so good, I’m still looking for games that feel quite so good moment-to-moment like they are smooth experiences that just suck you into their worlds and feel amazing to be in
FF13 was my first and favorite FF but most of the FF fans did not like 13 and it fail a bit, peoples find the game linear and the story confusing , if you play 13 you need to read the lore synopsis in the game or your gonna be lost, they put you in this world and explain nothing :)
Idc what ppl says ff13 is still one of the best opening to a ff the visuals are ahead of it time and this day it still holds upwoudl love to see you play 13 series ❤
Those were moogles from FF12 Loporrits are from FF 4. Moogles in 12 just looks so differently from all other games. Also yeah ff12 is kind of like a star wars story...lol Ff6 intro was so long because they want you to listen to the music and it has credits also. It was like a epic intro for a snes back then.
FF3 DS’s wasn’t here! Nor DS FF4! Those two openings are so great and iconic, and really show off the strengths of Asano, the guy behind Bravely and Octopath and… pretty much all HD-2D haha. I really hope those two can be included in a follow-up of some kind. FF3 DS was my first FF, so I have a lot of nostalgia for it haha. This including The After Years and not the original version when both were on the DS however… it doesn’t even sound right?
My favorite one is by far FFIV. The music, the story, the characters, everything was great. Cecil was the most charismatic of all the main characters in the franchise, but this is just a personal opinion.
If you want to start playing with the old ones, you can't go wrong with either 6 7 8 9 and 10. There are also 3D remakes of 3 and 4 which are great. For the new ones, I highly suggest 15, 16 and 7R series. 3 is pretty classic. you take control of luneth and his friends and save the the world, the crystals. (MC is Luneth in the 3D remake) 4 is slightly complex. You play as Cecil, a dark Knight of the empire sent to capture a crystal and massacred a village.(against his will) 6 is about a resistance group trying to overthrow an empire. With tons of lovable characters and a very interesting villain. 7 same with 6 but in 3d and have cloud. 8 is about Squall, a silent introvert, military student and Rinoa, a cheerful princess (kinda) it's their love story. (Very good if you like love story) 9 didn't finish but I only hear good things about this game. 10 kinda like 8 but different world and setting. Tidus and Yuna love story. Very sad. (might make you cry) 15 a prince got sent off to meet his bride to be, he sleeps one night and spoilers. His Kingdom is gone and crystal captured. (might make you cry) 16 Jon snow goes on his journey for revenge. Very action oriented. Very sad as well. (might make you cry)
No, it's a fanedit version. Think someone did it to avoid copyright takedowns, but SE rereleased the original in 4k before Dawntrail, so not sure why it wasn't used instead.
I wish whoever made this video would have left in the narration immediately following the opening cinematic of XII. You're right, for someone who doesn't know the game, what was shown tells nothing. To sum up that narration though, in the world of XII there are two superpowers. The invading force is one of them, but they have no qualm with Dalmasca. It's just in the way of their objective to take a fight to the other superpower.
Definitely recommend 6 if you liked 4 and want to try another real classic one. Its the peak of the series as far as im concerned. Really interesting story, especially for when it came out. I agree with others who say 13 is overhated. I really loved it personally, and ive not been interested in much from the series past 10. Speaking of which, 10 is also a strong entry. It was the first in the series to feature voice acting so kinda the first to have a somewhat modern feel to it, but the gameplay still feels pretty classic. Pretty good story too. And its sequel is kinda dumb but a lot of fun as well
Oh yeah you've got to see all the 14 openings. 1.0 doesn't even exist anymore, most 14 players now have probably never even played it lol. They're so damn good.
Final Fantasy 5 has a pixel remaster on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch Final Fantasy 15 is on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox The Final Fantasy 13 trilogy, unfortunately, is only on PC currently unless you have original PS3 or Xbox 360 hardware And it seemed like you were also interested in Final Fantasy 12. That one has an HD remaster on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox but it is also the Zodiac Age edition that was originally a Japanese exclusive. The original version of FF12 is only on PS2
So each Final Fantasy game is its own story, set in its own world unless stated otherwise. The only exception to this is Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X, but it holds zero bearing on the story itself. A lot of the themes are reused to tell new stories, so you can expect to see a lot of familiar things, such as names, summons, spells and of course, Crystals. As many others have pointed out, Final Fantasy XIV has MANY openings. You should watch a compilation video of all of them, from 1.0 to Dawntrail. HOWEVER, if you plan to play XIV, I recommend skipping the Heavensward opening. They show a HUGE spoiler in the trailer/opening for Heavensward, which got a lot of backlash at the time, so all future openings for it refrained from showing any major spoilers. If you DO plan on playing XIV all the way through to current content, I recommend reacting to each XIV opening as and when you reach that expansion, as while not much is spoiled, there are some elements that could be considered minor spoilers such as characters appearing that may remove tension at earlier points of the story. Lastly, I recommend playing IX. Doesn't matter if its first or last, but IX is my personal favourite. A simple, fantasy setting with magic, love and a giant blue demigod. Oh, and it has The Most Flamboyant Villain in the series, Kuja.
I would strongly recommend just watching the FF14 A Realm Reborn trailer and then playing. Watch the others as you get there. 1.0 is the original FF14, which no longer exists because it was awful. They destroyed it as seen in the A Realm Reborn trailer -- stopped the game, put everyone into that cutscene, To Be Continued In A Realm Reborn. Then it was I think a 2 year wait before ARR actually launched. But yeah some of the later trailers contain spoilers for events later in the story. The one I'd say is safe to watch with minimal spoiler risk is Shadowbringers; half the stuff people think they figured out from that trailer is wrong anyway and that's with the context of events up to then. Plus I think it's the best trailer and arguably the best expansion, so if you need any motivation to get through the earlier expansions maybe that'll help But yeah tl;dr A Realm Reborn is the trailer for where the game starts now. You haven't even seen modern FFXIV
FF8 will always be my favorite opening. I think finishing the story makes me appreciate it a lot more. "This feels like something out of Star Wars" funny enough the devs said that Star Wars was a great inspiration for FFXII. lol I tried 13 and couldn't get into it. idk why just the story fails to grab me. Who knows, maybe it will click better with you than it did with me. As somebody whose fav is often the one joked about being one of the worst, I understand what it is like to enjoy an unpopular FF game despite not being into that particular one myself.
FF13 trilogy was ahead of its time and the hate back then was so forced. It was different, something new and I'm glad that you developed a liking to that part especially! Hope to see you play thru the trilogy eventually.
@@GilbettaGamingI also saw your interest of 13 sadly FF13 most people and fans alike didn’t like it that much it has it’s problems the games were kinda linear and not in a good way also Lightning the MC herself her character building is kinda flat but the 3rd game Lightning’s return is pretty good I wanted like the first 2 games bro but they were just meh but the cutscenes are nice hope this helps.🤙
Final Fantasy XIII - It's a weird game, I kinda didn't like it! Final Fantasy XIII-2 - It's a _really_ weird game, I kinda liked it! Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - It's a _very_ weird game, I really liked it!
I'll forgive you for saying Cloud should stay single to figure himself out since you've only played the Remake games but that might change for you once the third game is out
Been a fan of the FF series back in 1989 each one is great. But the series really kicks off at FF4. Out of all of them I hold FF10 at the top the story is just amazing, the game play and Sphere Grid is the best system FF has ever made. Along all that I was a blitz ball nut. FF13 many don't seem to like it maybe the story go's over their head but the music damn no one can talk shit about the sound track. FF10 got me to tear up at the end but FF15 put me in a loop the game gives you hints of what is going to happen but I really didn't see it coming it left me feeling so sad and bewildered. And with FF16 I see a lot of people with one major problem you need to do the "side quest" this adds to a lot of character development and world building. FF games are story heavy don't forget that.
Yeah all the 13 games are just nonsense. They wanted to recreate the success of 7 but they were all flash and no substance with the most boring zero personality characters and pointless plots and constantly switching themes and aesthetics and dogshit combat. The trailers are the most interesting parts about those games.
I support you reacting to all of FF14's Openings! They definitely deserve their own video
Plus, if you ever jump into the game, I'm proud to say that it has one of the friendliest and most welcoming communities I've ever been a part of. It's not hard at all to find a more experienced player who is more than happy to offer advice and/or directly help you clear content.
I've been a fan of Final Fantasy ever since a friend of mine first introduced me to the franchise via FF7. I've been a devoted fan of the franchise ever since. And while I haven't played or completed _every_ FF game, I have at the very least played most of them to some degree.
Well done on her part
same. And then loop around for the emotional devistation when they hit certain parts.
@@gamester512 ff14 nice supportive and non judgemental community
wow toxic rude horrible community
Agreed
28:59 the reason why that part took so long is because in the original SNES release, that was when they played the opening credits
The Pixel Remaster infamously didn't include the credits, but eventually they patched them back in.
The video she watched must have been taken before they patched the credits back in, which is a shame.
One vote for redoing these on the original release versions.
13 is my top 3 final fantasies. The whole trilogy is amazing. People hated on it cuz the first one was linear but thats not a bad thing
@@MakoTenseii 13 was hated due to reverting to being linear, over promising in marketing, Not adding towns or many NPCs to interact with due to developers not wanting to put the effort in to make them visually appealing (they admitted to this), and a romance you are expected to care about despite one of the involved characters literally being in stasis with near zero interaction, also hope.
13-2 mainly got hate because when you finally get to see Sarah not in stasis suddenly her romantic partner Snow is missing and replaced by another man with whom Snow is practically cucked emotionally even if Sarah isn't the type to cheat. It still gives us more exposure to her and a personal journey with noel instead of snow. Though storyline wise it is understandable snow had more important world shaking things to be doing. However, this romance issue is a large part of why 13-2 is hated on.
13-Lightning Returns is mainly hated on for the way it treats the main cast aside from lightning and it's move away from the systems fans were accustomed to.
Obviously nothing wrong with liking them and they are games that should be played to see if they appeal to you.
@@MakoTenseii 13 is my favorite, hands down.
Don't get me wrong, i'm glad you like XIII trilogy. . But me, I didn't like them.
I don't mind linear games as long as the story interest me and that's where XIII failed for me. I'm not interested with the story nor any of the characters. I hate Vanille's voice to this day.
Anyway, I force myself to finish the game because I paid for it.
There's nothing wrong in liking the game. Even I have games that are hated that I like.
also, I commented my side of the story because you said we hated it for the linearity which isn'treally true for me. anyway, peace mate!
1:20:00 this is the opening to the original version of FF14 aka 1.0 before it went offline and got remade into 2.0 A Realm Reborn
and yes that is the young Warrior of Light
FF13 was underrated imo. I recommend checking it out if the openings are appealing.
If you ever want to cry non-stop, you definitely have to play Final Fantasy XV. The ending will leave you in your bed for days.
@@kinothemystic facts. FFX is the same
what? never even thought it was a sad ending. 16 and x are the saddest ones. 15 isn't sad. also don't get the full story unless you watch the movie. idk maybe its because I went through the stupid secret dungeon and lost all feeling XD
Hands down one of the saddest games I've ever played. I just wish we got all the DLCs. Oh well.
15 story was wack as poop
56:09 despite the similarities, they aren't Lopporitz, but they're the moogles of Ivalice, which is the setting of FF12, FF Tactics, and Vagrant Story. The Ivalice games are also where the Viera originated as well
1:19:37 this is the intro to FF14 1.0. A Realm Reborn was 2.0. The 1.0 contents are lost to the aether, ss it was such a disaster, that they rebuilt 2.0 from scratch.
Hey! Thank you for the reaction/watching the comp! (sorry for the copyright music lmao)
The Loporitts are from Final Fantasy 4, the rabbit-like creatures you see in the FF12 opening are actually that game’s version of Moogles
Every FF is Star Wars, but FF12 is the most Star Wars.
It is kind of INSANE that you didn’t see FF14 Realm Reborn (tldr, when the game was originally shut down and essentially redone from the ground up, they put that INTO THE STORY, and lots of crazy stuff happens; it’s BASICALLY a different game at that point too).
Yea I only started 14 a year or 2 ago so id never seen the original stuff!
@@GilbettaGaming I only started in 2019.. and only recently within the past year did a decent grind, getting through A Realm Reborn, Heavensward and now a bit into Stormblood. also did a bit of a dive into what the game was like before ARR. its all very interesting and would highly suggest looking into it. the main things to look at are some old clips of before the servers shut down and the Song "Answers" along with the music video👍 Welcome to the land of Eorzea, hero of light.
1:03:01 "Wait, is that the kid that died in the other one?"
No, that's the main character of XII. Just a street rat who gets swept up in something far bigger than himself by being in the wrong/right place at the wrong/right time (sneaking into the frickin' palace) for completely unrelated, personal reasons.
The magitek armour they're riding in the ff6 intro is what the mount we get at the end of ARR is actually based on, (its concept art at least) and plays that song when you ride it. Doma castle actually drops a mount more based on the pixel art too.
Going from FFX to FFX-2 without context is a total whiplash.😂
Also, spoiler-free explanation of the openings from the games I played:
FF1, FF2, FF4- scenes cover it pretty well. nothing to say.
FF4 after years- was basically showing a lot of the characters you play as (and one was just plot relevant). but the first green haired girl is not rydia
FF7- basically showcased the city and the start of Cloud's first mission with Barret.
FF8- again, showing plot relevant characters. And yes, that was Leon from Kingdom Hearts, but he goes by Squall originally
FF9- that storm and that girl is connected. she's actually 16 btw. Also, that wasn't a heartless, that's a black mage named Vivi, but he did appear in a KH game.
FF10- that 1st scene is intended to be cryptic. 2nd scene shows some of the start of the main guy's journey. also, yes, that was wakka with the red hair, and also tidus is the main character. rikku was also in that scene
FF10-2- Rikku and newcomer Paine were trying to get to that dancer (who looks like Yuna from the first FF10). won't explain anything past that.
FF12- Dalmasca has a wedding, but then is interrupted by a sudden war from an enemy country. this drives almost all of the plot so I won't explain more. Also those tiny bunny eared characters are actually moogles. moogles are in almost every final fantasy but that's the first time they looked different than normal. and yes, FF12 was heavily inspired by Star Wars...
FF13- More fighting with more soldiers. Again, not explaining much more for plot reasons. and yes, FF13 looks good cause of the PS3 graphics and how cinematic a lot of it's cutscenes are.
FF13-2- Deals with a lot of time related stuff. Not saying much more than that except that things are a bit convoluted.
Lightning Returns- it's essentially FF13-3. As the scene said, 13 days to go. as in the last 13 days period.
side note- the FF13 series was shoved down our throats and FF13 itself was already divisive. Square jumped the gun on 2 sequels to FF13. imo, they aren't bad games, but square did overhype the FF13 series and it did suffer a bit due to that.
FF15- never payed it, but I do know that it's another case like FF12 where the involvement of multiple countries drives the plot. And side note, this is the first final fantasy that doesn't use a turn based or ATB system. You freely get to move around and fight.
I just realized there's a difference between FF7 and FF7 remake intro cinematic. In FF7, Aerith doesn't look behind her as if something was chasing her, and she never bumps into anyone. In the original FF7, she bumps into someone and thats where Cloud meets her for the first time I believe.
34:40 Don't take these things too literally or seriously, its just a transition between scenes when you see feathers and swords together.
I'm a bit surprised they didn't include FF7 Dirge of Cerberus in that compilation video, ah well.
Ive never seen anything of 13 before. Now I want to play it all.
well its not good i can tell, the best of the 3 is 13-2 and worths it atleast to play. if you just want to go for story, well, its okish, nothing really mind blowing(pc port is also not great). but well you cant really play 13-2 without 13 as you lack some background story. but for 13, the story is told threw reading datalogs in the menu.
I'd say to try them out to see if you like them. There's still a lot of ff fans who still don't like the ff13 games, but I noticed that people who have been playing them more recently seem to like them. I know i enjoyed all 3 ff13 games, especially bc the music is so good in those games. I would say to maybe get them when they're on sale or play them for free if you have Xbox game pass (I think that's what it was called).
@@kevin13cabello and install a 60 fps patch, just for the music i dont buy a game alone, even if its great, spotify has the songs, youtube has them for free. the combat in ff13 is boring, capped by story and most of the time pretty unfair(aka if leader dies, its game over, your other party members can die tho). your leveling progress is capped to story, the game is 90% corridor onwards(not a bad thing in particular, but there is no other thing you do, you move threw it, grab the obvious placed chests, and beat enemys with the same press auto attack 3-5 times till enemy is dead thing). so the gameplay is a boring loop, the story is...eh okish i would say, the soundtrack is great, the character progress feels absolute dumb and weapon upgrades aswell, i mean you can play threw the game without spending any gil at all
@@kevin13cabello yup the 13 trilogy is all on steam they were pretty clowned on when they were new because at the time was when other RPG series came out that were like real competition for people's hearts. for both high quality CG's and story telling. They came out at the same time as games like Mass Effect, Skyrim, the wave of Open world games like Assassin's creed. soo when 13 was playing in the same field as those game and was mostly a linear string of fights with no towns it looked bad by comparison.
the phrasing at the time was "it gets good after 14 hours" because that's how long it took for you to hit the second half of the game when the world map finally opens and the combat system gives you freedom to customize the characters. A lot of people thought that the railroad opening 14 hours where the game choses who you're playing when you're playing them and very little in ways to customize boring.
Looking back they become a lot better if you care enough about the characters to be invested in their drama.. the upside to the first half's strictly linear design is that the story of that section is pretty well laid out and paced. buuuut it's a gamble because if you don't like this or that group of character's then spending hours at a time with them can get annoying until you have the freedom to swap them out in the open world bit.
I played every FF but 2,3, and 5 and 13 is in my top 3 FF fact games idc what anybody says
Final Fantasy XV is complicated to say the least.
It was made during the height of the Square Enix drama, and it was originally going to be Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Key staff was removed, the assets were retooled, the story was entirely changed.
This restructuring gave the game a long development and marketing cycle, with lots of story pieces delivered before the game was even released.
To truly experience Final Fantasy XV, you need to watch Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV, which is a feature length film, read an english transcription of a japanese audio drama, watch a miniseries anime OVA, and after you finish the game and its DLCs, you need to read the book that finished up the story. The things contained in the book were originally planned to be DLC before it was cut and never made playable.
Some of the other Final Fantasies are also complicated, but not to the degree of XV. XV is the only one where the player has a deficit of relevant information by playing the game first.
Also, P.S. Final Fantasy VII REMAKE is a sequel in a long line of entries and not a remake. You should ABSOLUTELY play the original, and maybe the rest of the FFVII compilation before moving on with REMAKE, REBIRTH, and whatever the 3rd title will be named.
Ffx is a game that took me 10 years to finish and me finishing it was tied to my own character development so everytime I see it mentioned I always remember when I finished it at lowest point of my life, tears in my eyes as I said goodbye to those characters that were stuck in time for 10 years accepting that I also had to say goodbye to my childhood dream and move on.
I still consider FF12 the best of the series though lol
I hope the future will hold a playthrough of all the final fantasies, in whatever order works for you.
7:01 the video creator should have clicked through the text a bit slower, that was crazy fast lol
6 is iconic, it's such a good, beautiful moment when Terra's theme kicks in and you see the magitek armors walk towards Narshe, you just need to savor that moment, it lasted exactly the time it needed, just sit down and enjoy it. Not everything has to be a 6 seconds keys jiggling moment to keep ones attention haha
Regardind XII's opening, these are actually the Moogles from that game haha, lopporits are from FF4
Car push was the player actually pushing forward lol. It was a great start. Also Prompto has a small short movie prequel. He used to be an overweight kid and we get to see his journey to lose the weight to look like what he does now
btw the ff14 openings will have 2 versions of the a realm reborn opening. has 2 different endings so keep that in mind if you react to them all. its only for the first one. not the one you reacted to here but the others. also think the cards give a glimpse of what will be on the adventure if you choose it which is why he is reacting to everything like he just got transported there as well as multiple other battlefields.
1:32:30 You have no idea, there is amazing battles, and it's an emotional elevator
Can you do final fantasy dissidia next?
I may have to do a follow up video for the things I missed in this one
the quicker you read, the mickeyer it sounds !
Love this channel !
To think that Final Fantasy 1 is what saved Square and the series has grown this much since then.
In fact, the series was called "Final Fantasy" because it was Square's last shot at avoiding bankruptcy
Didn't Square Enix debunked that story in recent years?
That's been confirmed to be a myth. the reason it was called final fantasy, wasnt because it would be the last game of the company, it was because they actually wanted to call it the fighting fantasy, but that name was already taken, they liked the FF sound, so they changed it to final fantasy.
I think you would enjoy Bravely Default as well. It is pretty much a spiritual successor to old school Final Fantasy.
I love 15 and the 13 series soo much, if you love character stories the group and banter that felt so good, I’m still looking for games that feel quite so good moment-to-moment like they are smooth experiences that just suck you into their worlds and feel amazing to be in
The 3D FF4 is the Sequel called After Years and is more episodic and mostly follows the next generation
FF13 was my first and favorite FF but most of the FF fans did not like 13 and it fail a bit, peoples find the game linear and the story confusing , if you play 13 you need to read the lore synopsis in the game or your gonna be lost, they put you in this world and explain nothing :)
the best part of FFXV for me is the pre-quel movie. 😆
Idc what ppl says ff13 is still one of the best opening to a ff the visuals are ahead of it time and this day it still holds upwoudl love to see you play 13 series ❤
Those were moogles from FF12
Loporrits are from FF 4.
Moogles in 12 just looks so differently from all other games.
Also yeah ff12 is kind of like a star wars story...lol
Ff6 intro was so long because they want you to listen to the music and it has credits also. It was like a epic intro for a snes back then.
FF3 DS’s wasn’t here! Nor DS FF4! Those two openings are so great and iconic, and really show off the strengths of Asano, the guy behind Bravely and Octopath and… pretty much all HD-2D haha. I really hope those two can be included in a follow-up of some kind. FF3 DS was my first FF, so I have a lot of nostalgia for it haha. This including The After Years and not the original version when both were on the DS however… it doesn’t even sound right?
My favorite one is by far FFIV. The music, the story, the characters, everything was great. Cecil was the most charismatic of all the main characters in the franchise, but this is just a personal opinion.
ff12 is basically Star Wars
If you want to start playing with the old ones, you can't go wrong with either 6 7 8 9 and 10. There are also 3D remakes of 3 and 4 which are great.
For the new ones, I highly suggest 15, 16 and 7R series.
3 is pretty classic. you take control of luneth and his friends and save the the world, the crystals. (MC is Luneth in the 3D remake)
4 is slightly complex. You play as Cecil, a dark Knight of the empire sent to capture a crystal and massacred a village.(against his will)
6 is about a resistance group trying to overthrow an empire. With tons of lovable characters and a very interesting villain.
7 same with 6 but in 3d and have cloud.
8 is about Squall, a silent introvert, military student and Rinoa, a cheerful princess (kinda) it's their love story. (Very good if you like love story)
9 didn't finish but I only hear good things about this game.
10 kinda like 8 but different world and setting. Tidus and Yuna love story. Very sad. (might make you cry)
15 a prince got sent off to meet his bride to be, he sleeps one night and spoilers. His Kingdom is gone and crystal captured. (might make you cry)
16 Jon snow goes on his journey for revenge. Very action oriented. Very sad as well. (might make you cry)
And that is why many call it Final Star Fantasy Wars.
Did you add the music into the XIV 1.0 portion? These tracks are not from it 😂
No, it's a fanedit version. Think someone did it to avoid copyright takedowns, but SE rereleased the original in 4k before Dawntrail, so not sure why it wasn't used instead.
I wish whoever made this video would have left in the narration immediately following the opening cinematic of XII. You're right, for someone who doesn't know the game, what was shown tells nothing. To sum up that narration though, in the world of XII there are two superpowers. The invading force is one of them, but they have no qualm with Dalmasca. It's just in the way of their objective to take a fight to the other superpower.
You had me dying laughing at trying to speed read Final Fantasy II !! 🤣😂
ff3 will trigger so much ptsd in ff14 players.
Definitely recommend 6 if you liked 4 and want to try another real classic one. Its the peak of the series as far as im concerned. Really interesting story, especially for when it came out.
I agree with others who say 13 is overhated. I really loved it personally, and ive not been interested in much from the series past 10.
Speaking of which, 10 is also a strong entry. It was the first in the series to feature voice acting so kinda the first to have a somewhat modern feel to it, but the gameplay still feels pretty classic. Pretty good story too. And its sequel is kinda dumb but a lot of fun as well
Losing Final Fantasy type-0 trailer is a crime) tho it was for psp and I understand it is much less popular than main series
Oh yeah you've got to see all the 14 openings. 1.0 doesn't even exist anymore, most 14 players now have probably never even played it lol. They're so damn good.
Final Fantasy 5 has a pixel remaster on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch
Final Fantasy 15 is on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox
The Final Fantasy 13 trilogy, unfortunately, is only on PC currently unless you have original PS3 or Xbox 360 hardware
And it seemed like you were also interested in Final Fantasy 12. That one has an HD remaster on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox but it is also the Zodiac Age edition that was originally a Japanese exclusive. The original version of FF12 is only on PS2
@@kashkat90s44 one caveat, 13 trilogy is available on modern xbox consoles through backwards compatibility.
32:13 Aerith and Zack all the way.
So each Final Fantasy game is its own story, set in its own world unless stated otherwise.
The only exception to this is Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X, but it holds zero bearing on the story itself.
A lot of the themes are reused to tell new stories, so you can expect to see a lot of familiar things, such as names, summons, spells and of course, Crystals.
As many others have pointed out, Final Fantasy XIV has MANY openings. You should watch a compilation video of all of them, from 1.0 to Dawntrail. HOWEVER, if you plan to play XIV, I recommend skipping the Heavensward opening.
They show a HUGE spoiler in the trailer/opening for Heavensward, which got a lot of backlash at the time, so all future openings for it refrained from showing any major spoilers.
If you DO plan on playing XIV all the way through to current content, I recommend reacting to each XIV opening as and when you reach that expansion, as while not much is spoiled, there are some elements that could be considered minor spoilers such as characters appearing that may remove tension at earlier points of the story.
Lastly, I recommend playing IX. Doesn't matter if its first or last, but IX is my personal favourite. A simple, fantasy setting with magic, love and a giant blue demigod. Oh, and it has The Most Flamboyant Villain in the series, Kuja.
FF11 had the best intro and score by a mile.
I would strongly recommend just watching the FF14 A Realm Reborn trailer and then playing. Watch the others as you get there.
1.0 is the original FF14, which no longer exists because it was awful. They destroyed it as seen in the A Realm Reborn trailer -- stopped the game, put everyone into that cutscene, To Be Continued In A Realm Reborn. Then it was I think a 2 year wait before ARR actually launched.
But yeah some of the later trailers contain spoilers for events later in the story. The one I'd say is safe to watch with minimal spoiler risk is Shadowbringers; half the stuff people think they figured out from that trailer is wrong anyway and that's with the context of events up to then. Plus I think it's the best trailer and arguably the best expansion, so if you need any motivation to get through the earlier expansions maybe that'll help
But yeah tl;dr A Realm Reborn is the trailer for where the game starts now. You haven't even seen modern FFXIV
FF8 will always be my favorite opening. I think finishing the story makes me appreciate it a lot more.
"This feels like something out of Star Wars" funny enough the devs said that Star Wars was a great inspiration for FFXII. lol
I tried 13 and couldn't get into it. idk why just the story fails to grab me. Who knows, maybe it will click better with you than it did with me. As somebody whose fav is often the one joked about being one of the worst, I understand what it is like to enjoy an unpopular FF game despite not being into that particular one myself.
I KNEW it felt like Star Wars! 🤣🤣
@@GilbettaGaming yeah I thought the opening scene gave Empire Strikes Back vibes when I first saw it. lol
shouldve done the ff3 and 4 ds remake cinematics
wait she doesnt react to the remakes/psx releases openings? kinda disapointed, since 3 and 4 remake openings are AMAZING.
I may do another video at some point but I didnt want it to go over 2 hours so I had to be selective in this one 😭
FF13 trilogy was ahead of its time and the hate back then was so forced. It was different, something new and I'm glad that you developed a liking to that part especially! Hope to see you play thru the trilogy eventually.
New to your content but please do the FFXIV intros!
Woo! New FF fan to subscribe to!
i'll forgive you because you dont see all Final fantasy XIV cinematics xD
To be fair I saw them when I played the game 🤣🤣
Cecil is such a badass 😎👌, what a story
15 oh my lord that game is so silly, I love the intro sm
Damn bro are we pretending FF type 0 doesn’t exist where is that op💀
It wasn't in the video, I honestly realized after this came out that there are so many FF games I hadn't even heard of lol
@ The game is underrated but whatever dude there are many FF games lol
@coco-thenoodleslurper 🤣🤣 That and a few others I hadnt heard of. Some games I just had to leave out for time 😅
@@GilbettaGamingIt’s all good everyone’s busy time is not a luxury but a
force of illusion🗣️👍
@@GilbettaGamingI also saw your interest of 13 sadly FF13 most people and fans alike didn’t like it that much it has it’s problems the games were kinda linear and not in a good way also Lightning the MC herself her character building is kinda flat but the 3rd game Lightning’s return is pretty good I wanted like the first 2 games bro but they were just meh but the cutscenes are nice hope this helps.🤙
React to FFVersus XIII trailers and Agito as well
what couldve been...
1-6 movies are from the remaster which is why they all look the same
Final Fantasy XIII - It's a weird game, I kinda didn't like it!
Final Fantasy XIII-2 - It's a _really_ weird game, I kinda liked it!
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - It's a _very_ weird game, I really liked it!
Those pixel remaster intros are so lazy, look up the openings to FF3 and FF4's 3d remakes they're amazing.
@@OnionKnightf yeah, if you wanna omit how they were originally depicted in their original releases.
Lazy? The way they were originally released is lazy? That’s quite the take.
I sense new fwen :3
in ff13, that chocbo will have the power to shift into a girl for the 13-2 dlc
I would definitely recommend final fantasy 10, its story is fantastic. Its also a really good game for people just getting into the franchise
I'll forgive you for saying Cloud should stay single to figure himself out since you've only played the Remake games but that might change for you once the third game is out
hahaha, not foreeever just to work his issues out for a bit lol
@GilbettaGaming play the original to know better
Been a fan of the FF series back in 1989 each one is great. But the series really kicks off at FF4. Out of all of them I hold FF10 at the top the story is just amazing, the game play and Sphere Grid is the best system FF has ever made. Along all that I was a blitz ball nut. FF13 many don't seem to like it maybe the story go's over their head but the music damn no one can talk shit about the sound track. FF10 got me to tear up at the end but FF15 put me in a loop the game gives you hints of what is going to happen but I really didn't see it coming it left me feeling so sad and bewildered. And with FF16 I see a lot of people with one major problem you need to do the "side quest" this adds to a lot of character development and world building. FF games are story heavy don't forget that.
React harder.
Must. Do. More. React.
Yeah all the 13 games are just nonsense. They wanted to recreate the success of 7 but they were all flash and no substance with the most boring zero personality characters and pointless plots and constantly switching themes and aesthetics and dogshit combat. The trailers are the most interesting parts about those games.