I love how, whenever he gets knocked down, Ardyn just says "whoops." Flat on your ass, treating it like you missed while playing catch with your kid brother.
Just played the whole EP in one night- couldn’t put it down! So different but so good. It really felt like you were inside the mind of Ardyn. Tortured and torturer. The music was a particularly nice touch. The meeting of crazy heavy metal and classical symphonic final fantasy really makes you feel like an immortal madman when you’re shadowstepoing around, daemonifying people. The way he holds his hat while he sprints, the way he seems to genuinely enjoy his revenge, which is justified. Idk, peeps have a lot of hate for ffxv but I’ve never experienced an antagonists perspective quite like that. Most games that try it end up making you feel “evil” or like your empathy for the character is very forced. Not here. I saw where Ardyn was coming from. I felt for him, then I understood his revenge, but he WAS still killing people who had nothing to do with Somnus but blood. Very complex emotional matrix set to an awesome soundtrack.
I'm sad he didn't show up in World of Final Fantasy (Maxima or something like that, its their revival DLC thing), he would've been an absolute riot. Either way, we've still got the FFXIV * FFXV crossover to look forward to this month, so all hope isn't lost
They really could've, although Ardyn alone was overpowered by Bahamut in the ending. Its like everyone in Eos were intentionally made weak so the Gods could have free reign over everything
@@Chihiro-Kikuchi bro he only disturbed because he was surprised because they sent the chancellor himself. The second in command. Let's not rationalizing the worst production fuck up in Squares history of lazy writing and putting the horses in front of the cart. This story makes no sense and full of contractions and holes. Everyone should have been able to recognize Ardyn not just Regis. Regis would have put the look out on him if the story made sense and had consistency. He would have warned everyone about him. But nobody knows him except as the chancellor of the empire.
@@Thiago_Alves_Souza There is nothing wrong with the story. It is people like you who didn't pay attention. This episode clearly states that Ardyn is disguised as an Insomnian guard. Only we, the players, are actually seeing Ardyn on his original form. Regis sees a normal guard, but he knows he's actually Adagium using an illusory disguise. Regis never sees Ardyn in his original form until Kingsglaive.
@@owenitzura dude... Regis called him Adagium. He was imprisoned until then and by using that term, Regis clearly knows his power and how he looks like considering he had glaives guarding the prison. Now get fucked with your rude comment. His disguise came off the moment he revealed himself and his own brother recognizes him. I'm pretty sure the old kings would've told Regis even by some chance he didn't know what he looks like. The loopholes in this shitty story is endless, and only triggered, delusional fanboys like you try to defend it.
Soooooo, Ardyn fights Regis and uses the Royal Arms doing so... yet in Kingsglaive he doesn't have his Crownsguard or himself attack Ardyn on the spot... what???
Ardyn already showed he could kick Regis' ass, even when he was younger. In Kingsglaive there is a look of recognition on Regis face when Ardyn shows up, he likely didn't want to cause problems by attacking him.
He's supposed to look like that fat police officer in the beginning while he does this. Which makes this kinda ridiculous when you think about it. Imagine a dude in full SWAT gear showed up with Royal Arms
Because Ardyn fucking fodderized him in the DLC. He wiped out nearly the whole Kingsguard by himself. Regis got absolutely bodied when he was younger and no doubt stronger. He knew he couldn't stop him, so he had to play along and just prioritize Noct's safety.
@@MrMetnasty That's what frustrates me with people asking why Regis didn't recognize Ardyn or act against him in kingsglaive, if he lifted a finger in that exchange Ardyn would have and could have wiped out every Lucian in that city
Well, we got Xande, Cloud of Darkness, Exdeath (normal and Neo), Kefka, Warring Triad, even Ozma... I don't see why not. Maybe even an event with him as guest and you go up against this Bahamut. (The fights you have with him in Comrades are reminiscent of XIV)
@@TwistahsWorld yeah thanks to Luna she saved him absorbing the Scurage but became a daemon and died in the process but bahamut brought her back to life he was the true villan apparently in the novel
At 1:01 the guitar is shred in such a way that it sounds like a madman laughing. That's absolutely genius
It honestly does, sounds amazing.
That mad laugh is like reflecting off of ardyn madness and sadistic tendencies
I could not take this fight seriously when Regis was using a tuna as his main weapon. I may have forgotten to disable my mods.
I mean, Noctis like fishing soooo...like father, like son? 😅
Noctis was just trying to supply his father with more weapons. Guess he took sushi knife in a weird direction, though...
I love how, whenever he gets knocked down, Ardyn just says "whoops." Flat on your ass, treating it like you missed while playing catch with your kid brother.
The music and combat sync from 2:58 to about 3:03 was lovely.
Ok now that was pretty epic! :D
What about 3:43 to 3:52?
Noctis’ fate was to die, but Regis’ was to have his ass kicked by all his enemies ....
Regis: "So gods, what is my fa-"
Bahamut: "Die."
Regis: "...Wh-"
*_KINGSGLAIVE_*
Just played the whole EP in one night- couldn’t put it down!
So different but so good. It really felt like you were inside the mind of Ardyn. Tortured and torturer. The music was a particularly nice touch. The meeting of crazy heavy metal and classical symphonic final fantasy really makes you feel like an immortal madman when you’re shadowstepoing around, daemonifying people.
The way he holds his hat while he sprints, the way he seems to genuinely enjoy his revenge, which is justified. Idk, peeps have a lot of hate for ffxv but I’ve never experienced an antagonists perspective quite like that. Most games that try it end up making you feel “evil” or like your empathy for the character is very forced. Not here. I saw where Ardyn was coming from. I felt for him, then I understood his revenge, but he WAS still killing people who had nothing to do with Somnus but blood.
Very complex emotional matrix set to an awesome soundtrack.
This DLC honestly just cements Ardyn as one of my top 3 FF villains.
He killed people unrelated to his revenge because Bahamut forced him to, I hate that sword wielding god SO much.
@@jaggerjackize how did bahamut force him? I am not up to speed on the story.
@@Vance_Danger Are you sure you want me to spoil it for you? It's pretty crucial.
@@jaggerjackize go ahead
That hat must be glued to his head
Gladio knocked it off when Noctis just got contained by the crystal.
His scourge so thicc the hat sticks to his head even after years
:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D oh,boy....
No, it's just another regalia. If it gets knocked off, he summons it back on his head.
@@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 what the fuck king of regalia do you have that survives such force
Ardyn either needs his own spin off or needs to show up in future final fantasy crossover material.
VERSUS!
YES
@@GUNDAMLOCKON Oh god please yes
Cody Hamilton I so agree with you!
I'm sad he didn't show up in World of Final Fantasy (Maxima or something like that, its their revival DLC thing), he would've been an absolute riot. Either way, we've still got the FFXIV * FFXV crossover to look forward to this month, so all hope isn't lost
Anyone else think the guitar is 'laughing' around the minute mark?
TrueDarkAce sounded like super high pitch laughing
2:05 Was Regis using Vergil's goddamn Judgement Cut End there?
*ELIMINATE ALL.*
Royal Arms = Vergil
I guess everyone can now. But Vergil is the OG.
More like Isshin Ashina's "One Mind" technique.
SWAT border patrol officer decimates Insomnia
The original theme in FFXV is so beautiful, epic and sad but now with this remix it’s great to heard it as a battle theme !
This is the song that reminds me of what could’ve been. It sounds like a triumphant theme for Episode Noctis, or at least may have been
I just realised this is a mix of the song Noctis died in...
When he got stabbed by (guess who)
Regis, his father
Mr Lakiro The original soundtrack is called “Dawn”
What, Regis killed his own blood? How? When? WHYY?!
@@zeeepicyoutuber8971 Lucii Form Of Regis
2:47 Regis:UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAHHHH
THIS IS GOLDEN OMG HAHAHAHAH
XD
Ardyn this theme and disidia NT. They make a great pair y hope he comes to NT
You're in luck
Ardyn is in, not this music tho :(
You can straight up see the player improving in the video.
This track slaps so damn hard
When Regis appears as a blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
He does???
@@OscarGomez-cu9vm No, is just that this theme was composed and arranged by Kenji Hiramatsu, one of the composers of Xenoblade 2
Was it? How do you know?
@@1finallygotunleashed credits say so
I think this is the best piece of music to come out of FFXV period
That Somnus Ultima remix too....
Damn i love this ost
This was my favorite theme from the whole DLC, thanks for uploading! Ardyn is my trash hobo husband, I loved this hahaha
Not the best Episode but the music sure was on point. 2:36 that moment when the trumpet kicked in I jumped out of my seat.
I just beat Episode Ardyn yesterday. Gotta say, it was a blast to play. This boss fight was my favorite part of the game.
Another version of Somnus track = Another great masterpiece
Thank you for uploading this song is sick.
1:01 The Guitar Is Laughing :o
So epic ... I cried
There's a bit of Dawn on it!!! I LIKE IT!!!
"Is he dead?" lol
I wanna compose like this so much o.o
Who else can feel the Xenoblade vibe?
This gives me FFX vibes
supers4iy4n kid excuse me that game is 5 decades away from this one wut
God damn this is amazing. Might get my vote for most underrated FF boss theme, along with Born Anew from FFXIII perhaps.
Regis, is that a way to talk to your ancestor?
It's a shame.
Lightning and Ardyn would have made a great team
They really could've, although Ardyn alone was overpowered by Bahamut in the ending.
Its like everyone in Eos were intentionally made weak so the Gods could have free reign over everything
@@LuckiSir A god making beings strong enough to contend with it == humans making AI that goes skynet.
@@isectoid9454 Or Samaritan.
@@slateoffate9812 Not sure what you mean. The first thing that brings to mind is the good Samaritan parable, but I don't see its relevancy.
@@isectoid9454 It's a reference to a show from a few years back.
This should be the OST for Noctis vs Ardyn.
That ones been out for two years now. Still Magna Insomnia.
actually he'd be more his great (x111) uncle
(in text-to-speech voice) I'm your ancestor brother.
Ok I believe you
Can we pls have a loop from 0:00 to 0:58 😍😍😍😍
remind me again why regis doesnt seem to know ardyn in kingsglaive
Actually he looked disturbed when he saw ardyn. Like he could sense the threat but knew he couldn't make a scene as ardyn world Sean bean him
@@Chihiro-Kikuchi bro he only disturbed because he was surprised because they sent the chancellor himself. The second in command. Let's not rationalizing the worst production fuck up in Squares history of lazy writing and putting the horses in front of the cart.
This story makes no sense and full of contractions and holes. Everyone should have been able to recognize Ardyn not just Regis. Regis would have put the look out on him if the story made sense and had consistency. He would have warned everyone about him. But nobody knows him except as the chancellor of the empire.
@@Thiago_Alves_Souza There is nothing wrong with the story. It is people like you who didn't pay attention. This episode clearly states that Ardyn is disguised as an Insomnian guard. Only we, the players, are actually seeing Ardyn on his original form. Regis sees a normal guard, but he knows he's actually Adagium using an illusory disguise. Regis never sees Ardyn in his original form until Kingsglaive.
@@owenitzura dude... Regis called him Adagium. He was imprisoned until then and by using that term, Regis clearly knows his power and how he looks like considering he had glaives guarding the prison. Now get fucked with your rude comment. His disguise came off the moment he revealed himself and his own brother recognizes him. I'm pretty sure the old kings would've told Regis even by some chance he didn't know what he looks like.
The loopholes in this shitty story is endless, and only triggered, delusional fanboys like you try to defend it.
@@Thiago_Alves_Souza Somnus pretty much erased any traces of Ardyn's name in history.
The Lucis Bloodline:
The Lucis Bloodline if Regis died early:
The Stains Of Fantasy (who knows, will understand)
1:23 epic
Soooooo, Ardyn fights Regis and uses the Royal Arms doing so... yet in Kingsglaive he doesn't have his Crownsguard or himself attack Ardyn on the spot... what???
I believe Ardyn is disguised as a border patrol office; to everyone but us he looks different.
Ardyn already showed he could kick Regis' ass, even when he was younger. In Kingsglaive there is a look of recognition on Regis face when Ardyn shows up, he likely didn't want to cause problems by attacking him.
He's supposed to look like that fat police officer in the beginning while he does this. Which makes this kinda ridiculous when you think about it.
Imagine a dude in full SWAT gear showed up with Royal Arms
Because Ardyn fucking fodderized him in the DLC. He wiped out nearly the whole Kingsguard by himself. Regis got absolutely bodied when he was younger and no doubt stronger. He knew he couldn't stop him, so he had to play along and just prioritize Noct's safety.
@@MrMetnasty That's what frustrates me with people asking why Regis didn't recognize Ardyn or act against him in kingsglaive, if he lifted a finger in that exchange Ardyn would have and could have wiped out every Lucian in that city
I hope they add ardyn into final fantasy 14 in a highend-raid boss
Well, we got Xande, Cloud of Darkness, Exdeath (normal and Neo), Kefka, Warring Triad, even Ozma... I don't see why not. Maybe even an event with him as guest and you go up against this Bahamut. (The fights you have with him in Comrades are reminiscent of XIV)
Screw it. Add Ardyn, Sephiroth and- *ADD EVERYONE FOR FUC-*
It could be a boss if the next expansion is about the empire theme
0:34
Oh my shitting god!
Howdy Y'all.
B-A-N-G-E-R
Lol this strait up sounds like a sonic soundtrack
Is Ardyn laughing in some parts of the music?
No, it's the guitar being shred in a way it sounds like manic laughter
@@stevenerichenning7002 ohhh
wheres gladio's dad?
Busy of being naked
@@chotho4718 or busy having a son and teach him how to be naked
I hated fighting the king and possessing Ifrit
Well yeah you are the villain but dw ifrit becomes normal again in the novel
@@TwistahsWorld yeah thanks to Luna she saved him absorbing the Scurage but became a daemon and died in the process but bahamut brought her back to life he was the true villan apparently in the novel
This track remind anyone else of Super Smash Bros.? No? Just me, then.
Sound ALOT like ff7