5.3 Absolutely destroyed me | Shadowbringers 5.3 Reaction | Final Fantasy XIV
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The tears just wouldn't stop... This moment definitely topped the 5.0 finale. But now I'm convinced it CAN'T get better than this. I don't know what Endwalker holds but it surely can't be better than 5.3... r-right?
Elidibus dragged us through the emotional wringer in this one. Forcing us to relive every big moment we've experienced so far. Papalymo, Moenbryda, Haurchefant, Ysayle, Tsuyu.. So much emotional pain in so little time. It all led into such a beautiful finale in the Seat of Sacrifice. For those we have lost, for those we can yet save.
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no statement is more accurate about final fantasy 14 than "why can't i just feel good about winning a fight for once", and for Shadowbringers "this is the most painful victory lap i've done for any video game ever" YES, all true words
And yet after just one smile from Tataru we feel like we could do it all over again, no problem.
"The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day; but you are not here to see it."
Gods that line fucks me up every time ;_; most tragic last words ever
You and me both
It hits hard when you realize that Elidibus is around your height...and the phantom Ancients called you all children.
Elidibus must have been relatively young when he willingly gave himself up to be Zodiark's heart. And then spent millenia trying to perform a duty for people he had slowly forgotten about. His voice actor does a great job slowly transitioning from indignation to confusion in that one line
I was actually thinking about this while editing the video. I don't think I really acknowledged how smol he was in the moment, and it made me start wondering some things retroactively. I'm really hoping I learn more of Elidibus' story as I continue playing.
One of the official short stories square enix released mentions that the Convocation members see Elidibus as their little brother and when he volunteered to be Zodiark's heart, quote; "There was none among us who did not waver."
I’ve heard the Japanese version of the script uses a specific descriptor of young Japanese men reserved for those colloquially in the range of 16-24 and I think medically 18-30? The numbers aren’t exact from memory but are close.
Edit: found it
Jp uses 小柄な青年 basically "a young man of short stature". NOTE that 青年 is specifically "seinen", which is mostly used for young adults, or for the manga category demographics, which is again around 20s or mid 20s.
@@Tobeh I view him as the Alphinaud of the Convocation. Eager to help everyone, respects them all a lot (Emet and Azem in particular seem to have been his role models), but overworks himself because he wants to prove he is as helpful as them. Relative to the rest of the Convocation, he was basically just a teenager
So young adult then? In any case, it is such a wild ride having him as our big antagonist. They gave him such a good development in such a short time for a couple of patches.
5.3 came out shortly after my friend passed away, and the "rains have ceased" line spiraled me.
Oh gosh, my deepest sympathies ❤
"The Emet style snap let's go"
*figure waves*
R E A L I Z A T I O N sets in.
I will NEVER stop watching reactions to ShB.
I miss him so bad, so realizing it was him cut me deep. 😭
The fact that they put that in mid fight is CRUEL, hahaha.
@@terabellum Ishikawa "I put emotional damage in your emotional damage!"
@@terabellum I honestly think it's we sorta understood where he was coming from right to the end. He just wanted to go home! And out of the three unsundered he was the only one who could even remember what home was! Lahabrea had gone insane and Elidibus refused to use his memory stone to refresh his memories. Emet-selch was truly and utterly alone. he just...was going about it really REALLY badly.
But it made his end all the more heartbreaking and his return to save us all the more potent.
@@terabellum For better context, remember how Hythlodaeus had mentioned that Azem was not allowed to have a memory crystal made for them due to having left the group due to disagreeing with their chosen course of action? Hythlodaeus remarked that it was a dear friend of Azem's who broke with tradition and made a memory crystal for Azem in secret. Well, that's where the identity of that friend is important. SPOILERS:
Azem's best friend who made that memory crystal in secret for them, in clear breach of protocol and tradition was none other than Emet-Selch himself. Azem was his dearest and closest friend. And with that in mind, it makes it easier to understand Emet's shock and disbelief when he gets a glimpse of our past Unsundered form as Azem. He's in disbelief that out of all people, it's his dearest friend in the world who is standing against him, and so for the first time in his life he lies....to himself. He lies to himself that his eyes are playing tricks on him, and that we couldn't possibly be Azem, when deep down, he knows we truly are Azem. And when we finally defeat him, he is content both in the knowledge that he can leave things in our hands from now on, and be comforted at having had a reunion with his old friend, even if only in a Sundered form.
Emet being the one to ultimately create Azem's memory crystal also helps to explain why Emet was the one to actually appear rather than Azem....he was the one to create the crystal, and so he had become a core part of that memory crystal.
Isn’t it curious that wishing on the Crystal summoned Emet-Selch from the aetherial sea momentarily? Then he pulled us back from the rift? 😃 Curious indeed, heheheh.
"Why can't I feel good-"
Ishikawa: "we don't do that here "
Oh man, this patch was ROUGH on the heart. In particular, the scene that always has me sobbing is Lyna's goodbye. The knowledge that this person who is like family to her came from another world and gave up everything for over 100 years to help them is going to finally go home, and that you're so incredibly sad to see them go, but also so happy that they can live their life as their true selves and be happy. Man. Literal bawling every time.
It kills me that her last moment with him was her putting on a brave face and smiling. She knew what was coming but chose to see him off happy rather than crying. 😢
There will never be another "patch day experience" like the 5.3 patch day experience, I feel
Having to wait those extra months due to covid, waiting and waiting and waiting, then finding out at *FANFEST* a few months later with the reveal of Endwalker that Soken wrote the song for the trial, To The Edge, while in the hospital fighting cancer, potentially being the last song he would ever write in his life, and all these emotions welling up and pouring out with the end of Shadowbringers for the characters involved and the players, far and above considered the best this game has ever had in terms of story, even after Endwalker to some
5.3 was fucking awesome! I'll never forget the hype of seeing the crashed puppet's bunker in kholusia, people doing flamedance from the moonfire fair, the meteors coming down and the barrier across the gates of the crystal tower after a certain point in msq, and of course being able to fly in ARR zones. I got up at like 5am to play, immaculate patch day experience.
"Thank you for not dying, my catboy"...
Oh. My sweet, sweet child. I'm so sorry for what happens next.
THANK YOU. I was so not okay lol.
@@terabellum none of us were 😂
So, I realize that someone likely mentioned this somewhere in chat or the like, but just in case they didn't, I would like to call attention to the song for Warrior of Light's fight - To The Edge. When 5.3 was being worked on, Soken was fighting cancer, to the point that he was hospitalized for a while. However, even while in the hospital he kept composing. He wrote To The Edge while thinking there might be a very real possibility that it would be the final contribution to the game he would make, as at the time, the prognosis for his fight with cancer was in a very tenuous place. Thankfully, Soken recovered and beat cancer's ass, but the context of To The Edge working both as a boss theme and a possible farewell from Soken hits me so very hard to this day. Still very glad that he's still rocking like the absolute legend he is.
My guild leader told me this too when I started seat of sacrifice it's amazing how strong a man can be and still do something amazing like this that's why I love this game and the producers
Fun fact regarding Y'shtola and Runar:
if you and another player with the mammeteer title (for owning 10 wind-up minions) each have a wind-up Runar and Wind-up Y'shtola/Matoya out at the same time they'll recreate the scene at 52:25 . With the difference that she'll accept the flower
Another cool thing about that is the flower itself. It’s the same kind of flower that she’s seen holding in the A New Beginning trailer from ARR.
I'm still sad they didn't voice the lyna/G'raha scene on the way to see elidibus.
Lyna's VA's performance was stellar and I needed more
This SO MUCH
Lyna's VA delivers a line after a battle in 5.0 that hurt so bad. She did so, so good. I would have loved to hear her deliver again in that moment.
I mean this, with ZERO hyperbole: I would pay for an entire expansion just to bring Lyna and G'raha's VAs into the booth to record that scene and to animate Thancred finally hugging Ryne as he says he is proud of her. Those scenes are already so powerful, adding that cherry on top would bring those scenes from a 10/10 to a 12/10, or possibly even higher.
The implication with the runar scene is that she actually is interested, unlike with magnai, it's just y'shtola is very teasing and coy about it. The difference between runar and magnai is that runar knows HER as a person and is 100% genuine and shares her interests, while magnai is just "you pretty, I love you" Runar may be boyish at times but he is significantly more mature than little sun, also from his goodbye he was fully expecting to be rejected and would accept it, but does it anyway to have his feelings out there. Also that flower is the same she had in the ARR cinematic, her favorite flower, so yeah, much sturdier foundation for a potential relationship down the line
If I remember correctly, Lyna was raised by the Exarch which... kinda hits a lot harder when one thinks about it.
Correct! From a very young age, the Exarch took care of her, and it made all their interactions just so beautiful.
"Joke's on you Elidibus. I know for a fact Y'shtola and Thancred would yell at me if I hesitated to attack if the enemy tried to use them against me."
You cry very elegantly! 14/10 can’t wait for your endwalker experience. Thank you for letting us relive our own memories of this through your own ❤
I'm going to put "elegant crier" on my resume. Thank you! 😂
@@terabellum Buy a carton of tissues. Maybe some water so you don't get too dehydrated. Probably supplies to clean your glasses.. A LOT.
5.3 is the best imo, not even EW can beat it.
@@ChipotleKanetsu I’m choosing to see them as a whole, one glorious tapestry
@@terabellum de nada, I had to change my tshirt three times by the end of my own experience, tissues were useless by the time G’raha started to seize up 😹
I love the touch of Elidbus using Paladin wings to protect his summoned comrades as he Lb4's the party.
The only thing I'm absolutely furious about in this entire patch is the fact that the final exarch and lyna conversation is not voiced.
The first time I watched someone's play through I was shocked because in my memory I swore it was voiced, but I guess it was just in my head. Lyna has such a distinct voice, both in written and spoken form, that I'm able to hear her voice perfectly in my head based, which isn't something I've experienced before.
Okay I just finished your video and oh my gosh your phrases and quotes are amazing. *screen fades back to Zenos* "I can fix him", iconic
"Why are they playing answers??" Said everyone. Any time answers plays
I sincerely like to believe that Y'shtola took up infusing Thancred's ammunication with no comment nor any prior discussion - just as a gesture of peace between them. Of family. And that it hadn't even occurred to him until this moment he'd have this problem in the Source only to learn she'd already solved it.
Because Ishikawa is a goddess, Who else can take you from the elation of finally defeating the main villain to shredding tears for him with 7 lines of dialogue. 😂😂
5.3 just hurts different... Even after everything, it still stands as my favorite patch.
I think I have seen the scenes after WoL fight + Seto scene, about 20 times now by watching streamers (and ofc playing the msq myself) and still, STILL it makes me cry every time.
Have a great time with the rest of MSQ and take your time! Remember to hydrate after tears!
I just watched this VoD on twitch, but I'm still excited to rewatch and live this again because my inner emotional vampire needs more tears (and I'm a huge masochist)
Ah, yes, more 5.3 reactions to which I can get my emotional vampirism on. Thank you for the sustenance >:-]
In all seriousness, my favorite thing to see people react to is the realization of who the figure is, during the WoL mid-fight scene. It took me a death and a re-attempt on the first day to realize that it wasn't just ANY figure, and when I did, I feel like my reaction was the same as yours. I was just beside myself and it was so hard to continue the fight with any decency after that. I was just SO glad to see Emet again, in any form. I think you were too.
This comment started off with an "itadakimasu" type beat, haha.
But I fully agree. Emet MADE Shadowbringers what it was, and while I still love this expansion, there is a definite Emet-sized hole in my chest. 💔
@@terabellum Itadakimasu indeed, haha. But yes, totally agreed on Emet. Honestly, he's become one of my favorite characters of all time... I can't really even call him villain, usually I go with antagonist, because while what he did was absolutely horrible, I can also very much understand why he did it and sympathize with him. It's just that your goals and his were in conflict, in the end, so one of you had to go. But.. that he built that fail-safe into the Azem stone... does it say he had faith in you/Azem? Does it mean he knew what things might come to for Elidibus, if the worst were to happen to him, and wanted to offer his help in ending his friend's solitary struggle? For all the fronts that Emet put on, he really was pretty selfless, in some ways, in the end. Just a little tsundere about it lol.
Anyway, I'm excited to see what you think of the rest of the story, as you work through it 🙂Forge ahead, Warrior of Light.
And so it begins...
The End...
Walker.
Very first group, the Scions, and he's already crying. This patch is going to tear him apart.
One thing I was so salty they left out at 18:25. In the original Japanese she calls him Grandpa.
34:25, he takes a deep breath and relaxes, thinking it's over. Nope. So many more huge gut punches left. And his absolute rage at seeing "the body." Perfect! And that "disinterested" remark, made me choke up laughing.
41:32 A smile better suits a hero.
I knew it was going to be a rough stream the minute they threw papalymo in my face. 🫠
oh yay, all my pain and suffering in one convenient location :D
It gets better, one step at a time, Traveller.
But stepping forward leads me to Endwalker! /panic
"This is not going to be an easy stream" oh sweet summer child, if you had any idea what awaited you.... 5.3 takes no prisoners.
I have gone through 5.3 myself countless times, watched others go through it even more times, and still, every time, I cry through the whole thing.
5.3 never gets any easier. It gets harder ever time. I've seen it up to 10 times and witnessed it several times with friends, it never gets easier.
Hope is everlasting.
To quote one of my friends:
"Dammit G'raha. Why do you always get what you want?"
Thanks you for the upload. Was anticipating this, and the reactions did not dissappoint. At the time, the Seto scene was the one that got me good. For about a year now, I own a pet, so that scene hits even harder now.
Been there, done the story, but STILL I cry every time i see the reactions of others seeing this for the First Time ♥️
Can't wait for you ti discover the wonderful journey in Endwalker!
I can't remember the last time I felt so scared and excited to dive into something like Endwalker. Wish me luck!
Be brave, be EXCITED, and BRING TISSUES.
It Will be a blast and so much more ✌️😁💥
I've only just started watching your videos and I have been thoroughly enjoying your highlight videos and have been so excited to see you reach this point, I was in tears at so many points in this expansion like you. Shadowbringers was a masterpiece.
Also, fun fact: the man who voices Seto is the same one who voiced Thordan.
I'm so glad you're enjoying them! It's been a cathartic experience to share all these moments with people like you.
Thanks for coming along with me through this journey. 💚
omg chat is right that s one hell of a late lb3 tank, holy shit.
also pft LOL i can fix him.
Watching your reactions literally made me relive all of my feelings and it's so warming to see someone else feel it all too
Ah, I see 5.3 reaction and I know delicious sprout tears to feast on. FFXIV players are all emotional vampires who relive the story vicariously through new players once we have finished.
Seto voice actor did an amazing job considering the last time we heard him he voiced the Arch Bishop and killed harchefont.
What wrecked me, is learning that during all of this, Soken was undergoing treatment for cancer and managed to keep it a secret from almost everyone on the game team.
I have a theory that G'raha is the real Elidibus. Y'shtola pointed out that Elidibus was actually a primal, not the real Elidibus, when they were talking down in the ruins of the real Amaurot. Elidibus' answer was basically "Yeah, so?" Elidibus and G'raha have a lot of similarities, right down to the language they use. I've always wondered about that scene where we first fight Ran'jit and Emet-Selch is watching from atop the tower. He makes a comment about "such a soul" and we assume it's about the WoL, but what if he means G'raha right then? It's G'raha and Ran'jit that are fighting right under him.
Ishikawa says, fuck your power fantasy imma make you feel pain xD
Remember those days when the most important thing you had to do was to steal some cheese from a bunch of gobbies?
We have always been an adventurer, as our new old friend pointed out.🛡
Camel-dog gets me everytime!
5.3 reactions are my drug of choice :)
If someone says video games aren't art, you show them 5.3.
本当に大好きなシナリオです ありがとうFF14
THE EULMORE THEME JUMPSCARE NFDKUSJFSN 48:27 love your reactions dude, this is why i vigorously relive this game through reactions, pain feels great 🥲
Love that, just as the cutscene voice ends, a chat alert pops and it's a freaking cheer XD Impeccable timing, no matter the streamer, I swear
Boy o boy o boy... For me what happened in Endwalker hits harder. Realizing what Venat have to go through till she meet us. The WoL. It hurts so much. And everytime i play Flow. I just got that chill and the tears will flow
Man, I've leveled ten characters through this patch and still went through half a box of tissues watching this video.
31:47 phase 3 is just pure emotional damage. Lol
If in a later expansion they make our Chocobo talk and give them Seto's voice actor Id die
1. If you get the wind-up Runar minion, he will propose to any Y'shtola minion he sees 😜
2. Im still of the opinion that Runar is a powerful summoner who is going to find the way to cross over first, and show up just to surprise her 😉
They still did Runar dirty, and I'll fight Yoshi if he doesn't get to see Shtola again.
SAME. At least in my head canon I'm confident once the world sees some modicum of peace, Y'shtola WILL find a way to get back to him.
"Go away! You look like aught is amiss!" Best reaction ever. :D I don't get to watch your live casts, but your VOD's are pretty amazing.
28:18 Look. It’s the pose on the cover art of Final Fantasy. The Warrior of Light doing the pose.
I cried hard at this part too.
For the irony, I imagine Zenos's theme song to be "I don't want to set the world on fire"
You had me at "I can fix him" 😂❤❤❤❤
I need to go back and watch your other videos, I really enjoyed your playthrough of this patch!
Oh nooo. G'Raha became a lvl 80 mining node. DX
5.3 and seto savage gets everyone in the end 😭
8:50 When this patch was current, you could have sworn Ali was going on a Yo-Kai Watch FATE hunt.
Fucking *love* the people of the Crystarium.
Best city, as a whole.
This is how you do a proper send off for the end of an expansion. I do not recall an MMO that would make you feel like your journey mattered.
By the way, if you remember the two men in Eulmore during the meteor shower before Hero's Gauntlet. Pay close attention how the man who was crying cause this will be important later.
Eternal Wind chokes me up every time.
Seto remains undefeated. That scene gets me every time I see it.
One thing I wish was kept during EN adaptation, is Lyna calling the Exarch "Grandpa", when saying to deliver a message to the Lord.
" It can't get better than this, right? "
Thats exactly what I said when I finished all the SHb patches...
And I was wrong...so wrong. Enjoy what is coming, for you're in for a true adventure ahead!
this whole patch hurts even more then it did back then knowing that Soken wrote to the edge (the Warrior of Light fight theme) in the hospital battling cancer with basically no one aware of it
Legit everyone gotta hydrate before 5.3
Can't wait for this guy to hear "On Blade's Edge".
Gotta love a good music jumpscare
Is this where we all tell you that To The Edge, the Warrior of Lights song, Soken wrote while battling cancer and how the lyrics can be about his struggle to
I want to see your reaction to the reveal of Elidibus' true nature ad a primal, but that's not in this video and the vod is not on RUclips T_T
It's normal to cry after feeling Elidibus' despair and the disappearance of Exarch/Graha... And all in the space of a few moments...
Don't forget to check out the Eden raid if you haven't. I think there is a certain someone you'll be appreciative of.
God this is the real heartbreaker
Elibus and G'raha broke me lol had to cuddle with my puppy and seeing Seto with Arbert
ascian that using the power of Warrior of Light
VS
Warrior of Light that using power of Ascians
Such poetry, such the destiny of WoL as the '漆黒のヴィランズ/Jet Black Villains' in elidibus PoV
What I love about this part...is something our society has forgotten. Emet created the shard for Azem even though he didn't agree with them. You can disagree with someone on a position and still care deeply for someone. Because you may not agree with their view but you deeply care for the person and their beliefs.
oh sweetie 😥.
It always hurts because both sides are fighting for those they love.
Like the real world thre are rarely good/evil it's all grey.
Poor dude is not ready for Endwalker
Im so glad you love this game lol great content continue doing you
Oh, Best have a full box of tissue on your desk when you enter Endwalker. 😁😁
Welp. Chose tears, today. 😭
thank you for sharing! your reaction is beyond awesome! edit: can't wait to see what endwalker does to ya XD
FFXIV never lets a detail go to waste that is for sure!
For those who use gshade, never watch that cutscene with the crystallization with mxao or the other shadow options on. It’s very clear they used a special model for his face >.>
littlebus
It always kinda amuses me seeing streamers react with tears when the Exarch turns fully to crystal because my reaction to that scene was "Um....okay, but, like....I have his soul in my pocket to return him to the Source. That was the plan, guys. I'mma take him back to his past-self-body." 😅
It was Lyna's farewell, knowing she'll likely never see him again, that hit me in the heart.
TO BE HONEST, I still thought the entire soul-pokeball plan was crap and that someone was going to get lost in the space betwixt the worlds. So I had no guarantee we were going to get out catboy back at that time.
Also, he technically did die even if we got his memories back later. That physical G'raha we knew and loved is 100% a ded popsicle still standing in the first.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY. I'm an emotional mess. :D
@@terabellum Oh come now, as you said - you had his soul pokeball. You just gotta throw it and yell "G'raha Catboy, I CHOOSE YOU!" and you know it'll be okay! ^-^ 🤣
The "problem" with the Ascians as the antagonists is that it's too easy to relate to them. Many of us would have followed the same path had we been in their position. They were just trying to save their world - exactly the same thing that we keep fighting for.
This. So much this.
I have some theories about "funny Daniel" already that you'll see in the next few patch videos! Spoiler alert: I don't hate him anymore. 😔
@@terabellum It also makes the game's story far more interesting and adds weight to our actions, as opposed to things we did in WoW and how we were never really part of the story. Regarding Fandaniel, yeah...uh...he's complicated. :D
5.3 end cutscene is my second favorite cutscene.
I always say one thing in regards to this patch. If something had gone horribly wrong and the game ended here, with patch 5.3, it still would have been a perfect ending. Yes even with the tease of what’s to come. Not to discount what IS to come I should clarify. This still would have made a more than satisfactory ending.
Thankfully it didn’t just stop there and we got the ending we did in EW. Enjoy the ride. You’re not done just yet.
Edit: Eulmore jump scare never gets old 😂
Oh my guy, I hope someone reminded you to bring a big bottle of water to stream so you could hydrate! Congrats on completing shadowbringers! Time to walk unto the end
I'm so hyped for your EW streams!! Do you have a community discord?
I do! You can find the link on my Twitch page. I hesitate to link it in RUclips comments, haha.
The defector... That word sound like they are the worst. I'd say that the defector had something else to do, probably something more important than the final days or maybe didn't see reason to pick a side and just let everything go to ashes? No, really, I don't know the defector's reasons.
9:18 idk this whole section I was like "oh my, I remember them all!" and moved on. My reaction was more in line of "this is so cool!".
15:07 I wish this thing remained into the key items just to remember that I still HAVE it.
20:19 Just let him, it's almost his last words.
25:18 I THINK that this is the WoL/D awakening as Azem or at the very least partially.
26:54 I'd say that it is for the future, nothing more, nothing less.
30:24 Here I was screaming: "why are you helping me now!?". I don't mind the help but I was sooooo surprised.
31:18 That's called tank LB3! (War)
32:39 you spoke too soon!
37:05 If you think about it, he was not a bad guy.
43:22 This whole scene got me for sure.
43:37 and it does!
1:03:16 I didn't catch the first time but, is this Elidibus talking here?
1:10:09 He doesn't need fixing! XD
5.3 got me crying in the club again…