You've still got a lot more to do after. All the raids you missed, both 8 man and 24 man, and they're stories and fun fights. Funny things like Hildibrand and fun side quests like the Scholasticate.
Before doing Endwalker it was recommended to do Omega and, I think, Coils. It adds a lot of context to things, especially here... and one of the level 90 dungeons.
Emet's lines are so good in this part. "As a show of respect to the last of us..." where he finally considers us to be one of them, worthy to carry on the legacy of Amaurot. "Save our star", calling it "our" instead of his or theirs. And finally, when he's preparing to depart and sees us reminiscing on our time together, he sees that we may end up being trapped in the memories of the past like he was, and instead gives us a path forward by listing all the places he has been and challenging us to go there. I love this story.
I know this is late, but I dunno.. I mean it may seem obvious he is talking about us, but maybe he is talking about Venat? She calls herself "the last of us" during your fight. And Emet has been talking about Venat just prior and seeing as he hated her with every fibre of his being because he had forgotten what had happened it makes sense he's reminding us that he went back to respecting her and understanding why she did what she did by aiding her plan to help us defeat Meteion in the end? I dunno, I thought it was us he meant too as a nice little gesture, but re-watching and hearing Venat say "the last of us" referencing herself made me speculate...
The hole point is that you shouldnt imideitly recocnize whos voice that are as as graha said at the end of 5.0 there may come a day where you forget the faces of those you meet. On that day i bid you reber that you are standing where you stand by virtue of the road that got you there. Or something like that.this was accall back
I love how they use music in this last zone, when you first arrive it's nearly dead silent. Then each time one of the scions leave a small part of the song is added, piece by piece until when everything is over, the full track is playing.
15 lines with Ardbert being used twice, so 14 in total, and because one voice is Ardbert it is technically us, our own convocation of voices as we walk towards the end :D
Omega is one of the reasons why Allagans were so technologically developed, as we learn in Omega raid. They only found Omega and reverse engineered a lot through it. They for sure didn't make it. Omicrons were way more advanced than Allagans. But yeah, Garlemald is HEAVY but Elpis and Ultima Thule are SO BEAUTIFUL and teaches us about life and humanity... What it means to live... This game is beyond beautiful... And when Emet says "Though you defeated me. My ideals are inviolate, invincible" and his voice almost breaks... It makes me tear up every single time. :'(
i wonder if okto's people were more advanced than the omicrons, they killed theirselves in the times of elpis, with such huge machinery and the peacemakers, just like we saw in the last dungeon.
@@doomdeathxxi think not, it is only 10,000 Peacemakers. That's not even the number of nuclear warhead on earth Meanwhile the Omicron conquered multiple planets, which i assume would need more than 10,000 units Also, the Okto never left the star, and consumed by civil war, they didnt even achieved immortality, creation magick or Omega's creation ability, nor did they achieved paradise, or the truth of the universe,...
You can spot the Axolotl in a few other places during similar quests... my personal headcanon is that lil fella from Elpis jumped in our bag of holding before we came back to the present and keeps returning to it every time his Adventure Sense tingles when we're leaving an area.
Inspired by what I actually shouted aloud when we hit this scene: Meteion: "What are you?" My WoL: "Stubborn assholes!" Hythlodaeus: [stifles a chuckle] Emet-Selch: [glares] My WoL: "There are three here, are there not?" Emet-Selch: [corner of his mouth twitches, turns back to Meteion, resumes scene]
lmao that's awesome! My head cannon has my character use Emet's words against him after he says they're reconstituted souls and says "And the appropriate size...for today's standards" and gives a cheeky smirk to Emet while Hyth laughs and Metion is just like O.o lollll
G'Raha using the line "eternal wind" was such a nice touch as his leitmotif is playing which is "Eternal Wind", and the most memorable song in Final Fantasy 3 which Shadowbringers very heavily borrowed from. Will be interesting to see if they do appear in a future expansion, in their next life. Not sure how they will manage it since the devs seems to want to keep the idea that every expansion happens back to back without any time in between them, although I've always seen the real time elapsed as the best way to see it.
When Thancred got snapped, I was shocked. They might have actually done it, and kept him gone. The moment Estinien sacrificed himself, I knew that we were going to lose probably everyone, but we would be getting everyone back. Even then, I was on the verge of crying when we had the option to say "Stop. Don't say another word." And even though I knew we were getting them back, I still cried when we did.
Square seem good at that 😂 You know a twist is coming and yet it still hits all the same, like Emet's betrayal when she shot Raha back in ShB. 100% expected, and yet we were all still surprised Pikachus
thats the thing about good stories, even of they can be predicatable or cliche at times, if the story is good, if the writters managed to make you care for the characters, the world and what is happening, then, even knowing what will happen will still hit you hard, i mean, didnt eveyone knew basically how thing would end up in elphis and still got emotionaly damaged? Its the same thing for one note vilains, they can and DO work, but for it to be so, you need to be invested in the characters around you and the world, because then you caring abou those things go in oposite to what the vilain wants to do, its why i love zenos and the very real threat he represents, i remember how on the eddge of my seat i was duting the stormblood finale with hien, lyse and yugiri fighting agiants zenos body, because i cared so much for those charcters and zenos had shown to be a very real treat to those characters, same thing with the body swap duty, i dont remember sweating so much during a video game segment as i did that one.
My personal headcanon is that Hades and Azem/The Player were lovers before Shit Went Down. That look the PC gives Hades at the end to me just screams 'but but but... I just got you baaack!' Hades meanwhile knows exactly what Azem is going to do and heads him off, because that puppy dog stare has done him in too many times before and he's too fucking tired. He's gonna go take a break and then we can go on another adventure.
Yeah, at that point I wanted to give her a hug and take her back to Eitherys and give her a field of flowers to look after whenever we get the Island Sanctuary's.
I was floored when the lyrics came in on the song for the first time. I didn't watch the launch trailer so I didn't recognize the song. The fact that the song became clearer and clearer as your friends sacrificed themselves to clear your way...wow.
Hades setting up the roadmap for future expansions/patches was a stroke of genius. I'd seen so many people worry this was the end of FFXIV, but there is so so much left to see and learn.
Fantastic as always but OmG SOPHIE it’s great that you put the portraits of the characters with their voices! I was such a sopping mess going through here that I couldn’t place most of the voices. I really appreciate that and your endscreen. 😭 I appreciate you posting these videos, Cob.
Jason Charles Miller, singer and English voice actor for Raubahn Aldynn in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, sings the song, "Close in the Distance" - composed by Masayoshi Soken, with lyrics by Natsuko Ishikawa and Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - heard in the Endwalker launch trailer and during the segment of Endwalker in this video.
Not sure how many noticed the same music played throughout the entire zone. However, it started with just the basic rhythm, awkward and muted. As they progressed, that same song became more clear and finally got the point of a lyric-less version. Then when Graha went, boom, finally then entire song,.lyrics and all appeared. And it will stay that way forever. I go there to craft and to hang out. Just for the music.
Same. I think the story with the Omnomnoms distracted me just enough to forget that there was going to be another sacrifice. When he said ‘will you do me a favor’ I started yelling NONONO and bawling. I got really dehydrated by the time Emet and Hythlodaeus showed up. 😆
I really enjoy that Emet finally got what he truly wanted after all those millenia he had to carry this burden. He finally get to return to the star togheter with Hythlodeus, looking forward to the day when Azem's soul can finally join theirs. I've always felt like all Emet truly wanted in the end was to free Hythlodeus soul from being a part of Zodiark and find his friend Azem, things which would only be possible if they finnished the rejoining. So even if Emet lost he still got what he desired, Hythlodeus soul was freed from Zodiark and he found his lost friend as part of the WoL.
Emet and Hythlodaeus showing up was like a nice warm blanket wrapping around me lol. It took away all the despair, and put hope back in its rightful place.
I loved how it was Emet telling us "hey - here's your next adventure"...... yeah - I had to do Ultima Thule in one take and by his point, I was pretty much tears. Didn't help that it was after midnight and I'd been up since 5 am.
Fun fact: the song that plays in Ultima Thule, Close in the distance, is sung by JC Miller, who both sang the Shadowbringers theme as well as was the voice actor for Raubahn in ARR.
I have a few theories on why you can't call your friends back. Firstly, it would be the WoL giving in to despair I believe. Second, remember that Thancred gave himself to be the air you are breathing - so if you call him back what would you breathe? And if you called the others back in despair then I would think meteion's sisters and their personae of the Ea, dragons, etc may return as well since your fellow Scions are what has countered their despair. So with those personae back again it would mean there is more despair than hope in Ultima Thule. These are just my thoughts. I think calling Emet and Hythlo is because they have creation magic, but they are also more aware of Meteion's beginnings and creation than our fellow Scions. But I thinik the purpose in the flower is partially to remind Meteion that she still hopes - and the flowers don't turn grey, black or even purple around her which shows she never lost hope either. So how can she say there is no hope and only despair?
A case where what you say and what you believe in contrast I believe. It's very logical to believe in something after being served countless proof of it, but a tiny part in her heart still wish to hope
Just a note that the Elpis flowers around her DOES have purple in it, it's every color for every emotions merged into one flower. It proves to Meteion that even though she deemed her realm the ultimate lair of despair, ultimately suffering is but one of the many emotions every living being has to go through and that's the beauty of life. Which links straight back to what Hermes promised her - upon her return he will gift her "a beautiful flower". Hermes doesn't consider the white Elpis flower beautiful (on the contrast he detest it in the cutscenes) because it's essentially just the Ancients brainwashing themselves into thinking their world is a paradise, so not only the flower isn't stained, it's colorless. So by promising Meteion a beautiful flower he meant after she return and give him the answer to life's purpose, he will use the knowledge to change society so that everyone can appreciate life at it's true value, and by then, the Elpis flower will bloom with all its potential. We fulfilled Hermes's promise to Meteion by showing her the rainbow-colored "beautiful flower", the answer both she and Hermes has been looking for.
Yeah, Emet and Hythlodeus stabilise the environment so you can call back the scions without undoing the changes to the world that they created through their sacrifice
@@lllllShjnllll Wonderfully put. It took me a second time rewatching that cutscene to fully grasp the meaning because at first i just saw bright Elpis flowers showing her that despair wasn't ruling absolute even here.The added nuance of them being rainbow colored to show the spectrum of emotions from despair to hope and happiness is so very well done. The more i rewatch reaction videos the more little details i discover.
@@lllllShjnllll It has purple in it as it does other colors. With Hermes the flower turns more purple - that is why I said it doesn't turn black or purple or any color we have seen that is a reflection of unhappiness or despair.
53:43 The line "I certainly did." makes me think that Hades either held Azem's seat once before becoming Emet-Selch or was at least the bearer of Azem's crystal. Though I'm not sure which one.
I think he carried the crystal around with him while seeing those places in honour of his friend, and to essentially be with his friend on an adventure.
The implication only occurred to me seeing it again this time. Vanat also referred to an original bearer of the crystal which could mean she inherited it from him. It would all match up with the story Hythlodaeus told of Hades traveling the world helping people prior to becoming Emet, and also explain why he wouldn't have been the convocation's first choice as well.
Hythlo's shade told us in 5.3 that Hades created the Azem crystal in secret after our Azem had already left the Convocation, because defectors were 'deemed unworthy of commemoration.' Also, Hades says in Elpis that Convocation members only step down when they're ready to die- and that Venat was unusual for deciding to live on. If Hades himself was another Azem emeritus, that comment wouldn't make any sense.
@@shinkicker404 Yeah, this is what I assumed he meant as well. His own sentimentalism for his friend bid him carry the crystal he made for them, and explore in their stead.
Remember; he was unsundered for at least 12000 years. And given he made at least two empires, he could have traveled the bulk of Etherys during that time.
having emet and hythlodaeus there to push us over the finish line in ultima thule was my favorite bit of the entire expansion. i was sooooo happy to see them and immediately felt kinda saved and relieved of my burden.
❤❤❤ Congrats on being part of the few who stick around until then! I edit and put those in simply for a surprise now and then 😊 So thank you for the comment!
Also, Ambystoma was probably brought here by Meteion as a memento to Hermes. Honestly heartbreaking. It's an homage, just like Shoebill bird was Emet's familiar used by him to spy on us in ShB.
Definitely one of the best parts in this expansion! I was shocked to see when the Elpis flowers manifested so bright and with some rainbow highlights, I knew then that Ultima Thule is no longer a place of pure despair and that there is hope that we CAN reach Meteion. So maybe... we can summon our friends back again with Azem's memory crystal + Mom's creation magic buff? and verily, doth ye correct. Excited for the finale and your thoughts on it!
I was going to explain some details behind your comments at 3:40, but noticed that you caught it and put up a card for the info. :3 There is also a post-MSQ dungeon tied to the Omicrons that I liked the story for. Yay, Ship of Theseus! \o/ G'raha is best catboy. I do like the overlay of who each of the voices is. "Come, let me relieve you of your burden. You have suffered enough." She said the line from the trailer! \o/ Thancred is still Thancred. Emet dropping hints for upcoming xpacs, the cheeky bugger. And the upcoming 24-man. Very nice closing screen. Cannot wait to see the end. :3
Superb editing! The addition of the portraits gave an extra layer to my feels. Seen this scene a dozen times and it's always a trip but this was a great touch.
Thank you so much for putting the pictures there... I am crappy at recognizing voices and I had the game set in german until mid SB (which spared me englisch ARR but doesn't make it easier, I had zero chance of recognizing G'raha in ShB thx to that XD)
This whole part of us losing person after person. Friend after friend when I finally got to this part I broke down even though I knew they would come back to us it still was not easy. After his part I actually walked with the twins to the top and stopped to over look the land we traverse....to see how far we have come and who we lost on the way to Meteion. So when I got to the twins sacraficing themselves I choose the option "I cannot lose you to!" Cause it got to the point it was to much. Even broke down afterwards cause was not easy to lose them all and be completely and utterly powerless to stop it.
If Sophie is still the one editing the videos then my hat's off to her as the editing quality seems to have increased as of late. I don't know if this is just extra time being put in but it's certainly appreciated.
So, when the Ea and the Omicrons explained their reasons for wanting oblivion, I just kept responding, "...so? Is the idea of living without a purpose or any attainable goals for the future really that daunting? I handle it just fine." With all the existential crises in this area, I kept thinking "Nietsche would have a field day here."
The bit with G'raha (and what comes after) had me in tears. Even knowing that they would come back eventually it doesn't make it not hurt. Alisaie voice actor absolutely nailed it too. Meteions theme song hits real hard too, so beautiful. Also the overall message in this expansion is really really good, something a lot of people need to hear.
I don't think i cried as much in my life as i did in this part like tears were falling to the point it started hurting to cry more. Next episode is final one i'm happy to say i followed you ever since that kugane jumping puzzle xD
47:30 everyone misses it, that part hydaelyn speaks, as thanks to her gift into our azem stone we can summon the dead, as we did for emet, hythlo and the scions... i wonder if that blue shine means her gift was wholly expended ... thats the feeling i get from it.
At one point it was said that Meteion was small. But if you recall when you first go to Elpis Emet-Selch increased your size to be comparable to them. Meteion was about waist high to Hermes. I(as a mid height Hyuran female) was about knee high to the Amaurotine. Which means the tallest Au Ra male would probably be about waist to chest high to Meteion. Which would be kind of scary to see a big Meteion towering over you. Either the developers forgot about this fact or Meteion somehow altered her own size to be her relative size as when she met you in Elpis. The Emet and Hythlo being relative size could just be the creation magic. Plants and animals can be explained for their size due to the sundering.
The worst part for me was the fact the Scions willingly sacrificed themselves so that *we* could keep going. It reminded me of what Vitra said at the beginning that we are connected to so many people, that they get involved in our problems. Even when I knew that they could come back, the fact that they believe in us enough to kill themselves really got to me.
41:27 Ah... so Emet's soul (later Hythodaeus's too) has been lingering around WoL pretty much like Ardberd did, I guess. Only this time they are invisible to WoL. I guess it makes sense why he was the one who's narrating.
Yes, and remember the "dream" sequence with the bubbles and Hythlo's voice seemingly talking to someone? The other person is Emet, and the bubbles are representing that they're in the aetherial sea, watching the events as they happen.
That bloody Ambystola (or however you write that word...) XD I found it in Labyrinthos when you show the Loporitts around: with the same looking glass-quest you can see it on some random tower. At least now I know where it went from there XD 47:15 ---- The flowers were our idea :) Remember what Emet-Selch said before: that they would fuel the creation but what form it takes is up to us. This quote of Hermes was said in a vision of the past (in the past, yes) that we had with Venat. Emet and Hythlodeus werent there with us, so they wouldnt know. But flowers and their rainbow colors show that we have changed this realm enough to break Meteion's hold over it: the changes our friends began are now new reality so their continuing struggle isnt needed anymore. Meteion herself started to change, bit by bit. At least, thats my interpretation :D Also, keep in mind that Emet and Hythlodeus are actually stunted :D As Ancients they should be about two or three times taller than us - I can imagine this would gall Emet XD
FFXIV: Here are all your friends back in reconstituted bodies! Me: Why didn't we give Y'shtola her sight back. But man, that walk broke me. As someone who has been playing the game since 2.0 released, hearing the voices of all the friends I've made given me support was just too much. Also, it's just Emet being a tsundere. Emet, Hythlo and Azem were basically inseparable friends and he sees his friend in you. They always had plans to return to the star together, so he's going to be waiting for you.
Her visions seems to be an affliction of her soul, and not her body. She retained her blindness in the First, just as Thancred, who was affected by the same Flow spell, was still unable to use Aether even in the First.
the "cyrillic" F in "Hope Not Found" is actually the greek letter "phi". the triangle "D" in the same quest name is the greek "delta." numerous greek letters are used in the quest names at that section.... as well as in the naming themes of the omicrons. "Omicron" itself being a greek letter, for one.
I'm a relatively new convert to the Cobrak vids but OMG has it been amazing following you both through your journey through FFXIV. I'm with you through whatever you decide to do from here on out. :)
At this point, I was feeling nothing but grim determination. I was just like: "There is GOING to be a way to fix this. We're gonna Full Sailor Moon this shit." Because Sailor Moon often faces situations where all her friends are dead/captured, and then she finds a way to bring them back. Then Emet said "call them back" and I was screaming: "WHAT DID I SAY!?!? FULL. SAILOR. MOON!!!" 😀
As I so love to bring up regarding this zone, nobody will ever convince me that with the way each scion that sacrifices themselves adds layers to the music as you play through the zone that the vocalist for this zone isn't G'raha.
In regards to your questions about Omega's origins, it goes into that during the Omega raids of Stormblood. I don't remember off the top of my head if you posted a video of doing them, but if you all ready did it you can rewatch the cutscenes in an inn
1:15 Oh, I get it. The word "planet" doesn't exist for Eorzeans. They use the term "star" for the world they live on. 10:59 "What makes you think the story won't be about you and we'll just be the footnote?" Aww, so sweet. ^.^ 14:15 "Rather than risk becoming subjugated, we chose to become the subjugator." Just like the Garleans. 16:18 Eternal Wind, a track from FF3, kinda became G'raha's theme and it is so unfair. 20:00 Remember at the end of 5.0 when he opened the portal for us to return to the Source he reached out his hand to it but it shocked him? 21:23 When the vocals began I started crying. 22:25 Morning rises on a land reborn from the ashes (ARR), 'neath the heavens (Heavensward), to sunset, blood-red skies tranquil after the storm (Stormblood), blessed shadow (Shadowbringers). 32:09 Coils music, God damn That gets me. That's where Alphi and Ali came into their own. 39:14 Another trailer line. 42:15 Remember in illusory Amaurot the Hythlo shade said he served the same as all the others, a bit part to make the city more lively? 43:28 From this moment on I'm not sure if he's talking about Venat's methods and her being the last of them. Or what we're doing and him finally considering us an equal instead of an inferior. And was his declaration about Venat being the last of them or us? 47:25 Venat's last gift, the mastery over matter, was enough to summon those to help us win... and save our friends. Thanks Crystal Mom. 51:00 Grumpy Emet is best Emet. 53:54 Oi! Don't tease an Azem would awesome places you've been they haven't. That's not nice.
Also, I'm sure you've come to realize this by this point since you would've finished the MSQ but there's a lot of flavor in this expansion that you just don't get if you haven't done all the (normal) content in the game. We were told about this beforehand by the writer that we should probably complete all the raid stories as well as the MSQ and after watching your MSQ run I've gotta say that it differed from mine a great deal. Sure, we hit all the same major points but where you're left to speculate about certain things and how they tie in I directly have that information as dialogue leading to unique branches in cutscenes having completed the content that it draws from. This isn't the first time FFXIV has done this, mind you, but it is the first time that it's all over the expansion as opposed to just in 1 or 2 scenes. If you ever go back to rewatch cutscenes at an inn you'll notice a little mickey mouse looking icon next to some of the quests which indicates that there are multiple versions of the scene or scenes in the chain that are unlocked by completing different parts of the game. New Game+ for Endwalker is confirmed to be coming in 6.1 so there's certainly still time to go back and finish up those raids you may have skipped over. Some of them unlock further content in the game and it all just adds to the inter-connectivity of the game and it's content.
;( ahhh still makes me cry cant wait for next episode! you'll be done by this point i hope you guys enjoyed it! also Close in the Distance is one of my favourite songs ever now! chills
Yeah, this part really brings on the tears, especially when those two appeared,completely blew my mind! And i want to go to all the places Emet discribed! gods! the potential for future adventures is mindblowing! Can't wait!
At 20:46 when the music just cut out abruptly and mid-bar, that was the second time in this zone that I worried. That it unapologetically got to me. (The first time was not when Estinien left, but Alphinaud's reaction.)
*Omega/EW spoilers* . . . . Yeah, Omega was created by the Omicrons. Based on the lore of the Omega raid and what you piece together from the quests in Ultima Thule, Omega was their strongest weapon of mass destruction. They sent it to the Dragons' planet when they were putting up too much of a fight. Midgardsormr in his prime, at the peak of his strength, was able to beat it, but not destroy it. He realized that Omega was repairing itself and learning from their fight and becoming stronger, so he took his eggs and ran, eventually coming to Etheirys. Omega got itself up and running enough to give chase, but it crash landed and was discovered by the Allagans. They reverse-engineered Omega to create a lot of their tech. You actually get to see what overpowered Midgardsormr looks like in the Omega raid. Definitely worth checking out.
Its such an incredible callback with the flowers. This part and an upcoming one show how smart the WoL is and im hereeee for it! This expansion did great in giving us agency and making us feel like true heroes. Stopping Zenos in our body, this. And the next! I'm so glad I got to watch both of your journeys on this❤
Yeah Omega was not built by the Allagans. they found it, and reverse engineers some tech from it, which is how they became so advanced themselves. It also wasn't the leader of the Omicrons, just their most advanced combat unit. This is mentioned in a side quest in Ultima Thule.
I don't know if you guys saw it in Sharlayan, but that little abastoma fellow is also chilling on a ledge when you do the scope mini game for the loporits when they're wanting you to find details on the area (when you're waiting for the goods to get delivered to the city by your many connections) :D Something I'm just now realizing though having watched your video....I also thought Emet was talking diectly to us when he turns back to look our way, but I believe he was still talking to Venat, like you do when you're mumbling loudly to yourself ya know? Because while we are much more whole than other fragmented Ancients, we weren't "The last of our kind" like Hydaelyn says of herself when she challenges you. So when Emet says "And so, as a show of respect to the last of us," the two moments finally clicked in my head and now I realize he was still grumbling to Venat that whole time lmao
@@TheDani852 like....before this? or after this? because if they had watched it they would know the importance of this area and how this is where Omega was trying to gain the strength to return to
Coming in really late, we have a LOT of adventures to come and have through the patch content too. We've got 9 years left of XIV and the new expansion should be announced at FanFest so keep a close eye on them. Should see next expansion around April or May of next year as they usually take 6 months after 6.5 and We're only getting 6.4 on Tuesday.
Been here since you played that "Chasing Cars" for Sophie at the Gridania Aetheryte and I'm glad to see you journey until the end! Thank you for you reaction videos!
And next episode, it ENDS Thanks for joining us so far on this immense journey team! Just a little farther to go now...
You've still got a lot more to do after. All the raids you missed, both 8 man and 24 man, and they're stories and fun fights. Funny things like Hildibrand and fun side quests like the Scholasticate.
Before doing Endwalker it was recommended to do Omega and, I think, Coils. It adds a lot of context to things, especially here... and one of the level 90 dungeons.
it has to end... the next questline is named _Endwalker_ for good reasons.
Emet's lines are so good in this part. "As a show of respect to the last of us..." where he finally considers us to be one of them, worthy to carry on the legacy of Amaurot. "Save our star", calling it "our" instead of his or theirs. And finally, when he's preparing to depart and sees us reminiscing on our time together, he sees that we may end up being trapped in the memories of the past like he was, and instead gives us a path forward by listing all the places he has been and challenging us to go there. I love this story.
YES man. The "OUR" star bit got me for sure 😁
I know this is late, but I dunno.. I mean it may seem obvious he is talking about us, but maybe he is talking about Venat? She calls herself "the last of us" during your fight. And Emet has been talking about Venat just prior and seeing as he hated her with every fibre of his being because he had forgotten what had happened it makes sense he's reminding us that he went back to respecting her and understanding why she did what she did by aiding her plan to help us defeat Meteion in the end? I dunno, I thought it was us he meant too as a nice little gesture, but re-watching and hearing Venat say "the last of us" referencing herself made me speculate...
@@shugconner He was most certainly talking about Venat there.
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I almost thought they had an update where now the voices are complimented with images. That was really good.
honestly, same!
The hole point is that you shouldnt imideitly recocnize whos voice that are as as graha said at the end of 5.0 there may come a day where you forget the faces of those you meet. On that day i bid you reber that you are standing where you stand by virtue of the road that got you there. Or something like that.this was accall back
I love how they use music in this last zone, when you first arrive it's nearly dead silent. Then each time one of the scions leave a small part of the song is added, piece by piece until when everything is over, the full track is playing.
Also there are no aether currents on the first section. Until Estinien sacrifices himself.
Estinien made the winds.
@@enigmaticspirit08oh jeeze, just totally lost it. What a beautiful thing to say, to know.
15 lines with Ardbert being used twice, so 14 in total, and because one voice is Ardbert it is technically us, our own convocation of voices as we walk towards the end :D
Omega is one of the reasons why Allagans were so technologically developed, as we learn in Omega raid. They only found Omega and reverse engineered a lot through it. They for sure didn't make it. Omicrons were way more advanced than Allagans. But yeah, Garlemald is HEAVY but Elpis and Ultima Thule are SO BEAUTIFUL and teaches us about life and humanity... What it means to live... This game is beyond beautiful... And when Emet says "Though you defeated me. My ideals are inviolate, invincible" and his voice almost breaks... It makes me tear up every single time. :'(
i wonder if okto's people were more advanced than the omicrons, they killed theirselves in the times of elpis, with such huge machinery and the peacemakers, just like we saw in the last dungeon.
Invincible. The name of the song that plays in his final phase.
@@doomdeathxxi think not, it is only 10,000 Peacemakers. That's not even the number of nuclear warhead on earth
Meanwhile the Omicron conquered multiple planets, which i assume would need more than 10,000 units
Also, the Okto never left the star, and consumed by civil war, they didnt even achieved immortality, creation magick or Omega's creation ability, nor did they achieved paradise, or the truth of the universe,...
Sophie's editing on this was fantastic! Can't wait for the final chapter in this tale of our star :)
You can spot the Axolotl in a few other places during similar quests... my personal headcanon is that lil fella from Elpis jumped in our bag of holding before we came back to the present and keeps returning to it every time his Adventure Sense tingles when we're leaving an area.
It really is adventurous!
Inspired by what I actually shouted aloud when we hit this scene:
Meteion: "What are you?"
My WoL: "Stubborn assholes!"
Hythlodaeus: [stifles a chuckle]
Emet-Selch: [glares]
My WoL: "There are three here, are there not?"
Emet-Selch: [corner of his mouth twitches, turns back to Meteion, resumes scene]
lmao that's awesome!
My head cannon has my character use Emet's words against him after he says they're reconstituted souls and says "And the appropriate size...for today's standards" and gives a cheeky smirk to Emet while Hyth laughs and Metion is just like O.o lollll
When we heard Sir Edmont one last time... RIP to the VA
G'Raha using the line "eternal wind" was such a nice touch as his leitmotif is playing which is "Eternal Wind", and the most memorable song in Final Fantasy 3 which Shadowbringers very heavily borrowed from.
Will be interesting to see if they do appear in a future expansion, in their next life. Not sure how they will manage it since the devs seems to want to keep the idea that every expansion happens back to back without any time in between them, although I've always seen the real time elapsed as the best way to see it.
When Thancred got snapped, I was shocked. They might have actually done it, and kept him gone. The moment Estinien sacrificed himself, I knew that we were going to lose probably everyone, but we would be getting everyone back. Even then, I was on the verge of crying when we had the option to say "Stop. Don't say another word."
And even though I knew we were getting them back, I still cried when we did.
Square seem good at that 😂 You know a twist is coming and yet it still hits all the same, like Emet's betrayal when she shot Raha back in ShB. 100% expected, and yet we were all still surprised Pikachus
"Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
thats the thing about good stories, even of they can be predicatable or cliche at times, if the story is good, if the writters managed to make you care for the characters, the world and what is happening, then, even knowing what will happen will still hit you hard, i mean, didnt eveyone knew basically how thing would end up in elphis and still got emotionaly damaged?
Its the same thing for one note vilains, they can and DO work, but for it to be so, you need to be invested in the characters around you and the world, because then you caring abou those things go in oposite to what the vilain wants to do, its why i love zenos and the very real threat he represents, i remember how on the eddge of my seat i was duting the stormblood finale with hien, lyse and yugiri fighting agiants zenos body, because i cared so much for those charcters and zenos had shown to be a very real treat to those characters, same thing with the body swap duty, i dont remember sweating so much during a video game segment as i did that one.
My personal headcanon is that Hades and Azem/The Player were lovers before Shit Went Down. That look the PC gives Hades at the end to me just screams 'but but but... I just got you baaack!' Hades meanwhile knows exactly what Azem is going to do and heads him off, because that puppy dog stare has done him in too many times before and he's too fucking tired. He's gonna go take a break and then we can go on another adventure.
Meteions soft gasp when you tell her "Come with us" hits your chest like a sack of bricks
Yep! It gets me every time too! 😭
Sometimes that's all people really wanna hear 😔
Yeah, at that point I wanted to give her a hug and take her back to Eitherys and give her a field of flowers to look after whenever we get the Island Sanctuary's.
For me, it was seeing her eyes visibly twitching side to side as she remembers Hermes' promise to her.
I was floored when the lyrics came in on the song for the first time. I didn't watch the launch trailer so I didn't recognize the song. The fact that the song became clearer and clearer as your friends sacrificed themselves to clear your way...wow.
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I like the touch of adding the image of Arbert handing over the axe. That's the exact moment I thought about when I heard that line
Hades setting up the roadmap for future expansions/patches was a stroke of genius. I'd seen so many people worry this was the end of FFXIV, but there is so so much left to see and learn.
Casually providing roadmaps. lol
Fantastic as always but OmG SOPHIE it’s great that you put the portraits of the characters with their voices! I was such a sopping mess going through here that I couldn’t place most of the voices. I really appreciate that and your endscreen. 😭 I appreciate you posting these videos, Cob.
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Jason Charles Miller, singer and English voice actor for Raubahn Aldynn in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, sings the song, "Close in the Distance" - composed by Masayoshi Soken, with lyrics by Natsuko Ishikawa and Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - heard in the Endwalker launch trailer and during the segment of Endwalker in this video.
He also sang Rules of Nature from Metal Gear Rising.
He also sings To The Edge from Seat of Sacrifice 🧐.
Not going to lie man, When Graha left and the music changed that shit had me bawling.
Not sure how many noticed the same music played throughout the entire zone. However, it started with just the basic rhythm, awkward and muted. As they progressed, that same song became more clear and finally got the point of a lyric-less version. Then when Graha went, boom, finally then entire song,.lyrics and all appeared. And it will stay that way forever. I go there to craft and to hang out. Just for the music.
Same. I think the story with the Omnomnoms distracted me just enough to forget that there was going to be another sacrifice. When he said ‘will you do me a favor’ I started yelling NONONO and bawling. I got really dehydrated by the time Emet and Hythlodaeus showed up. 😆
I really enjoy that Emet finally got what he truly wanted after all those millenia he had to carry this burden. He finally get to return to the star togheter with Hythlodeus, looking forward to the day when Azem's soul can finally join theirs. I've always felt like all Emet truly wanted in the end was to free Hythlodeus soul from being a part of Zodiark and find his friend Azem, things which would only be possible if they finnished the rejoining. So even if Emet lost he still got what he desired, Hythlodeus soul was freed from Zodiark and he found his lost friend as part of the WoL.
Emet and Hythlodaeus showing up was like a nice warm blanket wrapping around me lol. It took away all the despair, and put hope back in its rightful place.
I loved how it was Emet telling us "hey - here's your next adventure"...... yeah - I had to do Ultima Thule in one take and by his point, I was pretty much tears. Didn't help that it was after midnight and I'd been up since 5 am.
I'm crying q.q The whole last zone is just an emotional marathon that keeps going going going.
I love how Emet and Hythlo are basically the Waldorf and Statler (old curmudgeon trolls in the balcony from the Muppet Show) of FF14
I am pretty sure Hythlodaeus has watched our whole jurney while we lived it ^^
he saw everything
Fun fact: the song that plays in Ultima Thule, Close in the distance, is sung by JC Miller, who both sang the Shadowbringers theme as well as was the voice actor for Raubahn in ARR.
Also the vocalist of Rules of Nature from Metal Gear Rising.
I have a few theories on why you can't call your friends back. Firstly, it would be the WoL giving in to despair I believe.
Second, remember that Thancred gave himself to be the air you are breathing - so if you call him back what would you breathe? And if you called the others back in despair then I would think meteion's sisters and their personae of the Ea, dragons, etc may return as well since your fellow Scions are what has countered their despair. So with those personae back again it would mean there is more despair than hope in Ultima Thule. These are just my thoughts.
I think calling Emet and Hythlo is because they have creation magic, but they are also more aware of Meteion's beginnings and creation than our fellow Scions.
But I thinik the purpose in the flower is partially to remind Meteion that she still hopes - and the flowers don't turn grey, black or even purple around her which shows she never lost hope either. So how can she say there is no hope and only despair?
A case where what you say and what you believe in contrast I believe. It's very logical to believe in something after being served countless proof of it, but a tiny part in her heart still wish to hope
Just a note that the Elpis flowers around her DOES have purple in it, it's every color for every emotions merged into one flower. It proves to Meteion that even though she deemed her realm the ultimate lair of despair, ultimately suffering is but one of the many emotions every living being has to go through and that's the beauty of life.
Which links straight back to what Hermes promised her - upon her return he will gift her "a beautiful flower". Hermes doesn't consider the white Elpis flower beautiful (on the contrast he detest it in the cutscenes) because it's essentially just the Ancients brainwashing themselves into thinking their world is a paradise, so not only the flower isn't stained, it's colorless. So by promising Meteion a beautiful flower he meant after she return and give him the answer to life's purpose, he will use the knowledge to change society so that everyone can appreciate life at it's true value, and by then, the Elpis flower will bloom with all its potential.
We fulfilled Hermes's promise to Meteion by showing her the rainbow-colored "beautiful flower", the answer both she and Hermes has been looking for.
Yeah,
Emet and Hythlodeus stabilise the environment so you can call back the scions without undoing the changes to the world that they created through their sacrifice
@@lllllShjnllll Wonderfully put. It took me a second time rewatching that cutscene to fully grasp the meaning because at first i just saw bright Elpis flowers showing her that despair wasn't ruling absolute even here.The added nuance of them being rainbow colored to show the spectrum of emotions from despair to hope and happiness is so very well done. The more i rewatch reaction videos the more little details i discover.
@@lllllShjnllll It has purple in it as it does other colors. With Hermes the flower turns more purple - that is why I said it doesn't turn black or purple or any color we have seen that is a reflection of unhappiness or despair.
53:43 The line "I certainly did." makes me think that Hades either held Azem's seat once before becoming Emet-Selch or was at least the bearer of Azem's crystal. Though I'm not sure which one.
I think he carried the crystal around with him while seeing those places in honour of his friend, and to essentially be with his friend on an adventure.
The implication only occurred to me seeing it again this time. Vanat also referred to an original bearer of the crystal which could mean she inherited it from him. It would all match up with the story Hythlodaeus told of Hades traveling the world helping people prior to becoming Emet, and also explain why he wouldn't have been the convocation's first choice as well.
Hythlo's shade told us in 5.3 that Hades created the Azem crystal in secret after our Azem had already left the Convocation, because defectors were 'deemed unworthy of commemoration.'
Also, Hades says in Elpis that Convocation members only step down when they're ready to die- and that Venat was unusual for deciding to live on. If Hades himself was another Azem emeritus, that comment wouldn't make any sense.
@@shinkicker404 Yeah, this is what I assumed he meant as well. His own sentimentalism for his friend bid him carry the crystal he made for them, and explore in their stead.
Remember; he was unsundered for at least 12000 years. And given he made at least two empires, he could have traveled the bulk of Etherys during that time.
having emet and hythlodaeus there to push us over the finish line in ultima thule was my favorite bit of the entire expansion. i was sooooo happy to see them and immediately felt kinda saved and relieved of my burden.
Awesome picture at the end!!
❤❤❤ Congrats on being part of the few who stick around until then! I edit and put those in simply for a surprise now and then 😊 So thank you for the comment!
@@Sophiekins_ I play with gpose alot so I notice good pictures! It was really amazing!
Excellent editing guys.
Glad you enjoyed it! Sophie is a wizard!
Also, Ambystoma was probably brought here by Meteion as a memento to Hermes. Honestly heartbreaking. It's an homage, just like Shoebill bird was Emet's familiar used by him to spy on us in ShB.
I've found one also in Labyrinthos, in a similar quest, it made me smile
@@furanpyon yup, found one. Didn't know there was one here lol
Definitely one of the best parts in this expansion! I was shocked to see when the Elpis flowers manifested so bright and with some rainbow highlights, I knew then that Ultima Thule is no longer a place of pure despair and that there is hope that we CAN reach Meteion. So maybe... we can summon our friends back again with Azem's memory crystal + Mom's creation magic buff? and verily, doth ye correct.
Excited for the finale and your thoughts on it!
always love the "3 2 1 click!" parts
I was going to explain some details behind your comments at 3:40, but noticed that you caught it and put up a card for the info. :3
There is also a post-MSQ dungeon tied to the Omicrons that I liked the story for.
Yay, Ship of Theseus! \o/ G'raha is best catboy.
I do like the overlay of who each of the voices is.
"Come, let me relieve you of your burden. You have suffered enough." She said the line from the trailer! \o/
Thancred is still Thancred.
Emet dropping hints for upcoming xpacs, the cheeky bugger. And the upcoming 24-man.
Very nice closing screen.
Cannot wait to see the end. :3
Glad you liked the closing image! Sophie went ham for this one 😁
Superb editing! The addition of the portraits gave an extra layer to my feels. Seen this scene a dozen times and it's always a trip but this was a great touch.
Thank you so much for putting the pictures there... I am crappy at recognizing voices and I had the game set in german until mid SB (which spared me englisch ARR but doesn't make it easier, I had zero chance of recognizing G'raha in ShB thx to that XD)
Thx for adding the portraits of the characters during the walk. As a French player who have japanese voices, I couldn't recognize them. ♥
There was an axolotl hidden in the quest where you're investigating the water purification system for the Loporrits in Labyrinthos too. SUSPICIOUS.
Extremely sus 😁
This whole part of us losing person after person. Friend after friend when I finally got to this part I broke down even though I knew they would come back to us it still was not easy. After his part I actually walked with the twins to the top and stopped to over look the land we traverse....to see how far we have come and who we lost on the way to Meteion. So when I got to the twins sacraficing themselves I choose the option "I cannot lose you to!" Cause it got to the point it was to much. Even broke down afterwards cause was not easy to lose them all and be completely and utterly powerless to stop it.
That ever so slight smile Emet gives us as he disappears absolutely destroyed me.
If Sophie is still the one editing the videos then my hat's off to her as the editing quality seems to have increased as of late. I don't know if this is just extra time being put in but it's certainly appreciated.
So, when the Ea and the Omicrons explained their reasons for wanting oblivion, I just kept responding, "...so? Is the idea of living without a purpose or any attainable goals for the future really that daunting? I handle it just fine."
With all the existential crises in this area, I kept thinking "Nietsche would have a field day here."
I had so much trouble getting through this part, fighting through the tears and stopping every moment with the voices remembering who they came from.
Thanks for bringing us along on your journey as the Warrior of Light.
The bit with G'raha (and what comes after) had me in tears. Even knowing that they would come back eventually it doesn't make it not hurt. Alisaie voice actor absolutely nailed it too.
Meteions theme song hits real hard too, so beautiful.
Also the overall message in this expansion is really really good, something a lot of people need to hear.
I don't think i cried as much in my life as i did in this part like tears were falling to the point it started hurting to cry more.
Next episode is final one i'm happy to say i followed you ever since that kugane jumping puzzle xD
God damn 😁 Kugane feels a looong way from where we are now. Glad you decided to come along for the road man!
47:30 everyone misses it, that part hydaelyn speaks, as thanks to her gift into our azem stone we can summon the dead, as we did for emet, hythlo and the scions... i wonder if that blue shine means her gift was wholly expended ... thats the feeling i get from it.
At one point it was said that Meteion was small. But if you recall when you first go to Elpis Emet-Selch increased your size to be comparable to them. Meteion was about waist high to Hermes. I(as a mid height Hyuran female) was about knee high to the Amaurotine. Which means the tallest Au Ra male would probably be about waist to chest high to Meteion. Which would be kind of scary to see a big Meteion towering over you. Either the developers forgot about this fact or Meteion somehow altered her own size to be her relative size as when she met you in Elpis.
The Emet and Hythlo being relative size could just be the creation magic. Plants and animals can be explained for their size due to the sundering.
I see it more as Metion, given how she introduces herself, may just choose the friendliest size compared to whom she speaks to.
Grumpy, Old Man Emet. Always complaining about those darn kids on the lawn
Amazing 😁
The worst part for me was the fact the Scions willingly sacrificed themselves so that *we* could keep going. It reminded me of what Vitra said at the beginning that we are connected to so many people, that they get involved in our problems.
Even when I knew that they could come back, the fact that they believe in us enough to kill themselves really got to me.
41:27 Ah... so Emet's soul (later Hythodaeus's too) has been lingering around WoL pretty much like Ardberd did, I guess. Only this time they are invisible to WoL.
I guess it makes sense why he was the one who's narrating.
Yes, and remember the "dream" sequence with the bubbles and Hythlo's voice seemingly talking to someone? The other person is Emet, and the bubbles are representing that they're in the aetherial sea, watching the events as they happen.
That bloody Ambystola (or however you write that word...) XD I found it in Labyrinthos when you show the Loporitts around: with the same looking glass-quest you can see it on some random tower. At least now I know where it went from there XD
47:15 ---- The flowers were our idea :) Remember what Emet-Selch said before: that they would fuel the creation but what form it takes is up to us. This quote of Hermes was said in a vision of the past (in the past, yes) that we had with Venat. Emet and Hythlodeus werent there with us, so they wouldnt know.
But flowers and their rainbow colors show that we have changed this realm enough to break Meteion's hold over it: the changes our friends began are now new reality so their continuing struggle isnt needed anymore. Meteion herself started to change, bit by bit. At least, thats my interpretation :D
Also, keep in mind that Emet and Hythlodeus are actually stunted :D As Ancients they should be about two or three times taller than us - I can imagine this would gall Emet XD
double thumps up for putting the portraits in
このシーンはエルピスの花が咲いて、ヘルメスのセリフを思い出している時のメーティオンの表情が少しずつ泣き出しそうになってるのが感動したな。
女性が途中で花を贈るって言われていたことに気づいてて、ちょっと泣きそうになった😭
I like how you guys included pictures of who was speaking for each shadow
When Emet says his ideals are invincible... That's his Theme Song name for his fight back on Shadowbringers 😭.
FFXIV: Here are all your friends back in reconstituted bodies!
Me: Why didn't we give Y'shtola her sight back.
But man, that walk broke me. As someone who has been playing the game since 2.0 released, hearing the voices of all the friends I've made given me support was just too much.
Also, it's just Emet being a tsundere. Emet, Hythlo and Azem were basically inseparable friends and he sees his friend in you. They always had plans to return to the star together, so he's going to be waiting for you.
Dude, yes. This was the perfect farewell to Emet after ShB :') Snarky until the very end, then that smirk of approval just before dissipating
As the most practical member of the scions, Y'shtola probably prefers her new way of seeing.
Her visions seems to be an affliction of her soul, and not her body. She retained her blindness in the First, just as Thancred, who was affected by the same Flow spell, was still unable to use Aether even in the First.
the "cyrillic" F in "Hope Not Found" is actually the greek letter "phi". the triangle "D" in the same quest name is the greek "delta." numerous greek letters are used in the quest names at that section.... as well as in the naming themes of the omicrons. "Omicron" itself being a greek letter, for one.
Ah, Beq Lugg were the one I couldn't remember, thanks for this :]
I've watched countless dozens of streamers finish this MSQ, I still cry every time.
Omega was found by the alagans, not made.
They reverse engineered alot of the stuff too. Which is why some alagan tech looks like Alphatron tech.
This part of EW was just amazing. I was at a loss for words as I played through it. So much tears and emotion pouring out.
I'm a relatively new convert to the Cobrak vids but OMG has it been amazing following you both through your journey through FFXIV. I'm with you through whatever you decide to do from here on out. :)
Sophie making me tear up at the very end with the still shot of their faces. :P
We had BETTER meet Hythlo and Emet again, in some form, somewhere, someday.
Watching you two play through the game has been such a joy. Thank you for sharing your journey with the rest of us!
At this point, I was feeling nothing but grim determination.
I was just like: "There is GOING to be a way to fix this. We're gonna Full Sailor Moon this shit."
Because Sailor Moon often faces situations where all her friends are dead/captured, and then she finds a way to bring them back.
Then Emet said "call them back" and I was screaming: "WHAT DID I SAY!?!? FULL. SAILOR. MOON!!!" 😀
If you did the Omega raids, when Graha is about to use lightning, you actually get an extra dialogue choice 😉
As I so love to bring up regarding this zone, nobody will ever convince me that with the way each scion that sacrifices themselves adds layers to the music as you play through the zone that the vocalist for this zone isn't G'raha.
Amusingly enough, the singer did voice a character, but he was ARR Raubahn.
Never have I pushed play so fast in my life. Love watching you and Sophie journey through this story. Can't wait for the next chapter
54:26 i love that Smile better suits a hero moment :D
In regards to your questions about Omega's origins, it goes into that during the Omega raids of Stormblood. I don't remember off the top of my head if you posted a video of doing them, but if you all ready did it you can rewatch the cutscenes in an inn
This will always be the most hype ending of any game I ever play at this point
1:15 Oh, I get it. The word "planet" doesn't exist for Eorzeans. They use the term "star" for the world they live on.
10:59 "What makes you think the story won't be about you and we'll just be the footnote?" Aww, so sweet. ^.^
14:15 "Rather than risk becoming subjugated, we chose to become the subjugator." Just like the Garleans.
16:18 Eternal Wind, a track from FF3, kinda became G'raha's theme and it is so unfair.
20:00 Remember at the end of 5.0 when he opened the portal for us to return to the Source he reached out his hand to it but it shocked him?
21:23 When the vocals began I started crying.
22:25 Morning rises on a land reborn from the ashes (ARR), 'neath the heavens (Heavensward), to sunset, blood-red skies tranquil after the storm (Stormblood), blessed shadow (Shadowbringers).
32:09 Coils music, God damn That gets me. That's where Alphi and Ali came into their own.
39:14 Another trailer line.
42:15 Remember in illusory Amaurot the Hythlo shade said he served the same as all the others, a bit part to make the city more lively?
43:28 From this moment on I'm not sure if he's talking about Venat's methods and her being the last of them. Or what we're doing and him finally considering us an equal instead of an inferior. And was his declaration about Venat being the last of them or us?
47:25 Venat's last gift, the mastery over matter, was enough to summon those to help us win... and save our friends. Thanks Crystal Mom.
51:00 Grumpy Emet is best Emet.
53:54 Oi! Don't tease an Azem would awesome places you've been they haven't. That's not nice.
Also, I'm sure you've come to realize this by this point since you would've finished the MSQ but there's a lot of flavor in this expansion that you just don't get if you haven't done all the (normal) content in the game. We were told about this beforehand by the writer that we should probably complete all the raid stories as well as the MSQ and after watching your MSQ run I've gotta say that it differed from mine a great deal. Sure, we hit all the same major points but where you're left to speculate about certain things and how they tie in I directly have that information as dialogue leading to unique branches in cutscenes having completed the content that it draws from. This isn't the first time FFXIV has done this, mind you, but it is the first time that it's all over the expansion as opposed to just in 1 or 2 scenes. If you ever go back to rewatch cutscenes at an inn you'll notice a little mickey mouse looking icon next to some of the quests which indicates that there are multiple versions of the scene or scenes in the chain that are unlocked by completing different parts of the game. New Game+ for Endwalker is confirmed to be coming in 6.1 so there's certainly still time to go back and finish up those raids you may have skipped over. Some of them unlock further content in the game and it all just adds to the inter-connectivity of the game and it's content.
;( ahhh still makes me cry cant wait for next episode! you'll be done by this point i hope you guys enjoyed it! also Close in the Distance is one of my favourite songs ever now! chills
There are a few axolotls you can find after Elpis.
Yeah, this part really brings on the tears, especially when those two appeared,completely blew my mind!
And i want to go to all the places Emet discribed! gods! the potential for future adventures is mindblowing!
Can't wait!
At 20:46 when the music just cut out abruptly and mid-bar, that was the second time in this zone that I worried. That it unapologetically got to me. (The first time was not when Estinien left, but Alphinaud's reaction.)
YES. I have been waiting to see this part for your reaction. I cried so many times. Not even joking.
This game is so good i swear.
*Omega/EW spoilers*
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Yeah, Omega was created by the Omicrons. Based on the lore of the Omega raid and what you piece together from the quests in Ultima Thule, Omega was their strongest weapon of mass destruction. They sent it to the Dragons' planet when they were putting up too much of a fight. Midgardsormr in his prime, at the peak of his strength, was able to beat it, but not destroy it. He realized that Omega was repairing itself and learning from their fight and becoming stronger, so he took his eggs and ran, eventually coming to Etheirys. Omega got itself up and running enough to give chase, but it crash landed and was discovered by the Allagans. They reverse-engineered Omega to create a lot of their tech. You actually get to see what overpowered Midgardsormr looks like in the Omega raid. Definitely worth checking out.
I loved the nice subtle edits! It made the scenes mire meaningful to me!
Its such an incredible callback with the flowers. This part and an upcoming one show how smart the WoL is and im hereeee for it!
This expansion did great in giving us agency and making us feel like true heroes. Stopping Zenos in our body, this. And the next! I'm so glad I got to watch both of your journeys on this❤
Watching you guys going through MSQ is so much fun. I tearing every time I watch that walking scene.
That end screenshot is so good 😊 good job 👍
Best Boy... ;_; Anything happening to Graha makes me sad.
Been enjoying the playthrough and excited to see both your reactions to the end. Hah, as well as whatever else is to come.
Yeah Omega was not built by the Allagans. they found it, and reverse engineers some tech from it, which is how they became so advanced themselves.
It also wasn't the leader of the Omicrons, just their most advanced combat unit. This is mentioned in a side quest in Ultima Thule.
Love your playthrough!✨
I don't know if you guys saw it in Sharlayan, but that little abastoma fellow is also chilling on a ledge when you do the scope mini game for the loporits when they're wanting you to find details on the area (when you're waiting for the goods to get delivered to the city by your many connections) :D
Something I'm just now realizing though having watched your video....I also thought Emet was talking diectly to us when he turns back to look our way, but I believe he was still talking to Venat, like you do when you're mumbling loudly to yourself ya know? Because while we are much more whole than other fragmented Ancients, we weren't "The last of our kind" like Hydaelyn says of herself when she challenges you. So when Emet says "And so, as a show of respect to the last of us," the two moments finally clicked in my head and now I realize he was still grumbling to Venat that whole time lmao
You guys missed out not doing Omega. That whole side plot was amazing and pretty lore rich
They watched the raid series.
@@TheDani852 like....before this? or after this? because if they had watched it they would know the importance of this area and how this is where Omega was trying to gain the strength to return to
49:23, no, that's a goddamn planetary pimple.
Coming in really late, we have a LOT of adventures to come and have through the patch content too. We've got 9 years left of XIV and the new expansion should be announced at FanFest so keep a close eye on them. Should see next expansion around April or May of next year as they usually take 6 months after 6.5 and We're only getting 6.4 on Tuesday.
did they add the pictures in when you were playing or was that editting on your part?
Been here since you played that "Chasing Cars" for Sophie at the Gridania Aetheryte and I'm glad to see you journey until the end! Thank you for you reaction videos!
Oh wow, that's insane 😁 Feels like such a long time ago back then. We have seen some things since then, and thank YOU for joining us on the road!
My husband was in the room when I was running around UT yesterday and said "Is that a rainbow road?" So you're not the only Mario Kart comment. :)
If you two like Krile then doing Eureka could be a good use of your spare time.