Lmao your reaction to zodiark. "Wait, are we really doing it now? WAIT, RIGHT NOW?" "BROOOOOOO WE'RE JUST 83 WTF ARE WE GONNA DO THE REST OF THE GAME?????" "Bro.....???"
I was SO CONFUSED LMAO. 😂Every time I thought I had it figured out, I VERY much didn't. BAM HEY, THERE'S ZODIARK FIGHT HIM. The emotional whiplash of everything, haha! Wish I could do it all over again for the first time, honestly!
I didn't realize how many times I said that in this expansion until I started editing everything, lmao. It is a common tagline of mine at this point, haha. That and a very exclaimed "WHAT?!" haha! Thank you so much for watching!
The craziest roller coaster of things that went down. I was SO drawn into the story because of it, haha. Getting flashbacks to Yoshida's expression when he was talking about the solo duty in one of the live letters. 😂
Your reactions are some of my favorite that I've seen. You're so expressive that they perfectly capture the nonstop panic that is this entire stretch of the MSQ 😂
The entire Garlemald arc of Endwalker was my favorite. They did so many fascinating, interesting, and horrifying things in a single area. It tackled so many difficult topics as well. I appreciated how they showed what generations of propaganda can do to a nation. The twins having to come to terms that they can't solve everything through simple diplomacy. The scene with Julius at the campfire was beautiful, and was a perfect representation of how having different nations, different peoples and cultures, makes the Alliance stronger, all through a simple meal (an Ala Mhigan making a Steppe recipe using a stove made by an Ishgardian). The dinner scene with Zenos and Fandaniel was exquisite. I loved how almost everyone's reaction was an escalation of annoyance to utter dread. You realize you're not in your body "no big deal, probably just here to-- wait my body is here, what are they going to do with-- wait is Zenos going to fight against me using my own body-- OH NO IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN THAT" all in the span of a minute. In From The Cold? Don't even get me started. *chef's kiss*. What a fantastic way to show just how far you have come as a fighter, and how your WoL will stop at NOTHING to help other people in need. It also helped to show how fearless and strong the Garleans are. When faced against an incredible foe, they still fought on, armed with nothing but sticks and a broken magitek armor. For me personally, it was also a nice change of pace from the usual "go here, fight thing, talk to people" quests. That whole ordeal was so exhausting and ruthless that I SERIOUSLY considered the devs intended us to crawl all the way back to Broken Glass. The silence was haunting, and I loved it for it. The moment the Garlean arc started was when Endwalker hit 88 MPH and did. not. let. up. It was just a full on marathon to the finish and HOLY SHIT I wish I took my time and didn't finish the expansion in 3 days. I just NEEDED to know how it was all going to end.
" This is not what I thought was going to happen! " - sums everything up entirely here! Isn't this game just the best? Bringing out the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and always in ways that makes you think about the entirety of life. Ishikawa is a hell of a writer, and I cannot wait to see what she and the team cook up next alongside our favourite madman director, Yoshi P!
This game IS the best! It's just part of my soul at this point, lol. I think that because I had SO many "This is not what I thought was going to happen" moments is a huge reason why I'm so attached to this game! Ishikawa is a brilliant writer and I'm such a fangirl, lol. I cannot wait to see what direction we go in the next expansion! I just know it's going to be brilliant and mind blowing! :D
The Garlemald solo duty was absurdly difficult and I remember I think it took me like 3 or 4 tries to get it. They did a really good job of making us feel smol and weak xD
I kinda didnt had problem with that, eureka trained me on different kinds of aggro, also it wasnt that hard tbh just the player base impatient one had like 30 mins to complete it xD
Fortunately it only took me 2. I have played an absurd amount of Metal Gear Solid though I was able to stealth it out and juuust barely make it back to Camp Broken Glass on time.
I absolutely LOVE that SE wrote a villain with a plan that actually relied on us beating the "Big Bad". Such a great way to take an evil plan to the next level.
I love that your concern was for the Ancients inside Zodiark when I was sitting there like, "but this is only level 83!" I was wondering about pacing, I didn't even consider the innocent people stuck inside him.
Not to mention being able to say "we meet again Hythlodaeus" and having that completely recontextualized towards the end of Endwalker during the Elpis segment. The story just keeps "retconning" its own narrative in the most unexpected yet completely understandable ways that blows my mind every single time it happens all the way up to Ultima Thule. Although the word retcon doesn't take into account the fact that all of these different narratives from Garlamald and The Moon, all the way to Elpis and Ultima Thule, were all in a single expansion of a multi expansion game.
Well put! It's truly mindblowing! I laughed when I was editing this as I said, "Oh, is this the same one we met in Shadowbringer's?" Oh, little Bats, if you only knew what you were in store for when you "meet" him again! This expansion knocked me out as far as the narrative goes. Every time I thought I knew something was going to happen, I was VERY wrong. I wish I could experience it all over again for the first time! 😂
“In From the Cold” is the best solo duty in the game most never want to do again; I like it because it forces you to use the skills Jullus taught you in the safer environment of your own body just a few quests before when scavenging for parts on the streets
7:18 this is like listening to a piano version of the imperial march and weeping at stormtroopers dying. Just goes to show how well they set this up. Garlemald is dying and even after everything, we’re mourning it.
Right?! Just completely out the window. I for sure thought this was all Hydalen's doing once I heard the "ahh, at last". THE HEARTACHE. Very glad I was wrong, lol.
When I was on the moon, trying to stop the apocalypse and the resurrection of the Fod of Darkness, and ended up finding a golden, shining dog, my mind went blank, unable to formulate a proper response aside from "...wtf?" Your immediate response was, "PUPPERS!"
This made made literally lol. 😂😂😂 I cannot explain my brain other than yes… puppers. 😂 I just totally accept that the moon is home to shiny moon dogs. 🙃
Spoilers for Zone 4 There's something incredibly sweet and sad about how repulsed Emet was about making a model Amourat, but Hythlodeus immediately going "Yeah, that sounds like the kind of thing he'd do".
I agree with you! I mean, the landscape itself is so dark and dismal, let alone everything that went down here. It was just one thing after another, and I wasn't prepared for it, lol. Looking back on it, it was definitely one of my favorite parts in the game (story-wise) just because I just felt so emotionally invested in everything. SO good.
I actually failed that section in Garlemald twice as well, once because I grabbed one too many mobs, and the second time at the end where you have to button mash because I clicked off my game to reply to someone in discord, I was not expecting to have to do that
It just catches you so off guard, lol! It's already high stress as it is, you think you might have a moment to breath and then BAM CLICK YOUR LIFE AWAY. 😂 Ahh man, I loved it though! As much as I suffered, it was right on par, haha!
My reaction was the same as yours when we face Zodiark at lvl 83. Let me remind you all, in Shadowbringers at lvl 73 we were fighting Titania....a more fiting starting trial than literaly the person we thought to be the end boss XD
RIGHT?! Man, they pulled a fast one on us there, lol. Honestly, it took me a little bit to appreciate the direction the took with Zodiark, but I'm pretty cool with it now! Just looking back on things and the way they made it more of Hydaelyn's story in the end as opposed to Zodiark, I can definitely see the turn they needed to take to get there. And! It just made for a very fun journey because the whole of the player-base was like, "what the HECK is going on?!" afterwards, haha!
@@elibbabats I had such antagonistic feelings towards Hydaelyn at the begining..so much so that I tought its actualy her voice we hear when we get the vision of the decaying planet...but in the end I was tearing up seeing how much love she had for us and what she has been through. Another good decision on their part, of not making her the secret villian like many assumed at the time.
Ah yes the: Wait we are fighting who NO????!!!! WE ARE ONLY 83 !!! Are we Realy doing this NOW???? WTH is the rest of the GAME !!!! Moment almost everyone had when they got here ...
In from the Cold is the old reason I won't ever make another alt for a while... two times running that duty is enough anxiety for me. I know they patched it to be less tedious since launch, but still no thank you
Oh, I had no idea they patched it it make it a bit easier! People won't have to suffer as much as we all did, haha! Gosh, what a freakin' solo duty. WHEW.
Not the exact lyrics, but here’s a close approximation. If you listen, you will realize those singing are the countless souls that offered themselves to make his being. Still sleeping and dreaming to return. Lyrics: For the dreams of home, For the lives we're owed, For the inner voice of the lost one! Baleful darkness! Zodiark the many! Zodiark the mighty! Darkness will come quick To the one who won't just let you Wake up! And save us! Darkness will come! Darkness will reign! Come, darkness, come! Darkness will come! Zodiark, save our live In a thousand lifetimes! Darkness will take all! Zodiark, Lord, we beseech you! Take us, save our live With a thousand more. Ahhh, glorious! Hail the darkness! Ahhh, Zodiark! Hail Zodiark! Oh our saviour! Dark and beautiful! Take me for our single purpose! Beautiful! Zodiark! Take our life! Our wings of faith will rise up through the night Our Lord Zodiark! Carrying our hope, All we knew, our perfect world, Let the chorus of dark take all!
Holy crap! I had no idea there were actual lyrics!!! I thought it was just like, some kind of unintelligible lyrical stuff. Now it's my favorite map in the game even MORE! Ahh, thank you for sharing!
YEP. LOL. I had NO idea what I was in store for. No concept of the emotional wringer I was about to take myself through for the rest of the expansion, lol. I'd do it all over again for the first time if I could though! If only! :D
"It's the little things that make life worth living, don't you think?" is a line that will stick with me to my dying days.
Genuine emotional arrow to the heart with that line. Freakin' chef's kiss.
Level 83 msq first quest: help Julius out with some tasks!
Level 83 final quest: KILL GOD FOR REAL
SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED AT 83 LOL. It was just constant emotional whiplash and I loved every moment of it, lolol. 😂Beeeest gaaaaaame~
Just JRPG things. 😁
Lmao your reaction to zodiark.
"Wait, are we really doing it now? WAIT, RIGHT NOW?"
"BROOOOOOO WE'RE JUST 83 WTF ARE WE GONNA DO THE REST OF THE GAME?????"
"Bro.....???"
I was SO CONFUSED LMAO. 😂Every time I thought I had it figured out, I VERY much didn't. BAM HEY, THERE'S ZODIARK FIGHT HIM. The emotional whiplash of everything, haha! Wish I could do it all over again for the first time, honestly!
I think that was everyone's reaction.
When Zenos stole my catboi body. I flipped out. I legit was nauseous and sick to my stomach. 10/10 moment for me.
"Oh no oh no oh no oh nooo" is a good summary of this part of the story :(
I didn't realize how many times I said that in this expansion until I started editing everything, lmao. It is a common tagline of mine at this point, haha. That and a very exclaimed "WHAT?!" haha! Thank you so much for watching!
In from the cold.... a couple words ill never forget between the emotional rollercoaster, and the sense of utter dread while doing that solo duty....
The craziest roller coaster of things that went down. I was SO drawn into the story because of it, haha. Getting flashbacks to Yoshida's expression when he was talking about the solo duty in one of the live letters. 😂
Your reactions are some of my favorite that I've seen. You're so expressive that they perfectly capture the nonstop panic that is this entire stretch of the MSQ 😂
The entire Garlemald arc of Endwalker was my favorite. They did so many fascinating, interesting, and horrifying things in a single area. It tackled so many difficult topics as well. I appreciated how they showed what generations of propaganda can do to a nation. The twins having to come to terms that they can't solve everything through simple diplomacy. The scene with Julius at the campfire was beautiful, and was a perfect representation of how having different nations, different peoples and cultures, makes the Alliance stronger, all through a simple meal (an Ala Mhigan making a Steppe recipe using a stove made by an Ishgardian).
The dinner scene with Zenos and Fandaniel was exquisite. I loved how almost everyone's reaction was an escalation of annoyance to utter dread. You realize you're not in your body "no big deal, probably just here to-- wait my body is here, what are they going to do with-- wait is Zenos going to fight against me using my own body-- OH NO IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN THAT" all in the span of a minute.
In From The Cold? Don't even get me started. *chef's kiss*. What a fantastic way to show just how far you have come as a fighter, and how your WoL will stop at NOTHING to help other people in need. It also helped to show how fearless and strong the Garleans are. When faced against an incredible foe, they still fought on, armed with nothing but sticks and a broken magitek armor. For me personally, it was also a nice change of pace from the usual "go here, fight thing, talk to people" quests. That whole ordeal was so exhausting and ruthless that I SERIOUSLY considered the devs intended us to crawl all the way back to Broken Glass. The silence was haunting, and I loved it for it.
The moment the Garlean arc started was when Endwalker hit 88 MPH and did. not. let. up. It was just a full on marathon to the finish and HOLY SHIT I wish I took my time and didn't finish the expansion in 3 days. I just NEEDED to know how it was all going to end.
" This is not what I thought was going to happen! " - sums everything up entirely here!
Isn't this game just the best?
Bringing out the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and always in ways that makes you think about the entirety of life. Ishikawa is a hell of a writer, and I cannot wait to see what she and the team cook up next alongside our favourite madman director, Yoshi P!
This game IS the best! It's just part of my soul at this point, lol. I think that because I had SO many "This is not what I thought was going to happen" moments is a huge reason why I'm so attached to this game! Ishikawa is a brilliant writer and I'm such a fangirl, lol. I cannot wait to see what direction we go in the next expansion! I just know it's going to be brilliant and mind blowing! :D
The Garlemald solo duty was absurdly difficult and I remember I think it took me like 3 or 4 tries to get it. They did a really good job of making us feel smol and weak xD
They actually did it too well and had to nerf it in a later patch. It was extremely frustrating on launch.
@@oriandthesleepytime
It was pretty bad, even for a stealth, there was too much to aggro..
THEY DID. It was so worth the struggle and emotional turmoil, lol. Also, hey, you're the best, bestie! 😎
I kinda didnt had problem with that, eureka trained me on different kinds of aggro, also it wasnt that hard tbh just the player base impatient one had like 30 mins to complete it xD
Fortunately it only took me 2. I have played an absurd amount of Metal Gear Solid though I was able to stealth it out and juuust barely make it back to Camp Broken Glass on time.
I absolutely LOVE that SE wrote a villain with a plan that actually relied on us beating the "Big Bad". Such a great way to take an evil plan to the next level.
I love that your concern was for the Ancients inside Zodiark when I was sitting there like, "but this is only level 83!" I was wondering about pacing, I didn't even consider the innocent people stuck inside him.
Not to mention being able to say "we meet again Hythlodaeus" and having that completely recontextualized towards the end of Endwalker during the Elpis segment.
The story just keeps "retconning" its own narrative in the most unexpected yet completely understandable ways that blows my mind every single time it happens all the way up to Ultima Thule.
Although the word retcon doesn't take into account the fact that all of these different narratives from Garlamald and The Moon, all the way to Elpis and Ultima Thule, were all in a single expansion of a multi expansion game.
Well put! It's truly mindblowing! I laughed when I was editing this as I said, "Oh, is this the same one we met in Shadowbringer's?" Oh, little Bats, if you only knew what you were in store for when you "meet" him again! This expansion knocked me out as far as the narrative goes. Every time I thought I knew something was going to happen, I was VERY wrong. I wish I could experience it all over again for the first time! 😂
My biggest brag from this whole game is that I completed the In From the Cold solo instance on my first try
Haha! That’s awesome! Well done! 🤩
“In From the Cold” is the best solo duty in the game most never want to do again; I like it because it forces you to use the skills Jullus taught you in the safer environment of your own body just a few quests before when scavenging for parts on the streets
7:18 this is like listening to a piano version of the imperial march and weeping at stormtroopers dying.
Just goes to show how well they set this up. Garlemald is dying and even after everything, we’re mourning it.
My thoughts upon hearing that voice in tyat vision was, "Please don't let that he Hydaelyn, that would be too stereotypical."
"Mom? Dad? ...Buzz?" made me CACKLE.
After zodiac all ideas and predictions went out of the window.And rightfully so xD
Right?! Just completely out the window. I for sure thought this was all Hydalen's doing once I heard the "ahh, at last". THE HEARTACHE. Very glad I was wrong, lol.
When I was on the moon, trying to stop the apocalypse and the resurrection of the Fod of Darkness, and ended up finding a golden, shining dog, my mind went blank, unable to formulate a proper response aside from "...wtf?"
Your immediate response was, "PUPPERS!"
This made made literally lol. 😂😂😂 I cannot explain my brain other than yes… puppers. 😂 I just totally accept that the moon is home to shiny moon dogs. 🙃
Spoilers for Zone 4
There's something incredibly sweet and sad about how repulsed Emet was about making a model Amourat, but Hythlodeus immediately going "Yeah, that sounds like the kind of thing he'd do".
It only gets better from here :)
It DOES! I thought I was emotional during this part.... Whew, little did I know this wasn't even half of it, haha. Thanks so much for watching!
Garlemald might be the darkest FFXIV gets. Even moreso than the early parts of Shadowbringers.
I would like to revise my statement: It's the darkest the MSQ gets. Werlyt is still the darkest FFXIV gets.
I agree with you! I mean, the landscape itself is so dark and dismal, let alone everything that went down here. It was just one thing after another, and I wasn't prepared for it, lol. Looking back on it, it was definitely one of my favorite parts in the game (story-wise) just because I just felt so emotionally invested in everything. SO good.
I actually failed that section in Garlemald twice as well, once because I grabbed one too many mobs, and the second time at the end where you have to button mash because I clicked off my game to reply to someone in discord, I was not expecting to have to do that
It just catches you so off guard, lol! It's already high stress as it is, you think you might have a moment to breath and then BAM CLICK YOUR LIFE AWAY. 😂 Ahh man, I loved it though! As much as I suffered, it was right on par, haha!
My reaction was the same as yours when we face Zodiark at lvl 83. Let me remind you all, in Shadowbringers at lvl 73 we were fighting Titania....a more fiting starting trial than literaly the person we thought to be the end boss XD
RIGHT?! Man, they pulled a fast one on us there, lol. Honestly, it took me a little bit to appreciate the direction the took with Zodiark, but I'm pretty cool with it now! Just looking back on things and the way they made it more of Hydaelyn's story in the end as opposed to Zodiark, I can definitely see the turn they needed to take to get there. And! It just made for a very fun journey because the whole of the player-base was like, "what the HECK is going on?!" afterwards, haha!
@@elibbabats I had such antagonistic feelings towards Hydaelyn at the begining..so much so that I tought its actualy her voice we hear when we get the vision of the decaying planet...but in the end I was tearing up seeing how much love she had for us and what she has been through. Another good decision on their part, of not making her the secret villian like many assumed at the time.
Ah yes the: Wait we are fighting who NO????!!!! WE ARE ONLY 83 !!! Are we Realy doing this NOW???? WTH is the rest of the GAME !!!! Moment almost everyone had when they got here ...
Yeah, I love the garlemard part
It was impeccably written! Constant emotional turmoil and surprises around every corner. Loved iiiit!
@@elibbabats yes
Oh I cannot wait for the rest x)
Yay! :D I can't wait to get the rest up here on UA-cam! Thanks for watching! :D
Welcome to Endwalker!
💓 Loved this expansion so much! :D
Yeah, thinking about what moment would be that for Endwalker, it's probably Zodiark.
yep at zodiark, any idea of how endwalker would end got thrown out the window
I love see ur reaction n hearing ur beautiful voice I hope u r well ❤
Aww, thanks so much! Means a lot that you enjoy it! :D
In from the Cold is the old reason I won't ever make another alt for a while... two times running that duty is enough anxiety for me. I know they patched it to be less tedious since launch, but still no thank you
Oh, I had no idea they patched it it make it a bit easier! People won't have to suffer as much as we all did, haha! Gosh, what a freakin' solo duty. WHEW.
Oh no! Moral dilemmas. Such is life lol
MOOD. If only I had known the dilemmas I was going to face later in the game, haha! This didn't even scratch the surface! :D
Not the exact lyrics, but here’s a close approximation. If you listen, you will realize those singing are the countless souls that offered themselves to make his being. Still sleeping and dreaming to return.
Lyrics:
For the dreams of home,
For the lives we're owed,
For the inner voice of the lost one!
Baleful darkness!
Zodiark the many!
Zodiark the mighty!
Darkness will come quick
To the one who won't just let you
Wake up!
And save us!
Darkness will come!
Darkness will reign!
Come, darkness, come!
Darkness will come!
Zodiark, save our live
In a thousand lifetimes!
Darkness will take all!
Zodiark, Lord, we beseech you!
Take us, save our live
With a thousand more.
Ahhh, glorious!
Hail the darkness!
Ahhh, Zodiark!
Hail Zodiark!
Oh our saviour!
Dark and beautiful!
Take me for our single purpose!
Beautiful!
Zodiark!
Take our life!
Our wings of faith will rise up through the night
Our Lord Zodiark!
Carrying our hope,
All we knew, our perfect world,
Let the chorus of dark take all!
Holy crap! I had no idea there were actual lyrics!!! I thought it was just like, some kind of unintelligible lyrical stuff. Now it's my favorite map in the game even MORE! Ahh, thank you for sharing!
It's only level 83 btw :)
YEP. LOL. I had NO idea what I was in store for. No concept of the emotional wringer I was about to take myself through for the rest of the expansion, lol. I'd do it all over again for the first time if I could though! If only! :D
@@elibbabats I couldnt even stream this section I was an emotional wreck 😂 mad respect!
Thanks for watching!!! 💖