Azys Lla was such a drastic change in aesthetic from the rest of Heavensward, it felt like such a surprise but it was done so well. Definitely my favourite final area so far
One of my favorite areas in the game. Contrasting with the way the game starts out with such normal, organic maps, it gives this sense of just how far the WOL has travelled. From riding around the forests of Gridania on an overgrown chicken to flying around some ancient, advanced civilization on the back of a dragon.
@@NemesisTWarlock Who originated from a different planet because he had to flee from Omega. Yep Dragons didn't originally live on Eorzea. Dragons basically Aliens.
@@dice5709 god fucking dammit, i come here to listen to this theme at the end of HW and I get major spoilers about this shit come on. do you really gotta spoil shit like that on a video of a song that's way before that point in the story?
The organs lend themselves so perfectly for this track, creating a sense of verticality and loftiness. Which connects it to the rest of Heavensward thematically quite nicely. The rest of the instruments work well with the high-tech theme of the area. Damn did I grew to appreciate this zone music!
This is still one of my favorite environments in a video game. Everything is so toxic and alien, yet this was what a human society pulled off thousands of years ago. Hubris is a killer.
just realized there's a leitmotif that appears in this theme, in the Omega fight, in the Shinryu fight, and in The Twinning. Now I'm wondering where else it appears...
I will always remember my first time in Azys Lla, riding my dragon with the dragoon armor lv 60 from the trailer and as Ardbert too, ready to save the World. This music was sick and so was the whole heavensward fist arc
What's scary is that the Allag turned that ship into a museum...so it was an outdated ship to the Allag...could you imagine what their then modern warships can do in combat? Could you imagine how powerless the Garlean Dreadnought would be compared to an Allag warship? The Allag were mighty scary advanced.....
This quote is from the actual quest that initiates the Fractal Continuum instance. "You meet Wedge at the Aetherochemical Research Facility, where he reveals the nature of his project. The ever-emotional youth seeks to restore life to “Gilly,” the helpful guidance node who showed you about in your travels through Azys Lla. To that end, he entreats you to travel to the Fractal Continuum─a museum of Allagan technology housed inside a decommissioned warship─and come back with a new node nacelle, into which Gilly's “heart” might be transferred. Venture to Matter Conduit VI-VII and access the teleporter there."
Azys lla is the most badass zone in ffxiv. The lore, the ruins, the warring triad statues standing proud after thousands of years. It’s extremely awe-striking. Makes you imagine how mighty the allagans were back in their times
3:12 Ugh. Almost 2 years after hearing it for the first time, and it still chokes me up. Heavensward might not be Shadowbringers, but it will still be a jewel forever.
Final Fantasy XIII is unironically my favorite FF game (yes, I'm serious), and when I saw the Pulsework soldiers in this area I LOST IT. "Oh my GOD! Square actually acknowledged FFXIII's existence!!!"
Those of us who did progression raiding when Coils was current end-game content in 14 -and- had played 13 experienced a nasty surprise when the Dreadnought from Vile Peaks showed up in Turn 4 during the elevator ride down.
+Nina Bradford Tiamat put herself there. I think she is strong enough to break free the weakened chain but refuse out of guilt. She still cannot forgive herself to fall over Ascian seduction and bring the Dreadwyrm to this world
+Fredy Tjhin Well not just the Ascian brining the Dreadwyrm but also the fact that SHE let them effectively imprison and corrupt Bahamut's Spirit in a selfish act to see him again.
Allagan tech has always fascinated me. The juxtaposition of current Eorzean levels and them in terms of advancement. Feels like Garlemald's the leader in getting anywhere close; and still comparing, they aren't even close thousands of years later.
The only area where I welcome having to walk back and forth in the MSQ just so i can soak in this theme more. Im also a massive Xenoblade fan so it reminds me a lot of the final areas in those games where theres this futuristic tech area in a more traditional fantasy setting.
I'm incredibly excited to see what the devs do with the Allagans, this whole area screams of the "apocalyptic future" from Chrono Trigger. I can see Square actually creating a plot akin to the "Black Omen" from CT where an Allagan Starship returns to threaten Eorzea
This song definitely has a bit of an air of finality to it. I was saddened by the events that occurred before arriving in Azys Lla (especially by what happened after the Vault ;.;), but hearing this music motivated me to press on despite everything that had happened. In honor of those we had lost in our journey, and also for those who could still be saved.
I just realized why that 2-note organ segment from the last part after 3:13 sounds so familiar. It's kinda like a piece of the sped up Title/"Omen" theme from FFVI. Love the little easter eggs everywhere!!
The wonder of this technological miracle is tempered by the still fresh memories of Haurchefant's death. The music captured it perfectly, and the fact that it keeps playing through the trash battles adds to the gravity of what is just over the horizon. Somewhat simplistic, and somewhat redundant before the piano piece, yet it beautifully serenades the final ballads of the story leading up to 3.0's climax.
Got to Azys Lla a few days ago for the first time and this song is one of the best songs i have heard ingame up until now and there were some bangers. Techno-organ just hits different.
This was the heaviest part of Heavensward for me... of course after all that happened right after we return to Ishgard, my heart was like a damn rock inside my chest. Then entering Azys Lla the way we enter and then seeing all the cruelty the Allagans did there and it all maximized by the fact that everything is locked in there for 5 thousand years, the theme song just made me want to puke the whole time I spent there doing the quests. This is not bad thing, though, I mean, they did a great job in extracting reactions from me and most of the people I know felt the same about it.
As much as I have loved Stormblood (and I have overall been enjoying it even more than Heavensward) I sincerely hope we are given a reason to return here one day. There is so much allagan stuff in this game and I genuinely think it would be awesome for it to come into the forefront of the MSQ in the future.
I have a feeling we will return here to release Tiamat in a future expansion or patch for Stormblood. Most likely when we head to Meracydia in a future expansion since it is said that it's a wasteland from the Allagan invasion. Another use could be to bind a powerful Primal that's too much for the WoL and thus, will need the Flagship to entomb the primal since the Warring Triad are now gone, so that leaves the Primal containment labs empty.
Seeing the warring triads looming in the distance while listening to this song was just...such a great feeling the first time i entered this map. "I'm waiting for the day you three returns"
got my dragonlancer armor and im actual scared and pump up to finish this amazing story. I fucking Love Midgardsomr and i feel sad and sorry for what his daughter has to go through and especially every single child of Midgardsomr.
This is one of - if not - the best tracks in this game. I loved waking up to this in this zone. It's one of the times in the game it makes it feel okay to just sit and do nothing and enjoy the music/aesthetic of the scenery. There's just so much going on with this track and it's got so many parts to it. I'm not sure how to describe it.
I love when you first unlock flying on Midgardsormr here and fly to the centre of the map to do the final piece of the story. Especially when the flying animation (kinda) is in sync with the song's beat.
Seeing all Azys Lla and the whole Allagan lore it makes me think that it was a good thing the Allagans destroyed themselves. Think about it...looking at the recent events of the Heavensward finale(SPOILERS) The archbishop with his inmense might, easily destroyed Lahabrea a top tier Ascian. The Allagans were like an almost omnipotent beings considering the technology and science they employed, these beings imprisioned and controled beings who are gods themselves, the warring triad in FF6 made Kefka a nigh omnipotent god of magic and this version of the Warring Triad apparently is super strong as well considering Urianger said that if they were to awoken the world would easily be destroyed YET the Allagans imprisioned these beings and used their energy like if they were nothing. Makes me think that the whole covenant with Cloud of Darkness was just a ruse set by the Allagans to control the Cloud and let the other voidsents into our world to experiment wih them. Also if I am not mistaken Xande said he acquired the power of darkness thanks to Cloud of Darkness, meaning the allagans might have employed that great power as well. So far the Eikons have been the only beings described as "Strongly opposing the Allagan empire" yet the succumbed to them.
Orochimaru sama Just like humans basically... destroying our environment and enslaving/killing any other animal as much as we like. Sooner or later we'll kill ourselves too.
Orochimaru sama Mmm, well said. Unfortunately, as poetical, free, and idyllic Eorzea an her champions are, realistically, I don't think there is any way forward but by embracing a new power once it is discovered- and if that power outweighs our foresight or exploits or collective weaknesses as beings of desperation and desire, we are doomed!
+Orochimaru sama Yet, after Crystal Tower you learn not all the Allagans were such terrible people. Emperor Xande was the one obsessed with imperialism, and Emperors after him like Amon. But those like Princess Salina (who imparted G'raha's ancestors a task) believed that Allag should have stood for hope and inspiration, rather than tyranny and mechanical godhood.
Thank you! I remember hearing this music in one of the live videos before HW came out. I was trying to imagine what they would come up with that this music would even work for. When I first stepped out in the Azys Lla, I was just blown away.
When I got to this area, it gave off a Star Ocean 4 atmosphere to me. The music and the structures seem Star Ocean like. It is Square Enix after all so I shouldn't be surprised if they meant it that way.
This song this god damn song will forever be burned into my soul. So... many... HQ Mog poms for that fishing rod. Cant not picture Thordan jamming out on the organ either.
never played ffxiv, but i know this motif as "Toniiiiight, witness then as the end shall begin what was finaallll Their lieeeessss, folding back, further back, ever back to the primaallll"
STILL the best looking zone ingame. Incredible stuff, unique buildings and constructs everywhere. Yet desolately empty of content, which is kind of applicable. Glad they did add some main story quests in the zone later on.
This area took one of my favourite characters away from me, and then technically brought a new one in. Rest In peace Ysayle, Ishikawa had plans for you but Oda said otherwise. Omega on the other hand however, let us see her journey to the end.
You can probably grab it off the MB for cheap, if you don't have it already. They're going for under 1,000 Gil on Malboro as of this evening (29 June, 2020).
Being a fan of *all* FF themes in the games I've played (from VII and up),I think XIV has lots of goodies,and before this new favorite came,Wanderers' Temple Hard was my first. ^_^ Fully agree the piano part ends this catchy music well.
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The dev's knew this track was pure gold and went like "Yeah, it should keep playing in fights." and they had the best idea ever.
till you enter the garlean area x)
And it still has leitmotifs playing to this day with O11S. For good reason.
in Scale and Steel as well (Shinryu ex)
Fuck yeah!
@@ericb1317 lol yeah
Congratulations to Souken for XVI winning Soundtrack of the Year and for sneaking this banger of a leitmotif into the new dungeon.
It's basically the Allagan motif at this point, when you think about it. (Shows up in Omega vs Shinryu at the end of Heavensward too)
Which dungeon and when?
@@TheVivi13The Sagespire in the DLC. eScape was also mixed in there because Omega was the final boss.
@@youtubehandlesstink Ty just checked it out, that is soo cool
5 years later in patch 5.21, we finally got an orchestrion roll for this track
I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS TRACK
Where do you snag it?
@@corsaircarl9582 I believe it's Kupo of Fortune
Man time flys
TRUUEE also love the kuma pfp lmao
They sure don't make things like they used to do they? You buy an iphone it's dead in 6 months- the Allag built a fleet that stayed airborne for eons.
This is the best comment on this video.
Because Allagan
They also built an entire moon that woulda stayed up there, until, y'know...
How the f do you guys use phones that die in 6 months? i've had mine for years and is still like new...
@@TheGokki I said iPhone. It'll be obsolete before I finish typing this sentence.
Azys Lla was such a drastic change in aesthetic from the rest of Heavensward, it felt like such a surprise but it was done so well. Definitely my favourite final area so far
Going to Azys La from Ishgard is like going to Draenor from Anor Londo.
Too bad the zone was heavily underused, and later expansions haven't really changed that.
@@loganreed23 pleasant surprise then that the Endwalker raid series is gearing up to use the zone.
@@loganreed23 Maybe not in a grand sense, but overall we go there from time to time, which shows how important it still is imho.
Yes same here!
I love how the organ makes it sound like a grand cathedral. You know, a very perverse cathedral to the achievements of Allag.
One of my favorite areas in the game. Contrasting with the way the game starts out with such normal, organic maps, it gives this sense of just how far the WOL has travelled. From riding around the forests of Gridania on an overgrown chicken to flying around some ancient, advanced civilization on the back of a dragon.
on the back of THE FATHER OF ALL DRAGONS, TYVM.
@@NemesisTWarlock
Awwwww yeah!
@@NemesisTWarlock Who originated from a different planet because he had to flee from Omega. Yep Dragons didn't originally live on Eorzea. Dragons basically Aliens.
@@dice5709 god fucking dammit, i come here to listen to this theme at the end of HW and I get major spoilers about this shit come on. do you really gotta spoil shit like that on a video of a song that's way before that point in the story?
@@bingus_factory seriously, damn
This song is an absolute freakin' *BANGER* dude...
Like I always say, if you don't think it's the biggest bop in HW I don't know what to tell you lol
No love for heroes?
@@lavenderrain3379 Heroes is in fact better, but this is definitely a close second.
The organs lend themselves so perfectly for this track, creating a sense of verticality and loftiness. Which connects it to the rest of Heavensward thematically quite nicely. The rest of the instruments work well with the high-tech theme of the area. Damn did I grew to appreciate this zone music!
This is still one of my favorite environments in a video game.
Everything is so toxic and alien, yet this was what a human society pulled off thousands of years ago.
Hubris is a killer.
just realized there's a leitmotif that appears in this theme, in the Omega fight, in the Shinryu fight, and in The Twinning. Now I'm wondering where else it appears...
One of my favorite hobbies now is just browsing the game's music catalogue it's so rewarding
It also appears in Thordan EX
It’s no coincidence it sounds like Coerthas either, some of the exact same notes on the same instruments
You can briefly hear the leitmotif in one of the Myths of the Realm songs! Not going to tell you which one.
Now its in the Omega fight in FFXVI!
I just got to this place and the first thing that came to mind was "final boss dungeon".
***** yea its amazing how heavensward had so many parts in it that didint feel like you were playing an mmo
Eriq Beard Your reply was so genious, and so true!!
Keelan Steele lol its the one mmo i know of that actually has a final area that feels like a final area
+BobCorwen
Mass Effect on mine.
I love the piano arrangement near the end of the track. Kind of like a 'silver lining' feeling
When I saw the green ass sky and then this music -- I knew I was in a place of unspeakable evil. Amazing atmosphere set up
I will always remember my first time in Azys Lla, riding my dragon with the dragoon armor lv 60 from the trailer and as Ardbert too, ready to save the World. This music was sick and so was the whole heavensward fist arc
This song really meant a lot to Soken. It's even used in Stormblood!
A bespectacled Cow
And in Thordan EX
and the tone was then used in Shadowbrings A Long Fall :D
@@evi6199 You mean in eScape, yes? The track from Stormblood? (And also Scale and Steel, and The Worm’s Tail)
And now he uses it in FFXVI dlc trailer for an ancient (but advanced) fallen civilization
I heard this years ago, and just came across it again. And 3:12 still brings chills down my spine. That piano is just beautiful.
What's scary is that the Allag turned that ship into a museum...so it was an outdated ship to the Allag...could you imagine what their then modern warships can do in combat? Could you imagine how powerless the Garlean Dreadnought would be compared to an Allag warship? The Allag were mighty scary advanced.....
This quote is from the actual quest that initiates the Fractal Continuum instance.
"You meet Wedge at the Aetherochemical Research Facility, where he reveals the nature of his project. The ever-emotional youth seeks to restore life to “Gilly,” the helpful guidance node who showed you about in your travels through Azys Lla. To that end, he entreats you to travel to the Fractal Continuum─a museum of Allagan technology housed inside a decommissioned warship─and come back with a new node nacelle, into which Gilly's “heart” might be transferred. Venture to Matter Conduit VI-VII and access the teleporter there."
Fractal Continuum is actually a much smaller spherical ship on the south side of the map. The ship in the middle is called The Flagship.
So advance, they leap right out of fantasy territory (Dungeons & Dragons) and into sci-fi fantasy (Star Wars, Flash Gordon).
The sci-fi bit is always there with the presence of Ultima and Omega over the years as hidden superweapons from an old age past.
In other words...the allags are on a wholenothalevel.
Best music in Heavensward, IMO.
Red88Rex I thought so too. Then the Lochs happened.
xKeiyax but that's not Heavensward
I think dragonsong is my favorite heavensward piece of music.
Y'all must be forgetting Ishgard's main theme
the violin accents make it
Best area in the game. 10 outta fucking 10.
You got that fucking right.
The best sun sets too, so beautiful
+John Lee The music is freak'in AWESOME :D
It's August 2017 (post-Stormblood) and I still think this is the best area in the game. There's nothing else quite like it in aesthetics or design.
Praise the Restoration for giving us this orchestration roll after so long!
wait what??? whats the orch roll called?? i was looking to see if they had it on the MB
Azys lla is the most badass zone in ffxiv. The lore, the ruins, the warring triad statues standing proud after thousands of years. It’s extremely awe-striking. Makes you imagine how mighty the allagans were back in their times
3:12
Ugh. Almost 2 years after hearing it for the first time, and it still chokes me up. Heavensward might not be Shadowbringers, but it will still be a jewel forever.
Final Fantasy XIII is unironically my favorite FF game (yes, I'm serious), and when I saw the Pulsework soldiers in this area I LOST IT. "Oh my GOD! Square actually acknowledged FFXIII's existence!!!"
Those of us who did progression raiding when Coils was current end-game content in 14 -and- had played 13 experienced a nasty surprise when the Dreadnought from Vile Peaks showed up in Turn 4 during the elevator ride down.
One of the most underrated themes in FF14. Mass Effect vibes mixed with that funky Soken flavor sprinkled with that traditional FF levity at the end.
3:12 - Gives me goosebumps every time, it's so good!!!
A theme so good it keeps on playing during fights
And has no night version
the organ in this song is so SO good. its ominous and daunting and it sounds like a vox
I wish you could rescue poor Tiamat from there...
I have a feeling we will, just not yet.
+Nina Bradford Tiamat put herself there. I think she is strong enough to break free the weakened chain but refuse out of guilt. She still cannot forgive herself to fall over Ascian seduction and bring the Dreadwyrm to this world
+Fredy Tjhin Clearly, we have to tell her to get her shit together and help us make mulch out of the Ascians to make up for her mistake then.
+Nevecus maybe when the Dreadwyrm once again threat Eorzea
+Fredy Tjhin Well not just the Ascian brining the Dreadwyrm but also the fact that SHE let them effectively imprison and corrupt Bahamut's Spirit in a selfish act to see him again.
best heavensward area theme no cap
Allagan tech has always fascinated me. The juxtaposition of current Eorzean levels and them in terms of advancement. Feels like Garlemald's the leader in getting anywhere close; and still comparing, they aren't even close thousands of years later.
The only area where I welcome having to walk back and forth in the MSQ just so i can soak in this theme more. Im also a massive Xenoblade fan so it reminds me a lot of the final areas in those games where theres this futuristic tech area in a more traditional fantasy setting.
I really love the piano parts at the end of the song.
One of the best pieces of music in FFXIV, period.
I'd argue FF in general. Top 5 for me for sure.
I'm incredibly excited to see what the devs do with the Allagans, this whole area screams of the "apocalyptic future" from Chrono Trigger.
I can see Square actually creating a plot akin to the "Black Omen" from CT where an Allagan Starship returns to threaten Eorzea
Black Omen resumes exactly my impressions of Azys Lla....especially the singularity reactor
That was pmuch syrcus tower innit
I love how the Omega theme added the bit at 0:52.
Couldn't get this out of my head when I finished 3.0 yesterday
i just arrived here and it gives the feel of it being the final area like the old FF games
I´m in this zone at the moment!! it was breathtaking, love the music theme and the encounter with Tiamat was amazing!!!!
And it only gets better! Hope you're still enjoying this amazing game.
This song definitely has a bit of an air of finality to it. I was saddened by the events that occurred before arriving in Azys Lla (especially by what happened after the Vault ;.;), but hearing this music motivated me to press on despite everything that had happened. In honor of those we had lost in our journey, and also for those who could still be saved.
I just realized why that 2-note organ segment from the last part after 3:13 sounds so familiar. It's kinda like a piece of the sped up Title/"Omen" theme from FFVI. Love the little easter eggs everywhere!!
the last part of the song is so gorgeous
Fell in love with this track the first time I heard it. It sounds so final. And then I heard the callback to this song in eScape, it's perfect.
Best new area theme, by far. I can't help but get caught up in it!
When you bust out the Allagan organ and rock out with your dragon buddies.
I want this on the orchestrion already, it's been 3 years!
Wish granted.
The wonder of this technological miracle is tempered by the still fresh memories of Haurchefant's death. The music captured it perfectly, and the fact that it keeps playing through the trash battles adds to the gravity of what is just over the horizon. Somewhat simplistic, and somewhat redundant before the piano piece, yet it beautifully serenades the final ballads of the story leading up to 3.0's climax.
Got to Azys Lla a few days ago for the first time and this song is one of the best songs i have heard ingame up until now and there were some bangers. Techno-organ just hits different.
Honestly still my fave last zone to this day.
This was the heaviest part of Heavensward for me... of course after all that happened right after we return to Ishgard, my heart was like a damn rock inside my chest. Then entering Azys Lla the way we enter and then seeing all the cruelty the Allagans did there and it all maximized by the fact that everything is locked in there for 5 thousand years, the theme song just made me want to puke the whole time I spent there doing the quests. This is not bad thing, though, I mean, they did a great job in extracting reactions from me and most of the people I know felt the same about it.
It's only game.
Why u haf to puke?
I love this song! I'm enjoying FFXIV so much, I haven't had this much fun gaming in a very long time.
This music gives me the same chills that hearing Within the Giant from FFIV gave me. It's just so epic like damn you know shit's about to go down!
Really love the FF6 Throwback in the song and for the level
I got here last night, and the music fucking blew me away!
I would kill for this to be in Theatrhythm.
ikr
0:52 That part has been screaming Lufia at me. Sounds very similar to their final dungeon BGM. Amusing, they're both final areas!
As much as I have loved Stormblood (and I have overall been enjoying it even more than Heavensward) I sincerely hope we are given a reason to return here one day. There is so much allagan stuff in this game and I genuinely think it would be awesome for it to come into the forefront of the MSQ in the future.
I have a feeling we will return here to release Tiamat in a future expansion or patch for Stormblood. Most likely when we head to Meracydia in a future expansion since it is said that it's a wasteland from the Allagan invasion. Another use could be to bind a powerful Primal that's too much for the WoL and thus, will need the Flagship to entomb the primal since the Warring Triad are now gone, so that leaves the Primal containment labs empty.
Well so far we’ve got a new SB dungeon in Fractal Continuum Hard. We can only hope for more now...
Well at least we now know that The Burn was basically Azys Lla but now its airborne. That's fucking dope.
Seeing the warring triads looming in the distance while listening to this song was just...such a great feeling the first time i entered this map.
"I'm waiting for the day you three returns"
Easily one of my favorite tracks in XIV.
Wonder if they'll ever release an Orchestrion roll for this...
they gotta undecipher that order first
Still waiting...
@@SiveenO if it helps, this very question was brought up to Yoshi P at the EU fanfest, apparently Music Guy gave him a thumbs up on it.
@@PandaXs1 Good to hear, thanks for the headsup.
Still kinda thinking they're going to make it Mogstation-only o.o
@Guerilla PSYOPS they literally said they were going to do it, did you not read my comment?
finally got here and i was like bro this is the end we are at the end right here
got my dragonlancer armor and im actual scared and pump up to finish this amazing story. I fucking Love Midgardsomr and i feel sad and sorry for what his daughter has to go through and especially every single child of Midgardsomr.
This has no business going this hard.
FFXVI dlc be like
This is one of - if not - the best tracks in this game.
I loved waking up to this in this zone.
It's one of the times in the game it makes it feel okay to just sit and do nothing and enjoy the music/aesthetic of the scenery.
There's just so much going on with this track and it's got so many parts to it. I'm not sure how to describe it.
I love when you first unlock flying on Midgardsormr here and fly to the centre of the map to do the final piece of the story. Especially when the flying animation (kinda) is in sync with the song's beat.
Something straight out of Mass Effect 1, this song really inspires that feeling of being somewhere exciting and dangerous.
Seeing all Azys Lla and the whole Allagan lore it makes me think that it was a good thing the Allagans destroyed themselves. Think about it...looking at the recent events of the Heavensward finale(SPOILERS) The archbishop with his inmense might, easily destroyed Lahabrea a top tier Ascian.
The Allagans were like an almost omnipotent beings considering the technology and science they employed, these beings imprisioned and controled beings who are gods themselves, the warring triad in FF6 made Kefka a nigh omnipotent god of magic and this version of the Warring Triad apparently is super strong as well considering Urianger said that if they were to awoken the world would easily be destroyed YET the Allagans imprisioned these beings and used their energy like if they were nothing.
Makes me think that the whole covenant with Cloud of Darkness was just a ruse set by the Allagans to control the Cloud and let the other voidsents into our world to experiment wih them. Also if I am not mistaken Xande said he acquired the power of darkness thanks to Cloud of Darkness, meaning the allagans might have employed that great power as well. So far the Eikons have been the only beings described as "Strongly opposing the Allagan empire" yet the succumbed to them.
Orochimaru sama yea o.O
Orochimaru sama Just like humans basically... destroying our environment and enslaving/killing any other animal as much as we like. Sooner or later we'll kill ourselves too.
Orochimaru sama Mmm, well said. Unfortunately, as poetical, free, and idyllic Eorzea an her champions are, realistically, I don't think there is any way forward but by embracing a new power once it is discovered- and if that power outweighs our foresight or exploits or collective weaknesses as beings of desperation and desire, we are doomed!
+Orochimaru sama Yet there's nothing and nobody as strong as us adventurers. Us immortal, loot-craving, murderous adventurers.
+Orochimaru sama Yet, after Crystal Tower you learn not all the Allagans were such terrible people. Emperor Xande was the one obsessed with imperialism, and Emperors after him like Amon. But those like Princess Salina (who imparted G'raha's ancestors a task) believed that Allag should have stood for hope and inspiration, rather than tyranny and mechanical godhood.
Thank you! I remember hearing this music in one of the live videos before HW came out. I was trying to imagine what they would come up with that this music would even work for. When I first stepped out in the Azys Lla, I was just blown away.
Omg... the music in this zone is incredible!
Unlocking flight for this area being tied into the MSQ was absolutely brilliant, and I wish they'd done it again for Ultima Thule.
I always forget how good this areas music is until I go back there and I'm always surprises
In the Middle of the map you can see the Warring Triad from FF6 :D
Really?!
And sometimes you can see Ultima flying around.
MetalGuide Im going to patrol the place til they break the seal.
Onebie See? The area is literally called The Warring Triad and the Ex Primal quests talk about them quite a lot.
MetalGuide Where!?
When I got to this area, it gave off a Star Ocean 4 atmosphere to me. The music and the structures seem Star Ocean like. It is Square Enix after all so I shouldn't be surprised if they meant it that way.
Nice depart from the usual Sound the Themes ... that bit more electro feel fits very well
INSTANT favorite.
I'm angry with myself for taking so long to appreciate this track... What a banger 😁
Spent so little time in this zone, but the OST slaps hard.
Holy shit man, I keep comin back to this song... it's sooooooo good.
This song this god damn song will forever be burned into my soul. So... many... HQ Mog poms for that fishing rod. Cant not picture Thordan jamming out on the organ either.
The best part is at 3:13!
never played ffxiv, but i know this motif as "Toniiiiight, witness then as the end shall begin what was finaallll
Their lieeeessss, folding back, further back, ever back to the primaallll"
Hell yeah
I just want to replay the game to reach this place so I can beat some mobs on that epic song! Gives me goosbump everytime I hear it.
so am I crazy or is the little solo melody at 0:51 being played on a Stylophone?
Got here today, and if it wasn't so full of mobs wanting to kill me, I'd walk everywhere just to here the epic music
STILL the best looking zone ingame. Incredible stuff, unique buildings and constructs everywhere. Yet desolately empty of content, which is kind of applicable. Glad they did add some main story quests in the zone later on.
This area took one of my favourite characters away from me, and then technically brought a new one in.
Rest In peace Ysayle, Ishikawa had plans for you but Oda said otherwise.
Omega on the other hand however, let us see her journey to the end.
I would literally fight all the damn PvP se wants to throw down my throat for this orchestrion roll ....
You can probably grab it off the MB for cheap, if you don't have it already. They're going for under 1,000 Gil on Malboro as of this evening (29 June, 2020).
This theme will forever one of the most badass themes ever. Even Shinryu had bits of it.
If you’ve never heard terry d’s piano version deff look it up. Complete diff take just from the change in instruments
when you're slowly going insane grinding barreleyes
This music has been giving me Lufia vibes. And I love it!
Absolute fucking banger.
Fills me with determination
Damn FF Synthwave lool Amazing
0:52 that sounds so much like classic SNES Final Fantasy
When Azys Lla first descended in that cutscene, I knew what it was immediately.
the unexpected synth organ is the best part
Am I the only one that gets reminded of Persona 5 from this track? Sounds like a palace theme.
Being a fan of *all* FF themes in the games I've played (from VII and up),I think XIV has lots of goodies,and before this new favorite came,Wanderers' Temple Hard was my first. ^_^ Fully agree the piano part ends this catchy music well.
Absolute banger. I paid the 40k for the orcheston
Isn't this a flavor of "Final Fantasy VIII - Man With the Machine Gun" ... ?