Originally, choosing for Ardyn to defy his fate would have led to the DLCs for Aranea, Luna and Noctis. Unfortunately, those DLCs were cancelled and turned into a book.
I love how in Ardyn's DLC, his revenge goes to the lengths of, "My brother's not dead enough. Come back to life Somnus, just so I can kill you again!" It's like hanging-up on someone, then calling them just so you can hang-up on them again, because it wasn't enough. I can respect that.
I know you said that iggy was seeing noct as his young self, but did you notice that in his glasses there's a reflection of noctis but it's pre time skip noctis because iggy never got to see the post time skip noctis
@@DJAB87 Honestly, I was hoping that if you chose to resist fate, you'd get a secret final boss against Bahamut... I'm sure that would've been the ending to the DLC had they continued making them and it would've been so satisfying to show the finger to the gods and their prophecy.
Ignis’s DLC is goddamn untouchable, it’s so good. I actually got to meet the director for Episode Ignis at PAX East after it came out while cosplaying Iggy. We got to meet him and he greeted me and my friend (cosplaying Noctis) by name 😭
The music for Episode Ignis was done by Yasunori Mitsuda, so if that was your jam then Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Xenosaga 1 and 2, and the ending theme of Xenoblade 1 would by right up your alley
What an awesome watch! The 'which FF character needs a hug' part and the fright montage was so funny! Also, episode Ardyn's back story definately solidifies him as one of the best atagonists in a FF series. A misunderstood saviour who was burdened with the starscourge and fate's destiny. Great video. Thank you!
I really wish we got Episode Aranea and Episode Lunafreya because those are characters I really wanna know more about. Not missing Episode Noctis too much though because that was gonna basically be "give us money and everyone lives" based on the synopsis I heard
well they got the novel.... which was cancelled dawn of the future....where ardyn noctis and luna fought and with bahamut to change the fate....and instead of noctis performing the ritual...ardyn performed the sacrificial ritual...noctis asked the providence to give the ring to ardyn which they agree and ardyn defeated the his arch enemy bahamut changed his fate and made the world free of all archeon...in the afterlife aera and ardyn united just like luci and noctis....after that they buried ardyn's body in the royal cemetary and decalred him the true founding kign which he always was
man can you imagine feeling sympathy for ardyn after all he did in the maingame of 15 after you played his dlc episode. i completly understood why ardyn did what he did. best character of ff15, after ignis
@@shikitohno47 The whole Blood and Darkness thing was a bit odd at first, but it's not like him choosing to flip the bird at Bahamut and everyone else wasn't unwarranted and seeing how Somnus acted, I fully support Ardyn kicking him to the curb a bunch Can't say anything about the actual pacing of the DLC episode, but calling people edgy for sympathizing/supporting and liking Ardyn is a bit silly to me
If you have the time, you can also try reading the Dawn of the Future novel which follows the "Resist your fate" choice. The stories in there is the second set of DLC's for the game that were cancelled.
100%-ing this game was a royal pain, especially because of the DLC. They add depth to the characters which is nice (especially ignis) but man were they a pain to get the achievements for. Gladio's episode in particular took me more than a dozen attempts.
Hey Frankie, thanks for your great videos, I LOVE your "I played Final Fantasy ... for the first time" videos! I also like it when you cry, because I cry with you every time. (Okay that sounds a bit weird) But it is! Please keep it up!
Good shit, Frankie. Great editing! Loved your transitions. This was also a reminder of how great that season pass was. On the other hand, Dawn of the Future has got to be a social experiment…or pure meta nihilism. it may be good insight into Ardyn’s thinking but it is not a great insight into Reality.
in case you don’t know, bahamut is the true villain of Final Fantasy 15. and noctis, luna, aranaya, and ardyn team up against bahamut, and kill him. it’s in the book “Final Fantasy 15: Dawn of the Future” and it is PERFECTION
Ignis' Theme gives me life That thumbnail gave me a stun The lightning hug round provides a headache Frankie does stuff and that's always fun... .............I dunno what the hell I'm saying
Amazing work and video. I commented on the last video but damn they just keep getting better. Sadly, I never got to finish the Ardyn episode as my Xbox died. This brought me true closure for the series, and it will stay eternal in my thoughts as among my favorite games. It shall only be haunted by Ardyn's monster face being replaced by the tear-stricken Frankie lol (side note and question for others- Did Frankie do the Extra fight option for Episode Gladio on the stream?)
That's not exactly accurate, Ardyn's fate was already set before Somnus "betrayed" him. Ardyn was never meant to be king because he couldn't have fulfilled his destiny if he had been.
OK, I usually try not to comment until I've finished the video, but that hugging montage had me in stitches. Best thing I've ever seen and now I want to hug every single one of them. Except Quina. I don't want to get lucked by that tongue
I remember when they added being able to fight as the others in the main game I pretty much stopped playing as Noct completely as the other were more fun in combat 😆
I've been in love with this game since they released the royal edition, but in those years since then, I have never heard the nickname "Gladdy Daddy" and damn does it fit 😂 But Mama Ignis is still my favorite character 😂 (speaking as the mother hen of my own friend group 😂😭)
I love all the DLC but seeing what turned him into the so called bad guy, I'm sorry to me hes not "bad" as far as ff end bosses go hes just hell bent on revenge and really righteously so, cant say that if I was in his position I wouldn't done the same
Honestly if you do have the time the book is absolutely amazing and my personal headcannon as the true ending and the other endings are all visions noctis is having from the ring or while he is in the crystal
there is another DLC which was cancelled dawn of the future....where ardyn noctis and luna fought and with bahamut to change the fate....and instead of noctis performing the ritual...ardyn performed the sacrificial ritual...noctis asked the providence to give the ring to ardyn which they agree and ardyn defeated the his arch enemy bahamut changed his fate and made the world free of all archeon...in the afterlife aera and ardyn united just like luci and noctis....after that they buried ardyn's body in the royal cemetary and decalred him the true founding kign which he always was
So Ardyn was just a jesus expy who was tortured by Bahamut into being evil because if he was just some cool pacifist uncle, Noctis wouldn't be willing to sacrifice his life to kill him, and the scourge wouldn't be destroyed?
Hi Frankie.. Ray here. did you upload the IGNIS Episode on twitch too?? and when.. its so hard to find that one on your twitch.. (most of the others are together with your main-game).
I don't care what you guys say, i'll always take the Good ending from Episode Ignis as the true one, actually chapter 15 would have much more sense if it was the true ending, because we could travel the world with past time characters and explore Insomnia, that's a wasted potential
DId you see the short anime of this back story? so good but not sure where to find it legit now adays. All in all the Whole story of FF15 wasnt too bad, but they had to go and split it up into like 5 dlcs, 2 animes, 1 movie and leave out 3 DLCs that never got made. Shame
FFXV had many shortcomings, many things weren't realised because they were too ambitious, at times it leaned a bit too heavily into trying to be FFVII, and I'll never forgive Square for giving us XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns but not XV's season 2 DLC... but I'd be damned before I say that I didn't enjoy it. Ardyn is such a good villain. Literally Jesus and the Anti-Christ in one and the same character.
"Prompto got f*****" LOL almost :p was like 1 or 2 steps away from it there And I feel like Prompto and Aranea would make the better couple than him and Cindy. She would balance him out so well and tell him what he needs to hear, and I still think she has a sweet side too. Prompto deserves a good strong woman
If you would complete the story from Gladio with an S. You would get him shirtless for the main game 😂. I don’t know if you know it. But there is an Anime ( 6 episodes i think ) on youtube for free and there is a movie that shows what happened in Insomnia while its fall. 😊
You needed to watch ardyns episode ardyn prologue anime before jumping into it, its better tells what happened around his time , jus search it up on youtube!
Originally, choosing for Ardyn to defy his fate would have led to the DLCs for Aranea, Luna and Noctis. Unfortunately, those DLCs were cancelled and turned into a book.
at least we still have the book 😭😭😭
ok i believe you.
@@Darealpokgai not the kingdom hearts reference lmaoo
@@shikitohno47wish I could read it
@@TheDmon98 sae.i need to hunt it down oneday....is it even in English?!
I forgot how much i fucking love ignis. Dude was ready to give everything for his friends & his king.
Sees ring of luci
"Fuck it, we ball"
I love how in Ardyn's DLC, his revenge goes to the lengths of, "My brother's not dead enough. Come back to life Somnus, just so I can kill you again!" It's like hanging-up on someone, then calling them just so you can hang-up on them again, because it wasn't enough. I can respect that.
More like, hanging up on someone and then deciding that you're going to find them and personally break their phone.
I know you said that iggy was seeing noct as his young self, but did you notice that in his glasses there's a reflection of noctis but it's pre time skip noctis because iggy never got to see the post time skip noctis
I never even noticed that until I read this comment, even after playing it myself too. makes it sm more bittersweet knowing that 😭
Ardyn's story is so tragic. He's only the villain because the gods demanded he had to be.
Exactly. That's why most people consider Bahumut to be the true villain of the game.
@@DJAB87 Honestly, I was hoping that if you chose to resist fate, you'd get a secret final boss against Bahamut... I'm sure that would've been the ending to the DLC had they continued making them and it would've been so satisfying to show the finger to the gods and their prophecy.
you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
@@lukasruston8618 read dawn of the future or at least the summary, it's on the final fantasy wiki. The ending is pretty satisfying.
Even the Infernian doesn't know this, it's all Bahamut Plot
Ignis’s DLC is goddamn untouchable, it’s so good. I actually got to meet the director for Episode Ignis at PAX East after it came out while cosplaying Iggy. We got to meet him and he greeted me and my friend (cosplaying Noctis) by name 😭
Ignis' dlc is so good.
If only this game wasn't 100+ gigs, I'd be more willing to redownload it for another run.
sounds like a skill issue to me
The music for Episode Ignis was done by Yasunori Mitsuda, so if that was your jam then Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Xenosaga 1 and 2, and the ending theme of Xenoblade 1 would by right up your alley
What an awesome watch! The 'which FF character needs a hug' part and the fright montage was so funny! Also, episode Ardyn's back story definately solidifies him as one of the best atagonists in a FF series. A misunderstood saviour who was burdened with the starscourge and fate's destiny.
Great video. Thank you!
23:13 made me laugh for about 45 seconds straight over nothing. Loved it. Well done.
I really wish we got Episode Aranea and Episode Lunafreya because those are characters I really wanna know more about. Not missing Episode Noctis too much though because that was gonna basically be "give us money and everyone lives" based on the synopsis I heard
well they got the novel.... which was cancelled dawn of the future....where ardyn noctis and luna fought and with bahamut to change the fate....and instead of noctis performing the ritual...ardyn performed the sacrificial ritual...noctis asked the providence to give the ring to ardyn which they agree and ardyn defeated the his arch enemy bahamut changed his fate and made the world free of all archeon...in the afterlife aera and ardyn united just like luci and noctis....after that they buried ardyn's body in the royal cemetary and decalred him the true founding kign which he always was
For me, episode Ardyn is by far the best DLC episodes. Knowing Ardyn backstory and his origin is S+ tier in my book 💯👌🏼
Absolutely love these supercuts when I missed the full stream. ❤
man can you imagine feeling sympathy for ardyn after all he did in the maingame of 15 after you played his dlc episode.
i completly understood why ardyn did what he did.
best character of ff15, after ignis
@@shikitohno47 The whole Blood and Darkness thing was a bit odd at first, but it's not like him choosing to flip the bird at Bahamut and everyone else wasn't unwarranted and seeing how Somnus acted, I fully support Ardyn kicking him to the curb a bunch
Can't say anything about the actual pacing of the DLC episode, but calling people edgy for sympathizing/supporting and liking Ardyn is a bit silly to me
They should have continued those cancelled DLCs. I want to see a happy ending just like in the novel :
The editing is so good! so much laughs 😂, and poor Frankie!! How your eyes haven't ran out of tears is beyond me haha.
One of my fave DLCs is Comrades. I absolutely loved that and just wish more people played it. Plus, well, that song....
me too man
If you have the time, you can also try reading the Dawn of the Future novel which follows the "Resist your fate" choice.
The stories in there is the second set of DLC's for the game that were cancelled.
I hate the word cancelled😠
The end of episode Ardyn was a spiritual message. Creepy asf.
Frankie i adored your playthough of episode prompto it was really touching seeing you connect to his character and this odd one out of the ff games
100%-ing this game was a royal pain, especially because of the DLC. They add depth to the characters which is nice (especially ignis) but man were they a pain to get the achievements for. Gladio's episode in particular took me more than a dozen attempts.
Heh... royal.
Really good video!
The opening theme to Episode Ignis is definitely goosebump-inducing.
i will always be in love with this game.
Hey Frankie, thanks for your great videos, I LOVE your "I played Final Fantasy ... for the first time" videos! I also like it when you cry, because I cry with you every time. (Okay that sounds a bit weird) But it is! Please keep it up!
The Gilgamesh from FFXV is my favorite! He's so cool and the soundtrack is legendary!
*Noctis and Luna looking like Somnus and Aera*
Ardyn: I choose violence
Oh I'm glad you stuck around for the episode Ignis main theme. Love the track so much.
Moral of episode Ardyn: the gods are the worst
Good shit, Frankie. Great editing! Loved your transitions. This was also a reminder of how great that season pass was.
On the other hand, Dawn of the Future has got to be a social experiment…or pure meta nihilism. it may be good insight into Ardyn’s thinking but it is not a great insight into Reality.
Thanks Frankie!
Exactly the video I needed for my Friday lunch hour
This is my go to channel for final fantasy content and laughs
Oh, Episode Ignis, how I love and adore thee
After watching you get emotional playing these games I always want to give you a hug.
After credits scene of Episode Ignis destroyed me.
Love your editing as always!
in case you don’t know, bahamut is the true villain of Final Fantasy 15. and noctis, luna, aranaya, and ardyn team up against bahamut, and kill him. it’s in the book “Final Fantasy 15: Dawn of the Future” and it is PERFECTION
That "Who?" when Penelo showed up LMAO
Ignis' Theme gives me life
That thumbnail gave me a stun
The lightning hug round provides a headache
Frankie does stuff and that's always fun...
.............I dunno what the hell I'm saying
Amazing work and video. I commented on the last video but damn they just keep getting better. Sadly, I never got to finish the Ardyn episode as my Xbox died. This brought me true closure for the series, and it will stay eternal in my thoughts as among my favorite games. It shall only be haunted by Ardyn's monster face being replaced by the tear-stricken Frankie lol
(side note and question for others- Did Frankie do the Extra fight option for Episode Gladio on the stream?)
Damn know that Somnus, the first king was not supposed to be the true king and is a menace makes me conflicted with everything 😭
That's not exactly accurate, Ardyn's fate was already set before Somnus "betrayed" him. Ardyn was never meant to be king because he couldn't have fulfilled his destiny if he had been.
OK, I usually try not to comment until I've finished the video, but that hugging montage had me in stitches. Best thing I've ever seen and now I want to hug every single one of them. Except Quina. I don't want to get lucked by that tongue
Ignis is the best "wise old men archtype character" that ever apear in the franchise.
I remember when they added being able to fight as the others in the main game I pretty much stopped playing as Noct completely as the other were more fun in combat 😆
I've been in love with this game since they released the royal edition, but in those years since then, I have never heard the nickname "Gladdy Daddy" and damn does it fit 😂 But Mama Ignis is still my favorite character 😂 (speaking as the mother hen of my own friend group 😂😭)
I just realized now the Battle on a Big Bridge Remix 😵
Episode Ignis is my favorite DLC of all time. The alternative ending was just the cream on top.
I love this game (FFXV in general) even though it got a lot of haters just like my fave FF8 😥
Oh lord the Ignis one got her so good. Like it usually does for most people
REminds me, I really need to rewatch Kingsglaive. Nice video though Frankie, loved the DLC and never got to play Ardyn's one.
So this events about each character on the DLC happen in the same time (same storyline) as the original FF XV
42:37
Emet-Selch: Nice try, but no one does it better than me.
So, the tracts that play when a new chapter appears. Does anyone know where to hear the original?
I cheesed Lucius with the sniper when I played, if I remember right he just keeps staggering
If you like the final fantasy games you should definitely play tales of arise it’s a really good game
The Episode Gladio music was done by the Nier composer...you can tell :P
With no shame I can admit it, the thumbnails pull me in.
can someone tell me what song is playing in the beginning? God, it's beautiful
Choosing Hope is the title, featured in FFXV Comrades.
I love all the DLC but seeing what turned him into the so called bad guy, I'm sorry to me hes not "bad" as far as ff end bosses go hes just hell bent on revenge and really righteously so, cant say that if I was in his position I wouldn't done the same
Agreed
Somnus and bahamut are both just assholes
Ya they are like I said if I was him I'd be the same way if not worse
it rlly sucks they discontinued the rest of the ff15 story after ardyn
Ignis is best boy. ❤️
Lol, Ardyn gives me Joker / Loki vibes, how fun
My God the ost of Gilgamesh Is Battle of the Big Bridge
Have you ever played Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core on PSP?
Honestly if you do have the time the book is absolutely amazing and my personal headcannon as the true ending and the other endings are all visions noctis is having from the ring or while he is in the crystal
Episode Arden changes your opinion of Arden imo
Ardyn* I can’t fix that
Yeah lol, he became my favorite character after playing this xD
there is another DLC which was cancelled dawn of the future....where ardyn noctis and luna fought and with bahamut to change the fate....and instead of noctis performing the ritual...ardyn performed the sacrificial ritual...noctis asked the providence to give the ring to ardyn which they agree and ardyn defeated the his arch enemy bahamut changed his fate and made the world free of all archeon...in the afterlife aera and ardyn united just like luci and noctis....after that they buried ardyn's body in the royal cemetary and decalred him the true founding kign which he always was
So Ardyn was just a jesus expy who was tortured by Bahamut into being evil because if he was just some cool pacifist uncle, Noctis wouldn't be willing to sacrifice his life to kill him, and the scourge wouldn't be destroyed?
That’s what I’m talking about!!!
This might be your best work. Holy frogging shits
I am sorry but I roared laughing at the intro. Your face, sorry I may be wired wrong.
Hi Frankie.. Ray here.
did you upload the IGNIS Episode on twitch too?? and when.. its so hard to find that one on your twitch..
(most of the others are together with your main-game).
Hey Frankie, do you know chocobos in FF XV can swim?
Aranea is 10 years older than Prompto, just for you know.
All these dlc‘s should have been free in the first place.
Did she watch the Anime: Episode Ardyn Prologue?
yeah I said in the video we did at the start of the Ardyn stream itself :)!
@@frankielollia oh sorry, my bad, I just jump for Ardyn dlc cuz is my favorite haha
Episode Prompto is basically Metal Gear Solid. There. I said it.
Play World of Final Fantasy, I think you’d enjoy it
did u do the ardyn bonus battle against the bro's?
I don't care what you guys say, i'll always take the Good ending from Episode Ignis as the true one, actually chapter 15 would have much more sense if it was the true ending, because we could travel the world with past time characters and explore Insomnia, that's a wasted potential
Can you do the trials
DId you see the short anime of this back story? so good but not sure where to find it legit now adays. All in all the Whole story of FF15 wasnt too bad, but they had to go and split it up into like 5 dlcs, 2 animes, 1 movie and leave out 3 DLCs that never got made. Shame
The Canon ending is submit
FFXV had many shortcomings, many things weren't realised because they were too ambitious, at times it leaned a bit too heavily into trying to be FFVII, and I'll never forgive Square for giving us XIII, XIII-2 and Lightning Returns but not XV's season 2 DLC... but I'd be damned before I say that I didn't enjoy it. Ardyn is such a good villain. Literally Jesus and the Anti-Christ in one and the same character.
I love you! :D how to explain that to you? and i'm new on your channel.
"Prompto got f*****" LOL almost :p was like 1 or 2 steps away from it there
And I feel like Prompto and Aranea would make the better couple than him and Cindy. She would balance him out so well and tell him what he needs to hear, and I still think she has a sweet side too. Prompto deserves a good strong woman
You are very strong
What about Sora tho? Would you hug him? x)
He is TECHNICALLY a Final Fantasy character xD
You should react Final fantasy versus xiii all trailer.It's so good than XV.
If you would complete the story from Gladio with an S. You would get him shirtless for the main game 😂.
I don’t know if you know it. But there is an Anime ( 6 episodes i think ) on youtube for free and there is a movie that shows what happened in Insomnia while its fall. 😊
Why the dry bread tho?
The Six really ruined so many people's lives.
You needed to watch ardyns episode ardyn prologue anime before jumping into it, its better tells what happened around his time , jus search it up on youtube!
Dude... 41:54
@@gideonzz i missed the part but thats my problem ☠️
you probably get this alot, you look like the actress who played daenerys targaryen
Gladiodaddio
Ardyn He look like Joker
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😎😎😎
I'm guessing you didn't get the 'bad ending' for Ignis but it's really painful.
Also... Ignis x Noctis forever. :3
you are so beatiful
So that's how the English dub sounds like lol