...yes, we used FF6 footage at the start of this video by mistake... That's a lesson in labelling your footage correctly. Sorry! We are really talking about the *real* FF3. For those unfamiliar, they skipped FF2 and 3 in the West the first time around. American FF2 is really FF4 and American FF3 is really FF6. Thankfully, only a problem in the NES/SNES releases!
All good, it's not anything spoilery either way. The Garlean army with its magitek armors have been designed as FF6 references ever since 1.0 so really none of that clip of FF6 magitek in a fight spoils anything for new FF14 players. They'll run into enemies like that by the time they're like level 35 or so.
I love that Matt is a proper FF nerd and poor Bell is the guy that finally broke down and did and signed up for the free trial and is now falling in love.
Ironically many of us are in that same seat with Michael partially because of him specifically. Those blow-up 'I'm done' clips with his red face in the thumbnails, lambasting Blizzard after Preach's interview with Ion Hazzikostas, were the final straw for us as WoW players. We were all just so fed up with that game's mismanagement and we wanted a new home game with better leadership, and Matt was right there going "so have you heard about the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV which has a free trial up to level 60 including the widely beloved expansion Heavensward?" And you know what, that boy was right to preach that from the mountaintops.
@@FishSkeleton- Welcome to the world, over there beyond that hill of shiney things of lost wonder and things to do you will find another mine of things to do. And never forget Glam is the truest of endgames
he is just a content creators that jumped on the content train after the content creator used all drama and content in other games like wow. these content creators can be full of sheet. actin like they care about the game when in reallit just content farming popular issues they fin on reddit. imagine instead of being innovative for FF16... they ognna make another single player game... instead of innovating they are going into the past. the future is in multiplayer action combat game with good fun gamestyle like Arena or Capture the flag or King of the hilll... also innovation ability to tame open world monsters as your mount or open world raid bosses players could fight over for... check ou the Kings Avatar animation to learn how to actually make complete mmorpg moba game the game has some really good PvE elements, music, zones bosses, story.. but its not a complete game lack of social features like chat bubbles, smaller nameplates aka small text font size option (last time I checked there was only normal and big option=) and no vocie chat. you have an outdated combat and subscription model with convoluted login/register/buy game systems. u lack social and PvP updates. u lack innovation. u don't even wanna complete game. u don't combine PvE elements with PvP. like open world raid bosses where players and guilds would fight to contest them. they could drop epic mounts. or exp/gear tokens that could be 1 alternative to story progression. or the ability to tame open world monsters as your mount. but most good mounts are locked behind a paywall or insane grind. u don't have Frontline sound or graphic notification. the lack of PvP mounts/events/quests. u only care about PvE and story players.u focus on shemale model instead of updating your game lol. also no blue mage in PVP (most good MMORPG animations main character is classless class. from Kirito to the main character in the Kings avatar animation. u don't have a single good 4v4 map like Heavens Arena from the King's avatar. FFXIV community could learn a lot from the Kings Avatar animation from Tencent. your combat too. 20 years behind. no skillshots or dodges, not even hybrid action combat like gw2, let alone true action combat like smite or Vindictus...2.5s global cooldown time with tab target combat in 2021... and they thought they are gonna solve the issues of combat by just adding crazy animations...but that cluttered the game and now they cannot even lower global cd time because of that. lack of social interaction. because u only have chat box that gets spammed whole day and emotes. emotes are nice but feel like u also need chat bubbles or voice chat. games 15 years ago successfully implemented chat bubbles. also new players cannot their content on ffxiv reddit, u have blocked comments on your FFXIV promotion videos so people cannot discuss it.... you take people that care for the game and complain as "toxic"... the game lack social and PVP updates? doesn't have chat bubbles (you only look at chat box whole day which sux), smaller nameplates aka text font size option, voice chat, good 4v4 Arena style map like Heavens Arena from the King's Avatar animation, no frontline popout sound notification, outdated combat and subscription model, convoluted login/register system (cant even use afna at launcher reset password confirm email box), no blue mage in PVP, lack of innovations such combining already good PvE elements with PVP such as open-world raid bosses where players and guild fight to contest said bosses? compete for the boss. they could drop epic mounts o exp/gear tokens which could be a great alternative to story leveling. new players cannot share their content on ffxiv reddit... doesn't change the fac the game has 500 ms animation lock + 2.5s global cd tab targeting combat. 20 years behind. they thought they will fix the combat by adding crazy animations, but that also just cluttered the game. mybe they could lower global cd to 2 second but anything lower hard because crazy animations. but the core problem si still there. tab targeting combat. not even hybrid action combat with skillshots and dodges. elt alone true action combat like Smite, Vindictus r the Kings Avatar animation. WoW TBC, for example, ahs bunch of instant casts too but only 1 second global cd. also wow tbc has chat bubbles and voice chat... ffxiv only has emotes and chat box. and it sux watching into chat bo whole day that get spammed. it is not socially interactive. or actually good 4v4 map like heavens Arena from the Kings Avatar or open-world raid bosses where players and guild could fight to contest them....or ability to tame open world monsters as your mount....innovate....more PVP events/rewards/mounts, combine PvE and PVP elements... and ffxiv community often mix competitive spirit and rivallry with toxicity
One thing I love about FF14 is that the frequent references to other FF games are never outright copy-paste. Yes they lift various places, themes, macguffins, and even some story beats, but they don't simply plunk those into FF14. Instead, they make alterations as needed to fit things into the coherent FF14 world lore and then build a new story incorporating all these pieces. They indulge our nostalgia without just repeating the past. It's like listening to covers from someone like Insaneintherain, where he uses the melody, themes, and leitmotifs of the original to build his own new song around pieces of the old. The result is two great things that are related instead of just one great thing and a copy of it. FF14 does the same thing with its predecessors, giving us another great game that stands alongside prior FFs instead of merely a nostalgia factory.
Ugh, if we somehow get a Soken Endwalker version of "Theme of love" I'd get an instant overkill message over my head. While I ugly cry in a sea of nostalgia.
Estinien has always had some parallels with Kain--in particular, I noticed from the start of the Dragoon quests that he has a tendency to get brainwashed. And then it happens again later.
There is also the whole memory motif in ShB, which is a big plot point of FF8 and also plays a part in the Eden raids. Emet-selch carries the weight of memory, and asks you to remember in his stead. Elidibus cannot remember, and when we defeat him, he gets his memories back, after seeing the crystals filled with Ascian memories. Also the memory of the final days, and how nobody can remember what they lost. In the raid tier - Gaia cannot remember who she is, and the entire last fight has a segment where the boss is literally destroying her memories.
And then there's the Savage tier, which is a "what-if?" scenario where she regains her memories in their entirety and proceeds to use the full extent of her time powers against your raid group.
Thank you! I definitely need some more time on camera and with a teleprompter, but I promise I'll get better. Edit: Don't worry, I *did* take this as a compliment!
@@bellulargaming9515 You did great, and it sounds like Patrick agrees. You're such a wonderful addition to these channels, I would love more content like this video.
He does, his voice is easy to listen to. I love the fact the FF14 is a series love letter. God I torn between waiting for release and yet not having time to do everything I wanted before release. I really wanted my shiny Resistance weapon before Bozja got deserted but I dunno if I can.
@@chrisanderson7820 I wouldn’t worry too much about Bozja/Zadnor becoming deserted at least for a few weeks it’ll just be all sages and reapers which personally I’ll be jumping in to see that
When I was a boy, many long years ago, I yearned to stand tall as the heroes of eld. But like a fool seeking to pluck the stars from the heavens, my every attempt to reprise their deeds fell short. And then, one day, an all but forgotten dream from my youth stood before me, in the flesh. A hero who looked to the horizon and beyond, and saw I knew not what. All I knew was that I would give anything to stand at that hero’s side.
I only recently learned you can show him the Wind-Up of him. If you did CT: he’s flattered and asks who made the toy and doesn’t recognize Tataru, but happily tries to think of who else could have commissioned it and guesses who it could be and lists Krile and Rammbroes happily. If you DIDN’T do CT: apparently he’s just weirded out that you have a toy of him lmao.
@@Gredran To be fair, it's nearly impossible to have not done CT these days since it's now required before you get too far into 5.0 MSQ. If you didn't do it before it became required, all the "optional" stuff became a moot point. You'd have to have asked someone who beat it before that happened to show you the dialogue. It's pretty clear exactly WHICH moment makes it perfectly clear they wanted to push for it, since without playing CT, the moment just falls flat on its face emotionally.
Seeing Matt actually sit on the couch for his own video after watching him on streams for a year now is like seeing arthas finally sit on the frozen throne
First of all, really enjoyed seeing Matt take the reigns on this one. Second, super happy to see you guys dipping into lore speculations. Having little experience in the previous FF games , it is mind blowing to see the comparisons to the old ones in 14. Love it guys, really looking forward to more.
As someone who didn't play any of the other Final Fantasy games, these insights into lore connections between FFXIV and its predecessors is very interesting.
Eternal Wind never fails to give me chills and it did as soon as the video started. There's so much emotion behind this track in XIV it moves me every time I hear it.
I was like "Wait... major spoilers? But Michael can't talk about major spoilers!" Then I saw Matt and was very happy. Glad to see he's starting to get his own airtime! I think these kinds of focused presentations will of course improve over time as he grows more comfortable with it, which I bet will make him even better on the podcast!
God this video was so nice as an FF fan. You have no idea how long I have been waiting for someone to put it all together to make a clear informed and educated guess on how they might use FF4 content. Also that bit about the FF8 title screen just blew my mind.
What a really interesting theory and take on Endwalker. Love Matt taking the reins on this video, hope to see both of you guys really shine with the commentary on this new channel, been loving all the stuff and all the old stuff as well!
Awesome to see Matt taking the lead for a deep dive in FF's history! Looking forward to more - I'd love to see a duo video as well since it would be a good balance of someone new to FFXIV and someone more experienced with the game. Something similar to what you already do on the livestream, but in a more structured video format
Just dropping in to say, all great takes Matt. Love your perspective, appreciate your insight during the livestreams, hope to see more of you on this channel. Also really glad you're here to shoulder a bit of the weight so Mike doesn't get anything spoiled for him.
1:22 Crystal Tower in FF3 has 3 demons in a triangular formation. In early Labyrinth of the Ancients in FF14 there are 3 packs of demons in similar triangular formation!
Recently played through the FF1 and FF4 remasters, it's actually kind of crazy how many seeds have carried through to modern times. In FF1, they even mention that dragons and humans once lived together peaceably in a paradise. Blew my fucking mind that the DNA was there to begin with for Heavensward's plot.
And to expand on it even as recently as 5.5 when you [spoilers for that patch] get some more history on how Bahamut and Tiamat ruled over Meracydia in peace with their dragon children, the tree people, and mortal races, and many others before Allag sought to conquer them.
I love the speculation about Pandaemonium. I was having the same thoughts about 2 and 9, and I’m glad you made both connections. This was a fantastic video and I can’t wait for more from y’all.
Hey Matt keep it up dude! Honestly watching you show up on the gaming news channel and grow to the point where you can do a video on your own has been an absolute pleasure!
Oh so one fun thing in connection with ff8 and Lahabrea, the section of Akademia Anyder where you fight the Guardian Force Quetzlcoatl is named after him. One thing we currently have absolutely no idea on is the postgame Trial series, they have been entirely tight-lipped on that.
I always love seeing when channels like this that usually have only 1 person be the face of their team step aside to let one of the others take the lead for certain vids. Matt did great on this and it'd be awesome to see him be lead for more vids now and then.
We also got the FF8 themes of memory and time from the Eden raid tier in ShB... which could tie into some more Endwalker themes as well. A lot of the game the WoL's main superpower is memory, and remembering things that others don't.
Coherent story: check Great voice to listen to: check Seemed as though he's done this before: check Enthusiasm shining through: absolutely! If I could have one bit of feedback, then it's to slow down just a little bit on the speech here and there :) @Michael: give Matt a raise, he absolutely deserves it!
Yeah, Matt is always so rapid-fire that it almost feels like he's tripping over himself just a little bit. Tone down the speed just a tad bit (around 15-20%) and he's gonna be amazing!
As a new-ish viewer on the Bellular Gaming Entertainment Network, I'm very glad Matt is doing a video! I usually put these videos on the background while working (or grinding, because those relics aren't making themselves), not that I'm some weirdo who hates Michael, but, you know, breath of fresh air and all that. Good on ya lads!
A LOVE LETTER!!! I've been saying this myself for years and the devs have worn that on their sleeve this whole time. The lore expands past this game and draws from the series as a whole which makes me love this game more. Matt, you are an absolute legend and thank you for this video and I hope you can do more like this. Loved it!
absolutely love this kind of video, nice to see Matt taking the reins for a bit. Ever since the clips channel started I loved seeing Matt's opinions on things. Still love hearing from Bell though xD this is honestly my favorite channel on youtube and my go to comfort watch. Thanks guys, keep up the great work
I loved this video. Great attention to detail with all the amazing OG FF games. Love that you mentioned Lahabrea & Mateus connection! Yeah, FF2 has bad gameplay but story & music are great. Also love you mentioning that ShB indeed took the "darkness not necessarily being bad" idea from FF3. People don't even realize that FF3 was one of the first games to do that, if not the first. Incredible job Matt!
Super enjoyed the video! I hope Matt does more videos in the future! It's fun to watch this channel's journey throughout XIV. I really enjoyed it. Good work guys!
Man, Matt is so good at making me try out games. Listening to him talk about FF14 in March and April made me play FF14 and now I wanna play FF3 and 4 too lol.
Matt you did a fantastic job! I really hope you do more of these videos. You're a welcome addition to the team, always look forward to your friday streams as well!
While it ain’t exactly “thematic”another big reference is alisaie and her familiar Angelo, which is the same name as rinoa’s dog Angelo In ff8. Not super important but a fun tidbit.
I'm not really into FF, honestly just kinda getting bits and pieces from content creators I watch. But it's FANTASTIC seeing Matt do a video. On the clips channel when you guys drift off into FF talk the passion he has for it really shows and it's great to see more of that
Absolutely loved this video, Matt really smashed it out of the park! I look forward to more of these deep dives into the FF lore. Might need to go play FFIV now...
This was a great video and pointed out a ton of stuff I forgot about even having played the older FF games a lot. Matt did an awesome job and I really want to see more of these, especially with all we know coming into Endwalker
Suuper interesting theories - saving this to rewatch after I've finished the Endwalker MSQ to see how on point Matt is. Now have a huge desire to somehow fit in ff4 between now and the 19th
It's surely possible to do it. It's not a very long game. And since it has a 3ds remake, I'm sure there's the "movie version" somewhere on youtube, if you're not in the mood for oldschool RPGs.
Loved the video, good job Matt! Just wanted to mention that Mateus already in the game (as Mateus, the Corrupt) - in the Royal City of Rabanastre alliance raid. That's not to say it completely cancels out the use of the name in the future. Excited to see where Endwalker takes us!
They had Cuchulainn as a voidsent in the Void Ark, then introduced the FFXII Cuchulainn as an entirely unrelated Lucavi in Save the Queen, with nothing more than a note in the latter's Triad card description saying "it has the same name as a notable voidsent, but that's believed to just be a coincidence." Yeah, it'd be fine.
I don't think it can be stressed enough how FF3 had this early high concept stuff about dark not necessarily being evil, with its Warriors of Darkness, and how that cascaded into stuff of that nature today.
It makes me so happy that Shadowbringers brought this up. The Warriors of Darkness were a cool concept but they were even less actually established than the Onion Knights even in the 3D remake where the WoL's had actual (one note) personalities. Chalk it up to it still being an NES game maybe, but hey now we have real Warriors of Darkness with stories and personalities and we kinda sorta become one as well.
Holy crap Matt kicked Bellular out of his own Video! 😂 Matt needs to get a job as an audio book narrator or a voice over artist for documentaries or maybe for one of those meditation or sleep assist apps. He just has a calm and relaxing tone in his voice during this video. I imagine he sounds much different during a raid when he's yelling at people not to stand in the stupid lol
You killed it Matt. I started playing wow in December of 2004. I have the pre-ordered collection edition of 1.0. Wow was my main game with ff xiv as my side game until BFA where it switched. So happy you are both on this journey now too! Keep up the great content!
I just finished ShB a few days ago and now came back to watch this video. Holy heck this is amazing content, Matt! Could we get more lore speculation videos, please? They don't have to be about important lore, just anything lore related.
(beyond the VERY start of the vid) They certainly made it confusing back in the day. When we mention FF3 we mean the actual FF3, not the American release of FF3, which was FF6 in Japan.
@@bellulargaming9515 As a person that played those games at the time and the remakes when they redid the numbering system in the West on the PS1 era console. Its still bloody confusing. When talking when friends we have to make certain which one we are talking about.
They certainly made it confusing back in the day. When we mention FF3 we mean the *actual* FF3, not the American release of FF3, which was FF6 in Japan.
Love Matt and Michael! Keep doing your things boys! Fantastic vid. Only thing I would love is a little 'Now Playing' kinda thing or a list of the songs because your selection was top notch fellas.
FF2 one of the greatest broken games of all time. you could literally cheese the experimental skilling system to create literal gods. I turned Maria into the greatest bare knuckle (no weapon) monk ever who could attack like 8-10 times for max damage (each hit) before hitting the first official boss fight in the game. Just with some patience and time.
The best part of the references of past games FFXIV has is that it’s virtually seamlessly woven into the narrative. Because of that it feels special on a tribute level and a it’s own merit within the context of XIV’s story.
Yay congrads Matt! That was a great video, I didn't realize how many times the FF series references the moon and how it tries to invade the home planet. Also, that amazing remix of 'The Queen Awakens' at the end. Still get nightmares from all the lost mettle trauma but damn that was good.
Loved the video. I wouldn't be upset if Matt continued to do videos, if it means we get more of this sort of content for FF. If anything, I'd love for a followup video after you finish Shadowbringers, with your take on it @bellular.
Another minor FF8 connection to Endwalker, in the new area on the moon (Mare Lamentorum), the Ragnarok is crashed there and is also looking particularly like Allagan tech.
I'm so happy that the ff4 coverage gave you a reason to use Theme of Love from Distant Worlds. That's a song that legit made me well up when I saw that concert live.
this was the kind of thing i've been waiting for from a content creator something I want to see done looking at Bhozja's connection quite literal connection to FF12 and the Raid that is basically FF8 Fanservice Eden.
The Bozja (and all of Ivalice) connection is an absolute mountain to climb, but we're totally up for it. Getting into the mind of Matsuno is going to be one hell of an adventure.
It's been so many years since I played those old school ff games. I didn't pick up on even half the callbacks in shadowbringers. Fantastic video. Awesome job Matt!
Really nice video. I hope you make a second video, but about the song lyrics from Endwalker. The lyrics really complement a lot this video, like the part: " From the dark to light " with FF4 reference too.
Regarding Lahabrea, there was a theory on Reddit a few days ago that while we didn't exactly kill him at the Praetorium, we *did* bring the power of hydaelyn to bear against him--the power, so said the theory, to shatter. We effectively sundered Lahabrea back then. Matt's theories work really well with this, which gives me a lot of confidence in both predictions
Though pretty sure he was finished off (3.0 spoilers) By thordan after his primal awakening and slashed him with a blade charged with one of nidhogg's eyes. Not sure how one comes back from that
@@dragonknight1k161 no but see that's the thing. After we split him in 2.0, the one half went to pandemonium, and the other half returned to the convocation and carried on being Lahabrea, up until his death in 3.0. The Lahabrea we killed was only a part. Now, all that remains is whatever went to pandemonium.
I’m so happy you took the time to talk about the Dark knight/Paladin job change for Endwalker. That was the first thing to hit me about the teaser trailer and it’s symbolic significance cannot be understated.
...yes, we used FF6 footage at the start of this video by mistake... That's a lesson in labelling your footage correctly.
Sorry! We are really talking about the *real* FF3.
For those unfamiliar, they skipped FF2 and 3 in the West the first time around.
American FF2 is really FF4 and American FF3 is really FF6. Thankfully, only a problem in the NES/SNES releases!
Hahahaha, I mean it's ok, us North American's all got conned by localization back in the day. We went from FF1, FF2, FF3.....FF7....wait what?
American FF2 is JP FF4
I thought FF2 was FF4 in JP not FF5
No worries I felt smart for noticing
All good, it's not anything spoilery either way. The Garlean army with its magitek armors have been designed as FF6 references ever since 1.0 so really none of that clip of FF6 magitek in a fight spoils anything for new FF14 players. They'll run into enemies like that by the time they're like level 35 or so.
I love that Matt is a proper FF nerd and poor Bell is the guy that finally broke down and did and signed up for the free trial and is now falling in love.
Ironically many of us are in that same seat with Michael partially because of him specifically. Those blow-up 'I'm done' clips with his red face in the thumbnails, lambasting Blizzard after Preach's interview with Ion Hazzikostas, were the final straw for us as WoW players. We were all just so fed up with that game's mismanagement and we wanted a new home game with better leadership, and Matt was right there going "so have you heard about the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV which has a free trial up to level 60 including the widely beloved expansion Heavensward?" And you know what, that boy was right to preach that from the mountaintops.
@@FishSkeleton- Welcome to the world, over there beyond that hill of shiney things of lost wonder and things to do you will find another mine of things to do. And never forget Glam is the truest of endgames
His accent though. LOL. I had to go re-listen a couple of times.
Matt has skillz but he needs to work on his presentation and go Hollywood like 'best ad for hair transplant' Bellular. 🙂
he is just a content creators that jumped on the content train after the content creator used all drama and content in other games like wow. these content creators can be full of sheet. actin like they care about the game when in reallit just content farming popular issues they fin on reddit.
imagine instead of being innovative for FF16... they ognna make another single player game... instead of innovating they are going into the past. the future is in multiplayer action combat game with good fun gamestyle like Arena or Capture the flag or King of the hilll... also innovation ability to tame open world monsters as your mount or open world raid bosses players could fight over for... check ou the Kings Avatar animation to learn how to actually make complete mmorpg moba game
the game has some really good PvE elements, music, zones bosses, story.. but its not a complete game
lack of social features like chat bubbles, smaller nameplates aka small text font size option (last time I checked there was only normal and big option=) and no vocie chat. you have an outdated combat and subscription model with convoluted login/register/buy game systems. u lack social and PvP updates. u lack innovation. u don't even wanna complete game. u don't combine PvE elements with PvP. like open world raid bosses where players and guilds would fight to contest them. they could drop epic mounts. or exp/gear tokens that could be 1 alternative to story progression. or the ability to tame open world monsters as your mount. but most good mounts are locked behind a paywall or insane grind. u don't have Frontline sound or graphic notification. the lack of PvP mounts/events/quests. u only care about PvE and story players.u focus on shemale model instead of updating your game lol. also no blue mage in PVP (most good MMORPG animations main character is classless class. from Kirito to the main character in the Kings avatar animation. u don't have a single good 4v4 map like Heavens Arena from the King's avatar. FFXIV community could learn a lot from the Kings Avatar animation from Tencent. your combat too. 20 years behind. no skillshots or dodges, not even hybrid action combat like gw2, let alone true action combat like smite or Vindictus...2.5s global cooldown time with tab target combat in 2021... and they thought they are gonna solve the issues of combat by just adding crazy animations...but that cluttered the game and now they cannot even lower global cd time because of that. lack of social interaction. because u only have chat box that gets spammed whole day and emotes. emotes are nice but feel like u also need chat bubbles or voice chat. games 15 years ago successfully implemented chat bubbles. also new players cannot their content on ffxiv reddit, u have blocked comments on your FFXIV promotion videos so people cannot discuss it.... you take people that care for the game and complain as "toxic"...
the game lack social and PVP updates? doesn't have chat bubbles (you only look at chat box whole day which sux), smaller nameplates aka text font size option, voice chat, good 4v4 Arena style map like Heavens Arena from the King's Avatar animation, no frontline popout sound notification, outdated combat and subscription model, convoluted login/register system (cant even use afna at launcher reset password confirm email box), no blue mage in PVP, lack of innovations such combining already good PvE elements with PVP such as open-world raid bosses where players and guild fight to contest said bosses? compete for the boss. they could drop epic mounts o exp/gear tokens which could be a great alternative to story leveling. new players cannot share their content on ffxiv reddit...
doesn't change the fac the game has 500 ms animation lock + 2.5s global cd tab targeting combat. 20 years behind. they thought they will fix the combat by adding crazy animations, but that also just cluttered the game. mybe they could lower global cd to 2 second but anything lower hard because crazy animations. but the core problem si still there. tab targeting combat. not even hybrid action combat with skillshots and dodges. elt alone true action combat like Smite, Vindictus r the Kings Avatar animation. WoW TBC, for example, ahs bunch of instant casts too but only 1 second global cd. also wow tbc has chat bubbles and voice chat... ffxiv only has emotes and chat box. and it sux watching into chat bo whole day that get spammed. it is not socially interactive. or actually good 4v4 map like heavens Arena from the Kings Avatar or open-world raid bosses where players and guild could fight to contest them....or ability to tame open world monsters as your mount....innovate....more PVP events/rewards/mounts, combine PvE and PVP elements... and ffxiv community often mix competitive spirit and rivallry with toxicity
One thing I love about FF14 is that the frequent references to other FF games are never outright copy-paste. Yes they lift various places, themes, macguffins, and even some story beats, but they don't simply plunk those into FF14. Instead, they make alterations as needed to fit things into the coherent FF14 world lore and then build a new story incorporating all these pieces. They indulge our nostalgia without just repeating the past.
It's like listening to covers from someone like Insaneintherain, where he uses the melody, themes, and leitmotifs of the original to build his own new song around pieces of the old. The result is two great things that are related instead of just one great thing and a copy of it. FF14 does the same thing with its predecessors, giving us another great game that stands alongside prior FFs instead of merely a nostalgia factory.
Seeing Matt co-hosting is a breath of fresh air. Would definitely like to see him get some more screen time. Make it happen!
Here Here
For real, You can tell he's got a real passion for this series.
Yeah, I loved this video.
Could see Matt as that friend trying to get Bell to play for years, and finally he does and now he gives him so much shit fori t.
IM SO HAPPY MATT GETS HIS OWN VIDEO
Eternal Wind be like: "I'll kill you slowly with nostalgia"
>Endwalker plays "Theme of Love (Soken Version)"
999,999,999 damage.
Ugh, if we somehow get a Soken Endwalker version of "Theme of love" I'd get an instant overkill message over my head. While I ugly cry in a sea of nostalgia.
I will instantly cry if i ever hear Theme of Love in FF XIV. That song hits different than any other soundtrack this franchise has ever had :(
Endwalker: "Cute."
Funny thing that actually got a mention when Sakaguchi(Sp?) was playing through as Uematsu's favorite song
$100 say twins gonna turn into stone with this music playing in the background...
(...Begins to cry 😭😭😭😭)
Estinien has always had some parallels with Kain--in particular, I noticed from the start of the Dragoon quests that he has a tendency to get brainwashed. And then it happens again later.
There is also the whole memory motif in ShB, which is a big plot point of FF8 and also plays a part in the Eden raids. Emet-selch carries the weight of memory, and asks you to remember in his stead. Elidibus cannot remember, and when we defeat him, he gets his memories back, after seeing the crystals filled with Ascian memories. Also the memory of the final days, and how nobody can remember what they lost.
In the raid tier - Gaia cannot remember who she is, and the entire last fight has a segment where the boss is literally destroying her memories.
And then there's the Savage tier, which is a "what-if?" scenario where she regains her memories in their entirety and proceeds to use the full extent of her time powers against your raid group.
The final cutscene is literally a copypaste from FF8's ending with Ryne/Gaia takng the place of Rinoa/Squall
@@ember-evergarden Certainly not the most original idea, but at least the devs still respect Final Fantasy in all its forms.
@@atraxos To be fair, thats every savage, ultimate, and half the EXs (aside from the old ones)
@@ember-evergarden Well, the Eden raid was a love letter and an ode to FFVIII.
Kinda cool to see Matt take the lead on this vid. Maybe he needs some more camera time. He has a great voice just to listen to.
Thank you! I definitely need some more time on camera and with a teleprompter, but I promise I'll get better.
Edit: Don't worry, I *did* take this as a compliment!
@@bellulargaming9515 Haha I think that was meant as a complement, as in we'd love to see more of you Matt :)
@@bellulargaming9515 You did great, and it sounds like Patrick agrees. You're such a wonderful addition to these channels, I would love more content like this video.
He does, his voice is easy to listen to. I love the fact the FF14 is a series love letter. God I torn between waiting for release and yet not having time to do everything I wanted before release. I really wanted my shiny Resistance weapon before Bozja got deserted but I dunno if I can.
@@chrisanderson7820 I wouldn’t worry too much about Bozja/Zadnor becoming deserted at least for a few weeks it’ll just be all sages and reapers which personally I’ll be jumping in to see that
The Man, the Myth, The Legend. Glad to see Matt on his own video the dude who started this all. Hats off to you sir you are awesome!
"the epic of graha'tia"
I can only laugh trying to imagine how he would react to that
When I was a boy, many long years ago, I yearned to stand tall as the heroes of eld.
But like a fool seeking to pluck the stars from the heavens, my every attempt to reprise their deeds fell short.
And then, one day,
an all but forgotten dream from my youth stood before me, in the flesh.
A hero who looked to the horizon and beyond, and saw I knew not what.
All I knew was that I would give anything to stand at that hero’s side.
@@vaidenkelsier7757 The story of someone who loved heroes so much, he didn't notice that he became one.
[Insert speech to the tune of 'but every attempt to reprise their deeds fell short', followed by bashful catboy squirming and tail wiggles]
I only recently learned you can show him the Wind-Up of him.
If you did CT: he’s flattered and asks who made the toy and doesn’t recognize Tataru, but happily tries to think of who else could have commissioned it and guesses who it could be and lists Krile and Rammbroes happily.
If you DIDN’T do CT: apparently he’s just weirded out that you have a toy of him lmao.
@@Gredran To be fair, it's nearly impossible to have not done CT these days since it's now required before you get too far into 5.0 MSQ. If you didn't do it before it became required, all the "optional" stuff became a moot point. You'd have to have asked someone who beat it before that happened to show you the dialogue.
It's pretty clear exactly WHICH moment makes it perfectly clear they wanted to push for it, since without playing CT, the moment just falls flat on its face emotionally.
Well done Matt! Good to see you run a vid!
Seeing Matt actually sit on the couch for his own video after watching him on streams for a year now is like seeing arthas finally sit on the frozen throne
First of all, really enjoyed seeing Matt take the reigns on this one.
Second, super happy to see you guys dipping into lore speculations. Having little experience in the previous FF games , it is mind blowing to see the comparisons to the old ones in 14.
Love it guys, really looking forward to more.
As someone who didn't play any of the other Final Fantasy games, these insights into lore connections between FFXIV and its predecessors is very interesting.
FFxiv can be thought of as an FF theme park to a lot of us that have played some of the others
as much as you cant imagine, and that is awesome
Eternal Wind never fails to give me chills and it did as soon as the video started. There's so much emotion behind this track in XIV it moves me every time I hear it.
I was like "Wait... major spoilers? But Michael can't talk about major spoilers!" Then I saw Matt and was very happy. Glad to see he's starting to get his own airtime! I think these kinds of focused presentations will of course improve over time as he grows more comfortable with it, which I bet will make him even better on the podcast!
God this video was so nice as an FF fan. You have no idea how long I have been waiting for someone to put it all together to make a clear informed and educated guess on how they might use FF4 content. Also that bit about the FF8 title screen just blew my mind.
I know XIV is old, but unlike others, its aging like a fine wine.
You can't allow Matt this much solo time. He's too powerful, you're putting all of us and civilization itself in danger.
Thought we'd see his Ascian mask this video.
What a really interesting theory and take on Endwalker. Love Matt taking the reins on this video, hope to see both of you guys really shine with the commentary on this new channel, been loving all the stuff and all the old stuff as well!
Awesome to see Matt taking the lead for a deep dive in FF's history! Looking forward to more - I'd love to see a duo video as well since it would be a good balance of someone new to FFXIV and someone more experienced with the game. Something similar to what you already do on the livestream, but in a more structured video format
Just dropping in to say, all great takes Matt. Love your perspective, appreciate your insight during the livestreams, hope to see more of you on this channel. Also really glad you're here to shoulder a bit of the weight so Mike doesn't get anything spoiled for him.
1:22 Crystal Tower in FF3 has 3 demons in a triangular formation. In early Labyrinth of the Ancients in FF14 there are 3 packs of demons in similar triangular formation!
Recently played through the FF1 and FF4 remasters, it's actually kind of crazy how many seeds have carried through to modern times. In FF1, they even mention that dragons and humans once lived together peaceably in a paradise. Blew my fucking mind that the DNA was there to begin with for Heavensward's plot.
And to expand on it even as recently as 5.5 when you [spoilers for that patch] get some more history on how Bahamut and Tiamat ruled over Meracydia in peace with their dragon children, the tree people, and mortal races, and many others before Allag sought to conquer them.
I love the speculation about Pandaemonium. I was having the same thoughts about 2 and 9, and I’m glad you made both connections.
This was a fantastic video and I can’t wait for more from y’all.
Hey Matt keep it up dude! Honestly watching you show up on the gaming news channel and grow to the point where you can do a video on your own has been an absolute pleasure!
THIS is the kind of content we want. Bravo, Matt, this video was rad.
you hit it right on the nail.
Oh so one fun thing in connection with ff8 and Lahabrea, the section of Akademia Anyder where you fight the Guardian Force Quetzlcoatl is named after him.
One thing we currently have absolutely no idea on is the postgame Trial series, they have been entirely tight-lipped on that.
This is the kind of the lore speculation I've been looking for in FFXIV content! Please do more videos like this Matt :D
I always love seeing when channels like this that usually have only 1 person be the face of their team step aside to let one of the others take the lead for certain vids. Matt did great on this and it'd be awesome to see him be lead for more vids now and then.
We also got the FF8 themes of memory and time from the Eden raid tier in ShB... which could tie into some more Endwalker themes as well. A lot of the game the WoL's main superpower is memory, and remembering things that others don't.
Coherent story: check
Great voice to listen to: check
Seemed as though he's done this before: check
Enthusiasm shining through: absolutely!
If I could have one bit of feedback, then it's to slow down just a little bit on the speech here and there :)
@Michael: give Matt a raise, he absolutely deserves it!
Yeah, Matt is always so rapid-fire that it almost feels like he's tripping over himself just a little bit.
Tone down the speed just a tad bit (around 15-20%) and he's gonna be amazing!
Loved you getting to do a video Matt! I hope we get to see you do more!
As a new-ish viewer on the Bellular Gaming Entertainment Network, I'm very glad Matt is doing a video! I usually put these videos on the background while working (or grinding, because those relics aren't making themselves), not that I'm some weirdo who hates Michael, but, you know, breath of fresh air and all that. Good on ya lads!
Congrats and well done on your first video, Matt. I could really feel your love and passion for the game come through. 10/10.
You did great Matt! I would like to see more videos hosted by you!
I really like what the Bellular channel has been growing into, good job guys!
Nice to see you Matt! Good job with videos guys :) Keep up the good work and have fun!
Anything that ffxiv does has a touch of class and they are the real blueprint for how a gaming company should be run.
Blizzard give up and now want a group of 100 players to tell them what they want lol
Awesome dive into the lore, I hope Matt comes back for later videos!
A LOVE LETTER!!! I've been saying this myself for years and the devs have worn that on their sleeve this whole time. The lore expands past this game and draws from the series as a whole which makes me love this game more. Matt, you are an absolute legend and thank you for this video and I hope you can do more like this. Loved it!
absolutely love this kind of video, nice to see Matt taking the reins for a bit. Ever since the clips channel started I loved seeing Matt's opinions on things. Still love hearing from Bell though xD this is honestly my favorite channel on youtube and my go to comfort watch. Thanks guys, keep up the great work
Love the way you dive into 14 and the overall FF franchise !
Been waiting for that Matt video to hit ever since Bellular Live. Really happy to see Matt nail it!
I loved this video. Great attention to detail with all the amazing OG FF games. Love that you mentioned Lahabrea & Mateus connection! Yeah, FF2 has bad gameplay but story & music are great. Also love you mentioning that ShB indeed took the "darkness not necessarily being bad" idea from FF3. People don't even realize that FF3 was one of the first games to do that, if not the first.
Incredible job Matt!
Super enjoyed the video! I hope Matt does more videos in the future! It's fun to watch this channel's journey throughout XIV. I really enjoyed it. Good work guys!
Man, Matt is so good at making me try out games. Listening to him talk about FF14 in March and April made me play FF14 and now I wanna play FF3 and 4 too lol.
You NEED to play 3 and 4! lol
and 6 7 8 9 10 12 😭
FF 2/4 was my first FF game and what introduced to RPGs in the first place, absolutely great game.
Matt, you KILLED it! Easily one of my favorite videos.
The whole team is excellent. Keep up the good work!
Matt you did a fantastic job! I really hope you do more of these videos. You're a welcome addition to the team, always look forward to your friday streams as well!
Good Job Matt! I'm already waiting for your next video!
While it ain’t exactly “thematic”another big reference is alisaie and her familiar Angelo, which is the same name as rinoa’s dog Angelo In ff8. Not super important but a fun tidbit.
I'm not really into FF, honestly just kinda getting bits and pieces from content creators I watch. But it's FANTASTIC seeing Matt do a video. On the clips channel when you guys drift off into FF talk the passion he has for it really shows and it's great to see more of that
Absolutely loved this video, Matt really smashed it out of the park! I look forward to more of these deep dives into the FF lore.
Might need to go play FFIV now...
Thank you for a great take !! Loved this video!
Matt's knowledge of the franchise is amazing. I'd love a series of him explaining themes in FF and comparing them between games.
This was a great video and pointed out a ton of stuff I forgot about even having played the older FF games a lot. Matt did an awesome job and I really want to see more of these, especially with all we know coming into Endwalker
Suuper interesting theories - saving this to rewatch after I've finished the Endwalker MSQ to see how on point Matt is. Now have a huge desire to somehow fit in ff4 between now and the 19th
It's surely possible to do it. It's not a very long game. And since it has a 3ds remake, I'm sure there's the "movie version" somewhere on youtube, if you're not in the mood for oldschool RPGs.
Great Video Matt. Hope to see more from you in future! Fair play!
Hell yeah Matt, great video! I love all the references to the other FF games and videos like this are great for summing it all up. Keep going!
Matt did a great job here. I'm looking forward to more of this type of content from the both of you along with the usual podcast stuff.
Saying FFIII while showing footage of FFVI. VI was named III in USA, but Eternal Wind is from OG III.
Loved the video, good job Matt! Just wanted to mention that Mateus already in the game (as Mateus, the Corrupt) - in the Royal City of Rabanastre alliance raid. That's not to say it completely cancels out the use of the name in the future. Excited to see where Endwalker takes us!
They had Cuchulainn as a voidsent in the Void Ark, then introduced the FFXII Cuchulainn as an entirely unrelated Lucavi in Save the Queen, with nothing more than a note in the latter's Triad card description saying "it has the same name as a notable voidsent, but that's believed to just be a coincidence." Yeah, it'd be fine.
Loved seeing Matt take the lead. I think when the time is right, seeing Michael react to this would be fantastic!
Wonderful video. Looking forward to more like this. Matt did a great job.
I don't think it can be stressed enough how FF3 had this early high concept stuff about dark not necessarily being evil, with its Warriors of Darkness, and how that cascaded into stuff of that nature today.
This is an eastern thing that has been present in many stories. Dark =/= evil and balance is more important than anything.
It makes me so happy that Shadowbringers brought this up. The Warriors of Darkness were a cool concept but they were even less actually established than the Onion Knights even in the 3D remake where the WoL's had actual (one note) personalities. Chalk it up to it still being an NES game maybe, but hey now we have real Warriors of Darkness with stories and personalities and we kinda sorta become one as well.
Amazing job Matt hope to see more videos from you.
Matt is awesome and you can feel the love and passion he feels for XIV and Final Fantasy in general. So happy to see him getting his time to shine!
I really hope we see more videos with Matt!
This type of speculation and showing how they relate to the old games gets me more excited for EW than anything.
Super happy for Matt to be getting some camera time love his insight in all of the clips that ive seen of the both of yah
Holy crap Matt kicked Bellular out of his own Video! 😂 Matt needs to get a job as an audio book narrator or a voice over artist for documentaries or maybe for one of those meditation or sleep assist apps. He just has a calm and relaxing tone in his voice during this video. I imagine he sounds much different during a raid when he's yelling at people not to stand in the stupid lol
You killed it Matt. I started playing wow in December of 2004. I have the pre-ordered collection edition of 1.0. Wow was my main game with ff xiv as my side game until BFA where it switched. So happy you are both on this journey now too! Keep up the great content!
I love bellular but matt is a nice change of pace!
This was great! More Matt please! Y'all got a great team over there. Keep it up.
I loved this, very well explained, and it gives me a lot to think about!
I just finished ShB a few days ago and now came back to watch this video. Holy heck this is amazing content, Matt! Could we get more lore speculation videos, please? They don't have to be about important lore, just anything lore related.
Talks about final fantasy 3. Shows final fantasy 6, on screen.
I was V confused at first. 😂
(beyond the VERY start of the vid)
They certainly made it confusing back in the day.
When we mention FF3 we mean the actual FF3, not the American release of FF3, which was FF6 in Japan.
@@bellulargaming9515 As a person that played those games at the time and the remakes when they redid the numbering system in the West on the PS1 era console. Its still bloody confusing. When talking when friends we have to make certain which one we are talking about.
@@bellulargaming9515 yeah, the very start was what I was referring to. But I'm not trying to call you guys out. I just thought it was funny.
It was really cool seeing Matt in a video. I would enjoy seeing him in later videos as well!
Pretty good take, Matt. You know a decent bit of your lore there. Glad you didn't let him handle this one. He needs to FINISH THE DAMNED GAME first.
You guys are doing awesome work with the FF content. Great job on the video Matt.
Oh no... that's FF6 not FF3
Tbh ff6 was released as ff3 in the us.
They certainly made it confusing back in the day.
When we mention FF3 we mean the *actual* FF3, not the American release of FF3, which was FF6 in Japan.
And when they start actually taking about it, it's one of the final areas(dragons) of ff3.
Yeah that was a joke lol
Love Matt and Michael!
Keep doing your things boys! Fantastic vid.
Only thing I would love is a little 'Now Playing' kinda thing or a list of the songs because your selection was top notch fellas.
FF2 one of the greatest broken games of all time. you could literally cheese the experimental skilling system to create literal gods. I turned Maria into the greatest bare knuckle (no weapon) monk ever who could attack like 8-10 times for max damage (each hit) before hitting the first official boss fight in the game. Just with some patience and time.
FF2 taught me basic gameshark/game genie cheat code hunting. So many starting points to seek memory addresses to fixate to values
The best part of the references of past games FFXIV has is that it’s virtually seamlessly woven into the narrative. Because of that it feels special on a tribute level and a it’s own merit within the context of XIV’s story.
Yay congrads Matt! That was a great video, I didn't realize how many times the FF series references the moon and how it tries to invade the home planet.
Also, that amazing remix of 'The Queen Awakens' at the end. Still get nightmares from all the lost mettle trauma but damn that was good.
Yay Matt! This was a wonderful analysis!
Awesome video Matt!.
It was great, Matt, would gladly see you in more videos.
Loved the video. I wouldn't be upset if Matt continued to do videos, if it means we get more of this sort of content for FF. If anything, I'd love for a followup video after you finish Shadowbringers, with your take on it @bellular.
Another minor FF8 connection to Endwalker, in the new area on the moon (Mare Lamentorum), the Ragnarok is crashed there and is also looking particularly like Allagan tech.
great video!!! Matt keep it up and I hope to see you in more solo videos
I'm so happy that the ff4 coverage gave you a reason to use Theme of Love from Distant Worlds. That's a song that legit made me well up when I saw that concert live.
this was the kind of thing i've been waiting for from a content creator something I want to see done looking at Bhozja's connection quite literal connection to FF12 and the Raid that is basically FF8 Fanservice Eden.
The Bozja (and all of Ivalice) connection is an absolute mountain to climb, but we're totally up for it. Getting into the mind of Matsuno is going to be one hell of an adventure.
dude i didnt expect much from this video reading that title but holy shit this is absolutely sick, great job on this one
It's been so many years since I played those old school ff games. I didn't pick up on even half the callbacks in shadowbringers. Fantastic video. Awesome job Matt!
Really nice video. I hope you make a second video, but about the song lyrics from Endwalker. The lyrics really complement a lot this video, like the part: " From the dark to light " with FF4 reference too.
This was well done. So happy all the nuanced reference speculations were compiled in one video
Regarding Lahabrea, there was a theory on Reddit a few days ago that while we didn't exactly kill him at the Praetorium, we *did* bring the power of hydaelyn to bear against him--the power, so said the theory, to shatter. We effectively sundered Lahabrea back then. Matt's theories work really well with this, which gives me a lot of confidence in both predictions
Though pretty sure he was finished off (3.0 spoilers)
By thordan after his primal awakening and slashed him with a blade charged with one of nidhogg's eyes. Not sure how one comes back from that
@@dragonknight1k161 no but see that's the thing. After we split him in 2.0, the one half went to pandemonium, and the other half returned to the convocation and carried on being Lahabrea, up until his death in 3.0. The Lahabrea we killed was only a part. Now, all that remains is whatever went to pandemonium.
This video is awesome. Matt is great here and I love the lore speculation. Excited to see more of both.
I’m so happy you took the time to talk about the Dark knight/Paladin job change for Endwalker. That was the first thing to hit me about the teaser trailer and it’s symbolic significance cannot be understated.