When people talk about how great HW is, they're not strictly talking about 3.0, which contains the main leveling content. They're talking about Heavensward and POST-Heavensward, the lvl 60 content through 3.1 to 3.3. To many, that consists of the entire Heavensward storyline. Specifically, the content being hyped is 3.3, where the entire Dragonsong War is brought to a close. MMO storytelling tends to not be restricted, and the patch contents are a continuation of the story rather than simply additional story.
Two takeaways from this video: First, I'm also a bard main who plays on controller and I have no idea how you don't hurt your hands without customizing your hotbars lol Seriously there's a lot of buttons. Second, that bit about the Heavensward story ending with that Nidhogg battle? It actually did! The post MSQ for expansions actually carries on the main story of that expansion until a few patches in and that patch in specific is the final battle of the Heavensward story. Stormblood copies this tactic but SE said Endwalker isn't going to work like that so that's probably for the best since there's a lot of new players that don't have patch context for when things happened.
As someone who's never played an MMO, just watching this game's success from the sidelines, this was a very informative video, it made me understand where that success came from and why people keep coming back to it, and why Johnny's so addicted to it. Fantastic work, this is the top-quality Clement content that I look forward to now.
I'm glad someone's mentioned the anxiety aspect of these games LMAO. As someone with pretty bad social anxiety, the fear of having other players rely on me, and possibly fail because of me, has been one of the biggest barriers for me to get into mmos.
This is why I never got into MMO’s. I played the free trial for this and towards the end of it I started getting into the late game dungeons where you can’t get away with just spamming whatever and being carried by other players. I’d get yelled at or kicked from parties for not doing the right rotations and not playing the game with a guide pulled up on my other monitor. That’s when I decided not to renew my membership. I was having a ton of fun when I could just go around by myself doing minor story stuff and interacting with people on the world map but having to interact with anyone in the dungeons just ruined it for me. It was a fun month, but I haven’t been back since.
@@jamesbrincefield9879 Sheesh, no one should experience that. My condolences. I hope you do come back and find a friendlier community though, cause that isn't my experience.
@@hickknight this was back around the launch of ARR so I’m sure it’s a much different place now. I didn’t know it at the time I joined but I later found out I was in a server that had a reputation for not being beginner-friendly. If I would have done more research on that instead of just jumping in I probably could have had a better time with the game.
This Final Fantasy basically carried the franchise through the 2010s. Between the not-very-good XIII trilogy and the unfinished XV, the series was in a downward spiral.
Regarding Role Anxiety: Yeah, that's definitely a thing for healers and tanks. I'm getting better as a Tank, but I'm still nervous thanks to the way people pull enemies. I'm better with Healers and DPS overall. As a side note though, DPS are also pushed to handle side mechanics as well since there are two of you. Take the way that the final boss of Sastasha works for example. Sometimes extra enemies can jump up from hatches around the arena. The DPS's job during that fight is to keep an eye on those hatches and interact with them when the water beneath them starts bubbling. Do it within the time frame the game gives you? That's one less enemy to worry about. Run out of time and you get an extra monster to deal with. Now, the dungeon is so low level that most parties will just focus on the boss and power through, but that sort of thing can still happen with later dungeons. The DPS roles will frequently have to turn their attention away from the boss to handle those side mechanics.
I honestly don't understand tankxiety or healxiety... Especially the former when it comes to extreme or higher level content. Now healer anxiety certainly plays a part in that, considering I have to balance healing and dealing damage. And to be fair, I've played this game so much, I've maxed all the levels on all the jobs, including crafting and gathering. Because I could. So that might explain why I have no anxiety. I just wish healers would be a little more active in trying to deal damage.
Just do it. Anxiety about what? Nothing in the game punishes the player in instanced content. If you fuck up, it'll just send you back maybe 2 minutes and some people might cry in chat. Who cares?
@@christiantaylor1083 Some more agreeable personality types worry about disappointing others. It might not be rational with people you'll likely never see again, but still a thing.
You really should do a retrospective on this game after finishing Shadowbringers and Endwalker. These two expansions combined pretty much comprise the greatest story I've ever experienced in any medium ever for so many reasons, eclipsing my previous favorite final fantasy stories in ff7 and ff10. I honestly can't even imagine how any future final fantasy will even come close to topping the story of Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Maybe if they have Ishikawa as a lead writer for ff17 or something...
I love how once the tank anxiety leaves, you feel like the single most badass mother goose. Play it long enough and you'll end up switching to a healer or DPS and trying to pull enmity from everything on earth
1:04:40 🎶Forward and back and then forward and back~. And then go forward and back, then put one. Foot. FOR-WARD~!🎶 XD Thanks guy once more for introducing me to FFXIV's "Exponential Entropy".
I love how incredibly easy to understand Clements explanations for all of these "Remembers" videos are. Back then I also started as a Bard and had the exact same experience, creating my hotbar, changing layouts and learning my rotation. FF14 is so incredibly versatile with everything
I was scared this was gonna be a look at the entire FFXIV experience up to Endwalker but with everything else you're doing to make this 'behemoth', going up to the end of the Free Trial is nice and spoiler free enough for me. I started playing the free trial with friends around March and was having a great time, now 8 months later I'm on the cusp of starting Shadowbringers and I'm the only one still playing regularly. I'm glad I went to look at this game again despite being an MMO, my first MMO at that, I dismissed it orginally after the dissapointment I had playing the 13 trilogy and hearing the terrible reviews of 1.0 made me think "Yeah this is why they shouldn't try doing another MMO, focus on the real FF games". Boy was I wrong to doubt it, what a magnificant turnaround ARR and the expansions have been, the world, story, characters and expecially the MUSIC, it's deserving of a place among the best FF games in my opinion right now.
I've been watching this retrospective series since it first started and I've been waiting for this specific game for so long. Hearing your adventures in XIV takes me back to when I started playing. It makes me happy to hear that you enjoyed it as much as I did. I hope you continue to enjoy the story and community for a long time!
Can confirm you’ll never lose progress. Played for a few weeks years ago, then drifted away. Decided to give the game another shot right before Dawntrail was announced, and found my old character just as I’d left him. I’m now on my way to the start of Stormblood, trying desperately to catch up to the rest of the Free Company I joined who are all on Dawntrail stuff and high end raiding. They are all so kind and willing to help a newbie to the guild like me. One time, my friend hopped on and was standing in front of our guild house checking something when a member of the guild showed up on a Dhamel (kinda a mix between a giraffe and a camel). I pointed it out to him and he freaked out. Then another showed up. And another. Then I hopped on one and we decided to chase my friend across the map on our cavalry of Dhamals. It was funny and spontaneous, not planned at all, and I loved it!
One of these days I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and get this game, but I fear my life will vanish if I descend into MMO Hell. I haven't actually played any MMOs, but I know from RPGs with a similar gameplay loop that FF14 would be right up my alley. If I suddenly disappear from real life one day, it'll probably be because I joined the catboy army.
Quick correction; A Realm Reborn is a direct sequel, not a soft reboot. The events of 1.0 are continuously called back to and even followed up on throughout the game There's an additional video called Flames of Truth that shows what actually happened to Bahamut and Louisoix
Clement is exactly on my level. I understand ARR isn't ground breaking but it certainly has its stand-out moments that make it an enjoyable story to play through; the community sells it far too short! Likewise, Heavensward is hyped to hell and back so I was playing through it just waiting for it to get great. What I'm seeing is GOOD but you promised me GREAT!
ehh imo Heavensward is stellar from characters and parallels to thematics to gameplay encounters etc. while ARR is just ok/meh compared to the xpacs aside from gameplay encounters, BCOB, and like 3 story moments + the refugee plots
Amazing you got this released two weeks before Endwalker comes out. If that expansion is good enough, it might just make 14 overtake the top spot for my favorite Final Fantasy game
In February FFXIV the complete edition was on sale in Steam for $20. I've been playing ever since, and as a long time Final Fantasy fan, I've been loving every second.
15:17 Tell me about it, those little guys are so dangerous, it makes them petty enough to block you out of winning one very specific competition. Imagine playing the Online mode in Sonic Generations and some guy makes it his mission to keep you from getting 1st place in the 30 second trial of one specific stage and only that stage. That's the kind of petty that we're talking about.
Though the Heavensward bodyguards shares the name of the expansion it is not named or a reference to them The name "Heavensward" have several meanings. Ishgard is a highly religious culture with many references to heaven, making it itself an analogy for "heaven". When you first arrive in Ishgard seeking sanctuary you are a ward of one of the ishgardian high houses. A "heavens ward" if you will. But at the same time it also has the opposite meaning since you spend a lot of the expansion protecting Ishgard and it's people. Someone who "wards heaven from danger" or "the Warden of heaven" if you will. But it is also a reference to the ishard story moral of looking forward towards the future, striving for a better and hopeful future for all. Like in the closing words of count Fortemt at the end of the ishgard story "may we strive ever Heavensward"
another great vid Clement ^^ Curious though: You've namedropped it a couple times in this series, would you think of doing a series like this for Kingdom Hearts? It'd be interesting to hear your opinions on that series ^^
It needs mentioning again, but everything Clement talks about in this video (A Realm Reborn and Heavensward) is ABSOLUTELY FREE. Even if you don't particularly care about MMOs or the other expansions, or aren't sure if you wanna buy yet, literally play anyway. It's free. The only thing it'll take is your time. EDIT: What Clement fails to mention is that the Ul'Dah resolution is in the ARR post patches, which is where ARR gets really interesting. The main story is very grindy. Heavensward, in comparison, has a great base story with some pacing issues, and post patches that push it over the edge as something amazing
I am so glad to just watch like a whole movie's length of a dude talking about what's probably one of my most favorite games of all time, and yeah your consensus of the whole thing is pretty accurate. I started playing around the time Stormblood came out because they removed the time limit on the free trial. The thing that kept me interested was the job system allowing me to switch on the fly rather than create a new character which eased my commitment anxiety, but I do agree that it was definitely the community that really cemented me into it. I'm not even that social of a player. I don't really seek out big group events and I'm too nervous to DM randos but aside from the occasional dickweed the community is genuinely awesome. The online game I played the most often before FFXIV was Overwatch, which as you know is super toxic, so in my first dungeon I was terrified that every other player would berate me for existing but well, no. They were chill, informed me of boss mechanics (and how to cheese the last one), and showed me when to use my limit break. And it was like this for almost every other duty after, without the bullshit toxicity I was so used to. I even got to experience a role reversal where instead I was the only veteran in a duty where everyone else was a sprout and I got to teach them everything that my first party taught me. Never saw the three of them again, but it makes me so happy to continue being the reason people play this game. Stuff like that is honestly why I get so excited whenever I get to interact with a friendly sprout. It makes me so happy to show them the ropes and see them spam in party chat when something cool happens. And since Endwalker's coming out next month, plus the mass exodus of players leaving World of Warcraft, well you can imagine my level of hype.
This is it. This is the FF game that got me into the series. I only started just a few months ago but this game already gave me so many memories I look back on, both in the MSQ and in the social experience.
Actually when playing with friends you can go in as whatever you want. You just have to select unsync, and min item level if you still want to do it for real.
I started this game thanks to the video, was not aware of the free trial. I'm only 10 hours in, so I don't have a good sense of the overall experience yet. The only thing with MMOs is that I have a hard time making friends, I guess I don't really chat much to meet people. I really should try though
Oh how I love to live vicariously through the eyes of a newbie… although, I started playing XIV after this video was released, and I can tell since some of the stuff OP is doing works different, got completely changed or even removed… but still, I remember being anxious as a healer and tank… when I started getting frustrated at the long que times for dps jobs so I tried healing… god was that what I call a trial by fire…
I think the reason people hype up HW so much is because 1. the new voice cast really does blow the old one out of the water. I'm running an alt from the beginning after my main beat endwalker and holy shit is the ARR voice cast miscast and badly directed. So now you have this new cast that is some of the best casting ever in a video game, where actors from game of thrones and bridgerton are brought on to voice magical cat twinks 2. the music for HW is nothing but pure flex. When the theme for the main hub is better than the OST of most entire games, you know a game is just showing off. and 3. the death of haurchefant and Ysayle were the first really major deaths in the game. Sure Moenbryda was cool and I personally wanted her to step on me until I was paste, but let's call her death what it was: fridging. Her death was only there to make Urianger sad. And I adore Urianger and I love how they have him process his grief, I think that's really interesting, but I wasn't attached to her the same way I was to Haurchefant and Ysayle. And not only that, haurchefant's death in particular was the first time the game directly involved you. His death wasn't tied up with anyone else. he loved and supported you the warrior of light, he died for YOU. That means a lot to a lot of folks. Personally my favorite expansion is stormblood, but HW really impressed me and made me excited for what was to come
The song "Answers" with the wonderful Susan Calloway in that trailer back in 2012 was EPIC! Stoked that my fav FF game is up next. I've been following that since 2006.
Oh, you can absolutely do dungeons solo or with unbalanced or undermanned groups. It can be a headache, and it is often NOT AT ALL VIABLE, but the game permits you to make the attempt. I believe the game only gives out the intended rewards to properly balanced and level-synced parties, though.
Great video as always! But I'm pretty sure when people hype up Heavensward, they're NOT talking about the story ending at 3.0 but 3.3, because as you say, that's the actual ending of HW's story.
Sheesh, stormblood being more for you than Heavensward. Fair to you, but I actually liked Hien, but not so much Lyse... To me, she basically did a 180 and changed completely. It just didn't work for me. But that's really what didn't work Lyse. Hien, even if bland, is an amazing leader to his people and understands what it means to be in politics. Zenos? Man, if I get that duty from SB and to that boss... his laugh is still the best thing out there. And the trial fight after, with that music, especially, once the 2nd phase happens... Pure bliss. I just can't wait for endwalker though. Shadowbringers was just immensely entertaining and gratifying. I want to see how they wrap things up in EW. I'm in it! But I need to find a new FC later as well...
Excuse my language, but... What a fucking game. That whole section about anxiety playing anything other than DPS, I felt that. But you know what? Leveling my Dark Knight to level 80 has been the most fun in the entire game. It just feels. so. good when you get it right, it feels great to pretect your team, in time the anxiety just melts away, and instead of feeling like a hindrance, you'll feel like a hero, speerheading your group to victory. About ARR being a slog to get through. It.... kinda was. But they've trimmed it down severely, the pacing is so much better now! So many new great changes has been made since I started playing. The simple fact that you now can fly your mounts in the ARR-environments when you couldn't before is amazing! Amazing video of one of my absolute favourite games ever. 1:05:15 And you HAD to make me cry, didn't you??? D':
This may be a old video but even though i havent played 14 i just enjoy how they had a Questline dedicated to Final Fantasy Tactics and its so cool and even though its like a alternate timeline in a sense i enjoy how they bring back the most memorable characters of Tactics Agiras, Mustadio, Ramza, Delita, Argath(Algus in the og ps1version) and others that i might not remember. I enjoy the story of that questline and even the nostalgic music and references to Tactics. If you havent already you should try and take on the questline with your friends
...damn it, Clement, you got me addicted to this game... I've heard my friends talk about how good this game is for a while and while I was curious, I didn't wanna fall back into the MMO hole again... But you've convinced me... And now I'm having a blast. Currently on the free trial, which in these Endwalker days makes it hard to find time to play since the servers are constantly full, but the time I have played is super enjoyable! I've only had sparse experiences with FF, namely 7, but 14 makes me wanna play the rest of the series. Hell, the enjoyment I have makes me wanna get the full game even before I finish Heavensward, even though my friends recommend against it. I just wanna play more and it's all your fault. Thanks a lot, Clement. xP In all seriousness, thanks for this video and showing me this fun game. :D
I mean opinions are opinions but when people hype up Heavensward they are hyping up Heavensward, the full expansion not just the msq. Every bit of it is amazing and I do consider it to be one of the best Ff stories if you take it at its entirety. That being 2.4 to 3.3 being the full length of the HW story. Most expansion stories start at the .4 patch. Also, and this is missing now cause it’s a holiday, hautifuant played a part in an early holiday in ARR and I think that’s how some older players got attached to him lol. I was more pissed than said when he died cause those guys took a shot at me. Oh and almost forgot... Rahuban is just a general, he barely has that much overall control when the ones who actually are in power are the syndicate and the saultana. It was either go back to the immortal flames and hold like 5% sway in ul'dah or don't go back and hold 0%. I do agree the sultana not being dead was a kinda boring way to end it but with her being alive, everything else made sense after that being a notion.
my favorite job in this game is Red Mage. especially after dealing with the slog that is Thaumaturge and Black Mage with their eternity long wind up times, the quick and brutal damage output of Red Mage was a breath of fresh air. Plus it has the best vpose emote, dont @ me
Played FFXIV 1.0 and finished everything even the new Endwalker but after all those years fatigue set in hard. It differently is worth getting into it the music, story and even boss fights are the most epic things ever.
I'll have to play this at some point, but every time I consider I think about all the non-MMO RPG's and other games I have on Switch and Steam that I haven't played, and I get anxiety when I think about how much bigger it could get if I did start playing.
Grabs Clement by his sideburn horns ”The fuck did you say about my boy Haurchefant?!” Kidding aside, my reasoning for loving Heavensward so much is that I see it as much more than just the stuff that happens as you level through 51 to 60. The story starts from the moment you first reach Coerthus and meet with Haurchefant, helping him out with the false inquisitor, and it doesn’t end until the final confrontation with Nidhogg. THAT is the story I claim to be more fulfilling than most RPGs in the last couple decades. Also, I’m a biased dragon lover, so that might have something to do with it. I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the game. It was a pleasure to help you out through the Coils of Bahamut.
FF14 has a really special place in my heart. I loved the series from the moment I played the first game which would be FF2 I think. I have a little anecdote for FF14 - regarding the death day of Kentaro Miura. I literally just finished my gunbreaker unlock quest - if you don't know, in the lore gunbreakers are bodyguards, perfectly syncing up with their tank role. After I just switched to the class, someone in gridania all chat asked if a nice person can walk them to Ul Dah, because they're on a new account, but want to take part in the vigil going on in Ul Dah. So I thought, hey - I just got my bodyguard license so I am the person for this. So we walked through the world for almost 40 minutes, me protecting this low level character so they can pilgrim to a city to honor one of their favorite creators. After we arrived I switched to my DK and took part in the vigil aswell. It was a magical scenario which I will never ever be able to replicate in any other game most likely. If you read this far, thanks for your attention and - play FF14! You're not going to regret it
clement i love all your retrospective videos but im sorry cant watch this one fully as i really wanna play the game and cant atm but i appreciate all the effort you poured into this video! i'll come back to it once i finally play the game, til then much love and take care my dude
I love how this video includes a screenshot of SomecallmeJohnny's player avatar from FF14. Well played Clement.
It’s also got cameos from Derrick (Good Vibes Gaming) and BelleAim. They’re in his party list around the same time.
Got a time stamp?
@@alexanderkazantzis8019 15:18
"the game does this cool thing where it tells your party when someone in the group is a virgin" (Clement; 2021)
Time stamp?
Thanks game, thanks......
@@ibilesfighter3.16 39:49
Uh huh now finish the sentence that gives context to what he actually means instead of fishing for attention on UA-cam....
The Great Clememt is back.
"A Hero reborn" 😏
A warrior returning alive
When people talk about how great HW is, they're not strictly talking about 3.0, which contains the main leveling content. They're talking about Heavensward and POST-Heavensward, the lvl 60 content through 3.1 to 3.3. To many, that consists of the entire Heavensward storyline. Specifically, the content being hyped is 3.3, where the entire Dragonsong War is brought to a close. MMO storytelling tends to not be restricted, and the patch contents are a continuation of the story rather than simply additional story.
Moreover, I think most people would say that it's all of the patch quests to x.3, usually.
Gotta be honest, to me, all the post main story msq have been boring as fuck.
I got chills when the final moments hit. Me and a group of friends in a ventrilo server sat in awe as the world ended. Love the retrospective clement!
i'm so damn excited for this. and the rest of the future of this channel. clement, long form content like this is where you shine!!!
I audibly let out an “OH!” that’d rival Michael Jackson.
Two takeaways from this video: First, I'm also a bard main who plays on controller and I have no idea how you don't hurt your hands without customizing your hotbars lol Seriously there's a lot of buttons. Second, that bit about the Heavensward story ending with that Nidhogg battle? It actually did! The post MSQ for expansions actually carries on the main story of that expansion until a few patches in and that patch in specific is the final battle of the Heavensward story. Stormblood copies this tactic but SE said Endwalker isn't going to work like that so that's probably for the best since there's a lot of new players that don't have patch context for when things happened.
As someone who's never played an MMO, just watching this game's success from the sidelines, this was a very informative video, it made me understand where that success came from and why people keep coming back to it, and why Johnny's so addicted to it. Fantastic work, this is the top-quality Clement content that I look forward to now.
I'm glad someone's mentioned the anxiety aspect of these games LMAO. As someone with pretty bad social anxiety, the fear of having other players rely on me, and possibly fail because of me, has been one of the biggest barriers for me to get into mmos.
This is why I never got into MMO’s. I played the free trial for this and towards the end of it I started getting into the late game dungeons where you can’t get away with just spamming whatever and being carried by other players. I’d get yelled at or kicked from parties for not doing the right rotations and not playing the game with a guide pulled up on my other monitor. That’s when I decided not to renew my membership. I was having a ton of fun when I could just go around by myself doing minor story stuff and interacting with people on the world map but having to interact with anyone in the dungeons just ruined it for me. It was a fun month, but I haven’t been back since.
@@jamesbrincefield9879 Sheesh, no one should experience that. My condolences. I hope you do come back and find a friendlier community though, cause that isn't my experience.
@@hickknight this was back around the launch of ARR so I’m sure it’s a much different place now. I didn’t know it at the time I joined but I later found out I was in a server that had a reputation for not being beginner-friendly. If I would have done more research on that instead of just jumping in I probably could have had a better time with the game.
This is why I choose DQX of all MMORPGs. I use the Language barrier as an excuse to functionally play it as though it's just a normal JRPG.
Literally no one gives a shit, just play. Only you're stopping you.
Awh yeah, years of waiting have all come together for this video. A good, two hour long romp throughout one of my favorite mmos.
This Final Fantasy basically carried the franchise through the 2010s. Between the not-very-good XIII trilogy and the unfinished XV, the series was in a downward spiral.
dude XV was fantastic. it never felt lacking
@@randomboys1000 Also, people actually do like the XIII trilogy, despite being the most infamous games in the series.
13 and 15 might not be well received, but they sold pretty well.
@@randomboys1000i'm glad you enjoyed it but at launch it felt like an unfinished product...
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this, Clement. It absolutely lived up to the expectations set by the rest of your retrospective.
I think I can say for everyone that Clement's avatar in FF14 looks awesome and badass.
Dude, if you ever play this game, somehow everything you wear makes you look kinda badass. Haha
Regarding Role Anxiety: Yeah, that's definitely a thing for healers and tanks. I'm getting better as a Tank, but I'm still nervous thanks to the way people pull enemies. I'm better with Healers and DPS overall.
As a side note though, DPS are also pushed to handle side mechanics as well since there are two of you.
Take the way that the final boss of Sastasha works for example. Sometimes extra enemies can jump up from hatches around the arena. The DPS's job during that fight is to keep an eye on those hatches and interact with them when the water beneath them starts bubbling. Do it within the time frame the game gives you? That's one less enemy to worry about. Run out of time and you get an extra monster to deal with. Now, the dungeon is so low level that most parties will just focus on the boss and power through, but that sort of thing can still happen with later dungeons. The DPS roles will frequently have to turn their attention away from the boss to handle those side mechanics.
I honestly don't understand tankxiety or healxiety... Especially the former when it comes to extreme or higher level content. Now healer anxiety certainly plays a part in that, considering I have to balance healing and dealing damage.
And to be fair, I've played this game so much, I've maxed all the levels on all the jobs, including crafting and gathering. Because I could.
So that might explain why I have no anxiety. I just wish healers would be a little more active in trying to deal damage.
Just do it. Anxiety about what? Nothing in the game punishes the player in instanced content. If you fuck up, it'll just send you back maybe 2 minutes and some people might cry in chat. Who cares?
@@christiantaylor1083 Some more agreeable personality types worry about disappointing others. It might not be rational with people you'll likely never see again, but still a thing.
Instead of making let’s plays Clement’s just straight up making films
And that's now basically his channel's future.
Or rather videos where he talks about games.
Man, these retrospectives are some of the best content on this site. Keep doing you, Clement.
Welcome back man I’ve been looking forward to this review dude
You really should do a retrospective on this game after finishing Shadowbringers and Endwalker. These two expansions combined pretty much comprise the greatest story I've ever experienced in any medium ever for so many reasons, eclipsing my previous favorite final fantasy stories in ff7 and ff10. I honestly can't even imagine how any future final fantasy will even come close to topping the story of Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Maybe if they have Ishikawa as a lead writer for ff17 or something...
Or wait a bit more so that it's ready when Dawntrail comes out.
I love how once the tank anxiety leaves, you feel like the single most badass mother goose. Play it long enough and you'll end up switching to a healer or DPS and trying to pull enmity from everything on earth
As a healer being able to take the first few auto attacks can make some pulls better honestly
I agree on Haurchefaunt. I actually forgot about him for a long while and everyone seems so shocked when I bring that up
1:04:40 🎶Forward and back and then forward and back~. And then go forward and back, then put one. Foot. FOR-WARD~!🎶 XD
Thanks guy once more for introducing me to FFXIV's "Exponential Entropy".
I'm so glad to hear someone actually giving attention to the Hildebrand quest line in a video
I love how incredibly easy to understand Clements explanations for all of these "Remembers" videos are.
Back then I also started as a Bard and had the exact same experience, creating my hotbar, changing layouts and learning my rotation. FF14 is so incredibly versatile with everything
I was scared this was gonna be a look at the entire FFXIV experience up to Endwalker but with everything else you're doing to make this 'behemoth', going up to the end of the Free Trial is nice and spoiler free enough for me. I started playing the free trial with friends around March and was having a great time, now 8 months later I'm on the cusp of starting Shadowbringers and I'm the only one still playing regularly.
I'm glad I went to look at this game again despite being an MMO, my first MMO at that, I dismissed it orginally after the dissapointment I had playing the 13 trilogy and hearing the terrible reviews of 1.0 made me think "Yeah this is why they shouldn't try doing another MMO, focus on the real FF games".
Boy was I wrong to doubt it, what a magnificant turnaround ARR and the expansions have been, the world, story, characters and expecially the MUSIC, it's deserving of a place among the best FF games in my opinion right now.
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Look guys, it’s that song composed by Somecallmejohnny! 🎶
Dude as a Fellow FF14 player on PS4 its nice to see someone talk about it on there for once! dope POV
I've been watching this retrospective series since it first started and I've been waiting for this specific game for so long. Hearing your adventures in XIV takes me back to when I started playing. It makes me happy to hear that you enjoyed it as much as I did. I hope you continue to enjoy the story and community for a long time!
Can confirm you’ll never lose progress. Played for a few weeks years ago, then drifted away. Decided to give the game another shot right before Dawntrail was announced, and found my old character just as I’d left him. I’m now on my way to the start of Stormblood, trying desperately to catch up to the rest of the Free Company I joined who are all on Dawntrail stuff and high end raiding. They are all so kind and willing to help a newbie to the guild like me. One time, my friend hopped on and was standing in front of our guild house checking something when a member of the guild showed up on a Dhamel (kinda a mix between a giraffe and a camel). I pointed it out to him and he freaked out. Then another showed up. And another. Then I hopped on one and we decided to chase my friend across the map on our cavalry of Dhamals. It was funny and spontaneous, not planned at all, and I loved it!
When we needed him the most, he returned.
One of these days I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and get this game, but I fear my life will vanish if I descend into MMO Hell. I haven't actually played any MMOs, but I know from RPGs with a similar gameplay loop that FF14 would be right up my alley. If I suddenly disappear from real life one day, it'll probably be because I joined the catboy army.
Aloha!!! Welcome back Clement. This is just such fun to watch. I really need to get back to FF14.
Quick correction; A Realm Reborn is a direct sequel, not a soft reboot. The events of 1.0 are continuously called back to and even followed up on throughout the game
There's an additional video called Flames of Truth that shows what actually happened to Bahamut and Louisoix
They rebooted the entire game, that's what he meant, not the story.
Soft reboots are continuations of the story with tonal, quality, (and potential) character changes
1:27:21 clement, you have made a very powerless enemy this day, a very. Powerless. Enemy.
Clement is exactly on my level. I understand ARR isn't ground breaking but it certainly has its stand-out moments that make it an enjoyable story to play through; the community sells it far too short! Likewise, Heavensward is hyped to hell and back so I was playing through it just waiting for it to get great. What I'm seeing is GOOD but you promised me GREAT!
ehh imo Heavensward is stellar from characters and parallels to thematics to gameplay encounters etc. while ARR is just ok/meh compared to the xpacs aside from gameplay encounters, BCOB, and like 3 story moments + the refugee plots
FFXIV and PSO/NGS basically became my mainstay when it comes to genre. Very looking forward to Endwalker
Next time on Clement Remembers Final Fantasy:
• Final Fantasy VS XIII (now Final Fantasy XV)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
One of the major themes in 14 is Redemption, and of course it is, as they would be hypocrites if they couldn't see the potential good in other people.
"But chocobos aren't the only things you can mount."
1:04:39 Juan Ortiz… you got some explaining to do.
GAH I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED THIS IN MY UPLOADS
thanks youtube, not like ive been looking forward to this one for years
Sweet. Another FF video. I can't wait to hear your opinion on 15!
Amazing you got this released two weeks before Endwalker comes out. If that expansion is good enough, it might just make 14 overtake the top spot for my favorite Final Fantasy game
In February FFXIV the complete edition was on sale in Steam for $20. I've been playing ever since, and as a long time Final Fantasy fan, I've been loving every second.
What another incredible video Clement, thank you again.
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There I am, I'm in that group shot.
15:17 Tell me about it, those little guys are so dangerous, it makes them petty enough to block you out of winning one very specific competition. Imagine playing the Online mode in Sonic Generations and some guy makes it his mission to keep you from getting 1st place in the 30 second trial of one specific stage and only that stage. That's the kind of petty that we're talking about.
Though the Heavensward bodyguards shares the name of the expansion it is not named or a reference to them
The name "Heavensward" have several meanings.
Ishgard is a highly religious culture with many references to heaven, making it itself an analogy for "heaven".
When you first arrive in Ishgard seeking sanctuary you are a ward of one of the ishgardian high houses. A "heavens ward" if you will.
But at the same time it also has the opposite meaning since you spend a lot of the expansion protecting Ishgard and it's people. Someone who "wards heaven from danger" or "the Warden of heaven" if you will.
But it is also a reference to the ishard story moral of looking forward towards the future, striving for a better and hopeful future for all. Like in the closing words of count Fortemt at the end of the ishgard story "may we strive ever Heavensward"
another great vid Clement ^^
Curious though: You've namedropped it a couple times in this series, would you think of doing a series like this for Kingdom Hearts? It'd be interesting to hear your opinions on that series ^^
It needs mentioning again, but everything Clement talks about in this video (A Realm Reborn and Heavensward) is ABSOLUTELY FREE. Even if you don't particularly care about MMOs or the other expansions, or aren't sure if you wanna buy yet, literally play anyway. It's free. The only thing it'll take is your time.
EDIT: What Clement fails to mention is that the Ul'Dah resolution is in the ARR post patches, which is where ARR gets really interesting. The main story is very grindy. Heavensward, in comparison, has a great base story with some pacing issues, and post patches that push it over the edge as something amazing
Clement is honestly one of the greatest UA-camrs ever
Great vid as always, bud 😊
The time has come 🙏
You have no idea how long i have been anticipating this video.
I am so glad to just watch like a whole movie's length of a dude talking about what's probably one of my most favorite games of all time, and yeah your consensus of the whole thing is pretty accurate. I started playing around the time Stormblood came out because they removed the time limit on the free trial. The thing that kept me interested was the job system allowing me to switch on the fly rather than create a new character which eased my commitment anxiety, but I do agree that it was definitely the community that really cemented me into it.
I'm not even that social of a player. I don't really seek out big group events and I'm too nervous to DM randos but aside from the occasional dickweed the community is genuinely awesome. The online game I played the most often before FFXIV was Overwatch, which as you know is super toxic, so in my first dungeon I was terrified that every other player would berate me for existing but well, no. They were chill, informed me of boss mechanics (and how to cheese the last one), and showed me when to use my limit break. And it was like this for almost every other duty after, without the bullshit toxicity I was so used to. I even got to experience a role reversal where instead I was the only veteran in a duty where everyone else was a sprout and I got to teach them everything that my first party taught me. Never saw the three of them again, but it makes me so happy to continue being the reason people play this game.
Stuff like that is honestly why I get so excited whenever I get to interact with a friendly sprout. It makes me so happy to show them the ropes and see them spam in party chat when something cool happens. And since Endwalker's coming out next month, plus the mass exodus of players leaving World of Warcraft, well you can imagine my level of hype.
This is it. This is the FF game that got me into the series. I only started just a few months ago but this game already gave me so many memories I look back on, both in the MSQ and in the social experience.
Actually when playing with friends you can go in as whatever you want. You just have to select unsync, and min item level if you still want to do it for real.
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FORWARD AND BACK, AND THEN FORWARD AND BACK, AND THEN GO FORWARD AND BACK, THEN PUT ON FOOT FORWARD
Grinding in FF2
I literally checked the channel 2 days ago after a long time to see if this video is up. Talk about a hunch.
Great stuff man. Can’t wait to see what you do next!
I started this game thanks to the video, was not aware of the free trial. I'm only 10 hours in, so I don't have a good sense of the overall experience yet.
The only thing with MMOs is that I have a hard time making friends, I guess I don't really chat much to meet people. I really should try though
It's actually here and I tought the Clement remembers series was over...
Nah, just had to take a step back until he was done with LPs since that took up most of his time away from other projects such as this
Holy shit! What an amazing video!
Oh how I love to live vicariously through the eyes of a newbie… although, I started playing XIV after this video was released, and I can tell since some of the stuff OP is doing works different, got completely changed or even removed… but still, I remember being anxious as a healer and tank… when I started getting frustrated at the long que times for dps jobs so I tried healing… god was that what I call a trial by fire…
FF is such an awesome series!!! So is this video!!!
1:35:00 That band is performing "Bonds of Sea and Fire" from XENOGEARS! Good Lord, this is nuts!
I think the reason people hype up HW so much is because
1. the new voice cast really does blow the old one out of the water. I'm running an alt from the beginning after my main beat endwalker and holy shit is the ARR voice cast miscast and badly directed. So now you have this new cast that is some of the best casting ever in a video game, where actors from game of thrones and bridgerton are brought on to voice magical cat twinks
2. the music for HW is nothing but pure flex. When the theme for the main hub is better than the OST of most entire games, you know a game is just showing off.
and 3. the death of haurchefant and Ysayle were the first really major deaths in the game. Sure Moenbryda was cool and I personally wanted her to step on me until I was paste, but let's call her death what it was: fridging. Her death was only there to make Urianger sad. And I adore Urianger and I love how they have him process his grief, I think that's really interesting, but I wasn't attached to her the same way I was to Haurchefant and Ysayle. And not only that, haurchefant's death in particular was the first time the game directly involved you. His death wasn't tied up with anyone else. he loved and supported you the warrior of light, he died for YOU. That means a lot to a lot of folks.
Personally my favorite expansion is stormblood, but HW really impressed me and made me excited for what was to come
The song "Answers" with the wonderful Susan Calloway in that trailer back in 2012 was EPIC!
Stoked that my fav FF game is up next. I've been following that since 2006.
When I saw Cait sith for the first time, I wondered if it was a psychonauts reference. It looks like it's ripped right out of the game.
A pleasure to watch as always
Oh, you can absolutely do dungeons solo or with unbalanced or undermanned groups. It can be a headache, and it is often NOT AT ALL VIABLE, but the game permits you to make the attempt. I believe the game only gives out the intended rewards to properly balanced and level-synced parties, though.
Great video as always! But I'm pretty sure when people hype up Heavensward, they're NOT talking about the story ending at 3.0 but 3.3, because as you say, that's the actual ending of HW's story.
I WAS WAITING FOR A NEW VIDEO!!
Sheesh, stormblood being more for you than Heavensward. Fair to you, but I actually liked Hien, but not so much Lyse... To me, she basically did a 180 and changed completely. It just didn't work for me. But that's really what didn't work Lyse. Hien, even if bland, is an amazing leader to his people and understands what it means to be in politics. Zenos? Man, if I get that duty from SB and to that boss... his laugh is still the best thing out there. And the trial fight after, with that music, especially, once the 2nd phase happens... Pure bliss.
I just can't wait for endwalker though. Shadowbringers was just immensely entertaining and gratifying. I want to see how they wrap things up in EW. I'm in it!
But I need to find a new FC later as well...
YEYEYEYEYEYEY ITS HERE!!
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Yep
Excuse my language, but... What a fucking game.
That whole section about anxiety playing anything other than DPS, I felt that. But you know what? Leveling my Dark Knight to level 80 has been the most fun in the entire game. It just feels. so. good when you get it right, it feels great to pretect your team, in time the anxiety just melts away, and instead of feeling like a hindrance, you'll feel like a hero, speerheading your group to victory.
About ARR being a slog to get through. It.... kinda was. But they've trimmed it down severely, the pacing is so much better now! So many new great changes has been made since I started playing. The simple fact that you now can fly your mounts in the ARR-environments when you couldn't before is amazing!
Amazing video of one of my absolute favourite games ever.
1:05:15 And you HAD to make me cry, didn't you??? D':
Nice Video thx
Great to see a new video, and I really like this format!
I’m really curious about the next FFXV one!
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I have nearly 1.500 hours clocked into this game, and I have NEVER noticed that before...
@Bart Willems What is he talking about? What arrows pointing up or down?
@@WinkleAbiding look at the shape of the icons
This may be a old video but even though i havent played 14 i just enjoy how they had a Questline dedicated to Final Fantasy Tactics and its so cool and even though its like a alternate timeline in a sense i enjoy how they bring back the most memorable characters of Tactics Agiras, Mustadio, Ramza, Delita, Argath(Algus in the og ps1version) and others that i might not remember. I enjoy the story of that questline and even the nostalgic music and references to Tactics. If you havent already you should try and take on the questline with your friends
Healing and Tanking in this game gives you a power trip! You get God complex since their abilities and skills are soooooooo damn good.
...damn it, Clement, you got me addicted to this game...
I've heard my friends talk about how good this game is for a while and while I was curious, I didn't wanna fall back into the MMO hole again... But you've convinced me... And now I'm having a blast. Currently on the free trial, which in these Endwalker days makes it hard to find time to play since the servers are constantly full, but the time I have played is super enjoyable! I've only had sparse experiences with FF, namely 7, but 14 makes me wanna play the rest of the series. Hell, the enjoyment I have makes me wanna get the full game even before I finish Heavensward, even though my friends recommend against it. I just wanna play more and it's all your fault. Thanks a lot, Clement. xP
In all seriousness, thanks for this video and showing me this fun game. :D
You've convinced me to check it out Clement.
I mean opinions are opinions but when people hype up Heavensward they are hyping up Heavensward, the full expansion not just the msq. Every bit of it is amazing and I do consider it to be one of the best Ff stories if you take it at its entirety. That being 2.4 to 3.3 being the full length of the HW story. Most expansion stories start at the .4 patch. Also, and this is missing now cause it’s a holiday, hautifuant played a part in an early holiday in ARR and I think that’s how some older players got attached to him lol. I was more pissed than said when he died cause those guys took a shot at me.
Oh and almost forgot... Rahuban is just a general, he barely has that much overall control when the ones who actually are in power are the syndicate and the saultana. It was either go back to the immortal flames and hold like 5% sway in ul'dah or don't go back and hold 0%. I do agree the sultana not being dead was a kinda boring way to end it but with her being alive, everything else made sense after that being a notion.
A nice detail is that Nael van Darnus who masterminded the Meteor Project is the Legatus of the 7th Legion of the Empire, referencing FF7
Looking forward to your take on 15, also shame you gave up LP's. Would've loved to see how you handled Banjo-Tooie.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! ❤️❤️
my favorite job in this game is Red Mage. especially after dealing with the slog that is Thaumaturge and Black Mage with their eternity long wind up times, the quick and brutal damage output of Red Mage was a breath of fresh air.
Plus it has the best vpose emote, dont @ me
14:30 Fun fact: at launch of 1.0, Roegadyn only had male as a playable gender and Miqo'te only had female.
Played FFXIV 1.0 and finished everything even the new Endwalker but after all those years fatigue set in hard. It differently is worth getting into it the music, story and even boss fights are the most epic things ever.
1:35:00 Holy shit, that's from Xenogears!
I'll have to play this at some point, but every time I consider I think about all the non-MMO RPG's and other games I have on Switch and Steam that I haven't played, and I get anxiety when I think about how much bigger it could get if I did start playing.
Aw man I’ve been waiting for this
Grabs Clement by his sideburn horns ”The fuck did you say about my boy Haurchefant?!”
Kidding aside, my reasoning for loving Heavensward so much is that I see it as much more than just the stuff that happens as you level through 51 to 60. The story starts from the moment you first reach Coerthus and meet with Haurchefant, helping him out with the false inquisitor, and it doesn’t end until the final confrontation with Nidhogg. THAT is the story I claim to be more fulfilling than most RPGs in the last couple decades. Also, I’m a biased dragon lover, so that might have something to do with it.
I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the game. It was a pleasure to help you out through the Coils of Bahamut.
FF14 has a really special place in my heart. I loved the series from the moment I played the first game which would be FF2 I think. I have a little anecdote for FF14 - regarding the death day of Kentaro Miura. I literally just finished my gunbreaker unlock quest - if you don't know, in the lore gunbreakers are bodyguards, perfectly syncing up with their tank role. After I just switched to the class, someone in gridania all chat asked if a nice person can walk them to Ul Dah, because they're on a new account, but want to take part in the vigil going on in Ul Dah. So I thought, hey - I just got my bodyguard license so I am the person for this. So we walked through the world for almost 40 minutes, me protecting this low level character so they can pilgrim to a city to honor one of their favorite creators. After we arrived I switched to my DK and took part in the vigil aswell. It was a magical scenario which I will never ever be able to replicate in any other game most likely. If you read this far, thanks for your attention and - play FF14! You're not going to regret it
"There would be brothels"
So who wants to tell him.
17:37 THE NAME OF THE TROTMOBILE!
I find it funny that you brought up most of the Garleans having white hair when the circle of knowing/scions of the 7th dawn are the same.
clement i love all your retrospective videos but im sorry cant watch this one fully as i really wanna play the game and cant atm but i appreciate all the effort you poured into this video! i'll come back to it once i finally play the game, til then much love and take care my dude