That's the thing, it depends on "whom's" perspective you speak of. The world was fine until the baddie came along... But they baddies claim they were here for aeons before you, and want to 'erase' the world to reset it. Who is right or wrong?
@@dra6o0n I say it's more a matter of memory made false through nostalgia and relativism. The Ascians claim there was no conflict before the world was sundered, and yet Venat and Azem were needed as warriors. The Ancients claimed life before the Finals Days were free of sorrow and worry, when we witnessed that it wasn't absolutely perfect. The grass is always greener on the other side, or in this case, was always greener yesterday.
I mean I would say the original world was in a lot better shape than the current one especially given how easily the emotions of the people now can cause a lot more problems.
I don't think I've been as emotionally invested in a narrative as I am in FFXIV. Seeing all these storybeats in a montage with the context makes me remember so many moments when I cried tears of joy and of sorrow. Hearing the Endwalker trailer starting and Emet narrating genuinely got me to tear up all over again. It's really something special.
The best dang story Final Fantasy has ever told. Some of the best antagonists gaming has ever given us. And absolutely the most consistent quality of antagonists in most any media. And some absolutely brilliant writing. "No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth.....he shall walk." The dude with all the swords you liked has a fantastic line as well. When confronted with all the horrors he has wrought: "If my motives met with your approval, would you no longer resent the outcome? Duty...honor...morality...all constructs of convenience when put to proof. Ask any creature of this star (world) and those above for answers, and they will tell you what suits their fancy. And they would be right to do so. What meaning there is to be found in the petty vicissitudes of your existence must be gleaned by you and you alone." To get sucked in...you really just have to dive into the game itself. What can be said or shown without giving you spoilers? I will say this, going back to the A Realm Reborn trailer, the lyrics of that song that plays takes on a completely new meaning in the final expansion. It's an AMAZING story. People are frequently moved to tears while streaming it (men and women both). You'll fall in love with both the heroes and the villains. But be prepared that it won't be nonstop highs. The story really is a novel. It takes time to meet all the chief characters, learn about what makes them tick, and slowly peel back the threats you'll face together with them. And oh boy do they all grow from who they are when you meet them to who they are by the end. To quote the game itself... "Oh come now, it's been a gripping tale. Unbreakable bonds and noble sacrifice, sprinkled with moments of levity to counterbalance the pathos. It's got it all!"
Still prefer FFXI, as they put 13 years of constant plot development. But 14 was pretty good, too. Hell it even has the Hildebrand quests, which were and entire slice of life Anime included in this multiplayer game.
@@acrab6527 14 is pushing to 11 years now. They'll definitely pass XI on length of ongoing plot development, but high respect for the 11 team who even now continue to maintain and offer small events despite officially being concluded and in maintenance mode.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames If you go through the full story up to Endwalker and let the story and themes of the latest expansion really speak you'll find yourself pondering some deep questions. Meaning of life stuff.
Your comment of the Endwalker trailer feeling like the "final showdown, 3rd film in the trilogy, really bringing it home" vibe is spot-on. That's exactly what the entire Endwalker expansion was - giving us the most satisfying conclusion to an ongoing story I've personally ever seen. It truly feels like the final film of the trilogy or the final season of a long-running show. Going into it, we legitimately had no idea what to expect. The tidbit at the very end of that trailer is literally Square Enix smugly telling us "yeah we're not holding back, some of your favorite characters are prolly gonna die." Great game, great story, I beg you to play it. I treat it much more like watching a show than like playing a video game, myself. It's story-driven enough that you can get away with that.
I never watched the endwalker launch trailer to avoid spoilers so this was my first time actually seeing it. As soon as I heard the music I started to tear up. What a damn story and journey.
the final fantasy 14 story is legit the best story i've ever experienced so many laughs so many tears. " Yes. Upon your return, i will gift you a beautiful flower."
That's one thing that Final Fantasy loves to do. They do the classic light vs dark, but rarely is light pure good and dark pure evil. They both dip a little into the other side and it cleverly changes it from being white and black to shades of grey, where the villains are understandable and you can feel for them.
Referring to Zodiark and Hydaleyn as the Eldest of the Primals was a BIG drop for people in the game when the Shadowbringers trailer came out. As beforehand they were thought of as Gods that had existed since the creation of the world. Basically a Primal is a 'False God' they have immense power but they are not truly a god in the same manner most people think of what a god is. A Primal is created through a summoning ritual fueled by the faith and prayer of devotees and immense amounts of Aether(Source of Magic basically) and Crystals. Primals encountered in the game usually try to forcibly convert anyone they can into worshipping them through Tempering, which is basically magical brainwashing to put it simply. FF14 is a great tale and an epic journey.
FFXIV is an amazing game, and one that you could both play together if you're interested some day! My sister got me and my mom into playing with her 2 years ago, and we've played through the entire story together, and now we've roped in my dad as well (both parents are in their 60's, which tells you how accessible this game is to all different kinds of people), and he and my mom play together in their spare time (my mom likes tanking and my dad just started learning healing, flipping gender stereotypes in the game on their head). There is hundreds of hours of content to experience from a story that has been ongoing for 10 years now, plus countless more of side activities (treasure hunting, player-versus-player battles, casino games, racing, obstacle courses, gathering and crafting... to name a few). Plus it's updated with new story and content (along with fixes and tweaks to existing content) a few times a year, and the developers are very communicative and in-touch with the community of fans. I can't recommend it highly enough.
The music to FFXIV is amazing. Do you know La Hee? Soken is beyond another level. Especially the song he wrote from the hospital battling cancer: To the Edge.
If I were to make a suggestion: If you do NOT intend on actually playing the game I would HIGHLY recommend looking up some of the iconic in-game cutscenes to really get a feel for the emotional beats. As an aside: I only discovered your content in the last month or so but you guys are arguably my fav reaction channel on youtube. A healthy mix of watching attentively and reacting genuinely
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it’s also getting better as Game director and producer Yoshi-P is trying to make the narrative part of the game as singleplayer as possible over this expansion. Making story dungeons and trials doable with NPC instead of players
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames you can very much play through the story as a largely single player experience. If you DO play it though I think we would all heckin love to see any noteworthy reactions from you on it :P
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames You can do every dungeon with NPCs, only the trials require other players, but there’s no need for interactions with them which is nice. The story is extremely good, although it can take a while to get into. You can always try the free trial to see if you like it!
If you're interested in more gameplay, don't hesitate to give us a little reaction on the jobs skills, and if you want a little bit of fun and see which job would fit to you with a touch of humor Larryzaur is a funny dude that makes things really simple yet pretty well explained !
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it has a free trial that never expires, and your gameplay does not "stop" when you hit the max free-trial level. You simply stip earning experiance on "that" class. But your free to level up others (on the same character) and continue doing things at the limit. It simply stops further progression, does not stop access to everything you already have :)
You guys should try the free trial, it covers A Realm Reborn and Heavensward. That provides a lot of the experiences you can get before committing to buying the game. If you get into it, Endwalker wraps up the story told since ARR and people who are caught up with 6.1, which is the current patch in the expansion are basically in what can be considered FFXIV-2. It's a long narrative and great experience that I will echo all the previous comments that I read before making my own.
I have a question for you. Must you play with other people or is there a solo mode? I would be a pure noobie and I don't want to disappoint other people.
@@tabbyreed8925 The game is working towards a solo playable point in the future but right now you do have to play with other people at points. The game does have sprout icons that show you are a new player so people are very easy when they see that icon. Veteran players also help out new ones if the new players have any questions.
One thing I would recommend would probably be the Job Action trailers for 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 if you want more FFXIV content, those are trailers all about showing off the new (for the expansion) abilities that each job has, and as a bonus it will also give you each job's name. Honestly they're laid out perfectly for react content too. If nothing else, the 6.0 job action trailer is VERY long because the game is so far along in its life that player power gain has resulted in a lot of new skills.
The golf bag thing is badass, hilarious and actually has lore reasons! Garleans (the people that dude, Zenos, comes from) cannot manipulate aether (magic). That device is used to infuse magic into his swords.
@@tamalchakraborty5906 depends on his personal experience i think. FF14 can be eye opening and give some advices how to act in a social world and how to treat your dear ones, the game can spark some hope for sure.
I loved when you watch the cinematic trailers and it was interesting to see your reaction to the launch trailers. It is a nice contrast. It actually makes sense when you think the Cinematic trailers are the ones you show to new people to get their first step into the game. The launch trailers are more for the players already in the game with the lore and character build up with the twists and knowing who's voice you are listening to.
Honestly that line. "they are gods after a fashion, yes. The eldest and most powerful of PRIMALS." SPOILERS If you knew the story up to that point, that was a goddamn punch in the soul. You'd been fighting primals as these horrendous beings of great power who are summoned by and enslave mortal beings to their hunger for energy and worship; and bleed energy from the world itself. And you've been fighting these things under the protection of a being, Hydaelyn, who you are led to believe is an ACTUAL goddess who protects the world only to find that she's a primal too.
Literally everyone memes on Zenos because of his golf club sword holder lmao. Happy to see some more FF14 reactions! Would be cool if you reacted to the Endwalker Job Skill trailer, it shows off all the new abilities of all the classes in the game!
Final Fantasy XIV put a LOT of effort to make you dip in his story and mythology. Every element are very coherent with this idea and you can feel (even if you dont play the game) that developper put a lot of love in this game to make you feel like your own journey. If you decide to play it someday you'll experiment a very good story that make you feel a lot of emotion, challenge, implication in general. The story main quest is the n°1 reason that game is so popular nowaday (I played this game 1650 days for exemple and I still love it). Plus : it's a very social game with one of the best community of gamer ever, people are always sharing something, help, patient, etc etc. o/
This has been incredibly refreshing to stumble across. After seeing this and your previous XIV video, it's given me just a nice shot of serotonin. To see people who don't know jack about the series react like this? It's great. (And if you need more to get into it. there's lots of content in this game. 10 years of story babeeeeyyy.)
The story of FFXIV really pleasantly surprised me, that of FFXI seemed excellent to me and FFXIV equals it. In Endwalker the cycle that had been built since A Realm Reborn has ended on an excellent note. I think they have the next cycle well prepared and that it will not disappoint. They really impress me how they have managed to tell a great story without pulling things out of their sleeves or avoiding retcons in the vast majority of cases. As for the First is an alternative world, due to certain events the world was fragmented. The main fragment is The source, where the entire game takes place until Shadowbringer, where one of the 13 (I think it was 13) fragments is traveled to The First. For various reasons some fragments were destroyed and The First is on its way to be destroyed as well. Unless the protagonist avoids it. There are 6 other shards and some continents of the Source to visit after Endwalker, so they have content for another entire story cycle.
Endwalker had to be the best Expansion and it had to be the first time I have ever cried in a game😆, And hello you two it’s been sometime, I just saw you two were watching these and had to come see lol, But the scythe wielding character with the blue around him was the Reaper class which is my main class, Where you get a voidsent avatar being that can help you in battle or you can let it possess you to grow stronger, But anyways pardon my Excessive Edgelord rant😆
This was such a fun reaction to see! If you all come back around to more FFXIV content, you should check out the Patch trailers next! They're the inbetween content between these releases with their own respective trailers!
There's also the benchmark trailers for each expansions that shows off more of the monsters and locations and stuff, as they are little demos for pc version players to see if they can run it on their setup
Twisted Metal Black has short stories I think you both will find interesting. There’s about 12 to choose from. My favorites are Grimm, Sweet Tooth, Outlaw and Crazy 8. It’s about a man that pins criminals in a car deathmatch in able to grant one wish for the person who wins.
"I'm not really cheering for anyone, because I don't know who to cheer for; who's good and who's evil" That's the thing with Final Fantasy XIV. A lot of the "villains" are really morally gray so even once you've won you can understand where they were coming from and, especially with one in particular for me, you're still not sure if you did the right thing.
I don't comment often but really love the channel guys. Not sure what to recommend for content to watch for more 14 story other then maybe in game cutscenes but those are rather long... But was fun to watch you guys watch ff14 it's a game I really love to play and its nice to see your guys reactions to it.
FFXIV is my main game right now and has been for a while now. I'd love for you both to get into the game and play through it! I know it's a deep game and takes quite a while to actually get through it. So the cinematics work a lot better when you're actually playing through the game then you get to that point where the cinematic was released. Makes it so so much better. And Bethany saying she wants more of the story, all I can say is the brunt of the FFXIV experience is it's story. The only way to really get that is to play it or maybe watch some playthrough videos or something. When the Shadowbringers portion was over, and the Close the Distance from Endwalker started, I got chills, goosebumps, and all emotional! If anyone does play through it, people do say the base ARR content can be a slog to get through.
Thanks for the encouragement and info on FF14. It may be our first mmo we play together. Maybe a journey we playthrough that will take awhile but something new to try 🤔
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames The worse thing about it is that you'd have to pay for 2 accounts. BUT! You'll both have your own characters, your character will look however you want them to look, you can play the roles you want to play, and the best part is you'll be playing through the story together!!
If you do get into it, it is a long story that took 10 years to complete, although the first Final Fantasy XIV (1.0) story is gone but you can start at A Realm Reborn (2.0) then going through Heavenward (3.0) Stormblood (4.0) Shadowbringers (5.0) and Endwalker (6.0) the final Arc of the Zodiark and Hydaelyn story, and they are already started the next 10 year story from 6.1 but will say Shadowbringers and Endwalker are the best expansions they brought out.
I still can't believe it took me so long to try FF14 all the while being unhappy with WoW. Shadowbringers and Endwalker are both S-tier video game experiences filled with memorable protagonists and antagonists and a story that has made grown men cry. Trying to explain the story is near impossible as it is 100s of hours of gameplay to get though it all. They do exist but breakdown videos are going to be well over an hour. It might be fun to watch a video on job limit breaks or a fun job/class guide called "Basically, which job to play SHADOWBRINGERS" to see more though.
The videos on this channel are really great. If I may, I would recommend you check out (Stellaris all DLC trailers) It’s a space empire game, but the trailers are very captivating.
If you do want to try the game, you can with no monetary investment. They have a really great free trial. You get access to A Realm Reborn and Heavensward and can level every class/job from those expansions to level 60. It should give you more than enough time to see how you’d feel about the story.
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The free trial is back so you can play for free (with small limitation) up to the end of heavenward. If you stay on the free trial there is no time limit, unlike sub which will run out. So if you would like to try the game you can go at your own pace. The developers also updated a realm reborn to be played with trust npc (npc that replaces other player in dungeon.)
I understand your criticisms. The difference between FF14 and WoW is that FF14 tells the story inside the game, while WoW tells the story in more self-contained trailers and cinematics.
It’s not so much criticism as just a different presentation. These are made for the players instead of enticing people to play or learn about it. Game has such good word of mouth that it doesn’t need to entice people 🤗
Great video love this series it probably is my favorite game series and this is easily a top 3 final fantasy game. the most tear inducing game I've ever played. I'd recommend FFX to get into the series since yall like kingdom hearts and yall might recognize some characters especially one in particular :) . It has a similar vibe in the way of being thrown into something suddenly and not really knowing whats going on.
Yes, good, I was trying to think of which one to start with, 10 is probably the most newbie friendly. 10 is self contained, as you can just ignore X-2 if you want. They said they wanted to start with 7, but that's 5 games, cell phone games, books, movies, animes, and now a "remake" that is actually a different timeline sequel, sort of. Much too complicated.
I’ve been playing FFXIV since 2014. I’m mega shy and this was the 2nd mmo I ever tried and the only one to hold my attention for more than a few months (I’ve only tried 4). Even now I still log on nearly every day. I highly recommend giving the free trial a go. With it you get A Realm Reborn and Heavensward, which is the one before Stormblood. If you ever try it and find yourself on the Primal Data Center and Excalibur server, I’ll show you around.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it’s a lot of fun. the initial story of A Realm Reborn can be a bit rough to get through but it picks up after that. I’m not an mmo person either but I really enjoy this one. If you both decide to try it I hope you like it as much as I do.
It's kinda sad that quite a bit of the context and story queues were lost since it requires knowledge of the games story. Which hopefully you get a chance to play to completion since it'll give you a chance to see the full story and get connected to the characters or world. Giving more weight to the events shown in the trailer. For example. At the end of the shadowbringers trailer when it revealed that hydaelyn and zodiark were primals, this was quite the revelation since primals are a major antagonist to the warrior of light being creations of oppressed peoples in the form of their gods. These primals would then do what ever they were summoned for (mostly freeing people from oppression through violence or punishing people for slights) and essentially enslave the minds of anyone who got in their way. So this makes hydaelyn who has been leading the player up to this point seem more untrustworthy. (For anyone who is going to argue with me, this is mostly opinion, (except the explanation of primals) so please don't argue with me, however if I am wrong feel free to correct me)
Yeah, these showed more gameplay than cinematics which was cool to see, but final fantasy 14 trailers clearly are made for players and not to entice people to play as much. Word of mouth is good enough for that 😊
"Through prayer and sacrifice, the will of the Star was made manifest!" "I'm sorry, I can only assume I misheard, but it sounded an awful lot like you were implying both Zodiark and Hydaelyn are not gods." "They are gods after a fashion, yes. The eldest and most powerful... "...of Primals." It's too bad you guys don't know the story, because that was one helluva bomb he just dropped. I can't explain it properly in less than a dozen paragraphs, but that statement changed EVERYTHING to the point that when I, and most other players, heard that line, we lost. Our. Collective. Shit!
The great thing about these Launch Trailers for FFXIV is that they never really give any of the story away but can draw in people, both players of FFXIV and those who have never played FFXIV.
Usually yes, but the nature of Zodiark and Hydaelyn reveal in the Shadowbringers launch trailer was ... a pretty big spoiler. I'm glad I finished ShB before seeing that trailer. I'm genuinely surprised they did that, I would have thought they would have cut it off after Thancred's interrupted line for a teaser.
Since you guys want more story, you should search and react to videos of players going through the story itself, and also react to the boss fights linked to the story too! Here's the a realm reborn story complete video. There's voiced and non voiced cinematics, but the story is very engaging non the less. Once you get used to the non voiced part you'll be hooked. ua-cam.com/video/ZgJoaZfnpkQ/v-deo.html You can even read the non voiced parts out loud as if you're the characters themselves, it becomes more fun this way.
Watching this at work on lunch and co-workers are wondering why I'm rubbing away goosebumps and trying not to randomly cry infront of them. 🙃 Such is the impact of FFXIV's story. 😭
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames been plating since 1.0 (with a few breaks in between to avoid burnout). Soooooooo many memories tied to it, and its so impactfull the effects stay with you beyond the game. Want to find out how many people in a room are FFXIV players? Randomly play "Answers" over the speakers and count the number of people who start whyping their eyes or rubbing away goosebumps 😳 😭
I'm glad you liked this! I hope you will try it. After all, the first two YEARS of game content is free. Cant beat that price. Just be warned, the first chapter, A Realm Reborn, is the slowest part of the game. If you do decide to play, remember this: Ignore side quests. You don't need them. They just make the game more sluggish. Just stick with the main story. =]
It's difficult to get context from these videos because there's just SO much story. For example, the reveal (long suspected by the fandom) that Zodiark and Hydaelyn were primals was a really big deal, if you know the story. Seeing Y'shtola getting cut in half by Zenos in the Stormblood trailer and not knowing if she was getting killed off, and pretty much EVERYTHING in Endwalker's trailer, after year and years of the story building towards it. The launch trailers are mostly made for fans of the series, I think. While the cinematic trailers are made for both fans, and to pique the interest of people unfamiliar with the series to draw it in by rule of cool. Zenos carried around multiple blades because he's SO strong that the swords just don't last. His strikes are so powerful that the swords break all the time, so he carries around multiple replacement blades that he can attach to his hilt and keep fighting when the first blade breaks.
Dammit, the music that plays for Endwalker with that singing makes me well up..as i said, i, among many others have played this since its beginning, and to see this chapter finally come to an end after 8 years, it was sad IMO lol.
So, the important bit to understand is that Endwalker really does wrap up essentially all of the story that started with A Realm Reborn. You can think of it as the final book in an epic series like Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time. Additionally Square Enix has only gotten better at telling their story over the years, so while A Realm Reborn definitely has a few places that hit pretty hard emotionally, by the time you get to Endwalker it's on a whole new level. While a game like World of Warcraft can fairly accurately be called a Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game, in many ways FFXIV is better though of as a Role Playing Game that also happens to be Massively Multiplayer. WoW and most other MMOs start from the point of designing game systems, and then coming up with a story to justify your character and others being there and doing those things. FFXIV on the other hand is first and foremost a narrative driven game. The story is created, and then your character and others are placed into it. Ultimately this means that while a game like WoW is best thought of in terms of the gaming elements that comprise it (things like Dungeons, Raids, PvP, the talent and skill system), FFXIV is best considered from the standpoint of the story it tells. The game systems are there and they are fun, but the story is really the glue that holds the whole thing together and without it it's unlikely anyone would bother playing FFXIV. A Realm Reborn was essentially a rewrite of the original game, and at the time Square Enix wasn't even sure if the game would survive, so it was kind of rushed writing wise. The story is OK, but execution is only so so, and it has a few plot holes or things that later get retconned away. Pacing wise it's alright, but it's the introduction to the world and characters so it's mostly a lot of short stand alone pieces about various characters and places and how they all fit together. It's a fairly solid base to build from, but nothing ground breaking. Heavensward was the first expansion and I think the point at which Square was confident the game wasn't just going to die so they put more work into the story and world building and it definitely shows. Heavensward is considered by most people to be one of the best expansions and has an amazing story. It introduces many characters that even today are still fan favorites, and has some very moving moments in it. Stormblood was Squares attempt to dial up their narrative to the next level, but sadly it kind of backfired. The story is OK, a lot of important events happen and it's essentially the midpoint of the story. Unfortunately it suffers from Square not quite getting the balance between narrative and gameplay right, with many of the quests and cutscenes feeling like they drag out longer than they should. There are few if any really moving moments emotionally. It's a very important expansion to set the stage for later expansions, but on its own isn't terribly fulfilling. It's a bit of a slog, but worth it mostly to get to the following expansions. Shadowbringer is really the first part of the two part culmination of the story. It's got a lot of very emotional points, and the plot is full of lots of interesting twists and turns. Pacing wise it's pretty much perfect with only a few parts that get a little bogged down here and there. There's really hardly anything negative to say about this expansion, it's Square at the top of their game, and it's such an amazing feat of story telling via the medium of games. Finally we come back to Endwalker, which gathers up nearly every thread of the previous four parts and ties them all off in a truly spectacular and moving experience. While there were many mysteries slowly teased out and revealed over the course of the previous expansions, this one ties them all together and answers nearly every question that was still left. By the time you reach the end you understand the entire plot, everything that happened, and how it all fit together. From this point on, Square is free to start a brand new great arc for your character, and they've only just begun to tease out what the new story arc is going to be. Lastly I just want to say, that much like Marvel, the writers of FFXIV are at their best when writing the villains. Nearly every one of them is a complex character with understandable if not exactly agreeable motivations for what they do. To paraphrase a bit "everyone is the hero in their own story", and that applies to the villains in FFXIV as well. From their perspective they're doing the right thing, either out of ignorance or desperation, but rarely out of pure malice. It makes for some very compelling story as these aren't simple mustache twirling villains that you can dismiss as "the bad guys". There are even several points where you question if your character is actually doing the right thing, or if your making things worse. It's going to be very interesting to see where the writers taking things from here, because after the events of Endwalker it's almost a blank slate story wise. They seem to have picked up one of the very minor loose threads that wasn't addressed yet and are seeing where that goes, but it's unclear what they're going to do with that yet.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames If you do decide to play, I'd say you should keep two things in mind. First, the story is the main point of the game and as such you shouldn't rush through it. You have the option for example to skip cutscenes and that's pretty much always a mistake, take your time and enjoy it. That said, while there are many interesting and even in a few cases hilarious side quests you can do (most famously the Hildebrand side quests), your time is probably best spent ignoring the side quests at first and just playing the main story quest (the main story quests are marked with special quest markers that look a bit like a gold fireball). Doing that, your job specific quests, and the few required side quests will get you more than enough XP to reach max level and should keep you always ahead of the required level to progress the story. Secondly, as youtubers, you will almost certainly want to at a minimum setup to record your play sessions. Watching people react to the heavy hitting points in the FFXIV story, or sometimes just die to funny mechanics in some of the dungeons is some very popular content on youtube. For a sample of such content you can check out "LuLu's FFXIV Stream Highlights" on The Fashionista channel. Finally, if you do decide to play and you eventually get to the point in the story where you need to run a dungeon (typically around level 12 to 15 if I recall), it might be a good idea to check out JoCat's "A Crap Guide to FFXIV" series. There's three videos in the series (one for tanks, healers, and DPS), and all three are packed with useful info. Honestly even if you don't decide to play it might be worth watching them, they're hilarious even if you know almost nothing about FFXIV, and doubly so if you actually do.
I'd love to see you 2 play this game and maybe stream your journey through the story together. There is a channel called grinding gears where 2 friends are playing and streaming their in game journey. They've stated that playing to together has enhanced their experience and especially the support that they gotten from the community. Oh as an interesting side note all the in game jobs has their own stories that's made for that specific job. And all jobs can be played on the same character. So there is no need to make alt characters. Since this game was designed to be more of a RPG-mmo instead of a mmo-rpg. The story and characters are major focus. So you two story lovers will enjoy the it!
If you're looking for more lore explanation, I'd give Jesse Cox's pair of lore videos a look. FFXIV Lore For Beginners, Hydaelyn's History, and Astral vs Umbral.
Due to my budget situation I’ve only played the free trial of Final Fantasy 14 (which includes A Realm Reborn and Heavensward) and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I still have things I can do for free (like level up some jobs) but I’m eagerly awaiting the time I can play the entire story.
FFXIV has been the best piece of media i've ever consumed. I enjoy it more than any book i've read and more than any show or movie i've ever watched, and enjoy it more than any game i've ever played before. SE did a masterpiece job with this game at every point.
If y'all don't already you should play final fantasy 14 together. It's free up until you finish the second expansion so you have a ton of time to decide if you wanna keep going. The story is amazing
Ffxiv really is a fantastic story you can’t get anywhere else. It has its fans for a reason. But, y’know, the game takes a hundred hours to catch up to. So it’s makes sense it’s not easy for people to get into. FF16 is on the horizon and looks like a fun change to the franchise!
Something for Bethany (and good react content too): Hydaelyn's History | FFXIV Lore For Beginners by Jesse Cox is an amazing intro to the world proper. It's not a plot summary but explains how the world works in broad strokes. Given the post-reaction discussion I feel like you two would really like the story for what it says and stands for. I've played 4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,15 and the associated sequels and spinoffs; Final Fantasy is by far my favorite franchise and 10 used to be my favorite game ever but 14, 14 is different. With Shadowbringers and Endwalker, the game really just took off and left the others in the dust. Best cast of protagonists, best villains, worldbuiling, lore, and gameplay weaved into the narrative too. The level of artistry is incredible. If anyone likes Final Fantasy and is on the fence about 14 like I was all those years ago, just brace yourself for the rough start and get ready for the biggest payoff the series put together.
Thanks so much for the video recommendation as well as giving your thoughts on the game. We’ve also been told 10 is a good one to check out and get into the franchise with 🙂
LOL we literally call Zenos yae Galvus sword bag a gulf club bag. Endwalker had me in tears most the game and I'm not the crying type. The lore on FFXIV is crazy if you want a story look no further its really deep.
These Launch trailers are great but mainly focused on the players since they show some upcoming story parts as well as some bombshell revelations that u'd only understand in the contect. And l think this is the ideal game to play together at your own pace, know multible couples who have been tackling the game together and its always heartwarming to watch.(Look up Cobrak for a example)
I HIGHLY recommend reacting to the character trailers for Killer Instinct for Fight-Night-Fridays, if you haven't planned already. They go into a bit of each characters story a bit and are just so full of energy and hype.
I'm certain you two would love the actual game were you to play it. The story is so good, yes it has some slow points and there can be some cringe though the majority of the story is so good and so many people get invested in to to the point where even a side character that's only gotten a little screen time can have a big impact on both player and the story. The leveling system isn't grindy like with other games as it has so many options for getting exp to level. And I can not talk about the good points of this game without mentioning the incredible community of players. The support players give each other is incredible and so heartwarming, and the moments when the community come together for things are amazing to see. Like the time when an important real world figure passes away and people across servers come together to do a tribute to that person. The community of Final fantasy XIV is one I'm proud to be part of and welcome all to join even if only for the free trial. You really won't regret dipping your toes into the FFXIV pool.
If you guys never play this game (which is fine lol) ...at least do one more trip and check out "the final walk".....which is one heavy tearful walk lol.... but it'll be interesting seeing it from a different perspective....?
Yeah, that's the thing about the trailers both Cinematic and Launch when it comes to FFXIV, they definitely require context to understand (sans Stormblood's cinematic) otherwise it's just "Oh, that looks cool." A Realm Reborn doesn't suffer this because it's the relaunch of the series even with the inclusion of "End of an Era" because the storytelling was so well done and obvious to newcomers. 1.0 gives some context but they do a really good job of having it separated just enough to not have needed to play it in the past and of course they bring you up to speed on all of the important things if you actually do play ARR.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames It honestly depends on the person! Anyone that wants to just blast through it and skips everything? Definitely a grind. Want to know the story? Take your time, read the dialogue, don't worry about getting to end game, it's not going anywhere. The devs have gone back and cut out a lot of unimportant things and while it's not perfect, the pacing is still way better than it used to be. Many of the complaints came from the quests between end of ARR leading up to Heavensward which has been heavily streamlined.
hi there in this vid you mention wanting to check out final fantasy 7 theres a movie called final fantasy 7 children of the advent which has in its bonus features a full story thing similar to the devil may cry story vids you did i would highly suggest watching that and then watching advent children and then the final fantasy 7 crisis core game which hands down has my faveiot seferoth fight scene ever (the ending to crisis core is a real tear jerker) and then finally could we see you guys play the final fantasy 7 remake.The reason i suggest watching these in this order is that the final fantasy remake is a remake but at the same time.....not a remake youll see what i mean when you get round to playing it. as always really enjoying the channel
Shadowbringers is definitely the best in the Hydyaelyn/Zodiark storyline -- in my opinion, anyway. That expansion just takes all the emotion you've experienced up to that point and increases it ten-fold -- it was amazing!
for more things to react to in order to get more interested, maybe try reacting to some more of the promotional videos? there's a warrior training one that's pretty cute for shadowbringers with tom holland in it (who apparently actually plays the game!), a few free trial commercials with amazing cosplayers in it, some anime style videos, the music video for sia's fly me to the moon cover for endwalker, etc. for story specifically.... maybe check out Bellular Gaming. he's done a lot of reviews on ffxiv broken up by expansions, look for his thoughts on A Realm Reborn, that's the beginning of the story. you could also try checking out Mad Because Small by Cider Spider, though that's a series of joke videos so it's not going to go in depth about the canon story, you mostly just get hints about the story through some of the jokes. a really popular 3 part video series i'd also recommend (but is really long) is NoClip's FFXIV Documentary
I lately saw your warframe reactions and wanted to ask if you two could react to the new trailer from the Angels of the Zariman Update? I really like the trailer. ^^
16:05 without spoiling anything really, the game always reminds the player that "Redemption isn't beyond anyone, that hope is everlasting" I think this comes from the fact that 1.0 was a travesty, an absolute dumpster fire for lack of better terminology. Regardless, they have redeemed themselves, many times over and they never lost the hope to go on - in large thanks to the current lead developer Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P). It's definitely worth looking into more, I'm sure you'd both love the story.
Hey guys, it's me again, Edwin. I want to recommend another UA-camr by the name of "Skipx". I found (in my opinion) the best summary of Final Fantasy 14 done by this guy. Here's the link to it ua-cam.com/video/nkJCFz-hGgc/v-deo.html . I recommend doing a reaction to it in short 15-30 minutes, that way you guys have a good few video uploads. It's an hour and thirty-four minutes long. It's really good. (imo) It doesn't no include the current expansion but I think it'll quench your thirst. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of details (context about characters and situations happening) you'll want to know about it as you watch this. This is really a close to a quick summary of the story up to the end of 'Shadow Bringers'. There will be a lot of moments in the video you'll recognize from the trailers you've seen in the past.
Kinda hard to understand anything without the context sadly^^. Endwalker finishes the story that was told since 2013 when the game relaunched as ARR. And its quite a ride. Its an MMORPG but with heavy and main focus on story and the story itself is very well told, not like other games in this genre (looks at World of Pepegacraft)
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I strongly recommend trying out FFXIV or WoW. Though, FFXIV offers hundreds of hours of free gameplay through their trial. WoW doesn't offer as much on their trial unfortunately.
If you guys have a few hundred hours to spare, I highly recommend this game. lol It's a huge investment, I know, but it's probably the best story in video games ever told. I started playing some 6 years ago, and while the start (and by start I mean 40 hours or so) was slow, getting through that barrier, I absolutely fell in love with FFXIV.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames SE recently did A LOT of work to make those first 40 hours easier, and in the long run they're totally worth it and required if you want to get invested. It is a definite must play, Endwalker alone was the best game I've ever played.
hi loved the reaction and im curious to know of what would you think of Dissidia Final Fantasy game trailer. since its really one of my favorite games of final fantasy. For those that don't know this game in particular is something like isekai in anime, the heroes and villains that appear in this game are from the diferent final fantasy "worlds" for example cloud and sephiroth are from final fantasy seven and are both summons by to opposing gods from a different world along others from diferente Final Fantasy to fight the opposing gods champions to determine a victor for the gods since they are Botha on equal terms of strength they decided to fight this way. and much more. In short would love it if you could react to his game trailer and not sure if you could play it on ps4 nor xbox. unless you have a old psp wich is my case.
You’re asking a lot of story to be wrapped up in a small video which is tough. However, if you did it by series, Comicstorian has a great series that sums up the story broken up by each expansion. They’re about 15 minutes each, but other than watching a 2 hour story summary, it might be the best way to do it.
I don't want to be mean , but as I alluded to you in the cinematic trailers comment section , these trailers are not really meant for you as a random person off the street per say , they are not intended to be like movie trailer coming to a theater near you or even a preview of a streaming service show , they are meant for fans and players looking forward to next expansion looking to get a taste of what's to come and general plot beats . If it seems rather incomprehensible to you, I would suspect it would be , between each of these expansions is about five patches with several hours of story spread out over the course of about a year or so , that further the story and lead to the next expansion, and this how FFXIV has narratively and developmentally progressed. You just went over about 4 or 5 years of story content , so no you probably won't get it or understand anything , be like skipping large sections of a long running tv show , you can't understand why characters are in certain situations or why they are reacting to certain people like they completely hate their guts . If you really want to understand FFXIV , you really need to play the game .
Yup. We remember that from the cinematics. And these did a better job of pulling in the uninitiated as it showed some gameplay so we are still glad to have checked them out. But this is a game we will just have to play to understand 🙂
It's really hard to like put the story of FFXIV into a trailer because it's so epic. Like saying Lord of the Rings is about a group of adventurers walking to a mountain. Not wrong, but still so wrong. I think it's really ironic that World of Warcraft cinematics do such a better job telling a story than FFXIV ones do, when the game World of Warcraft is centered around the world and exploration, wehreas FFXIV trailers show you this pretty world to explore, but the game itself is a living breathing story.
"You can't create a world full of sorrow though."
First watch and SHE CRACKED THE ENTIRE EXPANSION'S PLOT.
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That's the thing, it depends on "whom's" perspective you speak of.
The world was fine until the baddie came along... But they baddies claim they were here for aeons before you, and want to 'erase' the world to reset it.
Who is right or wrong?
@@dra6o0n I say it's more a matter of memory made false through nostalgia and relativism. The Ascians claim there was no conflict before the world was sundered, and yet Venat and Azem were needed as warriors. The Ancients claimed life before the Finals Days were free of sorrow and worry, when we witnessed that it wasn't absolutely perfect. The grass is always greener on the other side, or in this case, was always greener yesterday.
I mean I would say the original world was in a lot better shape than the current one especially given how easily the emotions of the people now can cause a lot more problems.
I don't think I've been as emotionally invested in a narrative as I am in FFXIV. Seeing all these storybeats in a montage with the context makes me remember so many moments when I cried tears of joy and of sorrow. Hearing the Endwalker trailer starting and Emet narrating genuinely got me to tear up all over again. It's really something special.
I understand you man
I love 5he storie
Saaaaame
I literally had to like. . . Digest the end of endwalker because it felt like a part of me was ending.
When the trailer started and then sing "Whispers falling silently, drift on the wind", I already shed a tear and said "aw f**k, here we go again"
The best dang story Final Fantasy has ever told.
Some of the best antagonists gaming has ever given us.
And absolutely the most consistent quality of antagonists in most any media.
And some absolutely brilliant writing.
"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth.....he shall walk."
The dude with all the swords you liked has a fantastic line as well. When confronted with all the horrors he has wrought:
"If my motives met with your approval, would you no longer resent the outcome? Duty...honor...morality...all constructs of convenience when put to proof. Ask any creature of this star (world) and those above for answers, and they will tell you what suits their fancy. And they would be right to do so. What meaning there is to be found in the petty vicissitudes of your existence must be gleaned by you and you alone."
To get sucked in...you really just have to dive into the game itself. What can be said or shown without giving you spoilers?
I will say this, going back to the A Realm Reborn trailer, the lyrics of that song that plays takes on a completely new meaning in the final expansion. It's an AMAZING story. People are frequently moved to tears while streaming it (men and women both). You'll fall in love with both the heroes and the villains. But be prepared that it won't be nonstop highs. The story really is a novel. It takes time to meet all the chief characters, learn about what makes them tick, and slowly peel back the threats you'll face together with them. And oh boy do they all grow from who they are when you meet them to who they are by the end.
To quote the game itself... "Oh come now, it's been a gripping tale. Unbreakable bonds and noble sacrifice, sprinkled with moments of levity to counterbalance the pathos. It's got it all!"
This is why i love this game so much, and it has been my main game since a while now! ♥
Still prefer FFXI, as they put 13 years of constant plot development. But 14 was pretty good, too. Hell it even has the Hildebrand quests, which were and entire slice of life Anime included in this multiplayer game.
@@acrab6527 14 is pushing to 11 years now. They'll definitely pass XI on length of ongoing plot development, but high respect for the 11 team who even now continue to maintain and offer small events despite officially being concluded and in maintenance mode.
Well said ☺️😊😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames If you go through the full story up to Endwalker and let the story and themes of the latest expansion really speak you'll find yourself pondering some deep questions. Meaning of life stuff.
Your comment of the Endwalker trailer feeling like the "final showdown, 3rd film in the trilogy, really bringing it home" vibe is spot-on. That's exactly what the entire Endwalker expansion was - giving us the most satisfying conclusion to an ongoing story I've personally ever seen. It truly feels like the final film of the trilogy or the final season of a long-running show.
Going into it, we legitimately had no idea what to expect. The tidbit at the very end of that trailer is literally Square Enix smugly telling us "yeah we're not holding back, some of your favorite characters are prolly gonna die."
Great game, great story, I beg you to play it. I treat it much more like watching a show than like playing a video game, myself. It's story-driven enough that you can get away with that.
I never watched the endwalker launch trailer to avoid spoilers so this was my first time actually seeing it. As soon as I heard the music I started to tear up. What a damn story and journey.
Glad you watched it with us 😊
I tear up everytime I hear that Endwalker song "Close the Distance".
The lyrics hit so hard for us who've played ffxiv since 2010 😭😭
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the final fantasy 14 story is legit the best story i've ever experienced so many laughs so many tears. " Yes. Upon your return, i will gift you a beautiful flower."
That scene, along with 5.3s ending will forever make me tear up.
Just reading that pulled a heartstring. For those that have played it through, there is The Walk, to stomp all over your feels yet again...
That's one thing that Final Fantasy loves to do. They do the classic light vs dark, but rarely is light pure good and dark pure evil. They both dip a little into the other side and it cleverly changes it from being white and black to shades of grey, where the villains are understandable and you can feel for them.
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Referring to Zodiark and Hydaleyn as the Eldest of the Primals was a BIG drop for people in the game when the Shadowbringers trailer came out. As beforehand they were thought of as Gods that had existed since the creation of the world.
Basically a Primal is a 'False God' they have immense power but they are not truly a god in the same manner most people think of what a god is. A Primal is created through a summoning ritual fueled by the faith and prayer of devotees and immense amounts of Aether(Source of Magic basically) and Crystals. Primals encountered in the game usually try to forcibly convert anyone they can into worshipping them through Tempering, which is basically magical brainwashing to put it simply.
FF14 is a great tale and an epic journey.
Thanks for letting us know about Primals some more 🙂
You should put a tw: spoiler
@@axm8503 well the whole thing is a spoiler.
@@selpharessecret3899 yes so thats why he could put a tw at the beginning of his message
The Endwalker trailer hits really hard if you've been playing the game and know the characters involved.
That’s what we’ve been hearing from people ☺️
FFXIV is an amazing game, and one that you could both play together if you're interested some day! My sister got me and my mom into playing with her 2 years ago, and we've played through the entire story together, and now we've roped in my dad as well (both parents are in their 60's, which tells you how accessible this game is to all different kinds of people), and he and my mom play together in their spare time (my mom likes tanking and my dad just started learning healing, flipping gender stereotypes in the game on their head). There is hundreds of hours of content to experience from a story that has been ongoing for 10 years now, plus countless more of side activities (treasure hunting, player-versus-player battles, casino games, racing, obstacle courses, gathering and crafting... to name a few). Plus it's updated with new story and content (along with fixes and tweaks to existing content) a few times a year, and the developers are very communicative and in-touch with the community of fans. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Appreciate the review of the game and that’s cool that your whole family got into it 😀
The music to FFXIV is amazing. Do you know La Hee?
Soken is beyond another level. Especially the song he wrote from the hospital battling cancer: To the Edge.
In the Balance is the new alliance raid final boss music.
Banger!
Not familiar with La Hee 🤔
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Would recommend you react to Soken La Hee ffxiv fanfest😁
If I were to make a suggestion: If you do NOT intend on actually playing the game I would HIGHLY recommend looking up some of the iconic in-game cutscenes to really get a feel for the emotional beats.
As an aside: I only discovered your content in the last month or so but you guys are arguably my fav reaction channel on youtube. A healthy mix of watching attentively and reacting genuinely
Well, it will be hard to have any decent connection to some cutscenes when u dont know whats going on actually
Thanks so much for the kind words! We may end up playing this game as we’ve heard it’s one of the more single player friendly games in the mmo space 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it’s also getting better as Game director and producer Yoshi-P is trying to make the narrative part of the game as singleplayer as possible over this expansion. Making story dungeons and trials doable with NPC instead of players
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames you can very much play through the story as a largely single player experience. If you DO play it though I think we would all heckin love to see any noteworthy reactions from you on it :P
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You can do every dungeon with NPCs, only the trials require other players, but there’s no need for interactions with them which is nice. The story is extremely good, although it can take a while to get into. You can always try the free trial to see if you like it!
If you're interested in more gameplay, don't hesitate to give us a little reaction on the jobs skills, and if you want a little bit of fun and see which job would fit to you with a touch of humor Larryzaur is a funny dude that makes things really simple yet pretty well explained !
Thanks for the channel rec!
This is seriously one of the best FF ever made, I highly recommend y’all to start this journey!
We may end up checking it out 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it has a free trial that never expires, and your gameplay does not "stop" when you hit the max free-trial level. You simply stip earning experiance on "that" class. But your free to level up others (on the same character) and continue doing things at the limit. It simply stops further progression, does not stop access to everything you already have :)
You guys should try the free trial, it covers A Realm Reborn and Heavensward. That provides a lot of the experiences you can get before committing to buying the game. If you get into it, Endwalker wraps up the story told since ARR and people who are caught up with 6.1, which is the current patch in the expansion are basically in what can be considered FFXIV-2. It's a long narrative and great experience that I will echo all the previous comments that I read before making my own.
It seems like a really welcoming community as well which is nice 🙂
I have a question for you. Must you play with other people or is there a solo mode? I would be a pure noobie and I don't want to disappoint other people.
@@tabbyreed8925 The game is working towards a solo playable point in the future but right now you do have to play with other people at points. The game does have sprout icons that show you are a new player so people are very easy when they see that icon. Veteran players also help out new ones if the new players have any questions.
@@YahikoTendo Thank you.
@@tabbyreed8925 Yep I hope that helps.
One thing I would recommend would probably be the Job Action trailers for 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 if you want more FFXIV content, those are trailers all about showing off the new (for the expansion) abilities that each job has, and as a bonus it will also give you each job's name. Honestly they're laid out perfectly for react content too.
If nothing else, the 6.0 job action trailer is VERY long because the game is so far along in its life that player power gain has resulted in a lot of new skills.
Thanks for the vid rec for more Ff14 content 🙂
Holy shit, I never fully watched the Shadowbringers one and that end to the cinematic was a twist for me.
The golf bag thing is badass, hilarious and actually has lore reasons! Garleans (the people that dude, Zenos, comes from) cannot manipulate aether (magic). That device is used to infuse magic into his swords.
That’s fantastic that they gave it lore reasons 😀
FF XIV is just pure love and back then it saved my life. I am playing that game for over 1 decade now.
how did it save ur life???
@@tamalchakraborty5906 depends on his personal experience i think. FF14 can be eye opening and give some advices how to act in a social world and how to treat your dear ones, the game can spark some hope for sure.
@@semiramisubw4864 then god of war ruined my life.....i keep punching people and having rage fits for no reason XD
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I loved when you watch the cinematic trailers and it was interesting to see your reaction to the launch trailers. It is a nice contrast. It actually makes sense when you think the Cinematic trailers are the ones you show to new people to get their first step into the game. The launch trailers are more for the players already in the game with the lore and character build up with the twists and knowing who's voice you are listening to.
We enjoyed seeing some gameplay in these 🤩
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I hope you watch the job action trailers to really see the gameplah and how it evolved as the series continues to grow.
Honestly that line. "they are gods after a fashion, yes. The eldest and most powerful of PRIMALS."
SPOILERS
If you knew the story up to that point, that was a goddamn punch in the soul.
You'd been fighting primals as these horrendous beings of great power who are summoned by and enslave mortal beings to their hunger for energy and worship; and bleed energy from the world itself.
And you've been fighting these things under the protection of a being, Hydaelyn, who you are led to believe is an ACTUAL goddess who protects the world only to find that she's a primal too.
One thing I have to say: .... YES YES YES
Yeah the cinematics are cool but don't make any sense without the context that you can only really get by playing the game.
They already did.
the watched the cg intros some time ago.
they have.
Saw those here ua-cam.com/video/FYgY8qExX1U/v-deo.html 🙂
The moment endwalker's started and I heard that song
I received emotional damage
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Literally everyone memes on Zenos because of his golf club sword holder lmao. Happy to see some more FF14 reactions! Would be cool if you reacted to the Endwalker Job Skill trailer, it shows off all the new abilities of all the classes in the game!
I second this, it's my usual go to when brainwashing-I mean encouraging people to play.
Thanks for the vid rec for some more ff14 content 🙂
Final Fantasy XIV put a LOT of effort to make you dip in his story and mythology. Every element are very coherent with this idea and you can feel (even if you dont play the game) that developper put a lot of love in this game to make you feel like your own journey.
If you decide to play it someday you'll experiment a very good story that make you feel a lot of emotion, challenge, implication in general. The story main quest is the n°1 reason that game is so popular nowaday (I played this game 1650 days for exemple and I still love it).
Plus : it's a very social game with one of the best community of gamer ever, people are always sharing something, help, patient, etc etc. o/
and the most recent patch made it even more single-player friendly as well.
@@xenomemphate I confirm o/
Thanks for your quick review of the game and rec to play it 😊
This has been incredibly refreshing to stumble across. After seeing this and your previous XIV video, it's given me just a nice shot of serotonin. To see people who don't know jack about the series react like this? It's great.
(And if you need more to get into it. there's lots of content in this game. 10 years of story babeeeeyyy.)
We definitely want to check out more and may be brave enough to even play it at some point 🙂
The story of FFXIV really pleasantly surprised me, that of FFXI seemed excellent to me and FFXIV equals it. In Endwalker the cycle that had been built since A Realm Reborn has ended on an excellent note.
I think they have the next cycle well prepared and that it will not disappoint. They really impress me how they have managed to tell a great story without pulling things out of their sleeves or avoiding retcons in the vast majority of cases.
As for the First is an alternative world, due to certain events the world was fragmented. The main fragment is The source, where the entire game takes place until Shadowbringer, where one of the 13 (I think it was 13) fragments is traveled to The First. For various reasons some fragments were destroyed and The First is on its way to be destroyed as well. Unless the protagonist avoids it.
There are 6 other shards and some continents of the Source to visit after Endwalker, so they have content for another entire story cycle.
Thanks for giving us some story info 🙂
Endwalker had to be the best Expansion and it had to be the first time I have ever cried in a game😆, And hello you two it’s been sometime, I just saw you two were watching these and had to come see lol, But the scythe wielding character with the blue around him was the Reaper class which is my main class, Where you get a voidsent avatar being that can help you in battle or you can let it possess you to grow stronger, But anyways pardon my Excessive Edgelord rant😆
Haha, no need to apologize 😜 glad you stopped by to check out the vid. Hopefully we will see more of you in the future 🙂
This was such a fun reaction to see! If you all come back around to more FFXIV content, you should check out the Patch trailers next! They're the inbetween content between these releases with their own respective trailers!
We may check out some job trailers or videos about which job suits you. Or something to that effect can’t remember name off top of my head 😂
There's also the benchmark trailers for each expansions that shows off more of the monsters and locations and stuff, as they are little demos for pc version players to see if they can run it on their setup
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watching you guys react to teh stormblood trailer, made me realize how old that theme is. really forgot.
Twisted Metal Black has short stories I think you both will find interesting.
There’s about 12 to choose from. My favorites are Grimm, Sweet Tooth, Outlaw and Crazy 8. It’s about a man that pins criminals in a car deathmatch in able to grant one wish for the person who wins.
Thanks for letting us know! We had it on our list and had heard about Twisted Metal but didn’t know what it was about 🙂
"I'm not really cheering for anyone, because I don't know who to cheer for; who's good and who's evil"
That's the thing with Final Fantasy XIV. A lot of the "villains" are really morally gray so even once you've won you can understand where they were coming from and, especially with one in particular for me, you're still not sure if you did the right thing.
Makes for a more interesting story 🙂
I don't comment often but really love the channel guys. Not sure what to recommend for content to watch for more 14 story other then maybe in game cutscenes but those are rather long... But was fun to watch you guys watch ff14 it's a game I really love to play and its nice to see your guys reactions to it.
Thanks so much! 😊🤗
FFXIV is my main game right now and has been for a while now. I'd love for you both to get into the game and play through it! I know it's a deep game and takes quite a while to actually get through it.
So the cinematics work a lot better when you're actually playing through the game then you get to that point where the cinematic was released. Makes it so so much better. And Bethany saying she wants more of the story, all I can say is the brunt of the FFXIV experience is it's story. The only way to really get that is to play it or maybe watch some playthrough videos or something.
When the Shadowbringers portion was over, and the Close the Distance from Endwalker started, I got chills, goosebumps, and all emotional! If anyone does play through it, people do say the base ARR content can be a slog to get through.
Thanks for the encouragement and info on FF14. It may be our first mmo we play together. Maybe a journey we playthrough that will take awhile but something new to try 🤔
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames The worse thing about it is that you'd have to pay for 2 accounts. BUT! You'll both have your own characters, your character will look however you want them to look, you can play the roles you want to play, and the best part is you'll be playing through the story together!!
If you do get into it, it is a long story that took 10 years to complete, although the first Final Fantasy XIV (1.0) story is gone but you can start at A Realm Reborn (2.0) then going through Heavenward (3.0) Stormblood (4.0) Shadowbringers (5.0) and Endwalker (6.0) the final Arc of the Zodiark and Hydaelyn story, and they are already started the next 10 year story from 6.1 but will say Shadowbringers and Endwalker are the best expansions they brought out.
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I still can't believe it took me so long to try FF14 all the while being unhappy with WoW. Shadowbringers and Endwalker are both S-tier video game experiences filled with memorable protagonists and antagonists and a story that has made grown men cry.
Trying to explain the story is near impossible as it is 100s of hours of gameplay to get though it all. They do exist but breakdown videos are going to be well over an hour. It might be fun to watch a video on job limit breaks or a fun job/class guide called "Basically, which job to play SHADOWBRINGERS" to see more though.
The job play videos might be our next stop with Final Fantasy 14. Something that might get us hooked into wanting to play this 🙂
The videos on this channel are really great. If I may, I would recommend you check out
(Stellaris all DLC trailers)
It’s a space empire game, but the trailers are very captivating.
Plan to check those out at some point 🙂 Glad you are enjoying the videos 🥳🥳
If you do want to try the game, you can with no monetary investment. They have a really great free trial. You get access to A Realm Reborn and Heavensward and can level every class/job from those expansions to level 60.
It should give you more than enough time to see how you’d feel about the story.
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Always love your start 🤣 👍👍 can’t wait to see the wild card tomorrow
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The free trial is back so you can play for free (with small limitation) up to the end of heavenward. If you stay on the free trial there is no time limit, unlike sub which will run out. So if you would like to try the game you can go at your own pace. The developers also updated a realm reborn to be played with trust npc (npc that replaces other player in dungeon.)
Oh nice. So they made it more single player friendly it seems 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yes, for now it is only a realm reborn. the other expansion will also get the same treatment.
If you want to dive into FF14 story you just gotta play it. There’s no way to properly experience the story than as it was intended
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I understand your criticisms. The difference between FF14 and WoW is that FF14 tells the story inside the game, while WoW tells the story in more self-contained trailers and cinematics.
It’s not so much criticism as just a different presentation. These are made for the players instead of enticing people to play or learn about it. Game has such good word of mouth that it doesn’t need to entice people 🤗
Great video love this series it probably is my favorite game series and this is easily a top 3 final fantasy game. the most tear inducing game I've ever played.
I'd recommend FFX to get into the series since yall like kingdom hearts and yall might recognize some characters especially one in particular :) . It has a similar vibe in the way of being thrown into something suddenly and not really knowing whats going on.
Yes, good, I was trying to think of which one to start with, 10 is probably the most newbie friendly. 10 is self contained, as you can just ignore X-2 if you want.
They said they wanted to start with 7, but that's 5 games, cell phone games, books, movies, animes, and now a "remake" that is actually a different timeline sequel, sort of. Much too complicated.
@@acrab6527if you can ignore X-2 then you can just ignore everything that isn't orignal ff7 👀
Thanks for the rec on which game to start with in the franchise 😀
@@jonathanarvizu1403 Kind of but not really. Especially with the remake being a sequel, and all the side stuff showing up in it.
I love this game so much, good reaction
😎🤟🥳 glad you enjoyed it
I’ve been playing FFXIV since 2014. I’m mega shy and this was the 2nd mmo I ever tried and the only one to hold my attention for more than a few months (I’ve only tried 4). Even now I still log on nearly every day. I highly recommend giving the free trial a go. With it you get A Realm Reborn and Heavensward, which is the one before Stormblood. If you ever try it and find yourself on the Primal Data Center and Excalibur server, I’ll show you around.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this game. We aren’t into playing mmos really but this one may be our first to play together 🤔😇🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it’s a lot of fun. the initial story of A Realm Reborn can be a bit rough to get through but it picks up after that. I’m not an mmo person either but I really enjoy this one. If you both decide to try it I hope you like it as much as I do.
It's kinda sad that quite a bit of the context and story queues were lost since it requires knowledge of the games story.
Which hopefully you get a chance to play to completion since it'll give you a chance to see the full story and get connected to the characters or world. Giving more weight to the events shown in the trailer.
For example. At the end of the shadowbringers trailer when it revealed that hydaelyn and zodiark were primals, this was quite the revelation since primals are a major antagonist to the warrior of light being creations of oppressed peoples in the form of their gods. These primals would then do what ever they were summoned for (mostly freeing people from oppression through violence or punishing people for slights) and essentially enslave the minds of anyone who got in their way. So this makes hydaelyn who has been leading the player up to this point seem more untrustworthy.
(For anyone who is going to argue with me, this is mostly opinion, (except the explanation of primals) so please don't argue with me, however if I am wrong feel free to correct me)
Yeah, these showed more gameplay than cinematics which was cool to see, but final fantasy 14 trailers clearly are made for players and not to entice people to play as much. Word of mouth is good enough for that 😊
"Through prayer and sacrifice, the will of the Star was made manifest!"
"I'm sorry, I can only assume I misheard, but it sounded an awful lot like you were implying both Zodiark and Hydaelyn are not gods."
"They are gods after a fashion, yes. The eldest and most powerful...
"...of Primals."
It's too bad you guys don't know the story, because that was one helluva bomb he just dropped. I can't explain it properly in less than a dozen paragraphs, but that statement changed EVERYTHING to the point that when I, and most other players, heard that line, we lost. Our. Collective. Shit!
The great thing about these Launch Trailers for FFXIV is that they never really give any of the story away but can draw in people, both players of FFXIV and those who have never played FFXIV.
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Usually yes, but the nature of Zodiark and Hydaelyn reveal in the Shadowbringers launch trailer was ... a pretty big spoiler. I'm glad I finished ShB before seeing that trailer. I'm genuinely surprised they did that, I would have thought they would have cut it off after Thancred's interrupted line for a teaser.
Since you guys want more story, you should search and react to videos of players going through the story itself, and also react to the boss fights linked to the story too!
Here's the a realm reborn story complete video. There's voiced and non voiced cinematics, but the story is very engaging non the less. Once you get used to the non voiced part you'll be hooked.
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You can even read the non voiced parts out loud as if you're the characters themselves, it becomes more fun this way.
Thanks for the recommendation and sharing the link 😀
Great reaction as always guys
Thanks, LaM! 🥰🤗
Watching this at work on lunch and co-workers are wondering why I'm rubbing away goosebumps and trying not to randomly cry infront of them. 🙃
Such is the impact of FFXIV's story. 😭
🥲🤩😀 Love hearing how much impact this game has in people
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames been plating since 1.0 (with a few breaks in between to avoid burnout).
Soooooooo many memories tied to it, and its so impactfull the effects stay with you beyond the game.
Want to find out how many people in a room are FFXIV players? Randomly play "Answers" over the speakers and count the number of people who start whyping their eyes or rubbing away goosebumps 😳 😭
i love your channel , you should react to FF XIV limit breaks , at the same time you'll get a chance to see all different jobs .
Have those in our request list for the game but don’t quite understand what they are 🤔
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it's like the ultimate moves for the jobs , every job has his limit break wich makes him special from other jobs
Please also watch the Final Fantasy movies like FINAL FANTASY KING'S GLAIVE & FINAL FANTASY ADVENT CHILDREN. I believe you gonna love them.
Would we need some base knowledge going into them? 🤔
I'm glad you liked this! I hope you will try it. After all, the first two YEARS of game content is free. Cant beat that price. Just be warned, the first chapter, A Realm Reborn, is the slowest part of the game. If you do decide to play, remember this: Ignore side quests. You don't need them. They just make the game more sluggish. Just stick with the main story. =]
Good tip for getting through the first expansion in the game 🙂
It's difficult to get context from these videos because there's just SO much story. For example, the reveal (long suspected by the fandom) that Zodiark and Hydaelyn were primals was a really big deal, if you know the story. Seeing Y'shtola getting cut in half by Zenos in the Stormblood trailer and not knowing if she was getting killed off, and pretty much EVERYTHING in Endwalker's trailer, after year and years of the story building towards it.
The launch trailers are mostly made for fans of the series, I think. While the cinematic trailers are made for both fans, and to pique the interest of people unfamiliar with the series to draw it in by rule of cool.
Zenos carried around multiple blades because he's SO strong that the swords just don't last. His strikes are so powerful that the swords break all the time, so he carries around multiple replacement blades that he can attach to his hilt and keep fighting when the first blade breaks.
The launch trailers drew me in more than the cinematics just because it showed some gameplay which was fun to see. 🤩
Dammit, the music that plays for Endwalker with that singing makes me well up..as i said, i, among many others have played this since its beginning, and to see this chapter finally come to an end after 8 years, it was sad IMO lol.
🥲 but a new beginning starts with next expansion right? 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames oh yea. The game is far from over. They have lots of plans!
So, the important bit to understand is that Endwalker really does wrap up essentially all of the story that started with A Realm Reborn. You can think of it as the final book in an epic series like Lord of the Rings or Wheel of Time. Additionally Square Enix has only gotten better at telling their story over the years, so while A Realm Reborn definitely has a few places that hit pretty hard emotionally, by the time you get to Endwalker it's on a whole new level. While a game like World of Warcraft can fairly accurately be called a Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game, in many ways FFXIV is better though of as a Role Playing Game that also happens to be Massively Multiplayer. WoW and most other MMOs start from the point of designing game systems, and then coming up with a story to justify your character and others being there and doing those things. FFXIV on the other hand is first and foremost a narrative driven game. The story is created, and then your character and others are placed into it. Ultimately this means that while a game like WoW is best thought of in terms of the gaming elements that comprise it (things like Dungeons, Raids, PvP, the talent and skill system), FFXIV is best considered from the standpoint of the story it tells. The game systems are there and they are fun, but the story is really the glue that holds the whole thing together and without it it's unlikely anyone would bother playing FFXIV.
A Realm Reborn was essentially a rewrite of the original game, and at the time Square Enix wasn't even sure if the game would survive, so it was kind of rushed writing wise. The story is OK, but execution is only so so, and it has a few plot holes or things that later get retconned away. Pacing wise it's alright, but it's the introduction to the world and characters so it's mostly a lot of short stand alone pieces about various characters and places and how they all fit together. It's a fairly solid base to build from, but nothing ground breaking.
Heavensward was the first expansion and I think the point at which Square was confident the game wasn't just going to die so they put more work into the story and world building and it definitely shows. Heavensward is considered by most people to be one of the best expansions and has an amazing story. It introduces many characters that even today are still fan favorites, and has some very moving moments in it.
Stormblood was Squares attempt to dial up their narrative to the next level, but sadly it kind of backfired. The story is OK, a lot of important events happen and it's essentially the midpoint of the story. Unfortunately it suffers from Square not quite getting the balance between narrative and gameplay right, with many of the quests and cutscenes feeling like they drag out longer than they should. There are few if any really moving moments emotionally. It's a very important expansion to set the stage for later expansions, but on its own isn't terribly fulfilling. It's a bit of a slog, but worth it mostly to get to the following expansions.
Shadowbringer is really the first part of the two part culmination of the story. It's got a lot of very emotional points, and the plot is full of lots of interesting twists and turns. Pacing wise it's pretty much perfect with only a few parts that get a little bogged down here and there. There's really hardly anything negative to say about this expansion, it's Square at the top of their game, and it's such an amazing feat of story telling via the medium of games.
Finally we come back to Endwalker, which gathers up nearly every thread of the previous four parts and ties them all off in a truly spectacular and moving experience. While there were many mysteries slowly teased out and revealed over the course of the previous expansions, this one ties them all together and answers nearly every question that was still left. By the time you reach the end you understand the entire plot, everything that happened, and how it all fit together. From this point on, Square is free to start a brand new great arc for your character, and they've only just begun to tease out what the new story arc is going to be.
Lastly I just want to say, that much like Marvel, the writers of FFXIV are at their best when writing the villains. Nearly every one of them is a complex character with understandable if not exactly agreeable motivations for what they do. To paraphrase a bit "everyone is the hero in their own story", and that applies to the villains in FFXIV as well. From their perspective they're doing the right thing, either out of ignorance or desperation, but rarely out of pure malice. It makes for some very compelling story as these aren't simple mustache twirling villains that you can dismiss as "the bad guys". There are even several points where you question if your character is actually doing the right thing, or if your making things worse. It's going to be very interesting to see where the writers taking things from here, because after the events of Endwalker it's almost a blank slate story wise. They seem to have picked up one of the very minor loose threads that wasn't addressed yet and are seeing where that goes, but it's unclear what they're going to do with that yet.
Thanks for taking the time to explain the game better to us. Feels like an mmo we might actually play. Even if it takes us forever to complete it 😅
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames If you do decide to play, I'd say you should keep two things in mind.
First, the story is the main point of the game and as such you shouldn't rush through it. You have the option for example to skip cutscenes and that's pretty much always a mistake, take your time and enjoy it. That said, while there are many interesting and even in a few cases hilarious side quests you can do (most famously the Hildebrand side quests), your time is probably best spent ignoring the side quests at first and just playing the main story quest (the main story quests are marked with special quest markers that look a bit like a gold fireball). Doing that, your job specific quests, and the few required side quests will get you more than enough XP to reach max level and should keep you always ahead of the required level to progress the story.
Secondly, as youtubers, you will almost certainly want to at a minimum setup to record your play sessions. Watching people react to the heavy hitting points in the FFXIV story, or sometimes just die to funny mechanics in some of the dungeons is some very popular content on youtube. For a sample of such content you can check out "LuLu's FFXIV Stream Highlights" on The Fashionista channel.
Finally, if you do decide to play and you eventually get to the point in the story where you need to run a dungeon (typically around level 12 to 15 if I recall), it might be a good idea to check out JoCat's "A Crap Guide to FFXIV" series. There's three videos in the series (one for tanks, healers, and DPS), and all three are packed with useful info. Honestly even if you don't decide to play it might be worth watching them, they're hilarious even if you know almost nothing about FFXIV, and doubly so if you actually do.
I'd love to see you 2 play this game and maybe stream your journey through the story together. There is a channel called grinding gears where 2 friends are playing and streaming their in game journey. They've stated that playing to together has enhanced their experience and especially the support that they gotten from the community. Oh as an interesting side note all the in game jobs has their own stories that's made for that specific job. And all jobs can be played on the same character. So there is no need to make alt characters. Since this game was designed to be more of a RPG-mmo instead of a mmo-rpg. The story and characters are major focus. So you two story lovers will enjoy the it!
Might be our first mmo to play 🙂
If you're looking for more lore explanation, I'd give Jesse Cox's pair of lore videos a look. FFXIV Lore For Beginners, Hydaelyn's History, and Astral vs Umbral.
Thanks for the channel and vid recs! 😀
Due to my budget situation I’ve only played the free trial of Final Fantasy 14 (which includes A Realm Reborn and Heavensward) and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. I still have things I can do for free (like level up some jobs) but I’m eagerly awaiting the time I can play the entire story.
Hopefully you can continue it in the near future 🤗🙂
FFXIV has been the best piece of media i've ever consumed. I enjoy it more than any book i've read and more than any show or movie i've ever watched, and enjoy it more than any game i've ever played before.
SE did a masterpiece job with this game at every point.
If y'all don't already you should play final fantasy 14 together. It's free up until you finish the second expansion so you have a ton of time to decide if you wanna keep going. The story is amazing
We haven’t started playing it yet but it might be our first mmo 🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames you won't regret it! Well you might regret it cause it's so freaking good and that's gonna be all you wanna do 🤣
FFXIV has been such a fun ride. I joined in a few months after heavensward and I haven’t looked back. Worth every dollar I’ve spent.
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Ffxiv really is a fantastic story you can’t get anywhere else. It has its fans for a reason. But, y’know, the game takes a hundred hours to catch up to. So it’s makes sense it’s not easy for people to get into. FF16 is on the horizon and looks like a fun change to the franchise!
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Something for Bethany (and good react content too): Hydaelyn's History | FFXIV Lore For Beginners by Jesse Cox is an amazing intro to the world proper. It's not a plot summary but explains how the world works in broad strokes.
Given the post-reaction discussion I feel like you two would really like the story for what it says and stands for.
I've played 4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,15 and the associated sequels and spinoffs; Final Fantasy is by far my favorite franchise and 10 used to be my favorite game ever but 14, 14 is different. With Shadowbringers and Endwalker, the game really just took off and left the others in the dust. Best cast of protagonists, best villains, worldbuiling, lore, and gameplay weaved into the narrative too. The level of artistry is incredible. If anyone likes Final Fantasy and is on the fence about 14 like I was all those years ago, just brace yourself for the rough start and get ready for the biggest payoff the series put together.
Thanks so much for the video recommendation as well as giving your thoughts on the game. We’ve also been told 10 is a good one to check out and get into the franchise with 🙂
the A Realm Reborn trailer is by far the best one if u guys have yet to react to it yet
I know they are less cinematic but I really love the major patch trailers they make for FFXIV too.
LOL we literally call Zenos yae Galvus sword bag a gulf club bag. Endwalker had me in tears most the game and I'm not the crying type. The lore on FFXIV is crazy if you want a story look no further its really deep.
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These Launch trailers are great but mainly focused on the players since they show some upcoming story parts as well as some bombshell revelations that u'd only understand in the contect.
And l think this is the ideal game to play together at your own pace, know multible couples who have been tackling the game together and its always heartwarming to watch.(Look up Cobrak for a example)
Might end up playing this eventually. Just need to hook Bethany ☺️
I HIGHLY recommend reacting to the character trailers for Killer Instinct for Fight-Night-Fridays, if you haven't planned already.
They go into a bit of each characters story a bit and are just so full of energy and hype.
We post our schedule for the week on Sundays. So this Friday is Guilty Gear Strive character trailers 🤗
in ff14 you can count all the villians who are "pure evil" on one hand. A LOT of characters are grey and really cool
That always make the story more interesting and compelling 🙂
I'm certain you two would love the actual game were you to play it. The story is so good, yes it has some slow points and there can be some cringe though the majority of the story is so good and so many people get invested in to to the point where even a side character that's only gotten a little screen time can have a big impact on both player and the story. The leveling system isn't grindy like with other games as it has so many options for getting exp to level.
And I can not talk about the good points of this game without mentioning the incredible community of players. The support players give each other is incredible and so heartwarming, and the moments when the community come together for things are amazing to see. Like the time when an important real world figure passes away and people across servers come together to do a tribute to that person. The community of Final fantasy XIV is one I'm proud to be part of and welcome all to join even if only for the free trial. You really won't regret dipping your toes into the FFXIV pool.
Great review of the game 😊😀
If you guys never play this game (which is fine lol) ...at least do one more trip and check out "the final walk".....which is one heavy tearful walk lol.... but it'll be interesting seeing it from a different perspective....?
The KH references are strong in this FF, I couldn’t have picked a better game to invest my time in
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I'd like to see you react to Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy's Cinematic, it had the main hero + villain from 1 to 13.
We have that in our request list 😇
Maybe you could react to the Final fantasy 7 remake trailers, those are good. Thanks for the amazing content.
Have them in our request list 🙂
* Endwalker trailer starts * Me: * starts crying *
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If you liked see the spell and magic try the watching benchmark for more.
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Yeah, that's the thing about the trailers both Cinematic and Launch when it comes to FFXIV, they definitely require context to understand (sans Stormblood's cinematic) otherwise it's just "Oh, that looks cool." A Realm Reborn doesn't suffer this because it's the relaunch of the series even with the inclusion of "End of an Era" because the storytelling was so well done and obvious to newcomers. 1.0 gives some context but they do a really good job of having it separated just enough to not have needed to play it in the past and of course they bring you up to speed on all of the important things if you actually do play ARR.
Heard ARR can be grind to get through though. 😅
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames It honestly depends on the person! Anyone that wants to just blast through it and skips everything? Definitely a grind. Want to know the story? Take your time, read the dialogue, don't worry about getting to end game, it's not going anywhere.
The devs have gone back and cut out a lot of unimportant things and while it's not perfect, the pacing is still way better than it used to be. Many of the complaints came from the quests between end of ARR leading up to Heavensward which has been heavily streamlined.
hi there in this vid you mention wanting to check out final fantasy 7 theres a movie called final fantasy 7 children of the advent which has in its bonus features a full story thing similar to the devil may cry story vids you did i would highly suggest watching that and then watching advent children and then the final fantasy 7 crisis core game which hands down has my faveiot seferoth fight scene ever (the ending to crisis core is a real tear jerker) and then finally could we see you guys play the final fantasy 7 remake.The reason i suggest watching these in this order is that the final fantasy remake is a remake but at the same time.....not a remake youll see what i mean when you get round to playing it. as always really enjoying the channel
Shadowbringers is definitely the best in the Hydyaelyn/Zodiark storyline -- in my opinion, anyway. That expansion just takes all the emotion you've experienced up to that point and increases it ten-fold -- it was amazing!
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for more things to react to in order to get more interested, maybe try reacting to some more of the promotional videos? there's a warrior training one that's pretty cute for shadowbringers with tom holland in it (who apparently actually plays the game!), a few free trial commercials with amazing cosplayers in it, some anime style videos, the music video for sia's fly me to the moon cover for endwalker, etc.
for story specifically.... maybe check out Bellular Gaming. he's done a lot of reviews on ffxiv broken up by expansions, look for his thoughts on A Realm Reborn, that's the beginning of the story. you could also try checking out Mad Because Small by Cider Spider, though that's a series of joke videos so it's not going to go in depth about the canon story, you mostly just get hints about the story through some of the jokes.
a really popular 3 part video series i'd also recommend (but is really long) is NoClip's FFXIV Documentary
Thanks so much for all the great suggestions on more FF14 content 😀
I lately saw your warframe reactions and wanted to ask if you two could react to the new trailer from the Angels of the Zariman Update? I really like the trailer. ^^
We can add it to our request list 🙂
16:05 without spoiling anything really, the game always reminds the player that
"Redemption isn't beyond anyone, that hope is everlasting"
I think this comes from the fact that 1.0 was a travesty, an absolute dumpster fire for lack of better terminology. Regardless, they have redeemed themselves, many times over and they never lost the hope to go on - in large thanks to the current lead developer Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P).
It's definitely worth looking into more, I'm sure you'd both love the story.
Like that quote 🙂
If you want a novel to dive into, FFXIV will not let you down.
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Hey guys, it's me again, Edwin. I want to recommend another UA-camr by the name of "Skipx". I found (in my opinion) the best summary of Final Fantasy 14 done by this guy. Here's the link to it ua-cam.com/video/nkJCFz-hGgc/v-deo.html . I recommend doing a reaction to it in short 15-30 minutes, that way you guys have a good few video uploads. It's an hour and thirty-four minutes long. It's really good. (imo) It doesn't no include the current expansion but I think it'll quench your thirst. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of details (context about characters and situations happening) you'll want to know about it as you watch this. This is really a close to a quick summary of the story up to the end of 'Shadow Bringers'. There will be a lot of moments in the video you'll recognize from the trailers you've seen in the past.
Thanks for sharing the link! 😀
Kinda hard to understand anything without the context sadly^^. Endwalker finishes the story that was told since 2013 when the game relaunched as ARR. And its quite a ride. Its an MMORPG but with heavy and main focus on story and the story itself is very well told, not like other games in this genre (looks at World of Pepegacraft)
So then the next expansion is going to tell a different story? Or follow a different character? 🤔
I love FFXIV and I hope you guys try it out some time and upload episodes of it!
That would be great they could play it together. Though I think that would only work if they are subscribers.
@@cyclone8974 I mean, they get like hundreds of hours of gameplay before they actually need to subscribe.
I would actually pay to see them play together on XIV, that's hundreds of hours of priceless reactions that's for sure !
We haven’t done any mmo games really but it’s a possibility 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I strongly recommend trying out FFXIV or WoW. Though, FFXIV offers hundreds of hours of free gameplay through their trial. WoW doesn't offer as much on their trial unfortunately.
If you guys have a few hundred hours to spare, I highly recommend this game. lol It's a huge investment, I know, but it's probably the best story in video games ever told. I started playing some 6 years ago, and while the start (and by start I mean 40 hours or so) was slow, getting through that barrier, I absolutely fell in love with FFXIV.
Wish we could just start 40 hours in and get through the worst of it 😂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames SE recently did A LOT of work to make those first 40 hours easier, and in the long run they're totally worth it and required if you want to get invested. It is a definite must play, Endwalker alone was the best game I've ever played.
hi loved the reaction and im curious to know of what would you think of Dissidia Final Fantasy game trailer. since its really one of my favorite games of final fantasy. For those that don't know this game in particular is something like isekai in anime, the heroes and villains that appear in this game are from the diferent final fantasy "worlds" for example cloud and sephiroth are from final fantasy seven and are both summons by to opposing gods from a different world along others from diferente Final Fantasy to fight the opposing gods champions to determine a victor for the gods since they are Botha on equal terms of strength they decided to fight this way. and much more. In short would love it if you could react to his game trailer and not sure if you could play it on ps4 nor xbox. unless you have a old psp wich is my case.
We do have old ps3 and ps2 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames ooh then I think you can play it in ps2 if I’m not mistaken
Ahh yeee.... my proverbial home away from home in MMOs
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You guys should react or watch final fantasy kingsglaive movie. I liked that movie.
Can add it to our list to check out 🙂
You’re asking a lot of story to be wrapped up in a small video which is tough. However, if you did it by series, Comicstorian has a great series that sums up the story broken up by each expansion. They’re about 15 minutes each, but other than watching a 2 hour story summary, it might be the best way to do it.
I don't want to be mean , but as I alluded to you in the cinematic trailers comment section , these trailers are not really meant for you as a random person off the street per say , they are not intended to be like movie trailer coming to a theater near you or even a preview of a streaming service show , they are meant for fans and players looking forward to next expansion looking to get a taste of what's to come and general plot beats .
If it seems rather incomprehensible to you, I would suspect it would be , between each of these expansions is about five patches with several hours of story spread out over the course of about a year or so , that further the story and lead to the next expansion, and this how FFXIV has narratively and developmentally progressed.
You just went over about 4 or 5 years of story content , so no you probably won't get it or understand anything , be like skipping large sections of a long running tv show , you can't understand why characters are in certain situations or why they are reacting to certain people like they completely hate their guts .
If you really want to understand FFXIV , you really need to play the game .
Yup. We remember that from the cinematics. And these did a better job of pulling in the uninitiated as it showed some gameplay so we are still glad to have checked them out. But this is a game we will just have to play to understand 🙂
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15:16 *after all tomorrow is never promised*
It's really hard to like put the story of FFXIV into a trailer because it's so epic. Like saying Lord of the Rings is about a group of adventurers walking to a mountain. Not wrong, but still so wrong. I think it's really ironic that World of Warcraft cinematics do such a better job telling a story than FFXIV ones do, when the game World of Warcraft is centered around the world and exploration, wehreas FFXIV trailers show you this pretty world to explore, but the game itself is a living breathing story.
Guess That’s why final fantasy 14 doesn’t do story cinematic trailers because they just put it all in game versus WoW 🤔