This dungeon is what made me decide that I am going to continue the MSQ doing the Trust system in upcoming dungeons for at least the first run. I know that the DPS is slower, and Alphie has already let me down as a healer a few times already, but I feel so much more invested in the story that way. Seeing Alisaie's reaction to Tesleen broke me, and seeing more reactions like that throughout the MSQ would make it even more immersive.
The Trust System is a really nice addition and I wasn't expecting them to add some dialogues and all to the characters it's really well done. Not only you can now discover the story dungeons without running after the tank and the thousands of enemies he pulled but you feel more closer to your friends in the game. And even if it rarely fails, the AI is pretty good.
@@nah1557 I wanted to keep Exarch as a mainstay if I could, but alas, I think having him and Y'stola together BLM'ing it up would have made it too easy.
No surprise. Traditionally, "first stage" music are always made to be catchy. To list a few, Super Mario Brother theme Final Fantasy VII - Bombing Mission Little Big Planet - Garden Contra - Jungle Theme Doom - At Doom's Gate You get the drift... Obviously you wanna put good music at the beginning to capture your players attention.
A heartwrenching dungeon and an urgency-elliciting theme. I was playing as DRK and many times I went "I NEED TO HURRY!" to try and save people. Even though these dungeons are scripted in a way.
@@brianchen3964 I'm a deep video game lover, It happens to me to feel great bonds with video games characters. I'm not bothering anyone. But I do know how to keep it real tho. Some people can fall in love for some pixelized characters, I think this kind of behavior is ridiculous, people have to know how to make the difference between reality or life. Anyway Holminster has an incredible Ost 😁
@@Shadowtheheartbroken1. You real first name is not Higetsu, 2. your real last name is not Namikawa either. 3.You must certainly have feelings for Minfilia. For the 3 reasons above sir, I have to put a term to this discussion
I absolutely adore the new overall sound Soken has brought for Shadowbringers. It sounds so new and different to what we're used to, which is fitting. Working hard as always, that nugget-loving madman.
Catherine J.G if i remember correctly, the sound is so different because the dev team wanted to write the story of the warrior of darkness and not the continuation of the warrior of light’s one. As we go to the First, Souken wanted to express the new step that we take as a character, in ARR our sole objective was to save Eorzea, in Heavensward we had to end a 1000 years old war that had nothing to do with us where the « villain » just went trough tragedies after tragedies, in Stormblood we take part in 2 revolutions to liberate 2 countries from the empire, and now we must save not one but 2 worlds. The sense of urgency kinda went crazy all of a sudden hence the change in music.
It's kinda creepy how the sin eaters are all called "Forgiven" something. You're forgiven now that you've completely given up everything you are. Like the light is this crazed perfectionist.
That's what light is in the extreme perfection at the cost of individuality erasure of self for uniformity to a cause. We naturally fear obviously evil things or things associated with evil but anything to the extreme is evil, balance in all things.
That's how Christianity used to work few hundred years ago. If people gave up their individuality and devote themselves completely to the church, everything will be forgiven. The Light bound in WoW present the same forceful assimilation, although without the grotesque mutation.
This is still the best dungeon in ShB just for the final cutscene where you pierce the sky and the reactions of everyone who were born into a world of endless light seeing the night sky and the stars for the first time in their lives. Even the final battle can't top that.
The dungeon also has that 'Cresting the hilltop' moment where you can actually see the damage all of this is causing the world. How some Sin Eaters can descend on a village and its land and absolutely just DESTROY things. For the average people there it look so utterly *hopeless.* Because not only do the sin eaters kill and devour peoples Aether, but aside from that, if you take the wrong kind of hit even in killing a Sin Eater, you may end up infected, only to be sent to Amh Arang most likely... If even that. It's a very sobering moment in the journey, showing you what you're fighting against in this world, and letting you know what you're *really* fighting for.
Something about seeing the Crystal Exarch, who always wields a staff, go in, brandishing a goddamn sword and shield made of magic, makes him more badass than he has any right to be.
I ran through Holminster Switch about 30 or so minutes before the first big maintenance shutdown occurred. The sense of urgency in the music reflected my whole party’s tension in going through and completing each encounter through this disaster. Coupled with the amazing boss theme that followed, it led to one of my most favorite dungeon experiences in any MMO. And yes, we defeated Philia right before the maintenance closed the servers down. x3
When I crested that hill and saw those open fields filled with sin-eater cacoons and the smoke & fire from the town in the distance I literally said out loud, "Holy shit!"
I started Shadowbringers literally a few days ago, and I'm still reeling from just how good this song was for being your first dungeon upon starting the expansion, and holy shit, the urgency of this dungeon was portrayed so fucking well. The music really helps this too, the suspenseful buildup feels like the enemy taking over the area, only for silence to follow for but a moment before the drop, with the urgent, yet somewhat triumphant music that follows signifying that the only ones who can bring an end to the village's plight has arrived. And then there's the bosses you have to face, not only a lightwarden, but the sin eater which turned Alisaie's friend, as well as Tesleen herself. Everything here is just... *Chef's kiss* And that's why this is one of my favourite dungeons I've ever ran through, and I can't wait to see all that Shadowbringers has to offer!
>Run this with Trust with me Tanking >Bring Alisaie >Alisaie does finishing blow to Tesleen >Run this again with them several more times >She keeps finishing Tesleen off I'm pretty sure this is scripted for emotional reasons If not I'll accept it
Between the dungeons, the music (I mean seriously, holy CRAP Soken), and the main story quest this expansion, I seriously have no clue how the devs will build upon this with the patches and future expansions. They have outdone themselves with Shadowbringers. To think I was at one point on the fence about even buying this expansion pack. I am utterly amazed at what I have seen so far.
Right?! Stormblood had been meh with only the Hingashi quests being somewhat interesting, so I had low expectations. And SE didn't just prove they could do better, they fucking annihilated me with possibly the best storyline I had seen in a looooong time.
I wasn’t really going to get it until less than a week ago I realized I needed something to do. I am much more enthralled in this story than in the rest of the game.
I just finished Shadowbringers, and this is still one of my top 3 dungeons of the entire game. Including Tesleen's horrific transformation, this OST and this dungeon make for an AMAZING setpiece to show just how grim the situation in Norvrandt is.
i really like how this is badass and menacing for the sin eaters, but it also has that playful, almost encouraging “first level” sort of vibe, especially in the b section soken really went all out with this expansion
Going into this dungeon really sets the mood for what's to come in ShB. Even though my heart was heavy after everything that had happen up to this dungeon, I willingly wanted to fight the sin eaters. Not only to stop the flood of light, but to end the suffering of those who were turned into sin eaters and corrupted by the light... Well done, SE... This expack is great. Not even to the first dungeon and we've already suffered so much loss in the story.
This is the first mmo that gave me a sense of how grave the situation was and how impactful I can be to bring change unlike many mmos I've played before
Damn I was so hyped running this the first time. 4am with my headset on, music starts and you knew it was about to get real. I’ll never forget it. Shadowbringers, best MMO expansion ever.
This BGM suits the dungeon better than most with how the grim necessity of it comes through. You can picture everyone's eyes just narrowing. The tank's chin lowers. The healer's grip tightens on their tools. "This must be done. It won't be pretty, and it won't be nice. Forward."
This dungeon tore me to pieces. I broke down in tears at the sight of Tesleen. I couldn't handle it. It was literally like losing Hachuefaunt all over again and the Full Metal Alchemist Nina vibe just drove the nail further into my emotional plank. God damn the story team pulled no punches.
Great first dungeon. Shows how serious the Sin Eaters are when you see that they're very indiscriminate with what they attack and a convert into their own. The part where the first dungeon boss killing the bear turning that into a sineater and the one sin eater that out right killed the 3 people infront of you and turning them into sineaters.
The Trust System. Reminding the Warrior of Light why they just typically did everything themselves outside of the cut scenes. It's still fun playing with the Scions, even if they act like Namazu following a late 90's AI script. Which, honestly, might make it even better somehow...
Absolutely amazing opening dungeon. Fun gameplay, great story element to show us just how dangerous the sin eaters are, and amazing soundtrack. Everything you could have in a first dungeon
Absolute banger of an OST, it's also so...hopeful, like when the piano and drums come, it feels like shit has hit the fan, but here we are to save the day.
This theme just sounds downright sinister and foreboding, yet dramatic at the same time. Really caught me off guard when I first heard it, but I knew I was going to absolutely love Shadowbringers music upon hearing this.
Coming back at the end of the expansion's life span to just appreciate how good of not only an intro dungeon this was but how amazing this theme just hits
This dungeon shows you how dire things are. If you look around the open Felix’s before you fight the second boss, there are sun water egg’s EVERYWHERE! Those were people a few minutes ago. This is the first dungeon that made me cried. I could have saved them but I wasn’t fast enough. Much like how Leena after that one assault later in the game.
This is how you do a first dungeon of an expansion - you spend some time figuring out the world is on the brink of death and all of its inhabitants are just trying to survive one more day. There are some that are doing tangible good for the world that you meet only to watch one of them get murdered and transform into a mindless beast. Then this dungeon starts, it's the theme of Lakeland where you first arrived but it's distorted and ominous. The environment is infested with mindless monsters. The specific sineater that you watched kill that good person before is the first boss, the good person is the second boss with barely a shred of their humanity left in them, the village is on fire, countless dead, the few survivors run past you trying to get away and then the final boss. You kill it only to find a harrowing discovery, the one who slayed it absorbs the unfettered light from it and transforms to take its place. Only you don't turn, because you're the warrior of light. Finally, this world has a chance and finds hope again.
I love how for the most part, the enemies don't just appear or are just waiting for you, but you get to SEE what they were and how they became what they are now. A little disturbing but I like it. And the bosses...
I like to run this dungeon sometimes in the morning because it reminds of when Shadowbringers launched I stayed up and didn't get to the dungeon until like the sun came up, its a very good first dungeon.
Anyone else get the vibe of Hamartomania from the beginning notes? Love Soken and his ability to incorporate amazing tracks from past expacs! Love this theme.
My fav part of this dungeon is going into the town Square and having to deal with mob after mob of sin eater. It lasts a little long and the healers have to be awake. It invokes a feeling of exhaustion and it makes me imagine the Doom 2016 cover if you just replace Doom Guy with WoL and demons from hell with Sin Eaters. I can imagine escaping folks looking on in amazement as the WoL slaughters not one, not two, but wave after wave of these things and wondering who tf is this person. Also the Crystal Exarch gaining a faint sense of hope during the fight, as the first parts of his plan to save the first are finally - FINALLY - coming to fruition
So after going down the TH-cam Rabbit Hole on "Dies Irae" motifs in soundtracks, I decided to look through the FFXIV OST for it. This was the first one I listened to, and yup, let's say, that was a very brief search.
This dungeon had a special feeling to it for me, the first time I ran it was with the Trust System.. having the exarch tank while Alisae and Lyna DPS was incredible... I could sense the urgency in the song while in the background everybody succumbed to the Sin Eaters... I just wanted to move as fast as I could, obviously with trust you move somewhat slower, like it was designed to stress the danger of Sin Eaters along with a "clock is ticking, hurry" feeling. Masterpiece.
@@dragonfable66 I was genuinely horrified when I saw that. And then imagine the poor fucks who we couldn't get to here. And the presentation in the very beginning of the dungeon with the first boss stabbing a fucking bear in cold blood to transform it drove home just how merciless these creatures are. I feel that's what this dungeon was meant to show us too, as the Crystal Exarch himself said the battle would. This dungeon is amazing almost solely because of the presentation alone. And it's the first damn dungeon. I can't wait for the others.
*cries* Honestly, another great thing about SHB is that they've actually made me care about the fate of seemingly pointless side characters. That's something that they haven't been able to do for a looong time, at least for me.
Yeah. Good thing I went in there with trust system to start with... #1 to take a second to grasp that we were getting closure to this detail of the story, #2 to see how Alisaie was going to handle it.
In trust if you bring alisae, an npc will mentioned that her face is pale after the 2nd boss. If you didnt bring alisae, lyna will said YOUR face is pale instead of alisae
I remember shortly after unlocking this I did the Leveling Roulette one late evening thinking I’d get Tam Tara Deepcroft, the que pops and I hit commence in a daze, I was suddenly alert when I heard this music, it was a very pleasant surprise.
Shadowbringers is really by far the best expansion of the game. OMG I never liked Stormblood but here... the best themes, the best dungeons, the best story...
i really enjoyed this dungeon. usually i start to fall as sleep at the middle of every dungeon (i dont like them too much compared to trials) but this one surprised me with this music and also the point on the story when you get here is amaming i was willing to get in here a kick some ass
this was intense to encounter the first time. until now the dungeon music could _transition_ to contemporary genres when a boss was heating up, but in hellworld you start off with buttrock and go from there. honestly felt a little like being in an XCOM terror mission
I FUCKING LOVE HOLMINSTER SWITCH
I WANT TO FUCKING PULL SEVEN BEARS AND WIPE THE PARTY
This dungeon is what made me decide that I am going to continue the MSQ doing the Trust system in upcoming dungeons for at least the first run. I know that the DPS is slower, and Alphie has already let me down as a healer a few times already, but I feel so much more invested in the story that way. Seeing Alisaie's reaction to Tesleen broke me, and seeing more reactions like that throughout the MSQ would make it even more immersive.
The Trust System is a really nice addition and I wasn't expecting them to add some dialogues and all to the characters it's really well done. Not only you can now discover the story dungeons without running after the tank and the thousands of enemies he pulled but you feel more closer to your friends in the game. And even if it rarely fails, the AI is pretty good.
@@nah1557 I wanted to keep Exarch as a mainstay if I could, but alas, I think having him and Y'stola together BLM'ing it up would have made it too easy.
@@Waffersforever fun fact - you can make that combination happen at the Grand Cosmos :)
huge agree, such an incredible touch
Whoa, I didn't know there was additional story. I did this last night with a party, I'll have to give the trust system a try.
I can’t believe this theme is the first dungeon theme
Believe it.
It feels like it should the final dungeon, not the first.
@@eggman02 Let me tell you the final msq dungeon theme of this game is a fucking masterpiece. It will knock you out of your seat.
No surprise. Traditionally, "first stage" music are always made to be catchy. To list a few,
Super Mario Brother theme
Final Fantasy VII - Bombing Mission
Little Big Planet - Garden
Contra - Jungle Theme
Doom - At Doom's Gate
You get the drift... Obviously you wanna put good music at the beginning to capture your players attention.
@@Darkfortune629 Yeah... beyond amazing.
A heartwrenching dungeon and an urgency-elliciting theme. I was playing as DRK and many times I went "I NEED TO HURRY!" to try and save people. Even though these dungeons are scripted in a way.
All games are scripted, a way or another. Plus, these "people" are pixels.
@@lucianofinn7304 why bother play video games than. These pixels are all fake, how do you get enjoyment out of them if you cant attach to anything.
@@brianchen3964 I'm a deep video game lover, It happens to me to feel great bonds with video games characters. I'm not bothering anyone. But I do know how to keep it real tho. Some people can fall in love for some pixelized characters, I think this kind of behavior is ridiculous, people have to know how to make the difference between reality or life. Anyway Holminster has an incredible Ost 😁
Guilty of feeling like shit for ingame characters. But for spoiler reasons all i can say is Damn you old man.
@@Shadowtheheartbroken1. You real first name is not Higetsu, 2. your real last name is not Namikawa either. 3.You must certainly have feelings for Minfilia.
For the 3 reasons above sir, I have to put a term to this discussion
That drop at 1:29 has been stuck in my head since I did this dungeon for the first time a week or two ago, Soken went HARD on this soundtrack
Ikr? The first time I heard it my jaw dropped!
Here after doing the first post MSQ dungeon.
Had to come back here.
My first thought was "Goddamn why does this music go so unnecessarily hard!?"
The drums mixed with the piano which the guitar riff is so goood!!!
How do I mitigate emotional damage
Do not seek mitigation, for it will not ease the burden. It weighs as it should.
Stack up with tank
@@holmesholmes.8784 now you and the tank can be traumatized together! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!
@@optimaltt6070 ;(
Bear weakens it, and therapy heals it.
I absolutely adore the new overall sound Soken has brought for Shadowbringers. It sounds so new and different to what we're used to, which is fitting. Working hard as always, that nugget-loving madman.
Catherine J.G if i remember correctly, the sound is so different because the dev team wanted to write the story of the warrior of darkness and not the continuation of the warrior of light’s one. As we go to the First, Souken wanted to express the new step that we take as a character, in ARR our sole objective was to save Eorzea, in Heavensward we had to end a 1000 years old war that had nothing to do with us where the « villain » just went trough tragedies after tragedies, in Stormblood we take part in 2 revolutions to liberate 2 countries from the empire, and now we must save not one but 2 worlds. The sense of urgency kinda went crazy all of a sudden hence the change in music.
This dungeon set the urgency of this expansion very well. Really showed how dire things were in this world. Loved every minute of it.
This is probably the best entrance dungeon to an expansion I’ve seen in a long time. Really enjoying SHAD right now.
Right? I said the exact same thing myself. They just get better with each expansion.
Did this dungeon like five times already just for the music alone 🤣
Desperate Steer sure as hell beats Stormblood
This expansion IMO beats Stormblood in every way im having a blast
The SB virgin vs. the SHAD
It's kinda creepy how the sin eaters are all called "Forgiven" something. You're forgiven now that you've completely given up everything you are. Like the light is this crazed perfectionist.
Sounds like a certain floating giant head and his Law Faction from SMT
that feels like a yoko taro innovation ngl
That's what light is in the extreme perfection at the cost of individuality erasure of self for uniformity to a cause. We naturally fear obviously evil things or things associated with evil but anything to the extreme is evil, balance in all things.
That's how Christianity used to work few hundred years ago.
If people gave up their individuality and devote themselves completely to the church, everything will be forgiven.
The Light bound in WoW present the same forceful assimilation, although without the grotesque mutation.
@@LunarRaff1essia Ahhh. Good old *record scratch* . What a prick.
This is still the best dungeon in ShB just for the final cutscene where you pierce the sky and the reactions of everyone who were born into a world of endless light seeing the night sky and the stars for the first time in their lives. Even the final battle can't top that.
When I got to that part, my breath was taken away.
“The sunless sea… The Warrior of Darkness has come!” His reaction still gives me chills.
The dungeon also has that 'Cresting the hilltop' moment where you can actually see the damage all of this is causing the world. How some Sin Eaters can descend on a village and its land and absolutely just DESTROY things. For the average people there it look so utterly *hopeless.* Because not only do the sin eaters kill and devour peoples Aether, but aside from that, if you take the wrong kind of hit even in killing a Sin Eater, you may end up infected, only to be sent to Amh Arang most likely... If even that. It's a very sobering moment in the journey, showing you what you're fighting against in this world, and letting you know what you're *really* fighting for.
@@rednova2212so is the warrior of light/darkness immune and does that have to do with Hyadalin blessing them?
Such an underrated song. Quite possibly one of the best dungeon tracks in the game.
Something about seeing the Crystal Exarch, who always wields a staff, go in, brandishing a goddamn sword and shield made of magic, makes him more badass than he has any right to be.
My 1st thoughts on my 1st run in this dungeon when suddenly I hear 1:30
"hot damn, no wonder people call this expac shadowBANGERS"
I ran through Holminster Switch about 30 or so minutes before the first big maintenance shutdown occurred. The sense of urgency in the music reflected my whole party’s tension in going through and completing each encounter through this disaster. Coupled with the amazing boss theme that followed, it led to one of my most favorite dungeon experiences in any MMO. And yes, we defeated Philia right before the maintenance closed the servers down. x3
DanteWahou just hearing this sounds fucking intens. Glad that you and your party had so much fun :)
What a way to start off Shadowbringers dungeons.
When I crested that hill and saw those open fields filled with sin-eater cacoons and the smoke & fire from the town in the distance I literally said out loud, "Holy shit!"
too bad most of them are pretty awful
I started Shadowbringers literally a few days ago, and I'm still reeling from just how good this song was for being your first dungeon upon starting the expansion, and holy shit, the urgency of this dungeon was portrayed so fucking well. The music really helps this too, the suspenseful buildup feels like the enemy taking over the area, only for silence to follow for but a moment before the drop, with the urgent, yet somewhat triumphant music that follows signifying that the only ones who can bring an end to the village's plight has arrived. And then there's the bosses you have to face, not only a lightwarden, but the sin eater which turned Alisaie's friend, as well as Tesleen herself. Everything here is just... *Chef's kiss*
And that's why this is one of my favourite dungeons I've ever ran through, and I can't wait to see all that Shadowbringers has to offer!
>Run this with Trust with me Tanking
>Bring Alisaie
>Alisaie does finishing blow to Tesleen
>Run this again with them several more times
>She keeps finishing Tesleen off
I'm pretty sure this is scripted for emotional reasons If not I'll accept it
Yes it is.
...oh 🥺
The way Alisaie says "Ah, I was wondering where you went..." gives me the feels )':
Enemy: *low health*
Alisaie: ThErE'lL bE nOtHinG leFt of yoU beSidEs a SmoKiNG CraTeR
Between the dungeons, the music (I mean seriously, holy CRAP Soken), and the main story quest this expansion, I seriously have no clue how the devs will build upon this with the patches and future expansions. They have outdone themselves with Shadowbringers.
To think I was at one point on the fence about even buying this expansion pack. I am utterly amazed at what I have seen so far.
like this... its Heavensward quality.... im gobsmacked....
Right?!
Stormblood had been meh with only the Hingashi quests being somewhat interesting, so I had low expectations. And SE didn't just prove they could do better, they fucking annihilated me with possibly the best storyline I had seen in a looooong time.
@@kaimango7012 to be fair, none of the expansions were "meh" or bad. I loved them all.
I wasn’t really going to get it until less than a week ago I realized I needed something to do.
I am much more enthralled in this story than in the rest of the game.
@@kaimango7012 Stormblood was kinda good, had it's nice moments. It's handicap was that it came after Heavensward... And it couldn't outshine it.
I just finished Shadowbringers, and this is still one of my top 3 dungeons of the entire game. Including Tesleen's horrific transformation, this OST and this dungeon make for an AMAZING setpiece to show just how grim the situation in Norvrandt is.
Easily my favorite dungeon in the entire game. The music and overall atmosphere of this dungeon was perfectly put together.
Have you gotten to the last MSQ dungeon? That one is ungodly
Shit Gets Real: The Dungeon.
thats how I felt, especially seeing the 2nd boss battle. Legit had fucking shivers running down my spine
misafan4u so did Alisae. Even Alphinaud had to ask if she was alright after that fight.
i really like how this is badass and menacing for the sin eaters, but it also has that playful, almost encouraging “first level” sort of vibe, especially in the b section
soken really went all out with this expansion
Haurchefant, Tesleen, you will always be in my heart! RIP
That cutscene is the stuff of nightmares.
@@Roanan. idk man, titanias awakening have me serious spooked chills. Tesleen was just sad, and I always blamed the child
they died knowing no matter what there always hope for the future
This track rips (and tears)
aldashin but does it gouge?
Rips and tears our guts.
Going into this dungeon really sets the mood for what's to come in ShB. Even though my heart was heavy after everything that had happen up to this dungeon, I willingly wanted to fight the sin eaters. Not only to stop the flood of light, but to end the suffering of those who were turned into sin eaters and corrupted by the light... Well done, SE... This expack is great. Not even to the first dungeon and we've already suffered so much loss in the story.
What I love about this dungeon is that this is essential the warriors of darkness’ introduction. To me it screams out “we are here to stop the light”
Wish they'd hurry up and release the Holminster Switch Pro.
What I find criminal is that nobody is talking about the demonic piano notes that start at 0:57
Literally 1:29. This dungeon theme is just +++
This is the first mmo that gave me a sense of how grave the situation was and how impactful I can be to bring change unlike many mmos I've played before
Official BGM name is "To Fire and Sword".
Damn I was so hyped running this the first time. 4am with my headset on, music starts and you knew it was about to get real. I’ll never forget it.
Shadowbringers, best MMO expansion ever.
This BGM suits the dungeon better than most with how the grim necessity of it comes through.
You can picture everyone's eyes just narrowing. The tank's chin lowers. The healer's grip tightens on their tools.
"This must be done. It won't be pretty, and it won't be nice. Forward."
Walking in like a badass as DRK made this feel like it was straight out of Berserk.
Played it for the first time tonight, aaaahhhhh so amazing!!
This dungeon tore me to pieces. I broke down in tears at the sight of Tesleen. I couldn't handle it. It was literally like losing Hachuefaunt all over again and the Full Metal Alchemist Nina vibe just drove the nail further into my emotional plank. God damn the story team pulled no punches.
Especially seeing Alisaie take it as well just the sadness in her scrip when you face her tells you all you need to know
Ugh, true. Tesleen was so pure.
@@penelopecaswood3565 So pure, she wasn't even given a sin to be forgiven of. Just "the Forgiven."
The best of the dungeon themes in Shadowbringers by far, but it needed to be. This is the boundless detemrination required to change an entire planet.
did this one one week aago and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what a blast of a theme for an entrance dungeon
Great first dungeon. Shows how serious the Sin Eaters are when you see that they're very indiscriminate with what they attack and a convert into their own. The part where the first dungeon boss killing the bear turning that into a sineater and the one sin eater that out right killed the 3 people infront of you and turning them into sineaters.
this theme brings tears to my eyes, so good and fitting with the scene
An absolute godlike experience using the Trust system and this blasting in the background!
The Trust System. Reminding the Warrior of Light why they just typically did everything themselves outside of the cut scenes.
It's still fun playing with the Scions, even if they act like Namazu following a late 90's AI script. Which, honestly, might make it even better somehow...
@@davidyaconis7002 The thing I found funny about the trust system is that I found it easier to tank this with the npcs than I did with actual players.
@@Suutashi ...
...
My guild's co-leader is Sutashi...
Small world.
@@davidyaconis7002 lmao trusts are faster for me because they don't fail outright simple mechanics
@@theguyacrossthetable They'll fix that in a later patch, probably near the end of March.
If this sets the standard for Shadowbringers dungeons, we're in for a treat!
Absolutely amazing opening dungeon. Fun gameplay, great story element to show us just how dangerous the sin eaters are, and amazing soundtrack. Everything you could have in a first dungeon
Absolute banger of an OST, it's also so...hopeful, like when the piano and drums come, it feels like shit has hit the fan, but here we are to save the day.
By the Mother Crystal this was probably the best first dungeon for a new part, in the game yet!
Oh my days 1:30 onwards is godly.
Surely you mistyped 0.00
@@jellydamgood they did
absolute bank
That piano/violin/guitar combo is my favorite!
I've run this place so many times with trusts but I don't think I'll ever be sick of the music. Such an intense way to open an expansion
I love how this theme mixes 4th and triplet notes.
This song makes healing that much more important. XD
Easily my all time favorite dungeon in the game.
Such a nice bassline
Thuban word!! This entire OST has had the best basslines.
This theme just sounds downright sinister and foreboding, yet dramatic at the same time. Really caught me off guard when I first heard it, but I knew I was going to absolutely love Shadowbringers music upon hearing this.
Coming back at the end of the expansion's life span to just appreciate how good of not only an intro dungeon this was but how amazing this theme just hits
i remember hearing this for the first time, and I was like "damn shit's gotten real"
Best start to any expansion ever
This dungeon shows you how dire things are. If you look around the open Felix’s before you fight the second boss, there are sun water egg’s EVERYWHERE! Those were people a few minutes ago. This is the first dungeon that made me cried. I could have saved them but I wasn’t fast enough. Much like how Leena after that one assault later in the game.
This is how you do a first dungeon of an expansion - you spend some time figuring out the world is on the brink of death and all of its inhabitants are just trying to survive one more day. There are some that are doing tangible good for the world that you meet only to watch one of them get murdered and transform into a mindless beast. Then this dungeon starts, it's the theme of Lakeland where you first arrived but it's distorted and ominous. The environment is infested with mindless monsters. The specific sineater that you watched kill that good person before is the first boss, the good person is the second boss with barely a shred of their humanity left in them, the village is on fire, countless dead, the few survivors run past you trying to get away and then the final boss. You kill it only to find a harrowing discovery, the one who slayed it absorbs the unfettered light from it and transforms to take its place. Only you don't turn, because you're the warrior of light. Finally, this world has a chance and finds hope again.
dodododo DOOT DOOT dodododo DOOT DOOT. love this shit. boss theme in this dungeon was also cool and weird as hell.
The boss theme for the first 2 bosses was re-used from previous fights, I don't remember the 3rd well enough because I was too focused on the fight.
I love how for the most part, the enemies don't just appear or are just waiting for you, but you get to SEE what they were and how they became what they are now. A little disturbing but I like it. And the bosses...
dodododo DOOT DOOT, DOOT dodododo DOOT !
I like to run this dungeon sometimes in the morning because it reminds of when Shadowbringers launched I stayed up and didn't get to the dungeon until like the sun came up, its a very good first dungeon.
Shows how long it takes before you get to your first dungeon
I love the Twinning as much as the next guy. But this dungeon's music also deserves some heavy praise.
Ran it 1st time last night and totally blind sided by this freaking incredible music.
Played it straight with this one.
Dark Knight MSQ only. They need Dark? They got Dark. 😈
Anyone else get the vibe of Hamartomania from the beginning notes? Love Soken and his ability to incorporate amazing tracks from past expacs! Love this theme.
I really love this part of the song the best 0:15-0:44 it’s just awesome as well as this expansion and game!
I love this theme so much
IMO I enjoyed this more then tower of zot. Tower of zot was ok but this one left a bigger first impression on me.
My fav part of this dungeon is going into the town Square and having to deal with mob after mob of sin eater. It lasts a little long and the healers have to be awake. It invokes a feeling of exhaustion and it makes me imagine the Doom 2016 cover if you just replace Doom Guy with WoL and demons from hell with Sin Eaters. I can imagine escaping folks looking on in amazement as the WoL slaughters not one, not two, but wave after wave of these things and wondering who tf is this person. Also the Crystal Exarch gaining a faint sense of hope during the fight, as the first parts of his plan to save the first are finally - FINALLY - coming to fruition
This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard
So after going down the TH-cam Rabbit Hole on "Dies Irae" motifs in soundtracks, I decided to look through the FFXIV OST for it.
This was the first one I listened to, and yup, let's say, that was a very brief search.
The music in this is so unsettling. I love it
This dungeon had a special feeling to it for me, the first time I ran it was with the Trust System.. having the exarch tank while Alisae and Lyna DPS was incredible... I could sense the urgency in the song while in the background everybody succumbed to the Sin Eaters... I just wanted to move as fast as I could, obviously with trust you move somewhat slower, like it was designed to stress the danger of Sin Eaters along with a "clock is ticking, hurry" feeling. Masterpiece.
All that I have and more, I bring to bear.
The fact this takes place after that reveal honestly made this dungeon all the more terrifying
...what reveal? lol, honestly curious here
How sin eaters are made.
@@dragonfable66 I was genuinely horrified when I saw that. And then imagine the poor fucks who we couldn't get to here. And the presentation in the very beginning of the dungeon with the first boss stabbing a fucking bear in cold blood to transform it drove home just how merciless these creatures are. I feel that's what this dungeon was meant to show us too, as the Crystal Exarch himself said the battle would.
This dungeon is amazing almost solely because of the presentation alone. And it's the first damn dungeon. I can't wait for the others.
On another note: Astro spells are some of the coolest spells in the game.
Kind of didn't like the changes they made to AST, but it's their game.
I love this game so much
"By mine blade, thou shall regret every. single. one."
Friend: Welcome to Norvandt!
Me: The light seems...poisoned?
Friend: The fundamentalist wildlife sort of gives it away.
STILL the best dungeon theme.
Me: Mom I want a Nintendo Switch
Mom: We have a Switch at holmi
Switch at holmi:
Why
@@saladmancer4802 why not
I see what you did there, but you reached pretty far for it. Gonna have to give it a 5/10.
@@CodyRockLee13 Wow I didn't know we had a professional master Commenter in here oh geez roll out the carpet
Are you a yoga instructor because god damn youre really stretchin it.
RIP Tesleen(?)... You have been avenged.
*cries*
Honestly, another great thing about SHB is that they've actually made me care about the fate of seemingly pointless side characters. That's something that they haven't been able to do for a looong time, at least for me.
That's what i call an "angel infestation"
1:28 Maybe not the part everyone came for, but the part I came for at least.
Hmm!.. This BGM feels me like playing at Castlevania's last dungeon.
Probably the best first dungeon of all the expansion. Both HW and SB first dungeon was such a bloodly bore but this? Amazing.
late reply and while i agree with you that this was amazing, I wouldn’t call sohm al a bloody bore tbh haha. imo
@@levi26448 Sohm Al was the level 53 dungeon (I agree though, it is fun). The level 51 one was Dusk Vigil.
When I got to the second mid boss I literally just stopped, stood there saying "No. No. I can't....I can't fight them...." then fought them anyway.
For those we have lost. For those we can yet save.
Yeah. Good thing I went in there with trust system to start with... #1 to take a second to grasp that we were getting closure to this detail of the story, #2 to see how Alisaie was going to handle it.
It's what she would want. Remember the nectarine.
I saw it as putting her out of her misery.
In trust if you bring alisae, an npc will mentioned that her face is pale after the 2nd boss.
If you didnt bring alisae, lyna will said YOUR face is pale instead of alisae
Hey, you are the true hero of this Expansion for uploading this music
I remember shortly after unlocking this I did the Leveling Roulette one late evening thinking I’d get Tam Tara Deepcroft, the que pops and I hit commence in a daze, I was suddenly alert when I heard this music, it was a very pleasant surprise.
I was blown away the first time, I mean the dungeon itself is nothing special but the damn music... my god.
I wonder what the WoL would be "forgiven" for if they actually turned into a sin eater.
Forgiven Vanity maybe? Or Forgiven Burden...
Forgiven Greyparse
I have this on repeat and listened to it before work and now I’m im listening to it again on break. This music is fkin awesome!!!
made the good part my ringtone
Shadowbringers is really by far the best expansion of the game. OMG I never liked Stormblood but here... the best themes, the best dungeons, the best story...
i really enjoyed this dungeon. usually i start to fall as sleep at the middle of every dungeon (i dont like them too much compared to trials) but this one surprised me with this music and also the point on the story when you get here is amaming i was willing to get in here a kick some ass
Love this song!!
1:28 this part rigth there, is is where chillgiver
If I had the means to pay the subscription of this game, I would do it without thinking. Man, this would be the only game I'll be playing for life.
This music is so good
i like that mix between epic and soemwhat like fairy music .
Soken is a genius .
this was intense to encounter the first time. until now the dungeon music could _transition_ to contemporary genres when a boss was heating up, but in hellworld you start off with buttrock and go from there. honestly felt a little like being in an XCOM terror mission