Non-MMO Player REACTS To Final Fantasy 14 Cinematics For The First Time!
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You're in for a ride, my friend. Make sure you've got mods who are familiar with the game and can keep chat in check for spoilers, cause this is a game that's better unspoiled. Take your time with it and enjoy the story at your own pace. Don't feel like you have to catch up before Dawntrail's release. It'll still be there when you get to it.
You were also particularly interested in Samurai and Gunbreaker (the gunblade class). You can unlock samurai when you reach level 50 (it's part of Stormblood, which is now included as part of the free trial), and gunbreaker at level 60 (you need to purchase up to Shadowbringers to play this one). There are 8 starting classes to choose from when you start up, but a total of 20 combat jobs, and 11 crafters/gatherers you can unlock along the way, all of which are unlockable on a single character, and you can switch between them at anytime except when in combat.
If you have any questions about mechanics, what to do, or non-spoilery plot explanations, ask the community. In game or in chat, most people are thrilled to help and encourage sprouts (new players) along. There's an immense amount of lore and world-building in this game, and dungeon/trial/raid mechanics that build up as you progress, but you learn as you go and us veterans love to help.
I've been playing xiv since 2020, free trial at first, but fully purchased within just a couple weeks, that's how quickly I got sucked in. Now I'm caught up on main story quests and a good portion of side content, and I still login nearly everyday (I'm even replaying the story on new characters). I love this game a lot and hope you will too!
What server will you choose on the US data center? If you ever choose one go with Cactuar. We have a friendly community and we have a Yo Kai watch event going on now but you have to be lvl 15 to start doing it but you have up to the release of the next expansion, Dawntrail, to finish it. All the stuff you get from it ranges from A Realm Reborn to Stormblood
Also this game has a special trial after you beat Stormblood that has you fight Rathalos from Monster Hunter
Highly recommend you don't "fast forward" through the story!
Also, the producer/director has officially stated that he sees players who subscribe for a patch, do the story, then unsubscribe for 2 months is a perfectly valid way to play the game. He's happy if you just come back every 3-4 months for the new patch to keep going along the story with them.
You'll find no development team that respects their players as much as these guys. Pure passion and pure respect for the fans/players and their time.
Also ironically... WoW has more playable animal races than XIV!
Someone who is a FF fan but avoided 14 for a long time: ff14 is a story game first and an mmo second, in a good way. The main story quest gives so much exp and money, there basically is none of the classic mmo grind. The story starts slow, but its worth it to start slow, because it's the only time you get to take it slow, the stakes just get higher and more intense as you go. Lastly, biggest selling point to me is that you can change to any class at any time, you don't need alt characters.
"Yo, The Warrior of Light is in this game?!"
My Brother in Hydaelyn, YOU are the Warrior of Light.
LMFAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO
lmao im dead
The confusion is that "Warrior of Light" is an actual character in other FF games, originating as the main Player Character from FF1. Whenever they appear in other games they're simply referred to as "The Warrior of Light" and have a very specific design associated with them.
Yeah I think what he was saying is we are THE Warrior of Light, THE John Final Fantasy. The FF1 guy.
Well...if you know, you know.
My brother Hydaelyn?Bruh
In order of trailers:
1.0:
- This was for the original version of the game that later got scrapped.
- Those cards they were choosing between are essentially job listings for adventurers.
- No, the player character doesn't talk, that was just a one off thing they did in this trailer.
ARR:
- When they scrapped 1.0 and transitioned to ARR they did it by spending the final months of 1.0 building up to one of the world's two moons getting closer and closer until eventually the events of this trailer happened. This came out the moment the 1.0 servers went down as a final send off before becoming the trailer for ARR.
- The elezen mage that tried to hold off the dragon, Louisoix, is also the narrator for the in game intro to ARR. When you first start the game a lot of npcs will talk about the calamity 5 years ago and the warriors of light that fought valiantly against it, and how for some reason no one can remember their names or faces anymore. Those warriors of light are the players characters of 1.0.
Heavensward:
- Not gonna touch on any questions about the flashback sequence as that entire part is *MASSIVE* spoilers for ARR and really shouldn't have been in the trailer. All the trailers since this have been very good about avoiding story spoilers and only teasing at pretty early plot points for their respective expansions.
- Dragoons were already in the game before this expansion, but every expansion has a poster boy class that the placeholder main character that represents the player (lovingly referred to as Meteor or Derplander) changes to for the expansion. In the 1.0 trailer he was an Archer, in ARR he was a Warrior, and for Heavensward he switches to Dragoon.
Stormblood:
- The woman at the beginning is actually a Monk, as is Meteor for that portion of the trailer. Dancer is also a playable class and does match that aesthetic but wasn't added until Shadowbringers.
- In the second half Meteor is indeed now a Samurai, one of the two dps jobs added in this expansion and generally the highest damage melee class in the game when played well.
Shadowbringers:
- Yes, the player character is a warrior of light, just like the player characters of 1.0 are referred to as in ARR. It's hardly a spoiler to say that the "future sight" thing is called the Echo, but at least as of ARR onward it can't see the future and rather let's you see the past, usually through others' memories.
- When Meteor is switching classes throughout the fight, yes it's representing what we can play because that's what he's there for, but it's specifically transitioning through all of his previous classes in order and one by one they are all defeated by his enemy until he switches to Dark Knight. Like Dragoon in HW, Dark Knight was not new to this expansion but was the poster boy class for reasons the title makes obvious. Also the way he changes class is almost one to one of how that works in the game since you can level every single job in the game on a single character and freely swap between them by switching your weapon out. You just can't do it mid combat like he is here.
- You are not tripping, that is a gunblade, and there is a gunblade class. Gunbreaker is a tank class with a gunblade that got added in this expansion along with Dancer.
- DO NOT skip through the story to get to the expansions! Every expansion builds on the previous ones and skipping the story will make the expansion story fall flat for you and ruin the whole experience. There are callbacks constantly.
Endwalker:
- They went in on the trailer for this one because this expansion is the climactic finale of the overarching story that runs from ARR through all the previous expansions. Throughout the trailer it actually transitions between theme music from previous expansions in order.
Dawntrail:
- Dual swords since when? Since now lol. It's Viper, one of the two new dps jobs coming in this expansion, the other being the painter they showed called Pictomancer.
- Saying this has summer update vibes isn't far off. They've called the trip we're about to go on a summer vacation for the WoL, and since this is the beginning of a brand new story arc after Endwalker ended the last 10 year story they seem to be starting things on a lighter note.
- Regarding the buff cat lady, she's a Hrothgar and the thing that's new is that we're going to be able to make female Hrothgar now. They were added in Shadowbringers as a male only playable race, as well as the bunny girls (Viera) being a female only playable race. In Endwalker we got bunny boys and with Dawntrail they're finally completing the set.
- The graphics thing you probably heard people complain about was the benchmark test they just released so that people could run a sample of the upcoming new graphics update on their computer to test their hardware. There were a few small oversights with scene lighting and slight character model bugs that people want sorted out which SE have already made a statement apologizing for and saying they'll update the benchmark. As a whole the upcoming graphics update is going to be a major positive and looks fantastic.
Beautiful responses. Almost no notes.
I will add a caveat however to your point about the story. Namely that skipping the story is not suggested, but especially early on, won't totally *ruin* the game. It's still better to follow the story from the start, but ARR's pacing does throw people off before the game has a chance to pick up, so it's understandable, if regrettable, to skip early story segments. Personally suggest dropping back in around 2.3 if you feel the need to skip, as that's where the story really seems to get its footing.
@@ugxsan Then again, SQENIX have been streamlining and updating the ARR main story quest to be more streamlined and bearable for new players, and to somewhat fix the pacing. When I was starting out on a different datacenter, the ARR wasn't as drawn out and tedious as I remembered.
Hrothgar aka Ronso from FFX!
As for the spoilery part... once you play the story everything looks like spoilers lols
I'll add one further caveat to this otherwise exemplary explanation... When 1.0 ended, that cutscene only played up to the fade to white. That was the cliffhanger. The rest was new for the ARR trailer.
You've summoned the fandom. We enjoy watching other people react to the story. There's some pretty emotional moments.
My people,
My brothers,
My friends....
Two words. Haurchefant Greystone.
do not look at me so
A smile better suits a hero.
@@CrystalPrelude Where you walk my dearest friends, fate shall surely follow (:
Here's one specific advice if you ever start playing... DO NOT skip the story, it's arguably THE most important part of the game and believe me... once you'll reach the end of your journey, it'll pay off, Tenfold.
Other than that, just enjoy the game and do not hesitate to ask for help, people in-game are SUPER nice and will always try to help newcomers, in fact FFXIV is known for its ridiculously friendly community, while WoW's is infamous for being Toxic
Seconding this. People will wait for you to finish cutscenes, so absolutely do not feel rushed to the point where you skip them.
Thirding this. Just let people in the group know that you're new, and most will be patient with you. Just make sure you read your tooltips so you know what your skills do. They start you off slow, so you can get used to it. Also, when the orange marker on the ground disappears, that's when the AoE goes off, not the animation. I would recommend JoCat's guide to ff14 for this. Keep in mind that he's being a bit satirical, but the info is solid.
wouldn't say THE most important as its way more important that the jobs are fun to play long term, but story is definitely important. And good
Counterpointing this, I dropped ffxiv right before the final quest of ARR, picked it back up, remembered nothing, skipped 20% of heavensward, 75% of stormblood, and enjoyed the story in shadowbringers a ton, it was amazing and nearly standalone. Endwalker was alright, I enjoyed it. I didn't skip any cutscenes but hammered through unvoiced scenes. FFXIV is currently my most played game ever at nearly 15,000 hours.
@@VForceWave Nobody's saying you _can't_ enjoy the story if you skip, but there are absolutely elements in ShB and EW that you won't fully appreciate if you skipped earlier story. So if you want the full impact of the story, best not to skip.
46:02 "Final Fantasy x Monster Hunter, when?"
This is actually already a thing! In FF14, you can fight Rathalos, and get it as a Mount, as well as some MHW Gear.
In Monster Hunter World, you can fight the FF14 Behemoth and get some Dragoon gear.
And a Poogie and Palico minion!!!
The fights also borrow mechanics from the other game. It's really cool how they did them.
@@NuchiAsaki I freakin hate the HI-Potions in the second part of the fight T-T the duty is easy on ranged classes and rough on melee classes XD
I imagine Monster Hunter Wilds is also gonna get a crossover. Seeing how World and FFXIV did such a crazy, mutual crossover, I think it's inevitable.
@@ChrisMorray Beyond this, I'm pretty sure Yoshida has also expressed interest in retrying another Monster Hunter collab because he felt like Monhun's part of the collaboration was so strong. That behemoth fight was amazing.
WoW is an MMORPG - A multiplayer game with some story content.
FF14 is a RPGMMO - A narrative focused RPG that can be played co-op.
In WoW you are a character who experiences the events of the story
In FFXIV you are the main character who drives the story forward
@@for_the_lore5567 In ff14 you actually become the story.
wow is a crap game that lost half its players to 14 14 is the top mmo out
@@elvangulley3210 Literally no need for this kind of comment. I love XIV and I'll play it to the day it ceases to exist. But WoW is just as massive still, stop with the tribalism bs.
@@elvangulley3210Both false and unneeded.
"It was like a big reset" is so accurate. They took down the servers and remade the game from almost the ground up. Yoshi P came in and was like 'nah, I can't fix this. Burn it.'
To begin, we first must see the end
@@LowIntSpecimen Destruction and Reconstruction
this was one of the best "blind" trailer reacts since you have ff knowledge, your joy over seeing the gunblade was so precious. i hope you may one day give 14 a try, it's truly an amazing experience.
right after he sees primals blasting out of the sky, he asks "Did he just see into the future?"
you have no idea
Fun fact the dude that died in trailer is pretty important and will be mentioned throughout the series and you’ll meet his grandchildren.
The whole moon falling was basically a bad event called a calamity and also was the ending of 1.0 that characters will also constantly mention.
So in a way the world did end as 1.0 was scrapped and recreated into 2.0.
And 1.0 became the worlds past!
The great Louisoix...
"Kind of reminds me of cataclysm."
My brother in Christ, Deathwing would get absolutely *EVISCERATED* by Bahamut.
Blaze... the best part about FFXIV? You can play ALL JOBS, ALL CLASSES, ALL CRAFTING CLASSES... on one character. It's just a matter of changing main hand weapons and tools.
I must be old xD, I remember back then if you want a specific class you'd need to level other classes, but now you don't just hit lvl 30 n they're unlocked.
@@sennin7535 Yeah they had this weird system where you had to level different classes not to just unlock the jobs, like having to level up archer in order to turn your thaumaturge into a black mage, but also had to level specific jobs up in order to get certain abilities. Like how gladiator was the one that unlock the fucking taunt skill, so even if you wanted to just play warrior, you still need to level gladiator too to actually be able to your job as a tank properly lol. Thankfully they scrapped that in Shadowbringers iirc.
And then there's those crazy people like me who level up every single job, crafter and gatherer to max xD
@@megamage911 That's my endgame, too. I can't raid because I have fibromyalgia and arthritis in my hands, so I just level everything to max. I've got 1 omni-90 with everything at 90, and 3 alts with almost everything (DoM/DoW, at least, I'm not leveling crafters again) at max.
@@WayTooLateTV You can also get the old relics since a lot of those are entirely soloable.
fun fact: ffxiv has a monster hunter collab!!! You have to get to a certain point in game(stormblood) to do the quest! I love ff14 and a big part of why I love it is the community. They are very welcoming and I have made some life long friends out of it. I have social anxiety and would have moments where I freak out/ have an anxiety attack and the people I was playing with were so understanding. They allowed me to take my time and helped me with moments I was stuck at (stuck meaning waiting for other players). Even though I've now done most of the content I still log on daily and help others in the same predicament. I defiantly recommend playing it.
Whoaaa that’s awesome!
The collab sounds amazing but my favorite part about this comment is your friends being patient with you and letting you enjoy the game at your own pace.
That approach encourages new people to continue playing and become a fan of the game later.
Glad you love the game and are helping new people out
@@SHSLBLAZE old players like us (3500 hours in) tend to do that when we have nothing worth to do ( like now since an expansion is coming )
We help new players for everything, dungeon,story,raid, everything !
And yeah like some people you don't skip the story , everything is relevant one way or another innother expansion or content and elevate the encounter design
Everything is story related , but everything together mesh perfectly and create a unique experience thanks to that
Until you reach heavensward it will be a slog but after that everything is better
Music is better
Gameplay is better ( oh god before lv 60 the gameplay is boring )
And story is better
Honestly 90% of players will actually give you shit if you skip story stuff and try to rush. Lol it really is a story and you shouldn't try to skip to the end. The biggest tips I can give: ARR can be slow, but it pays off I'm the long run. It's a lot of setup and world building for the future expansions. If you can get through that, you're gonna love it. Second tip is to TAKE YOUR TIME. There's no reason to rush, players can join you for lower level stuff at no real penalty to themself, so definitely take your time to enjoy the world and story. My friend is now on shadowbringers, and he started back in 2019. He doesn't get to play all the time (work, irl, etc.) there's literally no "hurry up so you can do this" mentality. It's all about the journey, not the destination. Hope you enjoy
@@SHSLBLAZE You can get Rathalos as a mount from that event. One of the best mounts in the game!
FF’s story is a literal masterpiece. Debatably the best in the entire series. Take your time and enjoy! If you stream your experience from the start, there are hundreds of us who will watch and cheer you on!
As someone who has played since ff14 1.0, the biggest hurtle, in my opinion, is getting through a realm reborn, but it's 1000% worth it to take your time getting through the story.
Slightly trippy how fast the VA's changed, you grow used to hearing them sounding one way - and then they turn completely different
If you ask me, Stormblood is the slowest one in terms of pacing (And the most expensive - it literally costs over 1k to teleport to any of the locations there)
1.0 is not playable. 2.0 is a realm reborn
@@fierytigergaming8112 have to agree... everyone gives ARR a bad rap.. it really isn't that bad.. Stormblood was the slog for me...
Honestly? I recently replayed ARR and besides some bits in the middle part, the story was actually rather good. My memories depicted it as a far worse experience than it actually was.
I know Im not the only one chocking up every time I see ARR trailer. See the world eviscerated while everyone is still caught up in that pointless war. Seeing Louisoix protecting everyone and ultimately making the ultimate sacrifice to save the adventurers. The finally the new world gleaming with life and joy. Never gets old
Listen, if you play, I'm absolutely following your journey. I've been playing for nearly 2 years and I'm always finding new things to do, lore to dive into. In general, my experience with the game and the community has been great.
My only advice is to go at your pace and really take the story in.
100% agree, the story is the main driving point of this game, and it’s what makes the rest of the game so enjoyable too, that and the amazing comunity
HEAR HEAR!
And the story keeps coming around; do not fast forward the story because elements of the story from say realm reborn keep popping up all the way in Endwalker.
@@eternalsummer8409 and the MUSIC!!! So much wonderful music! So many bangers and so many that pull at your emotions!
10000% this! Yes, the first 50 levels are rough, but worth it. Hell, even side quests have ripples that reach the end games.
- "What is that thing called?"
- "Lalafell."
potato
Popoto
Evil
"evil incarnate"
All replies are also accurate.
Glad you're checking out the game. As someone who played Final Fantasy games, you are going to ABSOLUTELY enjoy your journey. There are so many references.
Please do not skip ahead. Considering you say you're very much into story in games, you need the experience of the beginning in order to enjoy the end.
FFXIV story is absolutely amazing, but keep in my it still has all of the trappings of an mmorpg. Don't be afraid to skip a fetch quest here or there, but do watch all the cutscenes and read the major dialogue. Payoffs can extend across multiple expansions and guaranttee you that cathartic feeling you're looking for in a story. Once you get rolling you won't want to stop. In the end, you'll be able to look back fondly on your adventure and say that the journey was worth it :)
'Listen to that music. It feels like I am in the combat' - *sips tea* That's just how hard FFXIV's boss battle music hits
It's always so nice to watch someone who has experience with the series watch these.
Ive never clicked a video so fast in my life! Holy shit, I'm so happy youve taken the time to watch these trailers! Lore in FF14 is suuuper deep/heavy, like deep fried chocolate shake heavy, all of the events in the trailers become more clearer as you play through the story so dont worry about being confused especially with Shadowbringers and Endwalker! If you are to stream the game, i recommend it its pretty fun and exciting. Although if you do, have follow/sub mode on to prevent people from spoiling anything. Yes there are people like that unfortunately. Yes Samurai and Gunbreaker classes are super dope! And hell yes! The music and trailers is top tier! Tbh theres a lot of content to go through and its a super good time! Can't wait to play with you my dude! I'll be in the Cactar server!
Ahhhh, my beloved FFXIV! I started the game about 2 years ago, and I loved it from the moment the game opened up!
Fun fact: the second trailer is actually an in game event that happened before they shut the servers down. Players that were on before the servers shut down actually saw that moon descending closer and closer down to their world. And when the servers shut down, that exact cinamatic played. They shut the servers down because they completely re worked the game, and then FFXIV: A Realm Reborn came to be!
Edits as I watched the video
28:18 yes! There is a Dancer and Samurai class! Both are DPS with dancer being a ranged support DPS and Samurai being a melee high damage class.
31:32 yup! Your character is the Warrior of Light and Darkness(Darkness coming after the Shadowbringers expansion)
32:10 yup! Every single expansion is a continuous story, with the saga ending in Endwalker. They made a story pretty much out of resetting the game! Dawntrail is the new expansion that will be coming out in June, which will introduce a new one!
34:42 yup! Same person
35:10 yes, siiiiir! 😄
35:24 yup! There is a gun blade class which is a tank class called Gunbreaker
37:42 no! Don’t skip any of the story, because as I said before, it’s a continuous story. If you skip any of it, you’ll be lost when you get to later expansions
47:47 yes! That is a new class coming out in Dawntrail called Viper. It will be a melee DPS class
48:28 yup! That is another new class coming out in Dawntrail called Pictomancer! Which will be a ranged magical DPS class!
50:52 that’s very fair, something I also really appreciate about WoW is how anatomically different each race is. It really separates each race from each other. But it is also a cultural thing. As FFXIV was made in Japan, there is a trope called Kemonomimi in Japan that is used for any human-animal hybrids. So while WoW goes all out anthropomorphic animal like races (I.e Worgan, Tauren), FFXIV sticks to humans, but with cat ears and a tail or bunny ears. While WoW was made in the west, where that kind of trope is not very common in western media.
The funny thing is that, as big as Bahamut looks in that second trailer, it still does not set the scale. There is a full boss fight that happens in the palm of his hand after his death. That dragon was absolutely massive.
You had me laughing, each time you kept saying 'that's the last expansion' but it wasn't 😂
I'm happy you're going to try the game
I have just finished the Shadowbringers expansion. I was very late to the party. I played WOW for years, then Elder Scrolls Online for a few more years. FF14 has the best story of all three. If you decide to play FF don't rush through the game. Enjoy the story progression. It will have you laughing one second, then a tear rolling down your cheek the next. The community has been fantastic. They are very helpful with mechanics and general questions. Hope you get sucked in like I did.
Bring more tissues for Endwalker, my friend.
Having spent YEARS on WoW, I absolutely fell in love with FFXIV. Both are great in their own ways, but the story of 14 is just so captivating as you progress further into the story.
YEARS of wow ??!??!? And you are still sane ?!?!
my favorite genre of video is people watching FFXIV cinematics and being absolutely blown away
One very important thing to know about FF14, and why I love it so much: YOU are the focus of the game's story. You're the Warrior of Light. (Yes, every PC is the Warrior of Light, but when you're doing group content it's "The Warrior of Light and their friends", which is a bit silly). It's not like most MMOs where "Here's the story, you're kinda taking part, but off to the side". It's "This is your story. YOU are changing the world."
one could even say... "This is our future. Our story." :D
"man Final fantasy need to do a collab" Yeah they did it, in 14, you even face rathlos "like a whole game" oh.
to tack on it is /highly/ recommended, not skipping the story to get to expansions, as like you predicted, it's connected, 1.0 (aka everything before a realm reborn) onwards is connected together, through the stories of ARR and on. and for the social aspect of it all, the fact you would come in as a "sprout" aka a new player, you basically immediately get a bunch of people surrounding you to help you through the story and have fun. I have heard form WoW vets say that the ff14 community is one of the most welcoming and embracing communities they have ever seen.
The issues you were talking about at the end of the video about "lighting" is the benchmark for Dawntrail was also showing how the full graphical update overhaul would go down and some people were saying that the lighting on character models and such were not showing properly, so Yoshi-P (the name the community calls Naoki Yoshida, aka the guy who turned 1,0 into ARR and so on after it got shoved into his lap) responded personally, apologized, broke down the issues that the community had, how he intended ot fix it, and so on, giving his players proper respect and dignity for their complaints and showing him and his team (Creative Business unit III, which is focused solely on FF14 and possibly 11 reboot now that 16 was made, yes CBIII made 16) respect the player base
World of Final Fantasy KINDA fills that gap, I guess?
The story is the game. Everything you do has a story element to it, so if you do play, pay attention to story. Side quests can be done if you wish, but are there for flavor. The Main story quests and the blue+ quests are must ( the blues unlock other content). If you like story, this is the game for you, comedy , tragedy, high adventure, and everything in between.
The fact that this dude was able to to figure how they tied version 1 into ARR just by watching the trailers, says a lot about FF14's storytelling.
I've played this game since the Beta of 1.0, the first iteration of this game that eventually got crashed and burned. This game does story the best but you should not fast foward through the early stuff untill the good stuff comes along. The 2.0 A Realm reborn story sets up all the dominoes for the expansions to use if you skip early events and story in a rush to come to the "good stuff" you will miss out.
The story they weave starting with 2.0 goes all the way through the expansions building up and will reach a great climax in Shadowbringers and Endwalker. But the big moments and reveals will not land if you've missed something.
I also recommend to take your time to do raid content at the end of each expansion. Every dungeon raid and piece of content has some story to it. Some of it is standalone, some of it is tied directly to the overal story.
If you're trying to figure out which MMO to play between the two big ones. Jesse Cox has a 36 minute video called "15 years of wow versus 1 year of FFXIV" , it perfectly lines up the big differences between the two without spoiling. and will help you decide on where to start.
FFXIV and MHW did a crossover. In FFXIV you get to hunt Rathalos, and in MHW you get to hunt a behemoth. They both did an excellent job of incorporating aspects of the other game into the event
2 things to note:
1. If a duty is too hard to complete, you can make it easier if you fail, with it unlocking "Easy" and "Very Easy" mode for said duty.
2. If you're looking for a quick start, choose a "Legacy" server - they give boosts up until Level 80
10:37 you nailed a good portion of it all JUST from a few seconds of the trailer. You love to see it.
12:15 The last patches of 1.0 is the WoL trying to stop this very event. And no matter how hard they tried, and succeeded, there was just no stopping it. This was how 1.0 Died, and 2.0 came in, using this very battle as the launching point for what has become an MMO powerhouse.
23:54 Chorus:
"Guide us, Oh mighty Fury!"
"Guide us, to victory!
@5:16 the monster Morbor is a shout out to one of the early Final Fantasy programers. The monster is known for its bad breath attack, the programmer was a chain smoker. Morbor (monster) = Marlboro (cigarette brand). @11:30 there has been at least one artificial moon as part of the plot in a FF title. @32:20 yes they brought the lore from FF14 1.0 to 2.0+ there is a mention from an NPC about The Great Goobo Wall. That was in the last months of 1.0 when they knew they were going to nuke the servers. The GMs and Dev's got to spawn really high lvl monsters into the starting cities. Back then mounts took up physical space so a line of them could block players / mobs. The biggest rideable mounts were Goobo. High lvl player characters lined up to block the monsters getting at low lvl characters so the newbies could get out of the cities and start adventuring.
don't worry about the classes too much, you can play all of them in a single character.
you can be all of them if you want.
The end of the first cinematic always gets me so hard. Watching Louisoix save everyone, and then turn into the blast and smile, brings a tear to my eyes every time. Incredible game.
If you play ff14, please dont story skip, even though a realm reborn can be a slog, a good amount of story bits continue in future expansions (its a continous story) so quite a bit of context can be lost if skipped, a realm reborn does have its moments, not to mention learning about a lot of characters and world building. I would say ff14 is pretty heavily backloaded with its quality content but that doesnt necessarily mean the early stuff isnt important.
the clip with Bahamut destroying the world was actually worked into the story of the game when they re-released ffxiv, thats why its "a realm reborn". when the servers were shutting down before the world was "reborn", everyone in game could see the big sphere in the sky, then when the servers started back up you had that cinematic and you were in the new world, this is where the characters in the cutscene were teleported to
As someone who recently have caught up on the main story, I think its worth a try. You're free to try the free trail until you think you really want to commit to it. The only tip I have though is, it might be more fun to run it with some friends, especially in A Realm Reborn (the base game). A Realm Reborn will be quite long, depending on how fast you're willing to go trough it. But, I will say... It gets better. The story is good that it did keep me playing. So if you do plan on playing, I hope you can enjoy it! ^^
Since you seemed to really take a liking to the classes specifically, here is the full list of classes, including the two coming in Dawntrail in a bit over a month:
_Tanks_
• Paladin (sword, board, and holy magic)
• Warrior (greataxe)
• Dark Knight (greatsword and shadow magic)
• Gunbreaker (gunblade)
_Healers_
• White Mage (standard holy healer with staff)
• Scholar (book and fairy familiar)
• Astrologian (“astrolabe”; basically a spinny globe thing, and tarot cards)
• Sage (“nouliths”; basically four floating gundam type laser things)
_Melee DPS_
• Monk (fists/gauntlets/brass knuckles/anything fisty punchy)
• Dragoon (spear, high jumps, and dragon power)
• Ninja (daggers and jutsus, naruto style)
• Samurai (katana)
• Reaper (scythe and voidsent avatar)
• Viper (dual swords that combine into darth maul style double blade, comes out in Dawntrail)
_Physical Ranged DPS_
• Bard (bow and music)
• Machinist (gun, shotgun, drill gun, chain launching gun, flamethrower, bio blaster, chainsaw gun, auto crossbow shooter, timed explosives, mecha queen summon, literal missile barrage, and just about any other thing you can think of that shoots)
• Dancer (chakrams and sick dance moves)
_Magical DPS_
• Black Mage (staff and magic revolved around fire ice and lightning)
• Summoner (book and various summons)
• Red Mage (rapier and floating thing that combine into staff, uses combination of white and black magic)
• Pictomancer (paintbrush and palette, comes out in Dawntrail)
Or, on the other hand:
Blacksmith (Forges weapons)
Armourer (Clue's in the name)
Gardener
Miner
Fisher
Culinarian
Goldsmith
I love FF14 immensely, I didn't play much FF games before this but it was such an immaculate experience. The friends I made, the adventures we had, I don't think anything could ever replace it for me.
What a time to come to the game! You're in for a treat, and i hope you have a lot of fun. Been playing since the launch of Stormblood, and its probably my favorite game in terms of storytelling and customization. With Dawntrail launching at the end of the month, theres a lot to look forward to 😊
P.S. the gunblade class is called a Gunbreaker, and yes you can play as one 😉
Fun fact, if we compare Death Wing from WOW to Bahamut from FF14.....Death Wing, who is hailed as a natural disater and provoked the Cataclysm.....is as big as 1 of Bahamut's HORNS
Facts... Bahamut would wear Deathwing as a scarf...
@shadowcat1606 Also, second fun fact. Bahamut from 14 is capable of space travel. Like the rest of the brood
@@garreonlefay6703 I know, i played the game ;) Though, technically, Bahamut never did of his own, did he? Midgardsormr travelled the expanse with the unhatched eggs of his children, right?
@@shadowcat1606 True, but all are capable of space travel. Vrtra is able to simply fly from the Planet to the Moon. Which means he is capable of longer voyages
@@garreonlefay6703 True, i completely forget about the recent stuff showing Vrtra doing it.
"What's your favorite line in XIV?"
*guitars begin playing in the distance*
yes we have gunblades, also the new class Viper and Pictomancer in the new expansion.
I didn't play any FF games before 15 and then 14, but to me Final Fantasy means epic music, epic bosses and just an experience that gives you goosebumps and makes your blood pump.
It's a hopeful feeling, a joyful one. One that relishes just being able to experience this game (in 14's case with others.) That's Final Fantasy.
There's something so cathartic about watching someone go through that same 'oh shit' moment we all did seeing Dalamud in ARR and hearing 'Answers' for the first time. It hits even harder after Endwalker, where everything comes full circle. Still gives me goosebumps every time without fail.
Sappy shit aside: If you already like the older games, then I definitely think you will enjoy 14. Especially since in recent years they have worked to make the main story fully solo-able, meaning you do not have to engage in any socializing or teaming up with others if you don't want to. You can play through the story like you would any single-player Final Fantasy game. (And it has a free trial up to award-winning Stormblo--)
Whether you try it or not, thank you for this video, it's brought back a lot of wonderful memories for me. Wishing you the best buddy.
The cat lady you saw in the end isn't actually from a new race, but she is the tease at the un-gender locking of her race, as previously the Hrothgar (her race) were exclusively comprised of males... basically fixing what was a glaring issue for both people who may have wanted to play them, or from a lore standpoint.
Though I wouldn't blame you for not knowing that as someone new to the game's specific lore AND because unfortunately 2 races in the game are kinda left to the wayside storywise unless you elect to play them so they get representative.
The Hrothgar and the Roegadyn
"I can be SQUALL? There's a gunblade class?!" There sure is buddy, I'm glad you caught onto that.
Not just using the weapon, you can get Squall's entire outfit!
I highly reccomend not skipping ARR. A lot of plot is set up in ARR that pays off in the expansion, and introduces you to all the people you need to know. You said that once the plot is done you tap out. Stories continue in every raid and dungeon, side quests, skill classes, etc. There will be no shortage of story and plot to play through.
I've been playing 14 for many years now, but the Shadowbringers and Endwalker trailers still give me goosebumps. I absolutely adore rewatching them.
If you decide to stream this I will be seated here for however long it takes you to go through the story 😂❤
Watching people enjoy this story for the first time is one of the community’s favorite pastimes since we can’t enjoy it for the first time again ourselves
So, really cool thing: that "split the sky" noment from the Shadowbringers trailer _actually happens_ and it is awesome both cinematically and lorewise.
FF14 is literally perfect for you if you're looking for a story driven MMO. And the community is amazingly kind and helpful. Just don't skip the cutscenes.
Don't. Skip. The cutscenes.
Really enjoyed the apex reaction series, maybe you could react to finishers? You also missed out a couple trailers (Kill code pt 3 and 4) on the trailers video.
Hopefully, I enjoyed it too but there isn't much else to react too
@@Joneseyfortniteofficial He gave him an idea for finishers in the comment and kill code so I would enjoy it
24:40 - Dragoons had been in the game since launch, but their lore heavily tied them to a particular country that was only briefly touched on during A Realm Reborn. Heavensward takes place in said country, so they were the "mascot" job for that expansion.
Seeing him piece together the GENIUS of them literally destroying the old world, in game, for it to be reborn, was *chef's kiss*
46:03 "Final Fantasy x Monster Hunter when?"
2017, in Stormblood.
yes, dancer job, yes samurai job, yes gunblade job, all on one character too...
Found this vid in my recommended. I started playing this game just under 3 years ago and I love it so much. I love watching new players play through the game for the first time, so since you're planning on playing through it, I'm absolutely going to tune in and watch. Enjoy the game and everything it has to offer!
If you think FFXIV has more animal looking races wait till you actually start WoW
i was crying of joy when i watched your reaction. This game is the best that could happen to my mental health. The community is so kind and helpful, the story is so epic and yoshi did a great job rescue it
Some information regarding classes (or as they're referred to : Jobs) :
- While you pick one class to start the game with, by the time you complete your Lv.10 class quest, this unlocks the ability to visit the other class guilds to go and unlocked them. As such, your character can unlocked and level ALL classes and jobs on the same character. Alts are pretty much if you want a different character altogether but if your interest is only in the jobs themselves, then you only need one character.
- After completing your Lv.30 class quest, your next 'class' quest will unlock the corresponding "Job", which is an advanced version of your class and enables much more advanced abilities. This goes for every class that you can start with including the Rogue that you can unlock in one of the cities. However, future Jobs do not have a base class and once unlocked, you immediately get their job stone as well.
- Jobs that were added in later expansions have prerequisites before you can unlock them, usually having at least one Job at a given level, in case of Heavensward, you need to have access to the new city hub and the other jobs tend to be available at the start of the previous expansion's level cap that they were introduced in. It may sound complicated but really, a rule of thumb is "reach the next level cap tier from one expansion to unlock two new jobs in either of the three starting cities".
- Classes and Jobs are role-locked. This means that, for example, the Samurai is a DPS job and can only assume a DPS role. Unlike WoW which has specs that let you have a given class assume one or two roles depending on the one you use, FFXIV have their jobs hard-locked.
- The Tank classes / jobs are : Gladiator (which becomes Paladin), Marauder (which becomes Warrior), Dark Knight and Gunbreaker
- The Healer classes / jobs are : Conjurer (which becomes White Mage), Scholar (which is unique as it branches from the Arcanist which is a Magic DPS class), the Astrologian and the Sage.
- The Melee DPS classes / jobs are : Pugilist (which becomes Monk), Lancer (which becomes Dragoon), Rogue (which becomes Ninja), Samurai and Reaper. Dawntrail announced the Viper as a new melee DPS job.
- The Ranged DPS classes / jobs are : Archer (which becomes Bard), Machinist and Dancer
- The Magic DPS classes / jobs are : Thaumaturge (which becomes Black Mage), Arcanist (which becomes Summoner but also Scholar) and Red Mage. Dawntrail announced the Pictomancer as a new magic DPS job.
- There are also 'gathering' and 'crafting' classes which, unlike most MMORPGs, are their own, full-fledged classes with their own questlines. Those too, you can pick up after Lv.10 and they all have their own actions, passives and possible recipes. Crafting involves a lot more than just selecting a recipe and waiting on a progress bar as you actually need to balance between increasing the quality of a craft while also making sure you finish it's progress before the durability of a craft runs out.
- Crafting classes also unlocks QoL features like being able to meld materia by yourself instead of paying an NPC to do it for you (which are slotted into gear to increase their stat) as well as the ability to repair your own equipment, allowing to increase it's durability over 100% so it requires maintenance less often. The Culinarian and Alchemist also allows you to make food buff items and potions that can give you an edge in dungeons and content.
Fun thing you may have noticed especially since you were watching them back to back: In the Shadowbringers trailer, the WoL was changing classes in the order they were in the trailers. Archer(1.0)>Warrior(Realm Reborn)>Dragoon(Heavensward)>Monk(Stormblood)>Samurai(Stormblood again).
Good news is Samurai and Gunbreaker (the class that uses gunblades) are classes you can play! The bad news is they are not starting classes. You can unlock Samurai once you have a class at lvl 50, and Gunbreaker once you have a class at lvl 60.
I haven't seen most of the cinematics in the first 15 minutes of this video! I've always wanted to go through them, glad I found this video.
I really enjoyed your commentary, and you're very perceptive. I hope you enjoy the game and I'll try to catch some more videos. Thanks for this!
The interesting part is that as the trailers continue, you can see the warrior of light (the same main guy in all the trailers) lose his smile aside from brief confidence and adventure but doesn't last for long due to duty, war, or general danger. Dawntrail's trailer is one of the only in a long time where the W.O.L. is constantly smiling and is excited to be a part of the adventure, and personally, its extremely refreshing our character gets to feel happy for once in the trailers.
Dawntrail is set to be released July 2nd 2024 with a 4 day early access (starting June 28th) if you pre-order the expansion. It is said to basicly be the "beach episode" expansion after all the world ending we had the last couple years. Its also the start of a complete new storyarc. So right now is a great time to get started, you basicly experience the new story with the rest of the community.
Seeing someone be as excited about these games that I love so much is absolutely the best.
So glad you decided to check this out!
Your enthusiasm was so contagious i almost stopped the video like 3 times to go play haha.
Also still can’t get over how the dawntrail logo looks like an imperial star destroyer silhouette
So glad to hear you liked the cinematics. A few things from a FFXIV vet to a new player:
1. It is up to you if you skip cutscenes or not, but since you expressed interest in the story, especially the later expansions, I recommend not doing so. The beginning can feel a bit slow to people, but it's because it has the unenviable task of trying to set up the story going forward, as well as trying to weave in 1.0 references for people who weren't there.
2. Definitely have some twitch mods that know the story and are able to remove spoiler messages or are able to put twitch in emote-only mode during big story beats. The FFXIV community gets very excited about people hitting those big moments, but can get a little overzealous and spoil things.
3. One character can be all classes, so while it's important to pick a starting class you think you'll like, don't think of it as the end-all, be-all decision of a lifetime. You can max out all classes if that is your wish.
4. Some dungeons are required for the main story. You can do them with people if you wish, but if you are the type of person who wants to not have to rush and be able to look around the dungeon and read any literature that lies around in some dungeons, you are able to do those dungeons with a group of NPCs. Entirely up to you.
5. You mentioned you played FFXVI. Well, much of the same team that made FFXVI made FFXIV. So for instance, Soken is the composer for both games, Yoshida is the director and producer, etc. (Creative Business Unit III)
I will definitely try to catch these streams, I love people coming to explore our world!
32:08 The writers are *_exceptionally_* good in FFXIV of finding ways to connect new story beats and lore connect back to elements previously established when they couldn't have known at the time where they would taking the story. The continuity of the lore in this game is sublime.
I'm ngl I was eagerly waiting for you to react to these, I hope you enjoy it if you do get into the game bro, some of the best story I've ever experienced
I always get so emotional when re-watching all of these, this game has had a huge impact on my life and has helped keep me afloat.
The trailer songs usually get brought in as a song for an important boss fight too, and if you have a keen ear you can also hear their motifs throughout other songs in each expansion. I highly suggest that you watch each expansions trailer as you get to its starting point and see it with the eyes that players would have at the time, and maybe even again after each expansion, and events become more clear.
Others have probably said, but each trailer was represented with a different main class for the warrior of light, an archer(/bard) for 1.0, warrior for 2.0 ARR, Dragoon for 3.0 heavensward, both Monk and Samurai for 4.0 Stormblood, Dark knight for 5.0 Shadowbringers (and also the warrior of light cycled through each class in the trailer fighting their foe until getting to the dark knight), Paladin for 6.0 Endwalker, and for 7.0 Dawntrail he became the new class Viper that has the dual sword-twinblades as seen in the trailer.
Your reactions were priceless and you made a lot of good deductions! I hope you have a good time playing!
Pretty solid that you picked up the lore implications of the realm reborn cutscene. That was actually the cutscene that played when the 1.0 game was cut off. The last thing people saw was Bahamut razing the earth and then the servers were shut down. You could actually run around and see the meteor in the sky when it got close. Then when ARR came out we got the rest.
One thing to note; only the expansion trailers after Heavensward revealed new classes. Stormblood revealed Samurai (but Red Mage also came out as the second class). Shadowbringers revealed Gunbreaker and Dancer. Endwalker revealed Sage and Reaper. Dawntrail revealed Viper and Pictomancer.
The character that is supposed to represent us, designated "Meteor," in each of these trailers usually starts out as classes that could already be played. Like Warrior, Dragoon, Monk, Dark Knight, and Paladin.
Correction: Dark Knight can only be unlocked in Foundation - starts at Level 30. Foundation only being visitable after the first mission in Heavensward (I'd forgotten where the quest was when the video was put up, but since i'm going through Heavensward on an alt)
That first trailer with the world ending as you called it hits so hard after having done the full story. I only just started playing a year or two ago and after 800 some hours finished the base story up through Endwalker, still finishing up all the leveling and unlocking other things.
A Realm Reborn is super hard to get through in my opinion because a lot of it doesn't seem to matter, but as someone else commented, it all makes sense WAY down the road. Only Storm Blood seemed kinda not related but some people still love that expansion.
I cheated and bought a character boost in the beginning of my play since I just wanted to get through the story, even then it still took me forever to finish. Hope you enjoy it though! I love that it's great for solo or group play and I don't have to make 20+ characters to try all the classes out.
If you ask me, despite Stormblood being a slog, Heavensward was all over the place - the first part being "Dragonsong" and then it changing course half-way through
Omg, loved your shadowbringer reaction 😂❤
Yes we are THE warior of Lhite, BUT THEN!
Several of these trailers still bring me to tears just hearimg the themes.
The Answers trailer is the most significant event in gaming, its the actual reboot of the game, the transition from the failed 1.0 to ARR. The war being faught in the Cartenau Flats was a fight to stop Dalamund from breaking open, but they failed. Do the Binding Coils raids to learn how everything ended
24:40 Dragoons have been in 14 since day 1. It's a rule that when there's a new expansion/trailer, the fans bet on which class the Warrior of Light (the main guy in the trailers) is gonna be. So starting from 1.0 to now, we have Archer/Bard, Marauder/Warrior, Lancer/Dragoon, Pugilist/Monk, Samurai, Dark Knight, Gladiator/Paladin, and now Viper.
The sound tracks from this game and expansions are just the best in any MMO. There are so many bangers its crazy. Plus the ability to swap to any job whenever you want on the same character is amazing.
Your definition of a FF game is exactly what I have come to acknowledge as well. I started playing FF with 16, then that got me into 7 remake and then rebirth, and now 14. My buddy who has played FF all his life basically, idk which one he started with, has said that every game for the most part has had different combat mechanics in some way shape or form.
It's been years and 'Answers' still makes me cry
Regarding the small races always seeming to be casters, there's a relatively major player in the story who uses his (adopted, and significantly larger) father's one-handed sword as his own greatsword. He's pretty badass.
As a longtime player this was such a joy to watch and I cried way too much
The Dragoon job was in the game in A Realm Reborn, but in Heavensward we were travelling to Ishgard, the part of the world that the dragoons were from, hence the emphasis in the trailer.
I have been playing FFXIV for a little over 3 years, came over from WoW, which I played for about 13 or so years...your responses came very close to mirroring mine when I first saw these cinematics...I CANNOT WAIT to watch you experience Endwalker...dude, you are in for a ride!!
i love watching new players watch these cinematics, because i can chase the high of having first experienced it myself.
also as an aside: the male vocalist on the Endwalkers theme song is Sam Carter from the band Architechts, which is an absolutely influential band in the metalcore scene.
Excited to see you're about to play this! I love seeing new people still coming in, I'll have to catch some of your playthrough. Please don't give up on the early game too soon, I promise it gets better really fast! You can story skip if you want, but you'll miss out on a lot of what makes this game great. The story is the reason to play.
Didnt know you posted this but these cinematics are so fun to watch. I will be watching the end walker trailer when I finish shadowbringers but maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan I love your reactions to these trailers.
14 does not hold back on the dark perpare yourself and have fun!