ANIMATOR REACTS to *Final Fantasy XIV Flames of Truth* (First Time Watching) Gaming Cinematics

[@BeRadMH]

The original cinematic played in-game in the final moments of the 1.0 version. At first, you don't know what happened after the warriors are teleported away. In the new version of the game, you venture into the Coils of Bahamut (the remains of the dragon), and find out what happened to Louisoix (the elf mage). That's when you are treated to the remaining part of the cinematic and learn how Bahamut was defeated. SPOILERS. Bahamut is what's known as a primal - a "god" born purely of faith and desire that devours the land's strength to sustain itself. In order to defeat it, Louisoux become a primal himself - Phoenix, a manifestation of sacrifice and rebirth. The song that plays throughout the trailer is also incredibly significant to the lore of the game, even through the current expansion.

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s incredible!

[@mjs3188]

Somehow "incredibly significant" still understates how significant it is.

[@ayanhart]

Also worth adding: Bahamut wasn't JUST a primal. He was one of the first brood of Dragons (the father of whom, Midgardsormr, came to the planet after fleeing the destruction of his home world - yes, dragons are aliens in this universe). Midgardsormr's 7 children then spread out across the world; Bahamut and his sister Tiamat went to a land called Meracydia and started their own brood there. Many millennia later, the Allagan Empire grew in power and invaded the lands with the intent to conquer, as they had the Three Great Continents. The dragons defended their home and Bahamut was killed in doing so. Tiamat and their children in their grief prayed and summoned a primal in the form of the lost Bahamut, with the intent of fighting back. Unfortunately, the primal was captured and imprisoned the red moon Dalamud in order to harvest the energy. Over the thousands of years since the Allagan Empire fell the primal's hatred towards Man has been growing ever stronger. In the modern day, the Garlean Empire (the people in the cool helmets and machines) tried to emulate Allag and harvest the moon's power, leading to the scene in the cinematic.

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

@@ayanhart He sure WAS. But during the cinematic, he's just a primal and not his original self, which already died ages ago. Born from the cries of his significant other, Tiamat.

[@Cerxen]

@@whitenoisereacts the original trailer from the end of 1.0 is called "End of an Era", and is the same up to the teleport sequence, but then shows what happens to the party after they are teleported instead.

[@cemiller]

Watching people react to this cinematic never gets old XD. It is truly a gem of cinematography.

[@whitenoisereacts]

It’s amazing!!!

[@cherrydragon3120]

people 20 years from now will still look at this in awe

[@razriga]

You have no idea how many FFXIV fans are going to come out of the woodwork with this. We as a community adore watching other people experience this game. Watch order: - Heavensward Trailer (this containes major spoilers for the end of A Realm Reborn) - Stormblood - Shadowbringer - Endwalker Just know that the man that we follow in these trailers is supposed to represent you, the player

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ok awesome!!

[@aphelion4616]

Though I do believe they use the likeness of Ardbert to represent the WoL.

[@Izentahmed]

@@aphelion4616 Arbert existed after the design of the WoL, he's an alter ego of our character

[@arinmochi]

@@aphelion4616 It's a version of Yoshi-P's WoL

[@NeoZanther]

Yes, a year old but the 1.0 Cinematic should also be watched

[@hkoizumi3134]

The thing about this Cinematics is it evolves as you play the game. You will get to know who are in the cinematics, where it was, why it happened, who let it happen, when it happened, what happened after, and soon the identity of the help given. The story is very good, perhaps one of the best stories I have ever experienced in any piece of media. And I'm not exaggerating.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ok, well I can’t wait

[@katarh]

The lyrics to the song start to make more and more sense as well. 5.0 revealed a huge chunk of the mystery, but we didn't get the final clue until near the very end of 6.0 just a few months ago. It now hits differently, but it still hits HARD. The music also reverberated around the cities just before 1.0 shut down. Super eerie and spooky. The regular city music had turned off, and all we had was that distorted female vocal track that wasn't clear enough to understand yet. (And then they blew up the world, as you just saw.)

[@keybladesrus]

The music in this cinematic just took on an entirely new level of significance in the latest expac, and it left me absolutely STUNNED.

[@autumneagle]

Been playing this game since 2019 and it just hit me a few weeks ago who the generic warrior, archer, conjurer, BLM and Paladin were at Cartenau who get teleported at the end. I'm like "oooh sh*** that's the WoD!!!"

[@wolfwing1]

what was really neat was before the end of 1.0 there was a bright red star in the sky that got bigger as it got closer to the end of part 1, I had noticed it, but one day looked up and realized it was much bigger.

[@PinkFluffyAlex]

Here's the order for cinematic trailers! Super glad to see you reacting to these, FFXIV has some crazy trailers. 1.0 Launch Cinematic 2.0 A New Beginning 2.0 Flames of Truth Heavensward Stormblood Shadowbringers Endwalker

[@rocknmeat]

been playing ffxiv for 6 years now but just watched the 1.0 launch cinematic for the first time. it's soooo cooool!!!!

[@13kumiko]

Unfortunetly, the Heavensward cinematic contains spoilers for the ending of A Realm Reborn, the base game.

[@Izentahmed]

@@13kumiko all the trailers after A new beginning spoil*

[@crossdaboss8914]

@@Izentahmed they don't spoiler as much they are at big of revelations maybe the shadowbringers one but it's not even the whole thing

[@Izentahmed]

@@crossdaboss8914 as soon as they show something that give an early information on an event, it's called spoil. ofc they're minor spoil and major spoil, but it's still called "spoil". - Heavensward spoil someones "death". - Stormblood spoil the localisations. - Shadowbringers spoil characters being alive and their new designs. - Endwalker spoil what SB and ShB do again. I was at Heavensward when I watched the SB and ShB trailer, idk why, and hated myself cause they were no more suspens on who stayed who's gone and what were the next "hero of Eorzea" objectives.

[@BeRadMH]

Every FFXIV trailer is exceptional, but aside from this one, Shadowbringers is the most impressive. You won't have any idea what's going on, but it's so well done that it's hard not to be blown away regardless.

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

I feel like endwalker trailer is also pretty good if you don’t know what’s going on, though it’s not as good as shb if you do know

[@Boyzby]

@@arseniykorchevskiy1564 The thing that kills the Endwalker trailer for me, aside from there not bring much going on in it really, is the models look weird, G'raha and Y'shtola, and rubbery around the mouth when they speak, which I remember noticing with Urianger at least.

[@Infernokami]

i disagree. like, dont get me wrong, it's absolutely phenomenal, esp in the context of the story, but ARR takes the cake out of all of them.

[@BeRadMH]

@@Infernokami disagree with what? I said that aside from this cinematic, which is ARR, that Shadowbringers was the most impressive.

[@Infernokami]

@@BeRadMH ah my b, i kinda read it as if you were implying 5.0's was the best. sorry bout that

[@zackfair6203]

6:05 this song totally hits different after the latest expansion Endwalker. It brings me to tears everytime

[@nephtys369]

All I thought was “they planned this far out? What’s coming next!?”

[@leonardosuarezsanchez3645]

​@@nephtys369 funny thing is they didn't they are just extremely good filling the gaps and connecting dots. But having played endwalker after you hear this song again you realize how spoilery it is 😂

[@NeoZanther]

Let’s be fair. Answers when looking at each expansion can be related to the event. Answers is an answer to each expansion. I mean, think about Heavensword and the lyrics and see how that songs elements fit the story that happened, especially when we learned more about Midgar and his brood in the Omega Raid

[@tyler5013]

The one you watched is the version with the hidden ending that you get for finishing the 1st raid. The original cinematic ends after he teleports them away and then you see them appearing in the present.

[@mismismism]

It's so crazy, they basically made the shutdown and relaunch of the game into a literal in-game calamity where one of the moons called Dalamud, slowly actually descended closer and closer everyday in the game while the music in the zones drained more and more and got replaced with this music that slowly got louder in the distance until it finally crashed when the servers went down and this played for everyone. It was the most epic way possible they could have handled the relaunch.

[@labelle4497]

I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES. This is a combination of the first trailer and a later one from story. Order is this release, Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ok cool!! Thanks

[@noOtherFs]

@@whitenoisereacts Wait, before you go and see each, I gotta warn you that Heavensward's trailer is pretty spoiler heavy. Ever since then they took mind not to include spoilers so Stormblood to Endwalker is spoiler safe

[@RTuga02]

@@noOtherFs Isn't ShB super spoilery?...It starts with a fight from the end of SB (much like HW starts with the end scenes from ARR) and goes on to hint at where and what a lot of characters are doing... But out of context all of that means nothing, both for HW and for any subsequent expansion trailer.

[@noOtherFs]

@@RTuga02 I don't think Shadowbringers is spoilery at all. Anyone could see that starting scene and just be like it's just fighting with the empire again, anyone would think the scene could literally happen at any point in Stormblood, which is, y'know, exactly what Stormblood advertises in the first place, so it's kind of an expected continuation from Stormblood. With Heavensward's trailer it's a comlpletely sudden shift in story that you don't even get the signs to until you're close to that point, and knowing the signs or not, you won't get the same impact from the scenes if you already know it's gonna happen

[@Kasilyn_S]

@@noOtherFs tbf, neither HW nor SHB are spoilery if u have not played the game I watched all the trailers when I started the game and by the time I reached post-ARR quests I had forgotten everything about HW trailer

[@bellatrixumbra4149]

Been watching you guys for a while and I'm really, REALLY excited to see you guys react to the Final Fantasy XIV Cinematics. As Ninetails explained, The first part of this cinematic was what the players of the 1.0 era saw as they were shutting down the servers and rebuilding this game from the ground up. The second part of the cinematic (Which was after Louisoix, who most call the gandaulf of 14, had the warriors escape upon realizing Bahamut couldn't be contained.) is part of a Raid series you can unlock once beating the main game. 1.0 tanked horribly in sales, a lot of issues in terms of graphics and gameplay as well as the severe lack of communication between the devs and people were what led to the catastrophe. (Prime example being that a flower pot LITERALLY had the same amount of Polygons as an actual player model). In your off-time and if you're really wanting to learn more, I'd suggest No Clips Three part documentary on the series.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ok cool!!

[@kuronaialtani]

I’d also highly recommend the Speakers Network’s “The Fall and Rise of FFXIV” series Whereas noclip’s documentary dove into the eye of the developers looking back, speakers network focused more on what went wrong within the game and the community from the eyes of a legacy player that lived it all in real time

[@ShivaServer2009]

I also suggest The Speakers Network: The Fall & Rise of FFXIV. The player shows how it was for us from beginning to end.

[@nahuel3433]

Barebones lore explanation. First a bit of background Emprie wanted to go full scorched earth tactics on Eorzea so they used an ancient piece of tech that allowed them to basically bring the moon down to earth. The Eorzeans has a plan to stop it by summoning their 12 gods (which you kinda see in the video) but the fanatics of the empire tried to stop them. Hence the battle on the trailer. So, well, trailer happens. Moon falls and SURPRISE the moon is a satelite built by the ancient civilization to imprison Bahamut (and use him as a power source). The Eorzeans repurpose the summoning to seal Bahamut but as we see it fails. So as a last meassure Luisoix (aka the old man) uses a spell to send the combatants 5 years into the future and supposedly dies in the explosion. That's what we thought anyway. What comes after this is another video you get later in the game. So, to summon stuff you need prayer, faith and a whole lot of aether. Luisoux's vision of crystals is showing us he sees and feels all the aether around him that is there because of the failed sealing, plus all the prayers of the eorzeans for basically well... Wanting the realm to be reborn after this crisis. So Luisoix takes all that aether and prayers and (something not really clear in this video) he becomes the physical manifestation of Pheonix, common symbol of rebirth. And with that power he kicks Bahamut ass as we see.

[@NaohMkS]

I was about to write an explanation myself. Something really cool I like to point out about the visual storytelling is how Louisoix first tried to stop Bahamut entirely but when I became clear it wouldn't be possible, he chose to at least kill bahamut even if it meant sacrificing coerthas

[@Improv248]

The lore and story in this game exceeds pretty much most books and TV series I’ve experienced to date, by a long shot. It’s not a video game, but a 10 year long journey for anyone to experience.

[@patyos2]

Did you know that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 with no restrictions on playtime?

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s called loving ur players!!

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

It is already pretty impressive, I know, but playing through the story, after 11 years of lore development, you get to know the meaning of the lyrics, the war, the role of the heroes... Final Fantasy XIV just feels... Fulfilling. And rewarding. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.

[@CoffeeInsomnia14]

If we're going by order: 1 - Final Fantasy XIV Original trailer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aInFqYOpjKusi5o 2 - Final Fantasy XIV - A New Beginning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaXY4yYj9qqobM (First half of this one is the same as Flames of Truth - the one you just saw - second is different) 3 - Final Fantasy XIV - Flames of Truth 4 - Final Fantasy XIV - Heavensward: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqHLhnaAodSghtE 5 - Final Fantasy XIV - Stormblood: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKWUmWSDntOfgqs 6 - Final Fantasy XIV - Shadowbringers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqXcpnyeZpeSfrc 7 - Final Fantasy XIV - Endwalker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIW3pZdsl9ObfNU

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thanks dude!!

[@CoffeeInsomnia14]

@@whitenoisereacts my pleasure!! You'll probably keep having a blast with these ones, so it'll be fun watching you guys go through 'em!!! Keep them coming, we love to see it!!!!

[@whitenoisereacts]

Tell ur friends lol

[@2002dash]

So what had happened was like you said. The original final fantasy 14 mmo wasn't very good and didnt launch very well. They had made many updates to the game that did actually improve things but by then the damage had been done. So when they announced that ff14 was going to be shutting down its servers on a specific date. In game the had a quest line initiated that everyone had. But Noone could do anything about. The moon (Called Dalamud) started small. But every day the moon got closer. You could even hear a whisper of that song (Called Answers btw. I love it so much) out in the background while playing. The day of hundreds of players logged in to watch and wait for the servers to shut down. And were treated to that amazing original cutscene. And at the end announced that they would be able to come back in ff14 a realm reborn. Its just insane how square turned what was a failing mmo into one of their biggest successes.

[@KaitoGillscale]

FF14 after the re-release is still one of the best MMOs for sheer freedom...so many classes and paths to go down...new classes and races popping up all the time. Also that "small child" that healed that dude is an adult race known as a Lolafell...they're just tiny. XD

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

tbf idk if it had all that much freedom right at the start of arr, im pretty sure you were forced to level up other classes to get cross class abilities, though of course i agree they have gone massively towards the direction of freedom since then

[@KaitoGillscale]

@@arseniykorchevskiy1564 well sure it had some growing pains, but the current state is pretty great. Being able to essentially play all classes with one character is really nice for variety and enjoyment.

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

@@KaitoGillscale yea i just thought you meant it had all that at the start of arr

[@ChaosArdor]

This cutscene truly did Bahamut justice in showing why he's the King of Dragons. Raw unrestrained fury and destruction. Even just flying around brings entire landscapes and cities to their knees. The prayers of the people all over the world can't contain him. And his megaflare...oh, I do love me a proper megaflare display. Hail to the King.

[@DarthDragon007]

The tech Calamity Primal Bahamut was using was his Teraflare.

[@ChaosArdor]

@@DarthDragon007 oh. I didn't get very far into 14 despite having played it with my husband. I can't say I know the story and lore behind 14, so I won't pretend I can tell the difference between that game's megaflare vs a teraflare. So thank you for the correction.

[@DarthDragon007]

@@ChaosArdor I just watched videos of Bahamut and used wiki. Bahamut has so many different Flare techs. Megaflare is his most basic, then we have Exaflare as well. Teraflare and Zettaflare are currently his most powerful ones moves. They just keep adding more world ending techs to Bahamut. 😂

[@KAvanAlten]

First! And also loving to see you doing XIV, the game I am playing with a lot of joy since 2013!

[@taylorwarden205]

The name of the song is Answers and it’s sung by Susan Calloway. She lends her voice to an orchestra group called Distant Worlds that only does the music from all the different Final Fantasy games. I think they have 5 albums already and I believe they are still doing tours.

[@MrZockio]

the area of the impact is ingame and called central highlands of corthas, you can also go to the crater and see what the time difference between the 13 catastrophe and the timewarp of the hero(us) made, it is now a habitable snowland that also leads to the expansion heavenward, the castle in the "sky". there is also a raid in the game that leads you and your buddys go deeper and deeper into different holes the 13 catastrophe have left over to explore and find out what happend and is still happening under your nose. it is amazing how they put all of that in context phisical, visualy and mentaly into the games lore and world.

[@Mark_o_Helm]

This is a Raid cutscene from "The Coils of Bahamut". Bahamut is the King of the Dragons since Final Fantasy I, where he was a mission npc.😁

[@ColeMu]

The treat of this cinematic is the layers and layers of appreciation you get the more you know. On it's own it's stunning, then you find out 1.0 lore, the battle for cartenaue lore, the leaders, the 12 gods, what lead to the big ball, Cid's attempts to stop it and deal with it completing, the slight nods you can pull of the WoL from the First (i know it's not canon that it's them but i won't see it any other way). It just goes on and the more you play the more you get from it.

[@autumneagle]

Well once you get to the Warriors of Darkness part in Heavensward they are identical, the Paladin, Bard, Conjurer, Blackmage and even the Warrior are all the same

[@Scarlett90]

There is one earlier trailer called "FINAL FANTASY XIV (Version 1.0) Trailer" :D

[@Ower8x]

The thing is the first half of this, up to when he teleports them away was show to the players literally the moment after the game shut down .. so you laterally have a count down to the end of the game and then this plays, the second part is a bit of a spoiler and is part of the Coils of Bahamut side content story line

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s crazy

[@Ower8x]

@@whitenoisereacts Yes the fall and rise of FFXIV is an incredible story ... and the utter mad gall Yoshida had, the game was in ruins and he split the team he had, with part working on getting the first version to at least a playable state, succeeding against all odds, and at the same time have the rest of the team working on ARR basically developing a brand new mmo in 2 years with around half that time only part of the team working on it. And actually creating a good game ... with the game actually being gone for around a year ... There are 2 documentaries that I would recommend in anyone interesting in the history of FFXIV rebirth and success the FINAL FANTASY XIV Documentary from Noclip and the The Fall and Rise of Final Fantasy XIV from Speakers Network

[@P4nem___Et___C1rcenses]

Animators and storytellers will admire this cinematic even more than the average person. This is just sick, in every single aspect. Truly a masterpiece and a lot of hard work.

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s right!

[@jonathon9581]

You're on the right track. When FF14 1.0 ended, they destroyed the world with the attack by Bahamut. Louisoix defended the players in the cinematic and transported the players 5 years into the future, the new version of the game, 5 years after the attack with the world still in a state of recovery. To accommodate the return of all characters to level 1, the lore of the game says that after the Calamity of Bahamut, everyone in the world lost their memories of the battle and the heroes who fought it. They know the fight happened, and that heroes saved the world, but all memories of specifics are gone. The lore later reveals how and why this happened, but you'll have to play the game if you want more info =).

[@charnotaurus2665]

Content creators: hey we're reacting to this FFXIV thing! Everyone who plays the game: HELL YEAH LETS SEE THEM REACTIONS. I swear to god the trebuchet-ing of love and support when anyone who's not familiar with the game reacts to parts of it (be it music - which is FIRE by the way - cinematics ect) is absolutely bonkers. As of watching this now its 5.3k views - I fully expect it to rocket up given this was in my recommended lol. I will say though - playing this game is genuinely a once in a life time experience. The story though... yes, its an MMO, it's like a book; the story has its highs and lows, gripping moments and emotional ones that have you bawling your eyes out. Genuinely the best video game story I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing, and I wish I could go back and do it again fresh.

[@Zash0000]

The trailer was made by the studio that did the Final Fantasy The Spirits Within and Advent Children, I think.

[@CycloneFox]

The order to watch them would be: - 2010: FINAL FANTASY XIV (Version 1.0) Trailer (which was re-released recently just before the release of Endwalker, which is 6.0) - 2013: FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn - A New Beginning (Trailer for 2.0, most of it is what you just watched, but with a different ending) - 2013: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Flames of Truth (The one you just watched, showing what happened to Louisoix after the teleport) - 2015: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward Trailer (cinematic trailer for 3.0) - 2017: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood Trailer (cinematic trailer for 4.0) - 2019: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadwobringers Trailer (cinematic trailer for 5.0) - 2021: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker Trailer (cinematic trailer for 6.0) However! It might not be a good idea to watch the Heavensward trailer, because it shows events at the end of the 2.55 patch (the last story moment before Heavensward), including a character death. And even though it's one of the fan's favorite trailers, it might be a good idea to skip that because of that if you plan to play the game or are playing the beginning right now. And the trailer also hits very differently if you were just in these moments and are now entering Heavensward. The stormblood trailer is completely fine to watch because it shows almost no story-elements and is generally considered one of the weaker ones anyway. The Shadowbringers trailer is the best of the bunch and even if it shows a lot of story-elements, it's okay to see them out of context. The trailer is meant to be watched from three perspectives: people who are new to the game, people who are right before Shadowbringers and people who finished Shadowbringers. And all of these will view and interpret the trailer entirely different. It's just a masterful piece of art. The Endwalker trailer is not as deliberately confusing, but should be okay to watch before playing. It doesn't reveal a lot about the expansion's story and the whole PR around Endwalker was deliberately distracting from what the expansion is actually about. So it's more or less okay like the Stormblood trailer, but in a better way. xD There is also a ton of trailers for the six patches in between each expansion (2.1, 2.2, ... 5.3, 5.4, ...) because the story is continued through these patches between expansions and my favorite one of those is the 5.3 patch trailer. But those aren't pre-rendered, but just trailers of ingame-cutscenes. So it isn't as interesting for a format like this.

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

For a moment I thought you where gonna watch the movies, FF The Spirits Within 2011, FF VII Advent Children & FF XV Kingsglaive 2016. Hope you do some day :)

[@steinaf]

I could watch FF Cinematics all day, I really felt that last fight even though I have no idea who is who & what was happening. The old dude is op, aww I called the small child a dwarf, they're so cute ♥ I recommend watching Dissidia opening.

[@Shiirow]

technically they are dwarves, they are just named something different in game.

[@Hwyadylaw]

@@Shiirow Until they're back to dwarves in that one place

[@Hwyadylaw]

The old dude is Louisoix, he died for our sins (or well, the Allagan Empire's sins), and we babysit his grandchildren from that point onward.

[@marcw6875]

I think the best part of the reaction was watching the guy on the left recognize characters from his time playing the game. (Sorry, didn't quite catch what his name was.)

[@aerieleah533]

Wait, this wasn't the trailer. This is the full scene. We didn't know what happened to Louisoix until coils.

[@nik100k6]

FFXIV is one of the best game that I played, and the last expansion make me feel like a kid back in my days, a game with a story trying to teach you to be a better person warping up a 10 year plot, don't get me wrong it is not prefect but you can feel the passion of the team in everything they trying to do. Much love and cheers to all here for the next 10 years!!!

[@corseeis482]

If you guys like the final fantasy trailer you should check out their animated movies

[@whitenoisereacts]

We will!!

[@shimasclan]

So, up through louisoux (the old man) being engulfed is all that's in the 'trailer'. Everything after that is a cimanatic unlocked from finishing the first raid, where you learn what happened 'you' got teleported away, thus the 'truth' in the name. The trailer has a different ending. 'you' got teleported to an 'aetherial rift' where you were kept in stasis for 5 years, and then released into 'A realm reborn' (the name of the remade game, often shortened to 'FFXIV:ARR') the people praying were summoning the power of the guardian gods, known as 'The Tweleve'. Louisoux pulled together that power for a sealing spell, which was defeated. Bahamuts big fire ball was one of the 'Flare' spells, likely Mega-Flare, his signature skill, but idk for sure.

[@nephtys369]

For the second half, louisoux (or however it’s spelled) used the power of the prayers of everyone to, for just a moment, become a primal and kill bahamut.

[@ShivaServer2009]

I've been playing FFXIV since open beta 1.0. When the screen goes white with Louisoix, the Elezen NPC, is where the original movie ended. This is what played when the 1.0 game servers were taken down at the end of it's 2 yr run. The OG game went out with a bang. This is how they nuked the og game and brought it back as ARR: A Realm Reborn. They had less than 2 yrs to remake it all the while keeping the 1.0 game up, running and with content patches to keep us going. They didn't have to do that, but they did. I built great memories during those 2 yrs and still play FFXIV to this day. The guys with tech are the Garleans. Interesting thing is during the final hours of this version of the game, we were actually in that zone fighting them with our characters. They made it a live event, not just a movie. It was a bittersweet moment, and I still miss that version to this day. It's much better now, but as broken as 1.0 was, we were never bored. The girl with the bow is a Bard. I main that job in FFXIV. The "child" is a Lalafell, they're not children, they're just a small race.

[@seekittycat]

The VFX in this is absolutely amazing and the animation feels so weighty I was shook when I first saw this still one of my favs to this day

[@LeethLee1]

Amazing cinematic this one! And it's great how it mixes with the game production itself into the story.

[@devilovesdevil]

aye listen these are so cool to watch

[@whitenoisereacts]

Don’t have to tell me twice

[@Scapemaster00]

This cinematic takes two videos and stitches them together. The first part with the chanting and singing is from the 2.0 Trailer "A Real Reborn" and the second half comes from the the first raid from 2.0 "Binding Coils of Bahamut." The "Flames of Truth" is pretty close to what you estimated, where he was assumed to have died, and then the second half shows what really happened after.

[@jaylee9372]

lol you guys have summoned the ffxiv fandom with this one. this game's cinematics are always epic and outstanding and we LOVE watching people react to them. with or without context. This is the trailer for the base game A Realm Reborn (called 2.0) + the conclusion for the 1.0 version of the game. We spend most of 2.0 piecing together the situation of the world after the cataclysmic event shown in the first part of the trailer. The order of the full cinematic expansion trailers is Heavensward (3.0), Stormblood (4.0), Shadowbringers (5.0), and Endwalker (6.0). In the expansion trailers, there's a formula on what they showcase. So there will often be "small" things that are presented in a significant way but without context you won't really understand why. Typically: - An old job gets the "spotlight" and all the promotional material will revolve around their badassery. This is indicated by whatever job the dark haired man representing the player is repping (in this trailer it was Warrior). People who main that job get to bask in glory for that expansion cycle. - Introduction of new jobs and sometimes new playable races. - NEW ZONES. We hear so much about different locations in the game and these trailers are the first time we learn where we're going and get to see what they look like. - The tone shift. Every trailer is deliberately constructed to guide you from the old expansion's headspace into the new by the end. It's like an emotional+narrative debrief. Then a segue into NEW VIBES HYPE. - The mysterious deuteragonist. The trailers always show a major figure who shares the spotlight with the Player/MC. There are A LOT of side characters in this game and these moments are a cue of who to review and focus on. Subscribed! I'll be awaiting your trailer reactions with glee lol

[@amandafrazier6676]

To note, this cinematic was actually released to answer what happened to Louisoux (the man taking on Bahamut in the latter portion) at the end of the 2.0 raids. The launch trailer for 2.0 was actually "A New Beginning". Both are the same until the fade away of Louisoux right before the "is this heaven" part. This one details the final fight between Louisoux and Bahamut, and the other details what happened to the adventurers after they teleported away.

[@madmanjeshiro8288]

Hope you guys will watch/react to FF VII: Advent Children James might like it

[@whitenoisereacts]

Never seen it

[@miri5373]

6:35 those "runes" arent really runes... those are the signs of the 12 gods in the eorzean pantheon the part that plays from about 7:10 onwards originally was iirc only watchable at a certain point in the lvl50 raids we have, that raidseries also explains what actually happened there

[@Someone-dv7hw]

Answers is one of the best songs ever but still, hearing it in repeat again and again and again while mount farming...

[@OhNoTheFace]

I'll always love the smile once the others are teleported and "safe." You can't get them you son of a bitch haha

[@yadiracamacho499]

It was fun hearing you talking about the character design being so anime, because for me it's just classic FF. The girl with the bow with the hat just look like a character out of any FF from the NES/SNES era

[@dracocrusher]

So the lore for this is pretty cool. Not sure what they do and don't know, but the old man, Louisoix, is actually the grandfather of Alphanoid. The Allagans had sealed Bahamut away in the orb thing, the "Red Moon of Dalamud", so they could harness its power, but eventually, the Garlean Empire manages to release him because reasons. So everyone's fighting the Garleans to stop them from doing the thing, but it's not enough. This creates the events of the cutscene and kickstarts the events of the game. Louisoix's followers, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, along with many player characters, are saved and anyone from the original FF14 got a cool tattoo/mark they can equip as a special reward for it, since the R mark on all the Scion's necks are Louisoix's brand. From here on, you start A Realm Reborn, where your character is trying to stop the remaining Garlean forces while also uncovering the plans of the mysterious hooded men and figuring out the mystery behind how people are summoning special Summon monsters called Primals, that ties into all of this. But you don't learn everything until you beat the Bahamut Raids. ------ Spoilers for that ESSENTIALLY, the Allagans have a ton of dragons imprisoned and they're using their prayers to create Bahamut, so Bahamut is a Primal and they're basically using the dragon's faith to power their cities and stuff through Bahamut. We eventually learn that when Louisoix fought him, he reached out to I believe Hydelyn to gain the knowledge to turn himself into a Primal, so he harnessed the power of Phoenix to kill Bahamut. Afterwards, the ancient Allegan machines seeked out the remains of Bahamut, as they're programmed to do, and pulled him underground to heal him so they can continue harnessing the prayers and powers of the still captive dragons. You go through bunch of levels and stuff and eventually you have to defeat the Primalized remains of Louisoix, which has now completely become Phoenix, and you have to basically confront a newly revived Bahamut and kill him on your own as a cover of the song, Answer, plays. And it's fucking awesome! I think that should basically cover everything. The only thing left is really what the Calamities are about, and that's something you'll learn way more about in Shadowbringers. It's not going to make sense until then, so really don't worry too much about it, just know that evil cloak men want to cause big disasters of various kinds.

[@pattinaggiojo]

final fantasy! woohoo! :D FF7R trailer? for fun? xD you're right Nined, everyone looks forward to seeing Bahamut every FF game :D

[@shawnkroll3950]

The greatest part to this cinematic...is you can find out ALL this lore through the game's main quests and side quests. I have played MMOs since EQ and this MMOs story is top notch. I keep coming back due to community and that game play is so fun. Graphics and sounds are really good too. Combat is a bit slow, and it is pain at low levels, but after 50 it is gets better and I find it enjoyable.

[@wholockedholmes5600]

If you’re doing game cinematics then the Kara Demo is a must!!

[@ramyeon9520]

As much as i want to watch you react to the other trailers, I'd warn ninetailedbrush not to watch them if he hasn't caught up to the respective expansions if he cares cus imo there are massive spoilers !

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah we talked about it

[@cinno09]

@@whitenoisereacts its mainly the heavensward trailer, it completely shows the ending of the base game... as like a refresher. The shadowbringers and endwalker trailers are also pretty spoiler heavy, but without context i dont think you'd understand enough to be spoiled from those.

[@the0s0ph1st]

@@cinno09 ShB and EW trailers can spoil some consequences of the end of post-ARR MSQ. It definitely did for Asmongold.

[@kenkurogue101]

I kind of wish Flames of Truth was not available on KZbin. As amazing as it is, it is the reward you get for clearing Coils, learning the whole truth of what happened to Louisois and I just think it should have stayed there. But now at least people who don't even play the game can enjoy the majesty of this cinematic.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah it’s great!!

[@sullychu]

Most other commenters are pointing out the trailers, but you might also find it interesting to react to Benchmark cinematic for each expansion and possibly the job action trailers, also "Break the Limit". There are also various funny commercials released on the official FINAL FANTASY XIV KZbin channel.

[@darthgollott9041]

Question new to channel does Nine Tail Brush have a place to see any of his animation? Great content keep it up!

[@chocobofangirl]

Just went looking myself and his stuff is a playlist on the peewee cinemas channel. Dunno if he's still there though last vid was a year ago

[@darthgollott9041]

@@chocobofangirl thanks!

[@xAlreadyOverx]

This cinematic blew me away the first time I saw it on the PS3. Absolutely gorgeous! Also, if you thought this was fantastic as a steampunk kinda anime look I would highly recommend checking out Kingsglaive which is a Final Fantasy XV prequel movie. It’s newer but the quality of the CGI makes it one of my all time favourite movies and I think you’d both really enjoy it!

[@FabbrizioPlays]

So, the SparkNotes of what's going on. Bahamut is a primal, and so are the twelve gods that wizard-man called upon (Louisoix is his name). Primals are gods that are summoned using life energy (aether). But most summoners don't have enough energy to sustain a primal, so they typically pull energy from the land instead. Basically Louisoix absorbed so much aether calling upon the twelve that he turned himself into a primal. The guy with the giant axe is a stand in for the main character, since you can't exactly put everyone's custom character in a pre-rendered cutscene. The guy with the mask on the airship is named Gaius, and he's a high ranking military leader in the Garlean empire, aka magic nazis (actually they can't use magic but that's a story for another day). They called the moon (dalamud) down to wreak havoc on the land. Dalamud is a mechanical structure containing countless dragons, all of whom were imprisoned and enslaved to summon their god, Bahamut, within. This devastation upon the land was an event known as an umbral calamity. Specifically, it was the seventh time in the planet's history that it has been hit by an umbral calamity. If you're wondering what separates an umbral calamity from just a really horrible thing, there is actually a strict definition with specific conditions and results, but that's spoilers for another expansion. I think that about covers it.

[@Ruukasu97]

Launch Cinematic A New Beginning Flames of Truth Heavensward Stormblood Shadowbringers Endwalker

[@Alphasnowbordergirl]

FFIV is an MMO so there are not many cinematics and they can go all out. Bahamut (the dragon) isn't necessarily a staple boss, sometimes you can fight him depending on the game, but it is a staple summon. Sometimes you fight him and you can gain him as a summon othertimes you just gain the ability, and I think one or two he might be just a boss. I do recommend watching other FF cinematic openings. Final Fantasy has always been known for its beautiful cinematics. I do like watching the FF7 comparison videos that show the original cinematic opening from '97 and the remake version of 2020. The remake also has longer cinematic opening that is pretty gorgeous. The music in FF in all the games are amazing and memorable.

[@KarkySphere]

squaresoft/square-enix was doing quality stuff for as long as i can remember. my first ff game is ffviii, i was so blown away by the intro cg and the bgm.

[@siresorb1419]

If you guys stream it, I'll watch (the first two games are technically free)

[@boo5860]

yoooo you guys should play the game and watch the cinematics as they occur in the timeline, it seriously enhances the whole experience

[@AftermathRV]

the one line at the end of the song "in this one moment we must live die and know" actually is relevenant for the next 10 years of this story and its so fucking strong it makes me cry. im not even kidding. every time. every single fucking time. (the sentence at 7:10)

[@reggielacey2235]

basically this cinematic serves as the "end" of the old version and the nest one is the start of the "new" version of the game, kinda like an in universe re-launch. the reason they did this was because unfortunately the original game wasn't that good. now its one of if not the biggest mmo.

[@amalahrose4589]

I really can't wait to see you guys react to the other trailers. But at the same time, as a fan of the game myself, I'm terrified you're going to spoiler yourself. The Stormblood trailer is a little spoilerish, but the Heavensward, Shadowbringers and Endwalker trailers are super spoiler heavy.

[@whitenoisereacts]

We will be careful! Ninetailedbrush knows that going in, and I'm ok with spoilers

[@darcon5836]

Bahamut is usally a summon that you use, in 14 summons take an antagonistic role instead. Bahamut in other games has been called the King of beasts and Lord of dragons.

[@abm1381]

Don't know who ya'll are, but this is my new favorite thing. I love seeing people watch these trailers!

[@clayne1723]

The most important part of this cinematic is the "Music" this music got a real meaning that you will understand in the last expansion "Endwalker" and honestly... This music was a masterpiece but when you understand lyrics it become even more than just "music", it's real art !

[@tyty8484]

The trailer ends where he smiles. The rest is revealed later in game as you uncover what happened after Bahamut destroyed everything but then just disappeared. You should check out the 1.0 trailer as well.

[@Red-fg9qr]

The thing on the sky is a device a previous civilization (Allagan Empire) used to imprison Bahamut, it is called "the red moon" for the common people (real name is Dalamud), when in reality this technology is using Bahamut as a power source, it drains power from the sun and is transfered utilizing the crystal tower. You must be asking, if Dalamud was draining Bahamut for ages, why was he able to do SuCh DeVaStAtIoN? Well, that's a question isn't it? You have to research what are the consequences every time a calamity happens to find out. The Empire, which is the dudes in black you see in this, want to use the red moon for their own purposes (literally crash it on to Eorzea), which is why they brought it down and this is why The battle of Cartenau happened (the fight you see in the cutscene), they didn't know what was inside (or did they... find out!). The Alliance (the main cities of the game forces) fought there but Dalamud could not be stopped now. In THE FINAL DAYS (remember it) of 1.0 you'd see that red moon in the distance, we thought it was something like Majora's Mask, we didn't know what it was, every time it got closer and closer. When the game shut down they did a huge event for it, the ingame music changed to that song you hear at the start, but it was super faint in the distance like an eco across the land. When the servers shut down, everyone got a cutscene, the first cutscene up to the point where the old dude smiles and dies (that's what we thought), then when 2.0 released the endgame was "coils of bahamut", a series of dungeons with boss fights which explain what happened. And that's when everything resolves regarding what actually happened after Louisoix Leveilleur (yep!!), teleports us to the future. On 2.0+ they mention the calamity (an event that changes the world), most of the people got their memory altered and can't remember The Warriors of Light that fought before yet record still exists about them, all this, was the players from 1.0 integrated into the new lore. And this is not even the tip of the iceberg, just a little tiny thing in the FFXIV lore. This is why people praise FFXIV, this is why 1.0 players after 10 years are still playing the game, it's a memorable thing, something never seen in the history of MMO gaming. And this is also why people that play the game encourage others to actually pay attention to the story, it's basically the best story in my opinion ever in any game thus far. I fucking love this game so much.

[@RozlinRain]

Anyone else can't stop crying from the songs? >.< It all ties so well together. I have to admit though, you guys watched a longer version than I had watched in the past. As someone who has been playing since Heavensward, I feel sad but happy to experience the end of Flames of truth and see your reaction.

[@La3nus]

I have no idea who you are but I am a simple man. I see reaction to Flames of Truth... I watch

[@aeolussvichi7680]

There’s so much I want to explain and how Answers hold ten years of lore of what’s to come but as he also plays the game I won’t. I do hope they go through the other expansions and reflect back to this one and how it connects as they play through the game. I do enjoy the epiphany that dawns on people when they connect the dots in this games story throughout the decade it took to weave together.

[@ladydarkangelyuki]

The video you watched is actually 2 different video mixed together, the first video ends after the warriors of lights are teleported by the elf mage (Louisoix) and there is the fade to white, obviously that video alone is interesting because it leaves a lot of questions up in the air, mainly because obviously the world didn't end. The event in the game is referred to as the 7th umbral calamity and you essentially find the world still recuperating from the events of the calamity, yet nobody seems to know exactly what happened that day. The answer to these questions lies for the most part in the first raid of the game "The coils of Bahamut" where you venture into the wreckage of a fragment of that artificial moon alongside Louisoix granddaughter Alisaie, I'll skip the bulk of the story to not spoil it, but that 2nd video plays after you complete final coil turn 3 and it essentially explains what happened that day, why the world wasn't destroyed and what happened to Bahamut and Louisoix. I really like the story from the coils of Bahamut and it's a bit of a shame there is no normal mode of this raid since most players tend to skip over it, but you can often find people who will run you through it unsync in party finder.

[@wandinugraha4310]

You guys should watch all Final Fantasy FMV it will be really good to see the evolution final fantasy FMV from early work to the latest, Yuna sending from final fantasy X still my favorite the animation, music and the cinematography aged like fine wine

[@dagonofthedepths]

They(Square) did a movie for FFXV, Final Fantasy Kingsglaive, it had some crazy animated scenes in it.

[@Devy717]

FF VII Advent Children is a movie but also has lore too. The animation in the old Playstation games still hold up. They were always mini movies. Gaming cinematic wise I personally liked FF X and FF X-2 but not many did. You can check those videos to.

[@mikanyay]

Watching the patch trailers might be worth it for context before each expansion trailer but they contain story spoilers

[@goldenwaddledees]

The thing is is that this isn't even just like the intro to the first act of the game. This is the In-Lore reason why the did a hard reset on the game in order to relaunch it as a better product. Honestly FFXIV trailers are my favorite of all time. When you watch them for the first time you have so many questions all while being excited on how these questions will be answered. Foreshadowing, Chekov's guns, call backs, and amazing music. My personal favorite is the Shadowbringers trailer but Endwalker is a close second.

[@falcontomto]

Final fantasy is really unique in the fantasy genre: sword and magic? Sure. Dragon? Of course. Futuristic mecha? Hell fucking yeah. Space AND time travel? Let’s goooooo!!! They just keep adding more and more strange stuffs and yet the story does keep getting better after each expansion.

[@karthatic6354]

In 1.0 when players would login from having logged out at an inn, they’d get glimpses of this cinematic. So there were random players essentially having nightmares of the world ending

[@continuallyblessed44]

XIV is one of the best games ever made

[@The_Scryer]

Just a random tidbit for scale, Bahamut's wingspan is like 12 Kilometers. (Roughly 7 miles.)

[@ecyor0]

WE HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. LIKE PRIMALS. THAT'S A REFERENCE.

[@imtired927]

If you don't want spoilers don't keep watching, each trailer incorporates events from the end of the previous expansion into the next

[@zaheela]

What could be fun for you two is after (or if) you watch the shadowbringers (or even Stormblood's) cinematic, you could watch the instance where they ripped off the cinematic and compare them/explain the issues with why the one to one doesn't translate the weight of a character.

[@Inhaledcorn]

This game gets criticized for being very "anime" a lot, but, honestly, it does take a lot of queues from anime in the best way possible. It gets a lot more "anime" as the game goes on. It completely embraces it. The girl with the big hat is a Bard. FFXIV's Bards are a fusion of the traditional players of music to support their allies and archers. Bards have a 3 song "rotation" that have different effects on their own skills and provide different damage buffs to the party. They also have other sort of utility buffs, including defensive, healing, and cleansing. Black Mage has 3 elemental spells, Fire, Ice, and Lightning (the traditional elemental trio of Final Fantasy). White Mage used to have the other three elements (Wind, Earth, and Water [kind of]) but have since ditched that for a bigger focus on Light spells. FFXIV actually does have a job with a giant sword: Dark Knight. They also just got a job with a giant Scythe: Reaper. And, they have three jobs with guns - Gunbreaker (tank), Machinist (damage dealer), and Sage (healer). Gunbreaker use the Gunblade of FF8 fame, but the Sage uses 4 floating turrets, that shoot lasers (and occasionally create defensive barriers).

[@bangormc3rd562]

Other comments sort of allude to this, but it feels like it's worth emphasizing: this cutscene is OPTIONAL. They made something like this and are okay with the possibility that people will miss it. If you've played any other AAA vg title from the past decade, you'll understand how crazy that seems these days.

[@BlakeLyle]

Did you guys end up watching the rest of these? They are all pretty incredible.

[@ilakya]

Someone listed the chronologically of trailers already. In depth, This one "Flame of Truth" is coming out after a while as an answer to what actually happening in the previous ARR launch trailer "A New Beginning" which is the first half of this up to the point bright light washing out. Then follow on the protagonist appear in the new era. The launch trailer "A New Beginning" was first play at the time the old game closing when all online players at the time see the moon comes down, server shutting down, then this video play. So devastrated yet it leads to a new beginning. But what actually happen so the world reborn and how people survive from that was remain secret until players play "The binding coil of Bahamuth" raid (Which is super hard) months after the re-launch and watch this "Flames of Truth" for the complete epicness of this man sacrifice himself to save a continent worth of life. The lore is, The heroes plan to pray for all the 12 gods to borrow their power to stop this calamity. It failed. Yet the left over energy is plenty even after the old man use it for plan B (send everyone to future). So he gather all of those energy to fight. I wouldn't go deeper on how Bahamuth was there and how this connect with the Phoenix (hint; A Realm Reborn). Some lore master could explain this for a full KZbin video. And I made this a wall of text already.

[@Chrisfragger1]

Bahamut did in 2 minutes, what Deathwing failed to do in 2 years.

[@Aqualightnin]

the best part is how the dragon unleashing and destroying everything was the actual in game lore for how they scrapped a dying MMO and rebuilt the world and relaunched the game with a new engine and environment. "how do we start over when we have such robust development within our world? easy, destroy everything in the most epic way, and then let them realize that this is just the beginning for an even more epic tale moving forward"

[@allenharper2928]

That's not a dragon, that's THE Dragon.

[@weertangel7231]

with this, u will have the eyes of the world watching u enjoy these trailers with u :) And the song, answers is just one of the most meaningful song i've ever heard,it will give u hope, and make u cry and a dozen other emotions all at once. Since the other guys already showed the trailer order, do keep in mind that if u decide to play the game in the future, the Heavensward trailer has some major spoilers in it.

[@specialnewb9821]

Square Enix has been legendary for its cutscenes for decades, no exceptions here.

[@nerezza5943]

Every part of a living being in FFXIV is made of the same stuff used for magic, so the elf mage guy sacrificed his body, mind, and soul to augment the summoned power of the gods to be enough to defeat Bahamut. That's why at the very end his body fell apart, it was no longer corporeal enough to hold together.