Final Fantasy 16 - Final Boss Fight and Secret Ending

[@JanusHoW]

"The only fantasy here is yours. And we shall be its final witness." Nice title drop there.

[@cw4143]

"and I'll gladly do it SIXTEEN times!"

[@KyngD469]

ROLL CREDITS

[@Exialyser]

the only reason why yoshi-p ask us to play this on english dub, not because the lipsync problem, because sqenix want us to hear this line

[@HeliosThor64]

I love the part where Clive said "This has been your Final Fantasy XVI!" and Final Fantasied all over Ultima. Truly one of the Final Fantasies of all time.

[@yanyuur1002]

. .

[@HeliosThor64]

I like that Ifrit, Phoenix and Bahamut actually work together to fight Ultima. Goes to show how powerful he really is.

[@chrisdaughen5257]

Yeah. Makes me wonder how it would have gone down if Shiva was there. From how Dion still remained in control, it seemed like Jill could have joined the fight. The way they were stating the risks made it seem like Dion was going to point Bahamut at Ultima and hope he'd attack him. Kind of like how Bruce Banner uses the Hulk. But no, he's in perfect control, Eikons apparently only go berserk when their Dominant goes crazy whether or not Clive absorbs their powers.

[@pcdruid]

@@chrisdaughen5257 They were just making what guesses they could about what might happen. They only had one example after all.

[@Dragongard]

@@chrisdaughen5257 Jill was already half stone at that moment.

[@chrisdaughen5257]

​@@Dragongard Dion should have been fully stone. He absorbed the mother crystal like Kupka, but he only got his head cut fighting Ifrit.

[@phantom__1117]

​@chrisdaughen5257 dominates can all absorb a different amount of aether it's random luck. And the more aether the dominate can hold the stronger there eikon

[@Michael-bb1cw]

It ends with exactly what every player no doubt wanted to see: a slow-motion close-up of Ultima getting punched in the face. Absolutely perfect.

[@emetanti]

Always nice to see that Asuras Wraths legacy of punching god right in the face lives on.

[@kianteanderson252]

@@emetantiI was thinking the same thing!! 😂😂

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

Rejecting God and Punching him in the face. Demi Fiend would be proud.

[@Dullsonic3]

Not to mention seeing it do 999999 damage!

[@yaboi2500]

@@emetanti After seeing him get knocked the fuck out, I was hoping that Clive would blow Ultima’s head off like Asura did to Chakravartin.

[@dinorex3464]

I just realised one thing: Ultima in latin means "Final" Mythos in greek means "Fantasy" Ultima vs Clive is *literally* Final Fantasy.

[@Franklin_Malloy]

What about Logos?

[@dinorex3464]

@@Franklin_Malloy Logos means "Thought" or "Reason", and it's the opposite of Mythos.

[@Mythril_YT]

Mythos in Greek means Myth, there is a greek word for fantasy, φαντασια

[@p3wned]

The “onward my son” gives me chills to the bones

[@winstongray196]

THIS ^^ I was curious who would be the call out during Odin's part and the goosebumps were REAL

[@lueedini]

The montage of Clive and Joshua is beyond emotional

[@DepressedMicaiahASMR]

I love Google slides too

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

I mean probably but personally it made me laugh out loud.

[@ZombieN8YT]

More emotional than Rocket Raccoon’s origin in GOTG vol 3?

[@sgtyoshid3th503]

I feel it so damn much that I continue to cry over it..

[@Tecolote41]

@@sgtyoshid3th503 Same

[@adamr2785]

I don’t think a final boss has ever made me cry from just how epic it truly was. This is a first

[@dripy9159]

Dude that final boss was ridiculous!!..I had to look over my shoulder a few times playing it at night in my room lol..amazing work!!

[@relly793]

you need help

[@lukelmaooooo]

@@relly793 let people enjoy things

[@junfaa]

You need joy in your life

[@dripy9159]

Lol these the type of lames that still live off their grammas welfare lol..they telling me I need joy in my life when I got a Huracan in my garbage 😂😂😂 lames

[@chillwatcher2]

"I ask not for acceptance...Only forgiveness!" Dion to me has such a strong character that when i reached this part of the game, I teared up. This man has gone through so much and yet you can see he still cares for those around him in this moment.

[@R15-99]

Even with like 25% power (maybe 50%), I'm sure he was able to teraflare (assumption made because of the flare turned yellow) ultima prime and megaflare him. Shows you how insanely strong he is as a dominant and as a prince of indomitable will.

[@diccchocolate416]

All the bad stuff he did wasn't even his fault, but he still fights for forgiveness

[@IAmBushid0]

You want forgiveness? Get religion!

[@Jburney131]

The last flames of rebirth scream gave me chills. This whole battle including the interdimensional rift. This game! Wow

[@TheEuphoniumboy]

I like all the small dialogue and voice touches they did with Ultima. For the whole game he was speaking almost robotically. Calm, collected, as if nothing could touch him. Then as the fight drags on, he starts losing that composure as he realizes he's less and less in control of the situation. Even when he's talking about "Logos" you can see his movement in that cutscene is somewhat janky as his voice slowly starts losing it's robotic-likeness. He, in his desperation starts showing more and more through his movement and voicework that he isn't untouchable, he isn't infallible and that no matter how much he tries to prop himself up, he's not in control of what's going on. In short, he ends up showing that he and the "Humans" he looks down on are very much the same just from the changes in speech and word choice.

[@vestal3430]

Harry Lloyd’s performance was amazing! He also voiced Z in Xenoblade 3, that’s why i thought they were so similar lol

[@sam.246]

Exactly, it felt it started to become more personal as the fight went on

[@shiroutheherotraceon3313]

If you play Asura's Wrath, you'll notice similar deal with Chakravartin. Hell, Clive and Asura even defeat their big bads in a similar way.

[@VampirezZ4]

@@vestal3430 That and both of their respective boss fights took place inside Origin

[@nabsthegodgamer5419]

@@JustJuan731I think that’s because he divided himself into multiple Ultimas. When they all come together he drops the “we”

[@blargd]

41:35 for a character who was only around for really a short space of time he left a mark that "Go on, lad!" from Cid bought such a smile to my face

[@martmandred9182]

Cid was with him throughout this battle.

[@ethanbolger7769]

Clive IS Cid. I love that is shows that we carry on Cid’s will in a palpable way. Cidolfus the goat fr

[@collinr4785]

Loved the entire game but Cid was by far my favorite character. The voice actor absolutely nailed the role.

[@fizzlepopshadow1286]

Made me emotional. Cidofus's soul lives in him. 😭🥺😭

[@oddvorzak841]

Ah I see, we're keeping with the tradition of calling the post-credits scene the "Secret Ending" lmao

[@jerix5882]

Gotta click bait somehow

[@mr.brightsai6772]

Yeah there is no secret ending at least according to everything I could find online which is surprising you'd think they'd have at least a couple endings

[@GiorgosAigio96]

@@mr.brightsai6772 that was never going to be the case, Yoshi P said the story was one and done. at the end of the day the main protagonists[Clive, Joshua, Jill, Torgal] survived anyway and Leviathan may be a DLC.

[@oddvorzak841]

@@mr.brightsai6772 nah, AFAIK all mainline final fantasy games have one fixed ending

[@AdamInTheZone]

@@GiorgosAigio96 but Clive and Joshua didnt survived

[@1stclassdork578]

22:56 man the way Clive just break's down really just fucking hurts legit had me tearing up with how raw the emotions felt. Ben absolutely killed this role

[@michaelhunter3692]

If he doesn’t bring it home for best voice actor at the game awards I’m gonna lose it

[@trickster9097]

@@michaelhunter3692faxxx

[@sazidulkabir9290]

​@@michaelhunter3692he couldn’t 😢

[@michaelhunter3692]

@@sazidulkabir9290 it’s all good ffxvi did win best soundtrack tho and ffvii rebirth got highly anticipated game for next year awards

[@user-wy1et9dk9w]

Shout out my boy Dion. He went all in for this. Ultima literally infiltrated the mans family and turned them against each other, he earned it.

[@godzilla4189]

Asura would be so proud of that Final Punch.

[@mavvynne444]

Indeed!💯👌🏼

[@sandr6468]

GOLD EXPERIENCE!

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

Ya boi hit him with the Chakravartin-Killer Gold Experience Special.

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

There is always some fool who wants to rule the world! Always forcing others to do what they cannot do for themselves! And that's why I pray to no one! nor I will be to!

[@godzilla4189]

@@SuperFusionAJ93 And. Above all else. I will NEVER. FORGIVE YOU. FOR MAKING MY DAUGHTER CRYYYYY!

[@HN-fb6md]

This is what Final Fantasy is all about. They absolutely nailed this game.

[@aaronfeliciano9768]

And I’ll absolutely nail your ass

[@beastmotoz]

7 was still better though

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

@@beastmotoz That's great and all but nobody fucking asked.

[@jeddvillaspin3379]

More like Devil may cry. Lol. Should have copied the gameplay of FF15.

[@meetomeeto8271]

Nah, if they copied Devil May Cry that gameplay would have actually been good lol

[@JP_503]

i finished this game two days ago and the ending truly made me cry with sorrowful tears and a true connection with the characters and beautiful sights the best comrades you can ask (Cid,Gav,Torgal) for and unforgettable music FFXVI you will be in my heart with FFXV and Kingdom Hearts what a wonderful journey i was lucky to partake in 😭

[@voistar5387]

Its cool how when Ultima uses Limit Break, its the exact opposite as when Clive used it. Clive used it to accept the truth and then his theme kicks in and battle turns in his favor. Ultima used it to deny the truth and then All as One erases any trace of his theme left and the battle turns in his enemy's favor.

[@immoralboi3158]

"The only fantasy here is yours. And we will be it's final witness!" That is the single GREATEST title drop line I've ever heard, not to mention I'm pretty sure it's the first time we've actually gotten a title drop in a Final Fantasy game.

[@kittidoux]

Ok

[@Schnitzel_Jr]

The epilogue of the first Final Fantasy has a title drop.

[@antoniomanco8499]

Clive and Ultima calling upon the Eikon's power. 40:53 - 43:40 - 48:30

[@orakulooo]

I love how creepy Ultima is. It's very subtle, because even though he looks human, those weird round eyes without eyelids and weird mouth without lips. Truly something uncanny about his whole looks overall. I've also seen some similarities design-wise to Zodiark (ff12), Safer Sephiroth and Jenova. Something interesting was the director's choice for the final boss theme songs: they seem to be more about the main character and his emotions than the enemy itself, which is what we usually get in Final Fantasy games. Now, the plot... Does anybody else feels like this is still Fabula Nova Crystallis we're talking about? Ultima is basically Bhunivelze from Lightning Returns.

[@nurikhsan8821]

Ultima face is basically young Christopher Walken

[@1buszybudy13]

Theyve been doing the whole "evil creator god" a lot lately

[@KING-ZEAL]

Lamest villain since Kuja. Ardyn would eat this mfer.

[@nurikhsan8821]

@@1buszybudy13 since the first Final Fantasy, the story is basically a bunch of adventurer killing a God, or a villain that ascended into God. Yet different execution, but most of them are DnD inspired fantasy, except 7 and 8. FF7 gave you capitalism as an enemy, while FF8 is a high school musical drama.

[@nyx2903]

Really? This guy clicked with you? Personally I thought he was the most boring antagonist I have ever seen in an "RPG". For me personally this might be the worst Final Fantasy game yet, mostly due to all these shallow characters and the lack of interesting antagonists. The demo also made you believe you would see some intrigues in this game but no.. almost every leader just dies in a cutscene, with an exeption of those with a kaiju. This game was all about spectacle, not about a story or it's characters. It's not even a real RPG, it lacks almost everything that defines RPGs or JRPGs.

[@kieranray5340]

Easily the best final boss the series has had in decades. No guaranteed win final phase, loads of forms with unique designs and musical arrangements of rhe Ultima thematic material, absurd amounts of spectacle and use of all the game's mechanics. Might be my new favourite final boss in all of games.

[@supermonteiro]

finally, Sephiroth was dethroned.

[@Temperance_XVII]

I thought ultimate was ugly as shit but his final form design is so badass

[@DepressedMicaiahASMR]

I love fighting blue bahumet with wings. Especially when it's just the same powers being matched. And the name for the boss is really original, never seen that name be used before in the series ever.

[@mobpsy1526]

for me second best together with Kuja behind Sephiroth. Those two had the personal tragedy going for them and were more relatable.

[@kieranray5340]

@@mobpsy1526 in terms of character, I'd agree with Kuja. My comment was meant purely in terms of the fight, not necessarily the character.

[@thedarkknight727]

“And than overcoming his fate, like he always did, Clive gather his strength and said: “it’s Cliving Time” and than proceeded to Final Fantasy: 16, all over Ultimate. The End.” -Joshua Rosfield

[@greatwhitecatcher]

This was the only game to make me legitimately cry. Others have made me a bit misty eyed but I lost it when the red star next to the moon went dark and Jill ran out crying.

[@KingbelSama]

Same here

[@kevin1seven923]

I also felt sad after the fight when Clive returned to Joshua’s lifeless body, it’s like I won but my little bro is gone😢😢

[@mammothplant]

They seriously, genuinely, unironically dropped the "this truly is your final fantasy" lmao

[@Iuizhenrique_]

50:20 i loved when claive said "i am the final fantasy" and push the face of ultima, they really make a good job with this game

[@roxtechs]

A good way to end the FF Roman numeral games.

[@jimsface]

I am the final fantasy six teen

[@HeliosThor64]

This has truly been the Final Fantasy XVI.

[@BB-fy8kn]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeiouSquare Enix had stated that they’re considering moving on from using Roman numerals for “main” Final Fantasy titles (partially because they know if they ever get to 30, the internet will be… well, the internet).

[@KmYaSrNcIhGiGaEsR]

@@BB-fy8kn sex

[@ShinPepsiman]

I like how clive doesn't really show any struggle against ultima. He just kept overpowering him again and again

[@beepbeep7955]

Dion MVP. Carried the team to the end.

[@yozora2274]

25:23 this scene gives me chills . Clive’s resolve is absolute.

[@nabsthegodgamer5419]

Him doing the shield of rosaria salute saying that he’ll shield the firebird’s flame forevermore right after losing Joshua and inheriting his powers… powerful

[@supermonteiro]

Main story, side quests, characters, npcs, and the ending. All these are absolutely superb. Absolutely the best story I´ve ever played, the ending was the icing on the cake. While sad and brutal, its pure poetry. I´m afraid I may never play or watch a story this good again.

[@DepressedMicaiahASMR]

That side quest where you serve people food? Absolute poetry, bro this game is mediocre

[@FrankLotion9461]

⁠​⁠@@DepressedMicaiahASMRagreed, the game fell off halfway through, Ultima is the most boring villain. The qte’s in the boss fights are so shit. And don’t even get me started on the performance. Combat is still really fun, especially respec and the 7 different Eikon powers.

[@FinalJinchuuriki]

LOL GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE. This game was cheeks. A step up above FFXV but a step down compared to Remake.

[@KyngD469]

You will. Trust Square. They know what they are doing

[@jamrah8713]

@@FrankLotion9461your opinion

[@TeacherGus]

I am glad Ultima is patient enough to wait for Joshua and Clive to end their talk

[@igormartirosov2296]

Good thing that there was no Jack Garland around.

[@NightWing-h6e]

@@igormartirosov2296Jack would Falcon Punch Clive before he does.

[@ronaldlalisan4987]

@@NightWing-h6e Jack would be the shit out of Ultima. Jack is Chaos😈

[@sarthakverma1030]

I think he waited because he was busy merging with the other ultimas and taking his sweet time lol

[@65firered]

​@@NightWing-h6eJack: "THIS IS NOT THE TIME!"

[@20one76]

The refreshing build-up with Ultima from a soft and well-spoken figure to when the mask came off (figuratively and literally) becoming verbally pissed off knowing he was getting nowhere was such a beautiful contrast to see 🤣

[@thefreak809]

The desperation in Ultima's "flames unforgiving" was spot on. He knew he was on the brink of losing. Amazing performance by the voice actors

[@theinspiredgamer1949]

I made a build specifically for this boss fight that used abilities from every single eikon (with limit break for Ifrit). Let me tell you, cycling abilities from Phoenix to Garuda to Ramuh and so on was just the most unbelievable experience in games for me.

[@mlgman138]

I was so estatic when I best ultima I used Ramuhs Lighting Bolt as a little get back from Cid

[@RisingSon]

I love the Asura’s Wrath References ❤

[@SWaves17]

There were so many references to other work in this game, the 2 I can remember right now were the ninja you fight in the Greatwood has a move that really reminds me of Rock Lee from Naruto (the lotus technique where he izuna drops you) and then the finishing move on Typhon was a reference to Goku vs Freeza on Namek (the spirit bomb before he turns Super Saiyan)

[@raz522]

Asura would be proud

[@chrisdaughen5257]

I'm glad it showed Ultima bursting out of Joshua. I was wondering why he was still keeping him sealed inside himself when Ultima was clearly still doing stuff. Turns out he was a hive mind and he was trying to hold back one of his... bodies?

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

Yeah I was a lil confused at first too, but essentially, yes.

[@Tidus24kmc]

Ultimalius was fucking bananas. I'm not sure you will see a sequence like.that in gaming for a long while. Im so happy.

[@Peace141308]

The final phase kinda reminds me of FFXIV final bosses in a sense, mainly with how the boss starts all calm and composed with a constant "holier than thou" attitude against you, but halfway through the fight when its clear that you're gaining the upper hand it breaks character and grows increasingly more desperate and reckless with its attacks.

[@GodOfAI_]

The ending is indescribable. It’s just pure magic. Thank you for making a cold man crying Square Enix. Once in a lifetime

[@nicogalax]

Wat

[@Acesinz]

I want Clive back with Jill

[@supermonteiro]

the Torgal final quest made me cry as well.

[@mymelody3881]

@@supermonteiro which one is that?

[@supermonteiro]

@@mymelody3881 before the final fight, if you have done the previous torgal quests, you get the final one, where Sharon says Torgal has been sad and crying lately. It´s a very emotional quest about Clive and Torgal bonding.

[@mono_art143]

"Final" Fantasy I really think that it was Clive who survived at the end & took Joshua's name to write his story (just like how he took Cid's name). If you pay attention to all of the side quest before setting off to the Origin, the game pretty much hinting that Clive will live as an Author, come back to Jill at sunrise, & the voice narrating at the end "and thus how our journey end" was none other than Clive.

[@kirkshanghai]

I think that has merit.

[@avier178]

i thought it was hinted that if joshua survived perhaps he also was able to save clive or if the game wasnt well recieves they could say clive died and thats the end

[@XultanisDragon]

It was stated in the game that once the curse took hold you were screwed as it would continue to spread. He also said that his body couldn't handle all that power and that Ultima was mistaken thinking that he could. Clive be dead.

[@drakofox1362]

​@@XultanisDragon nope only his hand turned to stone the curse was stopped because there is no more magic for it to spread anymore so...Clive has to put down his sword now

[@XultanisDragon]

@@drakofox1362 Nah, the broski is dead. He already talked about how all the power was too much even for his body meaning his body couldn't handle it. His hand turning to stone just means that he is soccumbing to the curse. It was said that once the curse takes hold it spreads, didn't say anything about magic needing to be used after. Using magic makes it spread faster but he already pushed his body to the limits with what he did. He tried to do everything to bring back Joshua but couldn't. He could only repair the flesh but not bring back the life that was lost. He then used his power to take out the last mother crystal and he used everything he had to do it. There were other people who knew about Joshua's idea about writing his book. Probably one of the kids or even the scribes of the Flame who did it. The brothers are dead.

[@IconicCROSS]

🔥"The only fantasy here is yours. And we shall be its final witness!"🔥

[@williamcooper007]

"I said! It's over!" (Finishes Ultima off with epic climatic clash!)

[@Labbish1]

I just love final bosses in Final Fantasy games. They are always bigger than life. So epic!

[@supacopper4790]

Bahamut always have some weird but at the same time, unique and badass wings design😂

[@TheSSBBfan666]

went with both the super large wings and super long tail

[@user-wu4ed3zl4b]

@Nnn61913nah, he’s better as a dragon and not some robot angel guy

[@Temperance_XVII]

@@user-wu4ed3zl4byeah the Bahamut from FFXV looks cool but doesn’t look like he would be bahamut

[@angellara7040]

​@@Temperance_XVIIi thought he was cool until i noticed its a dude in a dragon suit

[@Nedread]

Anyone get major FF8 Sorceress vibes from Ultima? Mainly his 2nd form when he absorbs all of the Ultima's. Face paint, godly space mage, crown/headpieces. Just feels like Ultimecia to me in a way.

[@Acesinz]

Same here! glad im not the only person who thought this!

[@MuraCasardis]

No doubt it's by design. They pay hommage to a lot of past FF, even the main battle theme starts in a very similar way to FFVIII's!

[@souetrejeremy]

"Why... why did you do this ?" This was honestly what devastated me the most... as if it was truly beyond all understanding for him.

[@kirkshanghai]

1:00:39 the music in this scene made me cry like a baby lmao. Genuinely such a beautiful soundtrack

[@yannispirou101]

This and Bahamut were definitely the biggest highlights of the game's bosses for me, followed by Titan.

[@theothersounds]

47:22 that hype theme change is godly

[@joshualighttime604]

Find the flame final boss version 🔥

[@raurino]

I loved this final boss, it will stay with me for a long time. I love how this game is all about brotherhood love

[@severalcakes3267]

29:52 “Have you truly become… free?” I love that line so much. On some level, Ultima’s starting to realise his plan has come undone. He starts talking in the first person singular, too. The way he powers up after saying that cinches it; this isn’t just the proceedings of a ritual anymore, this is a fight for his life.

[@cristophermedina8749]

So essentially Jesus his brother and Lucifer throw hands against God to prevent him from starting the Rapture? It’s what I’m getting from the story up to this point. The dialogue between them gives off that vibe.

[@glanetasygaming1250]

Pretty much, yea lol

[@tsuirorankami5243]

More the gnostic vision of Christianism. Jesus and Sophia (but showed as a male here, Clive) vs Demiurge/Satan, an evil fake god more than a demon king.

[@josefarias1119]

50:19 HE SAID THE THING

[@jrplumber0503]

Clive’s final monologue to ultima hit me in a special way as someone who has constantly struggled to lean on people and find reasons to maintain hope it was a great reminder as to why I do anyways.

[@UnspecializedUser]

I’ve played all FF games, but I find the final fight in XVI the most epic one

[@enlightenedpsycho3675]

This is not secret but true ending...a lot of players already established it. And my words are still true..Odin had no chance against Bahamut if there was 1 on 1 between them. Thus a beautiful thing to notice is, in every Ultima related fight Bahamut powers does more damage than Odin's. Which is a thing to applause for the Creators presence of mind as Odin was a deep believer of Ultima, thus he couldn't do much damage to his deity whereas Bahamut was motivated to finish the dark shadow/Ultima. Amazing presence of mind by Creators. Also if guys ever notice whenever Clive do a long range damage to enemies through Phoenix's fire, Jill hide herself in ice coverage to protect herself. This so damn good and well thought.

[@yngshoelace]

Odins max zantetsuken does more damage than it tho, its just that odin abilities are weak because they are only meant to charge zantetsuken

[@velvet33]

@@yngshoelaceea I have to agree with you I thought he may have meant when clive was doing the clashes going through each of Clive’s Eikons but they do roughly the same damage so yea you’re right it’s literally because Odins skills are just meant to power his special other than that they are ass I wanted Odins abilities to do more damage but I just stuck with Bahamut in the end having a whole Eikon around one move made it difficult to work with in combat especially when it takes a long time to charge to level 5 didn’t seem worth having with is a shame

[@yngshoelace]

​@@velvet33its kinda worth it one use of his ult almost fully charges it and you can basically spam it, it does roughly the same damage as giga flare and you can use it twice and a giga flare in one stagger combo

[@velvet33]

@@yngshoelace I been playing the new game plus when I do some more levelling of the abilities I will give it a try with some combinations just want to find the most optimal build to stagger fast and do big damage

[@tydebinder4145]

Zettaflare is much stronger than Zantetsuken.

[@AnimeJR9025]

Ultima: Tide Unstopping Clive: Leviathan Dion: He must be stopped Ultima: Spatial Rend Clive: Gilgamesh Wade: Long live Lord Rosfield Ultima: Divine Judgment Clive: Alexander Torgal: Ahhhhhh Ultima: Hellfire Clive: Come on Ifrit Clive: I can do this

[@RickyUzumaki993]

I have a better one for Leviathan: Tides Unobstructed

[@TheEphemeralEternity]

10:00 That "Oh.." felt like it came straight from a Disney/Pixar film and it made me snicker. 😂 This 2023 Asura's Wrath of a game is such hypetrain!

[@cocolanfofolan2508]

That thing at 41:00 onward is so cliche, but man I'm all for it. It really hit home!!

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

I love how the boss battles in this game can transition into Shmup and even borderline bullethell Shmup territory. Just pure chaotic visual splendor. But Ultima certainly takes the Cake on all that.

[@LeocaprioDinardo]

Game of Thrones + Prometheus = FFXVI

[@sardarasadkhan2753]

Don't forget Asuras Wrath! :)

[@brijor6ff7]

45:03 is my favorite line, and Clive's response is cold as ice.

[@sedlyholmes3722]

I love how Ultima gets defeated by the most human thing to do in a fight, A PUNCH IN THE FACE

[@RickyUzumaki993]

Damn right!

[@WildDancer101]

Another example of the "Did you just punch Cthulhu in the face?" trope that never gets old.

[@RickyUzumaki993]

Agreed

[@MrHaz1993]

To all other game developers in the world. THIS RIGHT HERE is how you do a final boss fight

[@Zaratium]

i loved this fight, just wish they would have added the little victory theme at the end after the last punch

[@jstar3382]

I love the parallels with Christianity with Ultima, and also the differences. Ultima created humans to serve a single purpose, and they were reminiscent himself in a way. But humans were weak, and pathetic. And if they were a reflection of him, then what was he? So he turned away from them, and left them on their own, unable to accept their flaws as ones he bore. In the bible, humans turned away from God first, not the other way around. Ultima phrases it as being the same, saying that humanity turned away from him, despite it being the opposite. Fun parallels. And you can't pretend that's an accident, go rewatch the odin fight

[@reng.2588]

5:18 Did he just use Final Fantasy in a poetic way.

[@fizzlepopshadow1286]

This fight was way more entertaining than the sephiroth fight. You are literally fighting God. I really hope there are more quality fights like this inbthe future. Whoooo 😮😮😮

[@RahkshiMaster]

Man what's wrong with some of you? this was such a fun game and the setpiece bosses actually felt epic but you can't stop complaining about how boring you thought the combat was which just sounds like you didn't play it cause the combat was super fun. can you button mash through a lot of it if you really want to? yes. can you engage with the combat and make sick combos and kill things faster and better? yes. maybe you thought the boss fights were long and boring cause you weren't engaging with the combat enough to end the fights quickly

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

People will aaaaaaaaaaalways complain about good things

[@EVILarmstrong2]

Yup, just goes to show how people can just suck and or be so picky, closed minded with their opinions. But hey, it's their loss.

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

Final Fantasy, Persona, and SMT Fans are different level of insufferable.

[@neonflare7809]

Preach, brother - I agree that the combat wasn't incredibly well-suited for the smaller mob battles since you can just kinda plow through them by mashing, but the boss battles consistently extracted the best out of the combat system and made it really fucking fun. Especially lategame. And Story, Visuals, Sound Design, Voice Acting? All top-notch. There's a lot to complain about, but a million things to love

[@JohngalacticGravity]

The combat threw me off at first but eventually after like 2hrs of playing it grew on me and I fell in love with the game

[@jakebeck4132]

Im born and bred Yorkshire and with final fantasty, FF6 was my first. Ive done them all I love the series. Then they make a Cid with a Yorkshire accent ❤ I adore this with all my heart ❤️

[@youiri65]

oh my god Soken. that XVI - Prelude before Ultima's death is beautiful.

[@AVarghul]

The entire sequence is so beautiful. God is dead... and so is his world.

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

God is dead, and we killed him, for the sake of our world and humanity.

[@Acesinz]

@@apollyonnoctis1291We need clive and jill back together in a DLC

[@matthagen67]

Ultima might be the creepiest FF big bad so far.

[@niksolu]

So true

[@atmastand3485]

I'm almost getting (at least on a physical level) Jenova vibes from Ultima. Just goes right into the uncanny valley and never lets up.

[@tsuirorankami5243]

@@atmastand3485Ultima’s design (of all its forms) is great cause he/they referenced all the best villains of FF. Typhon second form as well when he gets 6 wings, looks like Kefka from VI. Dark Ifrit with “one black wing” - Sephiroth references. Ultima’s an cosmic entity like Zeromus from IV. He manipulated everything and everyone to make the MC stronger from the beginning, just like Ardyn in FFXV. Used to live in a society of divine beings now lost and wants to recreate it and bring his people back - that’s Emet Selch FFXIV SHADOWBRINGERS Also kinda looks like Chaos in the ifrit form and the wings. of course Ultima from FFT, and FF12. But most of all, he thinks he can own someone else, just like Valisthea’s slavists. He’s exact opposite of Clive in everything starting from the former being divine and the second human. At first I would have imagined FFXVI with a human main villain like Barnabas, but when I understood these things of Ultima, it hit me. He/they had to be the one. Immediately in my top 5 FF villain ever.

[@CloudStrife-NoctisLucisCaelum]

Biblically speaking, Logos is God Himself. Yahweh, The True God, has a translation. It means "I AM". Israel also has a translation. It means: "He Struggles With God". So Israel means: "He Strives with I AM". To fight our better SELF and destroy our infernal shadow in order to evolve as people, is the true meaning of life. By doing so, we embrace Logos. Ultima, by showing that he despises Logos so much and wanting humanity to be a lifeless puppet, proves that he is not a true god. He is Negative Energy made manifest through the Emanations of God. (Emanations in Hebrew: Sephiroth) He is not the Creator of man. He is the Creator of man's weakness. He is literally NOT Yahweh. He is J-E-N-O-V-A.

[@tsuirorankami5243]

@@CloudStrife-NoctisLucisCaelum yup, that is very right. I have a passion for theology and found the terms used pretty well there. Logos as “the word within”, the willingness and awareness, true freedom, the divine fire of consciousness inside each one of us. Logos as intended by Hermes Trimegistus. In fact Ultima using Logos in a negative connotation against Clive was on point, as the Logos elevates human beings to divine beings, and he didn’t want that at all. Edit: Oh my I just realised how connected it is to Sephiroth reading your comment more carefully now, it’s insane.

[@vikjeez9462]

Never in my life have I seen a more cinematic boss fight..

[@jeffryternado7343]

I thought Clive will using Phoenix Down to revive Joshua and will have happy ending.. come on man

[@MrHaz1993]

Didn't the ending kind of go that way ? Clive And Joshua ( Looked like them ) were kind of re-birthed through the mythical phoenix

[@malchalati]

Holy crap! Ultima is played by prof Xavier from legion. And the same actor who played Danerys brother.

[@mackielunkey2205]

You're telling me that Ultima is Viktor from Arcane and Baines from Doctor Who? Mind blown.

[@kieranray5340]

​@@mackielunkey2205not only that, he's also the main antagonist of Xenoblade 3, because he seems to be slowly establishing a monopoly on final bosses

[@Safeguard1]

The graphics in this game are insane, so good!

[@rpghero46]

if by insane you mean robber like kauijis on a Playstation 5 ....I SUPPOSE. (ITS A PS5 it should look a bit better and a square game fo boot)

[@tobiasarevalo9929]

@@rpghero46 shut up boy nobody wants to hear you

[@jonasfadi8213]

​@@rpghero46the game already looks better than 90% of the other next gen titles out by now. All I can gather from your comment is that you are either a pc peasant or an xbot butthurt that the game is a Sony exclusive.

[@lord461]

@@jonasfadi8213 PC peasant ?? Wut hahah. This game would look 10x Better on PC and be running at way higher frame rates. It's not even a constant 60 on PS5 with all the drops in many areas of the game. STFU pls.

[@jonasfadi8213]

@0falcon_vortex058 doesn't matter, pc players won't be getting it until like a year and a half. My point still stands

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Probably the craziest final boss fight since Bhunivelze in FF13.

[@Ephideltrance]

Ultima is definitely most similar to Bhunivelze in terms of personality and story. Ultima also takes inspiration from FF9 Necron in terms of design- colour scheme. Both had 4 hands too.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

@Ephideltrance Yeah, they were extremely similar. Even the endings of 16 & 13-3 are similar with their deaths, resulting in a world in the image of our real world

[@KyngD469]

When Clive said " This is our Final Fantasy Academia." I cried. and then he Final Fantasied all over Ultima! I died. 10/10 game.

[@jointser1008]

Honorable mention: Bahamut drank grimace shake and turns into a freaking satellite.

[@jonathanprovost4646]

Interesting how Ultima stops saying we once he unites and conveys emotion where before he was just cold alien logic.

[@raphsere]

1:07:14 In the end, Clive truly was, a Final Fantasy.

[@DokumentasiLatsar126]

Hope ffxvi-2 to see Clive and Jill reunited

[@user-wu4ed3zl4b]

FFXVI Royal edition 😂😂

[@deadspace_658]

Either way we need this in our life and we need it now lol

[@Acesinz]

In a form of DLC that would be great

[@kegosan7622]

And what will you do in the DLC? No Magic No Eikon If Clive survived he will not be a fighter anymore with his petrified hand. I dont see any real open stories for a DLC.

[@deadspace_658]

@@kegosan7622 doesn't have to be at the end my g but it would make more plot holes now thinking about it

[@CodeVain-t9w]

Fun fact you can see Clive's base turning gray as he is dieing giving the last bit of flames out

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

Now that I think about it.. In a twisted sense, the Iron Kingdom was right: Aether was a stain on Humanity. Maybe not for the reasons they thought but it was indeed a taint.

[@erefen]

This whole sequence is fuckin awesome. Peak FF, like FFIV final battle brought to life. This and FFVII Rebirth, FF fans are eating good

[@falafelbil455]

When Clive said “maybe the final fantasy were the friends we made along the way” i really crew 😭

[@Demintika]

Finally, been waiting for this since the last video

[@channelgoingthroughdevelop1668]

The ending was absolutely beautiful, the game was a masterpiece!

[@hermitoing]

Only just now realized the two boys (and pup) at the end mirror Clive and Joshua

[@MaxLittleBuddy]

50:44 For those who just wanted to see the meme

[@wadearendsee4430]

A bittersweet ending but Clive likely saved Jill from a terrible death, since her curse was taking a heavy toll to the point Shiva was nearly powerless

[@salmonburger]

its sad how nobody payed attention to Dions sacrifice

[@Cryosxify]

well, Joshua did

[@oXDestroXo]

i think people did, there's just kind of a lot going on lol

[@MrHaz1993]

I'm sad no one is paying attention to Joshua's sacrifice. I was more sad that Joshua does than Clive 😭

[@wisdomsparkproductions7916]

I seriously get Zanza vibes from this final boss. Anyone else feel the same?

[@steffanocornejo6129]

Clive technically did what shulk. He created a world with no need for gods or in this case magic

[@athenaraines]

This game is what happens when Xenoblade Chronicles, DMC, Asura’s Wrath, and Final Fantasy have a foursome. In all the best ways.

[@Phoeniclover06]

Hell yeah@@athenaraines

[@fabdvl]

Can anyone let Ultima cast "Purgatorium" to see what it is all about?

[@LE_SSERAFIM]

This is not Secret Ending, Just Post-credits scene.

[@darryldavis6063]

I still would like to have an Omega boss battle. I would like to see this FF's take on it. That would have made a good secret ending along with Leviathan being teased.

[@a.lateralus5840]

Bro’s wish was granted

[@drakofox1362]

​@@a.lateralus5840double so lol (also think OP regrets that wish now 🤣)

[@WillieManga]

Great ending given the themes of this game. Gotta love how it reminds us after seeing these badasses with divine power that they are still human.

[@MenrvaS]

With XV leaving a bad taste in people’s mouths, XVI is not only complete but a great palette cleanser.

[@Deetroiter]

Literally just finished the game 5 Minutes or so ago. Wow! Square really nailed this game!

[@darthacez]

Saddened that Clive loses his hand in the ending(Similar to Cid). At least Metia answered Jill’s wish.

[@LeocaprioDinardo]

You delusional.

[@tonydang1832]

Clive only lost his hand? I thought he passed away in general

[@darthacez]

@@tonydang1832 Nope. The petrifying ends at his hand. He just passed out of exhaustion with him reuniting with Jill as Metia granted her wish at the end.

[@LeocaprioDinardo]

​@@darthacezthats what you wish. The reality is Jill cried knowing that he died for good and smiles at the end watching the sunset of the brand new FREE world he gave them after dying.

[@darthacez]

@@LeocaprioDinardo Not a wish but it’s hinted in the lyrics in the Moongazing song and certain sidequests especially Jill’s and the tomes focusing on Metia.

[@echodun]

Such a satisfying battle to have won.