Everything Finally Payed Off...

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[@Riku-Leela]

I love the XIV community and game so much... Rich: "THEY WOULDNT JUST KILL EVERYONE LIKE THAT" One person in chat: "You've still got Lyse" Lmaoo I'm fkn crying that was hilarious

[@zofifthbatchgaming3009]

Lyse: At Lyse im still here

[@bplup6419]

Now THAT is true despair

[@optimaltt6070]

@@zofifthbatchgaming3009 THESE COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN DEATH

[@aracosgaming6137]

Emet-Selch is the GIGA CHAD of video game characters, maybe of all fictional characters period. He is true to himself all the way to the end. Even after recovering his memories and having the full picture again, he stays true to his convictions and says, "Nope, what I did was correct." You don't have to like or agree with him, obviously. But it is SO much more satisfying than some lame ass "redemption" where he says, "Oops, my bad." He sticks to his path all the way to the end. But that said, what is his path? Saving Etheris. So he DOES help you in the end. But because the world you want to save is NOT the world HE wanted to save... he says "Thanks but no thanks" to any final reconciliation. And that's ok, Emet. We love you for it.

[@BottledDelusion]

Surprised he didn’t say you are welcome for helping you level up so we could survive now

[@syncswim]

He's basically the second mascot of XIV now after Y'shtola

[@Null_Experis]

the worst part is that HE'S RIGHT. Everything he did led to this moment, so it HAD TO BE RIGHT. He knows it too.

[@highbrowstonebender7063]

"Oops, Having no memory of that one crazy weekend 12,000 years ago is the entire basis for my interdimensional genocide scheme that is 7/14th's completed. My bad! Here, have some flowers and a rousing speech teasing the next decade of content!""

[@jasonmartel854]

Hythlo's refusal to try and take a revival is unsurprising too. While we are a continuity of sorts of their Azem, we're not them. And Hythlo wanted to go back to the start with the two of them.

[@aries4378]

Emet-Selch is one of the best written villains in any media.

[@oliverurbanik9647]

Well.. depends.. Is he really the villian? .. From his and his ppl point of view he is a Hero. As he said at the end of ShB.. Someone is allways the villian in the other heros tale. Its fascinating how they humanized him and made you understand why he did a lot of atrocities in the past 10.000 years. To save the ppl he loves - especially Hythlodeus, who sacrficed himself willingly. After his defeat he smiled to you and in the camera - freed from his burden, first time in ages standing upright, not hunches forward as in all the scenes before. And remember a certain Elezen from Ishgard: A smile better suites a Hero...

[@ryder3112]

@@oliverurbanik9647 I considered him an antagonist not a villain. To be honest between shb and ew, his full arc makes him more a deuteragonist. Since he was opposing in shb and ally in ew.

[@doganaltug3227]

People tend to forget that Emet literally killed thousands, Even millions with Allagan empire, Garlean Empire and the flood of light on the First. My man literally comitting genocides all around. Its hard to call him a hero, even in his eyes tbh. But he is such well written.

[@yestle7868]

@@doganaltug3227 EXACTLYY!!

[@kmeanxneth]

@@doganaltug3227 if we go there how many "enemies" we literally killed too?

[@Laerei]

50:30 The song: "Walk on!" *Rich stops and turns the camera to look back* The song: "Never look back!"

[@ActionFitz79]

Haha, glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that :D Song: Never look Back! Rich: Looks back. >< :D

[@daedelous7094]

Emet-Selch's parting words were a big part of that scene's impact not just to the WoL but the player. He gives you insight to where your journeys could lead you....and reaffirms he doesn't regret his path, but even in his defeat, he wants to see you prosper, accepting you are the inheritors of it.

[@ento]

That moment when the ghosts start talking...Depression: Achieved. And then that moment when he gets to the top of the staircase and starts remembering the moments fondly...Acceptance: Achieved.

[@ninjafoxgamesgeekery]

My interpretation of the Elpis Flower moment... it's not the Warrior of Light overcoming despair. It's Meteion. There's always been this tiny bit of hope still there. Like Gandalf in LotR "There never was much hope...only a fool's hope" but still clinging to it. I feel like that little bit of hope buried in Meteion that we proved was still there. And that just....hits even harder for me.

[@Shadethewolfy]

It's why the scene where the flowers appear always emotionally breaks me on every rewatch of it.

[@ApexGale]

Remember, Meteion is a hive mind. Even with the hundreds of versions sent out, there was still the one that remained with Hermes on Elpis. She even mentions that the answer he had been searching for had been on Etheirys the entire time. Hermes didn't want to teach her too much of Etheirys because as he put it, he didn't want to "bind" her. But he never let Meteion fully engage with the world as a base case. So she never got to really experience that hope the same way Azem and Venat did.

[@jameshofler8010]

I just love the writing symmetry involved - where Meteion uses the elpis bloom to prove to Hermes that he's not the only one who feels sad and we use it to prove to Meteion there's still hope. Its a reminder that she isn't alone, presented in the same manner she used to let hermes know he isn't either. So good.

[@smartalec2001]

It's the desperate hope of what she pleads you for: that something could happen, so that her sisters would stop hurting.

[@TheSivGaming]

When I played through this I was in fucking tears when it summons those 2 back

[@mrcrowe1848]

7:12 rich discovers the entire crux of Endwalker's story

[@Ramotttholl]

My favorite moment of this section is Emit's smile just before he leaves. because "a smile better suits a hero"

[@GastonMorales]

Uhhh boy. That moment with Emet and Hithlo makes me tear every time.

[@TGCidolfus0830]

Only thing I was sad he didn't do was during the forced walk portion you have a debuff with an interesting description: Endwalker: Walking alone unto journey's end, the burden weighing heavy.

[@imtired927]

If the army of leeches wasn't following him around then maybe he would have noticed

[@TGCidolfus0830]

@@imtired927 yeah, during my playthrough I thought it was instanced (it should be), i never saw another player until after endsinger

[@Cousin_Uli]

That final fuckin flex from Emmet "yeha I went to all those cool places, better chase my coat tails nerd" absolute champ

[@robikkupegasus7039]

An amazing experience, and I've honestly enjoyed so many reactions the last few months... Rich's among them - he's not my ideal streamer, but I appreciate how surprisingly earnest he can be!

[@BlakeLyle]

Yeah this. He's... not super bright, but the genuine emotion is fun to watch.

[@KironX1]

It could be that he takes 5 hours to do a 15 minute quest LOL

[@cybercatvoodoo]

Once you get past his stupid commentary, he's not bad. lol. Definitely not subscribed, nor do I ever watch his live streams. By the time I peruse his reactions I'm at the dregs of streamers to watch.

[@xincnos9657]

I'VE BEEN EMOTIONALLY BLUEBALLED AHHHH, I really thought this was going to be the final entry lmao

[@zackfair6203]

48:49 the walk of pain and tears

[@cnkclark]

1:13:27 That smile. That damn smile.

[@TheRealChappie]

So im 18 minutes in and I have to Say this Rich. Watching yourself, Asmongold, and Pyromancer all come from WoW and take this journey. Its been an absolute honor to watch. Thank you for being you. Thank you for the streams, thank you for the joy, laughter and tears. I hope you Enjoy 6.1 and i'll be here watching it all

[@treesuschrist1782]

Alisaie Will forever be my favorite scion, especially after her lines in endwalker. She's the one who wears her heart on her sleeve the most, she's never afraid to show her emotions. The other scions have a good "stoic" feeling to them but that raw emotion we get really just makes her all the more endearing.

[@jessicawoodley9577]

"Because what's the point in them being happy now if they're going to be sad later? The answer is, of course, because they are going to be sad later." - the Doctor

[@dylian407]

This game is the existential crisis that we face IRL and helps us deal with it. And that's why I love this game

[@gametherapyla4942]

Precisely. That’s why I see this game as a work of art. ❤️

[@oothatguyoo7643]

Rich: Ad Bot in chat at 49:55 : This sad end walking brought to you by NordVPN

[@evangeli0n]

I played this myself, I knew how it would end. Why am I crying again?

[@KGhaleon]

56:30 Like the choice even matters.

[@realmush6794]

"Strong art thou, mortal."

[@Ramotttholl]

i love how he is also just slowly walking the final bit with the twins... no running no mounting. when i went through that i also had some random ppl just stop hug and walk abit with me.

[@JustAnOldPyro]

I haven't finished the video yet... however I'll admit my emotions hit their tipping point with these scenes... and when I saw the "Flavor Text" of the debuff forcing you to walk.

[@syncswim]

Kind of messed up that you bring back Y'shtola but don't give her back her vision

[@watertommyz]

It doesn't work that way. The whole reason she's blind in the first place is her warping into the life stream in the first place from the end of ARR, meaning the part of her "soul/aether" that made her able to see has been purged from her being and lost to it already and repurposed elsewhere. I think they'll eventually give her sight back, and might even have something to do with when they start exploring the other shards of the star, because pieces of your soul/aether can be wapred and twisted in different places. also, she's not completely blind. It's the aether itself, because she's able to see only that, and the levels of it.

[@maxspecs]

@@watertommyz I still don't understand how she can still read books just fine, can she see the aether of the ink?

[@watertommyz]

@@maxspecs I mean that's exactly what the ink was made out of in the classroom, when getting a lesson in Sharlyan. I can't remember it well because it's been awhile, but in Shadowbringers, I believe she addresses it there too in how she reads when you talk to her in private about Thancred. She's not completely blind, as she sees aether and the structure of that aether. It's more like a color blindness in a sense, rather than she just can't see simply. Everything in FFXIV is made of aether, as that's the building blocks of their world. Think of it more as if you saw everything that emits light, but you gained the ability to see all light emitting from everything (humans actually emit a small bit of light we can't see; xray, electromagnetic scale), and you're just getting overloaded. That's basically her blindness. And since Matoya is an old lady and her teacher, I'm sure she taught her a few spells that would make it easier for one to interpret ways to read, considering she's probably old and with her own sight.

[@Reycied]

A part of me is jealous that he had so many people there to come with him when he ascended the crystal path G'raha made for him...but at the same time, I wish they HADN'T been there for him. I feel like this segment of the game is meant to make you feel lonely and isolated, and having a crowd walking beside you diminishes that. But crowd or no, nothing could diminish the emotional damage of Close in the Distance.

[@stanleygao109]

7:16 Rich: sometimes you lose someone, all the happy memories hurt so much that you wish you didnt even have and what's the point of even having them in the first place. Bro! that's what we are learning by the end of this journey all the way from ARR

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

When you instantly get goosebumps from just hearing the song for a second you know you played and awesome game.

[@AlexWaff]

Ah man. The 200 people swarming around him honestly ruined the intended experience IMO. You're supposed to feel lonely - it's quiet, empty. It really takes away from the impact of the final sequences. Of the horrible weight.

[@mr.mystere4999]

The part where you have to walk is a solo instance. At least that part was not ruined by the people.

[@loafobread8768]

Rich your sniffles are killin me man, I cant help but cry with you ♥

[@KamikazeReilly]

saw it on stream, and just watched the full playthrough by you again, jjust because your reactions are awesome. oh yeah, and ofc I cried everytime :D

[@RokkitGrrl]

I mean, if the Horde and Alliance leadership can act like Grommash Hellscream didn't do anything by the end of Warlords of Draenor, surely Meteion can join the Scions.

[@RedLuigiGames]

Something I just now realized: Emet made a statement "to the last of Us". Before he did not consider the sundered people, but now he sees the WoL as an equal.

[@bes12000]

I was crying and grinning from ear to ear at this part.

[@phoenix221186]

That momment when I thought rich was gonna pull a sora and said my friend are my power 🤣

[@mrcrowe1848]

16:40 that's what a good story is supposed to do. you're not supposed to just feel empathy for the characters and investment in the outcome of their story, but to also come away from it with a new perspective on your own story, having witnessed something you can relate to and see it for what it is on the outside.

[@monsunoguy19]

That's very sweet of your community to cheer you on during the walk

[@Sussy_Bottom_Boys]

Here's a thought; in the future/past, whenever either Hades, or Hythlodeus pop up as cameos in other games, they really will be meeting us again, playing new parts. All connected by the multiversal aspects of FF like the lifestream, the random portals, Materia, Spiritus, etc.

[@omegagilgamesh]

6:10, this was the point, only the second time a video game has ever made me cry. It started to begin when I was at that time stamp on my play through, then right after Alisaie sealed the deal, just like she did with Rich.

[@blairbryan4040]

I just realized looking back at this video again reunion is that a possible hint down the road to sephiroth. It would make sense since they are spinters of the same character much like cloud and sephiroth were. Hmm?

[@perrydunetz882]

Cloud and Sephiroth were only splinters from the same character in kingdom hearts not in ff, in ff they are completely seperate, cloud was injected with some of sephiroths cells which made him sick and gave him a mental illness that screwed with his memories but nothing more

[@blairbryan4040]

@@perrydunetz882 they were both given jenovas DNA which is why they always refer to it as mother. Anyways, I'm referring to how they could easily draw a parallel here and find a way to make a future emit into sephiroth with a reunion storyline.by saying much like how sephiroth and cloud sharing some of jenova DNA we share the same thing though azems crystal which we both held hence azems abilities were passed down to both us and emit. I'm not saying it's going to happen but the hint is there that they could use it if they so chose down the road.

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

This was the most emotional I ever got playing a game.

[@roughcut627]

48:47 Rich rides the Feels Train

[@GreyFox23]

lol. Chat is like "Yeah! 100 new friends!"

[@seantoombs8618]

This is the video I've been waiting for this is where real men cried

[@aerieleah533]

Suddenly I'm struck with an alternate reality, where we sacrifice ourselves like our allies to pave the way forward. We don't know if it'll work or be in vain, but we just have to believe. Then, an unexpected figure comes forward. Zenos. He instantly understands what happened, maybe by feeling the aether on the wind. Hungry for a challenge having traveled all this way, he fights Meteion in our stead. Dragon vs bird woman. They both strike each other and kill one another, thus saving the world still, but at the cost of all scions and ourselves. There's a dark ending if this were the true end of the game.

[@batoraushiromiya3029]

I just love how Emet Selch basically spoils us the details of the next expansions like the GIGA CHAD he always has been.

[@RasenCore]

When he looked up the 5 stages i lost my shit lmao

[@ThunderDemon1]

I NEED THE NEXT PART. Pleaseeeee

[@anaducksftw2520]

bro, you tried to jump? Fuck dude... Only 10 minutes in....

[@Hemlocker]

Aliway and Alphiroad LOL

[@arkboi2145]

Emet-Selch is such a Tsundere. I love it!!

[@stevegs76]

I loved chat telling Rich he still got Lyse left lol

[@TheIndigoEclipse]

The other players running around kinda ruin the moment. I wish they'd stayed away till the very end.

[@archi4226]

I love how Alisae wanted to fight side by side with Emet

[@RiseInAfterlife]

Honestly? I really dislike how people show up to the first part og 'the walk' for streamers. It kinda ruins it as it is supposed to be nobody but you ad the twins that are left. I wish it was a single player instanced area as well for the MSQ.

[@Arlacent]

I legit thought Rich was drinking from a bottle of Pinacle vodka. (Shivers)

[@gb1421]

Free Will power is one of the things that makes humanity so great

[@afc9447]

in this Game i have had moments, i will remember them to the rest of my life.

[@Mr9TalesFox]

Emet-Selch the spoiler man, ban him.

[@TheOnlyFin]

Emet and Hythlodaeus voluntarily return to the Star in the end because it’s there time. Their work is done. Emet has safeguarded the future in his own way, and Hythlodaeus has seen the work of both of his friends to completion.

[@Taygon45]

I don't know how many people noticed by after the twins' sacrifice THERE ARE 7 EMPTY SEATS BEHIND YOU

[@kumomeme7852]

lmao each of the shadow trigger ptsd. he already weep on 3rd shadow.

[@itsyaboiherman]

Where is the full stream on twitch

[@shuriken05]

Been waiting all day for this.

[@Xadov]

Ehhh, I kind of feel like having an entourage at this point in the game takes away from the experience. I waited a few weeks to get to this point and I’m glad I did, on top of doing this zone late at night. After all the emotional gut punches up to this point, climbing the crystal path with Alphinaud and Alisae at the edge of the universe, not a single other soul in sight, and that music playing in the background… Watching this looked more like a carnival than an emotional catharsis

[@Lord_Sunday]

Actually, I felt like having a moment where everyone shows up would have been the greatest thing ever.

[@BottledDelusion]

I constantly think about how much I would be hated streaming this game always wanting to be left alone especially now when the story is trying to impress upon you crushing loneliness. At least that’s my assumption

[@peep3208]

what is this about, bc you posted this 20 minutes after this hour+ long video was uploaded like, the actual game?

[@magicaggros2589]

I did the same! I generally wait til the mass crowd pushes through MSQ before I start it and I didn't see any other players this entire zone, it really added a lot to it and I would find myself just stopping and standing still for periods of time, looking into the endless distance. When the twins were going to leave too, it was probably the hardest of them all because I knew it would just be me.

[@magicaggros2589]

@@Lord_Sunday SebbywebzTV's community did that to him. The moment Estienin left, while Sebby was still in the cutscene his community left him and hid til he was in the cutscene with Emet-Selch, so that when it was over, everyone was there with him. It was really cool!

[@noctumdraco]

Hoary Boulder wishes he was as suave as Zenos.

[@juanvsreviews]

That song is the best

[@zombiesxaliens]

Why did you stream Andys do the walk with him?? Ruined the experience imo.

[@Novalegio]

this part killed me to

[@hek7752]

That walk is just emotional damage 💔 lol

[@z33iihh]

1:04:55 Meteion is going to be judged in Pandaria.

[@nodot17]

To think the whole game could of been avoided if Hermes only submitted meteion to the proper testing

[@Thranng]

@@nodot17 not so sure about that. i think the tests wouldnt show anything unusual. its the combined negativeness of the whole universe that turned meteion into the endsinger.

[@lindaking9064]

Hermes has the wrong question. Emit asked him.. what question did you command Metin and her sisters. Even when wrong Hermes did not back down.... he stayed wrong to the fault no matter what.

[@gui_s_carvalho]

FORGE AHEEEEEEAD

[@NormFC]

i miss RIch

[@ImpeccableZentertainment]

Im not having fun anymore...

[@TheMCmace]

this man is always crying and i love it

[@sushioishii8950]

my guess is that was water because that is the cheapest stuff you can get. prolly dumped it and put water :D

[@baalmolech]

WHO SAID ALIWAY AND ALPHIROAD 💀💀💀

[@Khelleyne]

Forge ahead.

[@originalghoul3738]

Rich have you not learned, Emet-Selch has taught you nothing???

[@fnerXVI]

Has anyone kept a tally of how many times Rich has cried playing this game?

[@BaithNa]

What a triple legendary journey

[@ArcheologistLlama]

God, all his reactions feel so forced, I wonder if we will ever get something natural out of him. I get you kind of have to put on a show when you are livestreaming, but still wish he could do a better job at it

[@Sroddd]

I love rich man

[@SanraiDalris]

Oh man, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who rp walked the crystal path.

[@spotthespy]

paid off*

[@jojak0512]

What does that mean lol

[@DoppelgangerTH]

@@jojak0512 spelling mistake in video title

[@jojak0512]

@@DoppelgangerTH oh I thought the spelling was correct both ways

[@lordhughmungus]

>payed

[@eduardobrunnergomes2895]

BatChest first

[@wg_rey]

The streamer is the very definition of "How to milk a cow". In this case, the audience.

[@Kaylersick]

the endwalk i have no idea who most the people are who talk.

[@yuyu7438]

MeToo

[@lrdeldric]

Yeah they shoulda just labeled who the voices were from… Ardbert Haurchefant Merlwyb Aymeric Nanamo Raubahn Hien Kann-e senna Papalymo Count Fortemps Begg lug Ryne Midgardsomr Minfilia Ardbert Order may be a bit off but I think that’s everyone. Kinda wished they used just people who had died in the past

[@yuyu7438]

@@lrdeldric ありがとう❣️

[@lawrencelopez9839]

lol. well, yeah they weren't going to die for real. Everyone you like dying but the mc then coming back to life is one of the oldest anime tropes ever. It happened more than once in Sailor Moon, and also in Sorcerer Hunter, Yaiba, Eto Rangers... even that victorian Snow White anime.

[@xincnos9657]

except the game did it in a way that justified it and made me okay with how it was done

[@RevanBC]

fake cry andy

[@nothisispatrick5691]

This part honestly made no sense and was clearly fanservice. There was no reason Emet and Hythlodaeus should've showed up and it was never even explained how it even happened.

[@Zoeila]

Actually it was explained. immediately after the hydaelyn fight.

[@ninboy01]

Azem’s Crystal can summon the WoL’s allies from literally anywhere. And Hydaelyn gave it a temporary upgrade specifically so it could give form to souls, allowing it even summon the dead. Even during one of Hydaelyn’s first appearances through Kryle, she spoke about sheperding Minfilia’s soul back to the source, along with “another.” So they teed up Hades’ coming back early on. And throughout the exansion they explained how it would be possible. Is it fanservice? Yes. Is it directly explained, rationalized, and in service to the plot and the characters? Yes.

[@striderincident]

Honestly this last bit cured my su!c!dal thoughts, a decade of hating life and hating being born undone in a weekend of tears and hope ❤️

[@zaeynnezameel989]

Im Glad for you :') and Honestly yes, After going through endwalker, I just sort of stopped vibing with people who even jokes abt "wanting to die" or saying stuff like that. Instant turn off even among friends. I just started really appricite what I had going for me.

[@Arphila]

Rich: "Haha, emet go brrrrrrr" *Meteions emotional breakdown flying right over riches head*

[@raielle]

I understand that you still enjoy the experience, but having all those people around you at the end area it's a lot different when it's actually empty like it's supposed to be, in a way they ruined your experience

[@Hawkenwhacker]

How can you be so sure? By what little I know of Rich, he appears to be a person who understands very well what it feels like to be empty and alone. It may have ruined your experience, no question, but don't be so certain that he sees and lives in the world the way you do. There is a difference between perception and projection.