There's nothing that makes you really feel like the Warrior of Light more than delivering tea to soldiers in Thanalan.
@achimusmaximus32863 жыл бұрын
Dude, I just finished this quest today, and was thinking the same thing...
@klarnorbert3 жыл бұрын
This game has one of the worst questlines in MMORPG history.
@shinkamui3 жыл бұрын
@@klarnorbert tbh i haven't seen one mmo that delivered on that. People in this industry are obsessed with fetch quests like nothing else. It's especially sad when the actual story is so good like this one
@heyaheyo14203 жыл бұрын
Cid Highwind: "Get me some GOD DAMNED TEA!"
@shinkamui3 жыл бұрын
@@1000Tomatoes honestly, that made it all the more jarring for me. I remember by mid Shb i was begging for the game to just give me the story lol. Feels so unnecessary to go through a fetch before every story conversation. Post expac patches and beyond do that pretty well, no fetches, just story and dungeons and it's amazing.
@glenndiamond23832 жыл бұрын
A Realm Reborn is like having a 9 hour works meeting that could of just been sent over an email
@LotusDog2 жыл бұрын
funniest comment in this entire thread. lmao.
@swimdog Жыл бұрын
i wish it was only 9 hours, more like 50
@dielog2211 Жыл бұрын
@@swimdogi had spent 50hr on it and goddamit... I'm still halfway.
@JoseRamirez-yr2mx Жыл бұрын
Lol😂
@AliceInsanity7 ай бұрын
Old comment, but still so true...🙈
@steweygrrr5 жыл бұрын
Objective: Return to the Waking Sands. [ *Irritated Warrior of Light noises* ]
@anthonyrubel40575 жыл бұрын
*Triggered noises*
@frostmourne19865 жыл бұрын
Aka the goddamned filler episodes.
@rikijamie5 жыл бұрын
Whoever decided not to put the Aetherite in the Waking Sands needs a swift kick in the materias.
@Qardo5 жыл бұрын
Have no idea how much I hated needing to go back to the Waking Sands. It was so stupid how a major location did not have a crystal to teleport too. Or at least a little one to port to from the local area.
@MrLateraliss5 жыл бұрын
Nothing compared to the Company of Heroes quest line. The people who wrote those quests are the worst kind of sadists.
@Miromoto5 жыл бұрын
You forgot the part where Minfilia rewards the warrior of light by sending them out on a thousand errands after the defeat of Lahabrea. Or how the warrior of light would often tell the primals to wait while they went off to pick berries and rocks and make outfits.
@ShadoCroc4 жыл бұрын
@@cekuyak That was such Bullshit, man! And this is only the tip of the iceberg.
@OmegaEnvych3 жыл бұрын
@@1000Tomatoes He's such a nice Primal. Keeps up entire timeline from falling apart, intervenes only to fix what is broken and streamlines the experience. I almost feel bad having to kick his ass. His raid songs tho... Pure gold.
@osdownfall15363 жыл бұрын
or holding off the alliance raid to make sure i look good in a summer outfit
@jsbfkdls3 жыл бұрын
Yea this is like the only problem I have with the game so far, I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHERE I AM? These are main quests but why do they give so little exp and why does it feel like this isn't the expansion after the main story? I am so goddamn confused where I am in this game and what I'm supposed to be doing. Am I just wasting my time with these god awful quests that gives me second to nothing or should I go do dungeons and get some better gear? I have no idea... This is beyond frustrating, I do the MSQ but it doesn't feel like I am at all.
@Zenn3k2 жыл бұрын
@@jsbfkdls So the parts where you get really low EXP is because you are already overleveled for the content you are doing AND you are doing whats known as "post-patch" content, or the content they patched into the game, after its release, before the next expansion. Its not suppose to give good XP because its effectively "old level cap" content, but it unlocked stuff and has story they wanna tell you, don't worry so much about the XP, once you see the words "HEAVENSWARD" written on your screen as you cross that bridge into the north, the XP returns from the story are great again to push you to 60 and the process repeats.
@sdws173 жыл бұрын
You summarized in 5 mins what has taken me so far 30+ hours of playing to get through, and I feel like you covered everything worth sharing.
@Zihenroy Жыл бұрын
Yep, the sad thing is im 10 hours in, its extremely boring and i seen non of this yet.
@Vyris2D5 жыл бұрын
"The battle is fierce" Not as fierce as the amount of unskippable cutscenes that lead to a 30 second boss fight lol
@quinnarmstrong50905 жыл бұрын
OMFG like straight up. It's the worst
@chadchaddington84904 жыл бұрын
Yeah, let's just accept that A realm Reborn never really happened. It was that bad.
@feykro2224 жыл бұрын
@@chadchaddington8490 Still better than 1.0
@kolz4ever19804 жыл бұрын
No idea why retards play a story based game if they wanna skip scenes... Can always go tp fortnite. Lol
@wanderingpaladin49274 жыл бұрын
The Praetorium. The fucking Praetorium.
@Redfield2532 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace, fellow Warrior of Light. May the warmth of the Lifestream guide you back into our lives one day.
@sunshinyrai5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t skip the story, but with all the side quests & activities (crafting, timed events, etc) it can be easy to lose track of everything. I’m glad I found your video to fill in the holes of the story that I glanced over, the “why” of it all. Great job!! 😁
@a.s.37133 жыл бұрын
Who else is here after skipping through all the cutscenes and dialog? 🥴
@markspc12853 жыл бұрын
Yup
@mazokuwolf12793 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@johnathanstanley37913 жыл бұрын
That’s meeeee hahahahaha.
@michaelturner28063 жыл бұрын
I'm here after several internet searches tells me no, I'm not allowed to play fun game until I read the novel first, so I'm here going to get a Cliffs Notes of what I would miss if I skipped ARR. (I'm job level 44 but msq just after the beach party hors d'oeuvres gathering surprise it's not a beach party it was a Test.) I honestly tried to pay attention to quest text for the first dozen levels but got burned out on how dry and underwhelming it was. I'm thinking of just an msq skip and leveling my first job to 50 by grinding other methods, since I'm almost there. But everything I've read says if I do nothing else in ARR the Hildebrand quest line is not to be missed, so when I get there I'll judge the rest of the game around it.
@ercarp78473 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@wanderingpaladin49274 жыл бұрын
Story skippers will never have heard Minfilia say “Pray return to the Waking Sands” That’s sad
@8r3oon54 жыл бұрын
who is Minfilia ?
@FoigTCG4 жыл бұрын
@@8r3oon5 LMAOO
@mzt87874 жыл бұрын
Alphinaud to Ryne: So... Minfilia. Ryne: scared Skippers: How does he act like he knows Minfilia? Such a creep.
@kwando4724 жыл бұрын
I would've forgotten anyways by all the fetch quests.
@SockOrSomething4 жыл бұрын
@@8r3oon5 lol my friend skipped all the cutscenes for heavensward and hes like "wait. . . I have a DRAGON!?" lol
@disscrraft8941Ай бұрын
Rest in Peace buddy. We love you, kupo!
@melo25113 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, now I can skip more cutscenes with a clear conscious.
@realmadebypete3 жыл бұрын
lmao same.
@proudguardofwhiterun57703 жыл бұрын
Bruh I skipped almost all the ARR cutscenes. Felt bad. Now I don't.
@Vyrlokar5 жыл бұрын
I 100% support this kind of content.
@sockpuppermcgee79203 жыл бұрын
Truly preparing for a beach party with imminent rocky doom around the corner, so terrifying and powerful, was a highlight of the story, because as opposed to killing Titan, the party actually took a painful amount of time.
@megaultrasonic2 жыл бұрын
God that was so stupid. I finished the 2.X series of quests a while ago and people say that's the worst, but to me, truly nothing tops the inanity that was the Costa del Sol arc. At least the slower quests in 2.X eventually build to something. Why did I have to get cheese and wine for Whieskaet...well, at all...but especially with Titan around the corner?
@otakusensei2k205Ай бұрын
coming back to this video. RIP man. You were a great influenace on my life. Wish I could've shown my kids this channel.
@erichawman84835 жыл бұрын
A fair attempt, but you should have mentioned at the Ifrit chapter that in that encounter, the primals are found to have the ability to "temper" ordinary people outside of their Beast Tribe followers, making them mindlessly devoted to them. At this point the Warrior of Light's power and protection, courtesy of Hydaelyn, becomes manifest: You are immune to tempering, and have the power to fight and, with enough skill and grit, defeat primals. It is this that really gets the notice of the Empire, and makes you generally famous across the world.
@briandavis99012 ай бұрын
rest in peace king 💕 thank you for telling us stories and sharing your light with the world!
@YekkityYek4 жыл бұрын
I think you missed the part where you prepare for a party and even celebrated while Titan is just looming around the corner.
@r4nddon3 жыл бұрын
Its funny that it took 20 hours to get to the beginning of this story :D
@SirSnoozebutton2 жыл бұрын
I started playing a few days ago and I just got demotivated by all the fetch quests, so I skipped ahead to Heavensward. This video was exactly what I was looking for :)
@lukeye3005 Жыл бұрын
did you enjoy heavensward?
@maxmorgan33702 жыл бұрын
Other people: This is a great way to fill myself in on the story so I can jump right into the latest expansion! Me: Actually played all the way through A Realm Reborn and multiple expansions over the years but can't remember huge chunks of the story 😂 Thanks a lot for the video man, I REALLY needed this refresher.
@R3Dske Жыл бұрын
Cause its so boring I'd rather watch paint dry.
@gtcole04 Жыл бұрын
The story feels like it’s all over the place. And some of the names of people and places are hard to pronounce and remember.
@Work2Game5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for making this!!
@HallowedKhaos915 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. They're a huge help. Especially the Eureka videos, lol.
@kostasparasyrhs2625 жыл бұрын
i see what u did there!
@sopadefideos5636 Жыл бұрын
I fear no man.. But that thing "Return to the Waking Sands." Scares me...
@emeraldo5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Much respect for doing this. I can't wait for the next expansion. Gunblade class! Behemoth Server represent!
@rain16765 жыл бұрын
Warrior of darkness 😀
@mch55465 жыл бұрын
cant wait to try dragoon, white mage new skill and also dancer mirdgardsormr server represent :)
@THEARMYSPARTAN5 жыл бұрын
Your Light shall BURN NO MORE!!!
@wulf28635 жыл бұрын
BRmoth
@brianbaratheon5 жыл бұрын
Behemoth server here too!
@Nethr2 жыл бұрын
OMG! Thank you so much for making this! I was a habitual story skipper and I greatly regret it after everyone told me how good Shadowbringers is. I needed something like this so bad. I'm not skipping anything anymore once I make it to Endwalker content.
@mychiIdfreeass8 ай бұрын
You skipped SHADOWBRINGERS?! That's a crime!
@Nethr8 ай бұрын
@@mychiIdfreeass Yea. I at least didn't skip end walker though.
@blaireofhylia15723 жыл бұрын
You've done a great service to newbs everywhere, saving us 300 hours of pain xD Honestly the story is better coming from you than doing tedious chores anyway
@robertearl74105 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, I quit around level 46 due to RL issues, I've just got back into the game and need to finish the story but I felt disconnected from it since it's been like 3 years since I played last and forgot most of it, this was exactly what I was looking for in order to get re-attuned to what I'd already done.
@beardo73425 жыл бұрын
Been playing FFXIV for the past 2 years. Glad to see this. You just got a new sub
@GEMINIVice15 жыл бұрын
This was right on time for Shadowbringers. Thx for uploading this.
@dannytheguardian51025 жыл бұрын
That's freaking cool, I'm just started my final fantasy adventure, my character's name is mark hunter , ( after my beloved father who passed away last year, ) so when I heard that this guy plays this game, I'm happy surprised but it inspired me to play the game, ( btw, I'm on the primal us sever on my ps4)
@StartledGhost2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this a lot for someone who is playing through this right now. But its so much its hard to keep up. Please keep making more this helps a lot and its so easy and fun to listen to you as well.
@BlakeJp92 ай бұрын
communicated with my grandmother: *Speaks in buster sword*
@DanielRodriguez-ru5uk3 жыл бұрын
My man doing gods work 😭 I can finally fangirl about the lore and not having to watch all that bs
@MackDonaldo4 жыл бұрын
I just picked up this game last week since I have all the free time now. I'm loving it so far.
@adiralon5 жыл бұрын
The narration and the voice. Good work!
@comicstorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@WavesWatershine2 ай бұрын
I didn't know you long over the ten years, but your videos when I choose to engage where a comfort. Thank you for all you did. We will all miss you but never forget you, for it's only when memories fade are you truly ever forgotten.
@hobka50325 жыл бұрын
Saw the Shadow bringers trailer and the wife and I landed on hyperion. Fun game, best crafting system I've ever seen.
@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N4 жыл бұрын
At first when I heard the voice acting I was like "Damn, this dude's cringey". Then I thought about it a little more and I realized "No, he's just going to be a really good dad"
@favourites1443 жыл бұрын
Omg you’re so cool
@zigzack543 жыл бұрын
lmao
@shinyshark22473 жыл бұрын
Nothing is cooler than a dude just being himself
@carcasskicker2 ай бұрын
the time i knew you was short, i had only seen this video, but i remembered you strongly and fondly, and when i saw the news my heart shattered. you had such a great vibe and i loved the way you narrated you seemed like such a cool guy from this video alone, and while i may not know you any further than this, it is devastating to know such a strong presence is no longer in our world. rest in peace sir.
@tower19903 жыл бұрын
Okay. The number of main quests can at least be cut by 80% if that’s it. Such a grind. Thanks mate
@blueffie5 жыл бұрын
This is great, I am that person who skipped the story to catch up, however with Shadowbringers I intend to watch and read everything. But since time is short now I am glad you made this video so I know what the story is about without having to play through again or reading everything. Thanks! Keep it up :)
@MrWader765 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal. You did such a tremendous and concise job with such a complex story. You really knocked it out. Very well done, brother!
@Nesdude424 жыл бұрын
Recap starts at 1:19 and ends at 10:55.
@frelancer86403 жыл бұрын
Starts at 1:19
@slawbunnysАй бұрын
Rip ❤ Thank you for sharing
@Echxo4 жыл бұрын
Been playing since 2018 but felt pressured to catch up so i skipped all the cutscenes and by the end of shadowbringers i was clueless on the story. Im about to start new game+ to finally experience the story and as you may already know new game+ starts at heavensward so im watching this before i start it to catch up on what happened before then
@aaronyeh36524 жыл бұрын
The real ARR summary: go back to where you were, go back to where you were, go back to where you were. go back to where you were. go back to where you were. go back to where you were.
@sulkysoba76632 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm just getting out of ARR content and It's taken me a minute so I appreciate the refresher.
@MagiaBased5 жыл бұрын
I started this game a month ago and now this. Nice!
@burningeagle12985 жыл бұрын
0:45 you went through all of the bugs, the updates, and crappy crafting system? Man you just gain a hole lot of respect from me my friend.
@thebirdintern74883 жыл бұрын
I literally only subscribed because you get excited while narrarating. I mean the content is good, too. But it's actually interesting to listen to
@KeyoXKeyo3 жыл бұрын
Just finished ARR and HW a few weeks ago and I sped through a lot of it on certain days I had to work etc so I’m gonna binge your stuff to catch myself up !
@pricanboy15885 жыл бұрын
Love it!!! I'm currently playing now, with my wife and best friend. Love that you did this!!
@EclipseMints085 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I resubscribed and completely forgot the a realm reborn storyline. I didn't want to watch three hours of cutscenes, so this would do.
@JankyToe2 жыл бұрын
I came back for Endwalker, determined to watch every entry in _The_ _Unending_ _Journey..._ Thanks for this.
@SmolBloof2 жыл бұрын
ARR in a nutshell: "SUCH DEVASTATION!" *return to the Waking Sands.*
@Dawubbz5 жыл бұрын
Awesome idea dude. Any chance that the class quests will be covered, too?
@rileyvanhellsing77515 жыл бұрын
Wow... this dude is really enthusiastic.
@JMonty01002 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is when the Warrior of Light had to /dance at the three floating cabbage people to earn their trust
@CauseImDuncan2 жыл бұрын
This explanation was more entertainment for me than playing through the story
@jameshan25335 жыл бұрын
Need: Heavensward and Stormblood
@szskits97865 жыл бұрын
AFK-ing in FF XIV while browsing FF XIV subreddit while listening to you beat FF XIV lore into my ears.
@QwertySparrow4 жыл бұрын
I’m actually having fun with this game and surprising I enjoy the CRAFTING system of all things. Like a lot of moms make it such a chore, but this game lets you make some good gear for you other classes you want to level up.
@Uedukai3 жыл бұрын
So I'm glad that this video exists and I'd say it's a decent job. My gripe, is that things like King Moogle Mog was explained where Thancred's possession was never mentioned at all. This and the fact that so many things were mispronounced. I don't care if anyone mispronounces names, locations, etc. However, if you're recapping a long story for the masses, at least get the names right if anything.
@MrAnca3 жыл бұрын
Agh I can't wait to get to shadowbringers, I'm getting a little bit bored of a realm reborn but I want to continue playing this game because 1 I've already bought it lol, and 2, I rlly think I will miss a good experience if I leave it right now
@mogaming29273 жыл бұрын
it took me a while to get past ARR but I'm so glad I eventually stuck it out. This game is so worth it.
@MadOrange6443 жыл бұрын
I’m here just because I’m skipping ARR, the grind is too boring and a lot of cool mechanics are locked behind the slow beginning.
@rooenart13465 жыл бұрын
Thank you so damn much for this man! The community has been begging for someone like you. WoW has thousands of channels going over their deep lore to their basic story and FFXIV was so desperate for this! It would be great if you could do spin offs of this with each job story / beast tribe line as well! Is there somewhere I can throw money at you, because you deserve to have money thrown at you!
@NaohMkS5 жыл бұрын
I would definitely watch that
@skylar4770 Жыл бұрын
Took a really long break and forgot everything that had happened, this video really helped alot, I really appreciate it!!!
@dhlaing8228Ай бұрын
I tried playing but got so confused with all the terms, thank you for giving a story overview for people like me who are so lost
@TheLinkyCat5 жыл бұрын
As a player of 14, You are pretty amazing for this. Linky Thecat - Exdous.
@dane.22945 жыл бұрын
Sweet, look forward to more video game lore. Dark Souls?
@comicstorian5 жыл бұрын
Oh its coming!
@PinkManGuy4 жыл бұрын
As someone who went from skipping to watching and reading everything, THANK YOU for helping me avoid 2.1 again
@RandyLutcavich2 жыл бұрын
7:23 "The three Primals begin to battle one another. Causing vast destructions" That would have been cool, but they didn't actually fight.
@Charleyzard5 жыл бұрын
Big respect for branching out into new things you're passionate about, especially FF14. I feel like you would cover the Hildibrand stories perfectly with your video style.
@619ver15 жыл бұрын
Really got into FF14 during heavenward :) I fell in love with the Au ra race XD
@MrLynkz844 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that’s was brilliant. I’m playing through ARR now but by god is it dragging along. Now I can skip the text and not worry about missing plot.
@nanguaaa4 жыл бұрын
So I'm one of those who skip the story.... SUPER WELL DONE. Thank you for keeping me updated with the story.
@inuclearpickle86285 жыл бұрын
Benny you should cover 1.0 also cover hilabrand you’d make it even more hilarious
@leonlacroix26385 жыл бұрын
OMG THANK YOU, this is such a good story. I myself is a Astrologian main. :) what do you play?
@markynio Жыл бұрын
9:22 I wish they had used a Fire element barrier instead of the electric barrier on Nero's stage. I would call it "Nero Burning Room"
@wowdude43774 жыл бұрын
This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Doesnt even matter how old the video is. This helped a lot.
@TheJesterShow5 жыл бұрын
OMGGG IVE NEEDED THIS. Cutscenes got me like TLDR
@brbrown88605 жыл бұрын
That's such a trash mentality.
@khatdubell5 жыл бұрын
Dude, you deserve a like just for pronouncing all those crazy names/words.
@adamh56835 жыл бұрын
He didn't even pronounce 75% of them correctly.
@ManaPsirando7 ай бұрын
Oh my god thank you for this - my friends wanted me to get into this game and I did. But they were both done with the story and I was just starting. We would get into voice call and while I was having fun, I am NOT good at splitting my attention. And one friend is very excitable so they would info dump stuff while I was trying to read or listen to story. So I ended up skipping stuff. I've only gotten to Heaven's Ward but there are moment's that interest me, so I wanted to do a story recap of ARR 1 & 2 as a refresher and to fill in any holes. That way I can skip way less and listen without feeling so confused.
@WeAreBlank182 жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing this game forever 30 hours, and you summoned the plot that I have experienced in 1 minute… SO MUCH FILLER!!!!!!!
@FrozenSpark123 жыл бұрын
I feel like FF14 has the opposite problem to Wow. Wow's overarching story is complete garbage but the small individual stories in it are pretty cool, but FF14's overarching story is cool while the small stories within are pretty bad. At least for a Realm Reborn. I didn't play the expansions yet.
@stroghetti4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more of these for the other expansions! Would have appreciated you not using the overly dramatic voice over instead of your normal speaking voice as the very beginning of this video was much easier to listen to that the rest. Otherwise a very great video!!!
@tgs5725 Жыл бұрын
I just started FF14. I'm level 28 and like 20% of the story seems important so far. It's definitely difficult to keep mentally engaged
@XendalUmbra5 жыл бұрын
Aaaand subscribed. Thank you. I got bored from 20 to 35 and just skipped half the dialogue and cut scenes. Fixes things for me.
@wafa4lyf5 жыл бұрын
OMG YOU PLAY FFXIV AAAAAA~!
@lauro78615 жыл бұрын
I know right he never mention this what server :)
@cyphi4745 жыл бұрын
FFXI made you married? Thats terrible calamity. ;)
@archibaldcavendish59183 жыл бұрын
First ever video here and dude I gotta say you are inspiring. Thank you for what you do.
@friedpickles39415 жыл бұрын
Man I remember finding you when you had like 100k. Still a lot but man it's surreal to watch one of your favorite KZbin channels grow along side you.
@khilorn5 жыл бұрын
Ah JRPGs I always get so confused 😁
@SokiHime5 жыл бұрын
XIV's story is actually pretty straightforward.
@Zayindjejfj5 жыл бұрын
@@SokiHime It just tends to juggle a lot of events between each other to the point that you often forget certain arcs. The Ascians are literally always in the background, even after dealing with them a few times.
@blindsey19833 жыл бұрын
You trying way too hard to sound dramatic and thrilling. Your inflections are in wrong/weird places. I'm not sure if this is on purpose or not but it reminds me of bad LARPing
@blindsey19833 жыл бұрын
I couldn't either. I watched maybe 3 minutes and stopped. It was recommended to my FC as a reminder of the story but I'd rather not remember if I have to listen to this
@wallysmart24323 жыл бұрын
NO AMOUNT OF DRAMATIC VOICE LINES CAN SAVE THE BELOW AVERAGE STORY. DONT KNOW WHY PEOPLE SAID THE STORY IS SPECIAL. DO THIS DO THAT.
@guts2112 Жыл бұрын
Dude this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks
@galit59122 ай бұрын
Rest in peace
@stinky18953 жыл бұрын
Bro why are you screaming
@Mitology2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Because I skipped all ARR
@samuraiboy4974 жыл бұрын
Glad you did this there is so much words in this story I can’t keep up with all of it I have no idea what’s going on
@mrxcs2 жыл бұрын
The thing I liked most of ARR is when they said they are moving out close to a cristal.