Final Fantasy XIV: Cutscene - Emet-Selch Confrontation (SPOILERS)

[@stavi82]

After Endwalker, this hits so much harder! Also, shout out to Crystal Exarch being powerful enough to make duty finder canon!

[@starcrafsf7101]

Yea, that was pretty great that they made the first raid cannon to the story.

[@Stillburgh]

this c ut scene definitely hits different after having played through endwalker

[@martymcsavage1001]

I

[@Tevikolady]

The worst thing about this cutscene after playing Endwalker is how Hades is actually disrespecting us by transforming. Makes this scene hit differently in that regard alone.

[@Thymus]

Especially considering the scene of stumbling towards him is one of Venat's scenes after she sundered the world.

[@TeddieStudios]

emet-selch probably has the best voice acting I've ever experienced in any medium ever. The spite dripping from his speech is so venomous.

[@sleepyflowers1305]

Facts

[@popey747]

Wait till you hear his JP then

[@mikem9384]

@@popey747 I like both voice actors, but I do prefer the English Voice actor myself.

[@jeniffer7799]

Me at the end of Stromblood: "Oh my god, what an asshole!" Me at the end of Endwalker: *cries in the corner*

[@gaiusbaltar8915]

06:05 When it dawns on Emet-Selch that we have not entered the boss fight. He has.

[@JEL625]

Why do I hear...what you shattered shades call it, boss music?!?

[@G1adyat0r]

Always felt that 8:04 is the perfect timing to line up the music with the pillars of light. You just have to make sure they say each word and maybe pause for a second before clicking.

[@its_riley02]

The way Y'sholta casually drops a meteor on his head lol

[@koholintisland2167]

The way Y'shtola casually drops onto my face.

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

The way Y'shtola drops

[@Melodiesss]

The Way Y'shtola

[@WeirderTree]

DO YOU KNOW DE WAY?! I'm bringing it back :3

[@thecutesylveon0292]

@@WeirderTree please do not

[@Boliever]

"You've no fight left to fight! No life left to live!" actual goosebumps

[@Praagg66]

Emet-Selch was such an incredible character... he is by far the best part of shadowbringers, which is one of the best expansions to an mmo period, and probly the best story to a FF in general! love him so much

[@mikem9384]

They make us bond with him over the course of the story so it hits harder when we do have to finally fight him after realizing he did everything he did to save his people, as misguided as it was. He knows what he is doing is wrong, but in the end his reasoning is when the world is perfect again none of what transpired from point A to point B matters, so he willingly commits atrocities to make his dream a reality. He is tragic and his voice actor just brings that tragedy and desperation to life.

[@Iistener]

I watch this scene on a regular basis im so in love with everything about this moment. It's so amazing!

[@rotorcraft68]

"Champions from beyond the rift, heed my call!" - The most epic line in all of Shadowbringers.

[@Xaveze]

6:05 this moment will live rent free in my head until the day I die. The music and the way it kicks in is JUST. SO. GOOD.

[@jpow12]

When the music dropped at 6:06…..holy shit.

[@FABRIZZLE]

Shadowbringers is SO GOOD!!! This is such an epic moment. ❤️

[@Zephal42]

I think he is the only Ascian to reveal his true name. Made the fight real personal.

[@HimitsuYami]

We know the true names of some others as well. But I think he's the only one to tell us while fighting him

[@iantaakalla8180]

I think Elidibus reveals his name when fighting him in P11.

[@HimitsuYami]

@@iantaakalla8180 he reveals that a lot earlier

[@dusky6484]

I love this Cutscene so much, and your WoL omg! The little heart showing thru the visor is perfect

[@jet44444]

That Azem glimpse, too bad Emet couldn’t remember only after he died. 😭

[@bwehhueh5135]

"Fool. Who are you? No one. Nothing." has to be my favorite sentence in the entire game ngl

[@saralovelace7219]

A full year on and I am still Not Over having to kill him. Even just watching this has me bawling my eyes out.

[@Fl0wchart]

Hey, I'm here 2 years from the future to tell you it doesn't get any easier...

[@darkarchon7793]

@@Fl0wchart same lmao

[@DarkCatfish]

You're upset you killed a genocidal megalomaniac in self defense? Emet-Selch was a cool villain but wtf

[@saralovelace7219]

@DarkCatfish oh get over yourself lol. It's fantasy, not reality. Don't bring your moral high horse into this, Judgy McJudgerson. In my house we have empathy and love for sad, grumpy old Ancients.

[@DarkCatfish]

@@saralovelace7219 white girl moment

[@Tarage]

Emet Selch: "Oh god, it's Azem".

[@brreakfastYT]

6:04 gods.. when that music started after spending all night getting through tempest, it was honestly the best moment I've experienced playing this game and made me smile so much

[@zippityzop]

What's sad is that he never wanted this. Hermes took good men and made them into monsters

[@Beathemighty]

I think you mean Venat.

[@thyrussendria8198]

​@@BeathemightyI ask you look at Meteion's report again, at the Dead Ends and the fate of the Nibirron. They eliminated strife and sorrow, only to loose the taste for life without it, a dark reflection of what would have come of the Ancients had they remained on their path, sacrificing ever more to Zodiark for their Utopia

[@Beathemighty]

@thyrussendria8198 Ignoring the fact that their nilhism was solved by going to a space starbucks. Also, ignoring that was reported by a literal child.... The Nibirun and ancient society couldn't be more different. The Nibirun ironically are more likely the end point of Sundered Etheriys rather than ancient society. The main difference between the two being that the Ancients were born with immortality and great power with which they found their meaning and purpose in life. Whilst the nibirun obtained it through years of suffering and struggle. It's nonsensical to compare the two outside of Venats hamfisted reasoning

[@bentwomey384]

Hermes didn’t do that, he just allowed it to happen. Besides, people like Venat and her followers chose to not do genocide, whereas Emet-selch took to doing it enthusiastically. No one made him a monster- he made his own choices.

[@matrinezkevin11492]

What would be hilarious is if when G'raha says "champions heed my call" and sees youre playing a dps he tells them to come back in 15 minutes when your queue pops, no rush.

[@alexpaul4144]

This was my fav moment till the endwalker tie in/venat scene which makes this scene hurt so much more god dammit square whyyyyyy yet so good. We won’t ever see a villain of this scale again imo emet was lighting in a bottle

[@kristenloader5305]

This game is so fucking good. Every expansion has me in tears ;_;

[@christopherbravo1813]

"You are a *mistake."* Coldest line ever uttered by a Final Fantasy villain.

[@yourneighbornhoodbard]

dont know WHY i needed to watch this today but I needed it

[@fierytigergaming8112]

It's funny, because when you put into perspective that Ardbert was the Warrior of Darkness in the Source, while you were the Warrior of Light... the meeting between him and the WoL was basically cancelling out the Warrior of Light's transformation into a Sin Eater (The thought crossed my mind when I got to that point the other day)

[@Edos512]

the pillars of light... that moment was brutal

[@Catto217]

I'm fucking screaming

[@DonaldTurner]

sitting here, over 4 years into playing this game, exclusively. doing my best to wait a few hours more for DawnTrail launch. so many moments like this: profound. Thank you SE ♥

[@echoechoecho7142]

And then, Woke Lamat came along and killed it all. Terrible expansion.

[@metalmilitia89]

This sequence is better than the Endwalker 6.0 ending.

[@Phoenixis]

The funniest part is that it's a DRG as the WOL

[@monicagonzoles3836]

2:18 this is probably a typical moment in anime but this scene reminds me so much of the Super Android 13 scene where everyone keeps attacking Android 13 in vain to help Goku and by the time he gets the chance to attack he's too late. XD I could just imagine Emet's thoughts being like, "Great, the twins are down now kill the Warrior of Li--oh their non-existant Twelve... Now those two are down, back to the Warrior of--damnit! Two more down, BACK TO THE WARRIOR!"

[@javykrisz7341]

At 6:05 its like Emet-Selch perspective: I am the boss here so why do I hear the boss music?

[@Neoansho]

The way he switches from Emet-Selch to Hades and brings up an abyss of shade is just: chefs kiss👌

[@arklightning6058]

I challenge you, Emet-Selch.

[@paladinoflight5413]

Very well let us proceed to ur final judgement.

[@RoyScot]

I chose that dialogue option too.

[@Firesonicx03]

The victor shall write the tale and the vanquished becomes it’s villain!

[@Firesonicx03]

I love choosing that option

[@stevenmerrell5565]

Shivers and goosebumps every time!

[@SubduedRadical]

8:01 This...will NEVER get old.

[@rickyricardo4331]

When that music kicks in at 6:05...

[@paladinoflight5413]

The final boss custene in endwalker was good but this cutscene is still my favorite one in the game.

[@HimitsuYami]

Reminder that Emet-Selch takes offense to his portrayal this way despite being exactly what he did

[@SuperSaiyan46Gohan]

I miss him, even after Endwalker 🥺, he was a good man........even though he's a megalomaniacal madman😂😂. How were you able to make the text boxes in the cutscenes transparent?

[@farronxiv6233]

Thats actually a gshade issue, likely hasnt enabled one of the ffxiv keep ui options in gshade and so the ui is being affected by the gshader

[@SuperSaiyan46Gohan]

@@farronxiv6233 oh right right, thanks for letting me know 😁👍

[@starcrafsf7101]

Emet Selch was by far one of the best FF villains

[@SuperSaiyan46Gohan]

@@starcrafsf7101 oh I agree with you there😁

[@Ammy-q4w]

Theory: The world was split up into multiple shards, so what if when we visit them in future expansions, we eventually meet an individual similar to Ardbert in each realm that are also fragments of Azem's soul? Perhaps, we will one day have our soul become whole once more, and regain Azem's memories once we consume each of these soul fragments.

[@piggykun8130]

That could work if we weren’t missing a shard

[@OmegaGamer04]

@@piggykun8130 All remaing shards are still there only 1 was tipped too far towards the dark rendering it unusable for rejoining

[@elodiealaya]

@@OmegaGamer04 The Thirteenth's Azem was rescued from the Flood of Darkness. I'll not spoil anything, but you've met them in-game if you've done a certain questline.

[@ChuuyaNimu30]

@@elodiealaya which expansion’s the questline from?

[@ZIOM5000]

@@ChuuyaNimu30 Heavensward

[@smnoy23]

Endwalker and Dawntrail were also good but I don’t know if anything in them made me pop off as huge as 6:07 did

[@emuenforcer6280]

Raziel... You once chose integrity...

[@cizor8616]

I AM HADES!!!!! this line gave me goosebumps the first time I heard

[@slayeddreamer3820]

If his world has no need for heroes then who would handle problems like Pandaemonium?

[@MrAvengion]

Take it! We fight as one!

[@MrXxsnipesXx]

all amazing and hype until it throws you into a 10 minute queue

[@Krachbumm-Ente]

"Item level is too low."

[@zacharyhall7466]

This is literally the most badass thing I have ever experienced ever. I cry every time. Not even ashamed to admit it

[@Wukong330]

wish i could use the book to watch this again.

[@Firesonicx03]

You can

[@pktreturns4912]

Watching this makes me tingly!

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Is a pity that because of the over gearing, new players are never going to experience this fight as it was meant to be. Square seriously need to have a lower cap on items.

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

Nice gshade~ whare were you using then if I can ask?

[@Rin_The_Pianist]

I don't remember what Filter or whatever it was anymore, this video was originally just intended to be Shown to a friend, was never planed to blow up so much lmao

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

@@Rin_The_Pianist Thats fair, just saw it was a few years ago. Did not expect you to anser that fast though! also thanks for the video, is nice~

[@eldensquall6158]

Best dlc of the 4

[@Arcaeynn]

Would anyone happen to know the ost that plays in this cutscene?

[@edaphus]

Might be a bit late: Thunderer

[@Firesonicx03]

Which part of the cutscene?

[@nepspartan-7597]

The one that comes up with Ardbert and the axe is the expansion theme, Shadowbringers

[@LowIntSpecimen]

Who Brings Shadow, I believe. Very similar to Shadowbringers, except it starts straight at the "one brings shadow" part.

[@burhan4052]

Whats the title of that piece of music playing at 1:20?

[@Midnightear]

Thunderer I don't know if you already got an answer. Pretty sure you can get the orchestrion roll from Turn 5 in the Ending Coils of Bahamut raids.

[@tjreed7797]

0:17 What's the name of this song?

[@jasonholmes1619]

Thunderer

[@matthewh8005]

Was this filmed on a potato?

[@retrogamer206]

What is wrong with your shadows?

[@synx5196]

WAYYYY too much reshade

[@Rin_The_Pianist]

Trust me: If i knew in advance that this would get so many views i would've not had Reshade on at all, this was originally just meant to be shown to a friend lmao.

[@cadamus1572]

whats the name of the song in the background?

[@Neoansho]

I kid you not, it's literally called: ShadowBringers.

[@cadamus1572]

thank you!@@Neoansho

[@someberrymuffin]

What is the ost called here

[@yujiandou4658]

Which one, Thunderer and Who brings shadow are two songs that play here.

[@the_dark_soul_of_man]

That's a lot of drop shadow

[@masq170]

Hey, could you share your glamour plates in this cinematic ?

[@protatype7487]

Looks like Shadowbringers’ Dragoon relic gear, along with Gae Bolg, the Dragoon relic weapon from A Realm Reborn.

[@illhitu4034]

This expansion ranks dead alongside my first ever play of FF7

[@Kate-ms2mn]

so much better without ur shaders tbh

[@zellcrs]

gshade preset? this looks legit

[@gavinerickson9392]

Glitchy

[@beans_potatoes]

whatever mod you used to increase shadows makes the game look terrible. so pudding it. makes them look like clay

[@ChudmasterFlex]

Better than Endwalker

[@greyknight627]

Why does it have to be better? It’s all just part of the journey. Stop making it a hierarchy.

[@toelintetch635]

ew Dragoon

[@korewuash7838]

Tak tohle je opravdu hrozné... 🤦🙄😡 Definitive Fall final Fantasy

[@picklethepirate]

Wow, sounds like Squaresoft devs must have done the voice acting themselves. Should just go back to text-only.

[@Spectre92ITA]

Lmao what

[@picklethepirate]

@@Spectre92ITA it's bad acting.

[@Spectre92ITA]

@@picklethepirate it's really not

[@picklethepirate]

@@Spectre92ITA okay, okay, i didn't realize you got a V/A spot in the game. It was actually Oscar-worthy. My heart soared with every awkward pause, flat line of dialogue, and emotionless delivery. Happy now?

[@Spectre92ITA]

@@picklethepirate very much, thank you!

[@neinlives9424]

No other MMO comes close to touching the writing of FF14.