FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER Benchmark Reaction

The Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark Trailer is out and it lets you put your character into the trailer! So of course we had to do Lil' JC - but ALSO we had to get goofy with it.
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Take part in the next saga of the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY XIV Online! Endwalker brings the tale of Hydaelyn and Zodiark to a conclusion eons in the making. To unravel its mysteries and conquer its challenges will be no common feat. May these records of key figures, looming adversaries, and lands yet untraveled serve you well.
Once, the world was whole, its people blessed─ere a great calamity threatened all in existence. The approach of the so-called "Final Days" caused a great schism among the ancients, culminating in the star's shattering into fourteen reflections, incomplete and imperfect. With the second coming of that selfsame calamity looming on the horizon, the Warrior of Light must stand firm as hope's last bastion.
Yet shadowed by their triumph in the First, the Warrior of Light and Scions of the Seventh Dawn are home at last. An even greater calamity than refulgent oblivion has been building in their absence, however─a second advent of the Final Days. Should all despair, the myriad conflicts that now ravage the land cannot but foretoken an end to life in the Source.
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Let me know what you thought about the new Final Fantasy XIV benchmark! This was the first time I've seen one of these and it was awesome!
#FFXIV #Endwalker #Benchmark

[@ShakalDraconis]

That pig costume's eyes... "You can't kill me, Zenos. I'm already dead inside."

[@Sniperbear13]

its only a Benchmark, but hot damn does this just make me more excited for Endwalker.

[@FireWarrior2013]

Definitely. I've ran it too many times already, I can't wait!

[@digitalbooklett9357]

I am so in love with Jesse's confusion face when going through the bunny voices

[@MadnessRealm]

* Be Zenos, waiting for a chance to fight his best friend/enemy after so long. * Comes face to face with a dude in a pig or chicken outfit. Zenos: "Aaaah, it's been too too long my frie- Wh...what happened to you on the First?"

[@Lagzlot]

"So you have finally... arrived... what the hell are you wearing?" "It's my asskicking outfit, bitch!" - ProZD

[@fatcatsnuggleparty4272]

"It's complicated, K. enough of that. Lets go."

[@ShakalDraconis]

"Look man, there were pixies, and some guy in a hood made me make a contract with one of them, and one thing lead to another... look, if this is awkward for you, I got a frog costume you could put on."

[@fawkespryde9183]

"You caught me at a bad time Zenos. The fashion report won't complete itself, y'know."

[@kereminde]

"Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to."

[@dibsyD]

your face when lil jc appeared on the horse, haha, amazing xD

[@ChamberK-1]

I had no idea you can implant your own character into the benchmark trailer. Man, it’s things like this that make me wish I had a PC.

[@shadowzach00]

same I play on ps4 =/

[@stardustfawkes]

You just know that every NPC when you show up in full pig costume is thinking: "@#$%&*# adventurers..."

[@MaharielShepard]

When you score low...the characters around you are not happy with you...

[@OhNoTheFace]

It's is kind of forgiving. I got a 7000 "fairly high" and they were pretty jazzed still

[@ArchieGamez]

They literally shame you for having a potato PC HAHAH

[@roetheboat1]

@@ArchieGamez Yeah, the WoL falls to the ground groveling while everyone else around them is like "WTF".

[@k.vn.k]

I have to try this 😂🤣

[@Makkle4000]

Truly the Warrior of Light was really a guy in a swine suit all along.

[@aegisfangminecraft]

What if all the bad ass armor is just the way he sees the pig suit in his head?

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

ive seen worse

[@MorphoBloo]

Man this makes me so freaking excited for Endwalker...

[@yazan80]

Your the best man. Loved you since cata days.

[@yazan80]

@@manuelh.4147 get a life

[@icipher6730]

@@yazan80 get a brain

[@yazan80]

@@icipher6730 get a grip

[@sopranophantomista]

Okay, so I just downloaded FF14 a couple of weeks ago, and I was NOT expecting that pig costume. My man, you never cease to put a smile on my face. Endwalker looks AMAZING. I'm gonna have to test out the benchmark and see how my computer handles it.

[@prinstyrio0]

Zenos upon seeing his frienemy in the pig costume: "Ahh, such a exhilarating sight. I see you come before me in your true form. Mmm, yes. I can smell the grandiose feats within that tough exterior, like sizzling meat upon the stove. And what quality of meat it is."

[@BobMerlinx]

11:37 "We have to do this again.. but better." How does it get better than a tiny lalaf...? Oh.

[@hickknight]

The hero we never knew we needed until now. Male Roegadyn in a pig costume with some planks for a sword and shield.

[@malifex9922]

After admiring the action on screen the first 10+ times I watched this, I finally started listening to the music directly and damn, it sounds like the dungeon boss theme likely playing in the Garlemald section is pure fire, let alone the (maybe final boss?) boss theme during the Zenos section. They just threw in choirs for both for the heck of it!? Damn, Soken!

[@chrislawrence6701]

Such an adorable little hero. I love Lil JC so much!

[@damenlapalm5609]

Dude, JC, I’ve been watching you a while. I don’t think you’ll see this, but I want to thank you. You are part of the reason FFXIV is exploding right now. People like Asmon wouldn’t have even seriously considered this game if it wasn’t for you, Bellular, and Zepla. So thanks and keep up the good work. Much love my dude.

[@nannerstout3877]

Big Pig was pure magic in that. I will fight the entire void for him lol

[@nathesford9701]

Lil JC: "Who are you?" Swine Suit JC: "I'm you but stronger."

[@gwinress3611]

I'll be honest ... if they could show such level of animation, camera work and everything in a benchmark cinematics.. imagine what can they do for the in-game cutscenes Q_Q

[@TheRayzorOne]

There are examples of that already in the game, but it's probably incredibly time consuming and expensive, and this game has an incredibly agressive patch schedule so it's pretty much impossible to do more than 1 or 2 of those per patch. It's the same reason they aren't able to have voice acting for every cutscene sadly, too litle time.

[@erebostenebris3954]

@@TheRayzorOne They actually recently changed their animation framework specifically so they can put in more dynamic cutscenes, So you can absolutely expect there to be more stuff like this in Endwalker.

[@theparodywizard677]

@@erebostenebris3954 Do I dare hope... That Yesuntei Malqir shall finally fight in a cutscene?

[@LooseCo]

Jesse's reaction to the Not-Omega is so good

[@HylianRezzi]

Honestly that was me like “BITCH ILL BEAT YOU UP AGAIN- oh wait”

[@kchan495]

Jesse's pure joy at the benchmark, and the fact that he put someone in the piggy suit just like me made my day XD

[@shinkicker404]

*Zenos looking into the deadeyes of the pigman* "My, friend.. I... You... You know what, let's do this some other time. I'm not feeling it today anymore."

[@Azaketh]

“I’m so pumped for this BASIC $%*&! BENCHMARK!”

[@wubdidu]

Jesse always looks so happy in these FF XIV videos, its adorable.

[@arcadistorias3202]

I was with you 1000% on the 2nd video. I didnt know what to expect but when it was revealed i was fully invested

[@Tizdizwiz]

Ah Jessie, your ever wonderful reactions of confusion still delight to me to this day

[@lovableasshole]

I like how Jesse just casually Doesn't notice most of the new abilities shown off in the fight scenes 😅

[@OhNoTheFace]

There is a pureness to that. Not analyzing, just taking it all in

[@TheDarkChaplain]

The main theme arrangement for supposedly Old Sharlayan is just incredibly pleasant. Will be looping that for hours on end on lazy days.

[@tkhotatia1163]

Just imagine if the actual cutscenes were like this, and not a bunch of awkward bot-like movements and people just standing still XD

[@marblethunder4323]

For the 2nd time around, Zenos should've been wearing the chicken suit or something XD

[@Rockalanche]

The second time was so hilarious

[@Freeasacar]

Having the freedom to save the world in your underwear or a goofy animal costume is one of the best things about this game. The developers really understand that what's fun is different for every player.

[@AliceSkylark]

GOOOOO LIL JC!!!!

[@XMAXEL]

When Endwalker comes out: Jesse's Ingame Friends: "What happened to the last fantasia?" Bun JP: "N-no idea w-what you are talking about....."

[@CTN404]

Omg i just found this channel! Little JC is epic

[@GanbatteFritos]

I'm so glad you found this game!

[@TheCajanator]

This thing reminds me of the intro movie editor for dynasty warriors 3. You could set who was doing the cool action sequences vs each other but also set it so guan yu was sexy dancing under the moonlight.

[@Steve-YT383]

Epic as always❤️

[@SimplyConeh]

What a coincidence, I just cancelled my WoW discription to hop over to FFXIV today. Hopefully this time I can manage to get past the vanilla stuff that feels a little slow...

[@seriade]

It takes roughly 24 hours to get to 50 watching the cs, after 50 you want to see them all. Just make sure someone carries you through coil before you hit 60.

[@ZinoDavidoffXIII]

Just take it at a leisurely pace. You'll finish before Endwalker comes out no need to rush. If you focus on endgame the burnout is much more likely.

[@SimplyConeh]

@@ZinoDavidoffXIII I meant more in a story/gameplay loop way - I've heard that it picks up significantly with the expansions and I didn't even know that a new one was coming out until having bought the game... Honestly, I think I'm switching games in a large part to avoid the endgame race and have some stories thrown at me :)

[@ZinoDavidoffXIII]

Yeah, it's just you said it wasn't your first time so my advice is just to smell the roses and like if something catches your eye like side content, just do it and take a break from just story. I know the starting gameplay is unimpressive but I think even in ARR the world building and little details are great. Regardless, do what you feel is fun and forget about how anyone other than yourself enjoys the game.

[@n8pls543]

@@ZinoDavidoffXIII Most of the world building *is* in ARR. Pretty much most of the dramatic payoffs in the other expansions comes from stuff they painstakingly established in 2.0+.

[@madgizmo2212]

The thing that always gets me about the Lalafells is the damn walk animation.

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

Even a year later, I love how Zenos just KICKS Alisaie, completely disinterested.

[@Denamic]

Bunny Cox, like Asbungold, is but a matter of time

[@sbot1312]

Love you jesse!

[@tinybee7780]

Really hope Jesse does a retrospective on the story of FFXIV once Endwalker comes out, as long as Square keeps true to their word and this will be in fact be finishing the main story that started since ARR.

[@wolfspledge1762]

Story arc though, the story is continuing so any video will immediately be outdated when a patch hits.

[@misaelnavarrete8031]

I rate this video extremely high

[@pizzamanilla]

Wait they're playing Golbez's theme at the beginning of the benchmark. It would be awesome to see him in the game in some form.

[@wafa4lyf]

ugh i LOVE that acoustic version of the enwalkers anthem~

[@scpredmage]

The music in the first scene is Tower of Zot, from Final Fantasy 4.

[@roerd]

I can confirm the character can make a massive score difference. I went from just below 10k with a male Viera to over 11k with my main (a female Aura).

[@delectableangel1986]

Had to put on theater mode for this.

[@Syldari]

To The Moon!

[@ASackOfPotatoes]

"Extremely High"....me too man, me too

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

The theme in the opening of the Benchmark cinematic here is Golbez's theme from FFIV. If I'd been playing back then, I would have been _freaking out_.

[@sadoldguy4380]

You are having WAY too much fun. How dare you! /s

[@25xxfrostxx]

The pig costume absolutely killed me.

[@MojiiOkay]

I feel like of the WoL had just worn the pig outfit when he beat Zenos the first time he would have been so broken by the "THIS is who beat me???" of it all that he never would have bothered with anything he did afterwards. He would have retired.

[@Persona3Yukari]

that pig suit thou XD

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

Look....you had me on the first half

[@ctg4818]

I had no idea they were coming out with another expansion but it really explains all the sponsors this game has been beating the internet over the head with.

[@skylandry4059]

How did you not know

[@mten10th67]

Wow! Never seen a Lalafel look badass before.

[@OhNoTheFace]

Just play one. The same story stuff happens to everyone. Could say the same as the cat girls in all fairness :P

[@mten10th67]

@@OhNoTheFace nah

[@Tygaera]

OMG you uploaded it! AWESOME! YAY!

[@Asceraith]

17:55 xD god i cant even hold it ... I cry , fantastic by default..

[@NuclearGhoul]

god i hope we do some really dope shit this expansion sfdgkjh

[@lovableasshole]

The one that Jesse hated is the one I immediately thought looked like him 😅

[@samifranco5541]

XD is verh funny how Lalafells had scaled small version of mounts lol

[@k.vn.k]

Somehow the pig WoL fits in all the frames so well. He is the hero all along. Epic.

[@DracoSuave]

@1:53 Oh sheet it's Bun'jit!

[@shadowrainexia]

That Pig, that's the real Endwalker!

[@aries4378]

Did I just see a giant pig riding a flying 6-legged horse? Welp, back to therapy I go.

[@RaysofLight98]

Zenos had to use the LB3 the second it was open, he’s a melee dps… Going up against a tank… 😅

[@VervaraRozthan]

I LOVE IT

[@blugill2273]

I already make my male Viera. can't wait to enlist him as my retainer

[@Relfar2]

Has Jesse given his thoughts on Intergrade somewhere?

[@tylerdrake861]

I think he said he’s gonna play it on Twitter, he’s just been busy with podcasts and working on the FFXIV and WoW video

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I couldn’t tell but did Zenos have to strike lower to hit you as a Lalafell? With other races I think he would aim higher but I don’t know for sure.

[@Ghost200x]

Roughly the same

[@pozziellen]

"Yo, this guy kinda looks like a badass. You know....for a...rabbit person." 😂

[@Steve-YT383]

Taking a FFXIV break to watch...haven't seen a benchmark video yet...hadn't really planned to, but it's Lil JC⭐❤️⚡

[@lightofthelives]

Gooooo lil jc‼️

[@lightofthelives]

Also this makes so excited for endwalker xD

[@ChrisWinters_993]

What do you think of this game so far

[@ProfMaddex]

That last part: i guess it will be a trail within the story, likely some where early to middle

[@erebostenebris3954]

Nah, they always do something like this in the benchmarks, putting a bunch of bosses that have nothing to do with each other in an arena that has nothing to do with them. For example, in the Stormblood benchmark, they showed us fighting Susano, Yojimbo and his dog in the last boss room from Shisui of the Violet Tides.

[@keech100]

What happened to the outro of videos. I loved the old outro is that gone for good now? And why?

[@SoraRikuHeart]

Question, how did you put your character into the benchmark?

[@kaihedgie1747]

You can download the Benchmark for yourself. It comes with a character creator so you can put them in the benchmark.

[@g3ngar04]

Ayoooo!!

[@luciferr09]

You Sir, are EXTREMELY HIGH.

[@TheInsaneEraser]

ooo tower dungeons, mayhap?

[@calzonexiv]

WAS THAT PROTECT I SAW THAT WHM DO?!??!?!?!

[@Lukonatic]

I was like; "Am I the only one seeing the ffvi reference here?" at the start then he said it so I'm like "THANK YOU JESSE!!" 🤍

[@Ailurophile1984]

Please continue Silent Hill 2

[@MrNoobxs]

4:21 is that guy from the Sims who would steal yo girl while your working

[@PsychoticEwok]

Holy crap I've not seen your videos for years this vid just popped up 🙂 no idea how long ago I must have got unsubscribed 🤔 glad I rediscovered your channel.

[@kiwiofnazarick6455]

can we use the benchmark on ps4/5 ?

[@bird2056]

Guys what’s the difference between a lobby and a waiting room????

[@Ancano]

Don't go down the path of the bunny boys!

[@maehayes5394]

Wait how do you do this!?

[@writershard5065]

Lmao Jesse putting the male viera in small clothes for fanservice.

[@madlad4687]

Do WE get rtx Support?

[@user-vh5of3xe7q]

18:13 reason why you should play lalafel for the better performance ;)

[@jink1768]

I took the pig suit more seriously than the lalafell. What the hell id wrong with me.

[@wynnefox]

9:12 Who was the elephant people? I have a friend that loves elephants and would like to show them.

[@averijames3741]

I believe they're called Matanga

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

I think these ones might have a different name.

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

@@HiddenEvilStudios Typically the beast tribes have a slightly different name to differentiate the friendly ones from the aggressive ones, though as a whole they're still the same species. So they'll probably be called something similar to Matanga, but they're still technically Matanga as a whole.