Righting Wrongs - Final Fantasy XVI (Part 5)

[@aremel42]

I need to see Jesse's head float around the screen like a 90s screensaver.

[@rizahawks99]

lol

[@niabee6029]

Ah yes so we can wait for it to never hit the corner

[@aremel42]

@@niabee6029 haha! oh, but the satisfaction when it hit the corner square! 🤌

[@IvanIvanov-qx5oz]

90s?!

[@tobistein9831]

As soon as that kid said "You weren't supposed to win!" my blood BOILED. My jaw was on the ground, and I was ready to THROW HANDS with that child.

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

I’m glad he and his father got their karma. A gruesome death with no burial at their own hands was a fitting end. And I’m glad the girl after that could be convinced that the branded are humans, too. One less monster in the making in a different sort. Though she’s fictional, there’s hope for her.

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

I love how dark the side quests near oriflamme are. Really hits you to see how cruel children can be depending on how they are raised.

[@Jigsawn2]

Let me just say thank you to Jesse/Editors who don't put spoilers in the thumbnails. We appreciate it. Already been spoiled on some FF16 stuff thanks to youtube recommendations, selfish idiots they are.

[@ericbright1742]

3:44:44 I'm reminded of DBZ Abridged: Typhon: "What?" [Looks up] "Oh, somehow I completely forgot about that." [Gets hit with Hellfire] Typhon: _If I had any single regret for the countless horrific events that have transpired in my wake, it's that I'm dying._

[@xXAkirhaXx]

I'm legit burning through 4 hours of JC content everyday. This is great.

[@lincolnnoronha4128]

me too

[@Sith9890]

me waking up every day and clocking in for my 3-4 hour Watching FF16 shift: let's do this

[@ZliwerHinata]

#metoo

[@waffleboy159]

This is perfect for me, since I just recently caught up with Critical Role.

[@blue-phoenix115]

@@Sith9890 Watching and not playing? Why not play then watch?

[@MrDfrose]

Ff16 Cid is my favourite Cid and it isn’t even close

[@OneGamer2EnvyThemAll]

I don't know if he's already been made aware, but in the menu for abilities, Jesse should press triangle for Details so he gets an understanding of what Mastery does and other ways to use the abilities.

[@BigBadBarker]

I feel it should be a sin to attack a chocobo. Shame on you, JesseCox

[@admiralredcoat]

Jesse - "If I were a treasure, where would I be?" You are a treasure Mr Cox

[@banfio64]

"I'd like to think that for some of you this is the fast-forward section of the video, but you're missing out! On all this banter... and murder" - Jesse Cox, 2023

[@matt.the.viewer]

I have never been so entirely sucked in by a story in such a short period of time. I went from being as relatively unbothered by the death of Tatienne to holding my head and yelling “5 YEARS!!!” at my tv. Unbelievably compelling, love this playthrough so goddamn much, thank you Jesse

[@mafiacat88]

It's kind of fun how the crystals are the primary source of comfort for people in this world, and they're willing to overlook the damages to the world to suit that. Thank god electricity doesn't have that cost or we'd all be screwed.

[@0Rookie0]

Little do you know... Just kidding.

[@Galaick]

Jesse's reaction to the timeskip was exactly the same as mine lmfao

[@Dot-yj9tj]

That 'Several Cutscenes will play in sequence' sorta mood.

[@RendMaim]

Please set aside sufficient time to view them in their entirety

[@waffleboy159]

Seriously, that felt like a transition into a new expansion.

[@Nedread]

And this time we didn't have a queue for a duty that we forgot to dismiss.

[@laharlkent]

Good questions? But how did the grocer know his daughter had been stealing off to the vineyard to see the lad?

[@MrDfrose]

“Purple handprints all over the skirt!” Classic mistake

[@knightmre8868]

@@MrDfrose truly, one of the classic blunders

[@mattymerr701]

​@@knightmre8868 truly a gambit that did not pay off

[@EmblazonedShadow]

The Akashic kinda remind me of the Tempered. Overflooded with aether and it completely unbalances them so they become what they are now. This is such a cool thing and I am absolutely loving this. As someone who loves story, I enjoy Jesse's playthroughs of story games.

[@waffleboy159]

And seeing as how they're all blue, the same color as Drake's Head, the flood, and maybe Bahamut's aether, perhaps they're all light-aspected. By a flood of light. But not sin eaters.

[@jasonmullin3522]

Lore on the flood of light says it always show as blue glow. And tempering doesn't cause insanity and rage, it acts more as brainwashing. A tempered person can still be the same person as before, just totally loyal to the Thing tempering them

[@EmblazonedShadow]

@@jasonmullin3522 Yeah, that’s why I said “Kinda”. It’s in the vein of severe aetheric imbalance, though Tempering isn’t fatal and is cureable.

[@Toksyuryel]

I get Cie'th vibes from them

[@barisaxman2]

I love how these side quests ease you in with some world building, helping out townsfolk and whatnot. Then *POW, right in the kisser* with some dark shit.

[@Midwoka]

I feel like Jesse in a medieval fantasy world would be like... everyone's favorite porter. Not a fighter, but just a somewhat-jacked version of modern Jesse, hauling heavy things for his daily wage and getting incredibly hyped over other people's stories in the tavern. Kinda like a more boisterous version of Goetz. Just a fun guy to be around. Then when something fantastical shows up in town, like an invading airship or an angry manticore, he'd shout something like "D'joo see dat?!" and then heft the nearest two passed-out drunks over his shoulders and run them to safety. Final FantaJesse may not be a warrior, but he helps where he can. =)

[@sovashchetty4838]

These playthroughs are my absolute favourite. I never got into Final Fantasy, and watching Jesse's playthrough is like having a guide to the insanity that is FF lore right there with you.

[@jamesrawdon1209]

I'm glad you do all the side quests. You can put it better than I could, but world building. None of them have seemed trivial. You're out there helping the people that can't do it themselves. Keep it up!

[@25Dzone]

A 4 hour Sunday special - I haven't been this excited for an upload in years, thank you for the glorious Final Fantasy content Jesse!!! 💜

[@GravityBreaks]

The RELIEF I felt when Torgel appeared at 4:02:00! My baby boy is ok! 😭

[@SurrealNirvana]

What? Side quests in a Final FANTASY game??! Why I never. But seriously, do all the side quests Jesse, it adds so much to the lore.

[@deamongimli]

I like how Jesse makes a habit of talking to people after he does so for quests, and then the one time doing so would get him new info he misses it because he's had enough of Sanbreque bullshit.

[@25Dzone]

I've never seen a cut scene / cinematic so good that I've rewatched it 3 times immediately after seeing it once - FF16 is REALLY nailing the big story moments and I've heard it gets even better later on in the story. I can't wait for today's upload!!

[@ahsunk6537]

Alright so here are my theories. That god on the mural is Ultima, the various Eikons are fragments of his original power that have been divided, the mothercrystals act as seals that keep Ultima from coming back and the seals draw in aether to keep the seal strong, Clive is able to claim Eikon's essence because he been chosen Ultima's vessel. The eikons are Ultima's power, the mothercrystals seal Ultima's mind, and the star/moon Jesse mentions is where Ultima's body is.

[@john_7000]

The only one thing that is right and that is about the mural everything else is wrong

[@AmadeusProductions]

I wish I could afford a PS5. I'd absolutely get one for this game just like I did for Metal Gear Solid games back in the day. But for now, watching Jesse's journey through the story will sustain me.

[@Reshapable]

I was hesitant to watch anyone because I have the same limitation but realized Jesse would be a near perfect playthrough since he plays very similarly to myself.

[@AmadeusProductions]

@@Reshapable I had the same thought about watching but I dont expect to be able to play until its ported to PC and so I'd rather watch an enjoyable lets play than try to avoid spoilers for however long that takes XD

[@ZaddyZavid]

Pay in 4 ...

[@Rozonkomo]

Been waiting for the hour to roll over for another great episode, Jesse. Thanks so much for these long episodes!

[@jessecox]

You’re welcome! This one is definitely worth the wait

[@1killerum]

right been waiting too love this game so much so far ^.^ and the best playthrougher

[@kristiannielsen9866]

Jesse, if possible, the next time you go to your skills, can you also inspect them and see the details. I would love to see what the upgrades have done for the skills :) i think it was Triangle that allowed you to check the details :) also love the series, so again thank you sooooo much for doing an old school let's play for us that cant play it ourself

[@KGAGamer]

That quest with the pompous man and his kid with the wolf... That one REALLY pissed me off. I told them I'm my own master and Clive REALLY rips into him! They absolutely deserved what they got. Was fantastic.

[@DameonStarflame]

Oh thank goodness. I'm still only on Part 4 but I was scared that there wouldn't be anything to feed off of when that one is done. Thank you for your timely uploads, Jesse. You're my primary way of playing vicariously since I can't afford a PS5...

[@ADKV95]

Just finally realized that Akashic is like being tempered in ffxiv, though at the later stage where the tempered is infused with so much aether that they became sort of a mini version of the primal, but better example would be voidsent (too much dark aether) and sineater (too much light aether) which turn the affected into monsters that feast on aether (which made up all things in the world, including other humans).

[@TheDarkChaplain]

I genuinely think XVI's Cid is easily the best in the series. He's just absolutely brilliantly written

[@fireplanefirefighter]

jesse I just want to thank you for all your hard work putting out so much amazing content lately! We absolutely love it and love you for it! Can't wait to see more of this, but please don't overwork yourself!

[@terraglade]

THIS ENTIRE SEGMENT IS A FUCKING MIND FUCK AAAAAAAAAAA

[@TataruTaru]

If this was FF14, Jesse is spamming 1,2,3 combo and leaving his other skills on cooldown. So many abilities have massive stagger on them, that’s just sitting there 50% of the time waiting to be used. But at the end of the day, Jesse can play how he likes, but most fights are 2-3x longer because of it. I do love that fire abilities are being used a ton more in the trash packs, it makes the game look so fancy.

[@ahsunk6537]

3:43:26 I love how agile Ifrit is! You wouldn't expect something of that size to be able to move to fast, but it makes the fight scenes fantastic

[@kurojima]

More than half of the fun of these Series from Jesse is watching his reaction as a fellow Lore Nerd on the development of the Story - i would love to have some 5-10min short x.5 Videos here and there where Jesse desperately tries to formulate his overwhelming thoughts and theories into sentences! Just to see if he is right or if it all falls apart the very next Session because of Plot Development. I am "playing along" to this series myself and having a grand ol' time with the game and these Videos! The plot has me hooked and the boss battles are quite stunning and fun!

[@dallinjc]

Jesse, I loved the banter. Didn’t skip a minute. Ty for the content! We’re playing through the game at roughly the same pace.

[@justinjacobson9837]

Clive in the duel with the scene with the imperial soldiers had a very Geralt vibe about him. Like, "no thanks... I don't need blood on my hands today..."

[@Sythek]

Every time I finish an episode then check and there's no next one - I get a little bit sad. Thank you for the new episode! :D

[@vjekoslavrebic547]

Regarding the camera Jesse, bottom left makes the most sense but not fully in the corner, instead just raise it right above where Torgal's abilities and your potions would be, the space just above that is always empty so that way we can see everything important on the screen and have your camera still at a pretty good spot. I think that's what the last person suggested but you probably forgot which is fine ofc haha

[@vjekoslavrebic547]

Also I got to agree FF16 side quests seem very well made because usually games makes them pretty long and taxing which is honestly just annoying especially when youre trying to 100% a game. Making them shorter while still sprinkling some world or character development, it just hits the right way compared to so many other games which just try to feed the game with more hours to complete it doing meaningless things most of the time to the point that they dont really matter at all for the story but are just to get some items or money. Overall this game definitely belongs somewhere in the top so far, ive only recently got into Final Fantasy and so far I can only compliment the franchise from what I have seen. That being said, I don't know much about it but if my assumption isn't wrong, every game so far has been going with a hero/adventure kind of a story and I would love to see them take a different path with one of their future games where either the story gets very complicated(requires a lot of thinking to figure out properly) or they go with an anti-hero or perhaps even a villain protagonist which has lately become the trend I guess, with so many hero stories that have been made over the last couple of decades I would just like to see more variety is what I mean since it can get tiring to always go with a good character kind of a story instead of adding in things such a butterfly effects, complications and some evil sides to the MC. I hope I managed to explain it well

[@katarjin]

27:33 Claireview's theam reminds of a bit of the Shadow Forest tack from Chrono Cross...I dig it. (52:51 WHAT THE HELL JESSIE?!!! You monster) 2:19:40 Moor sounds like a damn Sundown town here in the US. (yes they still are a thing all over the south)

[@fawkespryde9183]

Another episode, another good cry. Holy shit, things really jumped to 200%. They werent kidding about the 'pivotal moments after this point' message

[@Skywalker20239]

Clive's voice is so awesome, he sounds like Kevin Conroy's Batman and Steven Blum's Wolverine at the same time)))

[@Rawrght]

Well this just keep getting more and more over the top. Too bad for Cid, he had the such great lines all the time, hopefully it will not get super broody without him. Otherwise no clue what the actual fuck is going on, but its cool and fun to watch, hope they give some context soonish tho. Thanks Jesse amazing playthrough, enjoy every bit of exploration and side quests too, games really beatiful.

[@malakai2046]

I was impressed by Jesse's spot on impression of Riff Raff (Rocky Horror Picture Show) with the Innkeeper.

[@Sith9890]

Soken going sicko mode with literally every track in this game

[@UncleJer78]

Jesse, you're the best. Coffee is also the best! Gods speed!

[@stevensalters5815]

The freaking ending of this video 😮. Please I beg for more been here from the start if these and loving them thank you sir so happy I found your channel

[@Rockalanche]

2:23 this plotline right here is a reference to the short story "Gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry.

[@lyse]

A tip for Jesse when using Ramuh's Feat Blinding Justice: You can use right stick to quickly pan the camera around to easily target multiple enemies. I struggled at first after unlocking Ramuh and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.

[@adjwindu70]

1:23:46 near the end, he says enough and he yields. If you don't attack him at that point, he tries to sneak in a hit on you.

[@Hidsert]

I love Jesse being mind blown for 10 minutes straight at the end

[@zigzagas1000]

Just came back from a vacation to parts 2 through 5... Been watching all day...^^

[@kurojima]

Went through the same zone as you in this vid and had the same overall reaction, just burn it all down and start again - the horrifying thing about all this is, that humans are actually capable of these things and can treat other humans so badly. The whole game (and series i would think) is about how easy it is for humanity to just fuck up each other or the planet for a tiny bit more comfort right this instant, regardless of consequences. Oh and Ultimas Design was so cool! So Otherworldly!

[@SLVR79]

Seals now remind me a lot of Pokemon's gym badges on how we're collecting them along the way and if you go flashing them to people they'll let you do something you weren't used to

[@sadoldguy4380]

I am glad to watch JC's videos as watching live streams makes it way to easy to want to spoil, spoil, spoil!!! And since this was prerecorded I cannot spoil you on anything.

[@kagon721]

probably one of my favorite 'chapters' of this game. The boss music 😗👌

[@FantaLain]

Spoilers for the episode - seriously whatchu doin down here if you havent finished watching yet??? I miss Cid too Jill :( Ngl I teared up a bit when I saw the new Hideaway was in an old Fallen airship looking thing. Every Cid needs an airship... Also we've let Hugo throw his little temper tantrum for 5 years now. Time to get even.

[@samfroggeh]

1:23:49 - Jesse - Jesus - you beat him up so hard he went full Yamcha XD

[@jordanhunter3375]

13:24 Jesse's Quintin voice=Alan Rickman with a Southern take on Morgan Freeman

[@adjwindu70]

1:03:13 that 2nd guard... priorities man.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for continuing this amazing LP!!!

[@Satans_Delight]

I went ahead and watched all the cutscenes so i can solely focus on jesses reactions and boy was it worth it

[@Toffeehammer]

You know at fist I had Clive pegged as another Cloud clone more or less. The old "grumpy and reserved but has their heart in the right place deep down" trope but it turns out getting him away from the Empire and into the company of friends again caused him to open up pretty quickly. Now that he's starting to get his stuff figured out it's become clearer that he's just...a good dude who's friendly but maybe just a bit emotionally stunted. I dig it.

[@CamronMH]

Hey Jesse I don't know if you've already completely blitzed through the entire game but I think it would be really fun when you're coming up on the ending few hours if you made it a livestream event. This has been great and the first time I've kept up with giant videos like this in years.

[@Cinderbloom]

Aaay, new video! Also, in regards to the camera position, I think it's DOUBLY important to have it up in the corner, as if it is down there, it covers subtitles and also the subtitles for the npc chatter - which, as someone who has hearing problems, I at least find especially hard to pick out

[@Zortakable]

Jesse being in the lower corner makes me feel big and strong, whereas he's tiny and puny. I like that

[@ArgoVaughn]

How is Torgal still alive at this point? He's best boi for sure, but its been 19 years and he's still going strong. Also this game is wild with its time jumps.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

Long story short he's not a normal dog

[@impotenceaura]

He's a fantasy dog breed

[@rosespring6029]

keep using torgals abilities on the controler and he should hopefully lvl up from being used in attacks and heals more

[@gahlster]

"Ready, Clive?" "Always" 1 second later "Not this time" 😂😂😂

[@Madrock7777]

As someone packing for a move these have been great to have on in the background.

[@elijahy8433]

ey same!!!!!!

[@AngeloidAstra]

The Quinten/Rocky Horror Riff Raff voice is too good lmao. Clive definitely has an unpunched v card so I just love to imagine that the whole Veil part had him so out of his depth, poor guy. Those 2 side quests around Moore were on a whole other level, I can't imagine what the story experience would be like for people who don't do side quests. Jesse's reaction at the end sums it up so well. I paused at that point and just sat there like welp, we just got Waking Sandsed, and they weren't joking when they said "this is a pivotal point and there's no return"

[@Serimewmow]

Gosh I'm so excited to watch every episode. You're doing great man!

[@TataruTaru]

3 mins into the video and Jesse is like, SEEEE, The subtitles!! Jesse 10 steps ahead. Seeing Jesse's face and reactions are a must for me, so I'd not want to see that go. We didn't know till you did it Jesse, top right was right, I conceed to your wisdom.

[@Theguyoverthere603]

Well now there's a clip of Clive saying "Mine's bigger" that the internet will definitely use wholesomely.

[@tinybee7780]

And so ends disk 1, time to enter disk 2. Everything about this part was perfect: we got to see just how bad the bearers were treated with those sidequests, destroyed a mothercrystal, fought and met an unknown foe and even got to see Joshua do something. It's such a shame that both Benedikta and Cid had to go so soon. At this point in the game I was more interested in Benedikta and Cid's story compared to Clive and Jill, especially considering how Cid said that "I know who you are" to Ultima. 4:00:08 Exactly my reaction too, so many things left on the table: the pursuit of Joshua? Torgal's "immunity" to the Aether (I know what happens later, it's the fact that "no one" even bothered questioning it during or after they left Oriflamme), or even some kind of progress regarding the relationship between Jill and Clive (Jill is a VERY patient woman). Also, maybe Jesse will change it again in the later videos but I had hoped he stuck with his facecam position at the bottom right, just a bit above the border - before going back to the upper right spot in the previous videos.

[@liraelgirl8]

Every time Joshua shows up I just think he's Roxas from KH

[@orphen241]

Jesse I’m all here for side quest’n keep ‘em coming.

[@Yasraina]

Jesse I love so much, I just finished part 4 and I was hopping for the next part to be uploaded ,watching it while working!!!! Thank you you are the best👏🏻👍✌️

[@LouhiIlpotar]

Damn I know look for and I want to see FFXI everywhere but that end section gives me CoP vibes so much in certain spots. The music kicking in for that fight was so sick, too! 😮‍💨 Lost it when Jesse started shaking his head and laughing at that new boss form being introduced lmao

[@LouhiIlpotar]

Never want to hear that this isn’t a FF game after that fight, like come on lol 3:46:03

[@ericbright1742]

1:24:31 "You've got potential, I'll give you that." He says while being dribbled like a basketball.

[@gravitycannon]

heck yeah! I don't have a Ps5, and what better alternative then to go with Jesse Cox, the street sweeper of lore! loving the run!

[@groundcontrolto]

Holy hell I was not ready for the end of this episode even though I saw some it coming.

[@TataruTaru]

Sort of surprised Jesse didn’t mention something missing from Clive’s face in the last bit.

[@rajabuta]

I just can't take that seriously. "Oh, you're not a branded I see" *stares at branded shape scar*

[@antimushroom]

@@rajabuta The brand is made with poison ink that more than likely kills you if you try to remove it, so I expect they just presume it's a war wound

[@Rumcake256]

Surely there's a better spot for the facecam that doesn't cover up any UI.. Anyway, this whole section gave me huge Eulmore vibes, even with the way it looks when you first end up on that map. oh my god the "You've reached a crucial point in the story," popup. God I love that they let Creative Business Unit III handle this one, man.

[@kytten]

"Before i arm you with a mop" - ok i'll take that side quest...

[@Jordanbiggs1473]

I’m not even kidding when I say this, but this might be my favourite game of all time. It’s surprising to me because I’m more into western rpgs usually but this game has knocked my damn socks off and haven’t been blown away like this from a video game since I was a kid. A masterpiece of a game.

[@BlueSkyWolf09]

This game really do be hitting us with the "several cutscenes will play in sequence"

[@E-mol]

Camera in the bottom right seems like a great idea! The more that i thought about it the more sense it made. Since it's nice to see the boss name/health! Very much like the change :D (also whenever someone looks at your camera their eyes happen to be very close to the subscribe button!!!)

[@laharlkent]

And all it blocks are him spamming his skills, no loss all wins.

[@Kuuribro]

I agree with this, but it might still have the same problem of covering the OTHER side of the subtitles on the bottom of the screen. Just below the quests / battle results is a good spot though. high enough not to cover the subtitles. Honestly I dont really think we need to see quests on the side of the screen anyways, or the EXP rewards - like that is all just text for the players sake, doesn't help us viewers in any way.

[@roberthiggins4186]

Jesse: "this is nonesense!" Me near late game: "Oh you sweet summer child"

[@SurrealNirvana]

48:25 No fast forwarding, I just start spacing out about various what ifs until you say something very Cox like.

[@thedailylifeofthings]

Isabelle is very reminiscent of VV from VTMB...

[@JoshDJX]

Woo another 4 hours of sweet jesse ff goodness

[@shiraloli]

Cid was the bestest. We thought he was amazing as is but for Clive and co in a world bereft of hope and so full of darkness he might’ve been the brightest star out there.

[@Shockwave00010]

I like how sometimes Jesse's fighting style is just Lunge, lunge, lunge, yea that will do. 1:51:36 as an example, he did 5 in a row on that one... haha...

[@denn-0h]

Unreal pace, Jesse

[@vjekoslavrebic547]

I am kind of curious about the whole aetherflood, Cid said it wouldn't affect them but I assume he meant that bcs theyre Dominants. But what about Torgal? Or does aether not affect animals?

[@vault29a]

play the game and youll know.

[@drakhoon]

2 things. 1) might a suggest a third option for webcam placement. I would put the webcam on the mid-lower right/lower right side of the screen slightly above the HUD for active skills and active Eikons (so when he is in combat slightly above the icon next to where it says fire and the red and green dots). 2) what elements are Bahamut and Odin? Bahamut might be magic? but Odin is usually also lightning but Ramuh is already lightning?

[@DragonAl01]

In an earlier episode using the Active Time Lore we discovered that Bahamut is the Eikon of Light, and Odin the Eikon of Darkness. Which brings us to 7/8 of the elements identified. Phoenix/Ifrit - Fire Garuda - Wind Titan - Earth ??? (Probably Leviathan) - Water Shiva - Ice Ramuh - Lightning Bahamut - Light Odin - Darkness

[@drakhoon]

@@DragonAl01 ah ok :) thanks i am usually doing something on the other monitor while i "watch" so i must have missed that thanks. and that makes me sad no alexander eikon ^.^