Was this the best game ending you have experienced?
@syldarikitsuneАй бұрын
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@KatyWhitekavkjАй бұрын
That moment with Ardbert and the axe is absolutely the most impactful moment I've ever experienced in gaming. I get tingles every time I watch. Nothing in games has even come close to comparing to that moment for me (aside from other moments later in the same story :D)
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@KatyWhitekavkj after trying to use it to defend the soldiers from sin eaters, to then pass it to you to help in your fight against Emet so good. It fading away after the fight symbolises him passing on at last no longer wandering as a shade, his story closed as the Oracle intended.
@Tsuna_SoulSilverАй бұрын
Nothing tops the ending of 5.0 for me.
@svenstevenson2245Ай бұрын
Shadowbrinbgers is definitely among my top. I have a hard time clearly stating "bests" watch alot of anime, read alot of manga, read alot of novels. (that is to say, I have many things I enjoy massively, hard to choose a "best" from all) A game ending that really hits me in many ways is well the "main" ending to Chrono Trigger.
@ZarkoniteАй бұрын
"I've come here to kick your arse and save mah cat" is probably the best summary of our fight against Emet. Bravo
@Tolly7249Ай бұрын
The sheer skill it took to take the Ascians from 'Hate sink villains' to 'tragic victims of circumstance driven beyond all rationality by unspeakable horror' in the course of a single expansion... Emet-Selch will deservedly go down as one of the greatest villains in history.
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@Tolly7249 💯
@RenaxulaАй бұрын
The "I'm suprised you can stand at all" line is a lot funnier now that I've watched that one animation. You all know the one :D
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@Renaxula I love emet selch pro skater 4 🛹
@RaviBajnathАй бұрын
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@chaoscontrolASHАй бұрын
Lmao yea!!😂
@IriscalАй бұрын
Ardbert IS you. You and him are parts of the same soul, split across different shards. When he offered you his axe, he rejoined you. Remember, always consider: Has your journey been worth it, despite the sacrifices made along the way?
@karinaneumann2029Ай бұрын
2 years ago, and i still fucking crying over that cutscene after Dying Gasp.
@carrieknief7490Ай бұрын
"What is it you came here to do?" "Kick your ass and save my cat!" 🤣🤣🤣
@ExtorionАй бұрын
welcome into the fold, you have been batpised in the fires and tears of shadowbringers and come out stronger for it walk on with your head held high and may your further travels be joyus and fulfilling.
@CCWXAGAАй бұрын
Just like the lyrics of background song "Tomorrow and tomorrow". "Stand tall my friend May all of the dark lost inside you find light again" Yes, Emet selch finally stand tall.
@kuronaialtaniАй бұрын
“It’s truly a terrible weight he has chosen to carry” And when he asks you to remember him, he smiles, and is finally standing up straight He can rest now, the weight is lifted
@robikkupegasus7039Ай бұрын
Yeah...this is what I figured was coming. Shadowbringers might be one of the best stories ever told, not gonna lie - we shall remember always!
@ThemisElidibunАй бұрын
Shadowbringer's remains some of my favorite story telling ever, across all media.
@ExileTwilightАй бұрын
While 'followers' can be annoying at times I do love the whole queueing up and being background elements a lot do. Though some get a bit carried away and just orbit constantly.
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@ExileTwilight I’ve seen certain streamers, in particular big ones having a lot of people crowding them in game. I’m lucky that my wee group enhance the experience for me and give me space when the situation asks for it.
@BongSwansongАй бұрын
1:54 Ah, Welcome to how every single lalafell feels when talls make "Children" jokes.
@Lordoftheapes79Ай бұрын
That sideways glance from G'raha at the end? Yeah, that was the devs being like " oh, you think we're done?" 😏
@Tolly7249Ай бұрын
Also am I the only one who gets the ASMR scalp tingle when 'Who Brings Shadow' kicks in? A moment of sheer storytelling perfection where music, art, and emotion become one.
@WoolliestGamingАй бұрын
Nope, I absolutely get the same tingle.
@Cellybeans9 күн бұрын
That guitar riff
@KenderthyuАй бұрын
Seeing Ardbert walk the bridge towards his friends will never NOT get me choked up..
@sovest555Ай бұрын
56:07 I mean, Zenos is a direct descendant of Emet. Likely by awakening the Resonant powers that allowed him to take over Shinryu in StB, the Ascian blood lying dormant within him was stirred a bit. I also still find it absolutely hilarious that upon seeing Zenos return in a different body, Elidibus just fricking noped out despite still having Zenos's body in addition to his own ascian powers.
@matheusmedeiros3349Ай бұрын
Yeah 😂 in addition to that Elidibus probably felt Emet Selch's death at that exact moment too...
@ninjafoxgamesgeekeryАй бұрын
Things I love to point out because there's so much going on through this ending to miss your first time through. In Rak'tika, Emet recounts the tale from the mural and says "This is our story. Our history." In the confrontation, Ardbert says, through the WoL, "This world is not yours to end. This is our story. Our future." Go back to the trailer "Weary wanderer, you've not fight left to fight. No life left to live." ;) Yes, Hythlodaeus says WoL & Ardbert share the same soul and it's one unmistakable to him and Emet. The last glimpst in the light of an Ancient was what Emet saw, suggesting you & Ardbert are souls of an Ancient. Though to be fair, that's a reason Emet doesn't see killing entire worlds as murder. From his perspective, he's gathering shards of fragmented souls to recreate them in their original, whole form. Emet says to drop titles and pretense and reveal your true faces to one another. Most boss fights have a title like "Titan, Lord of Crags" but this fight has no title. Just "Hades" - the game itself dropped titles and pretense. Emet's been carrying the weight of an extinct civilization, desperately trying to restore it, but his deeper fear is that they, their culture, their achievements, and their struggles will be lost and forgotten. Since we first saw him, he's walked with a slouch and hunched shoulders. He said repeatedly he didn't lie in Shadowbringers, that he was genuinely interested in the WoL and the Scions as being worthy to join him. Even the Final Days dungeon and fight against him is something of a test and you passed it. When you beat him, he's standing up straight when he implores you to remember the Ancients, that they once lived. The weight is lifted from his shoulders. It's not his burden to bear anymore. He's not just admitting you won, but he's passing on his burden and entrusting it to you to carry on that memory of them. On the beach, just as it's fading out and G'raha says "Nevertheless" you can see Urianger on the left of the screen floating in the water. He did wash up. 🤣 When Ardbert is returning to the Crystarium, his axe is no longer stained in blood. He's forgiven himself, his sins washed away as it were. (Also, do all the role quests in Shadowbringers, each one is related to Ardbert's group). Last note: Zenos says he will not allow petty wars and cowardly weapons to ruin his hunt. That brings the time travel story to conclusion. The trailer showed the Warrior of Light defeating Elidibus-as-Zenos in combat. That was the timeline we saw a glimpse of that leads to the Eighth Umbral Calamity where the Scions and WoL die to Black Rose. Essentially, the WoL defeated Elidibus-as-Zenos and drove the Garlean Empire to desperation. They unleashed their chemical weapon Black Rose and killed countless, ultimately creating the setting necessary for the First to fall to light and rejoin the Source in a calamity. G'raha pulling the Scions and then finally affecting the WoL during the battle (to be saved by Estinien) stopped that defeat from happening, which ultimately delays the use of Black Rose. With Zenos' actions, he takes Black Rose off the board as a piece to be played. Enjoy the patches. They have stories as impactful as the base launch MSQ. There are a few moments to gut punch you and steal those tears. No shame. "I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil." - Gandalf By the end of the next expansion - yeah you gotta go through the whole whole thing - for Zenos to more fully make sense in his motivations and why he's SO obsessed with another fight.
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@ninjafoxgamesgeekery thanks for the great breakdown, couldn’t have put it better! I did you the job quests in shb so was nice to see more of ardbert and crew in the early days. I’m actually on EW now just been slow to upload these 😅
@XellasFTWАй бұрын
The moment when party finder becomes cannon. :)
@lareolanKFPАй бұрын
Endwalker actually made me cry, while Shadowbringers only got me choked up really hard... If you're anything like me, you're in for an experience.
@BabyShenanigansАй бұрын
When Emet-Selch "killed" Ryne, it was just an illusion. His whole thing was illusion magicks. And then at the end of the battle, Thancred broke through the illusion. Nobody actually got hurt.
@Ravenpoe121Ай бұрын
Tell that to G'Raha Tia
@SSDexter99Ай бұрын
@@Ravenpoe121 Emet cast "Gun" for Graha. No illusion there
@faeb.9618Ай бұрын
man i love shadowbringers. there was never any convincing emet-selch, no amount of words would change his mind because the reflections are just not his world, it was never going to end another way and this inevitability is just. so great in this story. this is really one of the best stories in all games
@WalkerRileyMCАй бұрын
And yet he desperately wanted to accept it, too, going so far as to havening children. It was when his beloved son died young that broke him entirely.
@derpynube3254Ай бұрын
Love how they started rping as the amaurot citizens in line lol
@oberoneledthar3782Ай бұрын
did you notice Ardberts Axe in the last Scenes? It was clean again
@flygonkerel781Ай бұрын
@30:01 "When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight, it ends tonight"
@kimaclaretАй бұрын
I must have watched you finish 5.0 several times by now because I knew everything you were going to say 😂
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@kimaclaret hope you still enjoyed it 😂
@kimaclaretАй бұрын
@@just_jordy23Oh every time, I'm sure of it ❤️
@erineclair3446Ай бұрын
aaaaaaaaa onto Endwalker for youuuuu i cried yet again on Ardbert scene T_T
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@erineclair3446 if you told me at the start of shb that Ardbert would be one of my fave characters in the end I would have said you’re crazy 😅
@Normal-PersonАй бұрын
Shadowbringers will always be my favorite expansion.
@WoolliestGamingАй бұрын
"Ardbert! Ardbert! Help!" -Evefmry FF14 player at this point. 😂
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@WoolliestGaming and he did just that 🤞
@mrlion8834Ай бұрын
FYI Jordy you can get rid of the name plates except for those you want to see so it clears your screen more by changing some settings.
@SusanChanАй бұрын
damn those ninjas cutting onions... ;a>
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@SusanChan happy tears I hope 😅
@SusanChanАй бұрын
@@just_jordy23 yeaaa ;'D
@NunaPlaysАй бұрын
Nooooo you missed Urianger at 46:44 !! On the bottom left!
@ultimAvalonАй бұрын
I think the real hero is CrimsonDragonJames! ( 49:38)
@WoolliestGamingАй бұрын
So, im fairly certain i remmeber it being told, but when Emet confuses you with a ancient, its because he saw Azem. You sre the reincarnation of Azem after all, and Azem was one of those he called a dear friend.
@NibelungJАй бұрын
Thanks for spoiling the 5.3 twist for everyone.
@WoolliestGamingАй бұрын
@@NibelungJ If you're watching this video then you're spoiled already. It's not really that much of a spoiler. 😂
@hellhoundactual8201Ай бұрын
OH BOY just you wait for 5.3 Lmao
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@hellhoundactual8201 I have experienced it….it was wild
@hellhoundactual8201Ай бұрын
@@just_jordy23 my man I sobbed lmao
@PinkaruzukiAckermanАй бұрын
ngl replaying this with ya made me remember how pretty Amaurot is
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@PinkaruzukiAckerman shame the queues are crazy
@RixstarianАй бұрын
Double tapped G'raha? Why? He needed him alive.
@digestedbiscuit2732Ай бұрын
I miss the team that made this incredible story... everything after has been insanely mid, if not far worse with DT's 'story'
@Ower8xАй бұрын
you are 8/14th of a whole arbert is 1/14th .... but yes turns out he is a reflection of our soul literally ....
@fefnireindraer144Ай бұрын
You picked the wrong reply. "I challenge you, Emet" Is the proper one. But I guess you will only understand that once you fully understand just who you are.
@faeb.9618Ай бұрын
there is no wrong reply or else they wouldn't give you the choice, the only wrong reply is what you feel your wol wouldn't say
@robbaskerville253Ай бұрын
@@faeb.9618The only "right" response is just before the final fight in Endwalker. Only one choice gives you the smirk.
@Jibz1001Ай бұрын
@@robbaskerville253 ACCEPTANCE AT LAST!
@XixisIIАй бұрын
Don't be that guy
@aronthАй бұрын
@robbaskerville253 that and "it's good to see you awake Graha Tia" Thats the only option where he cries
@sweetpanic705Ай бұрын
Where is @jessecox?🫡
@just_jordy23Ай бұрын
@@sweetpanic705 don’t worry he’s seen the other video of this moment I put up 😛
@sweetpanic705Ай бұрын
@@just_jordy23 phew! I thought something had happened to him😅 Loved seeing your experience! And it's not even the end of the game🤩