The FFXIV Endwalker Experience | Answers

[@yurioorlov177]

The entire Elpis arc from beginning to end was just so gratifying, and the fact that Emet was part of it just made it better. The trust systems allows you to take him into the dungeon, hes either a DRK or a BLM and as BLM he does the Emet finger Snap for Xenoglossy and its just soo perfect.

[@LovelyRitaholic]

him as DRK just spamming the "O U T O F M Y W A Y" voice line honestly gets me every time

[@knarf427]

That was the best dungeon for me.. To have 3 of them in a party elevated it to the next level

[@Sketchblopp]

@@LovelyRitaholic I was a NIN at this time and was wondering what tank job hides behind the symbol on Emet-Selchs character selection thing. That question was so pointless, with him being the edgiest sword in this universe of course it's DRK. It was.. beautiful. (Or baetiful?)

[@dedexter88]

i love Elpis arc

[@KratosAngelus]

And also the fact that he's a DRK, and on 'Canon' you're supposed to be a DRK for SHB so not only do you have his mount.. you are his job. Like his mirror giving everything to save your world.

[@Toffeehammer]

I absolutely love that you go into the past trying your best to keep a low profile so you don't fuck up the timeline and Venat just walks up to you like "dude are you from the future? =D".

[@lostwings183]

RIGHT XD

[@MarcyNabors]

and even before that you're like "okay I'm STEALTHY no one can see me this is fine" and then Hythlodaeus is like "yo check it out there's a li'l guy over here"

[@luc1ferous]

Venat don't care about causality, she's got a new friend to make and things to beat up!

[@InfamousResult]

Yeah, G'Raha set a precedent in SHB that time travel can *absolutely* change history; thankfully, it was always Venat's intent to create a seamless time stream when she guides you to Elpis.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@InfamousResult Well even in Alexander time travel was established as changing the course of history. It just happens that this case was a stable time loop after all.

[@MarkZeroGaming]

Starting Endwalker: "Hydaelyn's totally a bad guy!" Finishing Endwalker: "I'm so sorry, Crystal Mom."

[@chistovmaxim]

well to the ancients she is clearly bad =)

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

I still have trauma from the fact I told her I don’t trust her cause she’s a primal

[@DaFI5H]

@@arseniykorchevskiy1564 I think a lot of people regret picking that choice now.

[@huh4379]

@@DaFI5H I don't, solely because it caused character development in the WoL, having to reminisce upon the past and everything that we THOUGHT was going on versus what was actually the truth.

[@DEATHBYFIRE09]

End of last video "That was Hydaelyn, Hydaelyn's totally evil, we called it, she's evil, ohmygod" End of this video "So, that was a fucking lie."

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

I love the detail that anyone on the Convocation can tell when someone is lying, so he knew the whole time that your story was true. He wasn’t distraught because he couldn’t see himself becoming like that, but because he knew you were telling the truth.

[@sleepythemis]

@@TillsterRulz Dude went all out on what he thought was right, but what he thought was right had been predicated so heavily on a lack of truth (not necessarily a lie, but close to one) and he caused a lot of pain and suffering even though he undoubtedly still saw those who sacrificed themselves to Zodiark as heroes.

[@hickknight]

I... never thought of that. That they could tell whether it was truth or lies... never picked up on that.

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

Emet-Selch couldn't handle the spoilers, basically. lol

[@Skyace13]

Larry after the answers sequence like “I never doubted you Hydaelyn. Not once. Especially not in the previous episode when I said I couldn’t trust you.”

[@truejukes4958]

The final cutscene leaving Elpis was the single greatest storytelling moment for me. Don't think i'll ever forget that experience

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

For me, that comes in at a close second to the final walk and the cutscenes before and after

[@truejukes4958]

@@arseniykorchevskiy1564 the ending to this expansion, walk included, didn't hit as hard for me. It seemed a bit too obvious that we'd be getting everyone back and that we weren't alone. Not to say it was bad, just not as strong as it could have been

[@prawn1717]

Same here, the Answers revelation, the walk to Emet Selch and Venat’s expression/voice acting, it was all perfect. I teared up, but I couldn’t even cry due to shock at how perfect the scene was. The only thing that kinda took me out of it were some of the Ascian VA’s before Venat sunders them but that’s easily forgotten.

[@arseniykorchevskiy1564]

@@truejukes4958 I ran out of tears to cry by the end of the zone, it didn’t matter that I knew we were probably getting them back, it didn’t make any of the goodbyes any easier for me

[@qaztim11]

Its up there, with some of the best storytelling moments. Only a few come close, Some parts of Hyperion, The entirety of God emperor of dune and The final 1/3rd of Nier Automata

[@Unyubaby]

The absolute revelation of Answers being the answer to all of this was so powerful.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

The answer is “thou must live, die and know.” We had the answer this whole time.

[@iryu7288]

@@acgearsandarms1343 that line baffled me for a very long time, keep me thinking about it many night, now it made me cry.

[@tehSunBro]

I love how they recontextualized the song with also adding Venat finally giving us the Question which she want's humanitys "answers" for.

[@zackfair6203]

What is the question?

[@XylessBrawl]

@@zackfair6203 The meaning of life and what makes it worth living.

[@Firestar1992]

When Estinien and Vrtra swooped in to save Matsya and the baby, I completely broke down and sobbed for a good 5-10 minutes. The tension had been growing so much that I felt such profound relief, I couldn’t hold it back.

[@aylwinbin]

Looking for a family? Dude, I'm the Warrior of Light AND Darkness, this will be easy. Wait, the father is dead? Oh, the mother dived into the water, should be fine... Wait, she's dead too. Guess, I'll just deliver the baby then. Not a perfect victory but still. Wait, we need to hand the baby over... DON'T YOU DARE... DON"T YOU DARE!!! Estinien, you da man. That about summarizes my feelings for that quest chain.

[@spudsybuds]

that entire story line in thavnair completely broke me. i will never recover emotionally

[@kyttynkross1121]

Samesamesame. and just now, rewatching it almost a year later, it got me again.

[@miguelarturohuertabermudez8488]

I'm not strong enough to deal with this part of Thavnair... Why people think that we're heroes!? We couldn't save the thavnairians that got transformed, we couldn't save a family of thavnairians, we couldn't save Shiva, we couldn't save Haurchefant, we couldn't save Papalymo, we couldn't save Minfilia, we couldn't save Louisoix...

[@edwardking9359]

​@@miguelarturohuertabermudez8488 You saved everyone else. Saving one would make you a hero. You are so much more than that.

[@woops]

VERY COOL, LARRY!!!!

[@Larryzaur]

VERY WOOPS!!!

[@KilterNazkre09]

HI WOOOOPPPSSSS

[@Joshua-xh6bm]

Venat's Sundering scene is easily a top 3 in the entirety of Final Fantasy XIV. It is nothing short of jaw dropping.

[@MarkZeroGaming]

Venat's Sundering scene is probably in the top 3 of the entirety of Final Fantasy as a franchise. Like holy SHIT.

[@jesseharding346]

"No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise." "***Henceforth, he shall walk.***"

[@alemtorsaula]

Gets me right in my heart, every time I see it TT^TT

[@wirelessbaguette8997]

7:35 "This is like the heat death of the universe!" You don't know how right you are.

[@AdeptKing]

That sequence in Elpis really put in perspective why Midgardsormr and Minfilia were so adamant about trusting Hydaelyn. She really was Crystal Mom the whole time. I have to admit I was worried when I heard that voice after Zodiark was beaten since I thought that was Hydaelyn but it was actually a different voice as Elpis showed.

[@gateauxq4604]

Oh thank GOD someone else thought that might have been Hydaelyn! I was beginning to despair that it was just me.

[@Xenmaru00]

@@gateauxq4604 literally just today one of my store managers asked "without spoiling it for me. Is Hydaelyn the bad guy?" I just went "i can neither confirm or deny. however, from a certain perspective...you could say she _was_ the bad guy." Which she was...from a certain perspective. She did play a villainous role, to her own people, in the end...

[@cryw1092]

I didn't think so. I suspected Hydaelyn of being not good, but that voice didn't sound like her.

[@larithen]

And then the emotional trauma continues in Ultima Thule. Endwalker broke me and I thanked Yoshi for the pain haha

[@AmySay]

Seeing how you got the aether current at 1:01 made me laugh because I didn’t consider that. I just yeeted myself off a high place because I thought it was unreachable otherwise!

[@tsjeriAu]

Saaaame

[@ewcik12]

same xD

[@TestSubjectL00N3Y]

saaaaaame

[@dabonthatnae]

literally same. I was watching like "huh, I didn't think of that" x3

[@pipoket]

same here. I had such a small brain at that moment xD.

[@ramiengrey1177]

I'm really surprised we didn't get to hear Larry realize he could go into a dungeon with Emet-Selch, Hythlodaeus, and Venat at his side. Was expecting some very high-pitched squeals of glee.

[@NellyDevo]

I never ever do trust dungeons. I did that dungeon with those 3.

[@Sketchblopp]

People run the Lvl 87 dungeon with real people on their first run? How can you not DPS alongside the bestest bard and the edgiest of Dark Knights (and mom)? :O I can really recommend going in with Trust once in Secnario Mode, their bickering is so adorable. Also, "I want this to be the whole game" is such a mood. It sucks that the Ascians caused all those calamities and all, but I can understand why they want stuff like Elpis and Amaurot back. Seriously, those places are so epic! (Also Hythlodaeus. Who wouldn't want Hythlodaeus back?)

[@raichugirl6186]

I did every thing with trusts my 1st time, since I main DRK, it helps to learn it for when having to go back in roulettes lol.

[@KnightRaymund]

Man I loved that guy. Such a little scamp. Like Azem. Can see why we were best buds.

[@hwoarangdvoguetthe]

As long as There's an Emet-Selch who can be trolled, yes. I want more Hythloadeus.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

How could I not dps besides these guys? Probably because I was tanking for them. :)

[@anawentland]

Expectation: I'm gonna laugh with Larry video Reality: I'm crying remembering all the CS

[@HalfLegendary]

Larry: Omg she is so cute! (Refering to Meteion) Eva: She's gonna die in a terrible way : ) Me: ...

[@mrncode7957]

Everyone watching: Oh don't worry Eva, it's *much* worse than that. :D

[@meelee412]

do not worry , its worse than death

[@Dachief54]

The absolute second I saw her and how cute she was my first thought was, oh shit, were going to have to kill her aren't we?

[@Xenmaru00]

@@Dachief54 the fucked up bit? Hermes made TWO mistakes. The first, was giving such a vague question as Meteion's purpose. the SECOND, was _not having someone else know about it to make sure he didnt fuck it up accidentally._ Everything else he did? even transforming and flying off with her so she could complete her report? Best. Dad. Ever. Even in the end, he accepted he fucked up. he accepted he put a LOT of shitty things in motion. he accepted he _hurt his daughters._ but he even states to Meteion "no. i am one of Mankind, therefore by nature i _will_ oppose the oblivion you bring. " He set things in motion to be _fair_ to both sides. to give Mankind a chance to prove themselves greater than the despair of the cosmos, but also to give Meteion a fair chance to not only be proven wrong, but proven correct. Best Dad. Because remember. _Hermes didnt agree with Meteion, but accepted her findings as a valid possible conclusion nonetheless._ And then set it all so she could _still be proven wrong without a doubt._

[@SorasShadow1]

Watching this man absolutely lose his shit in the exact same ways I did brings me a very specific joy

[@HadesWTF]

Larry's speculating in this is great given what actually wound up happening.

[@ReinTenebres]

When he said the Omicron were invading. >_> Well... no, but...

[@Hwyadylaw]

Like his comment at 7:30, even if what he's commenting on isn't directly related to when it becomes relevant later on

[@chrisdaughen5257]

“Do not squander it. The legacy I leave you.” Has got to be my favorite line from this whole expansion.

[@Sketchblopp]

Btw, if you look on KZbin for "Answers" - videos: The comment sections below each of them basically turned into a big Endwalker trauma support group. For good reasons. (Also, don't read the comments below those videos until you're done with EW.)

[@williampickett8074]

Elpis dungeon with trust was amazing. You get to party with the ancients! Emet Selch was a great dark knight tank. :)

[@JackgarPrime]

Wow, Matsya's voice is COMPLETELY different in japanese. He sounds more like a young adult man in english.

[@Boyzby]

It's so weird hearing a voice that isn't with an Indian accent for that zone. I really appreciate going through it in English for that touch, now.

[@teteamaster]

The younger voice in JP which make the scene wayyyyy more fuk up

[@rudlw7937]

@@teteamaster Agreed. The EN voices are great for distinctive cultural accents, but the JP actors have always been better at capturing the emotional weight of the scenes. Hearing Matsya in EN did nothing for me, but hearing him in JP running and crying in desperation chokes me up every time.

[@KnightRaymund]

@@rudlw7937 I've gotten tons of emotion from English

[@chaous2000]

In case people didnt realize it: The sequence where we see venat walking at the end and getting hit more and more, those are representing the calamities and the subsequent rejoinings. Remember, with every calamity, haedalyn grew weaker and weaker. EDIT: see blitzwaffens reply for another very good possible explanation for what it represents.

[@TheSilverwing999]

This is not at all what I got from the scene and I think my version is loads better than that. The scene is basically hydaelyn/venat walking through the beginning of all the worlds she has created and looking down on all the plague, and sorrow and suffering that she herself has created and being basically powerless to help mankind because they have to find their own way and answer the question Hermes posited. She gets darker and darker through that scene because the burden is weighing on her extremely heavily, and at this point she is the only one who knows what happened (we weren't born yet). Imagine carrying so much hope on your shoulders but being alone without friends to help carry that burden, but still knowing that you did the right thing. That if you hadn't done it the world would be doomed. At the end when she looks up through all the tar with her blue eyes it represents her resolve to see this through. Regardless of how much she is hurting inside for doing this to everyone. Basically I dont think it was specifically the calamities that hit her. It was just the horror of it all slowly getting to her. But she never relented. She kept walking on.

[@chaous2000]

@@TheSilverwing999 it was 100% the calamities that physically hit her, the visual tells are all there. You can also see her get more and more mentally fatigued, which can easily be attributed to what you said. Her seeing what she had done, the worlds of problems, and the ultimate destruction of each with a new rejoining.

[@Blitzwaffen]

@@chaous2000 She doesn't get hit nearly enough times for all the calamities. It lines upore that the hots she takes are moments when she shields us. Remember every time her blessing protected us she grew weaker after every hit. It's why Midgardsormer scolded us for relying so heavily on the blessing. And it is also why she is walking along with us for the scene where we approach Emet on the first. She was with us every step of the journey.

[@chaous2000]

@@Blitzwaffen that is also a very good potential explanation for what it is. It's plausible it represents both, as i wouldn't put it past SE to not show all 7 hits to leave it up to the imagination. I hope that one day they confirm *exactly* what it represents, but i'm not gonna hold my breath there.

[@Armadan7]

Kikuko Inuoe does such a great job as Venat, thank you Larry for this.

[@feliph64]

one more reason to love Venat

[@Larryzaur]

She's an absolute legend of a voice actor, so glad we had her for this. The entire JP voice cast is full of power houses

[@feliph64]

she has that motherly vibes.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@Larryzaur That being said, you really should check out the Answers sequence again with the Enlish VA on. It's AMAZING.

[@coyote271280]

Belldandy is one of my all time favorite anime characters, so is Venat, it all made so much sense somehow.

[@blackraidragon]

YEEEEEP this expansion just went full Gurren Lagann from this point onward... [SPOILERS?] ... including the protagonist and the bad guy punching the ever living shit out of each other in the end. LMAO AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

[@dr_hatari]

All those fist-clench zoom-ins were foreshadowing to your Super Punch-Out Zenos epilogue.

[@Nabuchadnezar]

Yess!! You know that you´ve reached greatness when you can channel Gurren Lagann!

[@meelee412]

I wanna do that again forever

[@BetaKeja]

Especially the second half of the final trial.

[@HZAres]

i just love the fact that they switch the VA oh hydaelyn to the legendary inoue kikuko, she did a fantastic job with the role

[@HanabiraKage]

Hydaelyn, 17 years old!

[@Sawolf151]

"You wanna hug G'raha Tia?" No, Larry. We wanna do what your friend wanted to do to him.

[@keybladebanditjing]

That scene with the old lady in Radz-at-Han is made even worse by the very first monster in the dungeon. It calls out for its grandmother when you kill it.

[@Xenmaru00]

I really wish that rather than everyone just saying "Calm down!" one of the Scions would have rushed the old woman, BACKHANDED her, then said VERY CLEARLY "The monster transformation is caused by literally giving yourself the worst kind of panic attack! Believe in whatever you must to keep yourself from fearing, or ask one of us to knock you out and take you to safety." seriously cause nobody stepped in as she started getting more hysterical, she transformed and set everyone else off...freakin idiot ball being held by everyone in the know...

[@HintedImage]

@@Xenmaru00 Isn't that the purpose of Meteion's despair effect? She echoes the accumulated negatives of the ruined worlds towards Etheriys, causing its life to taint and ruin itself. Hitting grandma would've caused just as much (if not more) panic out of her as trying to calm her. Bonk her out, and it'll just occur again when she wakes. At that point, it's that person against the burdens of despair, and there is very little that could be done by an outside source. If she can't find the strength to continue, then that's that.

[@Xenmaru00]

@@HintedImage Well that's the thing, the despair effect requires conscious connection for it to activate. if you're unconscious, or emotionally numbed out, it cant take hold. Something like absolute shock, a temporary inability to comprehend the current situation in front of you, leading to a total but temporary paralysis of conscious function, effectively, a strong enough confusion effect, can delay the transformation. its the acknowledgement and unconscious embracing of the absolute, all-encompassing despair that triggers the transformation, the _belief_ that there is no hope, no possibility of escape/survival/victory, that causes the dynamis to react and convert the Sundered into the Terminus Beasts. Knocking someone out before the transformation halts their activation of the dynamis _in that specific case_ only. They are not conscious to trigger the reaction, thus no transformation. as well, as i stated before, being BLANK-shocked, will also delay the reaction, as their minds are "rebooting" and thus not calling out to the dynamis. If someone, preferably Ahewan, had pimp-slapped her out of nowhere, she'd have been shocked enough for them to try to verbally override her fears the same way that Graha later was able to for the man who's son just got turned and then squished. Allaying her fears was impossible at that point, but it wouldnt have been impossible to either knock her out as she got worse, or shock her out of it and get her to push back against the gnawing uncertainty and fear. Knocking her out and then immediately giving a brief explanation to the surrounding people that _giving up on all hope_ is what causes the transformation, would have yes, made everyone tense, but at least planted the seed that they could understand what forces them to mutate. Following up with "anyone who does not believe they can remain calm, step forward, and with no judgment, we will gladly cast a sleeping spell on you for your and everyone's safety". Anyone can succumb to the transformation, but their emotions have to be overflowing with hoplessness-laden fear and despair. the deeper and stronger and _more unchecked_ the feelings are, the more powerful a beast they turn into. the cascade effect is from the fear-tainted-shock of seeing someone just rapidly mutate like that, and losing control of one's senses. but one has to be _conscious_ to transform. the second Granny started getting hysterical, Y'shtola should have slung a sleep spell at her, knocking her out, and stopping the transformation. A quick explanation after that, and the chaos would have been managed much sooner than what actually happened. It's one of those moments where everyone just held the idiot ball and nobody was prepared for decisive action even though they knew the fastest way to stop someone from succumbing is to knock them out or worse, kill them. But even killing them might not work cause the last-second acknowledgement before death might transform them and that _might_ have some kind of regenerative property to it. so it's safer to see someone getting hysterical, and knock them the hell out before they turn.

[@Boyzby]

I freaked out so much when Hythlodaeus was revealed, because talking with the shade Emet made made me really like the guy. And now I need to distract myself, since my throat is hurting from all the feelings I got in that last scene with Venat. :'(

[@NymphiusE]

"Do you want a hug G'raha Tia?" The girl in the voicechat "I want to -screams in fangirlish-" Girl, same, SAME.

[@ginyamaa]

It was so fun seeing Larry's various guesses as to what the logo for EW actually is.

[@Pally-Main]

"17:29 think sad thoughts" "Papashan" The Finest Pupil: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Pelvic_Thrust1]

Whenever I fell off throughout the years, the thing that always made me want to come back was watching the ARR opening with Answers in the background. It's the only ffxiv song where I know the lyrics by heart, and the musical piece that carries the heaviest emotional weight for me. So seeing them incorporate it into the story in such a meaningful way after an 8 year spanning emotional journey, I just don't think I'll ever experience something like that with a game again.

[@ChainedFei]

The meaning of answers changes each time there's an expansion. Now we have an actual answer, but all the other interpretations are just as important.

[@Dyvinell]

The live, die, and know scene will stay seared in my memory for the rest of my life. I left that scene speechless and shaking in tears with so many unexplained emotions welling up. It was soooo well done.

[@XMegaJuni]

Omg I love it, this is going to he a lengthy react. Lets goooooooo

[@Xerkrosis]

Not doing Ktisis Hyperboreia with Trust is close to a sin. How could you pass up on the chance to do it with Emet-Selch, Hythlodaeus, and Venat?!

[@GayLPer]

Because you can always do it later.

[@Xerkrosis]

@@GayLPer Not congruent with storyline unless you do NG+, which is not possible atm.

[@Gyrono]

Actually in the Trust menu you can switch between avatar and scenario mode. Avatar mode is the system we are used to, where we have to train our trust members. Scenario mode can be done as if you are at the dungeon at the moment, for example doing the 71 dungeon with Lyse as an option. Or in this case the Ascians.

[@Xerkrosis]

@@Gyrono Yes, but I meant not doing it while it's part of the story than "time travelling" to do that.^^ SE unlocked scenario mode this time from the beginning, than needing to level up all trust members to max level, like in ShB.

[@koyamoni]

all the open mouth "whaaaaaaa" clips are legit me this entire expansion 🤣

[@nilzero5686]

Big fan of how Hydaelyn was always this spooky inscrutable goddess people were side-eyeing from the start, only to be revealed that yes, there was a twist with her, but no, the twist was not that she was evil- in fact it was that she's been your partner in crime the entire story, having been informed of your quest and future events and you two basically hatched this entire millenia-long safety plan together. You and her are equals and always have been.

[@OkamiG15]

Very late to the party, but just finished EW after starting the free trial just after EW dropped (I had to sit and wait for a bit at level 60 before I could buy the full game because they stopped selling it). God, Venat’s line there just before she becomes Hydaelyn was the *RAWEST* line in any game ever. “No longer shall men have wings.… Henceforth, he shall walk.” And we did, Crystal Mom. We walked all the way to the End, past any who walked before, for those who walk after us.

[@RussanoGreenstripe]

9:34 is one of the biggest "oh FUCK" moments in the entire game for me. After killing the parents, I was afraid ANYTHING was on the table.

[@SeraphimStardustArtist]

i was so sure the baby and him were going to die. i was crying my eyes out even before they got saved (which made me cry harder). this game has messed with my emotions more than any other one has. I could truly feel the helplessness of the characters and wished i could help but didnt know how

[@Xenmaru00]

@@SeraphimStardustArtist the messed up bit is that the baby beginning to transform made the most sense out of anything. What is an infant but a literal power plant of unfocused emotion?

[@elusixXrelix]

I just love how chaotic u guys in dungeons its so fun to watch :)

[@chenkaihang3342]

It is just larry memeing and making fun of every moment until he slowly becomes speechless at the end

[@Senyoun]

Larry: "I hope we see Emet-Selch!" Me: *knowing, excited screech*

[@HigakiRinne]

Casting the legendary Inoue Kikuko as the ultimate mommy of Etheyris was dare I say an inspired choice.

[@hlonghi]

Ah finally another chapter of Eorzeas greatest champion, Baha Blast.

[@anexplosion5436]

So far, every reaction to Emet's original form has been immediately thinking of Xehanort.

[@milanugrinovic]

maybe that’s why tetsuya nomura was a adviser, lol, “make him like young zehanort “ 😀

[@PrinnyLord]

Gotta prepare for the Kingdom Hearts raid somehow.

[@ThatOneDudeTo]

Guilty as charged I even called Hythlodaeus Marluxia

[@anexplosion5436]

@@PrinnyLord ...fuck, I want that. Could have it extend to 13 fights instead of 12 just to be on theme. Alphinort

[@anthonydelfino6171]

Mine wasn't... though I admittedly haven't touched a Kingdom Hearts game in like 20 years. More I was just surprised that his unsundered form still looked the same as Solis. I expected him not to have the same face as before.

[@sylas3265]

It’s good to know Venat’s voice actresses sounds great in English and Japanese. I’d say her and the twins sound the best this expansion and I know you’ll be playing it or editing it when you come to that section later with the twins but you’ll know what I’m talking about bc it’s impactful as hell

[@GiorgosAigio96]

I loved the detail at the end of Elpis, when Venat was walking through time, each time she was damaged more and more was because of each rejoining damaging her and taking her power away. Im so glad i didnt join the "Hydaelyn is evil" train. In the end Venat was only left with terrible options and she did what others would be too scared to do, it must be a weight even worse than Emets to carry. The entire Elpis arc was incredible.

[@qaztim11]

She was in a shit situation, with only shit options. Like she says, what she did was not heroic or kind, but it was necessary.

[@13thdarkness]

Interesting, I didn't think of that relating to the rejoinings for whatever reason. I interpreted it as her sharing in the suffering of mankind that she caused as she lived on to look after them in atonement. That she wouldn't rest until she saw to mankind being able to sustain their existence beyond the final days. I suppose showing Venat walking through time being weakened by the rejoinings mirrors that in a way, considering how many millions perished because of them. Perhaps the scene personified both her sharing in the torment she gifted mankind and the literal nature of her growing weaker as a way of saying she isn't omnipotent and experiences pain and suffering the same as anyone else. That could also be a reason, among others, for the parallel between her and the WoL facing Emet.

[@TransientWitch]

There's more, Larry. There is so much more. I cannot wait until you see the end. I cannot wait for you to stand at that island on the edge. It's so close now.

[@rlagay]

Small correction: apparently the bit about the volcano that Hythlodaeus mentioned, and the short story involving a volcano, are chronologically *two separate occasions.*

[@gateauxq4604]

So we just like vibing in volcanos? Yeah that checks out.

[@Xenmaru00]

@@gateauxq4604 I mean...Hell's Lid...

[@jkblohm9899]

“It’s an elephant on the back” [spits out water] *OH NOOOO I DIDN’T NOTICE THAT THE FIRST TIME I FOUGHT THAT*

[@trisar2146]

You have now reached the point where you can understand that the entire underlying theme of Endwalker is "Answers." Which, as a statement, really works across multiple levels.

[@nozomimi]

You know what's very funny? My character is named Elpis so I'd get stupid dialogues like "Welcome to Elpis, Elpis!", it was so freaking funny

[@MrOctopusprime]

The fact that all 3 of our Elpis pals became trial bosses hurts...

[@austinvirts5891]

Honestly as amazing as literally everything in the Elpis Arc is, my personal favorite part will be the three of them talking about Azem. I don't remember what the word is for feeling nostalgia for a person you've never met is, but Hades complaining about how insanely ridiculous Azem is at ever turn almost made me tear up every time

[@lavos333]

"The moon is a spaceship? This is Gurren Lagann" AND IT GOES EVEN MORE GURREN LAGANN NEAR THE END.

[@qrogan799]

"There's another zone after this!" My thoughts exactly.

[@Edanite]

What I love about the time travel segment this game was that it didn't change the past or future, you're already living the timeline where you have and will travel back.

[@13thdarkness]

Also going into that chapter we were of the mind that the past can be changed, which made it even better. Despite the allusions to the eventuality we got, it still was unprecedented given the nature of time travel in the established narrative. All that's to say they were able to subvert expectations without doing anything and retcon how time travel works while still having it make sense in the most interesting way possible. If this isn't incredible narrative work I'm not sure what is!

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

This reminded me of the Alexander story.

[@lastknight00]

Negative 100 points for not using trust in the elpis dungeon Emet has so much sass to say during the dungeon

[@WaltRBuck]

"Why are we so useless." No truer words have ever been spoken. 100s of people get murdered and maimed in FFXIV while we're 10 or less feet away and just stand there. It's FREAKING ANNOYING!

[@HanabiraKage]

I mean with shieldbro we were busy making a mad dash forward, so we weren't in the position to save him...but with mayor dude here we were right fucking there. I was screaming like YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO HIM WHAT THE FUCK.

[@keeng]

My GF is playing through this now and she's SUPER salty that we keep arriving just late enough for people to die. She's only at Garlemald. She uhh... Is gonna get a lot saltier lol.

[@Krescentwolf]

You know the last scene is good when even Larry gets struck speechless... XD

[@robertbeste]

With all the homages that FFXIV loves to do to previous Final Fantasies, I can't help but wonder if Meteion (or one of her sisters) is a call out Jenova. She is literally a Calamity from the sky...

[@zeistriden]

Makes us wonder about Ultima in the Ivalice raids too....

[@zoeyvalkyrie]

I mean, the Meteia are lowkey Necron but with an actual plot explanation this time.

[@ColorOfSakura]

Hearing the Japanese voice acting is always so neat, since I play with the EN voices on. There’s *so many* famous Japanese VAs in the cast, I can’t believe it. Maybe someday a JP voiceover NG+ is in my future.

[@RioFordays]

This is a Japanese game, the dialog was written in Japanese first and foremost. The English dub, while of superior quality than the usual, is still a localization. Koji is doing an amazing work and I have nothing but respect for him. However, it also sometimes loses a lot of finer details from the Japanese script. For instance, the scene in Elpis when Venat is asking you to tell her about your adventures on that balcony, in JP she reacts by saying it must have been so nice being able to hear, feel and think about all of that. That very specific choice of words on her part was non existent in the English script, which is a shame. And that's only one example. Do yourself a favor. Replay the whole story in JP.

[@dontkillpandas]

With Answers, Endwalker cemented itself as my favorite expansion. Just, the sheer amount of set-up and payoff in this one expansion is breathtaking.

[@michaelpowers6855]

16:11 "if she's gonna share my feelings, she's gonna be really sad" About that

[@poopershnoots]

😂

[@greenteadiet]

*(hears Larry's crying whimpers near end of cutscene)* can relate

[@_naumi]

I've only been playing ffxiv for like 3-4 years? but even still the Answers cutscene made me bawl, I still go back and get teary. Venat embodies the ancient Ascian value of doing their best for the people around them but like to the nth degree it's just insane to think about how dedicated and how much hope and faith she has in everyone on the planet

[@GameShark9000]

Elpis is a Coffee Date AU with Ascians that ends with a firey train crash.

[@coldReactive]

Since it seems you didn't understand the walk Venat took, those hits she took were for us. We did almost die a couple times.

[@RioFordays]

She takes a hit every time you get the Echo buff in an instance ! Imagine her pain.

[@ShikenAegis]

where was that implied?

[@13thdarkness]

It was actually several things from what I can tell. It could definitely be the power of hers that we use being expended. It can also be the rejoinings weakening her power as a whole. My own interpretation is that she's bearing the burden of walking alongside mankind to ensure they live on, as both she and they are fated to suffer for the sake of finding joy. It's a parallel too, one concerning her acting as light within darkness, or hope within despair, since she was covered in literal darkness. Her walk mirroring the WoL's walk toward Emet also shows that she's not only by our side, as in mankind's side suffering as we do, but that her purpose in continuing to exist is to help us find our own purpose. She isn't omnipotent and above burden, bearing it is literally who she is. The same as the WoL, represented too in how we both once held the seat of Azem, and that we both walk unflinching amidst despair toward either the end or our end, whichever comes first.

[@ShikenAegis]

I love how 90% of the comments are just people trying to force their (probably bad) opinions on JP vs EN dubbing on each other instead of actually about the content itself, stay classy

[@ケンタマ-v6h]

The both voice actor/ actress of amon/fandaniel/Hermes and meteion in Japanese version really nailed these characters. perfectly shifting in 4 different personality of meteion/overmind of meteions/desperate overmind/endsinger, and she is also singingway.

[@Webberjo]

I wasn't looking forward to the loporrits at all, but after seeing them, they're one of the highlights of the expansion for sure.

[@knuckles543]

''Zodiark, sadly, is no more...'', that line should not be that funny, but leave it to a mouse/rabbit sucking off helium and it deserves an emmy!

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

Lopporits are one of the best things of this expansion.

[@knarf427]

The music in the different areas are so good, they gave flashbacks to the other ff games and goosebumps. Simply amazing

[@soulechelon2643]

Wow Matsya's voice is completely different in JP. ngl I like the English one better but either way, man that scene where he's running away with the baby was absolutely heart wrenching. With all the death and despair throughout that whole part of the story, having him and the baby also succumb would've been the logical conclusion. Definitely glad that didn't happen.

[@azkon7975]

That part where he's reciting the prayer against despair even as he threatens to turn really got to me. Our Scion cast might be okay (they've more than forged themselves in the fires of the previous expansions) but someone on the ground like Matsuya was *not* fine. They do not have the experiences to guard against despair. But even so, our elephant boi is doing the best he can. I like to believe that reciting the prayer and doing his best delayed his transformation just long enough for a miracle to happen and Estinien appears.

[@rafagd]

9:55 is the most ESTINIEEEEEEEEEEN (he's the azure dragoon) moment in FFXIV

[@Blizzardfire]

The summoning invocation in the Azem crystal was probably what what the original Azem used to called Emet for help.

[@gwenaelgambert5301]

What I don't understand is why don't Emet and Hythlodeus use their Echo to look in the past and see what really happened in Ktisis Hyperborea? Venat tells us they know how to do it at will. Or I overlooking something here?

[@TotallyCreativeNameBtw]

Here i am, crying again just from a video.. im not just crying because its a tragic story but also because of how well this story is actually written and quite literally because my brain still doesnt wanna comprehend the epic shit that happened in endwalker, its almost like they knew what they wanted to put into endwalker when they were merely at ARR.. and thats almost 9 years ago

[@ToxisFaux]

"I wanna ride a dragon" We did in heavensward and have dragon mounts larry you goober.

[@sctorus]

16:44 So if you fill all meld slot with Savage Might Materia X. Are you filled with determination?

[@jkblohm9899]

Man, just rewatching these scenes alone is making me tear up

[@Thatonewolff]

I started playing FFXIV during ARR and played each expansion at launch, but I’m ashamed to admit I skipped a lot of cutscenes. With EW I decided to dedicate myself to following the story and omg I was a mess by the end. Idk how people who have followed it through the entire thing could recover lol

[@LedZaid]

every time I watch a react my wounds opens and I finished the story a week ago :crying:

[@Halifax1337]

Prior to EW this game made me choke up maybe twice (pulling the eyes off Estinien and the end of Shadowbringers). EW I was a fucking mess, particularly near the end of Elpis through to the end.

[@eepynao]

I had almost 100% the same exact reactions to literally everything from when G’raha mentioned Elidibus to the Answers sequence that watching your reaction was absolutely uncanny. Amazing.

[@Quarasique]

Me too having this growing feeling "Aw shit, this is Gurren Lagann all over again, that's mean i would cry like a baby and scream of hype at the same time in the end" And i do.

[@nekogami87]

I love how basically all videos after the Zodiark trial i've seen online, when hearing the female voice, everyone went: "No way! Hydaelyn B*TCH" for a few seconds at least XD. I don't know if that was intentional, but it's either a happy coincidence or a really good manipulation from SE :D

[@MieHanz]

I had a hunch Emet's at least a Black Mage/Battle Mage around ShB expansion. Black attire, stubborn to move on and his magic is vast enough to create Amarout. But to think that ShB collector's mount and he also a DRK is a pleasant surprise.

[@_jxsterr]

SPOILERS (obviously) Just something I noticed about the MSQ, Y'shtola told us that when we were battling Emet Selch she could see our soul barely clinging onto life and she's glad we couldn't see it ourselves, I like to believe what she saw is that scene of Venat walking. Our soul of light barely clinging to life. Or at least something similar.

[@Amocoru]

Elpis was the most fun I had in XIV. I loved every minute of it. I wish the entire expansion had taken place there.

[@Rorahusky]

I'm glad I am not the only one who glamoured the robes to wear during the Elpis zone.

[@Ronzeru]

That answers scene was so powerful for those of us who've been with it from the start. Not gonna lie, I teared up with some pretty convoluted emotions.

[@dityo_r]

"They created Sabotender," "Oh, no. It's just somebody else mount,"

[@dalthorn]

While you prefer the Japanese voice over I would implore you to watch those scenes in English as the English VA, especially Venat’s, did an absolutely fucking amazing job of it. Venat is filled with such pain, love, and dedication that her monologue at the end is tear inducing.

[@AStrangeWindmill]

Watching this made me realize that I wouldn't be playing FF14 if I had to use the Japanese VA's. Like, who's bright idea was it to have Matsaya sound like he's 11? And even without that, the VA's actually having south asian accents adds so much to Thavnir. But yeah, the English VA's killed it all day.

[@creaturefeaturegonnageetch5111]

@@AStrangeWindmill The Matsya thing is just bizarre to me, and I don't think I'd ever be able to get used to Alisae and Krile's Japanese voices. Plus i like being able to understand what I'm listening to so that contributes

[@LadCarmichael]

@@creaturefeaturegonnageetch5111 See to me that's the other way, Matsya seems really weird while Alisaie and Krile's are way too deep for their stature, Alisaie sounds like a 25+ woman and not the 16yo she is.

[@heronlim8462]

@@AStrangeWindmill I really preferred the JP VAs as they sold the characters way better in my view. My impression of Matsaya using thr JP voice line supposed to be a kid fisher that is learning how to sell stuff. I love how JP Venat sold the Answers sequence too, especially the delivery of the last line. The EN Venat went too flat on the 'light everlasting'. But which is better is subjective. The objective best thing about FFXIV here is that they decided to give us a choice of voicelines to use! That's the beauty and one I really hope happens in more games.

[@ShikenAegis]

16:00 "undertale music" THANK YOU, I'm so glad someone else hears it and I'm not just crazy

[@luin6788]

as someone who only started last year, it was crazy seeing you pick up on all these musical queues and lore details that i completely missed. it must hit completely diff playing after all these years

[@GurenSol]

Anyone else notice that the loporrits are basically smurfs? They're named after their jobs/personalities, they all look exactly alike, and their leader is colored different. They only need an arch nemesis that obsessively trys to catch them. I am convinced the loporrits are smurfs

[@bipedalanimeskull]

... delet this

[@gateauxq4604]

Understandable, have a nice day.

[@Qazqi]

I'm fine, I just watched Quazii go through th- aaaand I'm crying again.

[@photonscrambler2789]

Imma need Larry to post part 3 so I can tear up and listen to him and his friends say bad words in excitement 3000 more times. I loved this story. It was really well done and the end of it, that last raid and the SPOILER fight is such a frickin blast. It's cliche, but ireally do wish I could wipe my memory and play through it again.

[@rosesmith2129]

Seeing you play through Endwalker is great and it's really fun to see these bits of story again. I really hope you enjoy/enjoyed your playthrough and I can't wait to see your reaction to the rest of all the new and future content!