Final Fantasy V Complete Story Explained

[@Xygor]

What was your favorite moment from Final Fantasy V? How does its story stack up to the other games in the series? Gain early access to my videos by supporting me at www.patreon.com/xygorgaming OR through KZbin membership by clicking the JOIN button above!

[@GMSeth]

Sadly, my favorite moment is an optional scene that is incredibly easy to miss but is great fun nonetheless. When you arrive in the first town after Faris agrees to help you can go to the inn with Bartz and Galuf to the room where Faris is staying and see a hilarious cutscene. This short but funny moment is foreshadowing for the reveal that Faris is a woman.

[@madambutterfly1997]

This is the fifth time this video has been uploaded within the last week

[@davesworld1972]

I'm glad I not the only one to have noticed this. I can't remember any other video being re-uploaded, for what ever reason, this many times.

[@Xygor]

Four, might be more

[@nanoglitch6693]

@@Xygor 4th time I've seen it lmao 🤣

[@Xygor]

@@nanoglitch6693 thank you for your service!

[@DontStopCornPop]

​@Xygor Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. I just beat FFV recently and it was very emotional moment for me. I started the game when I was 12 but never beat it back then, even though I played for hours. Now as a 37 year old, I finally closed the chapter on this game and I felt overwhelmed with sadness, pride and nostalgia all at once.

[@MondoJohnny]

I've played all these games a million times but I love your story retellings Xygor! You do a great job with these man!

[@Xygor]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks so much!

[@zrayburton]

As of 2023 I’ve only ever beaten FF 4 & 6 and played parts of 7 & 9 before. This year I’ve decided to play some others and I have since beaten 1 and I am in the middle of 5 now. I’m Glad I decided on 5 for my current play through as it’s getting a lot of solid coverage and reviews on KZbin lately. Enjoying the gameplay and job system a ton and the generally light/linear story opposed to 4 and 6’s more complicated plot points and cast of characters.

[@Xygor]

Right on, glad you want to try it! You'll really like the job system. Lots of fun customization.

[@thomashernandez6536]

The loading times for 9 kill me. However that said, it is still my favorite final fantasy.

[@Forritouno]

I love this game to death. My favorite moments are probably all the funny antics Galuf pulls throughout the story.

[@Xygor]

Right on, he’s a zany character isn’t he?

[@thehkoz]

Aaah the golden ages when final fantasy was about fantasy 💙

[@nanoglitch6693]

I watched it but I'm still here Groundhog's Daying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Xygor]

Thank you for your service!

[@BPTNY]

Great work. Sometimes this sort of thing is what it takes. I enjoyed FF5 (especially the music) but it solidified that the even numbers are story and the odd numbers are gameplay for me in the NES/SNES eras. This was my little brother's favorite one back on the PS1 though.

[@Xygor]

Thanks for your support! The story/gameplay thing kind of rings true!

[@Okla_Soft]

Thank you Xygor for your tireless work, you’ve single-handedly gotten me to check out every single other FF game besides the original 7, and I’m a huge fan of the classic SNES titles now. I owned FF3 on SNES back in the day because everyone said it was a game to own, but I never actually played it until til now. Thank you, you can upload this video as many times as you need to my dude.

[@Xygor]

Thanks so much! I'm glad I could help encourage you. This one is really good!

[@chrisramsteck5866]

RERELEASE THIS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT XYGOR I'M GONNA WATCH EM REGARDLESS

[@Xygor]

Haha, thank you! This should be the last one.

[@thend4427]

This is one of my favorite ff games..my friend had it on the gba and enjoyed it..the post game dungeon was a pain but i end up beating it

[@Xygor]

I never played that bonus dungeon!

[@duhmez]

This is actually, factually the best Final Fantasy game. Most people don't know that around these parts because of not released here. It is all int he job system why this is the best one. And FF3 on Famicom is the best 8bit one, similar job system. It sucked we did not tget this job system over here ever, except lond of FF tactics but that doesn't count.

[@Xygor]

Glad you like it so much! The job system makes it so fun and customizable. I agree that FF3 is the best 8-bit one also.

[@usmc9807]

Was JUST playing Crono Trigger (and getting absolutely wrecked by Magus) and I recognized your intro music. Epic.

[@NicoleLynnYt]

Thanks for all your work on this video. This is one of the Final Fantasy games I’ve never played. It has a really interesting story. Hope to get around to playing it sometime. 😊

[@Xygor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@justinsullivan8250]

My favorite Final Fantasy V moment was by far Galuf’s last stand against Exdeath. Galuf’s friends and granddaughter were in danger and so Galuf summoned all his strength to take the brunt of Exdeath’s power and committed a one man assault towards the villainous warlock. Honestly, considering that Exdeath had an enemy death animation it’s easy to say that Galuf still won the fight, even if it did cost him his life. Galuf proved why he was the king of Bal and a Dawn Warrior and went out like a chad. Even though Exdeath did kill Galuf I still felt he lost the fight regardless. Galuf saved his friends and Krile and Exdeath was beaten to the point of retreating. As for how I feel about the story, there are a lot of reasons why this game is as underrated as it is. And even though the game does fall into a few fantasy tropes (including tropes from its own respective series) I felt that it had a lot of heart despite that. Where Final Fantasy IV had a bit of a darker and heroic story which is what made the game one of the greats in the SNES library, Final Fantasy V offers something fresh with a more light toned and adventurous experience. The story isn’t as good as its predecessor but it is a great one nonetheless. Not to mention the game’s fantastic cast of characters with the three standouts being none other than Galuf the GOAT himself, Faris the tomboy and badass pirate captain and the badass and comical secondary antagonist Gilgamesh. Don’t get me wrong, I like Bartz as well. Bartz’s comedic and adventurous personality definitely helps him stand apart from his predecessors. But I felt with his father turning out to be an otherworldly being it was feeling a bit redundant from Cecil Harvey’s backstory from IV. Also Exdeath may look like a very intimidating figure and definitely has the power and difficulty as a final boss to back it up, but as a character Exdeath feels very bland with weak and rather boring motivations that don’t go beyond just him saying “I want to destroy everything because I am evil and want everything to be evil. Mwahahahahahahahaha.” I swear, he sometimes reminded me of Malekith from Thor The Dark World. Now back to the positives. The soundtrack in this game was phenomenal with its Main Theme ranking as one of my favorite ones in the series and songs like Cursed Lands, To The North Mountain, Sorrows of Parting, Library Of Ancients, The Day Will Come, and the cherry on top being Clash On The Big Bridge are among some of the best tunes I have heard from the series. If I was ranking the game’s soundtrack alone, it would get a 10/10. But sadly there are some issues I have with the game as previously stated and I also have one more complaint I need to address. Making a game hard isn’t so much of a problem as much as it is how you try to rise to the challenge. When the game does get harder (and holy crap does it do so), you essentially have to spend hours grinding for level ups to meet certain challenges which took me out of the experience a few times. Couple that with a high encounter rate that is reminiscent of the earlier NES titles during certain segments of the game and you can also feel quite overwhelmed at everything happening in the game at once. The gameplay itself however is very clean, with the active time battle system returning from FFIV. And that gives the play a well earned sense of urgency during various encounters. And the boss fights in this game are epic and some are very tough to overcome. All in all I am giving this game an 8/10. It’s a great game, it’s just flawed.

[@Xygor]

Such a great part! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@justinsullivan8250]

@@XygorYou’re welcome. For the record, out of all the games I have played in the series so far, this was by far one of the hardest. Final Fantasy IV was a much easier game if you ask me. How do you feel about my review of the game?

[@justinsullivan8250]

@@Xygor Can I ask you something? I found completing Final Fantasy V pretty difficult. The jobs leveling system in particular I found frustrating for its slow progression compared to the basic leveling system. I plan on playing Final Fantasy VI later this year and need to ask how complex the gameplay and progression system of that installment is.

[@Zanji1234]

the second game i played as a ROM on ZNES back then with a dictonary since my english wasn't that good as i thought :D

[@Xygor]

Yes! The ZSNES days.

[@Zanji1234]

:D tbf the one Emulator i still use. Also i had a 56k modem back then so that download took a few hours and then few days later i downloaded FF6 and BOY that took forever. @@Xygor

[@kcsalyer19]

Awesome work on this story! You did a fantastic job.

[@Xygor]

Thank you so much!

[@kcsalyer19]

@@Xygor You're welcome! I look forward to more stories.

[@shivur5073]

I love job system games. Bravely default was one of the more recent ones ive played. I really love the idea and i love even more when your charscters visualization changes qlong with the job

[@jaykknight2248]

I think this game has one of the better plots in the series. It is without a doubt my favorite game in the series. While many scenes are memorable and there is a theme of sacrifice thoughout, it's Syldra's scene that probably impacts me the most. I feel such a kinship with Faris.

[@davidmanuelson5710]

Cool video! Btw is all the music in this video from all from final fantasy V?

[@TexasAmericana]

No offense to the character. But I always found Cid's nephew kinda Mid.

[@markpace6198]

Great job on the story telling ❤this is an awesome game 1 of my very favorites

[@Xygor]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@sikhjatt23]

howdy sir! i know this is an ffv vid but i was curious if youll be making a story vid for ff7 rebirth? i loved the one you made for remake! Great job with this one, as always!

[@Rockfordace710]

Now onto final fantasy VIII and finish the series!!!

[@ZmQuad]

awesome video. Ty for making this and sharing

[@Xygor]

Thanks for watching it! Do you have any favorite moments from the game?

[@ZmQuad]

@@Xygor I don’t. Played all of the numbered final fantasies through 11, and of all of them, 5 is the least memorable. Not because it’s a bad game or badly constructed, but I only played it once as opposed to many of the others I have played multiple times . I think, however after watching your video, I’m going to play it through again. Will have an update?

[@ZmQuad]

No ? At the end …. Meant a !

[@HyperDefective]

Ignore the naysayers, do what you gotta do. I know how frustrating it can be when you upload a video and then notice something that you can't fix with YT's built-in editor.

[@Xygor]

Thank you sir! Yes, that is super frustrating. I wish they would allow for minor adjustments through an edit, but alas, they do not.

[@deividilavitz6645]

You decided to change again from classic to new?

[@Xygor]

It was always the Pixel Remaster version

[@Illphella]

What was wrong with the last 1 if i may ask?

[@remiwithoutfamily]

Having played FF6 before, I remember FFV as being a bit... shallow, story, music and graphics wise. I was pretty young mind you, so it scratched my RPG itch for a bit. The job system was brand new to me, and I absolutely loved it. But yea, coming from the masterpiece that is FF6, I found FF5 to be, well, really not as good.

[@Xygor]

Yeah, I think it's a fair point that the story just isn't as interesting as 6. But the gameplay is arguably better. So I'm totally on board with your thoughts.

[@zeldalink2012]

What version of ff5 remake is this???

[@Xygor]

Pixel Remaster

[@TheLegendarySwordMaster]

Are you also going to do retrospectives of kingdom hearts games and persona and yakuza if so when and will you also do final Fantasy vii viir viirpart 2 vii doc vii cc ix x x-2 xv and xvi?!

[@walnut910]

Please hop on unicorn overlord

[@Drewbe821]

I feel like the reuploads have to do with copywrite nonsense.

[@Xygor]

Nah, it was issues with the narrative, I made a community post about it

[@Drewbe821]

@@Xygor fair enough. Great vid btw

[@Xygor]

@@Drewbe821 thank you!

[@BDBD16]

ANOTHER ONE! *sprinkles some engagement* YOU CANT MAKE ME XYGOR...YOU CANT!!!!

[@Xygor]

Thank you for it!

[@BDBD16]

@@XygorAnytime homie, you make great content with a fresh angle on retro games.

[@Xygor]

@@BDBD16 appreciate it!

[@Ciscoql]

ok but what about ffx-2? i just watched the ffx video :

[@Xygor]

Maybe someday

[@soledezruiz2860]

Why is this being uploaded again and again ?

[@Xygor]

Community note on it, some mistakes with the narrative

[@bubbles934]

my guy..... AGAIN 😭😭

[@Xygor]

Last time

[@ruinerdown1614]

Groundhog day

[@Xygor]

It was worth it

[@Dadbod007]

Do final fantasy 8!

[@Xygor]

That one will be next in this series

[@Dadbod007]

@@Xygor wooooo! Bc that is one I never understood or finished

[@mrdeatheli]

I love this game but the names are all awful.

[@Xygor]

Are there any worse than Butz?

[@Chatetris]

Alright, time to unsubscribe, honestly very annoying.

[@Xygor]

No sleep will be lost

[@yunakitty2]

@@Xygorwell I didn’t see any of the reuploads (which isn’t your fault) and I’m delighted to have this to watch at the gym ❤ keep up the good work Xygor

[@Xygor]

@@yunakitty2 thank you so much for the support!