Caius Ballad Is A Heartbroken Hellraiser

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4 жыл бұрын

This is a villain video tribute depicting the various scenes of an interesting villain from my memories, the fallen guardian and harbinger of Chaos, Caius Ballad (voiced by Liam O'Brien) from the 2011 Final Fantasy XIII-2 videogame. I found him to be an interesting villain due to his villainy being centered on saving someone from danger rather than selfishness. He was willing to destroy time itself and the Goddess of Death to save his protectorate from endless death. He showed how evil can be formed by benevolent selfish desire taken too far. Hope you enjoy him!

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@deathbykonami5487 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he uses his sword as a blade, a staff, and a shield all at the same time.

@thespectaculargamernerd8114 2 жыл бұрын

21:47. Caius's rant and emotion there is so GOOD. Really makes you feel for him with his anguish and frustration for Yuel.

@Excks Жыл бұрын

I knew it was that part before clicking the timestamp, or at least I hoped it was. As much as I enjoyed XIII-2, it was that part that stuck me all these years. It wasn't just "Yeul" that Caius wanted to save. The whole finale is really well done. XIII-2 has so many memorable qualities, and I hope as time goes on, it keeps gaining the respect it deserves rather than being disregarded for being a sequel to an already-divisive game.

@caiusballad4162 Жыл бұрын

@@Excks I completely agree with you, FF13-2 is an underappreciated game sincerely but that's not a fatality, one day or one night it will be treated and evaluated rightfully and legitemly for its amazing esthetism, story, characters, soundtrack, atmosphere and environment, we have to hope beyond despair itself.

@oubunaye 8 ай бұрын

Now imagine Illidan Stormrage saying all that 🙂

@primetime12137 2 жыл бұрын

Caius was the best character in ff! He literally won. He used Noel an Serah to break the gift of etros heart to live in the chaos for eternity to the point where the chaos was so bad in world Bhunivelze had to start a new world and woke lightning. Caius then used lightning to betray god and he became god with all the Yuels! His dream of being with all Yuels came true 28:22. He was never a villain he was the “True Guardian” to Yuel. Even the respect he had for Noel at the end he gave him his Yuel! Caius Ballad the best ff character

@Genji-Agito 5 ай бұрын

He tried to commit FUCKING genocide and screw over the ENTIRE human race just to say a worthless cunt from a curse that was SELF INFLICTED.

@onefairyfan87 4 жыл бұрын

Caius, the man who Lightning clashed with for god knows how many years.....all for wht the gods took from him....the world may hate the 13 trilogy, but I never will

@Orcaluv26 2 жыл бұрын

I won’t hate Caius but 13 had quite a few glaring problems.

@krazyxki 2 жыл бұрын

@@Orcaluv26 YOU have quite a few glaring problems

@llamadev1680 Жыл бұрын

@@krazyxki GOTTEM

@travishunstable5283 Жыл бұрын

Caius wasn’t even the villain much like Ardyn he was just a guy who got tired of the world screwing him over and decided to fight back

@Lunryx Жыл бұрын

Sameeee

@deathbykonami5487 3 жыл бұрын

Liam O'Brien was awesome as Caius

@caiusballad4162 Жыл бұрын

22:05 This is beautifully tragic... Caius's entire story is worth a whole movie about him, that would be cool to see what he was doing exactly before FF13-2, but I thing honestly that it's a dream to believe this, not a hope... more of an ideal.

@jaffersadiqnajwani 3 жыл бұрын

The best villan ever

@elizabethchint2391 Жыл бұрын

lol.

@mrhide1002 4 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEES. Vayne check Sephiroth check Kefka check Master Xehanort double check Now Caius? This just keep getting better and better. Next it must be Ardyn Izunia. Please he deserve a villain tribute too. Same with Ansem seeker of darkness and Xemnas but especially Ardyn.

@spartan8696 10 ай бұрын

25:35 ive seen this scene hundreds of times, and i still always get goosebumps. The music, atmosphere, and caius's tone. So intense.

@tonyvang7648 2 жыл бұрын

Caius needs his own game.

@hell1515 4 ай бұрын

Square Enix take notes. I agree with this comment 💯

@user-ly2pj6mf6g Жыл бұрын

Caius is such a great antagonist! 3:30 is one of many favorite lines. The goddess made a wise choice….. Powers of Chaos, bend to my will! (Stops time) such a great battle, there should be more of these scenes!

@meyou2120 3 жыл бұрын

I really wish we could have played as caius

@chainedgiant8126 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly... I think anyone forced to live forever and see not only their friends and family die. Along with the one they love and care for most, dies. But it then reborn. Into a constant cycle of life and death, with him living forever and having to bare witness to it every time. I think it would drive any person to try and end a haunting cycle like that.

@Mephistofeles 8 ай бұрын

What makes this more tragic is that caius love for yeul is a paternal one, he literally watched, helplessly, the girl that he probably saw as a daughter die hundred of hundreds of time, again and again, withouth ever being able to trully help her.

@tayojones9460 4 жыл бұрын

This villain was good. Great voice, tragic motivation and memorable design. If possible could you please make a video for Dr Tenma from Astroboy 2003? He was a terrific tragic villain, obsessed with getting Astro, who was based on his dead son and would stop at nothing to achieve his goal.

@EmptyMan000 4 жыл бұрын

Already did. Just can't upload it here.

@tayojones9460 4 жыл бұрын

Copyrights again?

@tayojones9460 4 жыл бұрын

Just watched it. Thanks Emptyman. It did not follow the original Japanese script but the dub still managed to capture the tragedy of Tenma very well.

@EmptyMan000 4 жыл бұрын

@@tayojones9460 I am glad the english version captured the tragic essence of Tenma and his villainous desire to regain the love of his lost son.

@tayojones9460 4 жыл бұрын

Will you be put Optimus from TF animated and Goliath from Gargoyles onto Vimeo?

@LongTran-kp3kz Жыл бұрын

Caius is the only antagonist who ultimately got what he wanted in the end. Sure it took literally thousands of years, mountains of corpses, brief bouts of heartbreaking grief induced insanity, metric tons of scheming across all of spacetime, and the literal end of the world several times over... but hey, nobody said getting your happy ending wasn't hard fought. I can't think of any other example of antagonist in the series that sympathetic and broken on top of being literally unkillable in every sense of the word.

@spartan8696 10 ай бұрын

Even though lightning is my all time favorite ff character, i still loveeee caius. Its so rare to see a compelling villan.

@sleepyprinny Жыл бұрын

...Arguably Final Fantasy's most tragic and sympathetic antagonist. Oh, and he succeeded in destroying not just the world, but all of history. And all for a girl.

@m74568 3 жыл бұрын

Shouldve been playable in Dissidia

@armanozyurt5051 2 жыл бұрын

What, is he not playable in Dissidia! He would be the one of the best playable character

@Dzzy123 2 ай бұрын

I'm just guessing, but maybe Caius and Kain sharing a voice actor is why Caius didn't make the cut.

@25Erix 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is why Kefka isn't that special anymore. Kefka destroyed the world, sure, but it didn't stick. Caius destroyed time and space itself and it stuck.

@Mephistofeles 8 ай бұрын

So much so that they literally needed to create a new world for people to live...

@kizelli3475 4 ай бұрын

I have played so many video games in my life time, and I only a couple have made me cry this and Metal gear solid 4, caius emotion and feelings at 21:47. breaks me every time "enough no more lies" and " despite that, she chose to live again... so she could be with you" gives me chills even today Final fantasy xiii-2 needs more love man!

@caiusballad4162 Жыл бұрын

31:43 I just love that scene

@meyou2120 3 жыл бұрын

my one question:How to can you hate on this

@mryoshiyoshi451 Жыл бұрын

Some people just aren’t as intelligent

@sectorzisnumbuhone 2 жыл бұрын

Liam O' Brien is BAE!!! :D

@nobodieparticular5849 4 жыл бұрын

nice show

@mryoshiyoshi451 Жыл бұрын

Should there be Caius Ballad Is A Heartbroken Hellraiser Part II (Lightning Returns cutscenes)

@moatezmoussi9751 Жыл бұрын

Best FF anti hero.

@niksolu 3 жыл бұрын

that mogry costume, im dead

@JAKX091 4 жыл бұрын

If you ever do a video on Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV), here's an idea for a title *Ardyn Izunia is a Fallen Prophet*

@mrhide1002 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@EmptyMan000 4 жыл бұрын

Of course, but I will be uploading a video on Luxu/Xigar/Braig from Kingdom Hearts first.

@deathbykonami5487 3 жыл бұрын

not a fallen prophet, he was a deposed king who fell to darkness

@zerujstiglitz6137 Жыл бұрын

2:57 music???

@iamthewarriorgirl9066 3 жыл бұрын

Justice League Action Including Ember

@80sForever29 2 жыл бұрын

21:18

@christopherperez1588 10 ай бұрын

23:20 song?

@Alec81395 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like Eternal Paradox to me

@mitweakz866 Жыл бұрын

Caius was the good character... Just saying

@niyo377 3 жыл бұрын

Why does he sound like garaa

@skipperdani 3 жыл бұрын

Um, because they are both played by Liam O’Brien?