While I felt it did not reach the heights of flames of truth or shadowbringers I can't wait to react to another FF trailer soon! The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/chrisconnor06211

For non-players, watching this, will be like watching the Avengers Endgame trailer without watching any of the previous marvel movies

This trailer was 100% made for people who actually played the whole game. Even the music in it.

This trailer is 100% aimed for the player base lol.

It's not the FINAL expansion. It is the last containing the Zodiark& Hydaelyn Ark there will be more expansion afterwards Chris ^-^

This trailer truly FEELS like the culmination of 8 years of story building. The music in this is a perfect echo of our journey, a medley taking the themes from each previous expansion. Dragons and dragoons? Heavensward theme. Map on fire and the faces of old adversaries? Stormblood. Scions doing their thing? Torn from the Heavens. The warrior fighting a familiar nightmare monster? Shadowbringers. It's all there and yes, this is a trailer that has the distinct FEEL of a final chapter coming to a close, a final crescendo to this journey. As a veteran, I can say that while I agree the trailer isn't as much of an enticing, thrilling spectacle as the Shadowbringers one, Endwalker is like a love letter to our story so far and so much more personal as a result. It feels to me more like the final leap off the cliff we've been climbing towards all this time and I cannot wait to fall and see where I land. Whats even more gut-wrenching is the recently released knowledge that we could've lost the beloved composer of these intrinsic songs to cancer, Masayoshi Soken. And by his own words, it was his love for the game and appreciation from us the players that kept him WORKING FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED for 8 months to release the single most impactful boss fight music and this masterpiece of a musical journey. We love you Soken, and we're glad you're kicking cancer's butt!!

I dunno if it's that confusing, though. "The fabric of the star had begun to fray, its land rent by tooth and claw" = Everything's falling apart & monsters are tearing apart the land, which is emphasized by the map showing everywhere is literally on fire. "As the chaos spread, the star seemed doomed to unravel (everything totally falling apart everywhere). Yet still there were those who stood in defiance of that fate" = we see how there's an invasion of monsters but this dragoon & dragon are still fighting, emphasized by the dragoon "The hour has come, Vritra. It's all or nothing." (For us players, we know the dragoon, but Vritra? We've never seen this dragon whatsoever. Those of us who have dug enough know she's one of the first brood of dragons born on the planet, but that's about it). We see the villains, then cut to two other characters. "It is as we feared. The respite afforded this land was but fleeting. The end draws nigh." = Again emphasizing this is essentially the apocalypse. Also notice that when it zooms out, that location isn't on fire where everything else is? Again, "respite afforded this land was but fleeting" means it's about to be consumed as well. Regarding that location, we know nothing about it either. We've never been there. All we know is what we're seeing in this trailer. We know a little vaguely from game stuff, like outfits with the name attached, and what they showed us at the Fan Fest after this trailer debuted, but going into it, we know nothing about that other than what I'm laying out here, gleamed entirely from the trailer alone. Then we cut to the next city, the map also shows it's not on flames. We go through libraries, then deep, then a locked door indicated there's knowledge that's been hidden away and locked up. "This star still has secrets to tell." = there's some revelation this character has found. Again, we've never been here in the game. We do know that character, but the library and city? We've not been here in-game before. We've only heard about it and that can largely be boiled down to "city of scholars who are neutral to politics of other nations." Final cut within the city: "So, Sharlayan would keep its council while the world is lost to ruin?" "It would, come what may, we shall live on. We must." sets up a conflict that this clearly well established culture could help but are choosing not to. "Past the far edge of fate, between blades dark and light, tolling the coming of the end." - cryptic "light vs dark" stuff, but c'mon that's fairly standard trailer cryptic teasing stuff! Without actually knowing more about the story itself, the trailer is still telling a LOT of the story set up visually and with minimal words. If you've played the game, you know all the details, but the basic premise is all there in the trailer. For the music, the lyrics are actually really interesting and they love to tease what the true meaning is of the song. Speculation abounds. You should check out some of Alex Makoula's videos - he does the same thing you do, but analyzing the music. As others have said, there are themes from all the previous expansion interwoven into the music. Regarding the map - Lord of the Rings trilogy used sweeping motions over the map to demonstrate distance and locations. ;)

The trailer was specifically designed for those who actually have played up to a certain point (considered a treat for the players). The map on fire is showing the destruction of the world as we know it. Regarding the two twin elves, the girl is a Red Mage. Red Mages can heal themselves (that's why she says she can take care of herself). I agree, this was not the best trailer, cause it did not tell a story for the "non-player", but to the player...it's epic

The music is a compilation/mashup of all the previous expensions main themes, that is why it is what it is.

I understand you Chris because in fact, this trailer is full a references, as much in the visual as the music. This trailer rassemble many things and especially in his theme, there's a lot of part that, if you listen ell, you notice some short part of other expansion's main theme as for example the Eorzean Lyrics at the Dragoon's arrival. As you said, there's a lot of characters which are doing or saying things that you don't really understand, it is normal because, in fact, this expansion will create a conclusion of many part of the game's story, what the characters are making is showing that the things are moving and getting closer to an End, searching for answers of questions that are asked in game. So, as you say, for a no player it's a bit strange, even meaningless I think, so not surprised that it is not your favourite trailer, largely understandable

It is definitely meant for the people who have played the game, yeah. And as someone who has played the game, this is by far my favorite trailer. I keep finding myself watching it from time to time when I just want to feel some hype. And the few final lines from Emet with the "Past the far edge of fate, ring blades dark and light, towing the coming of the end" gives me mad chills.

I'm perfectly alright with this trailer being for the player base rather than non players. It is the end of an epic story that was earned through years of storytelling. The music also does fit and is absolutely amazing if you have journeyed through the story. It's really like a love letter to FFXIV fans!

It's not the final expansion. It's that this expansion is wrapping up the main story that has started since the beginning.

ngl though, when I saw Vritra and Estinien drop in with Star Diver, I needed to change my pants

This trailer is not for you hehe tis for the people that been playing the game and understand each of those moments and references =)

This is FFXIV's technique each trailer will give you little hints and snippets of the story. It's not for people outside of the player base, because they already know the market for their audience considering they have more then 16million+ players. It's really not needed for them to make a trailer for "new" people that have no clue what this game is suppose to be about. Each trailer you'll notice will always feature the same characters, because each trailer ties together, if you watch all of them together its like a piece of a puzzle being put together. It's a shame that new people or people who've never heard of FFXIV won't understand, but lmao thats what the developers intended to be its not meant to be for anyone besides their fans.

I get what you mean. It's true as compared to the previous expansions the trailers are more of setting up a "new" story, so it felt like you don not need to know what happened previously. Whereas Endwalker is more of setting up the conclusion, so you do need to know what had been going on due to how the scenes jump from one area to another.

I played FFXIV, and played all through the story. Endwalker hit me hard. My emotional rollercoaster didn't stop till the end. Still now, I go to certain zones and I get super emotional cause of the experiences of the amazing story.

I felt like this was less of him reacting and more of him just flexing his muscles and trying to show off his body

This expansion is supposed to be the culmination of everything in the game since it's the ending of the current story arc, with the new story starting in the first patch. The cinematic also speeds along different scenes as it's showing of and playing the music from every expansion, then showing the new stuff, it's a lot to do in one cinematic. But in the end it was made for fans in mind, for people who have experienced the entire story so far, we know all these characters, some of them since the start of the game.

As other people have said. its kinda like watching the Trailer for the Avengers EndGame when you havent seen Avengers Infinity War. Because this trailer follows the events directly after 5.5 in the game which builds up to this. The trailer is designed in a way to think the viewer knows what the current events are in game, and builds off that to gives sneak peeks at whats to come rather than in depth combat. And the shoots exploring the city is to show off what the players will see in the new Zones and what to expect.

Like a lot of people have mentioned, this trailer is definitely made for players that knows about the current events of the game & read the story, but I’d like to add that the trailer also introduces two new jobs (classes) which increases the hype and excitement for this trailer. I personally was overjoyed when I saw that they are finally adding a new healer, Sage (after 6 yrs of the previous healer release). The dps job is also very cool (Reaper)

Really spot on with everything. The other trailers were selling the product to people in general. This one is a love letter to the veterans, down to the song. Which is very well appreciated for the final chapter of our story. The next trailer after this will definitely go back to form since it will be selling a new chapter of a brand new story.

I understand how this felt to you. When I watched it before getting through the current story it felt disjointed and narratively broken. After I have the context though it feels like a many plot threads being pulled towards each other like a mass collapsing in on itself which is exactly what is as Endwalker is the end of a multi year world spanning story.

This isn’t the final expansion, but the trailer you are watching is the final trailer for Endwalker, since the first one came out a few months back. This just reveals a bit more of the story that’s going to be coming up, with minor changes from the first one.

Well Chris, I understand your predicament with the way this trailer was written and animated. I guess it's time to start FFXIV? ;)

8:34 - I agree. It’s definitely tailored to those who have gone through the story as it’s the final arch that started with A Realm Reborn.

So ripped you've blown the collar right off your shirt man.

That scene with the dragon and dragoon you were so stunned by, that "summoning" effect you were talking about was the DRG ultimate ability called Stardiver.

This is not the final expansion in general, it just finishes the story arc from 1.0 to now (Patch 6.0), the next expansion will start a new Story Ark starting from Patch 6.1 or so. Just clarifying that :)

Final note, it’s not the last expansion, just the final part of the first arc

This expansion is the resolution of a storyline that's been on-going for roughly 8 years, ever since the game's reboot and is therefore laden with plot, making it very difficult for an outsider to understand what's happening (as you obv. noticed.) The shortest summary I can provide is the world is literally going to hell in a handbasket and the heroes pictured are doing everything to forestall/combat it. The hooded Asian man is an antagonist, as is the blonde-haired man with the scythe who was actually in the start of the ShB trailer (the man with the broken helmet.) Notably all sections of the trailer are a throwback to the previous expansions including the cinematics, the characters involved in those scenes (note both a dragon and dragoon were pictured in HW's part, fighting together rather than on opposite sides) and the music. (In the third part- "Storm of blood, born from blood of our fallen brothers.") Even the part showing the city by the water is reminiscent of ShB's trailer when it transitioned to the crystal tower. Endwalker's trailer is 100% a review of everything that's happened to remind the player of everything they've overcome. It is absolutely understandable if this didn't give you quite the hype ShB's trailer did. edit: additional note, the twins are some of the very first npcs you ever meet in game (second and third iirc). they were with you when you started your journey and are here with you as you "finish" it, so their part in the trailer, as well as the timing of their appearance, is a throwback to the very start of everything as well.

Though I do like the trailer, the one from Shadowbringers is probably my favorite. That scene towards the end as the warrior of light changes to dark knight and the song just ramping up gives me chills all the time.

So unlike previous expansion trailers, can't really do a ton of explaining the lore and what's happening here. Mostly because this trailers is essentially just setting the stage, as opposed to building upon the story. The track being played is called "Forging Ahead", and it actually is its own track composed of snippets of the other trailer songs from ARR, Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. You probably caught the "storm of blood, born from blood" section. That's a callback to the expansion called, shockingly, "Stormblood". Pay attention to the lyrics though, if you're interested in the story. They almost always foreshadow things in the songs. Story wise, the trailer is showing an apocalypse tier event coming about, that's why the map is on fire, and the heroes from the previous expansions are at their limits just to hold on. Most of these heroes being people we either directly saved, or recruited into our fold. So there's a lot of personal story between us as player and these characters. Even the ones who are decidedly non-heroic are joining us to take on this one. (Shown by the dragon and dragoon, who aren't in our immediate friend-group, but are heroes on their own right.) The "storm of blood, born from blood" section actually cuts in showing two characters that were introduced in that expansion. The guy in the chair with the scythe was the primary antagonist of that expansion, and an openly omnicidal maniac (so Sephiroth-lite). Also two guys we frankly would have been happier if they'd stayed dead. We get a few shots of that city in white marble (Sharlayan), which is where the twins from earlier in the trailer came from. Almost all of your allies in the game are from that city-state, but are essentially living in exile because they refuse to uphold Sharlayan's aggressive non-intervention policy. They're perfectly keen to let the world outside fall apart, because they think they can survive on their own. Y'shtola (the cat lady), being ever the diplomat, decided to tell them personally they could suck it and the Scions (our friends) would be doing everything they could regardless of the city's decisions. Which is worth noting because that guy, is the twins *dad*. Old guy in the Flames of Truth cinematic? That's his father, and the primary inspiration the twins had. By not helping the world, this guy is setting up his own kids to die in a similar fashion. Meanwhile, the guy with red eyes is reading some hidden lore that Sharlayan keeps locked away, hinting that they clearly know more than they're telling us, and it may be part of why they are so dead set on being absolutely useless in the face of the apocalypse. This guy, being essentially our biggest fan and closest ally in-game, learns something, then worries about our well being. Then we get to the frickin' moon. The moon has been prominent in a fair few points of the game, but usually we've only ever seen antagonists up there. Now, we're going there too, so no matter what happens, this conflict between the gods of light and dark is coming to and end. At the end of the very last patch, we get a very prominent shot of the moon, so it's clear it's the central axis on which everything will tilt.

Dude...You always look like either the main Protagonist or Chad Villain. Glad you've kept healthy during quarantine! Great vid

„My favorite FF song is Price of Freedom“ Man why u gotta do me like that.. now i gotta listen to it again and cry for another decade

Urianger: The end draws near... Chris a moment latter: Why the map is on fire...

Does anyone know where he gets the wallpapers for his moniter

The main thing for this one is it was meant to hype those who had finished the last patch of shadowbringers with snippets of possible plot points. That is why it feels lack luster until you get to read the lyrics and realize everything is coming to a climax for the Zodiarc/Hydaelyn ark. And yes the players will be heading to the moon this time.

the mc returning to be the warrior of light is a reference to FF IV when the MC (Cecil), starts as a Dark Knight but then he becomes a Paladin. Also referencing "The End of the Night", which is on purpose the darkest part of the story

The reason it's so story orientated is because Endwalker will be the finale to the current overarching story. Everything from ARR to Shadowbringers has been leading up to this. This does not mean it's the final expansion though, a new story will begin afterwards.

If I claimed that I wasn't waiting anxiously for this one, I'd be a filthy liar.

Getting so hyped up you take a fighting stance with the Dragoon. Now that’s getting stuck in with the trailer! 😆

CHRIS it's TOTALY WORTH THE TRY

“I’ve been waiting for this” - A certain White Haired Boxer.

If you know what has happened up to this point you feel every part of the trailer. The music is so good in the context of what is going on also

One of the reason, for using the map so much is because it's supposed to tease these locations for those who have played the game. Almost like watching a short documentary about where you'll be traveling.

Also while watching your reaction I thought you were going to rip your shirt off and go beast mode at any moment lmao

it totally feels like the start of an anime series intro

Your reaction is understandable, and glad to see you react to this

The HW segment only gets better when you know the lyrics in both Dragonspeak and English. It's a revision of Nidhogg's Song of War from Heavensward. Now Estinien (the Dragoon in the video) named his spear Nidhogg. And there is a LOT of very interesting lore in between. the world is on fire because the world is facing an apocalyptic event.

Endwalker is NOT the last expansion of ffxiv. Its just the end of the hydaelyn and zodiark storyline.

For your information, the bgm's behind each scene is pretty much like the bgm for each expansions it portrays.

It's definitely a departure from their normal cinematics. As a player since 2.0, I can tell you that this was a love letter to players who are up to date on the current story. This is kind of like a "Best hits" remix. Because it has some cinematic value, I thought you might like to know; several of compositions from previous trailers are there (Where you see the dragon/dragoon is Heavensward trailer, and were you see the man in robes in the elevator are Stormblood), which is meant to relay a feeling of connection between the world and story that has been set up in each of those expansions, ultimately culminating in what will be Endwalker's story. I hope this gives a little more insight from a long time player perspective.

10:30 FF7 Crisis Core OST was amazing. Playing that game was when I was like "Okay, if Nobu wants, he can retire. We have found a worthy successor to take up his mantle." Ishimoto was also responsible for the sick OST for FF Type-0. Particularly that amazing opening "What Becomes of Us".

This is something that was made for the fans. The prominent characters are all prominent allies and enemies and for each part, there are remixes of the expansion themes in the music, including some older ones and new ones as well. It's basically a mash-up of themes and characters from the span of the game thus far. And it's not the last expansion, Just the end of a major story arc. From ARR to Heavensawrd to Stormblood and finally Shadowbringers, Endwalker will complete that full arc, and the patch story after will start a new one. And there is still time to jump in and get ready for Endwalker if you wanted to see what the hype is all about!

As a note, when this trailer came out, no one had context for Vrtra. You don't meet him until this expansion, so just hearing the elezen's line has you like, "What did he call him?" But, otherwise, that section is totally fan service as the elezen in question is generally beloved by the community.

“What is going on?” Well, the blond villain with the scythe is living solely for the moment he can face our boy in battle again. The villain with black hair is trying to destroy the world and everyone in it including himself. The dragon and dragoon are working together to try to save the world. The guys in the rainbow city are investigating and found out that the villains are succeeding in their plot. The red-head catboy is sneaking into locked secret archives to try to give us the upper hand in the battle. The cat girl is trying to make the twins’ father feel the slightest bit of shame for not helping them try to save the world. And the twins are helping our boy fight monsters that spawn as a result of the world ending.

where can I get those shirts??

The elf like characters are Brother (the one in blue) and sister (the one in red) though they're said to look very much alike due to being twins, also I think they still might be under age (they were at start at FF14 but the chronology isn't quite clear as to how much time has gone since the start of the game) and aren't full grown (their father is also shown in this trailer). Also that sword is a rapier made from crystal.

Hey yo Chris Redfield, you can take a break from arm day every once in a while. (I'm only joking, lookin' good. keep it up!)

TL;DR: The guy in the red hood and the guy with the scythe want to create the end of the world. The white haired elf in the courtroom is the father of the twins and doesn't want to be involved in the fight. Everyone else wants to stop the end of the world. The moon will be a new area we explore.

The thing you're comparing to the Kingdom Hearts summoning, where you see the purple go up and then go down. That's our resident npc dragoon and the shockwave being left in his wake.

the male and female voice singer intertwine together in the trailer actually represent zodiark for male, and female singers represent hydealan as this expansion will conclude zodiarc vs hydealan arc after almost a decade. also the two 'elves' is a twin.

You're right, there was a dozen story elements tying together with character's we've had with us throughout our journey, Endwalker finishes the story started in ARR and will begin a new journey, but you're right, the Endwalker trailer was very much for the fans, shots revealing new jobs, old characters returning, showing us new spots on the map opening up for us to finally see after hearing about it for three expansions, former enemies working together, even just finding out what weapon Xenos picked out to kill us with(He took a very long time to do that)

"It's like in Game of Thrones - Let's not talk about the ending" I thought Season 4 ended pretty well.

About the map showing: well this is a game not a movie :) But i understand your point.

i love how, as foreign and niche as it may seem, the fact that 14 is a final fantasy game instantly establishes a level of familiarity with everyone (look, a dragoon, a gunblade, those are lalafells) and seeing the demographic scope of final fantasy always shocks and pleases me. what a wonderful franchise that has accumulated such a following.

It’s crazy how they weave in all the previous expansions into the trailer.

Lol i gotta say i never watch react videos but i make and exception for this channel, i love his reactions also is great to hear the point of view on some of my favorite videos from a professional perspective.

The music is this was scattered, because it was remixes of the previous themes

Yoshi-P mentioned a few times that he views FFXIV as his life's work; Endwalker just concludes the current myth arc and the next expansion will begin a new one (he likened it to a day's cycle, with ARR being a new dawn, HW being morning, SB being afternoon, ShB being evening, and END being the night before the new dawn). Edit: Spoiler-free lore recap! The Garlean Empire has been earnestly renewing their war with Eorzea and the Eorzean Alliance's allies, and have done [something] which caused all those monsters to spawn and attack. The Scions are working on means to stem the tide but some potential allies are reluctant at best and the one has openly announced it intends to sit out the apocalypse. We're going to the moon, as well as the other two places shown in the trailer AND the Garlean Empire, where we see the result of [what's been going on] and why all their architecture has taken a turn for the Geigeresque.

finally!! ur back with a new react video of FF

Fun Fact you can do that Dragoon Dive (its called Star Diver) in the game with some build up process before you can use it.

I think I speak for all my Dragoon brothers and sisters (or anyone who's a fan of our handsome Dragoon friend) when I say that we all know to expect a good time (an Estinien moment) whenever Heavensward music starts playing.

That song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 playing the game bro. I wasn't so hyped nor feeling it much when I first saw this trailer, but I've recently hopped back into ARR while there aren't much games releasing on Ps5. Now that I put hundreds of hours in and I know that cool chick more than just a Dissidia character etc. I watched the Endwalker trailer right before I watched this reaction clip, and the music hit my soul lol...

I swear this guy pumps his arms before recording

Admittedly, the Endwalker trailer is heavily for the players who've already completed the current story. For us, it's super hype. Everything that happens in the trailer links back into the story and gives us little hints of things to come, and probably a plethora of red herrings to lead our imaginations astray. Bear in mind, this game has no open beta, and very rarely leaks information on upcoming patches/expansions, so we won't actually know what most of the imagery in the trailer means until November 19th (early access before the 23rd release) at least.

I'm sure somebody already said it in the comments, but this expansion is the last chapter of the Hydaelyn/Zodiark saga.

The devs have said there is more in the pipleine for FFXIV past Endwalker, however this expansion marks the end of a lot of current plotlines that have been building since 2.0 (ARR), there is more to come.

As a player, this trailer was total hype. There's so much going on in various parts of the world and histories which can't be briefly explained, for example, in Heavensward, the dragoon was sword to slaughter dragons and now he's riding eventually a dragon king into battle working together. What! So cool.

Love your reactions. Especially the ones featuring Final Fantasy. Please do a Final Fantasy Dissidia NT Final Battle Cutscene reaction. You'll love it for sure

Correction: It's the final expansion of the current ongoing story arc in FF14, referred to as the 'Hydaelin-Zodiark saga' which has been going since 2013. The game will continue on into the future with a new story arc.

Damn. This guy really beefed up. Look at those vascular biceps!

This trailer is what made me give the game a try. Im now addicted.

Did you really just start this off with a Bear in the Big Blue House reference? I approve

While it's understandable it wouldn't hit as hard if one is not fully into the story up to that point. I guess we can all agree that shot of the Warrior of Light posting in front of the planet followed by the camera twisting upside down while backing up ro show the moon is BEYOND COOL

This is not the last Expansion of the game, it is just the final chaper of the Hydaelyn vs Zodiark story arc.

This is not the End of Final Fantasy 14, but the end of this Ark.

"What is going on?!" (Laughs in player) All of it makes so much sense as a player.

I 100% agree with everything you said, although as a player this trailer is incredibly hype for what it hints at, and the things we see, this was a downgrade as far as cinematography from previous trailers. I think because this one was the end of a major story arc, they chose to emphasize the nostagia and hype (Pieces of all the previous expansion themes were included in this one, for instance) Thankfully this isnt the last one though, just the end of an arc. Hopefully the next arc, they try to catch the audience more with the video alone instead of the lore, as much as I appreciated it as a player.

This is by far my favourite ffxiv Cinematic Trailer! I love the overall scenes, I love the implementation of the world, the music!! And yes, that is all BECAUSE of context! It is a trailer not made for selling newcomers in, it's a trailer just for the fans, for us. I noticed when watching your analysis, that a lot of the scenes are tailored with the idea of "fans are watching this" for exsample the scene at the beginning with the close up: the close up is not only there to reveal the face, but also to wind up the camera to reveal some parts of the armor. In every expansion we get one poster class to respresent the expansion. In Shadowbringers it was Dark Knight. Now it is Paladin. And that is a FFIV Reference. And we expected that beforehand, but we didn't knew that. So they made the face reveal of the Warrior of Light in combination with the camera wind-up to give us hints for a Paladin Armor. And they revealed that in the next scene. Little Bonus: In the camera wind-up you can also see some cloth there. A lot of players, when they were watching that scene blind, guessed that the person is an Ascian (they are sort of the villains in ffxiv). That also ties very well into the question of "What will it be? Warrior of Light Paladin or an Ascian?" That was sort of the lingering question a player with context has in that scene (or at least I had that lol). And the whole trailer is made up of this. Especially the music! The track is basically a rocky, metal-y remix of all the Expansion Themes that came before, to truely give you that feeling of "Yo, the Finale is beginning now!" This is really like the Avengers Endgame for us and I cannot wait for it!

4:54 - Since you asked, that is also an airship of the enemy Empire. Falling upon the smoldering ruins of said Empire. Being overlooked by the genocidal princeling of said Empire.

Yeah... As someone who has played the game a lot this trailer makes me cry even though I've seen it many times for the music

This trailer is for fans that have played the story for sure, Endwalker is ending the story arch that's been going on from the start of the game so it's all story hints and nostalgia, like they played new versions of the musical themes of all the past expansions and like the Shadowbringers trailer, it's a lot of symbolism that is actually hinting at what is going to happen in the story of the expansion. The Shadowbringers trailer for example, basically tells you everything that is going to happen with really blatant symbolism that only makes sense once you've played, so I get how it can be jarring for people for people that don't know what is happening, or the locations(like long time fans freaked out seeing certain locations for example with the map reveals). They really tailored this one to be for existing players.

So I'd live to see your reaction/breakdown of the Fiddlesticks rework trailer. It's so good.

Soken doesn't have to go this hard, but he consistently does... For us.

Hi Chris - its not the last Expansion, the title, Endwalker, is chosen because it is the ending of the Story arc that is told since 10 years. With the first patch it will "end" the story and start a new story arc that will last the next 10? years. Cheers from germany :)

By the way, at 2:36, the protagonist has exactly the same silhouette as the main villains of the game, who wear black robes with hoods. It's a very deliberate image as in the last expansion we learned that their motives are not so different from the protagonists, and they are the heroes of their own people just as the protagonists are of their own.

So, this isn't the final expansion for 14. It's the conclusion of Hyd/Zodi. We're going to get another story after them