Well now Noctis's final confrontation with him makes sense. He's not putting down a twisted family member fueled with spite and malice, he's giving peace to a member of a family who was wronged in the worse way imaginable. You deserved better, Ardyn.

**casually lifts arm** "Is he dead?" Kills me everytime.

Somnus: “...just envious, perhaps.” Me: Perhaps?! Ardyn: “ ”Perhaps”? ” Me: You tell him Ardyn!

Imagine raising a whole kingdom out of nothing, and then being brought back from the dead 2000 years later just so you can get your ass whooped to a remix of your own theme song

"I understood:... That a sinner could not be allowed to sit the throne!" Well Somnus, that pretty well rules you out.

Aka When your most popular character is the Villain

You can say many things about FF XV, a bad soundtrack is not one of them

The way he said "Until you stole it from me. You ripped it from my arms!" hit me emotionally.

Top ten most satisfying beat downs

This is like an opposite version of the Dante vs Fruit powered Urizen .

too bad that the director has resigned, and the dlc is cancelled. . . now we'll never see the closure of this tale, where noctis and ardyn go hand in hand defeat the real villain. . . the "gods" who play them like a pawn in a chessboard. . .

I love how Ardyn says "Let the game begin", and Somnus replies with "This is no beginning - only the end." just like how when Ardyn said that to Noctis, he replied with "No. Now they end."

5:09 - “Lies, Fairytales, and Fallacies - ALL OF IT!” Not sure why, but this line stands out to me. A part of me wants to use it in general conversation someday.

Somnus begs for Ardyn's understanding, but he never once tried to empathize with his brother. He tried to kill Ardyn, accidentally murdering the Oracle, stole his throne and sentenced him to millennia of darkness and suffering... and Somnus thinks HE'S the victim here?! He got everything and never paid for his crimes. He built a nation and a myth out of blood, lies and got to rest in peace.

Somnus justified his greed and envy with saving their "people". He truly commited treason, killing both his brother and The Oracle. Somnus is the true monster. It's a pity we didn't get Ardyn corrupting Somnus to a point of no return. That would be satisfying.

This is what makes FFXV great! We have two characters: Noctis and Ardyn. Both can be the Hero of the story or the villain. It changes the way we view things when we play the game again.

Somnus is so pathetic. He tried to win the moral race at the end, asking to be understand and for the greater good. But he was envious.

In the end, even Somnus was a victim of fate... The astrals are the true villans of the story.

"Just envious" >>>> exactly what led to all of these mishaps dude...

I feel really sorry for Ardyn as a character. He's a villain, yeah, and he causes a lot of pain and destruction on his quest. But I honestly can't even hate him for it. As human beings, we can't even imagine what it would be like to be subjected to 2,000 years of torment, and after being betrayed by those close to us, no less. I don't think you could expect a person to come out of that and NOT be as bitter and hateful as Ardyn. The poor guy deserved a rest. There's only so much a person can take before they break, and he far-exceeded that point, I'm sure. As a side note, I really love how Ardyn and Somnus have this heartbreaking conversation while they're wailing on each other. I feel like it humanizes them --- reminds us at the end of the day, they're still brothers and part reason Ardyn is so hurt and embittered is BECAUSE of that fact. It's the people we love the most who have the power to hurt us the most, and this battle really shows what a rich and complicated history they have together.

Ardyn and Somnus story has me partially think of Cain and Abel, when Cain became jealous of his sibling and chose to kill him for that reason. If only the writers had Ardyn try to tell his story to the world of what Somnus did while also fulfilling his predestined fate, I think that would be interesting to see how other characters would react of knowing the truth.

It's a sick fight. Two brothers united after about 2000 years, fighting and having an argument.

I completely agree and side with Ardyn on this. Nothing worse than the "light" pretending to be good and the righteous one while truthfully being downright evil the whole time. In FFXV, the Lucius Caelum line is Chaotic Good, while Ardyn is Lawful Evil.

As I keep watching bits of the episodes and the main story, I start to really understand ardyn, like his intent and what he wanted, why he did what he did, and why he was fulfilling fate, he’s not a villain to me, he’s just a man with nothing left to loose in life, it was all stolen from him

Somnus rocking them heels like a huge, metal drag queen.

I love the BGM here so much, Somnus and Ardyn's melodies are intertwined, Yoko Shimomura is definitely the god.

First i thought ardyn is evil villain. Now, i think he could be great anti hero.

4:18 The bastard even stole Squall's Blasting Zone Limit Break!

Ifrit is a badass summon

FF XV maybe an flawed game but you gotta admit,it got some nice OST.

0:21 Can you please summon my brother Can you please summon my brother Can you please summon my brother Can you please summon my brother Can you please summon my brother

It's funny seeing Ardyn fighting a giant knight, I bet from far away it would look like a giant knight trying to swat a fly.

Honestly, the astrals are the real villains here. What they did to Ardyn is unforgivable which in turn set all the events in motion.

When the Villain actually has more good and justified intentions than the supposed Gods of the Universe. That is Arydn and that is the terrible truth of the Final Fantasy universe. Throw everyrhing out the window because those you fought to reinstate their rule, were the ones that were truly meant to be dethroned for the greater good.

This was the most hilarious boss fight ever Ardyn trash talking his scared little brother 😂😂

Somnus was truly a terrible brother and a hater. Literally destroyed his brother's life, killed his fiancée, and to add insult to injury forced him to go by another name and erase him from existence and he's playing surprised Pikachu he has all that hatred and pent up immense power.

2:55 omg the music

When the antagonist is really the protagonist.

Ardyn would have been a great protagonist than noctis. Its about time final fantasy introduce its firts anti hero protagonist

I was really expecting to beat the shit out of Somnus in his human form, but i guess this is not bad.

Ardyn shouldave been the protagonist from the start dude.

Somnus: I ask not for your forgiveness, but I do ask for your understanding. Ardyn: Understand the bottom of my boot. *destroys entire Kingdom and ends their lineage*

When you got one mistake in your mathematics test and you thought you got the highest score but someone got a perfect score Me: "Oh here I thought I was the blessed one, but it was you all along"

“Fate is a lie that is told by the gods” is a good representation of ffxv

4:26 EX-CALIBURRRRRR!

Sommnus was doing his part like the gods said but he definitely enjoying it he showed no regret and even sounded happy when killing that girl He taunts you and hates on you for the whole fight but at the end he goes I was jealous but then said he was doing what he had too. Its hard to tell if he was evil, good, neutral or used by Bahamut

So cool this fight !

I love Ardyn and so glad he got his retribution on Somnus. FFXV lacked this episode so much - I mean.. this should have simply been FFXV and expanded into a more detailed story arc.

Still so salty we didn't get the lunafreya dlc where we could actually gang up againdt bahumet and get a satisfactory ending. Fuck the novel I wanna see it visually in the game like we were supposed too, I feel so robbed.

God damn i just love the finishing blow Ardyn does

I don’t see Somnus as a villain. I see him as a poor misguided tool to be used by the gods bidding. He was tricked into doing what he did so the Bahamut’s plan can go into fruition.

Oh hey, it's the dude from the Audi R8 Star of Lucis commercial.

I feel like the astral gods are basically Square Enix trying to set up the FFXV story by telling Somnus and Ardyn what to do. Square Enix: *Ardyn is blessed and should be king* *Somnus is commanded to kill Ardyn and become king instead* *Ardyn is bad guy and should be spreading darkness*

Both Somnus and Ardyn did terrible things, and Somnus could technically be counted as an antagonist, but I like to believe that the real big bad villain of FFXV is Bahamut. Somnus and Ardyn were victims. Their fates weren’t exactly their own :< Also, (based on how I understand the events that happened), FFXV is basically just an entertainment/puppet show for bahamut :// With the whole “everything in this world is pre-ordained.”

he came with "brother" and ends with the same word

I really wished Ardyn would have had the pleasure of following through with His vengeance. To eradicate all of Somnus descendants, to utterly destroy the kingdom of Lucis and forcing his brother to watch as everything he and his descendants built getting turned to ash, thus ruining the gods' o so grand design. No kidding I was really rooting for this dude.

It sucks that FFVX's True Ending is locked behind an expensive novel.

“until you stole it from me, you ripped it from my arms..”

Somnus: Please brother, return to the darkness whence you came. Ansem: I feel a disturbance in the force

Somnus is so evil.....I feel so bad for ardyn. He had to kill his own brother!

imagine watching this without the soundtrack :o

Sommnus is the very definition of an S.O.B.

4:19 me when I get the storm ruler in demon souls

Ifrit`s Hellfire Me: Team Ifrit! Love it! Replaying the moment the word Hellfire appears and he raises his hand in flame.

The song at the end reminds me of Struggle’s End in kingsglaive

Somnus: "I dare not ask your forgiveness, but I do ask your understanding". Yeah, not In a million years. U still is the most vile person in the entire FF series.

A true FINAL FANTASY. Becuase its endings were left to the fans fantasies 😢😢😢

1:30 me walking into my brothers room at 4am

Ardyn deserves his own games

i played this game before and forgot it exist till i saw this video.

You know, Ardyn is not an totally maniac villain. With me, he is just simply a man who seek what should have belonged to him, and vengeance for the girl he love most. The true purpose of Ardyn is not “World Destruction”; but to end Lucis bloodline, a mere pawn of the god. But what will happen if Somnus and Ardyn join forces, rule together; will that make the future changes? Ardyn can see truth in everything and everyone, he can control darkness and evil in him and can balanced it .He will guide mankind into the age that human is no longer a pawn to the god. He will change the whole Lucis and maybe become the guider of Lucis. But so shame for a bright future...

He did Ardyn so dirty, I don't even think he's really a bad guy.

Nice

The background muscis tho... transfers from ardyn's theme to somnus 2:16 to 2:31

In this game your where neither good nor bad simply a pawn for the cowardly gods above. Who felt that curing the star scourge was beneath them. So the left it as it was until it became a mild annoyance to them. So they tricked us lowly mortals into a game that we knew not we were apart of. And Ardyn, well he was a pawn that would not be controlled by others will. So he did what only he could do, and strengthen the scourge. He infected many spreading the deamon curse far and wide, even finding the long banished infernion frozen in a deep sleep. He awakens the god and forced him under his thrall, by infecting it too. Yet this was not enough to force the rest of the pantheon onto the board. He had to go further, but first he had to confront the result of his suffering. The kingdom of his brother. He fought and killed on in his wake till he faced his brother. Even he fell before his wrath, and on his knees he pleaded understanding all while justifying his own evil against his Ardyn . "It wasn't my fault, it was the will of the gods calling" before vanishing with hollow words of his wishes of repose for his ardyn. The gods descend but for a moment only to laugh at Ardyn pain. "This my will", the will of behamot your destiny is to die by the kings hands to free the world of your curse". "Why would you need us mortals if your so powerfu"l cried Ardyn surely you had the power to destroy the scourge long before me. Well folks it was a simple answer and not one you likely enjoy. It is beneath us to interfere with the matter of mortals. It is the gods who shape your destiny and life you have no right to question our choices. From that the answer was clear for Ardyn. They could have saved millions of lives but choose instead to allow this mess to be cleaned up my men alone. So Ardyn rejected his fate and turned his blade against Behamot. Angered he summons the spirit of Ardyn lover and forces her to torture Ardyn until he submits. Eventually behamot losses interest and sends him back to his tomb. Ardyn filled with hate and wrath exits his cave vowing to destroy the world to break the game board if it ment destroying the gods themselves. His final acts laid bare over the next decade or so. Wars and strife in constant waves, the spread of beasts and deamons across the land, and his greatest work the manipulation of a Empire to build weapons in his image. "His god killers" who would pull the gods from the heavens and smite them.

Really well-made fights and plot. It's a shame the rest of these episodes and the alternative ending will continue just as a novel. At least, we do get to see it come to life before they move on to another FF I guess

The storyline of FF15 is one of the best out of any FF that most people dont even know the half of because they tried to monetize every single aspect of the game so heavily. Had to watch kingsguard and the shitty 4 episode anime they put out just to see the introduction of the game smh 🤦‍♂️

This battle is way better than the Leviathan and adamantoise

Ardyn feels like a bloodborne character.

It really does sound like "Zelda's lullaby" around 4:37 and onward.

The game looks good but the dialogue started to feel awkward when Somnus began to have this lousy pity party for himself...

Awesome

Ardyn transformed into a daemon, and after lamenting his brother had truly become the monster he had made him out to be, Somnus attacked him alongside his sworn shield Gilgamesh. Ardyn sought confirmation on the gods' choice from the Crystal, but was thrown back as the Stone rejected him as unworthy.

If Ardyn just went after the people that was responsible for what happened to him I would have 100% took his side.

1:04 is he dead? 😂😂😂

I want that battle theme

Sooo the gods told Somnus to set Ardyn up??? S e r i o u s l y?

Sooo i only just realized that Somnus is wearing heels ahaha

"Can you please summon my brother"

Oh my god, Somnus is massive.

Nice #indiangamingmaster

Ardyn was one of the baddest villians made in these games.

Sorry I'm usually team hero but gotta side with ardyn on this one y'all screwed him over and the gods as well soooooooo he right to kill his family not the noct but his brother understanding my ass I would have slap him around some more

Only two bosses? Wasn't in thd trailers a fight against the rogue amd the fierce and ifrit?

They could have given Ifrit a more cinematic Hellfire...a shame.

So Regis had alzheimer... He can't remember Ardyn in Kingslave

4:18 is that Squall's Blasting Zone Limit Break?

Why does Somnus look like a Fire emblem character

If they made the true ending to FFXV,where Ardyn is the ally to everyone. Do they defeat Bahamut

That moment when Ifrit casts Hellfire