i am incredibly normal about this ending, my brain chemistry is totally not altered after this expansion (me when i lie)

Forge Ahead :)

Hello fellow emotional vampires. nom nom nom.

When Jesse Cox gets here, he's gonna be eating good.

"Remember us" absolutely DESTROYS me every time. I cannot begin to explain how much I feel for the Ancients and Emet. No character in fiction made me feel like that. Such incredible amount of sorrow & sadness...

I will never tire of watching people react to the climax of Shadowbringers.

I think one of the reasons why G'Raha cries when you reunite with him is because he hasn't heard anyone say his name for over a century.

51:49 Ah, yes. Extended, emotionally-induced tea kettle noises. Those of us who have walked the path before you are very familiar with it. :)

"Take it, we fight as one." always gives me chills no matter how many times I've watched others react to it.

"if you need a push, I'll be right there behind you"

The ugly crying at the end... yep, I can relate. That was also me at the end of 5.0... and 5.3... and basically the last 1/4 of Endwalker... such emotional devastation, it WAS SquareEnix's intention. If you've not made it to the end of Endwalker yet, enjoy the rest of our journey - if you have, enjoy the last few weeks until Dawntrail, fellow Warrior of Light and Darkness/Adventurer.

The ending of 5.0 was my favorite in all the game. I cried soooo hard. But oh man, you're gonna need a box of tissues for 5.3. And you're in for an emotional ride in Endwalker too. Stand tall, my friend

emet-selch is one of the best villains ever written in a FF story imo. He had plenty of times to kill you and your friends during the fight on the purple rocks before the hades fight and he never dealt any serious damage and just sat there goading the whole time. Think he WANTED us ( the players ) to kill and stop him

Emet’s smile gets me every time. So simple yet so powerful.

That moment you appear as an Ancient... My gods it was so gooooooood

10 months? Well, time flows different in the First.

You can see Urianger face down in the sea as the camera zooms out on the party before fading to black

I like to point a few things out because there's SO MUCH to take in through the ending. In Rak Tika, when asked how Emet knows about the mural, he says "Because this is our history. Our story." When you, joined by Ardbert, are engulfed in light, Ardbert tells Emet "This is our future. Our story." Emet's lines at the end are in the trailer, from the gremlin: "Who are you? No one! Nothing!" After you defeat him and Emet asks that you remember them... he's accepting you proved yourself. You're worthy to inherit the star. Because of this, he's standing up straight, no more slouching. The weight is lifted from his shoulders. Someone else noted, yes, Urianger is actually visible floating in the water on the bottom right of the screen at the last second before the scene fades at the beach. And I noticed someone else commented on this, but when Ardbert is walking into the Crystarium to his comrades, his axe is no longer stained. His guilt is washed away. But fear not, the patches are just as emotionally impactful and Endwalker will make you think about your life, purpose, and meaning. So many more emotions ahead!

Just so you know, Crystal Tower raids didn't used to be required. On release, you didn't get the G'raha text options in cutscenes unless you did the raids. Happy they made it a requirement.

Everything from Amaurots reveal onwards hits so incredibly hard...every fucking time. What a beautiful ending, and a game that continues to defy expectations. Shadowbringers is a masterpiece, and I'll never forget it...it really just changes you inside when you come out the other end!

6:00 "Burn bright again, and live." This line always gets me choked up.

Now I eagerly await for you to reach that part in Endwalker.

Every single time the music hits when he holds out his axe I cry. I think I have watched this scene over a hundred times.

only 3 minutes in and i'm already sobbing help

For Emet, there is a great bit of physical story telling as well. Look at his model prior to the fight: he is hunched over, his eyes tired and weighted down. His burden has weighted him down, over and over again. A thousand, thousand life times searching for a a way to bring about the grand design. And he can do naught by try again and again. But after we beat him? Standing straight and tall. His burden unloaded. He is unfettered by his duty, his gaze clear and strong. And all he asks of us is to remember the Aincents.

Even after all of these years having passed since I went through this myself I was in tears with you it is so good that it transcends time and still hurts just as good as the last time I watched these scenes

Please, continue sharing your journey, It makes me revive again the adventure. Thank you for sharing to us your experience. I'll be waiting for the next update.

Why does it feel so good to watch someone suffer as much as I did when I played this extension? God, I can't get enough reaction video about this game man...

Welcome back! Thanks as always for these!

51:50 Is the tea ready?🫖

Far and away the best expansion and best portion of MSQ content. Absolute banger, peak FFXIV.

8:48 Appropriate Y'shtola reaction.

Oh how i love G'raha Tia. It's incredible what they've done with him. I remember playing the game as a kid and quitting after Crystal Tower (cuz of school). I was so ecstatic to see him again when i played again.

So happy to have you back.

Subscribed because of the wall of text on Yshtola capturing my emotions perfectly

Great job on all the little edits here. Made it more enjoyable :) And to think this masterpiece is just another step towards the ending.

ShB’s got the best story and mood I’ve seen in FF series. There I just said it.

I cant believe how much STILL this game grows. Thriving in the MMO scene.

I just finished Endwalker. I was looking at other dlc reactions and i saw this video. I am glad i found this video. Your reactions were so good 🥺

Great video, looking forward to the patch content and beyond!

I'm finding your story during the expansion maintenance. This was SO GOOD!!!! Time to go watch your VODS hehe.

The editing here is top tier, i love it haha.

Final fantasy has it's way of doing this to you.... over...and over... and over again... It's an amazing and rough ride, and you havent seen anything yet :)

The feels are strong with this one

What a well edited video!! 👏 So glad YT recommended this video to me. I think an alternate title to the "remember us" section could have been "the part where everyone was screaming and crying" 😂

hey, you know we're here for it when you do upload 🙏 take your time, do your thing, and we'll be here when it drops 💪

All the previous expansions were mostly about you filling in the gaps of other people's stories Shadowbringers, however, stood tall as YOUR story, and everyone else that got you to this point in your story The Warrior of Light and Darkness both

Best expansion ever. It rivals even the single player games imho. This will go down as one of the most special Final Fantasy experiences I ever had, and I've played them all. Here I am again, in a puddle of my own tears smiling.

About the beginning of the video Just take your time Though we want to see these VODs of course As long as you keep at your pace, everything is good Hope you're doing well ^^ And about Feelsbringers I MISS EMET SO FVCKING MUCH OOOOOH MY GOSH

Remember,....remember us. Remember that we once lived. Those words always hit me as he speaks for his entire race now gone. So glad you enjoyed it.

oooooooh I cannot wait to see you on the patchs...

You're so real for this. Every time a new scene would start I'd already be in tears like "aw shit here we go again."

51:43 That's the sound my tea kettle makes when my tea is done.

I can't wait for the patch 5.3 reaction

Just wait until 5.3 quests. Prepare for tears :'D

This was an absolute joy to watch! I watched this during the 48 hour maintenance before Dawntrail launch because, well, what else is there to do at the moment, right? I am so glad the algorithm served this up to me, and I am so much looking forward to watching the rest of your journey, even if it is another 10 months before you get around to editing and uploading it! You've earned a new subscriber so that I don't miss out, and happy Dawntrail launch to all!

I will never tire of seeing people go through Shadowbringers for the first time. It remains as awesome to see again as the first time I got this far.

OOOOH BABY, THE TRAUMA TRAIN AIN'T STOPPING ANYTIME SOON

It's ok, I've been waiting for this XD

This is the most wholesome reaction I've seen to SHB's ending. Forge on, warrior! :D

My favourite past time of watching people finish Shadowbringers. I am so happy I found someone who cried as much as me 😢

Shadowbringers is peak fiction to me. Not just FF, Fiction in general. I don't think anything else will ever feel as good as it did when I was playing through it.

Did you notice @Rhelaza... Emet wasn't slouching anymore at the end. He no longer carried the weight of the hopes of his people, you freed him from that burden.

RHELAZA UPLOAD (pogging)

'tis good to be awake... Always gets me. Crying like Niagara falls, Everytime 😭

I feel the energy flowing through me. Oh, the feeding has begun my friends. Another sacrifice to the primal of Tears, Ishikawa.

god i cried with her at the 52 minute mark

I see a SHB reaction video, I *always* have to watch it.😭

Not sure if you noticed his axe is no longer bloodied at the end...take that as you will.

52:50 Dunno if anyone have pointed it out, but it's implied that this boy is the reincarnated soul of Ardbert. That's why they focus on him there and why they look so alike.

This is peak shadowbringers

in other words Emet-Selch saved you from being turned into a forsaken, he was never evil... he is , was and always a true friend

Also when Emet says "Let us cast aside titles and pretense" his is the only trial where it just says the name, Hades, without any other descriptor.

“I’m feeling so much!” -every FFXIV player.

Omg, we vampires are eating good on this one, thanks for the reaction 🫂

Awesome reaction! Ardbert besto Hero! 🪓

Ah FeelsBringers, what a nostalgia xD

We cried with you 🥲

Just when I think I'm all done crying over Shadowbringers, another one of these pops up in my feed. I am also very normal about Shadowbringers.

Oh, bless. Stand tall, my friend. Thank you for the upload and thank you KZfaq for sending me here! I always love a good cryfest with people checking out this game! Enjoy 5.x and Endwalker! ;)

I cannot WAIT for you to get into Endwalker now. :)

You look soo much like the girl that used to do our dog training! I remember telling her how much I loved ff14 and that she should try it out because she liked final fantasy! Hope she did give it a chance! And glad you’re loving the game so much!

wanna know smth fucked up? yknow how emet has gamer posture and is constantly slouching? yeah when you kill him, that's the first time we see him standing up with a correct posture. almost like his death relieved him of a weight on his shoulders in a sense

Seeing Emet in Aumarot, reminds me of the time he used Our Cat boy as a skateboard :') good times

19:45 i remember in this part saying something different, similar to what haurchefant said at the end of heavensward

34:52 Emet, for a few seconds seeing his best friend once again.

I never realised Feo Ul is almost as tall as a Lalafell XD

Honestly, extremely reasonable response to the end of this masterpiece.

wing dings best choice

shadowbringers ending breaks all the coolest people, it's ok (i love videos like this because i reacted JUST LIKE YOU and like everybody else who turned into a sobbing mess at 5.0. just wait until 5.3!)

I can't waiting for Endwalker MSQ reactions😁

yup there we go that’s it my night is booked mmhm yup

You will enjoy EndWalker, I’m working on finishing it, but been told EW brought the same excellent story writing as SHB if not more

Oh man I'm here for the ride through EW.

I'll never gonna get over how insanely good ShB is mad hoiw emotional i got with the entire story. Also, i forgot how soul crushing was seeign Ardbert at the end reuniting with his old party, I was emotional exhausted and didn't knew why Emet dead destroy me but i was OK until that scene.... That part destroy me with ugly tears. I wish with the graphic update this also get changed so i can relieve everything one more time with better graphics.

The teapot ending is pretty relatable not gonna lie still nom nom nom emotionally vampiring

50:09 "I feel so happy and sad...my heart hurts." That's called "doing it right."

I like your fashion and the way you play the game

"So no matter how long it takes or how much it hurts, you can count on me to keep on walking" to the end one might say. ~

This entire video is just anxiety noises lol