32 thoughts on “The ENDWALKER Trial that made me CRY…”
This game is Beautiful.
It has moved me in ways that I can't explain with words. It's so intimate. With each character you feel the real people behind them, exploring the very meaning of life, exploring the concept of growing older and past your parents, death, loss, sacrifice. Yet it never really feels like a fictional story, because it's not. At it's core, it takes a deep look into the darkest and brightest corners of life itself, putting you in the drivers seat rather than an established main character. It draws parallels to the events of life none of us can escape, and all of us can intimately feel deep down. Love, Death, Joy, Pain. It's incredible a game can make me feel so vividly, and only one so masterfully crafted with love could do that.
I'm not the kind of person who gets attached to media, I usually see through a lot of the businessy stuff and just tend to enjoy things for what they are, but every now and then something comes along that is artistically deeper. Something that speaks to my soul. I can count on one hand the amount of times this has happened to me. This is one of those times.
I have made the decision to let this game seep into my life on a deep level. It has become a part of me, and that has made the experience all the more profound.
To have spent these past months/years playing this game has been a blessing. I truly truly needed it when I found it.
And even all that doesnt do it justice. So, let us walk forward unto the end 🙂
I want a dungeon where we take Hien, Yugiri and Gosestu to hunt down Asahi’s rotten ass soul and expunge it entirely from the planet. I want that twisted special snowflake gone completely.
Warning: Spoilers for Heavesward, but I don't think you should worry if you're already watching videos of Endwalker. Still, due diligence.
Within my personal life, I've considered myself to be the toughest person I know, emotionally. So imagine my disbelief when I was pushed to the limit with this game's story. It first happened a few times in HW, with the deaths of both Haurchefaunt and Lady Iceheart. Up until then, I only let my eyes sting, but resisted the tears, for they seemed unnecessary "for a video game". There were a few other moments like that along the way, but none of them hit as hard as EW. It wrecked me, and I silently cried for several minutes for every emotional scene. From the death of Venat, to what happened at the end of the expansion(don't want to chance spoiling Pint, so I'll keep it vague), I realized that the story is in actuality an experience; and there is no reason I should not cry. It more than well deserved it.
From that point on, I decided that I should take a page out of this story and adopt some of it's taught values into my own life. Needless to say, I developed as a person as a result; in a way that I am happy with. I would probably be in a mire of monotony and meloncholy if it wasn't for this game, and I am both glad and grateful for its existence, and for it to happen to land on my lap.
Deepest thanks to SQEX and the FFXIV team for giving us, the world, a gift we probably didn't deserve, but definitely needed.
The way these artful creators allowed players the agency to truly be the Warrior of Light is absolutely masterful. Watching a fellow player on their journey is like an ancient watching a fellow Amaurotine finish their great work and return to the star. It is always beautiful. <3
I love that during Hydaelyn's big attack with the crystals, in the midst of the blinding light her silhouette looks like her image in the Qitana cave mural of her striking Zodiark. She hits you with a mini Sundering.
I remember the lvl 89 trial destroyed me in ways no other game has been able to, I stopped playing for over a week and after that I did not continue the MSQ until I felt better about what I had to do.
Hydaline had been dying since Ultima was cast at the end of ARR. Minfilia's sacrifice prolonged her survival for a time but her death was inevitable. This trial was the last bit of her remaining power, used to test whether mankind was up to the challenge to take on Mieteon. If not mankind should flee although even fleeing would be another temporary folly since there was nowhere to run to and thus dispair would have taken mankind eventually. This trial was her putting her trust in you, that you might be able to find the better path.
I lost my dog, Honey. Yesterday. She had to be euthanized and I watched the light leave her little eyes. I was, am, destroyed. But this game has taught me that all her love, all her memories, everything that is her, is with me. And to not move forward would be doing her a grave injustice. I must Forge Ahead. For my baby. For my mother, my father, my sister. For myself. That's what this game has taught me.
Had to take a break from this game after EW's ending lol, it's just so impactful in so many ways. This is probably the first game in a while that made me so fulfilled but also empty after finishing it… Some people hated Endwalker with a passion and i'm just thankful that i'm on the opposite end of that opinion. FFXIV was a great journey through and through.
This game is Beautiful.
It has moved me in ways that I can't explain with words. It's so intimate. With each character you feel the real people behind them, exploring the very meaning of life, exploring the concept of growing older and past your parents, death, loss, sacrifice. Yet it never really feels like a fictional story, because it's not. At it's core, it takes a deep look into the darkest and brightest corners of life itself, putting you in the drivers seat rather than an established main character. It draws parallels to the events of life none of us can escape, and all of us can intimately feel deep down. Love, Death, Joy, Pain. It's incredible a game can make me feel so vividly, and only one so masterfully crafted with love could do that.
I'm not the kind of person who gets attached to media, I usually see through a lot of the businessy stuff and just tend to enjoy things for what they are, but every now and then something comes along that is artistically deeper. Something that speaks to my soul. I can count on one hand the amount of times this has happened to me. This is one of those times.
I have made the decision to let this game seep into my life on a deep level. It has become a part of me, and that has made the experience all the more profound.
To have spent these past months/years playing this game has been a blessing. I truly truly needed it when I found it.
And even all that doesnt do it justice.
So, let us walk forward unto the end 🙂
吉田直樹さま、どうか我が愛しきフェオウルのペットを作ってください
Pint より
I want a dungeon where we take Hien, Yugiri and Gosestu to hunt down Asahi’s rotten ass soul and expunge it entirely from the planet. I want that twisted special snowflake gone completely.
Warning: Spoilers for Heavesward, but I don't think you should worry if you're already watching videos of Endwalker. Still, due diligence.
Within my personal life, I've considered myself to be the toughest person I know, emotionally. So imagine my disbelief when I was pushed to the limit with this game's story. It first happened a few times in HW, with the deaths of both Haurchefaunt and Lady Iceheart. Up until then, I only let my eyes sting, but resisted the tears, for they seemed unnecessary "for a video game". There were a few other moments like that along the way, but none of them hit as hard as EW. It wrecked me, and I silently cried for several minutes for every emotional scene. From the death of Venat, to what happened at the end of the expansion(don't want to chance spoiling Pint, so I'll keep it vague), I realized that the story is in actuality an experience; and there is no reason I should not cry. It more than well deserved it.
From that point on, I decided that I should take a page out of this story and adopt some of it's taught values into my own life. Needless to say, I developed as a person as a result; in a way that I am happy with. I would probably be in a mire of monotony and meloncholy if it wasn't for this game, and I am both glad and grateful for its existence, and for it to happen to land on my lap.
Deepest thanks to SQEX and the FFXIV team for giving us, the world, a gift we probably didn't deserve, but definitely needed.
I love how they developed the technology for hugs and then made me cry, the audacity of this game.
The way these artful creators allowed players the agency to truly be the Warrior of Light is absolutely masterful. Watching a fellow player on their journey is like an ancient watching a fellow Amaurotine finish their great work and return to the star. It is always beautiful. <3
2:57:35 fun fact: Y'Shtola never fails a mechanics, thanks to her aetheric vision.
the next zone is going to kill this man
We all needed this game.
Man. The "Trust" actually betray Pint
I love that during Hydaelyn's big attack with the crystals, in the midst of the blinding light her silhouette looks like her image in the Qitana cave mural of her striking Zodiark. She hits you with a mini Sundering.
This part of EW and the Mount Gulg stuff in ShB drove me absolutely nuts because of the looping BGM. Never want to hear those tracks again.
Next strem when strumer? PeepoMad
When flow hits talking to her, its too much to bear, i creid so much, thanks pint for letting me enjoy this once again through your playthrough <3
I hope someone would tell Pint that the next is not gonna fit in 7hrs. It's more like 12hrs…
I still believe that this fight wasn’t necessary, i mean the WoL has to prove… to prove what ??? After all these years and all adventures ???
Pint is THAT ranged player who expects the party to move out of melee range for a stack marker, and the scions had to teach him a lesson
"reading is cringe…" is also playing ff14… hmmm sussy baka
Hardcast Flare. Shame on you. 😉
Honestly, i wouldnt be that much surprised to meet Asahi in the future again.
Listening to Flow before this scene: "Man what a cool uplifting fun song."
Listening to Flow after this scene: uncontrollable sobbing
I remember the lvl 89 trial destroyed me in ways no other game has been able to, I stopped playing for over a week and after that I did not continue the MSQ until I felt better about what I had to do.
Venat is tired. time to let her rest
As a 35 year old, 22 feels like it really wasn't that long ago. It goes so much faster than you think. Enjoy it!
One the most powerful RPG scene in a decade no doubt.
3:03:52 A literal Trust Issue.
Ishikawa, The Primal of Tears, claims another one as her own.
20,000 hrs of Black Mage when? Lol I’m glad ur enjoying the journey pint and may it never end
Tears, nothing but tears were shed.
Hydaline had been dying since Ultima was cast at the end of ARR. Minfilia's sacrifice prolonged her survival for a time but her death was inevitable. This trial was the last bit of her remaining power, used to test whether mankind was up to the challenge to take on Mieteon. If not mankind should flee although even fleeing would be another temporary folly since there was nowhere to run to and thus dispair would have taken mankind eventually. This trial was her putting her trust in you, that you might be able to find the better path.
Hey Pint, been watching your vods since Shadowbringers. Thanks for taking me back through the story. It’s a hell of a ride.
I lost my dog, Honey. Yesterday. She had to be euthanized and I watched the light leave her little eyes. I was, am, destroyed. But this game has taught me that all her love, all her memories, everything that is her, is with me. And to not move forward would be doing her a grave injustice. I must Forge Ahead. For my baby. For my mother, my father, my sister. For myself. That's what this game has taught me.
Had to take a break from this game after EW's ending lol, it's just so impactful in so many ways.
This is probably the first game in a while that made me so fulfilled but also empty after finishing it… Some people hated Endwalker with a passion and i'm just thankful that i'm on the opposite end of that opinion. FFXIV was a great journey through and through.