ItISLupus: "There are two possibilities, either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. And both are equally terrifying"

-Arthur C. Clarke
sharissara: Elpis finale is the most impactful piece of storytelling I've ever experienced in games or other media. Incredible how they could tie up lore and story all the way from ARR. Epic.
tonymurphy2624: "This FFXIV cutscene MESSED me up.."

In other worldview altering news, electrons have negative charge.

This cutscene messed everyone up.
taldir5228: When quest names turn into lyrics of Answers you know it will be massive
kupocakey: "It's not aliens, is it?"
"Worse, it's *not aliens*""
PetarBladeStrok: Best cutscene in all of gaming... It's not even close for me. Only some other FFXIV cutscenes come close. And that's coming from me, a 32 years old who's an avid gamer since childhood. This cutscene and ShB & EW in general, genuinely had me changing my outlook on life and changed me as a person.
TerenceLight: It’s all fun and games until your empathic bird-probe smacks face first into the Fermi Paradox.
FolsomC: For 12,000 years, Venat fought for humanity, for you. She suffered alone, the world and the other Ascians, her former friends, against her. She endured their scorn and the cries of the people to see them all safe, out of a love she never let go. And not once did it feel cheesy or out of place.
Konradexius: The music track that plays when you reappear into the Ocular is called "Now you know the Truth". I thought it was a nice touch.
NSUSashiel: Or, how one SINGLE MAN destroyed not only his world, but pushed his own people to genocide a massive number of their own surviving kind and 7 other worlds, just because he was depressed.

Hermes did everything wrong
25xxfrostxx: Imagine what it would have been like if the black stuff all over Venat had been red as originally intended before they changed it for T ratings.

An interesting example of their ability to leave small story threads in to pull later: At the end of the crystal tower raids there is a cutscene with Nero standing in front of the canyon near the crystal tower. He had originally been there to look for a previously unknown power source and was using the scanner on his wrist (the same thing he used as a communicator in Praetorium). He said something to the effect of casting aside that path and going his own way, then threw the scanner into the ravine. As he walked away, an echoing Morse code transmission can be heard from the pit as the scene fades out. After translating it, the Morse code said "It's all wrong".
syav4467: Thou must live, die, and know.

Sep 02 2024

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