My 2021 Game of the Year
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Talking a bit about my favorite game of 2021 to close out the year (even though it's actually a day late sorry lmao)
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I have committed myself to making big videos on every expansion of 14, so rest assured, one day you will get my in-depth thoughts on this video game whether you like it or not.
I'm delighted by this
but hey man I just wanted to say I think it's really important you not overload yourself or stick yourself with rigid rules and goals-generally speaking you're gonna have a much harder time saying "I will only do videos that I'm absolutely pouring my everything into" and maybe disappointing yourself
than just going with what your life looks like at any moment. I'm not trying to discourage you in any way. I'm saying I, at least, and most likely many others are here for all of the content you put out, whether it's got everything you could possibly provide or it's a quick 12 min vid on your GotY. Do what comes naturally and take care of yourself. We love you homie
Hell yeah man, i can't wait
@@velvetfont_ ... what the fuck bro lol
@@velvetfont_ Do you know what an existential crisis is?
What was it about 14 that made you want to try your best? I've been in a lull myself, my life is great & comfortable but I feel it has become stagnant, I don't have any motivation to really go out there and "live". Would love to hear your thoughts on how you finally broke out of your existential prison.
I just wanted to say that while 2021 wasn’t too terrible of a year for me, Endwalker also hit me in ways that made me realize I had some stuff to sort out and deal with. I applaud you wanting to push for greater heights but also want to say that in no way did I feel like your videos weren’t delivering. You’ve always had a tight script and meaningfully long videos that I enjoy and rewatch regularly.
I can relate so hard to the sentiments of stagnation and feeling like having had fun isn't enough at the end of it. 2021 was such a nothing year, it was one where basically every single day bled into the next.
I did, however, really relate to your sentiments about some games just appealing to base urges. I feel the same with roguelikes. The feeling of starting from scratch and becoming something else is cathartic I suppose.
Great video KingK, hope you have an awesome 2022.
Surprisingly this was my GOTY as well, and I’ve not even made it to Stormblood yet, nor am I an MMO guy, but ARR and HW blew me away. I lost my job this past summer and found the game during my time off, and then when I later got a job, the consistency of being able to come home from a stressful day at work and run a dungeon, mess around in the Gold Saucer, look for armor on the market board or just goof around with FC members was so great to have. Ended up spending 300 hours in the game and I still have 3 full expansions to play, which is just nuts. I never in a million years would have thought that FFXIV would ever be my GOTY but it really is something special.
Enjoy!
My experience is shockingly similar to yours but I was lured by the expanded free trial and decided to give it a chance
im sorry but how can you say you dont like MMOs but this is your goty?? this is literally the most repetitive and boring MMO experience ive ever had and i play WoW...
@@IAmWhiteEagle I’ve never been an MMO guy but that doesn’t mean the whole genre wasn’t for me, just that I hadn’t put the time in to get invested in one before. MMOs are traditionally known as a genre where you have to push through the beginning bits to get to the good stuff and that had always been the roadblock for me, but the combination of FFXIV’s intriguing story and the massive positive reception of the community helped me keep playing until I came to enjoy it myself.
That latter part especially cannot be understated, take WoW as the alternative: for the last 4 years or so all I have heard from WoW players is how bad the game is now and how much better it used to be, so why would I put in the time to keep playing it and understand its systems when it seems like even its long-term players don’t enjoy it anymore?
The last thing I would say is that I think FFXIV does an amazing job at introducing players to multiplayer content, I played a bit of SWTOR several years ago but never got into it much because I just wanted to play by myself and not interact with anyone. On the flip side, dungeons and trials are some of my favorite content in FFXIV and I’ve become part of an active FC where I have spent several hours just goofing off with them instead of doing what I planned solo. I got into XIV expecting to just run through the story as if it was a single player RPG and instead ended up really loving the community aspect. That goes a long way.
@@IAmWhiteEagle As I am very similar I also feel a need to answer your query.
I just plain like Final Fantasy and I wanted to see what the noise was all about. I really actually don't like MMOs. They're boring and yes, very often repetitive. However, and this is the lynchpin of my personal reasoning, I think the story is really good! A Realm Reborn is a interesting and carefully laid story. The MMO parts mainly arise from duty finding and everything else that is littered around the world to distract you should you want a break from the Main Scenario, which is a good practice; afterall we all like interesting side quests and there's an abundance of interesting and fun ones to find.
However as many will also tell you just like KingK (and NeverKnowsBest) has, the story is the main dish and I can agree as I've finished ALL of the free trial Main Scenario (end of Heavensward) and think it's a well worthy Final Fantasy game.
Do I think it's perfect? Hell no, it's a MMO with MMO shit in there I don't like. I don't like tab targeting, I don't like being forced into a duty, I don't like the Crystal Tower, I don't like slow mount speed until the game says you're good to fly, and I don't like the Taru Tarus (as amusing as they are they destroy any tension in a scene for me. Except Queen Taru Taru and Sidekick Secretary Taru Taru. They are both play their respective roles well and size doesn't stop their impact....as it shouldn't because they are main characters), I don't like optional daily quests, and I can just keep going on things l dislike because there's a lot. The important point is that the story and characters have engaged and endeared themselves to me, the community has been good to me, I like seeing interesting sights, and there's plenty more I could name that I like. That's just how it is.
Hopefully that suffices as an answer
"Did you find... fulfillment?", when I got asked this thing at a very specific moment on EW, with all those back memories from all my journey on FFXIV, it felt so personal, so unique as a video game moment, as I was thinking at all those 8 years of playing FFXIV regulary, It's litteraly something I can say that it was a part in my life, accompagnied me from a time I was in deep depression and lost at 18y old, spending my days on ARR Mor Dhona, meeting another people, seeing them creating communities and organising stuff I was happy to be a part of, but also burning my time trying to achieve some raids for the sake of geeting this sense of "fulfillment" from those few seconds of calm after killing strong foes, such as Zenos in someway, I was searching this little light from hours and hours of fighting Phoenix, Bahamut, Nael, always ending feeling a little hollow after finally killing them.
That is, perhaps, another thing about FFXIV Endwalker narrative I find really touching is that how it can gives really precise and specific thematics and character developpements who can absolutly be miss or hit for a lot of people, such as Hermes or Zenos, even characters like Alphinaud in someway, those characters can be seen totally as aliens or whiners, and so the hours spending with them can be really overwhelming, but when it hits, God, it feels so great to see all those stuff resonating with ourselves, as Hermes, Zenos ans so much other characters can be a part of myself on some point on my life journey, on my thinking, on my readings. It's something who gives me this vibe that when Shadowbringers was a banger of an extension, it wasnt as personal and unique as Endwalker is, atleast for me, and perhaps for a lot of people who lived and grew alongside FFXIV, and finally found fulfillment on their own.
Every single time I've come back to 14, whether it's to get back around to playing stormblood, finally being able to purchase ShB as an unemployed HS student, or finally having time during break to get through endwalker queues, I am so surprised to rediscover what the game means to me. I feel like over the past 2 years I've stretched myself thin to my friends trying to explain why this game with such a high cost and alien mechanics to those unused to MMOs is worth it. But really, it's been a source of respite over my high school years, this slow burn of a story. A lot of people hate the moniker that a game might take so long to 'get good' or in FF14's case get Great. But after EXPERIENCING the end of Endwalker's MSQ, I could literally do it all over again if I had the time. It's only meant so much because of the time I took, not just to complete the story, but to absorb the dialogue and play with friends. Ff14's biggest strength is that it respects the time the player puts into the game not by giving them only temporary ingame strength, but by acknowledging their efforts in the story. The improvements made in the most recent two expansions and the consistency the game has showcased ever since it's revamp make me excited just to see what they'll do with the building blocks they've got now that the current MSQ line is over. In the meantime I'll just have to wear myself out enough in my own life to make coming back to the next quest that much more worth it.
KingK I am inspired by your determination to live your life to the fullest and improve yourself and put the best work you can out there. Personally I consider 2021 as the worst year of my life, and I can see where you're coming from about it feeling stagnant and lacking growth. But that's okay, it's just a little existential arc for us to find our purpose in life again. Here's to 2022 being a year of personal growth, accomplishing goals, and progressing towards a better life one day at a time. And thanks for being my favorite channel 💜
Loved the videos this year man, can’t wait for the year ahead. Valheim’s probably my favorite game this year but I mostly went back and played older games I had missed. Happy New Year!
hope you had a good new year KingK bro. always a joy seeing you in my sub box and can't wait to see where 2022 takes you!
Heres to another year of wonderful video essays! Love every second of your videos and they make for some wonderful background noise while doing long grinds in FFXIV or Warframe
Hi King k! Thank you so much for another year of awesome content, your vid brought me a lot of happiness and I hope all the best for you in 2022!
I highly recommend you play the trails series, I really think they’d be a unique experience for you
Brother King; I hear you, I support you!
Now please hear me.
2012 was one of my darkest periods in life. I was riding on the back of addiction recovery. I left my career, pushing forward with no friends and no sense of direction. During this time, I found a game, "The Secret World". I was soon swept up, captivated by the mechanical depth and beautifully articulated storyline. TSW granted me freedom. I was able to escape.
It assisted my growth as a man. What started as a fun way to forget my pain became a healthy outlet to work through trauma. I was able to regain (and develop) the many aspects leadership which I had either lost or desired. Hard work and devotion to my community granted me the strength to overcome life's obstacles. I took a leap and moved down South, leaving behind the environment that had haunted me for so many years.
Life isn't perfect, it never will be....but a decade on, I wouldn't change a single lesson or experience from my time playing TSW.
2021 wasn't all that eventful in terms of big releases, but we did get some certified bangers, especially from Nintendo.
I haven't taken the plunge into FF XIV, so I can't comment on it, but I can say without a doubt that the most significant one for my money was Metroid Dread. Nearly two decades of anticipation for Metroid 5, and it didn't fail to deliver. That's all I could ever ask for. Dread alone made 2021 for me.
Here's to 2022 consuming my life with Pokemon Legends and BotW 2.
Sorry but Nintendo slacked off this year. BOTW 2 will release in Spring of 2023 and Pokemon Legends was extremely underwhelming due to Game Freak’s sudden confirmation of Gen 9.
Honestly, I didn’t play any big games or releases in 2021 but I did get the chance to experience the NieR series with Automata and Replicant, and I also played It Takes Two with my best friend and throughly enjoyed it (despite its lack of replayability)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and not being candid about them.
Final Fantasy 14 is more than a great game. I think it's a genuinely important one. Started my journey two and a half years ago, but didn't set out in earnest until february this year. It has provided me with so many amazing moments I'll cherish forever, but what I find the most important may be the lessons it has teached me and the human element. The goofs at the aetheryte plaza in Limsa Lominsa, the random fishing adventures with folks from our FC, the cheering at the weekly Jumbo Cactpot draw. How we struggle together to figure out the raids, the helpful hands and elation when everything comes together. The shared memes and laughter and frustration when the queuetimes became ridiculous. Yes, even the queuetimes have come to provide some precious memories.
In a year where I've felt the most alone in my entire life, FF14 has been there. It's comforting and human.
My GOTY is Psychonauts 2. The presentation, style, dialogue, story performances, mechanics, platforming, level design, characters, music, etc. were all 10/10 for me. The rare belated sequel that surpasses the original!
Yes what a great game!
@@DarshanBhambhani psychonauts 2 was a game id been anticipating since i played the first one years ago. and despite my lofty expectations it steel managed to exceed them. it just had so much heart in it.
I'm glad you reached this point mentally, go on with full force and enjoy yourself. Happy New year :)
You mention how video games have been a pleasent distraction from real life to you. This year has been a rough one for me too, and your videos were a consistently fun distraction from it. Thank you for your hard work, cant wait to see what you have in store for 2022.
Mine is metroid dread. I don't think I need to explain myself too much. Perfect controls, great boss fights. Intriguing story. Metroid is back baby
Pretty happy for you tbh. I feel like you've been having the hardest time these last 2 years and now you sound like finding your way again to feel happy, accomplished and whole. Hope everything turns out well for ya. ;-)
PS: if you like philosophical games that talk about existencial topics with maturity, you should definitely play The Talos Principle.
My and my friends who've finished up Endwalker like to talk about what might come next. Though the saga 8 years in the making has finally come to an end, it's taken so much time to build the world that we're able to look forward to where it all might go next. New classes, new areas, new characters, new lore to explore. It's ended, but it has also just begun.
I appreciate the doc you linked with other game thoughts. Seeing why certain games aren't finished is fascinating to me and I always enjoy seeing your thoughts on a wide variety of games
Found your channel this year and have watched almost all of your videos. You continually put out great content and explain your opinion in a clean and concise way. Keep it up, and no matter the style or frequency of your uploads, I will continue to watch. Happy New Year, from a fellow FF fan.
My GOTY is Before Your Eyes, a game where you control by blinking. Given what you said in this video, I think you'd like it and it's a game that touches on the themes you said in this video.
all the best to you in year 2022! keep up cranking videos about stuff that makes you happy :)
I'd definitely call Endwalker my GOTY as well, for somewhat similar reasons.
As someone who found their own meaning of life and death early on in life, I found the most enjoyment in the story from the whole [redacted] thing, appreciating and finding beauty and purpose in the struggle of living, because boy have I been struggling, for a very long time. I also don't want to waste any more of my time, so cheers for that.
I’d probably consider it my 2021 GOTY at this point 2021 was still SHB for about 90% of it.
Take your time! I'll be looking forward to whatever new form your work will take on from here
Soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew. I genuinely didn’t think ShB would be topped.
Thank you for all the videos this year king. You really have helped me get through a year of bullshit work talking about Pokémon and nord vpn in the background. It’s highly appreciated
Oh boy did that hit hard. 2021 was a time I could do what I wanted, but i realize that's not the same for everyone. I love your videos. But I know that isnt you as a person. So keep on trucking. We all know life happens and I'm sure everyone feels the same. The finish line is different for everyone, so do what you gotta do. We all love you so take care, we can all wait. Take care of yourself, KingK!!!
Have a happy new year KingK. I wish you all the joy and happiness life can bring you!
Endwalker for me. I felt that Endwalker's Story fell flat. I agree that once the 83 quests were done, I was very interested on where the story was heading. And when I hit the 5th area I was even more excited to learn more but by the end of that same area, I was deflated. I just completely disconnected. I wasn't interested or intrigued with the story from then on. The final area while the themes of the meaning of life were interesting to ponder. The game has used these same themes in other previous content and stories and the characters who challenge those themes felt like they were summarizing their arcs again just in case we forgot..
Even the final trial wasn't exciting for me thematically.
However all that said. The dungeons were fun. The Trials were immensely enjoyable. I am excited for the journey to come after. The tease of all these locations we will visit makes me so excited. I am excited for the future but 6.0 by itself didn't feel like a good finale. It felt like a good amount of setup for the future.
So overall I enjoyed the Endwalker, just not in the ways I wanted to.
Amh Areng theme at the end, what superb taste. Always look forward to your videos!
I'm glad that FFXIV is generally seen as the great game it is nowadays.
But more importantly, I salute your for how open you were in this video.
The things you talked about are hitting hard and can be even harder to talk about, even more so with thousands of anonymous watchers.
Take your time, we'll be here and waiting for your next work!
love your videos! here's hoping the new year treats you well :-)
You reminded me that, I truly started getting in to XIV. And got damn I am loving it so far, and plan on eventually reaching Endwalker
Your amazing man I’m so happy I found this channel. Great message.
I'm pretty late to the party on this, but I've been thinking about it more and more as I've started picking up games again. I can't remember a lot of games that I finished or... even really like from 2021. There's games I finished like Kirbys Triple Deluxe, I played like 60 hours worth of Halo Infinite cause of course I did. But, the games I did play and remember, I just don't remember or didn't finish them. Weird time in my life. What's crazy is because of getting in contact with friends, new and old, I've found new ways to really enjoy games now. I've played games since 2022 started, that I would never have played in my life before hand
The way you feel about 2021 summed up how I felt as well. No growth and a need to reassess goals/life in general. It felt like we were trying to make up the lost time from the previous year
Fantastic choice on your end. Easily understandable. My GOTY was definitely Returnal. A third person 3D rouge-like bullet hell inspired by HP Lovecraft and Alien with gameplay that’s out of this world that hooks the player immediately. Greatest surprise of the year for me and something I’d easily recommend to anyone who owns a PS5!
My game of the year too
one of the most boring and dumb games of the year for me. its no wonder ps5 is dying. all they have is a shitty dlc of a spiderman game, a remake of a broken but great old game, and a third person shooter that doesnt let you stop playing without being punished lmfao.
@@IAmWhiteEagle not true about returnal, you only have one zone to do at a time which takes about an hour. Then you can run back to where you were after dying in 2 minutes. Spider man is a poor mans arkham
Ive commented it before but i want you to know youre my favorite game reviewer on the platform by a landslide. You make such amazing content. Thanks for all you do and take care of yourself 🤘
Best way to start the year ❤️
I look forward to the future of this channel
I picked up final fantasy 14 during a time when I was not in a great place mentally. I was in a new city and I had nothing to do and no one to spend my time with. I desperately just wanted something to consume my time. I picked up final fantasy 14 on a whim as a time sink. Honestly through all of a realm reborn thats all it was to me. It wasn't until the set up for heavensward that I started feeling invested in the story, in the world and characters and every little detail. And now it's all culminated in a beautiful story that seems to address the very reasons I picked up the game in the first place. It honestly is a journey I'll never forget as sappy as that sounds, and it left me feeling far more calm than I have in a long time.
Then I followed that up by playing drakengard for the first time and I've never felt more hollow.
My GOTY is Metroid dread. The tight controls, great mobility, and intuitive areas make it a fantastic game.
“It’s like a roller coaster that never stops”
*Mr bones wild ride sighs sadly*
I finished a few dozen games last year, but only two actually from 2021, both of them mostly remakes. So by process of elimination, Bowser’s Fury., followed by Skyward Sword HD.
Good stuff man hope 2022 can be a better year, 21 didn’t treat me to good either
My game of the year was easily Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, it's now made my top 20 favorite games of all time
Looking forward to 2022
Do what you need to do. We’ll be here when you’re ready.
I'm excited for you to get to the FFVI pixel remaster. It was the thematic inspiration for a lot of the story endwalker was telling.
This video is quite relatable haha, I know how you feel about 2021. Let’s make 2022 a year to be proud of!
My goty was definitely It Takes Two. I know it won and all but i still loved that game. Metroid Dread is a solid number 2.
read the script. HELL YEAH on GAA being the new best Ace Attorney. god this game got so criminally underlooked this year, and it's just a massive step forward of AA as a series. just absolutely adored it. would love to see a proper video on just that honestly. i haven't seen any video essay people or anything covering it but, it really really deserves it
The ending of this video straight up made me cry. Because I’m wasting my life, and I don’t know how to get out of that…
I think I want an Ace Attorney retrospective purely to see your viewpoint on Apollo Justice explained, especially with its middle cases
My GOTY is Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye. Even as a DLC it's still the best thing I played this year, and it's more of an Outer Wilds 1.5 than a DLC imo. This year was actually pretty slow for me, and the only games I played from this year that I would consider AMAZING were Psychonauts 2, Metroid Dread, Deathloop, Halo Infinite, and Loop Hero. But Outer Wilds is my favorite game of all time, and getting an expansion that was just as amazing as the original game makes it worth being crowned my GOTY even though it's technically not a full game.
KingK, I don’t know if this viewpoint will help you or not, but I would like to share an answer that helped me get over my anxiety about the meaning of life and death.
Every Christmas I would always ask for a new toy or video game from my parents. I don’t regret doing this because of how much fun I had with said gifts. During that time I never questioned why I would have such a great time playing a video game, I just knew they were fun.
Fast forward to last year:
Im living near my college campus, and I’ve recently gotten into PC gaming. At first everything was great, but I couldn’t help but feel that every new game I played felt less fun. I didn’t know why. I thought I might just be growing out of my gaming hobby. Which is odd because it is my biggest hobby. I still couldn’t get a definitive answer.
When I came home for the holidays I (of course) played some games with my younger siblings and friends who came over to visit. Immediately, I was having the time of my life playing video games. Whether it was all of us screaming during Mario Party or even all of them watching me play a horror game I refused to play alone.
When I went back to school I realized it was because I was with the people I loved the most (my family and close friends) that I had such a good time with the games. I realized there were probably plenty of times when my siblings wanted to play something besides what I was playing but instead they chose to spend time either watching me play or playing with me. It was the love I had for my family and friends that really made all of those games so much fun.
They loved me by choosing to spend time with me rather than themselves.
This is one of many experiences I’ve had that has helped me to understand what I believe the meaning of life and death is.
It is LOVE.
Anything in this world can bring people joy (the video games certainly did).
But Love can bring people Peace in their hearts and minds.
It’s hard to explain, but I experience this sensation every time I go out of my way to do something kind for someone else. Especially if they give me nothing in return, because I know in my heart I’ve done what is right. I know that if I want peace in my heart I can’t live for myself.
I can’t just buy all the cool stuff I want and expect to be truly happy and peaceful.
I have to spend myself for others.
I have to die to myself (not focus on my wants and desires over others) even in small ways in order to live for others.
That’s how I give my love to other people. I live for them, and I die for them.
The meaning of life is to live for others.
The meaning of death is to die for others.
Death will never scare me again, because I know that as long and I’m trying to love others over myself everyday, I will Rest In Peace every night.
I’m not asking you to succeed. I know we all fail at love because none of us are perfect.
It’s the trying that is most important.
I pray that these words can bring you some peace.
Day 1 the King is here
Endwalker, and ruminating on XIV as a whole after finishing it, really propelled this game into my top 5 easily. I think at this point it may be my second favorite game ever made. Its legacy is just so undeniably incredible at this point. It inspires me that something as resonating as Endwalker can eventually be birthed out of the deeply flawed product that was the original XIV Online (1.0). This expansion seriously felt like every individual person on that development team was firing on all cylinders. It's one of those things I look at and am seriously in disbelief that humans made this.
I have the utmost envy for people who've been playing this story for the entire journey, because I can't imagine Endwalker having any less than some of the best long term payoffs in gaming as a whole. Both mechanically and in terms of its writing.
Great video. As someone who has a bit of a nihilistic streak, I was also greatly affected by Endwalker's themes and story, particularly the final zone to the end of MSQ. All I've done since beating the MSQ is ruminate on it and no game has done that to me since SOMA when it came out. Looking forward to future of your channel, wishing you lots of success and happiness.
Biggest issue I had with Shadowbringers was the fact that it felt like progressing in virtually every destination required you to do chore after chore just to ingratiate yourself with the right person enough to get their help or permission to move on. Sure it usually led to somewhere interesting, but it became repetitive and asked too much of you after a while.
Endwalker managed to contextualize every quest (mostly) in a way that made them feel like you were doing something that mattered.
I still loved the locations in Norvrandt and the high points of Shadowbringers, which were numerous. I just thought the pacing was actually pretty abysmal at times, especially considering how beloved the expansion is.
I just realized your voice/channel is basically video game binging with babish.
Riftbreaker was my goty. Loved that game. It takes two was a close second
Got into you by listening to all the Legend of Zelda retrospectives. All I can say is fuck yeah brother
It's funny because i love this game, have like 200 hours in it and i haven't even gotten past the snowcloak dungeon yet. Kinda waiting for the queue times to die down before really diving in again but i'll get to endwalker eventually
I hope you are doing well ❤️
I still feel the story is better structured in shadowbringers. In that expansion is true that there were moments that felt like fillers, but in endwalker i felt that way for the entire first half of the expansion.
On the note of the year blending together that has been the case for me in terms of gaming. Idk what games I finished or played this year vs last year. If I played P4 Golden this year then that is my GotY, if I didn't then it is SMT: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker.
Outside of gaming it feels like my year started 2ish months ago after my life took a turn and I have been desperately distracting myself with games.
Man I wish I could PLAY IT :"(
I'm so sad that it's currently closed off. I wanted to try it during the steam sale.
Great Ace Attorney is my GOTY so it's nice to see you recognize it :))
I knew from the title what it was gonna be lol
oh dip we're on the same DC
Great video my personal game of the year was nier replicant ver 1.22 it may be a remake of an older game but it's still pretty good
As someone who has played both endwalker and nier replicant it was so close between the 2
Were you playing Mario Golf Super Rush tonight? I think I was in a lobby with you in ranked. Couldve been another King K, though.
My 2021 GOTY is a game that had some updated edition launch in 2021, but I had never played it before, and that's Nier Automata. I kept seeing the 'Become as Gods Edition' being advertised, and decided to pull the trigger. My only regret is I can never experience that game for the first time again. So, so good, and one of my top games of all time.
As for EW, while it had some highs (cutscene at the end of the 5th area, anyone?), It didn't land nearly as well with me as ShB. ShB felt a lot more grounded/realistic, and although "realistic" is a strange word to use when playing a game like FF14, it did impact my overall impressions of EW versus ShB. Though, I totally agree, the mechanics of EW (except maybe those "follow undetected" quests), including the dungeons, are more evolved/engaging than ShB's were.
Any chance of an Outer Wilds review? I feel like that is a game you would love with how it gives most everyone an existential crisis.
You gonna do the KH 3D retrospective this year?
I've just started FFXIV a month ago so therefore I'm nowhere near Endwalker (in fact I just started Heavensward) but the experience is proving amazing.
As a person that never had a desire to go near MMO's I'm finding it amazing and welcoming. Not only in the community but in its design. While I certainly want to get through the story I don't feel forced to (though all the rave reviews of Endwalker do make me want to rush). It's a game that invites you to take your time at your pace which I didn't release is a rarity in games. I'm looking forward to my journey to Endwalker. I know it's going to be a good one.
Endwalker is a strong contender for my favorite thing I've played this past year. Unfortunately it has to contend with Dread and Rift Apart in that regard, and those games both made equally-compelling arguments as to why they were also my favorite things I've played this year.
Also, you haven't done Hildibrand yet? Sir. You are missing out on some top-quality shenanigans.
Mine has to be Psychonauts 2. It’s just the most funny and thought-provoking games I’ve ever played. It’s genius
I love Endwalker, but I will say the Lopporit chores killed me. The quests get a little repetitive at points. That being said…the story blew me away. It had one of the best climaxes I’ve seen in a game. The game straight up had me crying walking into the final boss because of how intense it was. I agree whole heartedly on your choice. If there was never another expansion, I could be happy with this story.
Thanks for the vid
Endwalker is fantastic, I played through it and Shadowbringers this year and it's probably my favorite game of all time now
Although I did prefer the Shadowbringers pacing, the slow bit of Endwalker with the one music track over and over again was pretty dire
Also if you go back and do raids there a little bonuses in the cutscenes and callbacks they added
Most people in the comments haven’t played FFXIV and it shows by how they’ll use generalizations and stigmas of the MMO genre to criticize it. It’s unfortunate because FFXIV is so good I stopped playing all other games because they were just unsatisfying by comparison. Literally changed my life.
"puT iT on tHE SWiTcH". For real it looks really good. I'm fully confident in FFXVI, because it's the same team from FFXIV. 😁
Who is criticizing it? I just see people saying "I am not a fan of MMO's but I am glad you [KingK] like it." Which is perfectly fair. There are plenty of genres that people just won't click with for whatever personal reasons.
Square Enix really boutta lose all their goodwill built up over the last few years.
So I just reached level 83 of Endwalker and like umm........ WTF?
Eternal cylinder was my goty
Endwalker 6.0 was fantastic but didn’t hit the highs of 5.3. Excited to see what 6.3 might bring!
Is this game worth to be played in PS4?
Awesome video and I also think FFXIV is one of the best games I've played this year (even though I haven't actually been able to play it since early December due to the servers/my girlfriend and I's busy schedules/health issues preventing us from getting onto a sever and having only started on Halloween this year). For the month that I got to play it though, we had so much fun running around the world and growing accustomed to things. Seeing as the server issues are still pretty bad and we can't play the game still, we decided that I should cancel our subscription to it for a few more months and try revisiting it some time in the future, which I'm hoping we'll actually remember to do though.
You go King
I'm so sorry you have to be a squeenix fan right now after that deranged statement the ceo made today...still respect your choice for GOTY!
That was certainly... a take that I saw that inflicted mental damage!
As a 20+ year Final Fantasy fan it's great to see FF14 succeed. I don't play MMOs myself, but seeing the success of 14 while know Yohsi P is heading up FF16 gives me hope for the franchise!
Are we getting a video on Bowser’s Fury anytime soon?
Dude you REALLY have to play It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2. Both incredible platformers.
Good shit, yo
There was one zone in particular in this expansion that I rather disliked because I felt like it went on way way waaaaay too long with exposition and... no actual real gameplay apart from talking moving and talking. (area 5), but overall I loved this expansion a great deal. Inversely area 4 gave me my favorite moments in the expansion. Amazing dungeons, a great ending (hard to nail a 10+ year long story ending but they did it) and some amazing music. I love the new Raids as well, the first wing was great and I look forward to more and now I'm working on leveling my other Jobs, crafting and gathering etc... It's been something I play every day and enjoy my time in it. Unlike WoW, which was like torturing myself. I WANT to log into FFXIV, I don't feel forced to.
One thing to remember in this world... Is that You are not Alone.
MMOs are probably second only to life simulators for my least favorite video game genre. Final Fantasy XIV has a lot more that appeals to me than most (being a Final Fantasy game, having awesome music, having a shit ton of fun callbacks like raid bosses with Cloud of Darkness, Exdeath, and KEFKA), but the approach to gameplay and the thought of having to play for hundreds of hours is like kryptonite to me. But I really appreciate what this game is and accomplished, and I’m super happy Yoshi-P and his team are moving on to XVI, which looks like it’ll cater much more to my tastes.
I think you should give it a shot. People make a lot of assumptions and unwarranted stereotypes abt MMOs that don’t apply at all to FF14. It’s literally the equivalent of 5 final fantasy games.
FFXIV is definitely my game of the year as well. I started heavensward over the summer and played thru until the end of endwalker. It has been the best story to experience and I agree it's more than a game to me as well.