Your favorite cutscenes? (SPOILERS)

Mine are the following...

The ending of A Realm Reborn when Merlwyb, Kan-E-Senna, and Raubahn shouted in synchrony "A REALM REBORN!"

Any and every encounter with the Warriors of Darkness, including the very first one where they showed the leader of them on the moon.

Ending of Stormblood when you defeat Shinryu. And then Lyse and the others began singing the Ala Mhigo anthem. I adore the part where Lyse slowly raised her hand when the song went "Raise up your hands and voices".

What about you?

The scene leading up to Final Steps. That slow walk up to Nidhogg was top.

Every scene of the last Hildebrand storyline in HW. With the old heroes and Gigi. It was very heartwarming. And one of the scenes in the ARR storyline where he made the mother and daughter laugh together. And the beach episode with the bombs. It was the most slapsticky of all the scenes.

The DRK Level 50 cutscenes and the level 70 cutscenes. Both are amazing, and I love the personal connection and touch they give to our player character.

Patch 3.3 cutscenes leading up to and directly after the trial Final Steps Of Faith. Nothing is more epic than walking up to Nidhogg, and the scene after with the ghostly images of two friends we’ve lost gets me every time.

The scene in the Axim Steppe where Gosetsu talks about death and the soul.
The scene with Hien and Gosetsu before you storm Doma Castle the next day.
The scene directly after Doma Castle.

Those are my favorite scenes in the MSQ, I think.

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Originally Posted by Super_Bee_Brian

Ending of Stormblood when you defeat Shinryu. And then Lyse and the others began singing the Ala Mhigo anthem. I adore the part where Lyse slowly raised her hand when the song went "Raise up your hands and voices".

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Same, I really enjoyed this scene. Got me all up in my feelings.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

The DRK Level 50 cutscenes and the level 70 cutscenes. Both are amazing, and I love the personal connection and touch they give to our player character.

Patch 3.3 cutscenes leading up to and directly after the trial Final Steps Of Faith. Nothing is more epic than walking up to Nidhogg, and the scene after with the ghostly images of two friends we’ve lost gets me every time.

The scene in the Axim Steppe where Gosetsu talks about death and the soul.
The scene with Hien and Gosetsu before you storm Doma Castle the next day.
The scene directly after Doma Castle.

Those are my favorite scenes in the MSQ, I think.

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I think you've listed most of my faves here. I'll also add in the camping scene in the Churning Mists to my list.

i tend to appreciate the more comedic ones. most hildibrand, the last kobold beast tribe one, i think it was the level 50 goldsmith one that had me giggling, level 70 ninja, the warrior job quest "curious gorge meets his match", anything that involves tataru's carby and quite a few others. wish i could think of more off the top of my head.

I could say "every single Hildibrand cutscene" but that would be cheating XD

As far as the sub-god-league cutscenes go, I think a lot of my favourites are from DoH questlines, just because the stories are always so fun yet so down-to-earth compared to the rest of the game. "You're competing in a gourmet contest", "you're helping a debutante geiko market international fashions in Hingashi", "you're making weapons for a child competing in tourneys to become a knight", and so on. Starting mostly from HW, many of those stories feel very personal and I've gotten a lot more attached to their characters than in any other arks. Probably owing to how mundane and relatable those characters and their problems are, and on top that, the way that hand-made products are woven (sometimes in amusingly contrived ways) into the narrative makes it so personal and romantic!
Thanks to all of that, the conclusions of DoH questlines usually end up feeling very emotional and satisfying, with all the pieces falling into place and the feeling that... hey! I made all those things and they improved someone's life! And now I get to see them realising their dreams and/or realising something about themselves that they were oblivious to. AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL ANYONE TO DO IT! What a revolutionary idea in an RPG!

Anyways, I think the ones that stood out to me specifically were...

The conclusion of the lvl 60 Culinarian questline.

That whole story, from start to finish, was like something straight out of Shokugeki no Souma XD From being pulled into the whole gourmet contest thing, to then escalating into a personal rivalry and raising the stakes, learning things about the opponent, affirming that food is wonderful, and eventually arriving here...
https://i.imgur.com/iEv8GEt.png
...followed by reconciling with the knocked-down-a-peg and newly-reformed rival and ending on a note celebrating good food made with care and passion.

Yep, someone at SE was a huge fan of Shokugeki XD They got everything right, down to every single conversation making me hungry.

The conclusion of the lvl 70 Blacksmith questline.

A Hingan girl comes out of nowhere and demands to become apprentice at the guild, and the guildmaster has no idea how to deal with that. She's a tsundere, he's... an even bigger tsundere and relationship slowly progress throughout the questline, with family drama entering the mix halfway through, as you try to teach and learn new smithing techniques while secretly shipping the lovebirds.

It comes to a close with this...
https://i.imgur.com/0hcRY0o.png
...and cue the dad...
https://i.imgur.com/aUkwuvP.png
...and cue me...
https://i.imgur.com/MJY3bP2.jpg

Brithael's reaction of course took the cake and I died laughing XD

The conclusion of the lvl 50 Armourer questline...oh gosh...

Most of the Armourer line revolves around the conflict between stagnancy and adaptability as well as inclusivity versus exclusivity, personified by a contest of ideals between the guildmaster and a veteran guildie, and a contest of skill between you and said guildie. While I didn't find the storyline terribly touching, the ending makes it ALL worth it.

The final task involves submitting the contest entries to a field-test performed on live subjects (ie: soldiers wearing your armour). Cue Merlwyb ordering a group of soldiers to hack at said subjects with axes, much to everyone's horror... and then cue Merlwyb again:
https://i.imgur.com/z8HXVP0.jpg

It was then that I stopped denying my Merlwyb girl-crush.

There's a lot more like the lvl 70 Weaver conclusion, lvl 50 Culinarian, lvl 70 Alchemist (feels ,_,), lvl 60 Blacksmith, lvl 60 Leatherworker... and a lot of the SB Leatherworker ones just because the questline involved Atelloune, and more. But... I would be here all day if I tried to outline all of them. I generally love both the technical quality of DoH questline finales and the personal investment that enhances them.

My non-DoH favourites would probably be... everything involving my husbando, Nero, especially THIS gem from the beginning of Omega...

https://i.imgur.com/vv1NW43.png
https://i.imgur.com/g1ocU1W.png

...and... the feels-bomb at the end of The Vault where you-know-what happens and puts my heart through the blender and then peels onions over it ;-;

Oh! And of course, every time Zenos kicks WoL's butt. At that point in the story I genuinely felt that the power fantasy had to come down a peg or ten, and that managed to accomplish that nicely. It showed that despite the hype people shower upon us, the WoL is still mortal, still vulnerable, still not omnipotent and that everyone should remember that fact and maybe next time should like... not rely on her to solve all the problems in the world?

On that note, an honourable mention goes to all cutscenes that give me the choice to complain about being expected to do everything, or the ones that ask me for my opinion and I actually get to answer. "Sorry Alphy, it's not my fight", "So when do I get paid?"
Although those choices are just cosmetic and they don't affect the story in any way, I definitely appreciate them becoming more prevalent and I hope that this trend continues and that characters remember my choices and at least reference them when appropriate. I love it and I hope for more of it.

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Originally Posted by MisterSpamtastic

i think it was the level 50 goldsmith one that had me giggling,

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Wait WHAT?? Wasn't that the quest where Gigi got damaged and you had to repair him? How's that funny?

There's far too many to list in full, but these are probably the ones right up there top (from 1.0 onwards right through to Stormblood):

1.0
The original Gridanian starting scene with Papalymo and real!Yda's introduction
Ifrit's original summoning and the player's Path Companion trying to reason with them ("Oh, when I get a hold of those sylphs!")
Gaius's original introduction where he faces down the entire Circle of Knowing....

ARR:

Lahabrea casting Ultima and trashing the Praetorium and the scene directly after that precedes the second stage Ultima Weapon fight.
Ysyale as 'Lady Iceheart' turning herself into Shiva
Midgardsormr sealing the Crystals of Light
Moenbrdya sacrificing herself to destroy Nabrieles for good
The whole 'bloody banquet' in Ul'dah... need I say any more?

Heavensward

Ysayle and Estinien warily begining to tolerate and accept each other in the Churning Mists
Hauchefant's brave death after the Vault, and Edmont finally breaking down afterwards in grief
The Enterprise Excelsior's arrival at Azys Lla
Lahabrea realizing too late Thordan played him for a fool, and becomes a tasty aetheric snack for a Primal
The peace ceremony between Ishgard and dragonkind at Falcon's Nest, and Nidhogg wearing his new Estinien-suit throwing a spanner in the works
The battle for Ishgard on the Final Steps of Faith
Evil!Derplander and his party's showdown with the player, Alphinaud and Alisaie in Zan'rak, and Urianger revealing he played the WoD like a fiddle ;)
The battle for Baelsar's Wall and Ilberd's last defiant act of suicide to summon Shinryu

Stormblood

Zenos's attack on Rhalgr's Reach and cutting the player down to size, and our equally misguided attempt at a rematch later in Yanxia which ended up pretty much the same result ;)
The battle for Doma Castle, and Gosetsu showing what an utter hardass he is ;)
The fall of Castellum Velodyna to the Resistance (the look of sheer disbelief and horror on Fordola's face when she saw the flag change was priceless!)
Everything involving the attack on Specula Impetorius and Castrum Abania, especially when the cannon fires and when Estinien takes the Garleans completely by surprise. :D
Hell, EVERYTHING involving the battle for Ala Mhigo, but especially the scenes where the front gates fall and the beginning of the actual dungeon, and of course, the battle against Zenos and Shinryu in the Royal Menegarie, and the ending where the Resistance sings The Measure of His Reach. :D

I tend to remember the comical ones more clearly.

So just about anything Manderville, some standout DoH/DoL moments, and Allied Beast Tribe Quests come to mind...

Though tbh... there was only one scene that I ever felt possessed to record... which was the climax scene of the Vanu BST tribe. So I guess if I were to pick one that would be it.

https://i.imgur.com/vIIVdzw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5OpndkZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vghUFzH.jpg

Pretty much this
https://78.media.tumblr.com/a779ab33...mcn0o1_400.gif

Off the top of my head
-Karasu throwing that shuriken at you, only for the WoL dodge it like a boss.
-Almost every cutscene from the lvl 50 drk sidequest (or was it 60? The one that culminates into facing yourself)

-Almost everything from Heavensward msq, right up to facing Nidhogg as you slow walk while Dragonsong plays. I still have chills.
-That cutscene in the early stages of discovering Kugane, where Tataru haggled with Hancock. That devilish teeth grinning smirk she had on had me in stitches.
-Most direct encounters between WoL and Zenos.

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Originally Posted by Super_Bee_Brian

Wait WHAT?? Wasn't that the quest where Gigi got damaged and you had to repair him? How's that funny?

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it was the part where the lalafell launches himself head first E. Honda style at the bad guy. thinking about it still makes me giggle. but yeah, the gigi part was definitely pure feels.

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Originally Posted by SenorPatty

-Almost every cutscene from the lvl 50 drk sidequest (or was it 60? The one that culminates into facing yourself)

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It's 50. And I'm kicking myself for forgetting it. And the Lv70 one. I love the DRK questlines.

This is my favorite.

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net...1b&oe=5C189530

Ysayle's death scene gets me every time, where she realizes that everything she has ever believed in is a lie but sacrifices herself anyway because she desperately wants some measure of truth to come out of it.

The entire set of cutscenes when you first meet Jandelaine the Aesthetician.

Let's see....

-Merlwyb vs the head priest of Leviathan. While everyone else is in shock from his resurrections, she just swears a bit and shoots him again. And again.

-The end of Wanderer's Palace Hard.

-Thancred slugging Emanallein. Mostly just because it shut the whiny brat up.

-Basically all of the DRK job quests. The 30-50 and Stormblood chains for treating the WoL as an actual character, getting worn down and fractured by everything they're going through, and the 50-60 quests for deconstructing the "brutal anti-hero" image of the job. Special points to Rielle and, of all people, the moogles for laying into Sidurgu about it....and he actually listens. The journal entries for the Stormblood quests are pretty great, too.

-The badass walk through the battle before the Final Steps of Faith.

-Gosetsu's introduction. Scaring the living hell out of a fisherman with his boisterous attitude, determined to forge on despite the hardships of his journey......and then faceplanting out of hunger. I loved this guy right from the start.

PotD lvl 50 cutscene, so sad.
Final Steps of faith, 'ending Nidhogg will be my final duty'.....the two of you are struggling, the music starts, unexpected aid. The gloved hand comes across yours, you look up. Always tear up at that.

T11 cutscene for sure. As someone who didn't play 1.0 Coils was probably the best way to end that chapter and imo, still is the pinnacle of raid story, difficulty and gear. I just wish I can dye the dreadwyrm weapons to dalamund red or pure white.

My favorite one by far is the first time we meet Hildibrands dad.
Still the scenes from the Christmas event when we told tales to children at that hospital was a very sweet one.
As for epic, T12.

My absolute favorite is the cutscene after beating Thordan normal. That one where he asks "What are you?" and the WOL is shown looking all sinister.

A close second is all the cutscenes leading up to the WOL's fight with Shinryu.

Absolute favourite:

• The Calamity scene at the end of 1.0... the sense of loss, the fighting (particularly where the team tears into the VIIth), Bahamut going berserk and Sensei giving his life to protect us. The feels remains till tomorrow.
• Subsequently, the cutscene at the end of Coil T12... powerful and it brings the tale of the Calamity full circle. The writers deserve a standing ovation.

Other scenes, not in any particular order:

• The scenes of Mission 46 from 1.0 where Legatus Gaius single-handedly takes on four of the Scions. That was the moment I realized I had a huge respect for the guy.
• The scene with the introduction of Godbert... and the scene introducing his wife. I'm still calling it that these two are the final bosses of FFXIV.
• The scene revealing Shadowhunter... I was literally cheering and clapping at my screen.
• Hauchy's sacrifice... it hit very hard.
• The scenes from 1.0 where Nael is in all our dreams (you need to log out from your room at the Inn for it to play) --- VIDEO
• The scenes for the level 50 and level 70 Dark Knight storylines... level 60 tale felt bland.
• The Alchemist level 50 scenes
• The beginning trailer cutscenes of Heavensward... the music, the walk in the cold, the gearing up in DRG gear... all of it. Which in turn makes me love the scenes in the "Final Steps Of Faith" (patch 3.3)... for me, these two scenes somewhat go hand in hand because it emphasized my evolution.
• Zenos' arrival at Ala Mhigo and the subsequent scenes where he begins to discuss "the Hunt". I remember thinking... "Finally, a royal Garlean with arrogant style"
• Ysayle transcending into Shiva and taking on the Gration flagship... that scene still makes me think we will eventually transcend "saiyan-style", just like her.

Many great other scenes that I can't recall just now... but yes, the Devs have given us some really moving scenes in this game. Many.

there is only one i can think of

Ysayle's Death

My favorite is one of the first PLD CSes. I forgot the name, but the one where you and the other guy pay a ransom for the Sultana's crown. The head bad guy brings out all his buddies and you are heavily outnumbered. The other PLD dude sends you away while he sacrifices himself to buy you time to escape. Just then Papashan appears outta nowhere with there other PLDs and Torn from the Heavens plays as they charge the hill. That was a very PLD-y CS. P.S. Game needs more Papashan.

Most Hildibrand cutscenes, but specially the one in Costa del Sol with the bombs, the "death threat" and the sneezing.

The final battle with the WoDs and its conclussion.

The last cutscenes before HW.