 Ready? Three, two, one. Oh, I thought he was gonna kill her. Wait, she looks like T- There he is. Listen, I'm gonna spoil the game for you right here. Snape kills Dumbledore. I'm sorry, it is what it is. Okay, so I played the demo already. Oh, here we go. Oh, we're right into it. Like, right away into it. 16 on 16. Yeah, this continues from the end of the demo. So a little bit of a recap where we're at so far. At the beginning of the game, you went and you see an icon battle. It was Shiva and Titan and Phoenix and Ifrit were fighting. You do the icon battle, you get knocked out. Whenever you get knocked out, it sends you on a 13 year flashback where Clive, he's the older brother of Joshua, who's basically the heir to the throne. The dad of Joshua and Clive is basically like, hey, I basically just exist here. And I'm just waiting for Joshua to get to the point where he can take over and he's gonna be the heir to the throne. Now, what ends up happening is their dad, the Ark Duke, is then killed by this other faction comes in. I can't remember their exact name, but this other faction. And these guys have sick armor, by the way. The armor is totally sick, but they come in, they kill him. Whenever they kill him, it then forces Joshua to basically become the new king, the new Ark Duke. The reason why it's Joshua and not Clive, the older brother is because their bloodline, it's like attached to the Phoenix, right? The icon, the Phoenix, right? The old summon from the other Final Fantasy games. The Phoenix chose Joshua as the dominant. So Joshua is the Phoenix. He essentially has like red mage powers. The Ark Duke dies, boom, he goes full Phoenix mode. The whole world turns into chaos, everybody's fighting, whatever, and then all of a sudden, Ifrit shows up. You see a cutscene where Joshua ends up getting killed by Ifrit because you replay that Phoenix Ifrit icon battle where you're playing as Phoenix and you're fighting Ifrit, right? Then afterwards, Ifrit actually goes and he kills Joshua as the Phoenix and you hear Clive screaming the whole time. He's literally just, he's screaming bloody murder, basically. I can play it again. I don't think there's any way to do this justice. No! And this is pretty much exactly how I felt the whole time. Murderer, I'll kill you! I'll kill you! What? Ifrit kills Joshua, so the eight-year-old boy is now dead. People think that Clive is Ifrit, but Clive is begging Ifrit to stop the whole time. So the Empire comes in, right, Imperial Empire, and they're like, what happened? They find out that their mom actually set this whole thing up. Now he is gone. The Duchess, Annabelle. So their mom is actually a bad guy who set this whole thing up. Got her husband killed, got Joshua killed, potentially got Clive killed. Now people think Clive is Ifrit. The reason why people think Clive is Ifrit is because there's only one icon of fire, but then Joshua gave Clive, like he like granted him, like it was like a buff, like he granted him like a blessing, like to where he has some powers, some use of fire powers, but he's not the dominant. People think that Clive is Ifrit, but that's not necessarily confirmed. It's just that nobody knows where this icon of fire came from. There's only supposed to be like one icon of fire. Wait. So yeah, that's crazy as bitch, that's what that is. That's where we are. Now flash forward, flashback is over 13 years later, and we start now. So also during the cutscenes you can get like lore. So Wyvern, a slave soldier for the Holy Empire of Sandbrick, now in his 13 year of servitude, though drafted as a frontline infantryman, the magical Mike granted him by the blessing of the Phoenix, quickly saw him promoted to an elite squadron of assassins where he was assigned the moniker, at which he is now known. The latest mission is to descend into the, is it Nisa or Nysa Defile, where bloody battle rages on between the Iron Kingdom and the Republic of Dalmechia and take the head of Shiva's dominant? Welcome back. Welcome back. Sorry. What's our situation? Let's just say Shiva and Titan's little spat hasn't made things any easier. And? It's as you thought. The crusaders have sounded the retreat. Then we follow. We're down a man, Sergeant. If we return without Shiva's head, our fate will be no different from Biast's. I'll take my chance. It ain't even Clive? Well, so I think they just call him Wyvern, but it is Clive. After you do, that is. I won't be dying. That sounds like a Washington direct. Then it settles, no dying. Now, if you don't mind, we have an army to chase. Cool. Did you just start? I'm basically in chapter two right now, because I played the demo. Yoshi P must have a lot of love for you to give you early access like this. Yes. Yes, my close personal friend, Yoshida-san, as I prefer to call him. Down there. Pidon. So, Titan has knocked the fight out of our ironblood friends. Where are the rest of them? They can't be the main host. Wait. Master P. Our fortunes have turned, Sergeant. It's her. The dominant. Are you certain the crystalline orthodox is a backwards faith for a backwards people? In the Iron Kingdom, they teach that dominance are unclean aberrations born of blackest sin. Only their priests are allowed to perform the rites of priming. And I see many. We end this quickly. Trink's cut. Adieu, Nier, Sagarin. Ambush defend our fathers. So, something, by the way, something that you can do in this game that's kind of cool, you can have all the lore explained. You can have all the lore explained, like mid cutscene. I wonder what's gonna happen next. Shiva, the warden of ice whose appearance on the battlefield makes your enemies blood run cold, the ironblood sent Shiva against the Republican forces in the Niceta file, where she dueled against Titan, the icon of Earth. That's what we talked about. Branded soldier. Bears forced to fight for the nations that enslaved them, able to cast powerful magics at entirely disposable. They're often placed on the front lines in battle or assigned to highly dangerous scouting or assassination missions. The Bastards. A unit of Imperial army assassins tasked with taking the head of the Iron Kingdom's dominant warden of ice and vessel for the icon, Shiva. All of its members, including its leader, Timeat, are bears. Branded men pressed into servitude for the ability to wield magic. And then the dominant, those within whom sleeps, the power of an icon. Though they look and think no differently to any other man or woman, they can not only cast elemental magics without a crystal, but also transform themselves into beasts of world-shattering strength at any moment. A quality for which they are honored, worshipped, and feared the realm over. Mmm. Is a book or a game? It's both. It's a story. It's a legend. Okay, ready? Three, two, one. Oh, I thought I was gonna kill her. Wait, she looks like Tito. Tito, you must be Ida. I'll raise you now, king. I'll add Scully. I didn't realize. Did they reuse them off with Tito? That means leaving. Wait, so she's the dominant of Shiva? Avis. Wait, I have to fight her? To kill some iron blood? Gladly, you focus on the target. Understood. Okay, I have to find out what dodge is now. That's enough. Okay, that's dodge. Because I'm playing with different controls than I played in during the demo. So give me a second to like learn them. Sick. Barlet Cyclone. Combination Stomp. Shift. Oh my, dude, I'm actually getting railed. Dude, I'm actually getting railed, man. Precision Dodge. Okay, I gotta get used to dodging with R1 instead of a circle. Frick. Shooting, I'm shooting. Yeah, dodging with R1 is super unintuitive for me. Nice. Okay, rising flames. If you jump, apparently damage in the air is like way higher. Chat, make sure you prime. Dude, I'm, it's a fricking rail fest, man. For guy, I'll thank you for the prime. Yeah, so basically the guy who did the combat for Devil May Cry, they had him do the combat for this game. I met the guy. So these controls are harder for me, man. I keep like not dodging anything. I think it's just, maybe I just need to learn it. Cause I played the whole demo with other controls. Spoils. Spoilers. Frozen to your potion, high potion, steel silk. Your camera is frozen on your TikTok stream. Oh, Frick. Chat, I'm live on TikTok. It's her. I thought it was her. Jill Warwick. Born at Princess of the Northern Territories, this is Jill, his step-sister from earlier. Jill was made a ward of Rosaria after her homelands in Cessna. Now her, is it step-sister? What would you be? Would you be adopted? I guess you're adopted. She was raised in Rosalith Castle alongside Clive and Josh. She came to love her as a sister when she waved the brothers farewell on the day they departed for Phoenix Gate. Little did she know the misfortune that awaited both them and her. So as it turns out, not only was Joshua the dominant of the Phoenix, but Jill, who they adopted because her kingdom was overran or whatever, turns out to be the dominant of Shiva. And we think that Ifrit is the dominant of Clive. Clive is the dominant of Ifrit. Maybe I should start going live because this is what I found out. If you follow me on TikTok and you're pooping and you're watching TikToks, it'll show my stream while you're scrolling through your 4U page. It'll be like, hey, Espan is live. And then if it's just, my TikTok is just like, yo, I'm live? And then they're like, oh, Espan's live. I'm not gonna watch it. That's done. Go ahead so we could be done with this. No. Betray the Holy Empire? Betray. I don't recall ever pledging allegiance to your emperor. My service may have been bought with this brand, but not my loyalty. I just fight to survive. Wait, what? Okay, it's announced, okay. I don't. The empire will have our heads if we return and have him. Precision dodge? Precision counter? Precision, oh, frick. Precision dodge? Precision counter? Don't do such a thing. I'm not dying here today. And neither is she. Let's find out. Frick, oh, I kinda screwed up because I should have saved that stuff for... What combo is this? See, my stagger damage was actually, frick. I'm shooting. I'm shooting. Oh, frick. Okay, so everybody is just killing them like not. Dude, this whole game so far has been friendly fire, dude. The entirety of this game is friendly fire. I took a big stagger damage there, frick. So you parry, you parry by, okay. I stepped away for two minutes and we're fighting our friend, dude. This game is crazy so far. Okay, dude, literally like every single cut scene is like a different twist. Rondling when they give it the 17 months. What the heck just happened? You are but a summer ant. Doggy. Unfamiliar fellow. I wonder who this is. Well, come on then. Same voice actor as Lorath and Viola. No cosplay, I'm wearing chainmail. Vaping dance game. If you're to claim this prize. Benedicta. Bring more soon enough. Benedicta's a home. Tell the men we have work to do. And who's this finehound I see before me? A finehound who saved your life, that's who. Toggle. Hi. His name is Toggle. It's John Cena. You two acquainted? Well then, you won't mind taking him off my hands. Doggy. So now you have your dog. I'd always pictured you as more of a chock-a-ball type. Ivorod's Field. Oh, he knows. Come now. Fleet is flamed, fierce is a wildfire. That there was the blessing of the phoenix. I'd heard rumors that you'd survived. But I never paid them much heed. Calm down. I didn't come all this way for your handsome mug. Now her, on the other hand, she seemed worth muddying my boots for. None the worse for wear. Still might be best to get a second opinion. Back her up. It's a little step. I mean it. Not about to leave that here. You playing this is like a movie? Dude, it really, this game plays like a movie. You're welcome to join us. You do want to help her, don't you? Sid, if we aren't back soon, I'll have our heads. His name is Goats. I'll explain everything once we're back at the hideaway. Come on. OK, so let's see. The hideaway. We're here now, so let's travel to the hideaway. So this is the whole map. Is there anywhere else that I can kind of like see? What is going on here? Storm, the westerly of Elysia's two great continents. Sidolphus Telemann, OK, cornered by a battalion of Iron Kingdom crusaders in the depths of the Nights of Defile. Clive thought his end was nigh, until Sid appeared and spirited him and Jill away to his secret hideaway in the deadlands. So we're now going to the deadlands, which are barren waste, bereft of aether, where no life stirs, and magic is all but unusable. Here, both earth and water are stained black, preventing any seed from quickening. In recent years, the blight has spread ever more widely, displacing whole nations before it, driving once peaceable fauna to violent desperation and leaving silent devastation in its wake. Torgel, Clive's faithful friend now fully grown after the tragic events at Phoenix Gate. Clive believed that Torgel was lost to him forever. However, their paths were to cross again some 13 years later when Torgel's new master, Sid, came to Clive's rescue in the depths of the Nights of Defile. Despite their long years apart, the two knew each other as if not a single day had passed since their separation. Goats? One of Sid's trusted allies, a gentle giant who has a warm word for everyone. Not much further now. How long have I been playing my 45 minutes? We're in the middle of the deadlands. Keen are you. The blight suck this place dry. We're in no trees, no birds, and no magic. But it also means no neighbors. No neighbors, let's go. Going to look. Is that Lorath? It's the same voice actor, yeah. Home sweet home. Did you play the demo? Absolutely I did. And it was amazing. Did you cancel all your other engagements for the next couple of days? These are fallen ruins. Well, almost. Do you think they'd mind? And it keeps the black from our lungs. But how do you survive without magic? How does anyone? Hard work and a bit of nymph. You must be starving. We grow them here, believe it or not. Believe it or not. Suit yourself. You're back. So are you. How are you? And this is the dominant. How cold since we found her. I was hoping you might give her a look over. All right. Goats, get her upstairs. Well, none will... Don't fret about Karen. I've taken care of her feet. All of it. She's the best healer this side of the belt. You've nothing to worry about. Have a look around. I'll be in my solo. Hide, hide away. Pressing the middle button opens a detailed map of your current area. Gosh, dude, I'm telling you this game is just completely next level. They have maps. Nice work, Kuz. I was working on a pet project of mine. Though she's not a bug biting the hand that feeds her. Nice couch. I was hoping you might try and solve the mystery of poor Clyde Rossfield, a bearer of the San Brecquire Imperial Army sent behind enemy lines. With orders to wait until it turned into a brawl, then slit the dominant's throat in the chaos. I didn't know it was her. How could it be? And so, to save her neck, you slit your sergeants, then set your sights on the hills, conveniently forgetting how the Empire deals with deserters. Because with that on your chop, my friend, we both know you won't be getting far. You've fallen a long way, Lord Rossfield. Well, lots of it said that I'm a poor host. But I'm a hefty duck out today to avoid spoilers. A bearer is a person with a power to cast magic without a crystal. She's both under the scares there, marked with a brand. That's what the brand is. So if you have a brand on your face, you have the ability to cast magic. Who is her? Why nothing? Her life is her own now. If I wanted to use her, do you think I'd be talking to you? All I want to do is help. Dominance like her, branded like you. Of course, the realm doesn't approve, which is why we live in a cave. And it's also why we need help. From branded to no one end of a sword from the other. What say you, Clive? You guys say the voice doesn't fit him. I feel like the voice does fit him. Dude, this game is so cinematic. Sid, was it? I trust that you'll do right by Joe, but until my brother is avenged, I must walk my own path. Brother was murdered by a second dominant of fire. Phoenix is evil, swing. Oh, pardon me. Another room approving true. I only stand here today because of Joshua. 13 years I've waited for this chant. I slept in filth, drunk from a gutter, killed more men that I can count. You're right. The Empire will not suffer a deserter. This will be my best opportunity, my last. Which is why you should join us. I told you I'm not. Interested, I know. No, isn't there an actor that looks like him that has a voice that sounds like this? Is he certain? What say we go and ask him? Gerard Butler, that's what I'm thinking of. This doesn't mean I'm joining you. That's right, ready then. Yeah, they said Game of Thrones is a big inspiration for the story of this game. You'll find everything you need down in the main hall as well as a few things you don't. Okay, look. Have fun. Are you Blackthorn? If I am, then no time for idle chatter. Wasn't this game like... Wasn't this game written first? I'll be coming into the first wing, and I need you to see tonight my equipment. I think they wrote this game in English first, and then they translated it into Japanese, didn't they? I'm not lifting a finger for you. Is that so? Hand over, continental rum. Ah, sure. Do you want that or not? I can take it back. Damn you, Goots. No need to be hasty. Let's have a look at you. Our lock has stay a moogle's farts. Bloody Imperials. They'd rather see their bear is dead than kid it out properly. I'll do what I can. As a favor to Goots, mind. Goots. Let's spend it in game. Thank you. Equip the newly crafted item. Yes, I would love to. And the bell sees a square. You want anything else? You bring your own materials. I'll bear that in mind. Thank you. Ugh. Whatever. This is a big thing in Final Fantasy. Yeah, we got it a day early. We got early access a day early. Is there anything else I can forge? Wait, so if I have three more, we write. Okay, so let's look at our equipment items. Oh, gear and icons. Imperial imagery blade. But we got a new belt. We got an iron belt. This has 23 defense. Okay, so we got a eight defense upgrade, Pog plus eight. Dude, I can almost get this weapon, but is this weapon worth? So will it be? Oh, it's like a, okay. It's like 15 damage upgrade. Let's go talk to Goots. It's a PS5 only, yeah. The gift worked. You have my thanks. In my axe. Come on, nearly there. Good morning, Ice King. What's up, Ted? Flankings, quick as you like. All right, we're making comfortable wall of beds made up. You're just gonna stand there. Some will face some water. Water. I'll get the bucket. You can see if I don't need out, huh? Wait, me? The hell have I got myself into? Oh, no. He needs some water. He needs some milk. Oh, he's branded. Look at him, he's branded. Who are they? They're freed imperial bearers. Who the hell are you? Think you can find your way up downstairs to the infirmary. We need tire. Well, go on. Shift your arse. He's sponsored. I'm not either one looking after Jill. I guess if anything, I should do it at the beginning of the day. There'll be time for tearful reunions when she's recovered. I'm not here for Jill. You're wanted downstairs. There are injured bearers in need of attention. Well, why didn't you say so? Some guys are all... I did say so. He's going to be all right. But I'll need to examine them both in the infirmary. See ya. My work's just begun. Another fine day at the hideaway. Do many of the bearers who come here arrive in this state? It's no easy thing, casting off your chains. By the time most pluck up the courage, they're already too far gone. These two here are the lucky ones. The name's Otto. You need anything? You asked me. Well, Otto, I need some supplies. Do you now? Lady Karen over there will be more than half done. Lady Karen. Oh, here we go, dude. Just move all these people off. RPG stuff, right? Like, I probably don't need to read that part. OK, let's talk to Karen. Oh, God. I need supplies for my journey to Lost Wing. Otto said you could provide them. I hope they make her just really annoying. Does the newcomer think it proper to make demands of a poor old maid? Oh, of course, Karen. Or do you think she's in himself? Of course, Karen. It's Clive. Well, Clive, I hear that dog is yours. Since he followed Sidone one night, I've sinned to it that his chin's rubbed and his belly fed. Though, I suppose that's your job now, unless you lose him again. I won't. Not again. Thank you for watching him. So were you going to buy something? What? You didn't think I'd shower your lordship with my hard-won wares while you swagger about with a pocket full of gill? Life doesn't work that way. Pocket full of shells. Now, let's say some coin. Why, you're barely attacking his side now. And after all, I've done for you tonight. You call that reddit, nuke the mods, and pop some reddits, yeah? Oh, right, a mechanic exception. Crazy. But just this once, mind, my stores are getting cluttered and I need to make room for next shipment. Thank you. Me? Thank you, Joe. Dude, she's an actual Karen. That's hilarious that they did that. True versus sex. How come, man, they've been in the four months? OK. The redstone is now accessible. This customizable virtual battlescape provides Clive a safe location. OK, so it's like a training area. Commence training. All right, so that's a four-part combo. Oh, that's kind of cool. How do I do the magic burst combo? OK. I figured out it's like a timing. I can't just spam it. It doesn't work. You have to go like that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, on. OK, so this is it, dude. That, that, that, that, that, that, that. Great, I screwed up. Oh, no, I got it. No, no, no, I didn't. OK, so to do the magic burst combo, you have to swing. You hit it. Swing, hit it. Magic burst. Whenever you hear the sound. Rise and flames. Cyclone. 142. So an aerial attack does the same damage as a Phoenix shift. So Phoenix shift isn't really even good to use. It's just a, it's just a gap. Camera top corner. Is this better? Here's the problem. How am I going to, wait, how's that? Is that better? OK, yo. If I do this, it's a lunge. Do I have any more abilities now? I think I, you know what? I have 300 ability points I haven't used. I should probably taunt. Use R2 plus this to pull the attention a minute and be. Oh, what is this? Heat wave, wait. Scroll at Cyclone, Phoenix shift. Projectile at the spelling wall of liquid flame. I mean, I should just get all this anyway, right? Then I have 140 points, and I can just use these whenever. But I have to like equip it, right? Like arrow and gear and icons. Rising flames. My rhymes are hot, like a burning flame. So you pick two, two potions. Leaving already. Ah, yeah. It's you I'll miss the most, Lady Karen. It always is. Don't stop your going, does it? This should be fun. The Audi. The Audi. Fast travel. This is make for the Greatwood, but it doesn't say where to go. Except I'm assuming you just leave, right? Oh, what is this? The Greatwood? Oh, cool. Off we go. Oh, fuck everything. More work. Okay, we're continuing on the main quest. The Greatwood is a vast forest in the southwestern part of Sandbrick. Wildlife thrives here, but the delicately balanced ecosystem has been thrown into disarray in recent years by the encroachment of the Blight and the beast driven before it. So dangerous has it become that travelers rarely venture here anymore. Okay, chat. Eat your popcorn. But flies everywhere. I told you we should have taken the Crystal Road. I told you we're outlaws. You want every bounty hunter in store hiring us from here? Captain Sally, big of a 26 months. To the holy capital. As famed. Besides, what's wrong with the shore cut through nature's splendor? You know. The deadlands claim more of the realm each day. And a place like this still exists and miracles in itself. Blood flies in a hole. Yeah, it's more of the war's after it. Imperial land soon. You all right? Never better. Sounds like it. But there is a fine hound. Soon took to hunting. Fearless as you like. It's good to have you back, Toggle. Now, we don't want to be caught in the forest after nightfall. I suppose not. Did I mention to be deadly? To be honest, I would consider using the ring of time assistance. Not a trained assassin can handle them. How reassuring. You're welcome for that. And he's short cut. Maybe that's why we like Toggle. Well, maybe they don't. That's it. We as a warden, precision sick. Level up. Nah, I still have a way to go. Grand Marzipan, thank you for the two months. Whoa. Is that a lizard? It's a dinosaur. It looks like, what is that called? A horned, what's that thing called? It's like a massive. What in good? Is that a horny tail? Is he doing this far south? Looking for food. No more wolves where he's from. The north was one of the first parts of Storm to fall to the blight. TZU. Oh, sod. What we're gonna do with TZU. I would tell you if I didn't think it either, Doug. I haven't seen this before. Button massages, why don't you play Street Fighter? I don't button match, I'm playing Street Fighter, okay? I know what I'm doing. Oh, we're right. Thank you kindly. I'm not a modern troll, man. The ruins, they're everywhere, aren't they? Some say there was a time they've locked out the stars. Down was the only way left for them to go. There's probably a lesson to be learned from that. But it can wait. Come on. Wait, I just realized I'm covering the whole point of me moving down here so not cover the leaves. Is chat needed? Yeah, because I saved my VOD so people can go back and they're gonna watch them. And everything's better with chat, right, chat? Dragon Abyss. I can't say that. Doesn't have to be a friend to you. Okay. Precision dodge, counter. Rising flames, heat wave. That's the most staggered damage I've had yet. Precision dodge. It really acts as lucky I'm super lucky. Dragon Talon is a material. Sharp Fang is a material. Cool. Must be a nice nearby. Keep your eyes open. Like, I'm looking at my own OBS right now and I'm like, I can't stop looking at it. They're white. That's all sharp. You'd better hope so. This shouldn't take too long. Go on back. So much for your short. Wow, breath. It's still short. Just not quite as quick. All right, I'm being done. My thoughts exactly. Precision dodge. If I have a Kalsim, oh. My gamer IQ kicked in, but I need to take advantage of it. You're just sitting there, see how I am, dude. Not a kid. So what I need to do a better job of, something I need to do a better job of is I don't use my abilities because I'm like waiting to use them in the stagger because I'm like, I don't want it to be on cooldown to not use it during the stagger, right? But I should be doing that because I could easily use it like two or three times. You see the stagger bar? Well, that's what I was thinking. It's like, I can see the stagger bar, so I need to calculate it better. Wait, so I don't understand. Is Sid also an icon here? The hell? Or he's a dominant, I mean, not an icon. Okay, dude, this is literally just like in between the Android saga and the Frieza saga and Dragon Ball Z. I said this during the demo. It's the exact same thing, dude. Frickin' Goku gets Super Saiyan and then all of a sudden, everybody else shows up 10 episodes later and there's like four more Super Saiyans. I'm by choice, mate. Old bloody realm of strapping young lads. And it was this sorry Suckerbones Ramu Sofit to home. Yes, it's the voice actor for Loret. You say you want to help Dominance and Paris. Well, what's in it for you? What's in it for me? The same as for all of us. What we want and deserve. Say for our knack, Dominance and Paris are no different from anyone else. The ability to use magic or summon great beasts should command respect, but instead is left as outcasts. Our kind are used and discarded like tools, yet we are men, so why must we die as less? I see. So what you're saying is you want to start a war. You flatter me, lad. My days is if I ever run along behind me. No, I only wish to offer our kind of choice, a place where we can die on our own terms. Everybody keeps saying like half the people either say they love the voice, some people say they love the voice, some people say the voice isn't for the character. Glide. Personally, I think the voice is great. What does that mean to you, plan on doing when you find this Dominant in a fight? What do you think? I'll show him the mercy he showed my brother and cut out the tongue of any man who tries to talk me out of it. 50-year-old actor voicing a 30-year-old actor. You're still gonna help his age? Okay, hold on. You guys realize you don't sound that much different between the age 30 and 50, right? False? No, that's 20 years difference, okay? I sound the exact same as I did 30 years ago, dude. You guys need to like get outside and also get a life in real life. After a puberty, your voice will change, dude. I've literally sounded the same. I literally, to this day, sound exactly the same. It doesn't matter whether I'm 30 or I'm four years old. I will still totally take credit for something somebody else did and then slightly at the last second mention that maybe somebody else helped me, okay? Come on, it's the exact same. But also listen to my dad, my dad sounds the same. My dad sounds the same. Filian sounds exactly the same. Same dad, same dad, I'll make a hole. How are people getting early access? I had to do unspeakable things for this early access. The office's Ralph begrudges being typecast for 20 years. Wait, what? Two years ago, he was talking about being typecast. Questions, no, no, is it an intro? I'm sorry, is it? Yay, Finchie! Hey, don't move on, once it chills. Oh, here we go, fast you see. It's not C. Bobick enough for you, you fat bastard. All bought and paid for, innit? I'll tell you, I'm not saying he's fat, but when he jumps in the air, he gets stuck, eh? I'm baby, I'm baby, I'm baby. Jim Carrey, I'll see to it. Words, words, hey, but you know what I say. There's none so queer as folk, all day prepared. No, speak to yourself. Come on, spit it out, as your boyfriend said last night. I was just going to say that back to you. Dude, this is so funny because I've never, I love the office, I adore the show, but I've never watched the British version of the office. Anytime I see clips of this, it feels like I'm watching like the office at home. I see this scene with the different characters playing in my head. This is the scene that Todd Packer comes in. It's a box, oh. Yeah, the music is so good for this game, dude. Let's follow him. We're just down that way. All of him. Thanks for the sub. Griega's my witness. Excellent, we move. I don't understand. Have I not proven loyal? It is true my leech value is loyalty above all else. But were you not quick to betray your countryman for the promise of coin? Commander of Walood's elite intelligences. If we can capture her. Weapons on the ground, imperials. Uh-oh. Lorecek, the royal intelligences. In elite unit of the Royal Knights of Walood, led by Benedict the Harmon. Okay, so that's her group. They're the royal intelligences. They led clandestine incursions deep into the territory of enemy nations for a myriad of purposes, espionage, assassination, chief among them. Benedict the Harmon, commander of the kingdom of Walood's elite intelligences who sits by religious side at the highest tables of state. Most recently in the negotiations with the Dalmecs at the Zernitschre stronghold. But Barnabas is not the only one of them whom she shares a special bond. Benedictus also has eyes and ambitions for Hugo Kupka. Benedictus, oh, the Holy Empire of Sandbrick. The nation occupying the northeastern reaches the continent of storm with the great city of Oriflame is capital. Sandbrick is the realm's largest theocracy. And home to the mother Crystal Drake's head. Under the rule of the Holy Emperor, the people of Sandbrick enjoy a life of plenty. Thanks to the crystals blessings which they believed to be a gift from the goddess Gregor herself, the kingdom of Walood. The sole surviving nation and ash, Walood has its capital at stone here home to the mother Crystal of Drake's spine, a war-like land. It's considerable military might serves to keep neighboring countries at bay while Walood does maintain a notional alliance with the Dalmecian Republic in Southern Storm. It is very much a marriage of convenience. Let's get this over with. Yeah, I'm gonna try and if I'm reading Laura I'm gonna try and read it at the beginning or end of a cutscene. So that I don't like mess with like the music is so good. Oh nice, finally I got a parry. Man, it's the most stagnant image of that, okay? Oh, cinematic clash. Okay, so the whole time you wanna, you basically are trying to alternate your, okay. The whole time you're fighting, your business is trying to like swing magic, swing magic, swing magic, swing magic. I got a parry, hit, boom. Oh, no sword. Oh, he lost his sword. Nice. The midnight raven. Button mashing, a button mashing, cinematic clash. Again, nice, big damn, big damn, big damn, judge. One more. Midnight raven, slain. Badge of might, this is awesome. It's super sick, man. Perils. Whoa, you two looked apart. So I think parries in this game are just you have to attack at the same time they attack. Oh, you fight like a true shield of Rosaria. Like they attack at the same time. You're blessed by the phoenix of that. Wait, blessing of the phoenix. The boon Joshua bestowed upon his brother upon Clive's ordination as first shield, allowing him to wield fire aspect and magic without a crystal. It's long been custom in Rosaria for the dominant of the phoenix to share a part of their power in this way, performing this right of rejuvenation upon those they appoint as their protectors, that they might serve them the better. Cursor, my bad. Speaking of which, I wonder, does the other icon of fire give blessings, do you think? You don't believe me? Lo, the creator did make of the elements eight icons to serve as keepers of the one roar. Not that I've ever set too much store by holy doctrine, but on that point, it's clear, fire has always had just the one warden as of all the rest. A new one can't be born until the previous dies. And even that can take years. The thing is, you don't strike me as a liar, which leaves but one person who might be able to shed some light on the matter. And there, you know, I'll swing, as our our Waluda friend, as I would imagine. We should hurry before he gets dark. But what if someone discovers the bodies? Well, and they'll be sorely disappointed. Stage replay in arcade mode or not, I don't know how to, oh. So you can go back and do any encounter that you want. So much for arriving before sunset. I didn't realize we were this close. Any idea what that is, they built the village around. Oh, for a fallen ruin. I've heard some call it an airship. There was flying days seemed to be behind it. It was a joke. It took him out of context. It was a joke. We truly think a dominance waiting for us in that village. My scout has never given me any reason to doubt him, which is why I think we should hurry. Come on. A tuning with an obelisk slides Clive to travel quickly to the location of the world. Okay, so it's like an obelisk or fast travel. Okay. Good bond bar, yeah, Drew. This isn't the first time I've seen one of these. Perhaps I can use them as way marks. Open the map. You gonna so far? Yeah, dude, this game's great, man. This game's so good. Figures up ahead. Oh, here we go. Are they friends or foes? Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da! Let's find out. Frostnail, think of it in the new tier one. Thank you guys for the subs today, man. I really appreciate it. Great fix. Dominant of fire, a mysterious figure who was first seen in the chaos of the imperial invasion of Phoenix Gate. Immediately before the appearance of the second icon of fire, the very icon that slew the heir to the ducal throne, Clive believes this man to be the dominant who murdered his brother and is sworn to take his revenge. We're in the village of Lost Wing, a settlement located in Central Sandbrick on the northeastern edge of the Greatwood. Having initially found a prosperity as a stopover point for traveling traders, it fell from favor when newer, better roads bypassed it and eventually fell off the map entirely. The village is built both in and around fallen ruins that the people of Lost Wing claim once called an airship. No sign of the royalists. Or anyone else for that matter. It's too bloody quiet, even for this hour. What do we do now? First we look for my scouts. You start here, I'll circle around the back. How do I let you know if I find him? No question. Shouts? Subtle. I don't even know what he looks like. Torgal basketball? This can't be completely abandoned. Can it? Is this the old guy from Final Fantasy XV? No, so in every Final Fantasy game, there's a character named Sid. Just randomly. That sounds like a child. Who's crying? Stop crying, loser. Even in Final Fantasy VII, yep. I'm not one of them. My friend and I went with the Imperial army and we've come to help. Do you know where your parents are? The church. Then I'm going to find them and make sure they're safe. Can you stay hidden here until then? To the church then. Jack, go to church. The church, I know. I'm one step ahead of you. Wait, how did you know? You go in through the front. Anyone stands in our way, the other can stab him in the back. Good idea. What are they doing to this guy? This man's going to die if we don't get into a healer. Enough of your barking dog. About time. Stand back. Yes, the foregame. Who the hell are you? Thought you weren't coming. You still alive, Gal? Barely. Been doing what I can for the villagers, but... I thought you were joking. It's all right, he's with me. Is this everyone? No, they were others. A pair of royalists came for the bearers just before you arrived. Was a dominant among them? Maybe. It's not like he was old in a sign. Won't guess where he's going. Clive, after him. Look how he's sprint. You're worried for the scouts. Not yet, my lady, but we are the dominance companion. It's only a matter of time before we seize our quarry. Very good. What about the others? The bearers have been taken to Caernorvent. Some may still be worth keeping, should the dominant elude us. All is in hand, my lady. They will not be spoiled. I give you my word. Gentlemen, a toast! Will you join me? My thanks. Imperials drink this piss? Well, it would go some way to explain their breath. Imperials! And instead of killing them, you lead the rats straight to us. Mercy! Dude, she's a bitch. I, I hate her. Look what we have here, boys. An imperial bearer. Yeah, but she's hot. But I was getting bored. Will you be the first one to beat this? No. I wish. I can't put in the hours. What is that thing? I just lose what I think it does. And Sid hasn't explained it to you. Yo, is that the quarry? Dude, it's sick, dude. It's so sick. It's so good, man. It is so good. You've got some fight in you, even for a branded. Look who's here to save the day. Is this how you recruit all of your charges? Don't recall you complaining, Benedicta. Sidolphus. Remind me, why was it that you betrayed your kingdom? I asked your question. Lord Commander. Why? What up, squeeze? Because I've had enough of you and your king's antics. And yet here you are stealing my branded. What are you plotting? Dude, she's so hateable, dude. We have secured the dominant. I'm just a Canadian guy. And she's gone. Did she say where she was going? No. Then we head back to Lost Wing. One of the villagers may have heard something. But we can't just... Which is why I sent Gav. The man has a nose for these things. Trust me. Yeah, T-Vilk, it's a diversity day here. For the five minutes or so. So, it wasn't about bearers at all. They were looking for a dominant. Yeah, that's right. I thought we were hiding to bastard. Like any of us a keeper monster like that under our roof. No offense. When no one talked, they started rounding up everyone with a brand. And then everyone without one and all. And locked you in the cellar, hoping sooner or later someone would break. Things might have been different if you'd accepted my invitation. Don't remind us. We were all saying the same thing. This is our home, innit? Don't mean we won't out when we can, though. And that I'll drink, too. Jack, green screen contest soon, by the way. I've looked on something. I want to bring him back. He won't. Thirteen years ago, I watched the dominant kill my brother right in front of me. I did nothing. I didn't kill the son of a bitch. Then bring peace to my brother's soul after that. Whatever happens happens. Fight. You're content to be a slave, then. This radiance would have us believe the Imperial host invincible. Yet here we find the Empire's cornerstone teetering on the backs of a handful of cowards and cup-roads. Well, Bahamut may lead a hundred full legions. Could it be that the young prince defends a house of cards ready to topple at the slightest breeze? Tell me something. Why do you not resist? When you lies the power to slay gods, the phoenix perished in your flames. Yet you do not fight. You do not flee. You refuse your gift. Perhaps you are distracted. My offer still stands. Join us, and you will be treated with the respect one of our kind deserves. Lord Margrace, don't. No, she's hot. I'll give you a moment to consider your options. Do be gentle with them. There's only timelines in the Final Fantasy series, so each Final Fantasy game is different. It's not even the different timelines. They're just different games. One of the Empire's outlying strongholds, though apparently not strong enough to keep out the royalists. The captured bearers are inside. I'm sure of it. If Benedictus orders her to stay in the shadows, she won't be traveling with many men. Meaning she'll be keeping her prisoners together and close by. Including the dominant. So we find a way into the fortress and contribute a chaos. Er, what about me? Excellent question, Gav. You will wait outside the care and guide those I free to safety. And miss all the fun? Why can't he do that? Clive doesn't have your nose. He'd stumble off a cliff before he even found the man. They didn't, Gav. You're the best man for the job. When you put it that way, I suppose I'd better scout ahead for any surprises. Don't you let him down, shall we? Not so fast. We wait until tomorrow. But he's right there. And if we leave now, we'll arrive just as the sun comes up. Maybe join the guards in breaking their fast. Come on, Clive. They only just took the place. They'll be there a while yet. We've got one chance at this. You don't want to waste it, do you? No. Yeah, I think it's fine. I think it's so good. Dude, this game is legit like it feels like you're watching a movie. It's so good. The Dead of Night. I think I know that night. I've been waiting. As the story progresses, new weapons and irons will come available at the hideaway's trading post. Karen's tall. Let's go see Karen. Yeah, I think the reason they did it is for ads. They're gonna like sell the ads. Listen, I thought it was an ad. Is this game rated M, though? Sympathetic. And he knows about your little sanctuary. I would never have guessed so many people were bent on setting us free. When last I checked, the myth thought we'd only would trip to the gallows. I am hardly using my prime sub from my personal thoughts. Thanks, dude. And what could be more rewarding than your very own Dominant of Fire? A Dominant? Here? Now that I would like to see. I know you haven't. No, but nothing passes unnoticed in Lost Wing. Take your brand, for example. People will see that at once. And I need how they tell you how they will greet the enquiries of a bearer. You are afraid your words will fall on deaf ears. As they have ever since the moment you were marked. Happily, I can provide a solution to your dilemma. As a favor to Sid, that is. Take this. You will find it has the uncanny power to loosen tongues. Loosen tongues? Seal obtained. Seal! You want to say the Hagrid Frick? I blinked and I couldn't read it because I got excited about seeing Seal. This might be Imperial land. But here in Lost Wing, it's his word that's law. But how? You don't need to worry about that just yet. Hang on a minute. I thought it was a Hagrid. Everyone in Lost Wing knows what that seal means. And what it means if they don't take note. Now we can sit here counting our blessings. Or put them to good use and find that Dominant. Your choice. Well, Cap, thanks for getting us up there. This thing really works. Master Quinton took a liking to you, I see. And there I was, thinking you were in bed with Sid. Wonder what Gav will have to say about this. Speaking of whom, if you see him, tell him thanks for looking after us. Now, what can I help you with? I'm searching for a Dominant of fire. Gav seems to think he might have taken refuge here. We see a lot of bearers around these parts. But I teach him to recall one who commanded the flame. Now, whether or not that makes him a Dominant, I can't say. I can't say. But the Walooda certainly took a keen interest in the poor sod. Did you ever look at him? My whole life. The stream doesn't end until I die. One of the other bearers might have died. Hardcore in real life. How come? Okay, dude, I'm Clive. I mean, I'm branded. I'm blessed by the Phoenix. And I can't jump on a table, dude. You're gonna be kidding me. That a hanged man, I see. Master Quentin, I think it was important. If you hadn't come when you did, I'd be on my way to ash by now. Along with the others, poor buggers. These others, was there a Dominant of fire? A Dominant of fire. Might have been, yeah. Royalists seemed to think there was any, yeah. A thin bloke all swallowed up in his robes, like one of great Gregor's church men. Do you recall anything else about him? The graphics are very good. Only that you weren't alone. Was a young maid he went wherever he did. Including the church. And wherever the royalists dragged him both off to before you got here. I see. Thank you. I wonder if Sitz found anything. Is Asim gonna play today? Asim is coming over, tell everybody. Asim is coming over to my house right now. Tell me that skull image you'll be here eventually. So, a shady lad with a hood and his equally shady lass wants to go on bullets. But... I've been thinking, if our friend is a Dominant, why not just burn the royalists to a crisp? There's a reason he's holding back. And I reckon he has something to do with his partner. Thank you, that's some guy. What makes you say that? One of the villagers I talked to said the two were separated. If the Waludas have her, our Dominants like to think twice before starting any fires. Whoever he is, he's shown himself to have a level head. He's careful, cunning, and he doesn't want to be found. This could spell trouble for us and the royalist both. Still, it'll be a whole lot worse if we set off after them with blurry eyes and empty bellies. There should be a pair of pallets weighing for his back at the inn. Shall we? Yo, you know what? Is that more F? Hoggy! Fetch! Yeah, Asim's setting's down. Eds, I seem to recall your request being to spend the night. And for that, the floor will more than suffice. What? Better than a wet rock, I suppose. My thanks, Quinton. Next time you're at the hideaway, our floor's all yours. Off in the stream for the vidos. No need for thanks, Sid. This isn't an act of charity. You don't say. In exchange for my floor, I shall be requiring your services. The royalists saw fit to erect a barricade across the road south when they occupied the village and failed to remove it when they left. I expect it to be gone before you leave. As you wish. Took longer than expected. First time dismantling the barricade? It gets easier, don't worry. I won't. If we leave now, we'll arrive at the care when the shadows are at the deepest. Well, I should rather wait. No more waiting. The road south, then? Unless... I know of another shortcut. You should be so lucky. Appreciate your out with the royalists' barricade earlier. We'll see you the rest. Slota, think of it the four months. At least we're talking to them for us, my Ben. Much as I enjoy battering down the front door, I hazard this endeavor will require a bit more tact. Wait, is that the voice? It's an old sluice that empties under the bridge. It should see us through to the lower levels of the care. Sid, we both know why I'm here. But what is it that you want? Why would you risk your life for a handful of al-qas? If anyone ever learned what you've been doing with their property... They got my head in a box. What about my property? It's about all of us. All I want is to build a place where it doesn't matter what you are, but who you are. You don't know me, but I'm proud of you in your stream. Hard grinds. Thanks, dude. So, until it is, I use the power I've been given to show people there is hope. Tell me about this, Benedicta. The best and worst decision I ever made. Wait, what? Don't underestimate a clive. A fight with her icon is not one you're likely to walk away from. Garuda. Warden of the Wing. Confirmed? You have a milk fetish? No, I don't. I just like milk. I'm drinking it. That's how I have so much big bones and strong calcium. Actually, you know what? I actually don't drink that much milk anymore, but growing up, I used to drink like eight glasses of milk a day. Yeah, I was 5'10 and 9th grade. Let's do a little bit of lore check. This is Seir Norvent. Imperial stronghold located along the southern fringes of Sembroquois territory, far from its capital of warflying. It occupies a key strategic position adjacent to the crystal bell and it's suitably formatively fortified. What is that sentence? As a result, within its walls, there are living quarters, a church, a gaol, and sufficient storehouses to see the occupants through a lengthy siege. Okay, we're back. Sorry, chat. I had to fix my... I accidentally uploaded the part one of... the second YouTube channel for all my playthroughs. Wait, what? The eastern territories all but belong to the orcs. Wait, what the... I'll have my men ready to depart by noon. No bother. But what of the mines? Without adamanty to... The light would have engulfed the mines there long. Besides, you already have your orders. Yes, my legion. The dark swallows more of the realm with each passing day. The land starved of the aether that gives it life. And as the fringes fade, the people flock to the mother crystals desperate for their blessing. Or we wage for possession of that blessing. It breaks us from within, hastening us to our own destruction. And so you do what must be done. I unite the dominance. That we may bring an end to the strife and found a new order to see us unto tomorrow. The world must be restored, and I will see it so. You might have already had Sidolphus not betrayed us. Him again. Lost you still for his embrace. But... of course not. The Frick? I serve you, and you alone. Well, the day you first entered these halls, your pale hand pressed into his, as if he would never let go. That... that was a long time ago. Yours... is the only hand I need. Soon, my dear, soon all will know whose hand it is that keeps them from falling into the darkness. Hold me, my leash. Never let me go. One of our sentries has failed to report, my lady. Your orders. Pull the men back inside the care, Geralt. He is here, then. Have them lead Sid and his little pet to the chapel. I shall entertain them there. So you've come for me, after all. Any demo gamers? Headwind. That's a nice trick. You'll have to teach me some time. Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go. As long as we keep ourselves on this side of the bars. In here. Oh, cursor, cursor, my bad. You're gonna give up. Sid. This gate. Need some help. Sorry. It was hard. Game night, yeah, we're doing a game night for that other four-heroes game tonight. At seven. Can you play it early? My close, personal friend, uh... How did you hear that? Yo, she touched on mine, as I, like, gave me a copy of the game. Okay, so he wave is good. He wave is good, but I feel like, in, like, a thing like this, I need to change my... I change my, uh, icon ability to Scarlet's like one. You know, I should be doing my abilities to 710 ability points. Okay, hold on, I gotta forget that. So we have all this. Maybe I should, should I just wait until flames of rebirth? I should just hold on my ability points until flames of rebirth, probably. Yeah, I would expect it to be at least a year until, until the game comes out on anything other than PS5. To the window! Wait, I made that same joke. Backstabber, Royal Siegfried. Well, Austrian, if you come out with, like, it feels like there's, there's not, like, overconfidence. Like, I mean, not overconfidence, but... Like an overwhelming amount of confidence. That's what I should say. Do the enemies fight back? Not when I'm fighting them. When I fight them, they don't fight back. Then no, there's no point. Just got them stunned like the whole time. Unfinished game releases. Apologies, I was out and they moved on, true. Before we get started. Lord, any lores? Benedicta, Commander of the Kingdom of Olu's Elite Intelligenceers. We know that. Her love for her former Lord Commander, Sid, was deep and true, and left an equally abyssal hole in her heart when he fled Olu. Deep for prayer, isn't it? Do I seem so desperate as to grovel at the feet of a false god? I was waiting for you. Not for too long, I hope. All this for a midnight chat. Let's chat, then. Where are the men and women you took from Lost Wing? You mean, where's the dominant? Olu shall be requiring his services indefinitely. To me, Sid Ulfis, I need you. Think of all the things we can create together. The world that we can build. You need me. Your king needs me. I'm all for building a new world. Just not his. That bastard's dreams are as twisted as his promises are false. And I want no part of him. King Barnabas saved you, and this is how you speak of him. Have you no shred of loyalty? What? To a leader who'd use me. Like he uses you. You know nothing of me, Sid Ulfis. You're right. I don't know who you are anymore. Or what you want. I only know what you used to say. That you were tired of running. That you just wanted to be free. Free of it all. You weren't lying to me, then, so what changed? What made you think you had to sacrifice who you were to get what you wanted? Sacrifice. I use my talent to my advantage, and you would tell me there is shame in that? If there's no shame, then why do you feel so sorry for yourself? Arousing speech, Lord Commander. I was a fool to believe you might have changed. The only person I feel sorry for is you! I can't do this anymore. If you would stand between our leash and his dream, then you leave me no choice. Precision dodge time 3. Frick, I missed, dude. I missed my fricking ability. 4 times 4 fricking at times 4. 6500 stagger damage, I think that's pretty good. Precision counter. Precision dodge, precision counter. Nice! Let's go, dude. Shit. Remember that one time you got me 5 and a 60 early access pass? Yeah, dude. I remember. Cloud of Eye Sharpening magic ash. This guy's fricking coughing up blood and he's smoking, chain-smoking cigarettes all the time. But a dick tool will be on her way to collect the dominant. If she hasn't already, can't afford to let them leave. Remember, she has wings, you don't. What about you? Come on, Toggle. Potion! First I expected more from the old man. Lorecek? Nope, nothing. Bless from you. This is the second time you've bested my sisters. Men of your talents are rare indeed. Why cost your lot with such undesirables? If it is the hearth you long for, you will find more than enough warmth under my wings. You know exactly what I want. Hand over the dominant, and I'll leave you in peace. After this cutscene, commercial break time, because ads are gonna play, and then we'll do the fight. I'm gonna wait for the fight. Fool is the shepherd who heats every bleed of the sea. So if you guys are not subbed, you won't miss the fight. I will suffer yours no longer. Must I spell it out for you, branded? One is listening. No one at all. Come on, lady Latin. Precision dodge? Wait, if she's casting a spell at me, like Eroga or something, or Windblade, whatever, when I heat wave back at her, it is a big counter. Can't fix her, okay? We cannot fix her. Stop. I didn't realize that the first time I played this. It's spamming one button. I'm spamming two buttons, okay? The two months. Ramble fall? What is a ramble? Big punish, big punish? Oh, huge, okay. 6300 damage, that was big, big stagger. That's probably my biggest one yet. I'm gonna have Perry in this game better. Cinematic strike? I'm not playing with modern control, okay? Actually, technically, I guess I am. Classic control is my turn, bitch. Ah, dude, that was so bad. Dude, if she grabs you, that's actually so bad. Did I miss? Goodness, dude. Oh, man. Oh my gosh, first try. There we go, dude. Nice. Still silver. Dude, no, I'm not journalist difficulty, dude. Dude, that was insane, man. I thought I was dead. I thought I was 100% dead, dude. Is that the demo? This is like a... It's the icon. It's basically the same title. Okay. So now is when the icon challenge ended, right? Right after this or right here? I think it was right here it ended. Yeah. It ends right here. Okay, so now the demo is officially over. There's no more demo. This is all straight up. This is all new content straight up from here on out. Baby's out of mana? So I drained her Garuda. Right? Oh my gosh. It's the tier three subs. Dude, her mod showed up. Garuda, Jamaica. Ooh, I want to take it. I'd rather not be here when it does. If your dominance started this fire, and I'm betting he did, he'll be long gone. We didn't start the fire. I created a diversion as commanded, your grace. The village has escaped in the confusion. As should we. Yes. There's a new phoenix, basically. A man named Margrace. A mysterious man that many believe to be a dominant of fire. He's rarely seen without his heavy robe nor his lawyer attendant. The two journey together far and wide across the realm to an unknown end. But we don't know anything else about him. It's Forsen. So there's like two dominance of fire. There's an ifrit in the phoenix. Technically, you don't know if Clive is ifrit or not. A bunch of people think that Clive is ifrit, but there's really no like direct evidence that Clive is ifrit yet. Power of wind. Clive has claimed a portion of the icon Garuda's essence. A tuning with Garuda not only changed the elemental aspect of Clive's magic, but also allows him to access several new iconic abilities such as gouge, a deadly flurry of talents that can turn to an opponent for multiple hits. Ability details can be found on abilities and Garuda's feet. Deadly embrace can be used to draw smaller, lighter enemies. Oh, she used that against me. That's almost what killed me. Triangle cycles icons. Different ability cooldowns. Okay. So the combat in the icon challenge, that's whenever it like started to pick up is like the combat is kind of crazy because you're just like constantly rotating through your icons. Well, let's look at this. Look at our abilities here. And I have, we now have Garuda. And I have 1,173 points. We can get Rook's Gambit if we want. We might as well learn everything. But there's aerial blast here, the big boy, and then flames of rebirth. I really want to save for this flames of rebirth. 600 more points because it gives me healing. Taking out power. Still nothing, dude. I think I do. Oh, see, so now I can literally get over here. See, I can go pick our guy up off the ground. 800 attacks, no damage. We're going to get black cement ones on Saturday. Are those the black elephant print ones that I've seen? All night long. I'm gouging, I'm gouging, I'm gouging. See, so now I can go fire and then I rotate and then I go Wicked Wheel. Yeah, this game is sick. Oh my gosh, I barely healed. Look, if I can't pull something, if I do deadly embrace and I can't pull, then it just makes me fly in the air. Nice. Dude, the gouge does zero damage. Get yourself killed. It's not me who's been playing with fire. Do things by heart. Wait, does the bit rate go nuts whenever I do a special in this game? This way. So if it wasn't you or him who freed the bears, who was it? Good question. Someone who didn't have their hands full fighting a bloody harper, I guess. What matters is they're safe. Something they wouldn't be. Had it not been for you, Gav. Just doing me job, like. So, uh, what about his dominant? Gone. And after we were so close. I can drag him. Sir told us about your family. Lost me only to imperial steel. Sometimes vengeance is the only thing that keeps you going. Thank you. Look safely, brothers. You like you. You have to hold on. We're going to get you. We're going, going, going. How long to the coastal road? At this pace, we won't make it by sunset. He'll know. He'll cost me out like all the others. What am I going to do? What are you? Deserve. Wait, what? Dude. There's so much just like. The amount of characters that have already been killed off in this game is insane. What do we have here? That's a good price, I reckon. But we'd be doing a slave as a disservice. If we didn't. Praise our world. Stay away. Second command of Walood's Royal Entourage. He's the second command. He has all the time to evacuate the Stricken Benedicta. Dude, why is it like a delay? It's like a lag. Let's go home. Is this it, Sir Dolphus? My punishment for not listening to you. Yeah. Was she becoming Garuda? Do you feel it, too? By the flames. This is my will. What? This is my will. That's not what that says. Too much, Ethan. She can't control it. Is that too much, either? She's drunk. Wait, icon battle? So if he's ifrit, then we'll know now. I had, like, a massive delay on my controller. Look, what's going on? It's a Peter rap. Lord Ordon, what's up, dude? Yeah, I wasn't allowed. I found out I got early access late. And then they said I wasn't allowed to advertise it. Like, you're not allowed to announce it until you have it. Or until it starts. That's why I kept telling people Nintendo Direct that night. Because thankfully there was Nintendo Direct at the same time. I've seen him every night for the past 13 years. Watched as the flames of his icon took Joshi one. Wait, so I'm solo now? Yeah, dude, the Benedicta fight was amazing. Plot bolder is true. Wait, why'd he disappear? Where did he go? This is not a scary game. She laughed, dude. Dude, she laughed. I do it. I'm telling you Benedicta Gruda is a bitch. I can only hope the worst for her. I came here after seeing your cooking clip in 100,000 times. That's actually impressive gameplay. Thanks, dude. Welcome to the stream, man. I found you. The ashes. This is a legit movie. It's so good. Okay, what? This doesn't seem very... Guys, stop sexualizing Gruda. Wait, what? I had to fight as I took a lot of damage early before I wasted a lot of health. Wait, what? Now I have potions? I started that fight with no potions. There's no way there's no way I'll lose it. That's what makes me so valuable. I did so much better than second half. Maybe it's... I took a lot of damage, like right off the bat, the first attempt at the thing. Burying, I'm squaring. Sharp fang, 55 sharp fangs. That's a lot of teeth. Gruda's stand store. I loved it. Awake in every... Okay, so Clive is in for it. Clive is Ifrit. Question answered. Okay. Which means he killed Joshua. Gruda doesn't know he's looking for himself. Yeah, exactly. So he's trying to get revenge on the guy who killed his brother, but he's the one who killed his brother when Ifrit consumed him, basically. I'm botting Ifrit. Controls for Ifrit are as follows. Melee attack, range attack, evade. Okay, it's pretty simple. Just like before. A conical lunge, zero zero zero. Okay, it's all the same controls. Okay. I think I got punished because... I think I got punished because it was while she was casting. Dude, this is so sick, man. Dude, just destroy the boulder in your hands. Don't even push it back. Just destroy it. Up or cut the boulder. True. What the heck? I just got frickin' smoked. I'm trying to dodge. I'm trying to dodge. But he just dodges really slow. Making Ifrit look bad. No, the problem is is I think I jumped into that aerial blast and I shouldn't have. I thought I was gonna like stagger her out of it and then I ended up getting railed. I have to basically play perfect at this point because I'll get stunlocked. Okay. All that damage is like none of her health war. She has way more health than I do. What is Kaiju? I saw a couple people say Kaiju. Dang, the cinematic. You slam, big slam. So good, man. So, okay. So, gawt might be the case but we didn't know for sure. Oh my... Dude, daddy shows up. Daddy shows up in his life. All right, boy. Yeah, so Sid has total control over his icon. Dude, Rama just frickin' dumpstered Ifrit, dude. Absolutely dumpstered. Too nice is your problem. You've been chasing. I was inside you all along. Dude, is this guy's voice? Why did you have to listen to him? He sounds like the Lorax from Dr. Seuss. Come here. She was misunderstood. Hey, you guys say what you want. Benedict is one crazy-ass bitch, okay? I mean, literally, more than everything that came out of her mouth is crazy, okay? Every bird girl I've ever known has been that way, okay? They're the worst. Leading up to who's... Like, what's a Super Saiyan? And then all of a sudden in 10 episodes after Goku gets Super Saiyan, there's like 10 more Super Saiyans. It's so good, dude. Why did that shot look so real? So, for some of the cinematics, they actually filmed real dragons fighting. Reformed the Koholts. At what? We're at New Zealand, I believe. They try to repurpose some stuff from Lord of the Rings. Their attacks are frequent and widespread, even in the Holy Capital. The Capital? What of my father? His radiance is safe, but he has ordered the city guards strengthened. We can expect no reinforcements. The whole of Anduin is in this game. And the Emperor's safety is paramount. I shall deal with our enemies here. Dude, this game is unbelievable so far. This game is absolutely amazing. It's completely blown my mind, man. Full of surprises. First that trick with Garuda, then whatever the hell that other thing was. Didn't know you had it in you. It was me. I killed him. I killed Joshua. I thought it was yours to die. I can take it if that's what you want. But first, I thought I'd give you the benefit of my timeless wisdom. It seems to me, you see, that since you're still breathing, you might as well make yourself useful. You're dressed pretty as you are. You're not my type. See you in hell. Now the crying really took it out of it for him. That's what he was referring to. Clive Rossfield. An Imperial bearer turned deserter who joined forces with Sid to hunt down the second Dominant of Fire. However, after being drawn into a fierce battle with Benedicta, Dominant of Garuda, the power of the mysterious icon Ifrit awakens within him and discovers that the Dominant of Fire he has long been surging for, the one who killed his brother, was none other than himself. Ooh. Joshua Rossfield, second son of the Archdude of Rosaria to the Ducal Throne. Upon the night of the Imperial invasion of Phoenixgate, this was in the demo, the shock, and it's the beginning of the game, the shock of seeing his father's slain before his disbelieving eyes led to him losing control of his icon and setting the castle alight. From the flames arose a second icon of Fire, whose murderous rampage laid both the castle and the Phoenix low. Ifrit. A fire aspected icon that first emerged in the year of the realm 860. Great year, by the way. When Imperial forces attacked the Rosarian stronghold of Phoenixgate, clad in infernal flame, the fiendish creature flung itself against the Phoenix, overpowering the icon of the strength and ferocity never seen before. Its reappearance was to usher in a second shocking revelation, and that its Dominant was none other than Clyde Rossfield. Cool. So yeah. Now in the cover art for the game, you see a thing on his arm that looks like Ifrit, it looks like the same style of Ifrit, so you could kind of like assume from that maybe, but you don't really know for sure until afterwards, right? You never really know until after you see it in the game. So it's like, oh spoiler on the cover, but not really, right? Cause it's like you don't really know, it's a spoiler until you know.