Making Sense of YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse - Final Fantasy XIV's NieR Raids

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YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse is a series of raids in Final Fantasy XIV, crossing over with the NieR franchise. These raids have a reputation for being incredibly confusing, and requiring an in-depth understanding of lore going back in a 20-year franchise. Is this raid series as hard to follow as its reputation suggest, and more to the point, is it good? Let's find out.

Table of contents:
Intro - 0:00:00
Part One: A (Very) Brief History of Drakengard - 0:08:02
Part Two: What Happens in YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse? - 0:18:52
Part Three: Final Fantasy XIV's Most Divisive Raid - 1:13:51
Conclusion - 1:58:21

References:
Tower at Paradigm's Breach (With details about epilepsy warning):
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...

Dying Red Dragon
  / 51_spoiler_regarding_the_nier_raids_easter...  

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...

Portable Archive notes:
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...

Seeds of Destruction:
https://drakengard.fandom.com/wiki/Se...

F66x:
https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/F66x

Drakengard 2 sources:
   • Drakengard 2 Analysis - Clemps (PART 2)  

https://drakengard.fandom.com/wiki/Nowe

NieR Re[in]carnation crossover:
   • [NieR Re[in]carnation] Vestiges of Pa...  

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