the best part of drakengard is that it makes you _feel_ something, it can be disgust, curiosity, anger, fun or even confusion but it will always stick into your head like your first kiss

Caim rhymes with murder

A very dark game where death is as far as the eye can see and in a world on the verge of collapse. The only people who can save this hellish world are nearly as insane or sick as the enemies they fight against and after struggling so hard to make it to the end... none of the results are happy. Honestly, to hear that Caim was inspired by Guts didn't surprise me that much. XD

The feeling of uneasiness this intro makes you feel before even starting the game is the spark of brilliance that gave birth to the Nier series. This game deserves a remake more than any other in existence.

What is a world without Yoko Taro!

This is the one video where Demo does nothing but let the game speak for itself. That’s how good Drakengard’s opening movie is.

Pretty rare for me to do so, but I think the ENG version of Drakengard's opening was stellar compared to JP. JP isn't bad per se, actually great, but its just that ENG sounds so much better. Inuart's ENG VA did an amazing job portraying him here as a manic madman completely broken down by the circumstances he was thrown into, and the other ENG VAs in the background only served to make the atmosphere even more unsettling and dark.

This was the most bone chilling afk trailer scene ive ever experienced. I was just sitting probably distracted by something else when i heard the girl talk, I was suprised and thought some secret thing was unlocked, then the trailer started playing. Ive never felt more interested to play a game from something like this. It was soo intense.

I know people will disagree but I think Drakengard was one of the best PS2 games I've ever played. Such an awesome storyline and pretty good combat system. I'm so hyped for Drakengard 3. Anyone else think 2 was okay, but not as good as 1?

this was my birthday present when i was 5 YEARS OLD! Holy Shit

I literally 100% forgot I played this as a child. Watching this brought back all those memories and I realized that it was probably one of my most played and favorite games. Makes you wonder what else you've forgotten.

The lady's voices actually scared the crap out of me when I first had the start screen om

I've had this Gmv living rent free in my mind for many years

I'm so glad I bought this on pure whim

The Watchers. Adore. Us.

I love Drakengard because if this game was to be remade today, with nothing censored at all, it would probably be banned in at least 50 countries.

I must have watched this a thousand times, I would just leave my ps2 on and let this play over and over again. Secretly one of my favorite games of all time and easily one of my favorite openings for a game ever.

As someone who hasn't played the first one, the graphics of the cutscenes really speak to me

just played this game for the first time in 2016 worth every second

You have good taste in videogames Demo, not only do you like Drakengard but you also like NieR. 10/10 taste.

Welcome to a world without song.

I have looked for this over and over. Thank you so much. I would go to sleep listening to this, it's so haunting. Favorite video game soundtrack ever.

Huh. From the very beginning, they hinted at Ending E.

What i love about this game is the vision Yoko Taro had at the time. He thought that saying things like "i kill someone" in a videogame, was kinda out of place, since you'll hear that from "bad people" that's why all the protagonist are just people who did terrible things, because you'll expect them from doing things like killing without repentance, but then 9 11 happened, and Yoko Taro understood that you don't need to be a bad person to do terrible things, you just need to think you are right, which leads us to the nier series

Forever an iconic song

i wrote this poem in honor of this song i dont care! what is a world without Ezra?! a world without song.. darkened blood, it flows, and time tells its tale. blackened heart, a lonesome soul, the end is begun. a withered rose, a raging storm, the forest recedes. i call out these prayers to the sky! bring her back or take me with her i carry these memories inside, like a dream it dies, an island, endless fields, our home how i long for those days.. a broken mind, it shows, stained by lust, will you forgive me? i see you grow wings and fly high, watchers look on as we dance, up in the cursed burning sky, watching me, watching you, watching me.. will she ever allow me to bathe in her gratitude and love? no.. dont look at me..

"I used to wait at the main menu of Drakengard all the time just to watch this video over and over again" Me too buddy =) Thank you so much for uploading this!

THE WATCHERS! THEY SING! LALA LA! LALAALAAAA!

After seeing "Evangelion", I was afraid of losing my respect for "Drakengard", so I watched the first game again (but only route C and I used my imagination to turn routes B, D and E into a single one). Best decision of my life, because it allowed me to gain a new appreciation for the characters, particularly Caim, that I failed to grasp the first time. Now I understand that while he's a warrior and I'm a scholar, and even though I feel more compassion for children than he does, we might not be so different when it comes to how we feel towards our respective sisters and how we want the forces above us to see us. I love my sisters too, but I don't see them much in my future, just like Caim doesn't see Furiae in his despite finding her adorable. And he wants God to remember him for all eternity as a warrior, just as I want to be remembered as someone who dances sloppily in the chaos while taking mental notes and commenting on everything like some sort of theatre play. My observations leaving everyone in awe due to how orderly chaotic they sound. We will both be remembered by our respective resilience. This game is a masterpiece, the characters are masterpieces (with Caim, Angelus and Seere being relatable to me), and I apologize for saying I prefered "Evangelion" over "Drakengard". I prefer both in equal measure. It's a crime to put either below/above the other.

What if we've been looking at the timeline all wrong ? For example, what if there are actually two Cathedral Cities (although the city is said to be on the Iberian Peninsula, in the original game, it's located outside the map, beyond clouds) because the timeline is actually this: -Drakengard 3 (routes C and E); -Tokyo, 2003; -Drakengard 1; -Nier; -Nier Automata (route C). What if Brother One and his cult were the ones who came up with project Gestalt ? What if he's the reason the Gestalts became violent before the Shadowlord was thought of ? What if the Seeds are actually clones of Emil and his sister that are harvested by the androids to be turned into angels/Watchers, with those who disobey being twisted into dragonhood ? What if the Empire's crusade is the reason humanity is so spread thin in "Nier", and without any knowledge about technology, and with little to no use of magic ? What if that's why Brother One was exiled from the church ? Because his red eyes were too similar to that of androids and Salt creatures, meaning he could turn humans into bloodthirsty creatures too, the same way androids and the Legion were ?

I was about to watch the video all the way through, but I need to sleep and dont need nightmares, and I remember the haunting music and imagery...

I find it interesting how they went with the clip of Caim looking away for the lyric "watchers look on". I can't help but feel like there's some hidden meaning behind that about Caim. Maybe it's just about how he's essentially against the Watchers in the game overall idk for sure.

This was the first video game intro that truly unnerved me. I could only hear it as a kid (because it was online), not see what was going on and that made it all the more intense. Especially with the creepy laughing. I also played Drakengard 2 first by pure chance, so this seemed like the edge lord of games in comparison.

Bless Demo for having uploaded this for all of us to enjoy in posterity. Bless him.

Goddamn the voice acting in this game was much better than most translated games at the time.

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY THIS

I really hope that some day someone remakes the first two games of the trilogy.

I was 12 when I first play Drakengard

I used to do the same. Got this as a gift when I was 11 years old... I'll never forget coming home from school and playing this for hours afterward. I long for those days.

What if the reason "Drakengard 1 and 3" has multiple branches is because "Nier" is actually the present day of this universe, while "Drakengard" and its novellas are the player's attempts at piercing into the past, only to see bits and pieces mixed together into a forcefully constructed narrative ? That said, I think I have a timeline that explains how "Drakengard" and "Nier aren't set on different Earths, but on the same one, simply in different continents and time periods. It all starts with the Cathedral city being transferred from Earth's future into medieval Europe during the alien invasion we learn of in "Automata", forever changing the final outcome of humans, dragons and all the other species that inhabited our world. Us humans were meant to hunt down and destroy all magic on Earth, thus becoming the dominant species and being abandoned by God and Its angels when the 👽 invaded us. But the city got transferred into Europe during that invasion, probably in an attempt to save our species from extinction by preparing us for what was to come, introducing our science MUCH earlier and having humans in what would become the Imperial part of Europe/Midgard evolve at a rather fast but corrupting speed, leading God to decide that Mankind's time had come. If genocide or corruption were the only options with humans in charge, then a flower would rebuild life through self fertilization, using the decay for the proccess and replacing it with something that offered a better smell than humanity's. Unfortunately for the divine beings, Caim, Angelus, the dragons and everyone else would keep Furiae from achieving this goal, thus forcing the babies to come down, using Furiae's clones to form their mother/pathway. But even then, they would not be successful, because Seere would freeze everyone in Midgard so the insanity could not spread through out the globe. But before he could freeze the Mother, the monstrosity, realizing what was about to happen, would cut herself off from the womb and escape into the distant future, in a place far away from the frozen Midgard/Europe, when humanity's corruption reached its peak. This place was the Cathedral city, when it was still known as Tokyo. Angelus and Caim gave chase before they too could be frozen, and although they did keep the beast from rampaging, in the end, their battle would seal humanity's fate. So, conclusion: -Europe is a weird arc floating in the still waters of time, locked on an apocalyptic picture with an innocent child sleeping at the heart of everything, keeping humanity from reaching the world we know today, but probably keeping magic from going extinct, as I suspect it was the Europeans who began promoting the genocide of all magical creatures once the age of Discoveries began; -Asia still managed to develop, probably 50/50 the same (not sure if any country would be interested in initiating the Discoveries though), until the arrival of Caim, Angelus and the Mother Watcher, beginning the disease that would wipe out the remaining areas of the globe before the alien invasion; -The only humans and magic left are the Europeans and probably part of the Africans, all preserved like insects on crimson and black amber. If the androids or the machines will ever wake them up or try to prevent this timeline of events from happening however, is unknown. Earth is already on a delicate state. It could be unwise to do something radical now, though I suspect they will simply make sure the cycle starts anew in their attempts.

I remember waiting in the menu screen to watch that again and again. So dope. Strange feelings. The game wasn't that good (quite repetitive) but still one of my best experience in gaming because of the atmosphere.

I want an uncensored remake with all the gay child p3do, genocide, infant cannibalism and incest intact at the forefront. Drakengard is a mirror to how evil humanity can be. And also how good we can be.

Ok so how the fuck did i miss this game during the ps2 days, *sigh* back to ebay

I played the ever living hell out of this but dammit I never collected all the weapons and managed to get the true ending.

Growing wings, this song is beautiful.. This game too. The two Drakengards are really awesome. Thanks guy.

Road B Staff Roll "Exhaustion" - one of the soundtrack's best

The part when caim first sees angelus on the ground in the courtyard with his sword drawn always gets me

You know I bought this game at a car boot sale many many years ago when I was very young, I don't remember much about it but I definitely remember blowing up those sky ships with that dragon (or perhaps its a drake due to the games name) I should probably get this game soon.

Imagine if star wars were written like these series XD, i bet it would be so much darker

oh....well that gave me goosebumps. Always a good side-effect from a good music video

one of the games where english dub suits me better than the original

Fuck me, this is good.

I can't stand listening to this song without the game dialogue present in this version

the CRT buzzing at the beginning is very important

My fav. Drakengard, love this opening !

Wouldn't surprise me if Yoko Taro was also inspired by Berserk.

I feel like demo would be the perfect protagonist for a game similar to drakengard. He's the hero this world needs. . .but not the one it deserves

This song deeply affects me

Gods I love this game. Playing DnD, needed adoptive dragonborn sibling names. Closest sister was Furiae the silver dragon. Had Hanch as a bronze dragon and Yaha as a gold dragon. If I ever get to run a campaign myself, there will be a Drakengard arc.

Godly.

From the start you know this isn't going to be about rainbows and sunshines.

Goosebumps, guys. Really, I don't care, that's maybe stupid. We never get games like that again. Design, animation, music, atmosphere...

This needs to be on the PS Network.

Drakengard Remaster gets announced soon :)

So awesome. Just beat this and got all the endings last night :D

YO THOSE ARE SOME FUCKING CHEEKY SPOILERS FOR THE TRUE ENDING THERE YOKO TARO DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE

i was listening to your sc and really enjoyed this song you reposted, google searched the name to find a youtube video of it and didn't even notice it was uploaded by you

Time to rewatch all demo vidyas on another account lol

I just wanted to play this game for months but my pc is not able to run it on an emulator so I bought a PS2 and download it, after 3 weeks i just finished it and wow... it's one of the best games i've ever played, maybe the gameplay wasn't smooth or something but the ost, the story, art, the feeling and that cutscenes carry the game so far, i can acceot a mediocre gameplay if the rest is so original, i can't imagine a single game that give me this feelings and this thoughts, curiosity, fear, dread, even the NieR series can't gave me that, now this is on my top 10 games of all time for sure.

Heh, i imagine the guy that recorded the gameplay sections of the Opening had a hard time trying to make the game look like its fun.

Considering this song only plays in Ending B, I wouldn't be surprised if that was supposed to be the Canon ending and Square told Taro Yoko to put in the one leading to Drakengard 2 to make thr game a bit more marketable

This game needs a remake nier combat.

This opening scared me as a kid because of inuharts laugh

That game deserves a fullscale remake. ❤

I’m new to the game, you made a really beautiful mv :>

i carry these memories inside...

Man please come back we need you

I also wait in the menu to watch it Over and over again just like you

Remake?😏

Thank you demo. I miss you.

THANKS, now upload a 2 hour version ;p

i loved this game. i had it for a long time and i still do and its intense. really wish i still had a ps2 though. man i loved the combat in it because it got harder and the storyline at the end was crazy!

I want a remake or re boot on this game Nintendo switch!

Can you imagine "KH" characters landing on this world during this time period ? They wouldn't last.

This game truly deserves a remake

You have Awesome taste! Glad I found you!

Defiantly makes me want to buy the game:-)

This song has destroyed me to enjoy it this much

0:27 they a manah

The DG series really needs a remake/remaster.

Was this song ever released as a high quality MP3? I'd reaaally like that...

(Reads your description) Same here.

THIS INTRO needs an HD REMAKE

appreciate you

When are they going to remaster it!!

god i hope this gets a remake with automata's, level of brilliance

ooo i was looking for this yay~

Miss this :'(

Damn! I really want to play this game now!

Just finished it the other day, still have ending D and E to go. Will most likely skip out on the weapon collection and just watch E online however. Honestly brilliant game, has to be in my top 10 for its atmosphere, narrative and music. Very excited to play Drakengard 2, although I have received minor spoilers from checking how involved Yoko Taro was with it's development. :-/