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To us PGR players, Narwhal is our National Anthem 😁😁

Not gonna lie, I didn’t expect you to react to a Punishing Gray Raven soundtrack!

Fun Fact: Punishing: Gray Raven is heavily inspired on NieR:Automata, from the setting, characters (we call them 'Constructs' most of them are robots), music, etc. Same as Honkai, who is inspired on Evangelion series. Recently, the game had a collab with NieR:Automata and characters like 2B, 9S, and A2 felt at home in the game.

"Sie liebten sich beide" from the same game is a must then.

I always loved how people (Marco, UD, even my friend that doesnt play pgr) who listened to NARWHAL for the first time gets jebaited by the supposedly happening banger due to the intense build up, then gets confused for a split second, and then gets absolutely thrown out of the window by the sheer heavenly amount of delayed nuke.

PGR is a gacha game with action gameplay. It's interesting how many gacha games go so hard on their musical selection, PGR, Genshin, Arknights, Fate Grand Order, and many, many others. So many of them have insanely good music to them.

Yeah, PGR OST! This analysis is so spot on I don't even know where to start. PGR songs are for the most part divided in multiple part that play at different moments. The calm part of the song plays during many of the VN-like story sections, the more action packed second part plays when doing fights against mobs, and the last part with a solo singer followed by a choir is used during the boss battle. I am honestly amazed at how well you understood parts of both important characters here, Alpha (red girl) and Rosetta (blue mecha centaur girl). The "has seen things they wish they didn't see" applies very well to Alpha, and how she was betrayed. This also joins the "whisper" observation, as in one of of the story stages Alpha whispers to Lucia, one of the main characters, " I wonder what will be your choice once you know of the truth" which references those things she wishes she didn't see. You also nailed it on the observation of their internal conflict, as it is a pretty important point of Alpha's characters, meanwhile Rosetta is trying to resist the corruption of the Punising Virus, which forces to fight. And to end things, you are indeed right when saying that there is some excitement about what's going to happen, as Alpha is Always searching for a worthy oponnent, and Rosetta more than fits the bill. I'm probably forgetting something as i'm literally writing this at midnight but that's what's on top of my head. Since everyone recommends Hikari (and for a reason) I'll be original and recommend Lamia and Exorcism, 2 of the best OSTs from my point of view.

Welcome to the dark epic trance music collection introduced by PGR As PGR player, I cant hear Narwahl normally, gotta have those certain words like "yowai" and "osoi" 😂😂

Whoever suggested this track to you definitely knew what they were doing! Not only is this an awesome track to battle to but the hauntingly beautiful introspective nature of it really fits the story it accompanies and drew people in. Its what got a lot of ppl to really give the game a chance despite a very rocky and controversial launch. Some veterans will tell you that the Alpha update is what saved the game, and Narwhal played no small part in that.

9:10 everybody gets caught off guard with that drop Also you definitely would want to check out Revelation also from PGR.

Finally PGR getting more recognition. I love that unpredictable beat drop reaction at 9:05 he's confused for a sec 😂 I hope you cover more pgr OST reaction. 🔥❤️

this track specifically is one that embodies Two characters within PGR's Story, or rather, Their struggle against one another: on one side, we have Alpha, a seemingly coldblooded killer wielding her blade towards whatever threatens her goal, not even deeming most of its targets worth killing, and in this case, the inciter of the Incident at hand, by killing a gigantic, narwhal like machine that protected a Port filled with struggling humans survivors and on the other side, we have Rosetta, the first in the port's Earthbound land of defense, the Forest Guard, an equally ruthless fighter, a construct outfitted with a Centaur-like body, wielding a Spear/Railgun; she was the keeper and Friend of the Narwhal unit, thus, she is in the defending position, not just taking her revenge but protecting those in the port from what comes in Alpha's wake throughout the song you can see that rhythm in the pulses after the introduction starts, almost like a horse's trot, That, is Rosetta charging into battle, as the almost dreadful silence and nondescript wailing before that is nothing more than Alpha slowly, methodically taking the Narwhal out of comission as it tries to defend itself while calling out for help; and the moment it all comes in, the Voice starts to rise alongside the melody itself; as you said, it's not a happy tone, it's the remark of an enraged, grieving fighter confronting the very individual that destroyed that which she loved the fight is used during a Fight, specifically your fight against Alpha during the Extra story this all happens in, it's that Final Confrontation, giving it all for a result that might as well be nothing, it's a climactic moment that feels perfect, the music coming in perfectly to illustrate it all, it's a battle between a seemingly relentless aggressor, and an equally unrelenting Protector note: I might have gotten some details wrong, it's been a while since I've played Frozen Darkness

PGR is too underrated, feels bad seeing it not get the recognition it deserves.

Finally PGR's OST getting some recognition! Also, since you used to be an opera singer, I think you might enjoy this game version of "Sie Liebten Sich Beide".

PGR's music is absolutely biblical, it is nuts how Chinese mobile games just make the best EDM ever created... and it's all mostly Vanguard Sounds too, they just don't stop making bangers for every game. I mean just listen to: Hikari, Last Resort, Dust, Lamia, Revelation, Moon(JP or CN ver), Holy Moonlight are all from PGR and then Solar Sea, Connexion, Rainfall, A Moment of My Nightmare, What Am I Fighting For(those last few aren't really EDM but bangers anyway) are all from Girls Frontline.

PGR OST are just all wonderfulls. Playing the game since the first day of the release on Global and never missed a day playing the game, and If I need to keep only one Gacha, this is the one I would choose.

I would also recommend listening to hikari it's a tragic yet epic battle track.

Gotta say, it's really awesome to see you react to this piece! Your observations are spot on, as usual, and seeing you enjoy the theme is great as well. If you're interested in listening to other themes from the game, LAMIA, DUST, Last Resort and of course Hikari are all worth giving a listen, with each of them providing a distinct soundscape. Either way, awesome reaction! Edit: In addition, as some others have pointed out, Sie Liebten Sich Beide may also be worth looking into, if it speaks your fancy, or even Lullaby if you want something a bit calmer. All in all, there’s a lot to choose from with this game.

This guy can tell the character's backstory just by listening to their theme song

Love how you're introducing me to all these cool video game music that I wouldn't have discover on my own.

This song always pushes me to the point of tears and hearing you break down each emotional segment and the ways and techniques the song uses to evoke these emotions was just phenomenal. It's safe to say I had a good hard cry listening to this song while watching your video. There have been a lot of people reacting to Narwhal lately, but I think your video was something special. You really seem to understand the emotional power that music holds and I look forward to seeing more breakdowns like this in the future. I actually started playing PGR because of this song just because I wanted to be a part of the story after experiencing how the song made me feel. And I was not disappointed in the slightest. Vanguard does incredible work.

Oh how impeccable the timing of this video is. I thought "What if one of these music analysis channels reacted to some PGR OSTs?" And a few days later this dropped. Keep doing you man. Oh and some recommendations if you like more stuff from Vanguard Studios: Dust Lamia Revelation Last Resort Flow Hikari Nona Ouroboros (Thanks that one person in the replies)

Another one from PGR I really like is "Hikari" They have an upcoming game called "Wuthering Waves" and I think they released a song called "Flow" for it.

The way you can tell the character's story by listening to their theme music is incredible. I hope you will do more music from PGR game. Vanguard is legendary.

Thank you for reacting to a PGR track! The stuff that Vanguard Sound Studio puts out is incredible, and deserves all the attention it can get! Hope you can check out Sie Liebten Sich Beide at some point, as it has the strongest operatic elements of all the PGR tracks. The boss you fight while it plays is even called 'Hamlet'

Damn, not even 2 minutes in and you already guessed right about what is happened. Your comment about whale is even more shocking as you hit right into spot. That's an instant like! Please check more music from Vanguard Sound (same channel you are listened this track), I like almost every one of them! Other than NARWHAL I also very much like *DUST* and *Dream with you* (others too, but this are top ones).

I was not expecting this at all, but I am glad that you did. thanks for another amazing video.

OMG, PGR is next??? Yes, perfect. I love this game so much and the music is insane^^

YESSS, I’m so glad you listened to one of PGR’s soundtracks, Vanguard is a wonderful studio that fits perfectly with the ambiance of PGR. And absolutely love the review as always

2 months late to the party but I had to throw my hat in. Having played the game and understood the context that exists around this song, it was magical to see you practically hit the nail on the head in describing the emotional journey the characters tied to this song go though. Spot on, amazing, wonderful! This is an amazing breakdown of every layer of emotion to permeate this song!

oh dang PGR, nice, this is one of my favorite tracks from the game!

Techno Choir Trance gang represent Edit: His reaction when the beat dropped is all of us EditEdit: Good music is a buff, Monster Hunter and PGR proves this

I'll boost the alg with a double comment ;D PGR is largely written by Kuro in the perspective of NieR. A lot of the original trappings of NieR are present in the story of PGR. This should give you an idea of the "lonely" world that's left over, and the "must do what needs be done" feel you're covering as well. Good assessment as always, Marco!

Omg I was waiting for this to happen! There’s a lot of good music in this game, hope you enjoy them!

Well, I was thinking of offering you this game, but I thought I'd start with another song: - Sie liebten sich beide Extended Ver. - There is an excerpt of a natural opera here And I just like these two: - Anti-General - 夤夜渡 (Nona Ouroboros) - GhostFinal - Structures (collab with Nier Automata) I have already suggested this before, but I'd rather repeat it BlazBlue is a Japanese fighting game and its extremely cool themes (almost all have an old version and a new one (1 and 2 at the end of the title)): - Gluttony Fang and Nightmare Fiction (concerns one character) - Queen of Rose and White Requiem (same) - Sword of Doom - Awakening the Chaos

Fell in love with their music and started listening to it for months but I never actually touched the game until recently. I'm really happy that you made a video about PGR's ost they have a beautiful ost collection you should look into. Also in the main home screen of PGR you can choose the ost you want to play in the BG, this is one of the songs you could choose. And there's you mentioning the whale call, coincidentally right now there's an event in the game, and whale call is one of the mentioned topics and "theme" you could say.

yeah :D seems like you took my advice

Finally, it's here. Great analysis as always

Yess! So glad you finally reviewed this masterpiece of a soundtrack! I recommend Sie Liebten Sich Beide, an amazing mix of classical and techno music.

As many have suggested, "Hikari" is a great song to listen to next but I would personally recommend "Sie Liebten sich beide" from the same game first. It has a more traditional tone with the techno beats reserved at the end.

I've been listening to this song 24/7 when working out, I feel like a god damn saiyan while lifting lol

I've been waiting for this reaction. Thank you

Never thought I see Marco reacting to the soundtrack that first drew me into PGR, alongside its gameplay. Looking forward to more reactions and analysis to more of the game's OST, especially Sie Liebten sich beide!

There are some great tracks from PGR! I'm so happy to hear you react to this! If you like fast paced action combat like DMC or Bayonetta you'd love this game. It works so well on mobile and some of the content can be very tough. The music and character designs are unique, and the story is dark, but has some nice writing that can have some more current humour in it. I think the compositions of the music all suit everything in the games so well and are absolute bangers to listen to in the car.

That's Trance for you. The way these tracks progresses and reaches the climax is just amazing. Miss the time they used to spin this stuff in clubs.

This was the piece that made me understand what trance is all about. Loved the game and love this track!

I was genuinely thinking to myself just a day or two ago how awesome it would be if you reacted to this song. Vanguard Sound's composers are amazing and their soundtrack's for games such as Punishing: Gray Raven and Girls Frontline are amazing. Narwhal got me into PGR years ago and I'm so glad it did

Punishing Gray Raven has a surprising emotional depth, considering that its mainly synths. It brings out the humanity out of something that is mechanical and artificial. Im so glad that you checked it out, and I hope that you will react to more tracks from PGR. Cheers!

Oh damn I was really waiting for this, whoever recommended to you Narwhal did amazing. I also would recommend looking into more soundtracks from this game. It really is and hidden gem Personally, I want to see your take on Wraith. Since almost no one mentioned it in the comments, it's very particular 👀

You are the Opera Uncle i never knew i wanted. Love all your Videos!

PGR OST's don't miss! Loved your reaction to one of my favorite tracks in the game. Hope you do more reactions on PGR in the future because there are so many iconic songs.

Since you were an opera singer before 'Sie liebten sich beide' might be right up your alley. Produced by the same studio and game by the way.

Thank god, finally we have another one, a professional opera singer even, to react to PGR musics. You even managed to closely interpret one of this piece's core character's complex just by the intro. Instant subbed. Personally i would suggest you to continue casually putting PGR musics under your radar, since we have absolute hidden bangers such as LAMIA, Revelation, HIKARI, Holy Moonlight, Last Resort, and the list goes on. Yes, the list goes on due to how miraculously consistent Vanguard Sound gets on producing amazing bangers throughout the years.

I found this out of the blue and your reactions really FEEL like what I felt and I love it (plus also PGR REACTION?? :chef's kiss:)

Yay? First ever PGR music breakdown! As always, great video. Keep it up! o7

this makes Derek happy.

Marco, thanks for taking the suggestion and covering Narwhal or any PGR music if you choose to deepdive in the future. Vanguard Sound has a lot of great tracks and the way they compose music is godly, pretty sure you'll love them. Love the analysis and you hit them spot on. I would like to suggest a song from an upcoming game to analyze: Black Myth Wukong - ‘戒网’

yesterday i was searching for this and now youtube recommends, thank you!

Please more OSTs of that game. Your analysis and the music were just amazing !!!

Yo the way that hes actually able to describe some characters just by the music is amazing.

Thanks for covering PGR music! You're amazing at interpreting the intentions of in-game characters and got all of them right without the context of the story Absolutely lovin' it

Finally You got to PGR, will Love your reactions to that game. Like i Mentioned in a Comment before, "Sie Liebten sich beide" could be a banger for you. Love your Vids Marco, keep on your great work

0:27 - I'm actually trying to do this, too. I'm not a musician, neither know nothing about music theory, but I think I can listen to music in more "deep level" like you've said, and discover many things I didn't noticed before

Yesss I agree with you, in this Music Theme, I can feel more her (Rosetta, looks like centaur figure) pain, suffer, being outcast, and whenever she fight for humanity, She got rejected.... And how much she's struggle against Alpha (White Haired, Red costume) until her last breath. The music just described her story. You may want check out others tho, maybe Hikari or Lamia, it's Dope. 👍

I never thought id see you react to a song from PGR, glad you see you really enjoyed it, hope you can react to other songs from this game in the future

Oh man this was unexpected, as a pgr player myself I'm glad that u loved this song! The ost in the game goes soooo hard! Hope u check out more of them! Be it in videos or in ur own time it's definitely a great listen! Personally recommend 'Lamia'! It has this great underwater vibe in it! Thanks for the reaction!

HyperGryph - Finally a Worthy Opponent

Finally, someone reacting PGR ost/music. Dude, i really apreciate that, keep it up. New subscriber here.

It's very true. PGR has really great music all across the board. The Developers have taken in several talents in the Vanguard studios, and pretty much all of them really deliver with their submissions, usually meshing extremely well with the story the game is trying to say (which is very complex and somewhat emotionally intensive) and also great music in of itself.. or at the very least the latter at all times. They have both the ambience music and battle themes really nailed down. Very glad you were to put into words the feelings that this particular song invokes, and hopefully you would someday check out and react to some of the other OST of this same group.

Didnt know you before but loved your reaction and description to the narwhal ost from PGR , one of my favourite Games! Hope you react to more from the game, definitely subscribed!

Salutations Marco! PGR OSTs are all bangers :) I didn't know any of them before, boy, what a mind blow i had listening to PGR songs. The most banger of all is definitely Ghostfinal - Dust , in my own opinion of course. By the way, you are evolving so much in the YT community, please keep up the vids, peace to you!

Just finished my PGR session for the night, didn't expect to see you reacting to one of its tracks. Good Lord, man I can still remember years ago when it first came out and heck you just get thrown into its world. The mysteries within can almost ignite something inside of you, the thrill of discovery is at times bitter and sweet but evermore worthwhile as you immerse yourself. Oh, and if you plan on doing more. - "月 Full Version feat. Mira.Z" [CN Version]" - "Shattered Doll" _Please and Thank You. Though there is a JPN Version of this as well so...enjoy making that decision?_

Beautiful music, great reaction. I've never experienced the game, but it definitely seems to have a deep sadness along with other intense emotions in the lore, based on what I could hear in the melodies. Great music to add to my work playlist

I was really hoping you would listen to this and you did!! I love your videos

I heard this song for the first time almost two years ago, and I have been in love with it ever since. An absolutely next level banger.

I had been hoping you would do pgr. So glad that you did.

11:02 I feel like this part speaks to both Rosetta and Alpha's pain and loss as their fighting each other.

YEEEEEEESSSS! PGR OST is amazing! I hope you grow to love the OST! There are so many amazing soundtracks!

Seeing you react to a PGR OST is pretty new and special but welcome. I love this game and the OST's are incredible.

I love that you put the past intro as outro now. Nice touch.

I want to take a crack at some introspection of my own here, as this is also my first time listening to anything from PGR, and I have never played the game. 8:58, that point where the track seems to "tighten up" and fade to nearly nothing, I get the impression that tension is building up, but there seems to be a moment of brevity at the "peak of nothing" where it almost seems the song is ending. Perhaps a moment in game when the conflict seems to be ending, only to turn back around and quickly fade in, and that moment when the choir comes in before the music is a huge turn that gets listeners/players to pay close attention and be invested in the song/conflict. From what you've said so far, I'm getting the impression the involved characters know each other quite closely, and this moment seems to be one last push, one last conflict, before everything finally ends. This is before listening to the rest, so who knows. Feel free to add anything if you think I missed something.

YEAAAAAAAAAAH THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

I'm glad you found this game. More people should know about this game, it's went through a lot, and look at where it stands now! It's that fantastic!

Never played P:GR but I LOVE this song so much, it's great to see your opinions on it! I particularly love electronic/dance elements in music in general, and it's crazy how I've met people who just disregard it like it's a "less" kind of music, or as if it "cheapens" it, and I can't disagree more. When well-done, it's exactly like what happens here in NARWAHL - it serves as an "accent" for a myriad od subtle emotions in the music, chaos, euphoria, desperation, anxiety, power. It's just incredible, and I love it when musicians woven it into their compositions, making it so effective especially in games/movies/animation soundtracks!

this is such a great video, I got chills when you describe what the music are about in the first few seconds and it's so true. Narwhal is a Boss BGM music, and the music is capturing the boss emotion. I hope you also review the sequel (re-arrange) of this music called Narwhal-Forsaken Nightmare. I won't say much but it's the music when the same Boss become playable character in the game.

Music was the thing that made me curious about the game back then, seeing you react to PGR makes me happy :D

Finally opera uncle has found the music of PGR. I has so many song to recommend you from the game like Last Resort, Hikari, Revelation, Lamia, Luna theme aka Moon, Shattered Doll and so many more. Hope to see more of your reaction to this game's music.

Oh, a real pleasant surprise, PGR has some great music as well. You are knocking it out with hitting up my personal favorites between this and Honkai, lol.

9:07 Didn't need to drop this hard lol. I was in the middle of cleaning as I have your video play in the background. My eyes OPENED and i was like "DAYUMMMM!"

Thanks for reacting to the music of a game that I really like, I recommend you check out other music from this game. your analysis of the song was very accurate the character of this song really suffered a lot

you nailed on guessing what happened to the story through music is amazing ive been watching your NieR reactions for a while now didnt thought you would react to one of my favourite games also if you like atleast check out "Sie liebten sich beide" one of PGR music which is might be a german opera im not really sure since i dont know anything

I'm 3 days late but I'm so glad you reacted to PGR's soundtracks! They are so underrated and their atmosphere building is incredible, their soundtracks made it very easy for us to empathise with the characters and the pain they have to go through. Not to mention the usage of "Chaos Language" (I'm pretty sure they are made up words, I might be wrong though) really puts us in this post apocalyptic world and felt isolated in a way. There are a lot of other PGR's soundtracks you should check out! I would say Hikari is on par with Narwhal. But overall, I really enjoyed watching your reaction and how you breakdown the track based on how you feel which is always pleasant to hear, thank you for the video, Marco!

Gonna admit it. I've been playing Punishing Gray Raven for about a year now and it's a great gacha game that doesn't really fall into the same systems as others. That said... the music is amazing, the story and characters are incredible and the story the game tells with all things combined is awesome. I was going to recommend to look at some of the Aria tunes, and some later tracks, but Narwhal is a GREAT track to start with. Honestly, PGR has some of the best music in the industry.

I definitely didn't expect a PGR video, but oh man thanks for that!! I'm a new subscriber after that

Crazy, nuts, fantastic, hahahah i fking love you man, thank you for creating this channel you rock!

YES!!!! I'm so glad you checked PGR's music. I know a lot of people are gonna recommend Hikari, but I would also like to add Lamia. All the stuff that the Vanguard Sound Studio makes are top-tier

Hello Marco! I mentioned briefly in your livestream about final duet from the game omori, i don’t know if you remembered it but i really really recommend it! Omori is a psycological horror game with amazingly composed music, i don’t want to spoil much but the story is absolutely heart wrenching. Final duet is that type of song that’ll make me just bawl my eyes out and it’s very very beautiful, i hope if not for a video that you’ll at least take a listen during your freetime! :))

I love PGR and PGR’s music man, and this reaction coming out giving light to the game can’t make me any happier, thank u

I know I'm late, but thank you for giving Punishing: Gray Raven music a listen! There are moments where I lose myself hearing the soundtrack whether in the menu screen, the slideshow-type cutscenes, even during a gameplay. They didn't have to make the OST go hard for a gacha mobile game, but I'm glad they did!