"Let's watch it all the way without pausing " Skyen said, like a liar

The fact that they used the LOR magnificent poro and the poro Fluff is the first REAL proof of a cohesive universe between games as they promise they will try

Another fun thing I noticed: after calling in the Mighty Poro, the two of them high-five and Braum visibly recoils in pain a bit from it

Braum casually using flexing offensively is a genius idea, not to mention all the poros

9:32 thats one of the things that guilty gear does really well, especially on strive with the faust super where he slams the shins of people with a wheelchair, it really asks the question how would an immortal react to this kind of pain. This idea helps charectirize so much more interestingly just by taking characters out of their comfort zone.

Talking about Braum in The Song of Nunu: I teared up when he said Nunu would never be like Braum because Nunu will never know loneliness… 🥹

The other thing I enjoy about Braum in this trailer is how he doesn’t really treat combat the same as most characters do. For then, it is a fight for survival; to win. But Braum is treating it as another opportunity to literally flex on the opponent. His attacks are him showing off and even his ultimate attack isn’t him fighting as much as it is letting the poros get their shots in while grabbing snacks (hell, I got Akuma vibes from watching the poros attack). It is absolutely brilliant. Braum brings so much personality to 2XKO that I could see a lot of people gravitating towards him for how much positive energy he emulates while being such a delight.

SKYEEEEEEEEEEEEN THE VIDEO IS 1 MINUTE LOOOOOOONG

Big Body mains, we did it. I actually thought I'd have to main Darius phew

10:28 Making girl characters hot but with extremely expressive face language is basically the Capcom Effect lol

The Holy Trinity that holds this game together: ARAM, Braum and the hope of breaking losing streaks or maintaining winning streaks.

As someone who likes Hoyoverse games, yet agrees with most of the things you say about them, I can confirm Zenless has some really nice and goofy animation in some of the cutscenes. Worth having a look at on youtube even if the gacha aspects put you off.

“Let’s watch it all the way through with our pausing” Immediately pauses to gush about Braum’s friendship with Illoui

GG has a dedicated super for giving every character a silly face. Faust's bone crushing excitement, you would probably enjoy those reaction shots.

I love that Braum shakes his hand after high fiving the Mighty Poro. Because either that Poro is *that* strong or he is playing it up to make his partner look better, like a real wrestler would.

You mentioned how you like when a piece of media is willing to distort their characters a bit for comedic effect. I then heavily encourage you to check out the reactions to Faust’s “Bone Crushing Excitment” super in Guilty Gear Strive, if you haven’t seen it before I think you will get a very good laugh out of it

24:05 if you like Ari's derp face, then you need to watch Faust's Bone-Crushing Excitement super on the cast. They are a lot more expressive than you've given them credit for 😂

Skyen: Let's just watch the whole thing through Skyen not even 5 seconds later: *Pauses video* Oh also... Never change Skyen, never change

tbskyen, every Guilty Gear Strive character has a tooooon of facial animation bones like you are saying. if you want to see some excellent examples, I'd really recommend checking out the character A.B.A (and her adorable husband Paracelsus) for their facial expressions! Additionally, Happy Chaos also has that wide variety of facial bones in his win screens and throughout his taunts/moves/whatnot. I really hope you give GG a chance someday! ^^

There's a possibility the opening animation thing is a custom roundstart animation- sometimes fighting games do that where they'll do a little scene before the game starts depending on the characters chosen.

Lol Braum does have the shoulder fur pad, but less visible on the splashart (we see him upside down from the other side), here they puffed up the fur and enlarged the shoulder belt but very much debuffed the hip belt size ! Honestly, this is the level of animation I want to acheve, so inspirational ! Thanks for the review Skyen

Skyen's Braum impression is crazy good

The silliness for comedy thing that you mentioned is prevalent through fighting games so im not surprised Edit: to elaborate as you specifically mentioned Faust, in his ultimate he does the same thing braum does where there is a hit that causes the opposing characters to make a funny face, this also happens when Potemkin uses his ultimate on other characters

I've reach the part of Skyne talking about "breaking the glamur" and I think they do that on Darkstalkers animations. Cool Video tho, LOVE Braum, is going to be SUPER Fun when the game comes out!

POROJECTILE MOVE

Just wanna say, Mighty Poro is so strong, Braum shakes his hand because his High Five hurts it😮

Pretty much got all of the cast of Ruined King Group since now we got Yasuo, Ahri, Illaoi, and Braum. Only Pyke and Miss Fortune are left to be added into the Great Game of 2XKO.

Not surprised but extremely glad Braum made it!

my 2 hopes with this trailer. 1.the intro cutscene with Illaoi is customizaded, so every champion has a different reaction to seeing Braum, while all the RK crew would be happy to see him, characters like Ekko and Darius would be more confused than anything. 2. the poro toss is an actual move that works like Dudley's rose in SF3Third Strike where on wake ups can lead to combos.(bonus points if, like dudley, is not really a move but a taunt)

I adore when fighting game animators make an entire set funny attack animations that are there to express character instead of being basic attack animations. Texas in Them's Fightin' Herds did a similar thing to Braum here where all of his crouching attacks are all themed around the character (for Texas, all of his crouching attacks are him doing gestures that evoke the vibe of a dad joking with a bunch of kids, nudging the opponent while winking and slamming his arms onto the ground while letting out a hearty laugh). Always a fun bit of characterization

i think Morrigan is a great example of what youre talking about at 10:10 bc in Darkstalkers shes a whole ass succubus but has some of the funniest damage sprites in the game

He earned it. Definitely one of the best characters to come out of the Runeterra IP. The more I see this game, the more I love it. I also love the nods to LoR with Mighty Poro and the Fluft. Just more showcasing of how absolutely paramount that game was for expanding the universe. I hope that game can get back up too. But I will happily enjoy this in the meantime. Love fighting games.

Almost 42 minutes out of a not even 2 minutes long trailer, I love your way of analyzing stuff so much

I believe the opening will be a unique intro for him and Illaoi. Or atleast it's possible...it was confirmed a few weeks ago some characters will have unique pre-fight interactions. Also his physique lines up pretty 1:1 with his Ruined King/LOR design, which imo is a plus👍🏽

A great example I have for the "comedy over glamour" thing is from guilty gear strive (and its actually in the previous game as well) where one of the characters has a similar super move where it comedically distorts every character's face in a different way Type "faust bone crushing excitement all characters" and it'll show up if anyone is interested

12:52 I actually screamed out loud "DUDLEY! YES!"

Had the same reaction to Ahri getting clocked in the face with a poro, for the same reasons. Making glamorous characters looks silly is really not something you see every day. I'm still holding my breath for Kled, though, give me my rude grampa squirrel!

If you liked Ahri breaking her expressions, I'd strongly recommend having a look at the Darkstalkers' hurt sprite animations, especially Morrigan's

When I clicked on this video I had no idea what I was in for. Thank you for breaking it down like this! It's affirming to hear someone articulate so clearly the joy I felt while watching this trailer! I'm not into Riot games at all (I'm a fighting game player) so when I heard it was basically gonna be another normal-looking human-shaped character I was pretty let down, but the expressiveness and personality of this character as portrayed in this game makes my heart sing. I went from not knowing who Braum was to a Braum fan over the course of one trailer, and it was entertaining to see you break down why so naturally.

4/6 of the Ruined King crew are in now.

20:22 that's probably because fighting games need to make the limbs very noticeable for visual clarity purposes, that's why characters from street fighter 6 has have giant arms and legs.

Braum is my main, full stop. He is beautiful in everything he does ever.

In case you haven't heard, the music theme used in the trailer is confirmed to be Braum's 2XKO theme (at least currently), and all characters will have their own music in addition to stage music.

I don't know that I agree that Guilty Gear specifically prioritizes glamour over expressiveness, as mentioned at 23:45, but I get the point.

1:40 Maybe he has a special/dramatic intro if in the same team as Illaoi. Like how DBFZ does with specific oponents in specific stages. Or maybe that's just his regular intro if he is the point character, as Illaoi's animation was general and brief enough that it could be replicated for all characters with minor adjustments. I mean, still a chore, but ArcSys does custom animations for EVERY character in very specific situations (most notably in Faust's supers in Strive and Xrd, and Dizzy's instakill from Xrd). "Character sliding back in a blocking stance > tap on the shoulder > turn head and emote" seems feasible, even if the expanding roster makes them regret the choice later. (Editing as I watch) 10:20 Notorious exception: Darkstalkers. They had no qualms about making the characters look goofy over there, even Morrigan, Dimitri, Felicia, Jedah, etc. Also, Guilty Gear, as previously noted. But yeah, exceptions... I feel that is one of the things I miss the most from earlier Final Fantasy games (particularly 5 and 6). Meanwhile, characters like Lightning and Noctis feel like they wear stone masks, not because of a limitation on their models, but because someone wants them to look perpetually "cool" and litle else (maybe "sad and beautiful" or "angry and cool", with an instance of "happy and gorgeous" here and there).

No! Don't you DARE make me care about a LoL product

throwing shade in the middle "*cough* *cough* Hoyoverse *cough* *cough*" perfect LOL

Braum's poro ult is very reminiscent of Faust's super in Guilty Gear Strive - and that's excellent.

That Ahri frame really reminds me of the Darkstalkers games and the way their female characters (or all characters, really) constantly goof around despite the overall darker tone of the game. Man, we're really due for a new non-SF fighting game from Capcom these days...

I love how when the poro is on his shoulder, Braum flexes the poro into the air.

Your Braum impression brings me so much joy

13:26 Skyen, Braum is literally fighting to not vomit during that cinematic

Take a shot everytime Skyen pauses the video.

was not expecting Braum this soon, but I'll take it. Although I kinda dissagree with you on the Arcsys part. Atleast for Guilty Gear Xrd and Strive, they are very willing to make sexy/serious characters look silly for comedic effect. In fact they have one silly face for each and every characters. Faust is indeed the funny "comic relief" character, but Faust himself rarely have a "silly" face cuz his face is a bag with an eye hole, and instead he make other characters look silly and dumb.

I could grind my face on those abbs. No matter the game, I love Braum. He's perfection.

When I saw Braum announced, I was in hopes the wait wouldn’t be too long to get the reaction from Skyen. Reading online, it is hilarious how many people are calling Braum the “villain” of 2XKO for the things that were shown. Pretty sure Braum would laugh it off and explain how it is a misunderstanding, but let’s be honest: Braum could be an absolute menace and the poros will live rent free in their minds if this does come to pass when the game officially launches. My curiosity does make me wonder though if we may see anything else next week. For those who don’t know, the biggest fighting game tournament in the world is next weekend and 2XKO will be there (as it was last year when it was Project L). I was assuming that we could have seen a trailer for the next character and it could have been Jinx because what better time to advertise both the game and the series than with a character featured in both? Braum’s announcement does make me feel like nothing will happen now, but it isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility that we could see one more announcement (but don’t hold your breath on it).

I need to see every character's face response to the poro attack and to Ahri's move that also came with a swoon face response.

I hope the joke of illaoi being mad thirsty for bruam keeps up. Its a funny but.

We’re just a Pyke and MF away from a full Ruined King gang

I'll take Braum as an aroace icon any day

The Ahri face in the Braum ult is basically like this games version of Fausts whelchair super from gg

25:20 some time ago i saw on Twitter a few posts from 2xko animators where they had fun with rigs of Ahri, Darius and Ekko, these definitely can be very expressive xd

If Braum is that big then K'sante just takes up half the screen size wise.

He’s getting the guilty gear treatment with those belts 😂

was looking for something to watch while doing my makeup thanks to skyen I love u

11:08 imagine Darius getting hit by this

Braum getting a custom poro beatdown for the whole roster ala Faust from Guilty Gear fills me with joy. And Riot keep on laying it a little bit for Braum and Illaoi bond, cute.

Least surprising reveal, but I'm glad he's in, and he's even cooler than I hoped for. He's the most obvious support for a FG, except maybe Blitzcrank and maybe Janna. I also love that's he's the first character with wacky and unconventional normals like Darkstalkers or Guilty Gear. I absolutely love his flex attacks (specially the anti-air push-up), and him shaking his hand after the poro tag-in super.

TB you're gonna LOVE the Zenless Zone Zero animations.

braums head being small and such might simply be a fighting game design thing. FG characters often have huge hands/feet to make their moves more clear.

I hope they do something similar to the intro at the beginning for an arcade mode. Like the rival animations of SF IV

I cant wait for Max Dood reaction to the trailer. I think you should check it T B Sky.

As some comments have already mentioned GG strive has alot of personality and fun story telling in it's animation. I think it would be really cool if you would react to some of the character animations.

Please look into Zenles Zone Zero. The animation quality there is on another level, compared to previous Hoyo works

12:55 "Lets watch the whole thing through" 5 seconds later... "For those who don't know, in the ruined king..." Not complaining, just thought that was really funny lol

About the "dorito shaped" thing, it's FAR to the opposite in my eyes. If you compare their version to LoL's splash arts, they actually tonned down the triangular shape, likely to make him easier to animate for a fighting game. And his in-game model in LoL looks comically more triangular, in great part due to their modeling style. Wish I could attach the image I'm looking at on the wiki 😂

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Common loR W.

Faust has supers in XRD and Strive that has the playable cast make comedic faces, seems like they got the idea for Braum's super from those.

So happy to see this reaction!

Sorry - will we get more Frieren in near future? I know that life throws wrenches in most plans people make, but it would be great to know. Thank You 3BSkyen!

1:18 “ but this is a -“ Ad break raid shadow legends. THIS IS A WHAT?!?!?

If pantheon gets added i rly want them to add aatrox aswell, to recreate their epic battle

I'm guessing the decision of why Braum's body is like that is because of fighting games are animated. In a matter similar to LOL, silhouettes are very important. Braum's silhouette in League emphasizes his big shield while 2XKO, it's his body. Since we're looking at him from close to the side instead of the top and far away, his body has to be as bulky as his shield so we can see both of them and what they are doing clearly.

Theyre making him the Zangief look character ... and im all for it, tbh

the characters i want to see the most r Lee Sin, Samira, Zeri, Nilah, Sylas, Vex and Vi As i see their movesets being able very visually interesting

According to a Twitter thread by one of the devs, Braum's theme here in the trailer, and I'm assuming every character's themes in the game, are done by Casey Edwards, the guy who made Bury the Light, Vergil's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5

hold up. did you notice the little high-five mighty poro gave?

Imagine if they put Jack the Winner into the roster? Perfect fit for a grappler, and another W for Lor!

Braum be like: Say hello to my little friend(s)

problem with most hoyo games is that this kind of silly only fits zzz cuz the tone of hsr and genshin being different, plus graphical limitations of mobile as a platform (like, zzz right now is 50+gb on pc, about 20gb on phone. thats HUGE for a game this small content-wise. in comparison - genshin right NOW is 90+gb on pc). both zzz and this game, however, much like granblue fantasy versus and rising, do look much more silly and dont look like they take themselves that much seriously. honestly, makes me wish i could see interactions between Braum and Ladiva. I think they would be good pals

after the reaction to ahri's expression on the raging poro i'll put it out here that skyen should react to Faust's instant kill on GGXRD and super on STRIVE. just saying

Living for the hoyoverse slander also aroace braum is so real

I would LOVE for Braum to be aroace represenration. Its hard to believe its gonna happen, but it would be great.

The hurt face shots reminds me of Faust's super in Guilty Gear Strive

My old one trick!! And he seems to have a very defensive fighting style (shocker, I know) which is what I usually like in fighting games. 👀

25:15 Don't all of the character models have to be pretty expressive, if only for that poro punch animation?

Okay, but calling ArcSys out for lack of facial expressions is kinda weird considering animations from the last two Guilty Gear titles and all the Toriyama expressions they implemented in DBFZ. What about games like Tekken where each character only has two facial expressions: strained face and [insert character personality] face. Also Faust isn't the one making weird faces, he's the one giving people weird faces (including himself with a bag over his head) in three different supers of his, literally the same way Braum does.

In Tekken, particularly notable in Tekken 8, the male characters have fairly decent expression work but the female characters never meaningfully emote

Skyen you have to look at some animation from more recent fighting games or even retro one. I would love to see you analyze those animation wise

Unwilling to distort a character? Not just Hoyoverse but every Chinese gacha game company. They only have 2 expressions: very pretty or very pervy