The Subtle, Misunderstood Brilliance of Xenoblade 2 ► Nara
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2 жыл бұрынXenoblade 2 explained in 3 hours, 37 minutes, 40 seconds. (spoiler-free timestamps below)
Spoilers begin at 51:15, so this retrospective can serve as an introduction or guide!
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► Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:35 Chapter 1
03:15 1-1 Argentum Fundamentals
05:29 1-2 A Peek at Storytelling
06:23 1-3 Resonance
08:06 1-4 Tutorials: Xenoblade's Greatest Flaw
10:14 Chapter 2
10:48 2-1 Blade Combat 101
13:00 2-2 Gormott & Exploration
13:52 2-3 Unique Monsters
15:07 2-4 Torigoth
15:57 2-5 Ardainian Soldiers
18:13 2-6 Gacha
21:02 2-7 Field Skills & the Affinity Chart
23:37 2-8 Poppi & Tora
25:19 2-9 Tiger-Tiger!
25:44 2-10 The Intimidating Complexity of Xenoblade
26:51 2-11 Operation Nia
28:06 2-12 The Flamebringer
29:29 2-13 A Home for Everyone
30:17 Interlude: A Chaotic Development Cycle
31:15 Character Design
31:45 Sexualization Rant
34:27 English Dub
36:26 Chapter 3
37:01 3-1 Uraya
37:50 3-2 Driver Combos
38:24 3-3 The Cycle of Blades
39:59 3-4 Chain Attacks & Full Burst
41:39 3-5 War & Power
44:08 3-6 The Bringer of Chaos
45:39 3-7 "The combat is slow"
46:49 3-8 Fusion Combos
48:36 3-9 Why I love the combat
50:44 3-10 SPOILER WARNING
51:15 3-11 SPOILERS BEGIN
52:57 3-12 Drifting Soul
56:10 3-13 The Awakening
59:01 Chapter 4
59:28 4-1 The Climb
01:01:17 4-2 Merc Missions
01:01:59 4-3 The Worst Hour of Xenoblade 2
01:02:55 4-4 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
01:04:47 4-5 Mor Ardain
01:05:06 4-6 Hot Spring
01:06:03 4-7 Lila
01:06:57 4-8 Investigation
01:08:19 4-9 One-Eye
01:10:15 4-10 Factory
01:12:10 4-11 Mikhail & Patroka
01:14:04 Chapter 5
01:14:50 5-1 Leftheria
01:15:17 5-2 Fonsett
01:16:09 5-3 The Crown Prince
01:17:02 5-4 Indol
01:18:19 5-5 The Praetor
01:20:36 5-6 Temperantia
01:23:47 Chapter 6
01:26:00 6-1 Investigation 2
01:27:10 6-2 Follow your heart
01:28:56 6-3 Most Underrated Girl in Xenoblade 2
01:29:49 6-4 Tantal
01:31:39 6-5 The Omega Fetter
01:33:36 Chapter 7
01:35:00 7-1 The 2nd Best Cutscene in Xenoblade 2
01:39:12 7-2 Together.
01:42:41 7-3 Important Exposition
01:44:14 7-4 Superhuman
01:45:45 7-5 Spirit Crucible Elpys
01:47:15 7-6 Accepting Yourself
01:51:30 7-7 The Beauty of Accents
01:52:52 7-8 Cliffs of Morytha
01:53:37 7-9 The Fear She Carries
01:58:55 Interlude: DLC Expansion Pass
01:59:54 Colosseum Mode
02:01:10 Torna, the Golden Country
02:02:13 T-1 Torigoth of Old
02:04:03 T-2 Gameplay Differences
02:06:34 T-3 Hyber Village
02:07:19 T-4 Meet the Party Members
02:11:40 T-5 Auresco
02:13:00 T-6 The Cycle of Life
02:14:35 T-7 Community
02:15:52 T-8 Top 3 Tornan Side Quests
02:17:13 T-9 Before the War
02:17:55 T-10 The Aegis War
02:21:39 T-11 A Moment of Eternity
02:23:33 Chapter 8
02:24:04 8-1 Coffee with Milk
02:25:17 8-2 Land of Morytha
02:26:40 8-3 The Fall of Torna
02:29:57 8-4 The Power of the Aegis
02:31:27 8-5 The World Tree
02:32:26 8-6 Heaven and Hell
02:33:54 8-7 The Battle in the Skies
02:35:11 Chapter 9
02:36:12 9-1 Smile
02:37:56 9-2 Last Stand
02:43:15 Interlude: Favorites
02:43:38 Favorite Blades (Gacha)
02:45:37 0.1%
02:46:10 Favorite Blades (Non-Gacha)
02:48:22 3.14
02:49:15 NG+ Exclusive Blades
02:49:33 Favorite Heart-to-Hearts
02:58:59 Favorite Post-Battle Dialogue
03:07:18 Chapter 10
03:08:06 10-1 Dreams of a Promised Land
03:09:43 10-2 The Voice of the Aegis
03:10:33 10-3 The Origins of Alrest
03:13:22 10-4 Xeno References (SPOILERS)
03:16:03 10-5 After Despair & Hope
03:17:47 10-6 Aion
03:19:47 10-7 The Tragedy of Hatred
03:22:05 10-8 The Gift of Light
03:26:27 10-9 A Parade of Embers
03:27:23 10-10 Ending: Initial Thoughts
03:28:23 10-11 Ending Analysis 1-1: Faith
03:29:37 10-12 Ending Analysis 1-2: Laws
03:30:02 10-13 Ending Analysis 2: Memories
03:31:28 10-14 Ending Analysis 3-1: The Human
03:32:14 10-15 Ending Analysis 3-2: The Adult
03:32:54 10-16 Ending Analysis 3-3: The Optimist
03:33:47 10-17 Ending Analysis 3-4: The Aegis
03:35:11 Outro
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@thorbsirm725 Жыл бұрын
I really like that scene with Mikhail at the end. In the Aegis War he hated Mythra for destroying Torna and Milton in the name of defeating Malos. But in his final moments I think he finally understood her, using his own giant laser mech to defeat Amalthus, at the cost of Indol and the innocents on it.
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Жыл бұрын
That's an interesting way to put it. It's like Mikhail, over the course of his encounters with Rex and the party, gradually gains insight into the kind of choice-- or lack thereof-- Mythra had to make at the end of the Aegis war, and that he himself played as much a part of how the world ended up as anyone else.
@prankovalero Жыл бұрын
1:58:13 the reason why Pyra and Mythra retained their memory is possibly because of the core crystal on Rex's chest acting as their back up drive. Remember, their experiences are linked.
@perrydunetz882 Жыл бұрын
It’s actually specifically because they’re pneuma, literally all blade data gets sent to their core crystal including their own so they wouldn’t lose their memory no matter how many times they return to their core
@lpfan4491 Жыл бұрын
@@perrydunetz882 That doesn't make too much sense in context tho. Core crystals all actually retain their data, even tho they send copies of it to the master blades. Therefore, the memory loss should be a seperate function of some kind.
@Direk091 2 ай бұрын
It most likely is, since Malos stole their memories to become whole again in chapter 7. But since they still had half their core with Rex, they still remembered.
@Santoryu90 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I don’t think Rex‘s voice acting was actually that bad. Really my problem was he just couldn’t scream well but that’s about it.
@MichaelAronson Жыл бұрын
The entire voice cast was horrible, compared to the Japanese voice cast and compared to the Xenoblade 1 voice cast. There was not a single good voice actor among them.
@Santoryu90 Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelAronson To each their own buddy.
@deadmetalbr Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelAronson Demonstrably false. Voice _direction_ was nearly non-existent, but the VAs did the best they could in its absence.
@MichaelAronson Жыл бұрын
@@deadmetalbr They obviously didn't.
@deadmetalbr Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelAronson Skye Bennett. 🎤↷
@muuhnkin4611 Жыл бұрын
Well as we know now: Rex did indeed love all of them xD
@TheFearsomeRat Жыл бұрын
He showed them a thing or three.
@Cool-Vest_Leo Жыл бұрын
As for the part where Pyra transforms into Pneuma and regains her memories, I think it is because she had them backed up on Rex's Crystal. This is another one of those things they were trying to be subtle about, but I think they went too hard into it because most people never caught it. It probably should have been explained later.
@Cool-Vest_Leo Жыл бұрын
I guess them explaining it is the camera zooms in to Rex's half of the crystal, which is where their conversation is supposed to take place. It's either that or her memories were backed up in the orbital station, as all regular Blades transmit their memories to the Architect. Maybe her finally getting ready to use her Pneuma form opened this link to the beanstalk, evidenced by Aion in the background.
@bianks3916 Жыл бұрын
The quality of the game is insane, I love XC2 so much I could talk about it for hours, but I don't want to annoy anyone, I'am just so glad I've played it bc it's one of those things that make it worth living. Appreciate beauty and emotions gave power to life and this game really made me feel alive.
@potatofarmergyro1720 Жыл бұрын
I gotta say for all the shit that Rex's English dub gets I personally love it for the whole cheeky kid feel that it portrays. and I think the scene where rex is mourning for the death of vandham is perfectly voiced atleast for me like damn it got me in the feels and also the final battle with malos where rex gives his speech is also something that I think is done perfectly. man I really wish they could redo the dub in the future with better voice direction and also with all if not most of the same voice actors(rip bana's va).
@alvarostockle 4 ай бұрын
In the ending of the game, when he tells Poppi "common! She's right there!", thats top of the level acting. Man sadly can't scream and people will remember that forever for how good Shulk's VA was screaming.
@madgizmo2212 Жыл бұрын
A fun thing about Torna is that they are basically a Final Fantasy party (makes sense since Nomura designed them). They would be the protagonists of a different game.
@yugimonmaster1018 Жыл бұрын
"It hurts to get friend zone" Me after XC3: oh no...she didn't get friend zoned, rex said what he meant to say.
@Angelina-wx9px Жыл бұрын
Found the video on Reddit and I’m shocked at how under appreciated it it. just finished watching the whole thing in one sitting and wow, amazing just incredible. Thank you so much for making this as I always feel so happy when I see my favorite game of all time treasured by others like I treasure it.
@SuperConroy99 Жыл бұрын
"I'm cute as hell, so who cares?" has to be one of my new favorite Mythra lines I wanna mention that I first got XC2 at the start of the pandemic in 2020, and I played nothing BUT it from when I first got it to when I beat it. And I loved every minute of it, so I can easily mark it as one of if not my absolute favorite game of all time. It alone got me through the first year of the pandemic, so that's gotta account for something, right?
@famillesabot5719 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know she says that ! No wonder why she is a great character. I started XC2 in 2020 as well (christmas 2019) that's why this game get a bigg impact on me. I was in a depression because of the lockdown due to covid.
@Fade2GrayOG Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to hear how many people were impacted by this game during lockdown. I played it on release but I was going through a pretty rough and isolating part of my own life. I always thought the negativity surrounding the game was weird because of how incredible the game was to me during everything I was going through. It's great to hear the game was able to go on to fill the same role in other people's lives
@kurisu3000 Жыл бұрын
She never says that in the original Japanese script. This is why localization by twitter users needs to stop.
@miletilblight2181 22 күн бұрын
I got Xenoblade 2 right around when it came out One of the KZfaqrs I watched regularly at the time swore on the Xenoblade franchise and id never played any others. ...I did not really get into xenoblade 2 back then kinda regretted the purchase at rhe time. Then a pandemic hit and I was board so I figured "Fuck it ill give it another shot" A few weeks later and I was buying all the dlc and torna...still haven't gotten Xenoblade 1 or 3
@novaspacewitch9963 Жыл бұрын
Just a note: the cutscene toward the end of the game where Pyra and Mythra's "personalities are flipped." That's not really it at all. They're just finally being completely open. Pyra is teasing a little bit like she's been shown to do, and dropping the reserved facade that keeps her from interjecting. Meanwhile Mythra is unafraid to come out of her abrasive shell and actually show the affection she felt all along. For the first time in the game, Rex is the one who's hiding his feelings. The others are finally being true to themselves without the pressure to keep up appearances.
@icewingthefox9423 Жыл бұрын
The ending of Xenoblade 3 really puts "I love you and all you guys." into a different context lol.
@madgizmo2212 Жыл бұрын
I personally found that the male party members fit with different kinds of teenagers. Tora is the pervy nerd who built his own robot girlfriend but has a wholesome relationship with her, Rex is a naive idealist who has a coming of age journey helping a girl(s) get home, and Zeke is the rebel who is trying too hard to be edgy and distant from his family yet ultimately cares about his home.
@ryanspencer9602 2 ай бұрын
The game is ultimately a coming of age story at heart.
@WiiSage Жыл бұрын
3:332:40 Finally someone mentions/notices the line with Zeke was with him talking about his own experience, ive seen so many not getting that scene even though it had Pandoria's reaction to add to it.
@pietrom.4846 6 ай бұрын
Xenoblade 2 combat system is the best of the trilogy imho
@ToonLink1672 Жыл бұрын
I watched most of this video leading up to 3’s release and didn’t have time to finish it by then. After finishing 3, and now finishing this video, it undoubtedly has strengthened my appreciation for the entire Xenoblade series. Seeing someone put so much time and energy into sharing everything that’s great about this game truly makes me happy. These kinds of games aren’t for everyone but man I wish they were. They are truly, truly special, unlike any other video games I’ve played. Thank you, so so much for making this video. I enjoyed every single second of it.
@queazy03 Жыл бұрын
I thought Nia pushing Rex towards Pyra/Mythra was because she knew Rex was in love with them, and didn't want to hold him back with her own feelings for him
@nazurin5982 Жыл бұрын
Personally I strongly believe they retain their memories, and their last words are "I love you", it fits with the timing and the context of the ending song: it goes "I want to tell you......" Then a moment after, the zoom on their lips "I love you"
@tsunderemerc2963 Жыл бұрын
XC2 is definitely my favorite JRPG ever, in my top 3 for favorite games in general. I started with it and fell in love with its story and themes, and with how the Xeno universe works, it gave me a tether to enjoy XC1 with and enjoy it nearly as much, even if I have a nostalgia bias (objectively I can't say one is better than the other, I think they're complimentary works, not ones that oppose each other). It's the only JRPG I've played more than once, and it gets me really hyped for 3. The only bad thing is when I attempted to learn some of the core themes in Xenogears and Xenosaga since they occasionally have parallels or direct ties because of how complex their own lore is (like how the Conduit is Xenosaga's Zohar, whether it be literally or just an homage). I never really had a problem with the 'fanservice' of the game, and I think it shares a trait with the Yakuza series where it knows when to be serious, and when it can tell a joke, especially as the plot progresses. It's not like they're flashing Pyra's pouch items while someone is dying or during an emotional moment, most of that stuff is frontloaded, which kind of ties into the same way Xenoblade 1 sets up expectations and then (even if it's a buzzword) subverts them and flips it all over in a genius way. I can still appreciate weaker moments in the game, and couldn't say they serve no purpose at all (like Chapter 4, i believe, with Tora. Yeah, others are better but it still has a reason to be there). And I honestly like the ending being ambiguous, I can easily entertain both possibilities with Pyra and Mythra, and I think either ending is still good in their own way. PS: yeah this is a pre-watch comment, I like to share my own experiences for whoever to see, and then learn what opinions I have do or don't line up! PSS: Okay I watched it all, great video!
@ccarbone3561 Жыл бұрын
Very well done. Especially appreciated the obvious jokes and your carefully worded references without slowing down or letting the audience know...unless they played the game.
@MTH062K.O Ай бұрын
I'm glad for making this video.I have played this game as well and at first I misunderstood some characters,especially how each of them are,but now that you explained it to me, I want to say Thank you 🙏 for making to understand even more ☺️
@Sam-ry7ln Жыл бұрын
Great video! Stumbled upon your channel last night and I'm shocked you don't have more subscribers yet. The quality of your videos is top notch. Keep up the good content man
@XenoPon2 Жыл бұрын
Xenoblade chronicles 2 is since it's release and to this day my favorite single-player game, Although it isn't perfect (obviously, nothing is) this video does a good job covering both it's story and gameplay content 👌 Good job!
@XenoPon2 Жыл бұрын
Also this comment was written only 30 minutes into the video, everything after that point idk
@brada5581 Жыл бұрын
You made the story even more impactful for me, well done
@kennethhernandez9243 Жыл бұрын
This was an absolute gem of a video man. What a great job. I’ve beaten the game 3+ times and I never noticed the poppi voice thing. This game has aged like fine wine and every play through it seems better. With 3 now behind us, the trilogy as a whole is just a fascinating existential journey- about embracing the future, not getting stuck in past, or being afraid to move forward in the present. I’d love to see this level of care out into a xenoblade 3 analysis someday. But again, can’t thank you enough. This was a fantastic video.
@nickrispoli2532 Жыл бұрын
Hell of a video dude!! You did XC2 shining Justice and really capture me what makes this a fantastic game!
@InTheMindOfDavid Жыл бұрын
Personally I think Xenoblade 2 is the better game in the series, and from what I’ve played of Xenoblade 3 it’s a better game than the original as well. Granted it is a decade old game but I even think the sequels plots and stories are even better.
@countzero5150 2 ай бұрын
As much as I think 1 is a masterpiece, the storytelling in 2 felt more personal. More emphasis on interactions between the characters and their emotions towards each other and the overall plot.
@teafordaniel809 Жыл бұрын
Long form Xenoblade anaylsis videos are my favorite type of content, but it isn't too common. Thank you for this!!!
@uroy8371 Жыл бұрын
I love this game much than any other in years. Maybe cause I love, all the characters, gameplay, the music and all the feelings that made me experience. I never pay attention at any other video with 3 plus hrs length but if is xeno especially xeno 2 I'm on board. You really did an amazing Job here, thanks ❤ And personally I almost prey for a sad ending or one when the "bad" guys could win like in (death note), but in xeno 2 I cry even more when I had Pyra and Mythra once again by my side, cause they were why the adventure began in the first place. I loved torna but the end just destroyed me.
@allanbrogim1074 Жыл бұрын
Amazing review! Loved to live this adventure again on this video!
@solarammy2255 Жыл бұрын
This is the only xenoblade 2 review I've watched that actually changed a few of my opinions. The depth some of your takes have took me by suprise, especially the finale
@RedZ1900 Жыл бұрын
Sat through the whole thing. Very well done.
@ilavain Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for reminding me of every little part of this fantastic experience, your analysis of the ending was fantastic, I never thought about Mythra's sacrifice as being the logical conclusion of Vandham's philosophy. I am currently writing this in tears and I'm so so happy that there are people willing to analyse such heavy games that are hard to get into and very hard to openly enjoy. I have cried at least 20 times throughout the whole video, thanks to your analysis AND just the story. I first experienced this game in the year it came out through a let's play by JohneAwesome. I didn't know anything about it and I left feeling like it was just a failed sequel, like a lot of them are. I have not been able to shut up about how amazing the world of Alrest is to my friends thanks to Chuggaa's let's play on it. My biggest regret is being too poor to afford to play it by myself, but I'm hoping to be able to play 3 when it comes out. Again, thank you for this video, now I have a newfound appreciation of the story!
@TiduLimar Жыл бұрын
1:58:10 i imagined its because of rex having part of them - that part wasnt cleansed by malos. And it may or may not have fragments of all their memories, but he should have them
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Жыл бұрын
Am I the only person who unironically loves the Mythra sleepwalking scene?
@madgizmo2212 Жыл бұрын
You aren't. Admittedly the reason I love it is probably because I am reading too much into it and am seeing it as Mythra subconsciously craving connection/intimacy to stave off her loneliness....its also a good comedy scene that shows that there's more to Mythra than we saw in her first couple appearances.
@quippy958 Жыл бұрын
yes... why? it's stupid and unnecessary
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Жыл бұрын
@@quippy958 To _you._ A lot of us just saw it as cute slapstick. Standard anime type moment, which there is nothing inherently wrong with. If it isn't your taste, then that's fine, but people act like it's wrong if other people like it for what it is. Like, what makes _you_ any sort of authority? On what grounds can you tell _me_ or anyone else what is or isn't "necessary?"
@quippy958 Жыл бұрын
@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Nobody said it's wrong to like it, but I absolutely do have a right to share my opinion if you share yours. when I say unnecessary, I mean I don't feel as if it develops the characters in any way (which it doesn't) and undeniably exists for sex appeal more than anything else. There are much better and more mature ways to pull off "cute slapstick". In context, it doesn't help that she is so scantily clad in the game either. It's one part of a pool of reasons that this game undermines so many of its characters in order to sexualize them
@akiraraiku Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, it touched the mark on many aspects i liked a lot about the game. The land of morythra is one of my favorite zone, must be my nostalgia for lost civilisation kink.
@guillermoantonanzas9400 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making me revive the whole game one more time, one of my favourite games ever ♥️
@FuIIDiveVR Жыл бұрын
X2 was the real fans game that the fans didn't understand.
@LukaCola Жыл бұрын
This video was a masterpiece, thank you so much for making it, it put into words a lot of things I felt about the game but couldnt describe. I'm looking forward to your future content and anything you might cover of xb3!
@SuperSavajin Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos for XB2 now
@ARDIZsq Жыл бұрын
It's INCREDIBLY saddening to me that a lot of people wrote off Xenoblade 2 because it was "too anime" or "had too much fanservice." While I can understand people who only know the series from XC1 and Shulk (and the more "realistic" art style) and not being used to/liking the switch to an anime art style, or people not being a fan of Pyra's incredible small shorts and large assets, I don't think that should have been a reason to write off the game entirely. Yes, on a surface level they can put someone off, but the art style for a game should never be THE determining factor for if you do or don't buy a game. Hell, look at Undertale for example. That game, quite frankly, looks awful. Everything outside of the battle sprites looks like a child made them in MS Paint, and yet people were attracted to the game because of the characters, the story, the world. There were tons of people who I saw call the game ugly yet they praised the hell out of it otherwise. This game has one of my favorite stories in all of fiction. It has one of my favorite worlds in all of fiction. The cast of characters is incredible. This game is filled with so many emotional moments and amazingly impactful scenes that it's one of the few pieces of media that has made me cry. (That ending man...) I'll admit, I'm a newcomer to the Xeno series as a whole. I saw XC2 during the Treehouse Live at E3 and thought "Ah, well it looks nice, but the battle system looks confusing, and it's a JRPG, so it'll be super slow to play." God do I hate my past self for not giving it a chance. Xenoblade 2 is probably one of my favorite games of all time. In the past month or so I finally got my own copy, as well as Xenoblade Definitive Edition. I can't wait for the release of 3 in a few days. (And maybe after that I'll dust off my Wii U and play X for more than 30 minutes.)
@Zenthils Жыл бұрын
The writting of Xeno 2 is also subpar to 1 and 3. Seems to be a real problem with weebs to accept and they just excuse it because it has "waifus" in it.
@daikaichis6229 Жыл бұрын
@@Zenthils i might need a explanation for " subpar" but that line about " weeb" is just wrong ( and what About people who are into "husbando" ? ) I can go as far has to say xeno 3 also has waifus and husbando but that change nothing .
@IISuzakuII Жыл бұрын
@@Zenthils XC2 is to show people aren't as intelligent as they let on.
@Byakurenfan Жыл бұрын
For me it was how the majority of the female blades when awakened there was focus on their boobs (the camera hung on them as they bounced) showed off the chracter. Also the whole gotcha is a turn off. Merc missions add nothing to the game. Chapter 4 should have been expanded or cut.
@daikaichis6229 Жыл бұрын
@@Byakurenfan i mean every blade have the camera a this place when they are awakened
@madgizmo2212 Жыл бұрын
The english dub is amazing considering just how little context the VAs had for their lines, and as much flak as Rex gets I only found that outside of contextual issues, the only delivery issue was basically whenever he screams.
@Hymn_ Жыл бұрын
i haven't played or watch a lot of xc, but i must admit i enjoy listening the eng dub when i watch some xc2 content that youtube gave me.
@Cool-Vest_Leo Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem most people have are the awkward pauses in sentences. Morag, Gramps, and Zeke struggle the most with this. I assume it's because the scenes already existed and were scarcely edited to fit the English dub, meaning they were required to stretch sentences longer than what was natural.
@okamaman7324 6 ай бұрын
@@Cool-Vest_Leo Yes and no. On the Japanese original a LOT of Morags dialog is oversimplified Merefu talks in a very specific curt and paused manner. She also uses a lot of imperatives. (Kinda like Kyriu form Yakuza) As for Zeke, while the dialog is decent the dude speaks very theatrically with a lot of intonation so it is really hard to work with this in English
@PoPo-qp8zq 2 ай бұрын
They more I play, the more I'm in love with Xenoblade 2.
@freshprince5532 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. An incredible watch.
@nhodgie Жыл бұрын
23mins in, and i've already had 2 'a-ha' moments where you've highlighted some game design aspects that I hadn't consciously noticed/considered in this game despite having fully beaten it and most of the way through a 100% completion run in preparation for XC3. Nicely done as Nia would say.
@Crazy41769 Жыл бұрын
Mindblowing Video. Thank you for this perfect Summary. It was also very funny 😄
@ketchuprats8378 Жыл бұрын
god, its fantastic to see xc2 finally getting the love it deserves recently. obviously people have been praising this game since it came out, but in the past couple months we went from having like, a single video essay on the game i thought was excellent (Ludiscere's critique of its use of sexualization) to 4, with this, KingK's, and Tronk's
@pineappless2701 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, another Xeno vid to enjoy before diving into 3, always a pleasure my guy
@Lovfia Жыл бұрын
I really liked this video and funny comments you made along the way haha
@ensislucis2395 Жыл бұрын
Haven’t finished watching yet but holy shit this is such an underrated video
@joshualawrence4301 Жыл бұрын
What a great video. I feel like the way you interpret the story’s various hard-hitting scenes is familiar to a lot of players, but you put it into words much more eloquently than many could. And in such an easy to understand way. “Bravo” as the xb3 chain attacks say xP Hope you love xb3 and do content for it as well.
@rowanatkinson3594 7 ай бұрын
I've recently come back to this game (I dropped it right before you get chain attacks, turns out) and after a few tutorial vids on youtube to help me figure out what I was missing with the combat I legitimately love this game as much as 1 and 3 now. The systems I dislike I still dislike (field skills, mostly) but I'm having a whale of a time! Turns out putting dessert items in your pouch makes the game like, fifty times more fun.
@therealdschlitz Жыл бұрын
great job on this video
@Sirnight282 Жыл бұрын
Damn man, this is one of the best vid-docs on Xenoblade 2 I've seen. The presentation of it was superb, it's nice seeing someone who will just kind of poke fun at the famed fanservice-related flaws, rather than have a full section exist to outright dismiss it. This is the only game that ever manages to get me emotional and it truly gets me every time I play, or watch it, poppi's promise is always absolutely heart-shattering and when one last you starts playing it's soul-crushing, even knowing what comes after. But seeing Poppi run for Pyra and Mythra at the end just yanks more tears out of me without fail, and seeing that chapter title screen after just hits. Hopefully, XBC3 manages to live up to it, but I'm not entirely convinced that I wont still love 2 the most.
@Jax_Two Жыл бұрын
I didn't realize until watching this video just how much Jin's character interacts with the themes of XC3.
@weberman173 Жыл бұрын
1:46:00 i actually LOVED this fight.. i didnt realize i was meant to destroy multiple at once, or use chain attacks before someone started to multiply, so i powerd trough all 20 phantoms and it FELT like a test, it felt like i was being tested whatever i was worthy of what was hidden here. it felt amazing to me
@SweisSenpai Жыл бұрын
Incredible video!!!!
@Fade2GrayOG Жыл бұрын
This was incredible and helped me not feel like a mad man for loving this game so much.
@manaphy1007 Ай бұрын
The best part of the heart to heart for brighid and morag is if she has an ether cannon blade equipped she pulls out a massive gun (like the rocket launcher from halo) to shoot the fish
@Edgedancer Жыл бұрын
I love these sort of long form reviews. This is one of my favourite games and while 3 is great, 2 is always going to hold a special place in my heart.
@KingPlague15th 5 ай бұрын
I've grinded 100+ hours on this game and I love the game I also love how after a specific scene in Mor Ardane you just suspect Nia of her secret, I suspected it after seeing her struggle greatly in the crypt
@ensislucis2395 Жыл бұрын
1:41:30 HOLY SHIT THAT IS AMAZING I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE THAT IT’S JUST LIKE KOS-MOS OMG
@daniellobo8813 Жыл бұрын
Seeing this after finishing xenoblade 3, it hits different.
@ricardomendez9179 Жыл бұрын
I beat the game a couple weeks ago. Yes, it have some rough edges but I cant stop thinking in other thing that arent some themes of this game touch. This game have heart and soul.
@dropshock284 Жыл бұрын
So good to a video diving into the many nuances of this game and its brilliantly layered storytelling. I especially appreciate how closely you follow the development of arcs throughout the game (the bit with Poppi and the end is one of my favorites) because you even noted things I haven’t realized like the particular significance of Zeke’s last line Xenoblade 2 is my favorite game (X being a very close second). It does a great job showing how powerful it is when someone reaches out in kindness to another suffering from trauma and the weight of fear. Like with one of my other favorite stories Fruits Basket, it makes me want to be a better person for the people I love. That this game can evoke those feelings in me and also be an incredible gameplay experience is awesome
@Frysbear 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, the ending to this game. The way everything comes together is my favorite. The tone shifts, the setting shifts. It pulls out the rug on the worldbuilding but makes you go OH CRAP that makes sense. And it also works on it's own, as well as ties into 1. The progression from falling to the acient human civilization below the sea, to climbing the high tech tower, to coming out at the top of the tree as a space station, Will forever be one of my favorite moments in a game.
@jzblue345 Жыл бұрын
Zeke is literally my favorite character in the whole game. Taura is pretty hilarious but comes in second to Zeke.
@shiningskies47 9 ай бұрын
Normally video reviews of this game come from people who liked it, but didn't absolutely adore it like me, it's refreshing watching this one lol
@Fegemo Жыл бұрын
Still in the middle but cried several times here 😭
@TainoMoya Жыл бұрын
My first jrpg and I love that it was
@characterchampion830 Жыл бұрын
this is really well made and i agree with everysingle thing that u said such an overhated game :)
@Nara64 Жыл бұрын
► Xenoblade 3: The Masterpiece Life Needed: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nuCWrLWVp62md5c.html ► Xenoblade Spoiler-Free Retrospective: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8t-i6qZy9ywnmg.html ► 15 Tips for Xenoblade 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7hzo7Blyb2ndqc.html ► More Xenoblade videos: kzfaq.info/sun/PL5Y7qKJaS9aClAIzgoTleuwfWjEkKdzQx Apologies; my narration and editing could have been a lot better, but I really wanted to get this out before Xenoblade 3. I feel like I aged 8 years as a result lmao. Though, to be fair, you could say this is perfectly befitting of Xenoblade 2 ;) I am proud of the results, regardless! I'm trying to avoid Xenoblade 3 spoilers as much as possible (since it got leaked), so I have prepared an FAQs of questions that might get asked: 1. How come there are no chapters? - Assuming they're still not there, blame KZfaq, I tried my best. 2. Why did you choose Xenoblade 2 over 1 and X? - 2 is currently my favorite; I've always wanted to do a spoiler discussion or analysis on it. Really, I'm just doing my part in spreading the love that it deserves. 3. Will you do a video about Xenoblade 3? - I plan to! Likely multiple. Although, they will be much much MUCH shorter. 4. Will you ever do another hour(s)-long essay? - Unless I make a living from doing this, it is extremely unlikely. 5. Didn’t you once say on twitch.tv/apieceofthenara that you didn’t like essays that were hours long? - I was specifically referring to trivial subject matter with primarily negative opinions. Basically, I could never imagine myself spending this much time and effort on a video game I *didn’t* love... I could barely pull it off for one that I do lol. 6. How long have you been working on this video? - I’ve had a small portion of the draft written for over a year. When Xenoblade 3 was revealed in February, I gained the motivation to see it through. I wanted to work on it at a gentle pace... but in April: Nintendo changed the release date from September to July, so I had to pick up the slack 😅 It's been nonstop since June, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEK. My stress levels have been immeasurable. 7. How old is your footage? - It is mainly from a playthrough back in December 2020. It amazes me how much I’ve learned about the game since then, both in combat and narrative! 8. How many times have you beaten Xenoblade 2? - 4, only one of which was NG+. 9. How many hours have you played? - 350+. - HOWEVER, that time does not equate to skill; I still struggle to beat some of the challenges & unique monsters. So don’t think my gameplay clips or opinions are from an expert’s POV; I made sure to include a lot of my deaths to convey that. 10. Who are your favorite characters? - Mythra is my obvious fav, but maybe I’ll give you a better answer in an upcoming tier list :^)
@joshualawrence4301 Жыл бұрын
Your narration was perfectly fine to me tbh
@amphibiousRV 7 ай бұрын
3:02:48 I think I actually died when I saw this. Editing gold.
@housequay 11 ай бұрын
With Future Redeemed as far as we know completely ending all content we'll have with these characters from the Klaus saga, I am just going mad watching hours on hours of different channels either reacting to playing it themselves, like SarahKey and Etika, or having in depth appreciation videos like this one. It just feels so good to listen to so many people love this series as much as I do, like it's validating. There is no true reason I need to watch these other than that. I just feel so good having something I love so heavily validated in this way.
@StarlightNkyra Жыл бұрын
Dude gave xenoblade 2 tutorial the game needed
@Arda-dq4rt Жыл бұрын
Well, after realizing XC2 has more intricate and complex lore than XC1 (I didnt realize it while playing), my respect for it has increased. Just take a look at wikia of XC2's characters, locations and terms...WOW this game is packed. Although I already loved this game and considered it to be the best Switch exclusive by far. This game has many moving parts. And it actually went over my head while playing since the game moves SO FAST after certain story plot twist reveals. I think this was the most 'linear' feeling Xenoblade story. It definitely helped the pacing but I'm not sure it emphasized certain materials and its rich lore. I'm sure this was a side effect of having a low budget and man power Monolith had for this game. Apart from small feeling titans, seperated worlds and the slow start of the story, there is nothing but praise I can give to this game :D
@Ajt500 Жыл бұрын
You've earned yourself a sub with this one. Thanks a lot for delving into this game and every aspect of it from conversations, dlc, background info, and even an easily digestible combat tutorial! You really reminded me how much I love this game and brought back all the memories that lead me to that point. I know this must've been indescribably hard to make and continue work on but you did a fantastic job with it and I'm truly thankful I was able to see it.
@alvarostockle 4 ай бұрын
1:41:20 what??? I never noticed that!!! That's so cool!
@johnswanson1977 Жыл бұрын
This is great and probably took a lot of work to do. I’m making another account to give it a thumbs up.
@sageoffire3964 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure this is officially the second longest Xenoblade Chronicles video anyone has ever made.
@MrGnuh Жыл бұрын
picture this scene: some clueless little shit just got handed the most epic, awesome giga waifu blade sword. he's pumped. totally in to teach someone a lesson. so he lets it all out. the thing is, the sword didn't instantly turn him into an experienced, mature hero. he's still a clueless little shit. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE imho the voice actor 100% nailed what's going on in that scene! 😁 he's being cringe because he's still a boy. he's got all the growing ahead of him and rapidly develops into such a good boi. gotta love him!
@WiiSage Жыл бұрын
2:33:03 Wait he killed the child ?!?, i always thought he just calmed it down as its why it stops crying, that's WAY darker.
@keilensmith5257 Жыл бұрын
Incredible video, and a wonderful trip down memory lane. Xenoblade 2 is special to me like no other game, as much for the time it came into my life as for the actual quality. Your reasoning and theory for them losing their memory at the end was interesting, though I'll always be in the preserved memory camp ;). While I'd seen the other interpretation before, I'd never heard it argued so well. On a side note, I have a different theory for why they are split at the end: It's both stated and implied that core crystals contain data, including for the blade itself. Assumedly this what blades regenerate from, and it forms the basis for their bodies. When Pyra gives Rex part of the core crystal, they become linked, and when one takes damage the other does as well. The two halves of the core crystal are staying in sync, and when one detects change the other updates as well. At least, that's how I interpreted it. Prior to Pneuma's awakening, Rex treats Pyra and Mythra as completely separate people. However, during the adventure in Elpys and the subsequent revelations, he comes to understand them as one being. Critically, during this time he STILL HAS HALF HER CORE CRYSTAL, and her own is drained. When the two reunite, her crystal recuperates its data from the other half--Rex's. Now for the conspiracy theory: what if Rex's perception of the Aegis actually affected her crystal's data? Due to him now understanding them as a single being, and an incredibly powerful one at that, she regenerates into her true form accordingly. The old data was gone, leaving only what he had: a vision of one being with incredible power and potential. And carrying on from that, what if something similar occurs during their final regeneration? It might seem like Rex retroactively regressing, but in truth he is actually forced more than ever to acknowledge them as individuals after Pneuma appears. He even picks the name he uses from then on out, the name he calls out during their sacrifice. One, not both. At the end of the game, he once more sees them as two different people, albeit very much the same. And so, when the data regenerates them, it once again conforms to what he perceives. And if you need more proof of him seeing them as individuals, well... the one he picks is the one we see speak. His simple choice of a name is simultaneously insignificant and monumental, not for the result but for what it represents. With Rex's help, the two have come to terms with their nature. Mythra is no longer shackled by her past and overshadowed by her "better" half who is everything she isn't, and Pyra is no longer burdened with a fault and responsibility her old self was too weak to bear. Free of each other yet still united, they can flourish in true freedom.
@ChaosSonic15 Жыл бұрын
I loved this video! Not even concerning the hype for Xenoblade 3, this was an awesome retrospective and analysis on Xenoblade 2. Even having played the game multiple times you did such a great job of explaining nuances and depicting new hidden details I never even noticed before. It’s really evident that you put a lot of time and passion into this and it was fun listening to an analysis going through each beat of the story. Thank you for this!
@solidcumbyhaha702 6 ай бұрын
Lol I almost forgot the big guys name he's wasn't even in the party that long 😅
@mickey14906 Жыл бұрын
2:14:18 hits differently after xenoblade chronicles 3.
@JustJulyo Жыл бұрын
So when we getting a 6 hour review of Xenoblade Chronicles 3?
@NepheneeGyattRizz Жыл бұрын
Incredible
@nickkalister6291 Жыл бұрын
lol nice take on tora! :) he didn't annoy me as much as everyone else either
@thebisonx Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! You clearly put a ton of effort into this video and I wholeheartedly thank you for that. Xenoblade 2 is one of my all-time favourite games and your thorough retrospective brings back so many great memories of a good time in my life. Thanks again and best wishes to you!
@EnbyFish Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the movie, I watched this periodically as I grinded sidequests in 3 today. You do an amazing job breaking this game’s story down. I loved it so much
@hallonkatt Жыл бұрын
First of all; excellent video! I needed to pause and go do other things on occasion because... *long*. But really great! And I did get to the end eventually. I found it interesting that you complained about how Specials cause orbs to appear immediately in Torna. I always saw that as a gameplay way to show how Amalthus has corrupted Blades' individual power over time. In Torna, without Amalthus messing with their core crystals, Blades are more OP than they are in the main game, where he has eroded them over the course of centuries and it takes an entire team of Blades to create a single orb. Eh, but maybe I've been overthinking it? Either way I'm not complaining, because I do prefer Torna's gameplay. 😅 Will also say, I never really minded Rex's voice acting that much. I understand why people complain about it, but the story and characters are compelling enough that I never truly noticed until I started seeing short clips taken out of context on KZfaq. Maybe because English isn't my first language? Or maybe because it's really only notable when he's shouting? I also understand why people complain about the physical appearance of nearly every female in this game. I concur with those criticisms. It does still to this day regularly take me out of the story. It does make it more difficult to take anything they say and do seriously. But not to the point where I hate on the game for it, or can't relate to those characters. It just takes more work on my part to get there. Would I respect Pyra more if she had been designed to look like an actual person instead of a teen boy's fantasy? Not really. But I would have appreciated it. And it certainly would have been more respectful toward her character by the developers. The H2H with Brighid and Pyra asking Tora about his view on women loses any credibility considering the design of those two characters in particular. I'm also one of those not being a fan of the ending, and you didn't convince me, unfortunately. I don't hate it or anything, I can objectively admit that it's cute and I'm not a monster - of course I'm glad Pyra and Mythra are alive. I'm just disappointed, in light of other happenings in the other two games. At least they did it right with Lora? She really made an impact. 😭
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
The ending was at least more enjoyable and satisfying than XC3's, which was - at least as it stands DLC pre-expansion - quite possibly the least enjoyable or satisfying ending to an epic RPG game that I've ever experienced...and I've been playing video games since 1988. The whole last couple of chapters were a massive disappointment and stand in stark contrast with the way in which all of the events culminate and payoff big time in the closing chapters of its predecessor. I can't help but to think the game was extremely rushed towards the end of its development...which would possibly explain why the game was released several months earlier than its originally announced release. It's either that, or they purposefully neglected to flesh out the closing chapters in order to beef up a future expansion. Either way, I hated it, and while I'm not really happy about it, I'll be getting the expansion with the hope that the game, it's characters, and its world - and the Klaus Trilogy as a whole - get the finale that they deserve.
@SoulbreakerNB Жыл бұрын
I goddamn cried when Vandham died.
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
Unpopular Opinion: XC2 > XC1 >>>> XC3. (I've no opinion on X, as I've sadly never played it). But, of the main three, I think XC2 is my favorite - and I think much of it honestly had to do to the fantastic amount of heart that went into not only the main protagonists, but ALSO its villains. Its story was in equal parts warm, funny and utterly dark, with a message that was ultimately very uplifting, with an awe inspiring emphasis on why it's so important to hold onto optimism... even when one is confronted with impossibly long odds. It's just a really great theme that one rarely sees these days in a genre that's overflowing with edgy, emo heroes and antiheroes. I found it refreshing then - but even moreso today. By comparison, the narratives, themes and characters (particularly the antagonists) of XC3 were largely varying degrees of 1-dimensional and boring. It's like Monolith heard the criticism from (the small but very vocal wing) of the series' fan base - from those who fundamentally hated XC2 for its aesthetics, sexuality and general tone - and got scared of that reaction, to the point of executing an extreme over-correction, and basically created an entry that was overtly bleaker and "more mature" in its tone, seemingly for the sake of being overtly bleak and "more mature". XC3's narrative and theme is actually quite solid for the first half of the game, but after the game's premature climax in Chapter 6, it all falls apart under the weight of its pretense; of a premise that looked very deep at the start, but was ultimately quite a bit shallower than it had initially appeared. The main protagonists are fine, but they seem very by the numbers, and their forced pairings feel, well, forced. I found their interactions, in general, to be rather predictable and lacking in depth, in terms of motivations. They all basically had a unipolar motive...something that stands in stark contrast with the impressively varied and complex motives that bring each of main protagonists - as well as the multiple main antagonists - together in the story of XC2. And don't even get me started on XC3's ending, which is by far the least satisfying in the entire series, and possibly in the entire genre as a whole. I hope XC3's expansion will help lift the game out of the territory of "disappointing" into something resembling "overall decent", but it shouldn't have to take an expansion to do that. XC2 was awesome, as is - Torna literally felt like a really awrsome bonus gift to the fans, and not a retcon that was necessitated by in order to make sense of the base game. Despite my criticisms, though, I'll be getting XC3's expansion day one...but I can't say that I'm feeling very optimistic about what it will ultimately achieve in terms of making the base game better. I also just preferred the Blades system over classes. And maybe even lowkey the worst insult of all is that, despite having like 50 fewer voiced/playable characters capable of taking part in combat, XC3's 6 main protagonists plus one hero basically have like two post battle comments each and they repeat over and over and over all game. It's just feels like pure laziness, especially when you watch this video and you can hear just how absurdly many (often very well written and deliveted) lines of victory dialogue were present XC2 - this, despite the fact that the blade system in and of itself necessitating them having to record lines for dozens more characters than the paltry main party + heros XC3. Like, if I have to hear, "Ya hear that, Noah? Lanz wants something a bit meatier" line again, I might seriously consider offing myself 🤣 Excellent video, btw. It's sincerely the best I've ever seen, as far as XC retrospectives I've seen (and I've seen more than a few). I actually learned a couple of things about the game - which is insane, since I'd sunk at least 300 hours into it.
@Cieln0va Жыл бұрын
Well that's funny... My ranking goes XC3 >>> XC1 > XC2, and the reason I put 3 so far over 1 and 2 is because of its melancholic tone. I would hardly call it bleak, intensely melancholic is much more accurate of a description in my eyes, but bleak isn't a word I would use to describe XC3. I've played all 3 games, and I think the reason I don't like 2 as much as the others is because of its gameplay and tutorials. The first few hours of an RPG are important to set the tone of a playthrough for me. I think everyone can agree the tutorials for 2 are kinda ass. As for the actual fighting, I'm not the biggest fan of that either. The blade switching is really cool, but the gacha system of getting blades ruins that for me, and it was done better in Torna anyway. Story wise, though, they're all masterpieces in their own ways. Going off plot alone, I can't rank any game above any others, even if I had a gun to my head.
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
@@Cieln0va I actually made a huge edit just after you commented. Not sure if you wanna read it, as you'll disagree. But I did expand on why I rank 2 and 3 the way that I do 🤣
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
@@Cieln0va I usually enjoy melancholy, but I like it more when it's not so oppressively melancholic, as I think XC3 so often is throughout. Even the ending feels too much on the bitter side of bittersweet to be enjoyable - but, obviously, your mileage may vary.
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
@@Cieln0va I will 100% agree that the Tutorials in XC2 are garbage and maybe the worst of any game with that level of complexity. I can absolutely see why the game would feel quite a bit less accessible as a result. The developers didn't respect the players enough, in that regard, which I think is a shame, given how (imo) awesome the combat and blade mechanics are.
@AndyWitmyer Жыл бұрын
@@Cieln0va Lastly, I think the premise of XC3 is amazing and could very easily have been the single most compelling in the series, but I feel as though that premise is let down by its execution, and honestly piss poor antagonists more than anything else. I can't help but to think development was rushed towards the end, as the game is quite solid up through Chapter 6...but I found the closing chapters were just really unexciting and uninspired compared to the rest of the game, and thus it lost a lot of steam towards the end...which is probably the worst place in a narrative for that to happen. XC2's lull is in the first 4 chapters, but I think it then it really begins to builds a great deal of momentum that carries on to the ending. With XC3, it almost feels inverted to me - like it's front loaded in a lot of ways, then climaxes in Chapter 6 (which is honestly not only the peak of the game, but maybe even the entire series, in terms of raw emotional impact and voice acting)...but then, after that, it seemed to lose its momentum in a big way, which left me feeling extremely meh about the game as a whole. Maybe when I replay it in a year or two, or perhaps after the expansion, I might feel differently...but, for now, I find the entry to be rather disappointing, as the game in its current state feels like a very anticlimactic and ambiguous way to end something as incredible as Xenoblade Chronicles' Klaus Trilogy.
@infern24 Жыл бұрын
have to disagree on them losing their memories, to add to the klaus gift argument, klaus was interested in their bond and how it made the impossible possible, why would he then make her return to a core crystal and lose her memories and die then when he saw everything, even how jin turned out, and wouldn't want pyra or mythra to have to worry about losing their memories or going through what jin did or have to worry about remaking the bond from scratch all over again. not to mention what about when malos tried to steal their memories. that'd be like malos winning in the end. so no, most likely they still remember, no matter how much you all want it to be bittersweet and made fake claims with no proof of some datamine them losing their memories that literally does not exist and has been searched for everywhere. monolithsoft themselves even said in interviews they meant to make xenoblade 2 a happy ending to be different from xenoblade x's ending. a bittersweet thing like that would defeat the purpose of a happy ending. I seriously don't get why you all twist that silence thing as them introducing themselves when its too few words in the lip sync to be that, even in japanese, they're literally telling rex they love him in english and in japanese they say tadaima which translates to I'm home. even actual people that know japanese on forums have translated and even figured out what words line up with the lip sync and even they say that and not the whole forgetting memories thing.
@nazurin5982 Жыл бұрын
Big agree, it simply -IS- like that, they say "I love you" at the end, simply because of how the song's timing works, it ends with "I want to tell you..." then cuts to the zoom on their lips "I love you"
@famillesabot5719 Жыл бұрын
Yeah but it's fit with the song one last you lyrics. Can I ask you god Despite all of this Could the sandglass Somehow take back the time I wouldn't care where it should be However maybe it's a better ending because it's sad it's not an ending I would like. I cry with happienest at the end and I don't want to cry with sadness
@Nachtflut Жыл бұрын
The whole thing with the Aegises being data processing units and having data for every living thing on earth while also not adhering to the normal Blade rule of returning to the core even after their Driver dies also already shows how they aren't like usual Blades. It would honestly feel kinda weird if they just forget like usual Blade.
@NuiYabuko Жыл бұрын
The thing is, if they lost their memories, wouldn't it be weird to just let themselves be hugged by Poppi like that? She'd be a complete stranger to them. Also saying Tadaima when you can't even remember belonging or leaving would be weird too. XC3 Ending Spoilers But Monolith Soft basically retconned Nia being friendzoned, so I guess they could do anything.
@infern24 Жыл бұрын
@@Nachtflut I think what people fail to realize also is not all of pyra and mythra's powers come from the conduit/zohar, just the pneuma powers. all mythra's powers as an aegis are still hers and hers alone. their base aegis powers are not tied to the conduit, what's tied to the conduit is the reality warping powers and everything that makes up the pneuma power. pneuma power is basically same power as true monado, just not as limitless because the world doesn't work with ether the way xenoblade 1's world does. otherwise if pneuma was in the xenoblade 1 world would be as strong as true monado shulk. also remember the conduit/zohar was not in shulk's universe but they still were able to use the full aegis power through alvis because of how the universe worked with its ether. in other words pyra/mythra would be able to use their pneuma powers again or something like it if they were sent to the xenoblade 1 world. the conduit disappearing doesn't suddenly make her no longer an aegis and lose the data processing and other abilities, thats people making up utter nonsense. also its no longer up for debate, monolithsoft proved I was right and they still have their memories. find out in xenoblade 3. also I better not hear any whines about spoilers, I didn't spoil anything, them being referenced should be a given, xenoblade 3 is full of references to both games, its public knowledge. all I referenced is a reference to xenoblade 2 that you'll have to play the game to find out what it is.
@goreman7160 Жыл бұрын
I liked this game except for 1 thing. Leveling up specific blade skills for random checks
@famillesabot5719 Жыл бұрын
3:02:21 I played X so you understand why this moment was satisfaction pure
@rocrod430 Жыл бұрын
Oh GOD yes I just have to watch this video (uhhhhh 3 hour video times 8 for 24 hours, 8 times 4 for the amount of days and that's uhhhhh 32) 32 times until Xenoblade 3 comes out WOOOOOOOOO
@9lives316 Жыл бұрын
Found your channel again man, I remember watching your Dark Cloud videos!
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