Xenoblade Chronicles 2's First Six Hours In 23 Minutes

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6 жыл бұрын

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Is A Super Nintendo Game, Microwave-Mutated For The 2017 Generation

I played the first 10 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 twice. I made a long video describing the minute details of how the experience made me feel.

(Warning: This video contains some light spoilers for the prologue chapter of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.)

One word to describe how I feel about this game would be "weird." This is because I played the game with the English voice acting on. The game gives players the option to decrease the voice volume-or, heck, even mute it-though I kept it right where it was, in the name of maximum hilarity. Nintendo is making the Japanese voice track available as day-one DLC. Day one happens to be tomorrow, and I finished this video today, so you better believe we're gonna hear some of that English voice acting, buddy.

I've made a bunch of videos since I started working at Kotaku Dot Com back in June of 2017. This video is certainly the longest one so far. I cover a lot of territory in here. So get a drink, kick back, click play, and hang out with me for 20 minutes or so.

Here are some handy timestamps, if you are, for example, the sort of person who skips cutscenes in your glorious anime RPGs:

0:00: The intro. (This is where videos tend to start.)

1:52: The voice acting. (This section contains an unbroken 40-second stretch of battle voices which I have listened to dozens of times and laughed every time.)

7:25: The art, world-building, and writing. (In which I name-drop Theon Greyjoy and David Mamet, and, yes, in case you're wondering, I do mention the breasts.)

14:35: The game design. (In which I mention that I could make a one-hour video about JRPG battle systems, and also beg you to not beg me to make that video.)

20:11: The good stuff. (Of course, I mention the game's brilliant music in here. Fun fact: 90% of the music in this video is actually not from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I just typed "Celtic" into the service we use for royalty-free music. This music may be royalty-free, though I sure feel like a king with fiddling like this!)

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@Gorblax 6 жыл бұрын

I regret to inform you that I would definitely watch an hour long video about JRPG mechanic design

@jsnlxndrlv 6 жыл бұрын

I lament the inevitability of my confirmation of your informing us of this.

@kotaku 6 жыл бұрын

well i guess that settles it help me make it jaffe

@treasureyez 6 жыл бұрын

I'm working on a JRPG battle system right now and looking for any and all design resources, would really love this too!

@Gorblax 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah okay, let's do it

@daysofhalcyon 6 жыл бұрын

second.

@JamesNeee 6 жыл бұрын

ONE HOUR JRPG BATTLE SYSTEM VIDEO

@togumicai 3 жыл бұрын

I still need it

@nikolaisawyer2392 3 жыл бұрын

i guess it's kind of off topic but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online ?

@kaysonmalakai3711 3 жыл бұрын

@Nikolai Sawyer I would suggest FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)

@rolandbjorn7982 3 жыл бұрын

@Kayson Malakai Definitely, I've been watching on FlixZone for since march myself =)

@nikolaisawyer2392 3 жыл бұрын

@Kayson Malakai Thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service =) Appreciate it !!

@thedigiquest615 6 жыл бұрын

I would watch the shit out of a JRPG battle video

@Conchobhar 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Rogers: continue being Tim Rogers, please.

@jono0007 6 жыл бұрын

I will watch every video Tim Rogers makes until I die, not hungry. As he would have wanted.

@larscasteen 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Rogers is an absolute treasure

@EmperorOfMan 6 жыл бұрын

make the one hour battle system video please.

@zacharyarena7431 6 жыл бұрын

Plus one for that hour long JRPG battle system video. After watching those FFVII videos I think it’d be a good one.

@MrWooben 6 жыл бұрын

tim rogers cured my irony poisoning

@Bakaridge 6 жыл бұрын

JRPG instruction manual shout out, Tim.

@tonylosoya8263 6 жыл бұрын

I'd watch the hell out of a JRPG battle system video. Specifically an hour long video of such a topic

@Reluctant_Hero 6 жыл бұрын

Tim, your videos are a treasure. And, yes, we need a one hour video about JRPG battle systems.

@Necroyeti 6 жыл бұрын

DEAR TIM ROGERS PLEASE MAKE A ONE HOUR VIDEO ABOUT JRPG COMBAT MECHANICS. I want that so much I even held down shift instead of using caps lock.

@HampusAndersson 6 жыл бұрын

I think that battle system video needs to be made.

@hernobleness 5 жыл бұрын

5:26 That Voice is actually Gramps yelling “Make haste and RETRIEVE IT.” It’s every time a potion gets spawned 🙂

@AngeloCastelanJr 6 жыл бұрын

+1 for the one hour JRPG battle system video!

@Teacuppuppie 6 жыл бұрын

This is my first time watching one of your videos and I love your voice and the way you speak and the things you speak. I could listen to you talk about video games all day. Please do.

@Grannit666 6 жыл бұрын

This is excellent content, more of this please!

@Noponis 6 жыл бұрын

Glad i stuck through that initially off putting first bit of the video I ended up liking this enough to now look out for this guy's content in the future good shit

@scorpwnok766 6 жыл бұрын

"[Mitsuda's] battle themes are visceral." [irritating sound effect and voice clip apocalypse]

@RarEndangeredCrabSpy 6 жыл бұрын

"The battle themes are *visceral*." _Walks up to a gang of stationary puppy-wolves and hacks them down with a whiffle bat butter-knife as if on auto-pilot while the score pretends like this is the most interesting and exciting thing ever._

@Noponis 6 жыл бұрын

I mean, you can't just play groose's theme whenever you fight low level trash in an rpg .... or maybe you can?

@zebetite6448 6 жыл бұрын

buddy would i ever watch a one hour jrpg battle system video

@mattheww.4726 6 жыл бұрын

I regret to inform you, Tim, that Dromarch actually says “Make haste and retrieve it” whenever his driver spawns a potion bottle 👍

@barnyardhouse 6 жыл бұрын

This was awesome. I’d love to see more long videos like this.

@johnporter2447 6 жыл бұрын

absolutely fantastic vid. love your content!

@lingzhou6067 6 жыл бұрын

Gimmie that fukken JRPG battle system video.

@ashleyyang5563 5 жыл бұрын

"DONT FORGET ME!" "THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME?????" "YERH DONE!"

@luxspew 5 жыл бұрын

"I can't wait for that Japanese Voice Acting DLC out of 10" lol dead.

@quasar.nebula 3 жыл бұрын

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@redxix88 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this video. It shows exactly what I think about the game but with a great sense of humor. And I like the game quite a bit.

@smashlee5459 6 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly amusing. More please!

@joecrook3519 6 жыл бұрын

Please keep making videos like this. In fact just dedicate a whole channel to videos like this.

@radical_dog Жыл бұрын

In the 5 years since you wrote this, I'm so glad he did

@heyjeySigma 6 жыл бұрын

I love this reviewer... awesome voice, awesome japanese knowledge and hilaaariouos humor. This is how reviews should be! probably my one and ONLY likeable guy working in Kotaku

@GBennie 6 жыл бұрын

I was on the fence on this game, never been a huge fan of jrpg's outside FF7-9 (and 12), but got it anyway... have to say, for first 10 hours I agree'd with most of what's in this video, but still enjoyed it, but as soon as I properly understood the battle system... it's incredibly satisfying when you pull of some great combo's and take down a unique mob a few levels higher than you, I'm loving the game a lot and love the deep customisation it has, there is a lot you can tinker with, and it's a lot of fun! Completely 100% behind you on those guards on the megaship... man, they drove me nuts :D

@jacobdriscoll8276 6 жыл бұрын

I effin' love the smell of old JRPG instruction manuals and would buy it in huffable form. AND DO THAT ONE HOUR VIDEO, IT WOULD BE AMAZING.

@oddlazdo 6 жыл бұрын

i loved this video and you are my new favorite thing at kotaku

@ZaddyZavid 6 жыл бұрын

ROFL tim rogers- "jrpgs instuctions manuals they were huge and glossy and they smelled nice, they smelled like anime, i miss them" dead.

@XeniteBlackthread 6 жыл бұрын

I gotta say your criticism is very entertaining! 😁 The game itself... I just love in part for all the shortcomings you're highlighting.

@alivingcactus5174 5 жыл бұрын

I've never had a problem with bad voice acting. Growing up in 90's anime made me pretty numb to it haha. It has it's charm.

@Messi-rw9ng 5 жыл бұрын

Sick with a fever right now, thanks for making me feel somewhat better.

@Deathknightofdeath 5 жыл бұрын

I adore this man.

@nickhannan8008 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for making me laugh - a lot!

@PunctualDork 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@AlKohaiMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t expecting a David Mamet home in this JRPG video, and I love it.

@PinkFury42 6 жыл бұрын

This game is awesome, the battle system alone is worth it. Give it a shot!

@legalizemarinara 6 жыл бұрын

I would DEFINITELY watch an hour long video about JRPG battle mechanics. Though to be fair, your content is so damn delightful I'd probably watch you talk about manatees for four hours.

@108x 6 жыл бұрын

i, uh, happen to know sort of a lot about manatees, by the way (not even joking)

@legalizemarinara 6 жыл бұрын

If you do it, I WILL watch it.

@lavgray5677 6 жыл бұрын

holdin out for that one hour video

@irurwurst 6 жыл бұрын

i was still reeling from the segway into your signoff and then the hyper-fast japanese version killed me

@duankaineo2853 5 жыл бұрын

did i just watch pyra jump off the building at 21:13?

@Jayden933 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know what I love more: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Tim Rogers

@itsmorphinetime 6 жыл бұрын

ONE HOUR JRPG BATTLE SYSTEM VIDEO PLZ!

@DontEatWhales 6 жыл бұрын

>7:09 I cracked up so hard I started coughing EDIT: You're making that hour long video bud, sorry

@CrowbarHighfive 6 жыл бұрын

An hour long JRPG Battle System video? Very yes

@garretvoorhees 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I also want that hour long video about JRPG battle systems…

@Yrykoon 6 жыл бұрын

Make the video about JRPG battle systems! Also, I would do the same thing with my JRPG instruction manuals. I miss instruction manuals....

@Th3dutch 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Rogers is like if deadpool would review videogames. He is funny, cynical and crazy. Love it. Keep up the good work.

@Mr13961 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't started the video yet. Just wanted to say that on the off-chance that Tim mentions making a video about JRPG battle systems, I'd watch it.

@Nicolas-uu3jr 6 жыл бұрын

rising star ;)

@baziztsahy3927 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim Rogers Thank you for another great review (Although you never call a review a review, except for Dragon Quest XI which I played thank to you). Shout out to 90's Instruction manual.

@singnitpick 6 жыл бұрын

Yes id watch anything you make..including a 1 hour video on JRPG battle systems.

@benjohannes7873 6 жыл бұрын

Why limit yourself to just one hour for your JRPG Battle System video? Make it 2 and I'll drink a six pack and eat popcorn while watching it on my TV on a Friday night

@LexOnTheWeb 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Tim. JRPG Mechanic Video pls.

@nathapongo 6 жыл бұрын

Perfect ending.

@ghostdemy2610 6 жыл бұрын

I like the voice acting, except......... REX CANT SCREAM LIKE SHULK

@pbmaster123 6 жыл бұрын

Make that RPG battle system video! Also make an RPG towns video!! Woahhh yeah!!!

@giogaul63 6 жыл бұрын

I would clear my schedule to watch one hour video about jrpg battle system

@kobaltkode 6 жыл бұрын

I'd watch it!

@Hyroth1337 6 жыл бұрын

Actually not all of the music is composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. ACE+ are also involved again.^^

@yabukiman4273 6 жыл бұрын

Very good, entertaining video. Almost makes me regret about selling my copy of the game. Almost.

@crini413 4 жыл бұрын

I have two tattoos from this game - issa good one

@Gure_Shimo 5 жыл бұрын

I don't care if they destroy a game I love or praise it, I just love to listen to this guy.

@aett 6 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, I barely remember JRPG instruction manuals - the good, SNES, in-color variety, anyway. Back then, I either rented the games and never got a manual, or bought them used (I called half a dozen stores looking for the best price for Super Mario RPG, which varied even between Target and Wal-Mart, and the best price was $55 for a used copy at a mom and pop used game store). Anyway, I loved this review of the game. I can tell that a lot of stuff is going to drive me crazy, and a lot of other stuff is going to be a lot of fun.

@cantrip7 5 жыл бұрын

Still waiting on the 1 hour battle system.

@AzariahWolf 6 жыл бұрын

It bugs me enough to point out: Dromarch says "Make haste and RETRIEVE IT," referring to the green potion bottle that flew off just as he started talking in the video. Dromarch is a healing Blade, so many of his voice clips focus on keeping the party at good health.

@gerardo6370 6 жыл бұрын

Great video men

@mikeAustinstonecold 6 жыл бұрын

WORST REVIEWER EVER, WORST REVIEW EVER MADE. YOU SUCK

@gatotsu2501 6 жыл бұрын

Also: I literally used to eat cold cereal and read JRPG instruction manuals, word up

@lukegray6331 5 жыл бұрын

I can’t admit that this game was very good, but there was something special about that it that compelled me to finish it.

@KnightlyVan 4 жыл бұрын

I would watch that, not gonna lie, still waiting in 2020 Rogers

@braxatikus3640 6 жыл бұрын

it would be an absolute joy & pleasure to watch an hour long JRPG Battle System video!!!!!! Must Have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@adamgoodall9414 6 жыл бұрын

*bad Billy Connolly impression* THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME

@LithningWolf 6 жыл бұрын

Dromarch actually says " Make haste and retrieve them " when hp potions spawns, to inform you that you should grab the potions before they disappear, he doesn't say " retreat " :)

@trashalex 6 жыл бұрын

Yo Tim I do remember them!

@crazycupcakewizard1876 4 жыл бұрын

A Tim Rogers video? I’ll take 20

@mikeAustinstonecold 5 жыл бұрын

THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME DON'T FORGET ME DON'T FORGET ME DON'T FORGET ME DON'T FORGET ME DON'T FORGET ME -- YA DUN YA DUN YA DUN YA DUN YA DUN YA DUN MECH MECH SDRONGA, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIYAAAA OMFG Japanese dub 4 Life.

@braxatikus3640 6 жыл бұрын

oh, just realized i miss read it........ but could you make one? also a 1 hour tutorial for each character that joins the group to help us have a better appreciation of their abilities? thank you

@PatrickJanz 6 жыл бұрын

Give us the one hour JRPG Battle System Video!

@EXHellfire 4 жыл бұрын

When I first saw the red girl's design I thought she looked like an Inori Yuzuriha clone. Now that I watched this, I am convinced that she truly *is* an Inori Yuzuriha clone.

@timmahjr 6 жыл бұрын

I felt the same way about Dromarch, but he's actually saying "make haste and retrieve it", referencing when a HP potion drops. Still annoying, but makes more sense.

@DSQueenie 6 жыл бұрын

Aw I think it's a nice change of pace to have normal accents be in a major game. Not that I don't like American accents but yeah it nice, it's different. I also miss the manuals.

@JustGrasss 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good stuff Tim

@florian9026 6 жыл бұрын

I miss these instruction booklets ...

@FreshNewtype 6 жыл бұрын

Really do miss those old JRPG manuals.

@gatotsu2501 6 жыл бұрын

Having played through all the previous Xeno games (even the profoundly trainwreck-y Xenosaga) I love Tetsuya Takahashi for his crazy sense of thematic and physical scope and his wild sci-fi detours into Judeo-Christian mysticism, yet hate him for his total lack of focus or restraint and grating taste in animu aesthetics. I remember reading somewhere that Japanese players also complained about the repetitive voice clips in these games, so it’s not (just) a cultural thing.