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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Some things just stick with you through the years. For me, one of those stuck things was the ending to a Japanese video game. Xenosaga Episode III still ranks high in my list of all-time favorites, and by exploring the narrative of the series, its development, and the early career of Tetsuya Takahashi, I was able to decipher why it remains so impactful to me even today.
Catch any mistakes in this video? Glaring factual inaccuracies that should have me ashamed to show my face in public? Well, I ain't perfect--Sound off in the comments and let me know!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - An Overly-Long Introduction
06:22 - Tetsuya Takahashi Gets his Team
18:58 - The Core Scenario of Xenosaga
26:56 - Andrew Cherenkov
32:00 - Meanwhile, In the Real World...
38:35 - An Early Finale
46:17 - A Reassessment of Shortcomings, of Which I Have Plenty
I love the part where they said the narritives between the Xeno games haven't been bridged, yet. The inclusion of YET at the end made this video age like fine wine and I sincerely mean that.
They could port all 3 to Switch tomorrow and they'd be huge hits.
There was a petition by fans and the creator of "Xenosaga" to make a case to Nintendo, but Nintendo was unconvinced that "Xenosaga" had enough fans to sell enough to break even. They underestimate the old "Xeno" fans tremendously. I have spent THOUSANDS seeking out "Xenosaga" content to own physically. Ironically...that does not include reobtaining the original physical games on PS2.
@@ScreechingTrashGoblin they're underestimating the residual effect of Xenoblades success. If you can put the characters in Smash brothers and recruit him to work on Zelda games, you can get his catalog sold
@@ScreechingTrashGoblin LMAO the ones who said no are Namco themselves.
They'd have my money for sure.
Katsuhiru Harada said that the Xenosaga franchise is not profitable enough to get a proper remaster for newer systems. (based on a interview in 2019)
Our game protagonist being a college educated single woman in her 20s with a career was always so subversive and refreshing. Shion is a highly underappreciated RPG protagonist.
You don't play much games do you?
I mean to be fair Elma is basically the protagonist of Xenoblade X and Lora is for 2’s Torna expansion
lol what???
Xenosaga was my love. Lol. I loved the series. chaos was my favourite right from the get go. His back story was epic too. The characters are all pretty awesome and the storyline was awesome. Though I can see why some people wouldn’t like it because it’s got a lot of religious, philosophical and political stuff in it that not everyone understands. I like to research so I actually researched some of the topics in the game to learn more. It was fascinating. It’s more for highly educated gamers though or those who know how to research.
Most people seem to dislike Shion for her development in Episode III. She becomes way more selfish throughout the story, and although she had very good reasons, making the audience relate to her is a massive challenge, even for the most talented writers. For me, it worked and Shion is one of my favorite JRPG protagonists of all time, but I can't say I don't see where the haters (well, the reasonable ones) are coming from.
Holy moly! The positive feedback you all have left me has been super humbling and endlessly encouraging! Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to check out this trip down memory lane with this beloved but underrated gem of a series. My general pickiness, pursuit of that ever-elusive "perfection", and pesky career keep me from creating as frequently as I'd like, but for those interested, my next video will be on Final Fantasy. Currently in the writing & recording portion of production, and aiming to have it edited and released not too far into the new year.
Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's your best one yet!
Is this really your first and only video? If so, I'd say its success is a testament (haha) to how much Xeno fans long for a true return of this vision. Nintendo and everyone should really take note!
Xenosaga made a huge mark on my life and is the reason I have any best friend. We met because of Xenosaga.
You are a good writer with a very keen insight of what the devs were trying to achieve.
15 years later and I'm still happy to hear the word Xenosaga. I never could articulate the reason why it left such an impression on me but thanks to you, I have finally gotten closure on a series that imprinted strong emotions I never really understood. Thank you so much for pouring your time and energy into this project and Tetsuya Takahashi's work- or rather his failures. I haven't bought a switch yet to play Xenoblades but I hope it's everything he wanted it to be. Thank you so much for this video.
"It wasn't meaningless if you yourself believed it wasn't meaningless." Bravo, wonderful video. I love your take on things!
When you first referred to Commander Cherenkov as "that guy," my heart admittedly sank a bit. Little did I know you'd go on to give him his own dedicated segment in the video, as he well deserves! Thanks for this - love seeing some others give this series the attention it deserves.
This was a brilliant video! The development of the Xeno series really has been a rocky road. Xenogears, Xenosaga, and even Xenoblade too, with Xenoblade X having it's protagonist replaced with a customisable character halfway through development to only 40 staff working on XB2, outsourcing work and staff dropping out during development. Takahashi really can't catch a break haha. But after XS3 I think they're in such a better place after XC1's success, inclusions in Smash getting more eyes on the series, and now Xenoblade 2 being the best-selling entry in the Xeno series; I think Takahashi is in a really good spot. I do hope that the pandemic hasn't too badly impacted the development of Xenoblade 3, but since it's been in the works in 2018 I think they're taking their time and I reckon it could be the best so far. Especially since he says he wanted the next story to be more "heavy" ("violet and erotic and heavy" is the full quote but heavy is what I'm more interested in hah), a return to the complexity of the previous games would be something I'd love to see. Anyway, this was a fantastic video!
So disappointed that we’ll never ever to see the full of xenogears or xenosaga, but so glad we Monolith eventually got their recognition and financial success in xenoblade
I would also like to say that Xenosaga introduced me to how English dubbings can change (or even improve) the game. This was the first time where I really enjoyed listening to characters "interacting" in a sense. I remembered just playing this in my high school years. I think this series also introduced me to really great voice actors that I admire to this day. Great analysis on the game!
I wanted to add a little sidenote, a story that starts with an event that you briefly mentioned about halfway through the video
I always thought it was odd that Soraya saga (this is a pen name, but I'll stick to it since she has stated multiple times she prefers to be referred as such) hadn't been directly involved with the development of the Xenoblade and after games, after all, Xenogears and Perfect Works seemed to be the foundation for every game in the Xeno series and it was the creation of both Takahashi and Soraya. Further digging info on the internet seems to heavily support this, in spite of other writers and devs lending a hand, the vast majority of the story was written and thought up by them both, Soraya seemingly being the one behind some of the most important and central elements of the story such as Deus and the whole new genesis of humanity.
You mentioned that after Takahashi and Soraya were made to step down of their positions for Xenosaga 2 Soraya seemed spiteful of the decision, while Takahashi took a way more "political" stance, I doubt their feelings were too different, and assume Takahashi understandably took this stance as he stayed as the figurehead of the Xeno series. Soraya received a fuckton of harassment from fans of the series, blaming her for leaving and some undermining her work. This was an awful timing as she had recently suffered the loss of her brother, who had committed suicide at around this time. She blamed herself for not seeing the signs even though they were close and even worked together as he was apparently another game developer at square.
She is still "alive" on social media but she very much prefers to not be interacted with at all, and to this day occasionally makes bitter remarks about her awful experiences with the gaming community.
It broke my heart to find out, out of curiosity of what happened to the other half that made the amazing Perfect Works universe, that she went through such a devastating experience both in her personal and professional life during the Xenosaga 2 time period, to the point that it seems like she's still hurt about it and never officially came back to working on the Xenoblade series other than a guest design for a blade on XC2, whose reception gave her yet another, albeit minor, bad experience with gamers.
From what I dug around, she seemed to be content in her personal life and her marriage, I also doubt that she hasn't had some degree of input on the series since Xenoblade seems to carry most of the main themes and ideas from Perfect Works, and she's married to Takahashi after all, it would be weird to not talk about his work which is deeply related to their passion project of their youth.
I just wanted to share some light to this topic, that seems to be very unknown even to the most avid fans of the series, it's understandable though as there is very little info about this and it took me hours of digging to find sources, which were often obstructed by misinformation.
She made massive contributions to the Xeno series and she didn't deserve to go through that, I wish she could be comfortable and work on Xenoblade, as it seems with XC3 that Monolith finally solidified their footing with Nintendo and achieved both economical and critical mainstream success. Although I can imagine a world where she believes "they finally found success now that I'm not there", which again, breaks my heart.
Damn, that was really saddening and interesting. You're right, I had no idea about a lot of this and I'm ashamed of it. In fact, I always wanted to learn more but the information just seemed to not exist. I've often thought something was up and worried about her based on her tweets and such. Can you link some of your sources? I'm trying to find out more myself but I'm getting hit with a lot of siliconera 404 error messages. I really hope she's doing well right now with Xenoblade 3's success.
Damn good video. I'm always looking for new Xenogears/Xenosaga/Xenoblade content like this.
Thank you! While I think remasters/remakes of the older games are unlikely, I hope they happen if only so they spark new conversations surrounding them!
@@jerrrdan you would have to bring both Square Enix and Bandai Namco together for a Xeno series collection remaster cuz Square Enix owns Xenogears and Bandai Namco own Xenosaga
@@Wingedlight-nn4hl on top of that it would have to be Nintendo exclusive since they own Monolith and thus Xenoblade
More than a year later and I still think this is one of the best video essays on a videogame series I've ever seen. There's a inspiring message behind MonolithSoft's failure with the Xenosaga series and how it led to Xenoblade and you did an excellent job of exploring that while giving this strange, unique series space to be analyzed and stand on its own two feet. Well done.
Man, I don’t even know where to begin except your time and appreciation means the world to me. Thank you so much for taking the time to engage with this project-It’s the one that’s been most personal to me so I’m glad it resonated with you in some way!
I think Xenogears and the whole franchise could be a series of novels.
It worked for Digital Devil Saga
Xenogears alone would make a solid, solid book. And yeah I already have Perfect Works.
I wonder how you could make blade a novel when the series is so exploration focused lol
This game series was way ahead of it’s time
The kiseki saga has enjoyed the patience this project needed but couldnt have.
Thanks for making this. There is not a lot of Xenosaga/gears content on TH-cam with this level of production quality or writing that really tries to break down what makes the series good, rather than pointing out all of its flaws.
You got a sub, sir. Didn’t realize an analysis of Cherenkov’s plot is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you!
@@jerrrdan you should do videos like these more often, the work that went into this is amazing. youve got a soothing voice and your vocabulary is nothing short of a perfect fit for covering topics of this fashion.
EDIT: just saw your comment from 9 days ago. hope you get it finished to your liking, no matter how long it takes
@@shotsfiredman As someone who never liked the sound of my own voice, your comment just made my day, if not my week hahaha. Thank you so much!
chaos looking back at the end to see Jin slumped over clutching his sword still hits hard.
The reason i haven't forgot about this game after all this time, is entirely due to Kos-Mos. Her design (First and Last) is some of the best character designs i've EVER seen.
always loved the Kos Mos character. The thing that stands out in my mind in regards to this series is how unimpressed I was with the drastic schange to Shion's character in the sequel. I much preferred her as the tech nerd.
I actually LOVED Xenosaga. It was one of my favorite games. Even 2 & 3 we're good imo. Kos Mis and Shion's connection and growth throughout the series kept me invested. Plus Momo + Jr was soooo cute in 1.
I got weirded out by the art style change. Stuff like that always bothers me.
@@glair By the 3rd game they managed to get the new style down but 2 was really jarring at times.
@@chelseaoates610 3 is propably the best jrpg on PS2 next to Persona 4, Dragon Quest VIII and Final Fantasy XII.
This movie has been in my watch later playlist for over 6 months. Thank you for giving me something to look forward to as I was completing the xenosaga saga.
Anyone here after Future Redeemed?
Damn that Future really was redeemed
My first thought was that I need to rewatch this video
The soundtrack and the heavy amount of cutscenes to this day are amazing to me though, top notch. The problem was the grinding and slow battle system.
Excellent video!
I also appreciate what you said Re: Kevin.
People tend to forget that Kevin is genuinely abusive when figuring The Shion Situation. We are shown a much older man who is *Her Boss* then entering a relationship with her with explicitly mentioned ulterior motives. She couldnt have been what?? 18 when they started dating if they were suddenly in possible marriage territory at ~20? Abuse really messes with your head, especially so when you are already hurting and they know that. So many people do indeed go back to their abusers because the highs of the honeymoon stage are so heady- especially when that person already has difficulty feeling alright due to past trauma.
We are shown a girl with severe chronic trauma, who just wants things to stop hurting already. When you are constantly put into the horrors you hit survival mode and things that you would never do suddenly seem like good ideas because they help you survive.
Chronic trauma gives you emotional disregulation too. The very real effects of trauma are a lot uglier in most people than many want to see. You make bad choices, you are angry and scared all the time, you drive people away and isolate yourself, you lash out. NOt everyone is a Perfect Survivor and I really appreciate Shion for being a dead ringer for complex ptsd with strong emotional abuse focus, because like... they really nailed it. I see so many behaviors Shion does, even in the first episode and wince because you can trace it back to a trauma thing.
She alternates between being aggressive-angry and flinchy appeasement gestures a lot and yeah. Yeah thats right.
I think an additional facet in the Shion going back to Kevin thing is that honestly, as someone with chronic trauma and a 'smooth things over with other people compulsively' reflex, the way she does it and tries to get the party to stand down reads like her trying to protect the party. She knows Kevin is bad news, but Kevin is also the source of so much of her joy that its hard to give him up. Its hard to see him as bad because of that. She sees the party is going to be hurt by Kevin and does the only thing she can do. She tries to play peacemaker between an abuser and the people she doesnt want him to hurt.
No idea if it was intentional or not, but that is for sure also wildly realistic of a thing to do.
I really think Shion is an incredibly realistically written character and yeah, maybe not relatable or palatable for the masses who get upset and scared when characters are realistically mentally ill, but I thought she was fantastic. I feel seen and heard in Shion and her struggles against the onslaught of horror she keeps having to go through and revisit, with the way her happy ending is 'the future will be better and there is still hope here at the end of this ordeal' rather than a traditional 'everything is better now' and yes, even in her negative character traits and maldaptive coping skills.
Kevin's 'redemption' was piss though lol, super agree with that. No real remorse for how he hurt Shion. Ick.The whole thing feels rushed, and its likely he wasnt meant to have a redemption but didnt have another way to figure him into what they had left to do.
#Kevinwasright
Like everyone else, I was shocked by Shion's betrayal. I was even upset. But then I remembered all of the *SHIT* she has had to deal with in her young life. There are many characters from across fiction that I like but very few do I hold up as an example of "this is how you do depth correctly."
Thank you Silver, for getting it.
The one thing I love the most about Xenosaga is that even though it didn’t gain as much popularity as it deserved, the fan base is still so fiercely loyal to it - even after almost 15 years this game still holds so much weight to the people that got into it and I think that speaks volumes about the quality of its story. I’ve never played another game that offered *this* rich of a lore and had such a wide range of complex, compelling characters.
Albedo is the ultimate antagonist in my eyes - he goes so far behind the typical light vs dark, good vs evil trope that most rpgs fall into. One of the highlights of the series for me was how much you got to empathize with him in the second episode. He became so much more than the crazed lunatic he was carved out to be in episode 1.
I’ll always hold out hope for the HD remake. You did an amazing job w this video 🤍
After Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed, I'm convinced that Takahashi and his team have regained their hopes for the future of the Xeno series.
The first game was the best it provided so much lore and side games to do like the card game. Episode 2 took a full 180 and killed it then episode 3 took a 270 turn but was in the right direction
Xenosaga 2 killed the series or almost killed the series as a whole.
I was very surprised when I've noticed how small this channel is and how this is the only video on it. The quality is amazing and well researched.
Love the oldie music in the background as well. Looking forward for more!
This is so good! I’ve been waiting for this exact video for a long time. Thank you for making this!
this has been one of my favorite series for years and still is, this video was amazing and well done, cant wait to see you do more
This was far more in-depth look into the series than most of the videos i've seen on this series. Well done!
This video was really awesome! It brought back so many memories and a new angle on a series I love and think about often. Really well done!
What a fantastic video. Thank you so much for making it! As a Xenosaga fan, it's always so satisfying to see this series get the attention and admiration that it deserves.
This was a fantastic look through the series and the editing choices reflect your passion for the series. Good work!
Such a well produced, well researched vid! I'm shocked that this vid didn't receive the attention it deserved; I'll be sure to be sharing this with my friends today.
That said, your thesis on how Saga reflects on the themes of failure, and how to approach it by overcoming pain and loss, will have me re-examining scenes and characters in a new light!
my despair when this is the only video you've done... xenosaga defined me as a kid and this essay reminded/showed me why! really looking forward to your future work, outside of this being about one of my favorite games this was also fantastically put together and really heartfelt. thank you
Your video pretty much gathered many xenosaga fans (me included)
I would love this game to come back. One of the few xeno games I personally favored! Also Shion Uzuki is underrated. Just glad that some people appreciated her because she's pretty complex.
100% Shion was a really solid protagonist. It'd be great if she got more recognition!
Thank you for producing this video. Xenosaga is a series that is near and dear to me and I think on it from time to time. It really formulated a lot of my early years of storytelling and I would become sad when I thought about it's development and ending. Your video really put it in a different perspective that I can see that put some of my thoughts to rest and I can enjoy its meaning with new light.
Thanks again 😊
I don’t know why this video didn’t get more views-it’s very well written and put together!
Great love letter to one of the best series out there. What the series teaches us about failure is definitely not something that crossed my mind but your detailed explanation was really well thought out. Loved it!
I would 100% play this without any upgrade other than better load times today.
I’ve had this video on my watch later ever since it appeared on my recommended because at the time i was still on Abel’s Arc in Xenosaga III and i didn’t want to spoil myself at all. I finished the game yesterday and was finally able to watch this and let me just say this is one of the best most engaging long form essays i’ve ever watched. Playing through the trilogy was an interesting journey that i couldn’t really process until watching this. Analyzing the themes of Xenosaga and how that all ties in with its development helped me comprehend the core values of the franchise and how profound its messaging is.
Truly an amazing video. Keep up the good work!
This is a fantastic video essay especially for a first video, I subscribed within the first 10 mins and I hope you keep making content cause damn this was great!
Takahashi and Saga seem like the classic "starving artist" paradigm to me. They have a vision so much better, so much grander than what fits within a reality driven by commercial success, and they struggle within those confines. I have connected with their stories and characters on deep levels, and even though I know it's a fraction of what they meant, their heart still comes through. Anyway, thank you for this great video.
Here’s the problem mismanagement. You can have a grand vision but you don’t have the resources to make it. You need to bring it down. Because Vision means nothing when the product suffers due to it. The best use what they have to build great things. And it’s something that the blade games are proof of.
Someone else already said this but it’s an important thing to learn
“Respect your limitations”
@@rexthewolf3149
The change in management is actually the main reason why Xenoblade 1 came out as consistently great as it did, and why Monolith Soft became so efficient after the acquisition by Nintendo. Before that, Takahashi was just running wild with ideas and didn't know where to put his eggs, which is why both Gears and Saga came out as ambitiously flawed as they did. But when starting work on Xenoblade 1, late Satoru Iwata noticed that this kind of management is doomed to repeat the same mistakes so the team was given advice on how projects for the first-party titles are run (they didn't even begin the project with a working prototype) and that support allowed the team to better realise their ideas in a timelier fashion.
Of course it's Monolith Soft so they still tend to get overambitious (especially now juggling between so many projects) but you can tell they are trying to keep the lessons of Gears and Saga in mind.
Thanks for all your hard work on this!!! Looking forward to more content from you in the future. Please remember that you can’t let perfectionism get in the way of sharing videos you’re passionate about!
An hourlong video essay on Xenosaga? I didn't even know much I needed this tonight. Take my like and subscribe!
As a huge fan of the series, you did a really good job capturing how these games have resonated with the fans, and the journey that we've all taken to get to where we are now. Thank you for this.
I just want to say thank you for doing all these great videos, hope you'll continue with making content and achieve great success with it. Love learning more about games I've never even played from you!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for making it.
Well done, you paid great homage to this series ❤️!
Incredibly thought provoking retrospective. huge fan of the xeno series but had never played the saga trilogy, and with the prices of physical copies and the knowledge there will never be a remaster, I'm happy with having this video at least. As you were with only having a trilogy.
Keep making videos, they're awesome!
Beautiful video, I never stop thinking about stuff like this and its implications and execution from minds and souls of sheer brilliance. This video was really well made, too. It’s clear you have a similar passion and nature as what you talk about, and I enjoyed every minute of this.
Great video! I love the deep dives that you have been doing.
I have to stop at 6mins for now but, Holy heck why is your content so good + high quality. This is an enigma for such low sub count, shows the amount of effort you put in and the passion you have for this series. I only played a bit of Xenosaga Ep 1 but I shall finish it bro, thanks to you! I'll probably be back in a WHILE to tell you I've finished them, since I'm extremely busy with life stuff but after a couple months I will be free to binge the series. (31/12/21 today)
Watching this bit by bit and I love it. Thank you ❤️
Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone 😁
amazing video. thanks so much for making this, I've been craving good Xenosaga content, and this is even better than good
Your video essay is a banger you did such a good job
Very good job of summarizing the behind the scenes stuff. I still pray we'll get a hd version of the trilogy.
the production quality is crazy good holy moly
Excellent content and quality. Can’t wait to see what your next subject is.
This was a really well made and well edited video, especially for your first one! There are not enough videos on Xenosaga. Everyone talks about Xenogears and Xenoblade, which are also wonderful and great games, obviously, but I always wish for more Saga deep dives.
This video articulated why I love the Saga trilogy so much even being cut so short and with episode 2 which so many people seem to hate.
Instant sub!!
This video was just incredible. I love the whole xeno series and i am replaying all games. I completed Gears and Blade several times… but Saga scaped my grasp till now. Just yesterday i got my hands on the trilogy. After watching Resonant Arc podcast about Xenogears…. I can’t wait to jump in the Xeno universe once again. Thx for such a great and well researched video. I would love to see more from you!
Wow the quality of this video is overall fantastic. I eagerly await to see what you make next!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch & comment!
DUDE, how this video is soo great? A spectacular job!
That was a solid and A+ quality video. Not many video here did a review of this quality about the xeno series. And talking about failure was an interesting take too !!!
Love your style too. Hope you will continue making video and that you like this.
I really enjoyed your analysis of the series and I hope to see more stuff like this from you in the future.
Love this video, big fan of the series love how you broke down everything I felt about it perfectly with new information to lull me to sleep. You gave me closure 😌
Now THIS is what I have come to love from the Xeno community. Quality and quantity!
I have a bunch of stuff I want to say about the series, but time and life keep me from being able to share it. Perhaps someday. This series has been too much of an influence on my life for me to hide it, and I enjoy all the references to science, literature, and religion. I will definitely be keeping this video handy when people want to know why I love these games. I do own almost every game in the series! (Just missing Xenoblade 2 since I don't have a Switch.)
It's been almost 12 years since I played through the trilogy and after watching this, I want to go back and revisit them. Awesome video!
Amazing first video can’t wait to see more!
Great video! It's so well done. I've watched it because I wanted to understand some of the themes touched upon in previous projects of Takahashi before playing Xenoblade 3 later this month.
Great essay. Also, Xenoblade 3 tackles some of the themes from Xenosaga - Takahashi again delivers his usual and it's hard not to fall in love with it.
Really deep thoughts and a nice video. So happy that we still remember that masterpiece))
Xenosaga fans, unite! Stoked to see the next piece you do. Thanks for your work bringing this to life.
Well that was wonderful. Thanks she putting this together. Loved your jazz choices, too.
My goodness what a compelling documentary!
So I never played Xenosaga but after playing every xenoblade game and having seen the design for kos mos growing up I ended up looking into and really desiring to want to play and understand the game. But I think that little message about expressing ideas and how failure defines us really does get me to think. And I think this video may have cleared up something I should have done so long ago. You did great and I think this game and this video should get more views.
Though much of the background dev info can found on the internet, putting it all into a documentary is another feat of its own. Good job bro.
Great video! I recently replayed the the trilogy (after finishing Xenoblade 3 + future redeemed). Considering certain revelations it will be interesting to see what stories Takahashi decides to work on next.
First of all - this video in itself is a well-written and produced master piece. Thank you so much for making this.
Secondly - you are so right - I loved Xenosaga when those games came out - and even today I want more from that series. I love that you covered this and I hope someday KOS-MOS and part 4 - 6 actually becomes a thing.
Thank you so much for watching! If we ever do get the mythical Xenosaga HD Remaster, it'd be great if Takahashi could involve himself enough to at least provide supplemental bonus material for the game like a rough outline for the original plans for Episodes 4 through 6--But that's in a perfect world haha
Keep up the great work man. I was watching Xenosaga the anime your video popped up. It's a solid good old sci fi that is missing for too long recent years.
great video! Can't wait for the next one
Great video, hope you make more!
Excellent song choice during the Andrew part. "I wish I was back in the army noooow"
Liked, subscribed, commenting for the algorithm. Excellent first video! Looking forward to more from you!
Haha, I feel like any other song for Andrew would have been wrong. Thank you very much! Stay tuned for more!
Great video, bro. This deserves to have ten times the views it currently has.
Incredible video, made me love xenosaga even more
Wow, this is great! Thank you!
"It wasn't meaningless as long as you, yourself, believe it wasn't meaningless" feels like the most succinct way to summarize Nietzsche's own assessment of his writings into Nihilism (go figure, he's literally named Wilhelm), he put forth all these ideas, but also ultimately rejected them because meaning can be extracted from inherent meaningless, persistently so. In that sense, though it might be reading far into it makes me subscribe to the theory out there that, however many cycles it would take, Wilhelm would foster that same persistence in the collective subconscious until it swelled over, and step in to play his part as "villain" when it came to it.
Dude instant sub. Looking forward to your next video.
The ratio of subscribers to talent on display here is OUTRAGEOUS. Thank you so much dude. I’ve wanted a video that gives the trilogy it’s due since I first pulled a scratched-yet-playable copy out of a recycling bin. Before I ever even played a JRPG mind you…today my only games are JRPGs, as weird and ambitious as possible!!
This will definitely always be one of my favorite series of games, too, especially part 3. I'd love to see them get the chance to revisit the original ideas they never got to, and fully bring their vision to life.
Somehow you managed to increase my appreciation for this series and developers even more.
Xenoblade 3 is coming out for Switch on the 29 my guy. I would preorder it but Nintendo is being fucky with preorders
Ey, this video is pwetty gwud
I just wanted to say that this video is incredible, and that I love your style. There’s a reason why you got almost a thousand subscribers with a singular upload. Obviously go at your own pace, but I would love to see what you could do in the future.
Glad to know it was due to the change in people working on the project
Great video man. In my videos I could never reach the same level of depth that you did in this video. While I veiw the 3 games more though the lens of gameplay, i understand those who view it much more for the insanly deep story these 3 (5 if we included Pied Piper and Missing Year) games have to offer. Wish you the best in gorwing your channal.
To me this whole set will be seen as a masterwork. This will always be one of my favorites.
I'm impressed you got clips from Xplay with Adam Sessler in it. That show HATED Xenosaga especially ep 3. Back in the early days when most video game media representatives didn't know shit.
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Wow. I've only watched a little bit of this video so far, but it already seems super interesting. I don't actually know too much about what happened behind the scenes. I'm definitely going to watch the whole thing.