Drakengard - Growing Wings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2011
- I used to wait at the main menu of Drakengard all the time just to watch this video over and over again. I noticed that nobody on TH-cam had the English version uploaded, so.
Good video.
Drakengard is property of Square Enix and Cavia, not me. This song is Growing Wings by Kari Wahlgren. - เกม
the best part of drakengard is that it makes you _feel_ something, it can be disgust, curiosity, anger, fun or even confusion but it will always stick into your head like your first kiss
Bruh man that's so true. Impressive
Damn, this was deeper then the ocean itself. This is so true!
This game is very unique
This is one of the few games that made me cry. Especially when growing wings started playing in the 2nd game as they were dying
Taro basically says that his goal as a game designer is to evoke an emotional response in the player.
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I'd point to an early part of Nier Automata as an example of that. You come across some robots in the desert trying to mimic sex and child rearing. This even seems comical, and as a first time player you might think, "Haha, look at these robots pretending to be able to conceive a child. They can't do that."
And then they actually do it and you're left kinda impressed, or weirded out, confused, maybe just laughing more. Whatever the case, it's a memorable scene and that's probably because there was an emotional element to what was happening.
Caim rhymes with murder
how?
@@ChopstickThick yeah. It rhymes with mass murder
caim rhymes with smile and caim smiles when he's killing!
If anyone is interested, here is an extremely obscure trailer for Drakengard sitting on TH-cam for more than a decade
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What is a world without Yoko Taro!
The guy that was unhappy with this game and wanted to make into a generic weeaboo game like he did eith 3? Pretty alright I'd say.
+Kanny Boy I know I'll probably get hated on but I'll say it: Drakengard 3 is a masterpiece.
It as much as any other low quality hentai game.
+Fat Alberto I found Drakengard 3 to be fine, personally. It's certainly no NieR, but, hey. It's better than Drakengard 2.
No.
Just no.
You can't have such a terrible opinion.
Drakengard 2 was a great game, it lacked the DAAAAARK story that 1 had for sure, but still was a good sequal, it even has the best gameplay in the series.
Music was godlike aswell.
The feeling of uneasiness this intro makes you feel before even starting the game is the spark of brilliance that gave birth to the Nier series. This game deserves a remake more than any other in existence.
With the way the industry is today, I dread to think what they would remove from this game, such as making Arioch sassily evil instead of insane.
@@JabamiLainyeah, with how the industry is, I doubt even the devs would dare to recreate the same themes in the same manner, let alone the themes. It would just be a very very toned down Drakengard.
It’s like wanting Rule of Rose to be remade…another game with heavy themes.
I also wouldn’t like if they remade it with current anime art style either. (Drakengard 3/Tales of /Nier)
This kind of semi-realistic style/FF is what makes this also hit the way it does.
@@lachancla3723I know "Rule of Rose". Big fan.
Also, I actually like the anime style, though I can see your point.
I think Yoko Taro wouldn't mind replicating the original's feeling. Unlike "Evangelion" creator, he still holds the same artistic view required for the original "Drakengard", simply in a more evolved manner, as he learned through out the years how to build his characters' interactions. Meanwhile, "Evangelion" reboot feels so alien to me. It lacks all that made me fall in love with the original. Everything feels too ideal in the "Rebuilds".
A very dark game where death is as far as the eye can see and in a world on the verge of collapse. The only people who can save this hellish world are nearly as insane or sick as the enemies they fight against and after struggling so hard to make it to the end... none of the results are happy. Honestly, to hear that Caim was inspired by Guts didn't surprise me that much. XD
+Gatsu “Jr. Weenie” Morikawa Blitz I think the thing that surprised me the most is when I realised that your party consists of a Pedophile, an insane child eater...and a child who can't grow up. How did that not instantly end in disaster?
*T O O Y O U N G*
I never heard that it he was inspired by Guts but I can definitely see that lol.
a lot of drakengards themes can be attributed to Berserk I think.
First ending is pretty happy and hopeful, at least compared to be others
This is the one video where Demo does nothing but let the game speak for itself. That’s how good Drakengard’s opening movie is.
Pretty rare for me to do so, but I think the ENG version of Drakengard's opening was stellar compared to JP. JP isn't bad per se, actually great, but its just that ENG sounds so much better. Inuart's ENG VA did an amazing job portraying him here as a manic madman completely broken down by the circumstances he was thrown into, and the other ENG VAs in the background only served to make the atmosphere even more unsettling and dark.
I don't know about others but at times in the game the weird ENG voice acting made things even better due to sounding more stilted and "off", in a silent hill 2-esque way.
i agree, i think angelus' VA is the best out of everyone and inuart is really good too
The voice acting is all that bad actually. Pretty good for that year
Inuart’s VA is actually the same as Caim’s
I've had this Gmv living rent free in my mind for many years
This was the most bone chilling afk trailer scene ive ever experienced. I was just sitting probably distracted by something else when i heard the girl talk, I was suprised and thought some secret thing was unlocked, then the trailer started playing. Ive never felt more interested to play a game from something like this. It was soo intense.
this was my birthday present when i was 5 YEARS OLD! Holy Shit
+Kristopher Rangel Why did your parents let you play this at 5? JESUS, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO STOMACH AS AN ADULT. To be fair, I was 11 when I first played it.
wow :D
Why? At that time there was like a trend on jrpgs, rpgs, dragons and fantasy games for kids , and most of the people bought it for the kids because "oh wow dragons! cool!"
That is exactly the reason
My parents also bought this game for me when I was five.
Are we perhaps the same person in alternate universes?
Bro I thought I was the only one???!!! Wtf.. I got this on my birthday too!! I remember looking through the crack of the open door in my room and seeing my parents wrapped it up into a present.. memories man..
I know people will disagree but I think Drakengard was one of the best PS2 games I've ever played. Such an awesome storyline and pretty good combat system. I'm so hyped for Drakengard 3. Anyone else think 2 was okay, but not as good as 1?
Problem was with two is that when you get a protaganist like Caim, it becomes very hard to top.
First one had the story and beautiful madness in all of it's elements(be it good or bad).
Second one had fantastic gameplay but the characters and the story were incredibly shallow for a drakengard game(if it was any other game i wouldnt even list it as an issue).
First one's better but second one isn't worthless as it established what the gameplay in this serie should be like.
I just consider the second one to be a spin off cause it continues form the non-cannon ending.
Nikodem R
Where is stated which ending is kanon and which not?
There are two sequels to different endings and in this case a sequel isn't helpful to define that.
Also I don't know why I haven't played Nier yet. Well there is at least enough time, because the europe release for Drakengard 3 is in May.
Thorus Thorson Well it isn't stated directly but the director of the first game never wanted to expand on the first ending, this is why he played no part in creating the second game. He came back for making Nier which follows from ending E and now made DOD3 which is a prequel to the first one. + there is the factor that the director likes the most horrible endings the most. He said that the ending D of nier where the main hero is forgotten by everyone is the cannon one and at the same time it has similar requirements as the ending E in original DOD.
But in this universe you can just consider everything cannon what's above is just what i deducted and the serie is build in such a way to encourage that
Nikodem R well if wever learned anything from accord in drakengard 3 its that all endings are canon in a fashion.
The lady's voices actually scared the crap out of me when I first had the start screen om
Same, once i started the game but didnt load the save file cuz i was reading stuff on my phone and suddenly i hear this voice speaking, really scared me for a while, and this intro is really creepy, so that didn't help either.
I literally 100% forgot I played this as a child. Watching this brought back all those memories and I realized that it was probably one of my most played and favorite games. Makes you wonder what else you've forgotten.
mhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm
I forget my name and where I am every day. Every single day.
I'm so glad I bought this on pure whim
+EdwardtheIRISH Yeah me too I just thought the name and the cover looked cool so I picked it up, later on I was fighting demon cannibal babies while my teammates were being devoured. Good times. Also merry christmas
I love Drakengard because if this game was to be remade today, with nothing censored at all, it would probably be banned in at least 50 countries.
just played this game for the first time in 2016
worth every second
The Watchers. Adore. Us.
As someone who hasn't played the first one, the graphics of the cutscenes really speak to me
Update, I have now played it
What do you think about the game? I jus ended today and i fell in love
Honestly the cutscenes are bad even fot his time but the art direction is incredible, it stucks on your mind and the voices, music and sound in general is fantastic.
@@Junokaf I really liked it
@@Junokaf sorry for barging in, but I would like insight.
I finished the entirety of "Neo Genesis Evangelion".
Don't misunderstand me, "Drakengard" is still a work of art VERY FEW could ever hope to replicate. But, I have to admit in terms of world building, the anime feels more alive. And in the sense of confrontation with yourself, I felt myself more reflected in the main trio from that anime, not to mention the apocalypse felt more enlightening.
That's why, I now fully want the adaptation of "Drakengard 1.3" to video game. The novel feels like the true rival to what "Evangelion" stands for, just like "Drakengard 3". But please, have a route in which Caim doesn't fully sucumb to the Dragon's blood. I feel like it takes away the whole point of his bloodlust. I like the original Caim more.
I must have watched this a thousand times, I would just leave my ps2 on and let this play over and over again. Secretly one of my favorite games of all time and easily one of my favorite openings for a game ever.
Welcome to a world without song.
You have good taste in videogames Demo, not only do you like Drakengard but you also like NieR.
10/10 taste.
so agreeing with your taste means having a good taste, k
gulden of course, you'd know that if you had good taste
or, you know, a joke.
@@inigo137 seethe
@@inigo137 sneed *formerly chuck*
Huh. From the very beginning, they hinted at Ending E.
Who knew Caim being Isakei’d and then blown up would be so damn important.
Nier's intro vid is technically full of spoilers, but shit be so weird in these games that none of it makes sense until you get context.
Forever an iconic song
THE WATCHERS! THEY SING! LALA LA! LALAALAAAA!
What i love about this game is the vision Yoko Taro had at the time.
He thought that saying things like "i kill someone" in a videogame, was kinda out of place, since you'll hear that from "bad people" that's why all the protagonist are just people who did terrible things, because you'll expect them from doing things like killing without repentance, but then 9 11 happened, and Yoko Taro understood that you don't need to be a bad person to do terrible things, you just need to think you are right, which leads us to the nier series
I was about to watch the video all the way through, but I need to sleep and dont need nightmares, and I remember the haunting music and imagery...
Weakling. True man fear no nightmare.
i wrote this poem in honor of this song
i dont care!
what is a world without Ezra?!
a world without song..
darkened blood, it flows,
and time tells its tale.
blackened heart,
a lonesome soul,
the end is begun.
a withered rose,
a raging storm,
the forest recedes.
i call out these prayers to the sky!
bring her back or take me with her
i carry these memories inside,
like a dream it dies,
an island, endless fields, our home
how i long for those days..
a broken mind, it shows,
stained by lust,
will you forgive me?
i see you grow wings and fly high,
watchers look on as we dance,
up in the cursed burning sky,
watching me, watching you, watching me..
will she ever allow me
to bathe in her gratitude and love?
no..
dont look at me..
I really hope that some day someone remakes the first two games of the trilogy.
Such a great game they music blew me away as a kid
What if we've been looking at the timeline all wrong ?
For example, what if there are actually two Cathedral Cities (although the city is said to be on the Iberian Peninsula, in the original game, it's located outside the map, beyond clouds) because the timeline is actually this:
-Drakengard 3 (routes C and E);
-Tokyo, 2003;
-Drakengard 1;
-Nier;
-Nier Automata (route C).
What if Brother One and his cult were the ones who came up with project Gestalt ?
What if he's the reason the Gestalts became violent before the Shadowlord was thought of ?
What if the Seeds are actually clones of Emil and his sister that are harvested by the androids to be turned into angels/Watchers, with those who disobey being twisted into dragonhood ?
What if the Empire's crusade is the reason humanity is so spread thin in "Nier", and without any knowledge about technology, and with little to no use of magic ?
What if that's why Brother One was exiled from the church ? Because his red eyes were too similar to that of androids and Salt creatures, meaning he could turn humans into bloodthirsty creatures too, the same way androids and the Legion were ?
I find it interesting how they went with the clip of Caim looking away for the lyric "watchers look on". I can't help but feel like there's some hidden meaning behind that about Caim. Maybe it's just about how he's essentially against the Watchers in the game overall idk for sure.
I have looked for this over and over. Thank you so much. I would go to sleep listening to this, it's so haunting. Favorite video game soundtrack ever.
"I used to wait at the main menu of Drakengard all the time just to watch this video over and over again"
Me too buddy =) Thank you so much for uploading this!
After seeing "Evangelion", I was afraid of losing my respect for "Drakengard", so I watched the first game again (but only route C and I used my imagination to turn routes B, D and E into a single one).
Best decision of my life, because it allowed me to gain a new appreciation for the characters, particularly Caim, that I failed to grasp the first time.
Now I understand that while he's a warrior and I'm a scholar, and even though I feel more compassion for children than he does, we might not be so different when it comes to how we feel towards our respective sisters and how we want the forces above us to see us.
I love my sisters too, but I don't see them much in my future, just like Caim doesn't see Furiae in his despite finding her adorable. And he wants God to remember him for all eternity as a warrior, just as I want to be remembered as someone who dances sloppily in the chaos while taking mental notes and commenting on everything like some sort of theatre play. My observations leaving everyone in awe due to how orderly chaotic they sound. We will both be remembered by our respective resilience.
This game is a masterpiece, the characters are masterpieces (with Caim, Angelus and Seere being relatable to me), and I apologize for saying I prefered "Evangelion" over "Drakengard". I prefer both in equal measure. It's a crime to put either below/above the other.
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY THIS
Did you
@Eschatological oh damn I completely forgot I made this comment, uh I got a copy but I havent got around to playing it, sorry about that
@@SneesToMeetYou I just finished it yesterday bro, its a fantastic game. possibly in my top 10. I just hope Drakengard 2 is as good.
@@SneesToMeetYou So four years later, you still haven't played it? Omg 😂🤦🏽♂️
play the game.
I was 12 when I first play Drakengard
This was the first video game intro that truly unnerved me. I could only hear it as a kid (because it was online), not see what was going on and that made it all the more intense. Especially with the creepy laughing. I also played Drakengard 2 first by pure chance, so this seemed like the edge lord of games in comparison.
Goddamn the voice acting in this game was much better than most translated games at the time.
Growing wings, this song is beautiful.. This game too. The two Drakengards are really awesome.
Thanks guy.
I used to do the same. Got this as a gift when I was 11 years old... I'll never forget coming home from school and playing this for hours afterward. I long for those days.
Bless Demo for having uploaded this for all of us to enjoy in posterity. Bless him.
Road B Staff Roll "Exhaustion" - one of the soundtrack's best
oh....well that gave me goosebumps.
Always a good side-effect from a good music video
I remember waiting in the menu screen to watch that again and again. So dope. Strange feelings.
The game wasn't that good (quite repetitive) but still one of my best experience in gaming because of the atmosphere.
Ok so how the fuck did i miss this game during the ps2 days, *sigh* back to ebay
The part when caim first sees angelus on the ground in the courtyard with his sword drawn always gets me
My fav. Drakengard, love this opening !
the CRT buzzing at the beginning is very important
You know I bought this game at a car boot sale many many years ago when I was very young, I don't remember much about it but I definitely remember blowing up those sky ships with that dragon (or perhaps its a drake due to the games name) I should probably get this game soon.
You have Awesome taste! Glad I found you!
I played the ever living hell out of this but dammit I never collected all the weapons and managed to get the true ending.
i loved this game. i had it for a long time and i still do and its intense. really wish i still had a ps2 though. man i loved the combat in it because it got harder and the storyline at the end was crazy!
Thank you demo. I miss you.
Imagine if star wars were written like these series XD, i bet it would be so much darker
What if the reason "Drakengard 1 and 3" has multiple branches is because "Nier" is actually the present day of this universe, while "Drakengard" and its novellas are the player's attempts at piercing into the past, only to see bits and pieces mixed together into a forcefully constructed narrative ?
That said, I think I have a timeline that explains how "Drakengard" and "Nier aren't set on different Earths, but on the same one, simply in different continents and time periods.
It all starts with the Cathedral city being transferred from Earth's future into medieval Europe during the alien invasion we learn of in "Automata", forever changing the final outcome of humans, dragons and all the other species that inhabited our world.
Us humans were meant to hunt down and destroy all magic on Earth, thus becoming the dominant species and being abandoned by God and Its angels when the 👽 invaded us. But the city got transferred into Europe during that invasion, probably in an attempt to save our species from extinction by preparing us for what was to come, introducing our science MUCH earlier and having humans in what would become the Imperial part of Europe/Midgard evolve at a rather fast but corrupting speed, leading God to decide that Mankind's time had come. If genocide or corruption were the only options with humans in charge, then a flower would rebuild life through self fertilization, using the decay for the proccess and replacing it with something that offered a better smell than humanity's.
Unfortunately for the divine beings, Caim, Angelus, the dragons and everyone else would keep Furiae from achieving this goal, thus forcing the babies to come down, using Furiae's clones to form their mother/pathway. But even then, they would not be successful, because Seere would freeze everyone in Midgard so the insanity could not spread through out the globe. But before he could freeze the Mother, the monstrosity, realizing what was about to happen, would cut herself off from the womb and escape into the distant future, in a place far away from the frozen Midgard/Europe, when humanity's corruption reached its peak. This place was the Cathedral city, when it was still known as Tokyo. Angelus and Caim gave chase before they too could be frozen, and although they did keep the beast from rampaging, in the end, their battle would seal humanity's fate.
So, conclusion:
-Europe is a weird arc floating in the still waters of time, locked on an apocalyptic picture with an innocent child sleeping at the heart of everything, keeping humanity from reaching the world we know today, but probably keeping magic from going extinct, as I suspect it was the Europeans who began promoting the genocide of all magical creatures once the age of Discoveries began;
-Asia still managed to develop, probably 50/50 the same (not sure if any country would be interested in initiating the Discoveries though), until the arrival of Caim, Angelus and the Mother Watcher, beginning the disease that would wipe out the remaining areas of the globe before the alien invasion;
-The only humans and magic left are the Europeans and probably part of the Africans, all preserved like insects on crimson and black amber. If the androids or the machines will ever wake them up or try to prevent this timeline of events from happening however, is unknown. Earth is already on a delicate state. It could be unwise to do something radical now, though I suspect they will simply make sure the cycle starts anew in their attempts.
I can't stand listening to this song without the game dialogue present in this version
This song deeply affects me
In what way ? In mine, it makes me want to let go and dance in a silly way, spinning around.
@@JabamiLain
Cry over the dark fate of all the protagonists.
Drakengard Remaster gets announced soon :)
i was listening to your sc and really enjoyed this song you reposted, google searched the name to find a youtube video of it and didn't even notice it was uploaded by you
ooo i was looking for this yay~
From the start you know this isn't going to be about rainbows and sunshines.
appreciate you
This needs to be on the PS Network.
+MRWhoreoscope Right? I still have my PS2 copy, but I would love this to be re-released with trophies, that's probably the only way I'd ever suffer through that fucking rhythm game for Ending E again.
Lol, will never happen. Let's have realistic expectations please xD
Man please come back we need you
So awesome. Just beat this and got all the endings last night :D
PINO!! :D
EMIL!! :D
where can I get this game
It's for PS2
order it online
xEisley that's the only way besides emulation
one of the games where english dub suits me better than the original
Godly.
i carry these memories inside...
I’m new to the game, you made a really beautiful mv :>
That's the game's actual opening if you leave it on the title screen for long enough
Wouldn't surprise me if Yoko Taro was also inspired by Berserk.
Berserk evangelion and 911 actually
1:43 Kinda sounds like Void's english VA
Heh, i imagine the guy that recorded the gameplay sections of the Opening had a hard time trying to make the game look like its fun.
Yeah I can imagine. Because while the story and soundtrack are certainly the strongest parts of the game, the gameplay isn't exactly pleasing aha In fact, the gameplay is pretty much below mediocre at best.
I just wanted to play this game for months but my pc is not able to run it on an emulator so I bought a PS2 and download it, after 3 weeks i just finished it and wow... it's one of the best games i've ever played, maybe the gameplay wasn't smooth or something but the ost, the story, art, the feeling and that cutscenes carry the game so far, i can acceot a mediocre gameplay if the rest is so original, i can't imagine a single game that give me this feelings and this thoughts, curiosity, fear, dread, even the NieR series can't gave me that, now this is on my top 10 games of all time for sure.
Time to rewatch all demo vidyas on another account lol
That game deserves a fullscale remake. ❤
This opening scared me as a kid because of inuharts laugh
YO THOSE ARE SOME FUCKING CHEEKY SPOILERS FOR THE TRUE ENDING THERE YOKO TARO DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE
Miss this :'(
THANKS, now upload a 2 hour version ;p
I also wait in the menu to watch it Over and over again just like you
Gods I love this game. Playing DnD, needed adoptive dragonborn sibling names. Closest sister was Furiae the silver dragon. Had Hanch as a bronze dragon and Yaha as a gold dragon. If I ever get to run a campaign myself, there will be a Drakengard arc.
Used to do this all the time as well!
Fuck me, this is good.
This game needs a remake nier combat.
Honestly, this game's combat is better than NieR's
@@hotmango5647 lol, to each their own. This games combat is really simple just mashing the X button pretty much.
@@AlbertPuljos I can't deny that it's just button mashing, but at least you can fully execute combos. However, in Nier Automata, while you have complete freedom over your movements and attacks, you are rarely ever given the chance to maximize the combat system. It may be better in terms of being modern, but at what cost?
@@hotmango5647 think you didn’t play the game properly lol .. just look at more of the tutorials on combat
I feel like demo would be the perfect protagonist for a game similar to drakengard. He's the hero this world needs. . .but not the one it deserves
Remake?😏
I want a remake or re boot on this game Nintendo switch!
PS5 or ps6!
me gusta la franquicia, pero prefiero que este muerta a tener un remake woke como final fantasy 7
@@padilla1e616 enough with that right wing and woke bs dude🙄
@@jacksonmiltin4199 el lunes sin falta carnal
Drakengard Remastered: for iOS and Nintendo Switch, rated T for teen
Damn! I really want to play this game now!
This game truly deserves a remake
Defiantly makes me want to buy the game:-)
ernie beasley it was really good
I want an uncensored remake with all the gay child p3do, genocide, infant cannibalism and incest intact at the forefront.
Drakengard is a mirror to how evil humanity can be. And also how good we can be.
Would be crazy to see a Drakengard remake given the A-O (Adults Only) label.
Probably really difficult to distribute, but well worth seeing this underappreciated masterpiece be reborn.
I miss you man, I hope you come back
Goosebumps, guys. Really, I don't care, that's maybe stupid. We never get games like that again. Design, animation, music, atmosphere...
I just want game something like Ace Combat with Evangelion creepy shit and Dark Souls middle fantasy. And all in one game.
Considering this song only plays in Ending B, I wouldn't be surprised if that was supposed to be the Canon ending and Square told Taro Yoko to put in the one leading to Drakengard 2 to make thr game a bit more marketable
I think Drakengard 3 more or less confirmed all the endings are canon. Somehow.
@@kingofthering24 my theory is that the "Drakengard" we experience is actually a collection of historical records filled with innacuricies and theories we are trying to put together in order to understand how we got to "Nier". Even with Accord, this theory can still hold up, because we might be seeing her reports, but she herself admits there are contradictions in them and lost information, meaning the player might be someone who's analysing incomplete records, not Accord herself.
That said, I have a theory that what actually happened in ending B is that when the Furiaes prepared to end the world, the dragons intervened, tired of both the gods and humans. As a result, the winged creatures retreated into the skies and merged together in order to form the Mother that gave birth to the Watchers's physical body, angry at the interruption of the apocalypse, deciding to take measures into their own hands.
@@JabamiLain that's a good theory. And given even drakengard is treated more like a telling of events from a book it sounds reasonable to me
@@kingofthering24 thank you.
I have more where this came from. I feel like an historian/archeologist playing this game and putting the events together while trying to avoid contradictions.
I could share the most important ones with you, but it won't be now. Because I'm going to sleep and because I would like you to give the word first, in order to not get too carried away.
@@JabamiLain I'll wait for your next one
(Reads your description) Same here.
Can you imagine "KH" characters landing on this world during this time period ? They wouldn't last.
This song has destroyed me to enjoy it this much
0:27 they a manah
The DG series really needs a remake/remaster.
THIS INTRO
needs an HD REMAKE
Was this song ever released as a high quality MP3? I'd reaaally like that...