22:10 _"How's the Size? 1000pts! All right! It's very nice!"_ _"How's the Pose? That looks really comfortable! 1200pts!"_ _"How's the Technique? OK! The subject is right in the middle of the frame! I can double the score for you!"_ _"Wonderful! Your work is impeccable. Keep up the good work"!_
@@GerardMenvussa it’s referring to the first part of what you said in a way. It’d be too many spoilers to go into detail here, but I’d suggest watching the end of the game movie if you need a refresher.
The Brighid scene at the end here may be my favorite moment in the game. It really shows off the inescapable reality of Blades' memory loss. Brighid is my favorite party member largely because of her coming up with this workaround. She has to find out who she is and was from a book of her own notes every few decades, and that's supposed to be considered a luxury among her kind. How grim. Of course, she also gets to be a primary source for all time that way. A historian's dream. I wish they dove into it more than they do.
On one hand, I am glad they touch on it all. The reality of blades is really kind of depressing when you sit down and consider it. On the other hand. . . I feel like exploring that in much more depth could have taken the game to some incredible dark places. There's no guarantee afterall that Brigid's diary has never been tampered with.
That scene also gives a foreshadowing for things to come. So many of these intimate scenes between different characters hit differently once you know the outcome of the story.
Oh man I think I remember this quest. Isn't this the one where a teenager hires ASSASSINS to MURDER A RIVAL TEENAGER, and not only does she get off scott-free, the girls end up becoming friends. "Hey, remember the time I tried to have you killed? Eh, water under the bridge." Imo, this may be the weirdest sidequest across all the Xenoblade games. Which is saying something.
Yeah this quest is bizarre and certainly for the wrong reasons. I'm not opposed to the idea of the one girl forgiving the other if there was a lot of effort placed into it, but with how abruptly the quest resolves and how the two of them becoming friends despite the fact that the assassination attempt happened literally moments ago, I'm not really satisfied with this quest's ending. I'm legitimately curious to see what the heck happened that gave us this quest while the game was still being made, but I doubt we'll ever get that insight. Probably one of my least favorite quests in this game, but at least a little girl didn't get assassinated over a choir spot by its end.
@@jaredfayette2567 I'm kinda inclined to believe that the original intent was to just have the driver to intimidate and rough her up a bit to scare her out of the chior, because it would make so much more sense than what we got here lol.
@@DragonEdge10 i feel like xenoblade chronicles 2 was a bit rushed. Not bad and definitely not super buggy or unplayable or anything but it just seems like some plot and quest stuff needed slight reworking before release that never got done.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Oh yeah, for sure. None of the mainline Xeno games got very big budgets, so it was a race against time. I mean, just listen to the voice direction for half the game lmao
"I'm the one in the wrong here?" Little brat, you just hired some guys to murder a little girl in broad daylight. *Yes you are in the wrong.* That quest bothers me immensely. Why in the name of the Architect is it solved with just a "Aw man... Sorry..." Hell, her apology didn't even seem genuine... You think that there'd be more consequences for...murder.
Do you seriously think a little refugee girl receiving capital punishment for trying to help her family would've been a preferable outcome or something?
@@MxPokirby ...When resorting to attempted murder of a kid who did nothing wrong, yes. I don't want anything like the brat being executed for it or something happening and I understand she was trying to help her family...but that doesn't mean that resorting to murder is okay and that's my main problem with the quest. Just having to make myself clear here now...
@@starberrysparkler i think the whole quest is miss guide the little girl saying that the girl should not look at the choir to help her refugee family?!?! When they are treated like crap? I don’t think she has a place to tell her anything about that
Yeah, I've never liked this quest either. How does a little girl have the capability to even hire these people? How unstable is she that she makes a leap this extreme? It's, disturbing and one of the few quests that I just dislike outright.
Albina: "I know people in the mercenary biz." Rex, in the background holding up his hand: "Hi, I run the mercenaries there." Really wish something like this would've happened. Could be kinda funny.
Pretty sure most if not all of the Garfont mercenaries wouldn't be okay being hired to murder a child, especially for as petty a reason as this quest presents.
Amalthus: Ah, Fan, I saw the Aegis and her traveling companions outside. I assume that they are at last ready to meet with me?" Fan: "No, Your Holiness." Amalthus: "This is ridiculous! I have been awaiting their arrival for weeks already! Did they have to go start *another* singing career or something?" Fan: "No, sir. They had to return to Mor Ardain. To get...dessert." Amalthus: "..." Fan: "For a robot."
@@spindash64 Rex: "Whats not to love? That big round body. That smooth fluffy fur. His bright cheery attitude towards everything! God his overalls look great, and that cute little thing where he shakes his arms up and dow.n
Even at the end of the quest she doesn't seem to comprehend that murder is bad. But it's fine to let her go I'm sure, she learned a lesson about singing more sincerely, she probably won't try to kill again.
@@TheGamingPurin I think there are others. I remember a sidequest with amateur mercs as well as npcs in uraya talking about how garfont is the best mercs around. Also there is a merc group in fonsa myma if i recall a quest correctly.
@@ss3nm0dn4r8 Be...cause the game would be less likely to feel so male-gazey if women were directing? I like the game mind, but it does go a little OTT like with the gratuitous Pyra's butt shot. And many rare female blade awakenings (Nim, Perun)
I wasn't even paying attention to the episode number but I don't need to look i already know the answer. Edit: OMG I WAS WRONG. I thought it was 69 and was also confused at the comment above wondering why 74 was his second favourite. Umm well this is awkward
"I didn't make it into the choir? Guess you have chosen death" is the dumbest reason I can even imagine someone would hire assassins to kill, let alone killing a child
Indol has completely left me speechless, already. The music nearly made me tear up. I spent 8 years in choir and miss it dearly. That song took me back to those times and I needed that.
As someone who also spent nearly a lifetime in choir (probably a good 18+ of my 30 years between school and various church choirs) having this theme highlighted and being able to enjoy it is wonderful. Kinda wish I had the sheet music for it >.> But no way could I match that tone quality.
i always loved the idea of brighid keeping a journal to preserve her memories. there's something very human in her doing that, and it's appealing to me.
You can make out words in that? I hate it because its unintelligible muffled mouth noises to me and i hate mouth noises, annoy me so much, i usually love his silly voices but thats not a silly voice to me
I really love the final scene in this video between Pyra and Brighid. I like how Brighid starts with a little comment to get Pyra to lower her guard then uses that opportunity to explain just how important memories are to blades, especially memories of their drives. All leading up to her tell Pyra to be honest with Rex because no blade ever knows when they'll be separated from their driver forever. Plus the way Pyra's voice breaks near the end, heartbreaking.
Though it does beg the question. . .can an Aegis lose their memory? I don't think the question is actually ever answered, but I think canonically the Aegis wouldn't be able to. Either way though, the conversation itself pushes the player to really consider the lifepsan of a Blade and what exactly that means.
@@patrickcarter2829 Spoilers Except Lore reasons state that a blade returns to their core when their driver is Dead, the Aegis' clear break that rule becaue Addam is dead and she has retained all her memories. Also, the Aegis' being essentially the data collecters ie the 'memory storage' for all the oher blades of Alrest kinda means if they lose their memory Alrest essentially is going to stop existing or the very least degrade to a point irrepairable
@@hallaloth3112 But remember, they stored her before he passed. It would be like putting Brighid in stasis (alongside her weapons). Or at least, that's what I assume was keeping Pyra (and you know who with Jin) in perfect preservation.
@@patrickcarter2829 The distinction though is that Lora not a blade. Pyra is. We don't know enough to really know if ehat was done with Pyra could be done with another blade because she is the Aegis and already breaks lore established rules .
Things Emile Missed: -Over by Prevarr Trading are some crate stacks. With a bit of platforming, you can climb these to get to a treasure trove barrel further back (requires Superstrength and Focus Level 3) that you can break open to get about three thousand gold, a Night Vision II aux core, and a Common Core Crystal. Who knows? Maybe this one also contains a Rare Blade. And now for one of the most reasonable responses to getting snubbed at an audition ever. 0:46 Some people just can’t seem to let go...not that it’s always so easy. 2:24 It begins. 3:27 I really like the way the game handles dynamic lighting as time passes during these cutscenes. 4:20 Lindwurm...where have we heard that before? And if Mòrag wasn’t in the party, we wouldn’t be hearing that amazing sound clip so often. 7:10 My ears thank you for it. Azami, what did you do? 9:30 It certainly lends credence to her story, but as Zeke observed, that’s not the complete reason why she’s sticking with our motley crew. That part is covered pretty well in Nia’s and Mòrag’s heart to heart atop Hardhaigh Palace, wanting to help Rex achieve his dream of finding Elysium if it means ending the war and strife between Gormott, Mor Ardain, and Uraya. One other thing Mòrag’s speech immediately wraps up is that she isn’t concerned anymore about trying to stop or destroy the Aegis because she knows that Mythra’s powers is in good hands based on what she witnessed both on the bridge and in the Factory. 13:05 OK hold up. Over-the-top solution aside, what kind of Merc takes on a hit job from a kid knowing full well that they’ll get paid at a later date and not immediately after? Not even a down payment? This guy is basically working for free without any written or binding contract that they will even have the money they’re owed down the line! I’d heard about optimal range, but I never knew there was a visual indicator beyond damage dealt. I always thought that you had to experiment and remember how far away you needed to be. 15:00 Hiring a thug to off someone? Yes! You are very much in the wrong here! 17:52 Saying this like Poppi a and Dromarch don’t exist. 20:15 People often forget this but about Amalthus Just one of many parallels between Rex and Amalthus as Aegis Drivers. 22:05 REALLY DUDE?! 25:50 The famed diary of Brighid we’ve heard so much about in passing.
I appreciate your sense of humor; taking a well timed screen shot for us to see, when you would've had a pic of it through your recording software anyways. That, and countless other times you've made me laugh.
THAT SCREENSHOT AAAAA ...That aside, I really love that scene with Brighid and Pyra at the end. It's one of those scenes where so much about the world of a Blade becomes clear, and where so much of the story we have yet to see has its start...
@@rayon8958 Yeah. The issue isn't the camera. It's just her outfit. The angles all serve a purpose. Highlighting her clutching her hands. It's just some people pay attention to her shorts instead of her hands.
I'm sure Monolith didn't go without realizing how nice of a fanservice shot that would be, but the main point of that shot is to show her wringing her hands, portraying her guilt/uncertainty/discomfort. That Pyra is an attractive girl in an alluring outfit is just a bonus.
27:30 ill be honest, the first time i watched this scene i missed that it was showing Pyra's angst in her hands and definitely not just a camera angle of certain things.
9:45 Xenoblade Chronicles 1: Children walk into houses/teleporters leading to domestic areas once evening falls Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Children merge with the ether and teleport to their homes to sleep once evening falls God, kids have it so easy these days
It's wonderful that you have, and it'll be even more wonderful if you choose go and play the game yourself after the LP or just rewatch it, because Xenoblade is famous for its great delivery of second-playthrough insight. They're long as heck games but they are *worth* it to go back and newgame+ or just play again because of their narrative delivery using such sneaky foreshadowing tools that you just don't pick up on until you see them again after endgame.
I like that they have so much musing and conversation over the topic of Blades losing their memories when their driver dies; it's not just some plot point that's brought up in the beginning only to be used in the very finale or something like that; the devs really did think of the consequences of that and have it be a recurring theme. Also as a couple people have already said, this video gets sadder once you play Torna, as do a lot of cutscenes, because you actually get to see the moments some characters are talking about. It's definitely one of those games where a repeat playthrough only sweetens the experience, and a game that does that well is surprisingly rare. Not a lot of games have a whole campaign just to establish a backstory for a chunk of the main cast; sure, some games make mention of it and dedicate an arc of the game to showing it off, but this game goes the extra mile to eventually establish a past and embed it into every part of the character themselves along the way. I love it.
Many years ago, back when I was in high school, I decided on a whim to try Chugga's Xenoblade 1 LP when it was less than 10 episodes in, and I fell in love with the game, so of course I had my hands on a copy of Xenoblade 2 within a month of release. By the time I reached Indol, I was definitely nowhere near putting the game down thanks to how much I enjoy the combat system, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit disappointed by the story up to that point. However, this chapter really turned that around for me. Starting a little bit when I first visited the refugee camp, but much more significantly when I saw this cutscene with Rex, Nia, and Fan looking at the mural, I felt a crushing sense that Alrest was dying. That it had lost something indescribable that it would never be able to get back. Of course, there were clues to that effect earlier in the game, what with the dying titan in the opening, the occupation of Gormott, the rising tensions in Uraya, etc., but Indol is where that feeling really hit me, and that feeling never left me for the rest of the game. For me, the story of Xenoblade 2 isn't so much about a sequence of events as the first game's was, but it has always been about the world of Alrest. Or to put it another way, to me, the world IS the story. I guess to sum all this nonsense I've been saying up, I'm really glad that we've reached this point in the story, because Xenoblade 2 is my second favorite game of all time and this is the point where I really fell in love with it. (In case anyone is wondering, no Xenoblade 1 is not my first favorite. I'm actually playing it for the first time right now through Definitive Edition and I've just made it to the refugee camp so I've still got a long way to go before I feel I can really decide whether I'd still rank it among my favorites.)
That voice you used for the Melia- I mean Mellica was actually halfway decent. But not every gormotti girl is the girl from ursulas quest. By the logic that every gormotti girl is the torigonda girl, Nia is that girl too
Honestly? Probably the same way human/human intimacy works? I mean, Blades are people, it's just their lifecyle is different. MY question has always can a driver/blade relationship lead to children and how the HECK would that work?
I love how well all the dialogue in Indol does a really good job of establishing the Praetorium’s place in people’s lives; the worldbuilding with this Titan is very good
"Can't you just admit the real reason?" - that Mor Ardain would - without the Special Inquisitot's intervention - inevitably try to use the Aegis as a tool of war against Uraya? 22:11 EMILE, WHY??? I like that scene with Brigid and Pyra. They, plus Mythra, have a nice dynamic. It's also just a great bit of characterization and world building.
Imagine if you were 80 years old with a physically perfect body, but you could only remember the last 25 years of your life. The previous 55 years are lost to you. That is the life of a blade and why a diary is so important.
OH MY GOD PYRA, REX, AND MYTHRA ARE SO CUTE! Edit: damn this episode was amazing, all the undertones, Bridget's reveal, her conversation with Pyra, Rex and Nia being buds, *a child plotting to kill another child for a job* ... All awesome stuff
Finally getting around to watching this series, and I just can't get over the fact that Pyra's boobs are so big that they keep clipping through her arms, but nobody during development thought "you know, maybe we overdid it".
If they can communicate with titans, bond with them, age with them, and even make them into freaking battleships, it doesn't seem that far fetched that someone would pop a set of giant reins on them.
20:04 It's funny that Chugga makes everything from Salvagers of Argentum, Urayan Soldiers and now these Indoline people with face masks on sound like they're talking through a pillow, yet Ardainian Soldiers are perfectly normal despite all of them wearing face-covering helmets.
Emile: *takes crotch shot of Rex*
My brain: (in wii sports announcer voice) nice shot!
lol I got the 69th like
Bruh 😆
(Also in Wii Sports announcer voice) You earned a Bronze Medal!
25:52
Brighid: "You could call it a diary, I suppose."
My brain:
"👏 IIIII
👏 Sup- 👏 pose! 👏 Hey!"
@William Drushel 👏 Hey! 👏 Hey! 👏 Hey! 👏 Hey! *XD*
Chuggaa - * stays completely silent for each cutscene to preserve its tone.*
Also Chuggaa- * takes a screenshot of Rex manspreading*
I'm sad that screenshot wasn't in the endcard
I'm glad someone mentioned it lol
I lost it when the screenshot went off! Totally destroyed the seriousness of the moment, but I'm not even mad, it was so funny!
@@supertone4761 At least im not the only one laughing hysterically.
@@SeraphOC Same tho. It caught me so off guard. Lol.
22:10
_"How's the Size? 1000pts! All right! It's very nice!"_
_"How's the Pose? That looks really comfortable! 1200pts!"_
_"How's the Technique? OK! The subject is right in the middle of the frame! I can double the score for you!"_
_"Wonderful! Your work is impeccable. Keep up the good work"!_
Prof. Oak would accept a picture like that.
That one Nopon couldn't figure out whether the Indoline Titan was a Boy or a Girl
Dead Rising:
Nice! erotica!
The Pokedex got a lot scarier than it already was
That moment caught me so off guard. Lmao.
Amalthus wasn't waiting for BS, he was waiting for Ursula's hit single.
What’s the difference?
"People with great power should be their own masters." Remember this line.
I didn't catch that one on my first playthrough! Well spotted
Isn't that literally what got us into this whole predicament with Malos?
Yikes...
timestamp?
@@GerardMenvussa it’s referring to the first part of what you said in a way. It’d be too many spoilers to go into detail here, but I’d suggest watching the end of the game movie if you need a refresher.
The Brighid scene at the end here may be my favorite moment in the game. It really shows off the inescapable reality of Blades' memory loss. Brighid is my favorite party member largely because of her coming up with this workaround. She has to find out who she is and was from a book of her own notes every few decades, and that's supposed to be considered a luxury among her kind. How grim. Of course, she also gets to be a primary source for all time that way. A historian's dream. I wish they dove into it more than they do.
On one hand, I am glad they touch on it all. The reality of blades is really kind of depressing when you sit down and consider it. On the other hand. . . I feel like exploring that in much more depth could have taken the game to some incredible dark places. There's no guarantee afterall that Brigid's diary has never been tampered with.
Yeah, I love that little bonding moment they have, certain camera angles aside.
I wonder if adenine is thee same way as brighid, considering the fact that she has a giant book as a part of her.
That scene also gives a foreshadowing for things to come. So many of these intimate scenes between different characters hit differently once you know the outcome of the story.
@@ShallBePurified I know it was like that with the first game
Morags “WHAT” should become a recurring gag
I think it already is!
@@tatltails3923 yeah kinda. And I love it!
it is!
One rapid blowdown art is all it takes to get Morag to go “WHAT” multiple times
Oh man I think I remember this quest. Isn't this the one where a teenager hires ASSASSINS to MURDER A RIVAL TEENAGER, and not only does she get off scott-free, the girls end up becoming friends. "Hey, remember the time I tried to have you killed? Eh, water under the bridge."
Imo, this may be the weirdest sidequest across all the Xenoblade games. Which is saying something.
Yeah this quest is bizarre and certainly for the wrong reasons. I'm not opposed to the idea of the one girl forgiving the other if there was a lot of effort placed into it, but with how abruptly the quest resolves and how the two of them becoming friends despite the fact that the assassination attempt happened literally moments ago, I'm not really satisfied with this quest's ending. I'm legitimately curious to see what the heck happened that gave us this quest while the game was still being made, but I doubt we'll ever get that insight. Probably one of my least favorite quests in this game, but at least a little girl didn't get assassinated over a choir spot by its end.
@@jaredfayette2567 I'm kinda inclined to believe that the original intent was to just have the driver to intimidate and rough her up a bit to scare her out of the chior, because it would make so much more sense than what we got here lol.
@@DragonEdge10 Maybe it was translated differently? Now I'm curious.
@@DragonEdge10 i feel like xenoblade chronicles 2 was a bit rushed. Not bad and definitely not super buggy or unplayable or anything but it just seems like some plot and quest stuff needed slight reworking before release that never got done.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Oh yeah, for sure. None of the mainline Xeno games got very big budgets, so it was a race against time. I mean, just listen to the voice direction for half the game lmao
"I'm the one in the wrong here?" Little brat, you just hired some guys to murder a little girl in broad daylight. *Yes you are in the wrong.*
That quest bothers me immensely. Why in the name of the Architect is it solved with just a "Aw man... Sorry..." Hell, her apology didn't even seem genuine... You think that there'd be more consequences for...murder.
Well, attempted murder, but yeah.
Do you seriously think a little refugee girl receiving capital punishment for trying to help her family would've been a preferable outcome or something?
@@MxPokirby ...When resorting to attempted murder of a kid who did nothing wrong, yes. I don't want anything like the brat being executed for it or something happening and I understand she was trying to help her family...but that doesn't mean that resorting to murder is okay and that's my main problem with the quest. Just having to make myself clear here now...
@@starberrysparkler i think the whole quest is miss guide the little girl saying that the girl should not look at the choir to help her refugee family?!?! When they are treated like crap? I don’t think she has a place to tell her anything about that
Yeah, I've never liked this quest either. How does a little girl have the capability to even hire these people? How unstable is she that she makes a leap this extreme? It's, disturbing and one of the few quests that I just dislike outright.
Albina: "I know people in the mercenary biz."
Rex, in the background holding up his hand: "Hi, I run the mercenaries there."
Really wish something like this would've happened. Could be kinda funny.
Pretty sure most if not all of the Garfont mercenaries wouldn't be okay being hired to murder a child, especially for as petty a reason as this quest presents.
Rex is just like guys I’m your boss go home
@@AutisAnimeGames
But still, hearing that Garfont just sent the head of their mercs against you is not a fun time
Important to note, that while the Garfont Mercenaries certainly might be one of the more famous mercenary group in Uraya, it isn't the only one.
25:00 Nia's "I'll tell Pyra I swear" is another reason why I love Nia's accent
And in this episode, Haze steals rex from the Aegis with her overwhelming cuteness
Haze should've been a New Game + blade.
Well, she and Rex are the same dress size.
@@buster1746 yes but who did we get? WE GOT *spoilers*
@@ZeldagigafanMatthew Now I want fanart of her in the salvager suit
@@Shiycho F*ck *spoilers* all my homies use *spoilers*
22:10
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT, OH MY GOD EMILE! 😂
(Insert Morágs "WHAT?!" here)
22:10
This caught me so off guard, CHUGGAA WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT PICTURE
Blackmail Rex with it, of course.
22:20 Rex reacting to Chuggaa’s capture
Nice. A comment that’s related to 69 got 69 likes
*Live Rex reaction*
22:11 I found that way funnier than I should have.
I had the most uncontrollable giggle there lmao.
you are not alone. that was just the last thing I was expecting to happen
I found it so funny just since I didn’t expect it.
not the only one. It caught me off guard with the photo taken.
I saw that happen and I was just "Chugga! what are you doing?!"
9:35 Kid: "It's night time now, my people need me." *instant transmissions/dissolves into the air*
22:11 What the-! As soon as I saw the top left and heard that sound, started laughing.
Note: That kid died back on the way back to a place up high I would like to not spoil.
"Mr. Rex? I don't feel so good..."
Amalthus: Ah, Fan, I saw the Aegis and her traveling companions outside. I assume that they are at last ready to meet with me?"
Fan: "No, Your Holiness."
Amalthus: "This is ridiculous! I have been awaiting their arrival for weeks already! Did they have to go start *another* singing career or something?"
Fan: "No, sir. They had to return to Mor Ardain. To get...dessert."
Amalthus: "..."
Fan: "For a robot."
Nia: "Oho, has somebody got a little crush?"
Rex: "Oh please, my heart belongs to Tora."
Nia: "What?"
Rex: "What?"
Tora: “What?”
Poppi: _”WHAT?”_
@@spindash64 Rex: "Whats not to love? That big round body. That smooth fluffy fur. His bright cheery attitude towards everything! God his overalls look great, and that cute little thing where he shakes his arms up and dow.n
Morag: *“WHAT!?”*
Pyra: What!
Mythra: WHAAAATTT!!!
Corvin: Glad that isn't my driver!
22:08 Emile WOULD take that specific picture.
What how did I not notice that
You mean he WOOD
"What are you saying...? I'm in the wrong here...?"
She asks this with a straight face after hiring mercenaries to murder a little girl.
Even at the end of the quest she doesn't seem to comprehend that murder is bad. But it's fine to let her go I'm sure, she learned a lesson about singing more sincerely, she probably won't try to kill again.
what's even weirder is that they're urayan mercs and who's the leader of their group?
a 15 year old blond with donu- oh wait wrong person i meant rex.
@@TheGamingPurin was it vandham's group? I think it might of just been other urayan mercs.
@@baked7423 might not be but im pretty sure vandham's group is the only one in uraya
@@TheGamingPurin I think there are others. I remember a sidequest with amateur mercs as well as npcs in uraya talking about how garfont is the best mercs around. Also there is a merc group in fonsa myma if i recall a quest correctly.
Fan la norne: Exists
Literally everyone: No, you’re haze.
Eeeeexactly. Since experiencing the Gold Country and her eventual fate, her being called that...bugs me.
HAAAAAZE! ;~;
My vision is Hazing up
@@Shiycho I love you. Now mention a connection between Haze and flan so I have an excuse to say Flan La Norne.
@@hyliastone286 you can make Haze-lnut Flan?
The screen cap at 22:10 is truly telling of the perfection of this series
You ever think camera angles are weird in really epic cutscenes? Me nether
Right? Like that shot of Pyra's ass really wasn't necessary. Pleasant, but unnecessary.
Yep. It's almost like this game had two male directors!
@@FooBarBash what does that have anything to do with it
@@ss3nm0dn4r8 Be...cause the game would be less likely to feel so male-gazey if women were directing? I like the game mind, but it does go a little OTT like with the gratuitous Pyra's butt shot. And many rare female blade awakenings (Nim, Perun)
@@FooBarBash You say that in the same episode that 22:10 happened.
22:10 (In Masae's voice) EMILE!
youtube comments you can hear
19:58 what an underrated Mythra line. It’s sassy, but also sweet.
Emile’s favorite number.
Indeed.
And in 5 more episodes, it will be his second favorite number.
I wasn't even paying attention to the episode number but I don't need to look i already know the answer.
Edit: OMG I WAS WRONG. I thought it was 69 and was also confused at the comment above wondering why 74 was his second favourite. Umm well this is awkward
We have a full stack of episodes now
I never knew we had the same favorite number
"I didn't make it into the choir? Guess you have chosen death" is the dumbest reason I can even imagine someone would hire assassins to kill, let alone killing a child
22:10
*Misae walks in*
Misae: Hey Emile I-
- Snap -
Emile: AH--!!!
Masae: *Wheezing, hiccup-y laughter intensifies*
Pyra: * snitches on mythra *
Mythra: * tsundere noises *
a quiet, echoey "b-baka" in the background
“Pyra” is misspelled
@@Animefireblade13 thanks i fixed it
I imagine Mythra blushing so hard and saying: "PYRA! NOT NOW!"
I burst out laughing at the Capture emile took lmfao
I love the bonding moment between brighid and pyra, just 2 fire blades talking about life
CHUGGA: [snaps pic at 22:10 ]
ME: [Laughs uncontrollably for around 10 minutes]
Indol has completely left me speechless, already. The music nearly made me tear up. I spent 8 years in choir and miss it dearly. That song took me back to those times and I needed that.
As someone who also spent nearly a lifetime in choir (probably a good 18+ of my 30 years between school and various church choirs) having this theme highlighted and being able to enjoy it is wonderful. Kinda wish I had the sheet music for it >.> But no way could I match that tone quality.
@@hallaloth3112 Sheet music and 20+ other people to do the harmony.
The choirwork in this game was provided by the Irish group ANÚNA, under the direction of Michael McGlynn.
@@theherohartmut Thanks for sharing! Just looked them up.
Morag Ladair, the Whatbringer. Strongest lungs in all the Empire.
i always loved the idea of brighid keeping a journal to preserve her memories. there's something very human in her doing that, and it's appealing to me.
4:45 I swear that voice clip gets me every time😆
22:10 Chuggaa saving that for later
for his "homework" folder
I love the silly voices you do for people with their faces covered its silly things like that which make me love your playthroughs.
You can make out words in that? I hate it because its unintelligible muffled mouth noises to me and i hate mouth noises, annoy me so much, i usually love his silly voices but thats not a silly voice to me
22:10 That was no accidental snapshot, Emile.
"There are no accident."
-Master Oogway
@@XSaebaYRyoZ I looked this up on his Twitter and its based off an accidental snapshot someone else took during their playthrough
I wanted to use that popular Amalthus meme, but it won't be relevant until the next episode at least. -_-
@@RyanBlazeheart the greatest accident. I hope this is a running gag in the Xeno fandom.
After playing for about 3 years, and 300 hours of playtime, i finally pulled the rarest blade today.
Congrats
@@thechristiandino thank you.
I really love the final scene in this video between Pyra and Brighid. I like how Brighid starts with a little comment to get Pyra to lower her guard then uses that opportunity to explain just how important memories are to blades, especially memories of their drives. All leading up to her tell Pyra to be honest with Rex because no blade ever knows when they'll be separated from their driver forever. Plus the way Pyra's voice breaks near the end, heartbreaking.
Though it does beg the question. . .can an Aegis lose their memory? I don't think the question is actually ever answered, but I think canonically the Aegis wouldn't be able to. Either way though, the conversation itself pushes the player to really consider the lifepsan of a Blade and what exactly that means.
@@hallaloth3112 If that were the case, she wouldn't have been in stasis.
@@patrickcarter2829
Spoilers
Except Lore reasons state that a blade returns to their core when their driver is Dead, the Aegis' clear break that rule becaue Addam is dead and she has retained all her memories.
Also, the Aegis' being essentially the data collecters ie the 'memory storage' for all the oher blades of Alrest kinda means if they lose their memory Alrest essentially is going to stop existing or the very least degrade to a point irrepairable
@@hallaloth3112 But remember, they stored her before he passed. It would be like putting Brighid in stasis (alongside her weapons). Or at least, that's what I assume was keeping Pyra (and you know who with Jin) in perfect preservation.
@@patrickcarter2829 The distinction though is that Lora not a blade. Pyra is. We don't know enough to really know if ehat was done with Pyra could be done with another blade because she is the Aegis and already breaks lore established rules .
22:11 Uhhh whatcha got there Chugga?
"A smoothie."
Things Emile Missed:
-Over by Prevarr Trading are some crate stacks. With a bit of platforming, you can climb these to get to a treasure trove barrel further back (requires Superstrength and Focus Level 3) that you can break open to get about three thousand gold, a Night Vision II aux core, and a Common Core Crystal. Who knows? Maybe this one also contains a Rare Blade.
And now for one of the most reasonable responses to getting snubbed at an audition ever.
0:46 Some people just can’t seem to let go...not that it’s always so easy.
2:24 It begins.
3:27 I really like the way the game handles dynamic lighting as time passes during these cutscenes.
4:20 Lindwurm...where have we heard that before?
And if Mòrag wasn’t in the party, we wouldn’t be hearing that amazing sound clip so often.
7:10 My ears thank you for it.
Azami, what did you do?
9:30 It certainly lends credence to her story, but as Zeke observed, that’s not the complete reason why she’s sticking with our motley crew. That part is covered pretty well in Nia’s and Mòrag’s heart to heart atop Hardhaigh Palace, wanting to help Rex achieve his dream of finding Elysium if it means ending the war and strife between Gormott, Mor Ardain, and Uraya.
One other thing Mòrag’s speech immediately wraps up is that she isn’t concerned anymore about trying to stop or destroy the Aegis because she knows that Mythra’s powers is in good hands based on what she witnessed both on the bridge and in the Factory.
13:05 OK hold up. Over-the-top solution aside, what kind of Merc takes on a hit job from a kid knowing full well that they’ll get paid at a later date and not immediately after? Not even a down payment? This guy is basically working for free without any written or binding contract that they will even have the money they’re owed down the line!
I’d heard about optimal range, but I never knew there was a visual indicator beyond damage dealt. I always thought that you had to experiment and remember how far away you needed to be.
15:00 Hiring a thug to off someone? Yes! You are very much in the wrong here!
17:52 Saying this like Poppi a and Dromarch don’t exist.
20:15 People often forget this but about Amalthus Just one of many parallels between Rex and Amalthus as Aegis Drivers.
22:05 REALLY DUDE?!
25:50 The famed diary of Brighid we’ve heard so much about in passing.
Who should have help with a choir? I know, the great singer Chuggaconroy!
I almost lost it when Chugga took that screen shot of Rex with his legs up 🤣
I appreciate your sense of humor; taking a well timed screen shot for us to see, when you would've had a pic of it through your recording software anyways. That, and countless other times you've made me laugh.
The fucking screenshot chugga took just came out of nowhere and is by far the best thing in this series so far
That scene with Haze is so much more depressing after having plaed Torna. Even though that screenshot of Rex's crotch almost ruined it, lol.
Pretty much the entire game is more depressing after having played Torna, to be fair
@@irmoony Yeah, that's true.
THAT SCREENSHOT AAAAA
...That aside, I really love that scene with Brighid and Pyra at the end. It's one of those scenes where so much about the world of a Blade becomes clear, and where so much of the story we have yet to see has its start...
Meanwhile in another universe: Rex: “would this random enemy stop killing me?!?”
23:47, and thus a meme was born.
I think these are some of the strongest cutscenes yet! The voice work with fan and pyra and brighid is really incredible.
Yeah, this is a great sequence. It becomes even more meaningful if you play through the DLC. I'm doing that right now.
@@KostyaComm maybe it's because I never played the dlc but I only found them good but not great
27:31 “You ever think the camera angles in this game are weird?” What do you mean?”
Honestly, any camera angle that zooms in on Pyra is inherently awkward. Unfortunate drawback of her outfit/design....
p l o t
I think the point of this camera angle is to show Pyra's hand clenching while she is listening to Brigid's words.
But her outfit makes this weird.
@@rayon8958 Yeah. The issue isn't the camera. It's just her outfit. The angles all serve a purpose. Highlighting her clutching her hands. It's just some people pay attention to her shorts instead of her hands.
I'm sure Monolith didn't go without realizing how nice of a fanservice shot that would be, but the main point of that shot is to show her wringing her hands, portraying her guilt/uncertainty/discomfort.
That Pyra is an attractive girl in an alluring outfit is just a bonus.
22:11, Wow Chugga, real mature... x D
That hits in the feels, Pyra and Brigid's scene there definitely hit me in the feels...
Same. Especially so for me since I'm playing Torna right now.
22:11 I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT
so long ago zelda master played this, but now thanks to you emile i finally get to see more of it
27:30 ill be honest, the first time i watched this scene i missed that it was showing Pyra's angst in her hands and definitely not just a camera angle of certain things.
Honestly should be 1/3 angle instead of complete profile. That would highlight hands clutching more
@@sprenzy42 but pyra booty is just as good
Sentimental cutscene plays...
Chugga: *snapshot on rex*
Those scenes with haze and brighid hit hard after Torna: The golden country
I love this interaction between Pyra and Brighid. Also, that screenshot made me laugh far more than it probably should've.
Optimal Range?!? That’s a new one for me! Never knew that!
9:45
Xenoblade Chronicles 1: Children walk into houses/teleporters leading to domestic areas once evening falls
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Children merge with the ether and teleport to their homes to sleep once evening falls
God, kids have it so easy these days
I'm seriously invested in this story and am glad I was able to avoid spoilers this long.
Definitely keep avoiding them. It's outstanding.
It's wonderful that you have, and it'll be even more wonderful if you choose go and play the game yourself after the LP or just rewatch it, because Xenoblade is famous for its great delivery of second-playthrough insight. They're long as heck games but they are *worth* it to go back and newgame+ or just play again because of their narrative delivery using such sneaky foreshadowing tools that you just don't pick up on until you see them again after endgame.
I like that they have so much musing and conversation over the topic of Blades losing their memories when their driver dies; it's not just some plot point that's brought up in the beginning only to be used in the very finale or something like that; the devs really did think of the consequences of that and have it be a recurring theme.
Also as a couple people have already said, this video gets sadder once you play Torna, as do a lot of cutscenes, because you actually get to see the moments some characters are talking about. It's definitely one of those games where a repeat playthrough only sweetens the experience, and a game that does that well is surprisingly rare. Not a lot of games have a whole campaign just to establish a backstory for a chunk of the main cast; sure, some games make mention of it and dedicate an arc of the game to showing it off, but this game goes the extra mile to eventually establish a past and embed it into every part of the character themselves along the way. I love it.
Chugga: *takes a very... questionable screenshot*
Me: “PFFFFAHAHAHAHHAAHAAA!!!”
Albina "you took everything from me"
Mellica "I don't even know who you are"
22:11 Emile, is there something you need to tell us?
22:08
CHUGGA DID YOU REALLY?!
Many years ago, back when I was in high school, I decided on a whim to try Chugga's Xenoblade 1 LP when it was less than 10 episodes in, and I fell in love with the game, so of course I had my hands on a copy of Xenoblade 2 within a month of release. By the time I reached Indol, I was definitely nowhere near putting the game down thanks to how much I enjoy the combat system, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit disappointed by the story up to that point. However, this chapter really turned that around for me. Starting a little bit when I first visited the refugee camp, but much more significantly when I saw this cutscene with Rex, Nia, and Fan looking at the mural, I felt a crushing sense that Alrest was dying. That it had lost something indescribable that it would never be able to get back. Of course, there were clues to that effect earlier in the game, what with the dying titan in the opening, the occupation of Gormott, the rising tensions in Uraya, etc., but Indol is where that feeling really hit me, and that feeling never left me for the rest of the game. For me, the story of Xenoblade 2 isn't so much about a sequence of events as the first game's was, but it has always been about the world of Alrest. Or to put it another way, to me, the world IS the story. I guess to sum all this nonsense I've been saying up, I'm really glad that we've reached this point in the story, because Xenoblade 2 is my second favorite game of all time and this is the point where I really fell in love with it. (In case anyone is wondering, no Xenoblade 1 is not my first favorite. I'm actually playing it for the first time right now through Definitive Edition and I've just made it to the refugee camp so I've still got a long way to go before I feel I can really decide whether I'd still rank it among my favorites.)
That voice you used for the Melia- I mean Mellica was actually halfway decent. But not every gormotti girl is the girl from ursulas quest. By the logic that every gormotti girl is the torigonda girl, Nia is that girl too
When he was talking to Mellica, the only thing I could see in the name was Metallica.
Just imagine if choirs were like that.
I saw melia, especially since the other girl looked like melia
@@misspurdy27288 I get Celica vibes myself. The one from Xenoblade X, not Fire Emblem, lol.
So basically everyone sees this character as something they are not.
Same here.
emile ignoring perun's existence is a hilarious new meme
shes just suddenly in the party and its never brought up the entire episode
God that Moràg what while getting the first merc mission scared me to hell and back
The more and more this series goes on, the more and more I wonder how blade-driver...intimacy...works.
Honestly? Probably the same way human/human intimacy works? I mean, Blades are people, it's just their lifecyle is different. MY question has always can a driver/blade relationship lead to children and how the HECK would that work?
@@hallaloth3112 organic, non-GMO Flesh Eaters?
@@tatltails3923 answers we'll never have
@@hallaloth3112are you sure about that?
@@hallaloth3112yes it can.
What Fan la Norne doesn't know about that ancient, culturally important mural is that the Praetor got it off an ebay auction for seven bucks.
Fan: Can I add it to my painting collection? *instantly has a vision of Golden Country*
I love how well all the dialogue in Indol does a really good job of establishing the Praetorium’s place in people’s lives; the worldbuilding with this Titan is very good
I guess you could say......
Her mind's in a *Haze* ...
What are you talking about? There's clearly no Haze in her mind. Just one big Fan.
...Not sorry.
That is because of the forest maze!
Crap wrong game.
22:11 why did he take a capture here? Hold up.
I don't think I wanna know what he's saving that for....
I agree. WTF?
I was wondering the same thing...
This might explain things. twitter.com/Radiant_Blade/status/1338624927587590145?s=20
I’m either concerned or concerned still
"Can't you just admit the real reason?" - that Mor Ardain would - without the Special Inquisitot's intervention - inevitably try to use the Aegis as a tool of war against Uraya?
22:11 EMILE, WHY???
I like that scene with Brigid and Pyra. They, plus Mythra, have a nice dynamic. It's also just a great bit of characterization and world building.
Imagine if you were 80 years old with a physically perfect body, but you could only remember the last 25 years of your life. The previous 55 years are lost to you.
That is the life of a blade and why a diary is so important.
OH MY GOD PYRA, REX, AND MYTHRA ARE SO CUTE!
Edit: damn this episode was amazing, all the undertones, Bridget's reveal, her conversation with Pyra, Rex and Nia being buds, *a child plotting to kill another child for a job* ... All awesome stuff
Oh, that wonderfully and 100% intentionally timed screen capture to loosen the tone of an important cutscene, that's our hero everybody!
I love how Emile started this video off with Tora standing on the rails.
28:16 Oh this is just screaming "Find yourself a girl who looks at you the way Pyra looks at Rex."
22:11 CHUGGAA HE IS JUST A BOY WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
Finally getting around to watching this series, and I just can't get over the fact that Pyra's boobs are so big that they keep clipping through her arms, but nobody during development thought "you know, maybe we overdid it".
22:11
Why the hell did this make me laugh much more than it should?
That fucking capture, holy shit that was good
Everyone says that Amalthus wanted to see Ursula’s concert, but no... the blue elf man fears her blowdown-inducing specials. Speedrunners agree.
What exactly does “moving the Titan” mean? I thought the Titans just wandered around the Cloud Sea at their own accord
If they can communicate with titans, bond with them, age with them, and even make them into freaking battleships, it doesn't seem that far fetched that someone would pop a set of giant reins on them.
You could send orders to the Titan if you set up some machines around the brain similarly to how the Ardanian Titan Battleships work.
@@Leopoldshark like electro stimulus muscle movement right?
@@Callmesenpai1337 That's right!
It actually comes up how that works pretty soon! Indol is a special case.
I always misread “Seoris” as “Seiros”...
Duke Wojcik I mean technically that's still a game about anime sword fighting so not too far off and it is heavily linked with religion too
Wrong game, but religion is religion so close enough
Ahh no, that's the *other* militarised church. Don't worry, common mistake. Happens all the time.
I mean, both series have had Masatsugu Saito involved since he did the artwork for Awakening Celica and Summer Laevateinn in Heroes
Probably still just as evil as the church it’s based off of so we’ll let it slide.
22:11
There are no words.
“Capture taken”
20:04 It's funny that Chugga makes everything from Salvagers of Argentum, Urayan Soldiers and now these Indoline people with face masks on sound like they're talking through a pillow, yet Ardainian Soldiers are perfectly normal despite all of them wearing face-covering helmets.
22:10 SO WORTH ALL THOSE SIDEQUESTING HOURS
22:10 You want to explain that screen shot chugga?
Remember kids: Don't try to murder someone just because you couldn't get what you want,
especially in broad daylight.
Brighid in this episode is so perfectly written. She has yet to have a bad moment. Such a well-written character- and such a talented voice actress!