Recap of Drakengard 2 (RECAPitation)

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  • @uchytjes10
    @uchytjes10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Drakengard 2 may be the black sheep of the series, but I'll always love it for how it is very uncomplicated compared to the other games. The characters are simple, their struggles straightforward, and it works pretty well as a standalone game. Adding to that, it has probably the happiest ending between both Drakengard and Nier, and I can't help but love it for that.

    • @zombiefriend
      @zombiefriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, but all these things you listed are the opposite reason of what people enjoy the series for. You saying that's why you enjoy this game the most is exactly what makes it the black sheep.

    • @jamescourt6554
      @jamescourt6554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@zombiefriend not everyone enjoyed it just so u know

    • @Dragon-md4gr
      @Dragon-md4gr ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh. Drakengard was never meant to be about simple characters, and while it works pretty well as a standalone game, that's more or less testament to the lack of attention it paid to the first. The happy ending, for that matter, was also completely undeserved, as Nowe, Urick, and Manah nearly destroyed the world because they couldn't take two seconds to actually consider the consequences of their actions (Manah's at least somewhat excusable since she's still possessed, but her and everybody who followed her, not so much). The happy ending is basically a miscarriage of justice.

  • @dragonkyn20
    @dragonkyn20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can't help but cry every time I witness Caim and Angelus's deaths. In the end, they still had each other.

    • @Spekor
      @Spekor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/ynN0t3Q_yhA/w-d-xo.html
      :evil grin: i had to.. i'm sorry

  • @ninjaguyweaver
    @ninjaguyweaver ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A one eyed man with a huge sword; Berserk man; spay their guts about. Dude, the Berserk reffrences are legitimately awesome!

  • @johnfinklestein6910
    @johnfinklestein6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Finally! I remember renting this game and was so in love with it. I'm glad I can travel down that nostalgic road again. Thank you!

  • @skyehen
    @skyehen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i love your videos so much, i would love to see you tackle AI: the somnium files because the sequel is coming up and you handled the zero escape series so well!!

  • @seraph_dalgon_9216
    @seraph_dalgon_9216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Simply cuz I know you'd do a good job with it, can we get an eventual RECAPitation on the Utawarerumono trilogy?

  • @HandsomeRagz
    @HandsomeRagz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video, gonna have to check this series out now

  • @melphina2720
    @melphina2720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome video , love watching them

  • @coltonhorn1229
    @coltonhorn1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yessssss! You did it! Now i can finally see this whole series! Thank you for your recaps, as always!

  • @oldschooltrainer9951
    @oldschooltrainer9951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Would you consider covering the alternative endings as a follow on to this ?

  • @isaacgraff8288
    @isaacgraff8288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds like an awesome game. I think I need to rewatch all three in order.

  • @Garl_Vinland
    @Garl_Vinland 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People say this has no Yoko Taro in it, but there are some very Yoko Taro parts

  • @MargaritoTrevino
    @MargaritoTrevino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just realized I have been subbed for 8 years now since the ff13 video. Time flys!

  • @cannonxd9855
    @cannonxd9855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I still don't seem to understand the reason they hate this game so much, it's my all time favourite and I can't come to the thought process of why it's as bad as they all say. For me drakengard 3 is the one that's mostly out of place compared to the previous drakengards so I don't know what exactly is going on

  • @MrVlogerGuy
    @MrVlogerGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    boy you're so good with these references XD

  • @SamHGabriel
    @SamHGabriel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @deadpoolrockz6410
    @deadpoolrockz6410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Drakengard 2: the game in this series that isn't crazy and over the top because it wasn't written by Yoko Taro.
    Seriously, if we rank how messed up each game is between both Drakengard and Nier, it be
    1)Drakengard 3
    2)Drakengard 1
    3)Nier: Automata
    4)Nier: Gestalt/Replicant/Replicant ver. 1.22474487139
    5)Drakengard 2

  • @wesleyharris1723
    @wesleyharris1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At last, Yoko Taro's Wild Ride has come full circle. All that remains is NieR Replicant: ver 1.22

    • @Maioly
      @Maioly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except this one has no Yoko Taro on it :P
      seriously, think at most he produced it; The director and writers where completely different people.

    • @wesleyharris1723
      @wesleyharris1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Maioly True. Though it is still part of the wild ride in some way.

  • @mightysurtur752
    @mightysurtur752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know drakengard 4 won't exist but I really want to see some attack and dethrone god energy from the cast to finally break the cycle

    • @Shade04rek
      @Shade04rek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also just want to see how they would make a more combat focused system now days. 3 showed how much it was improving, it's the most intricate of all the games so far.

  • @T4751001
    @T4751001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At least this game has the more "good ending" than the other games

  • @ashnate5070
    @ashnate5070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to see you do the assassins creed series..
    love your channel bro!

  • @KaraMorassco
    @KaraMorassco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This series is one of my favorites of all time (obviously by my profile pic). I had gotten the first game when it was at Gamestop (only one copy). And my fiance had gotten the second one (same place and only one copy again). I was ecstatic and literally squealed when he pulled it out from behind his back XD. I had played the game so much (it got so scratched up and was unplayable). But I loved the game to pieces. I'm still hoping for a remaster of the trilogy. When I played the game, Manah was ALWAYS my most favorite character to play as next to Nowe in the game.

  • @infiltretor287
    @infiltretor287 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVED this game!

  • @jamescourt6554
    @jamescourt6554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at least this game made more sense than the first one

  • @kermitwithamustache3885
    @kermitwithamustache3885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do a video on Chaos Legion!

    • @jackhye7785
      @jackhye7785 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favorite game besides Drakegard 2 from my childhood :)

  • @itsprivate3061
    @itsprivate3061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the virgin nowe vs the gigachad caim

  • @KirainaiNoHaru
    @KirainaiNoHaru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love this game, probably bec it feels like a huge fanfic. But like as a game by itself it was kinda good and angelus&caim's death is still burned in my memory. So idk why the hate it gets and im replaying it atm and the feels is heating harddd

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it's mostly how tonally different it is as well as the characters being a little too simple.
      Probably also doesn't help that Yoko Taro wasn't the director for the game like he was for the rest of his games set in that world.

  • @matthewminaya838
    @matthewminaya838 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always really liked this game

  • @Stryder467
    @Stryder467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh boy. I knew this was coming, but now it's here! >_> Yeah. I never liked this one. The anime-ridden story it told left me with a horrid taste of rancid disappoint, but I have to say that it refined the gameplay of the previous game. It basically reversed everything I liked about Drakengard. Still, I'm glad you're fully caught up in this convoluted storyline. I'll meet you on the next battlefield.

  • @WandererRedux
    @WandererRedux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:21
    Poetry

  • @barbedwire4452
    @barbedwire4452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the series I never got to play the 3rd but watching gameplay I know I would love it I played the first Nier also but never got to play the rest and I loved that game also but was to young to get what it was about aside from saving his daughter and draken was to deep at the time for me to understand now I want to replay them

  • @neroultimate1
    @neroultimate1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Drakengard 1 & 2 need the Automata treatment ASAP. That would be a dream come true

  • @sleepingforest3979
    @sleepingforest3979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want drakengard 4 please people I love this series.

  • @thepaper888
    @thepaper888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never played any drakengard games, but I was always interested. I see 3 on the ps3 eshop and always want to get it, but I want to play them in order of release. I know 3 is a prequel so should I just go for it?

    • @andrewnorris7642
      @andrewnorris7642 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      3s a good artwork, not a good game. That being said, buy it and play it. Also between you and me, if you use a guide for the final boss then you're a bitch.

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and no. Yes because why not. No because it SORTA has spoilers for 1(makes sense as a game play.
      Also there is also the reason why NIER:Automata is the only one heralded for its great gameplay. If you're the type of person to not care TOO deeply about how fun a game is then go ahead. Mind that I never played 3.

  • @siekensou77
    @siekensou77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i enjoyed this game

  • @Skepticalraven
    @Skepticalraven 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember finishing this game barely understanding English. Good times

  • @Sacrengard
    @Sacrengard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    havent played this game in almost 15 years... and now I realize Legna is Angel backwards xD

  • @Zoshnell
    @Zoshnell 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Video needs more "very suspicious" lines. Otherwise love your ReCAPitations.

  • @usvidragonslayer3091
    @usvidragonslayer3091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Neat

  • @cristianguanziroli3648
    @cristianguanziroli3648 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "M' boy"

  • @novastorm4187
    @novastorm4187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glory be to the ever amazing Black Mage. May your life be bless with much Ether and Greater Wisdom.

  • @bryanporras7028
    @bryanporras7028 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    His name is..
    "NOWE!!"
    No, no, you didn't let me finish. His name is..
    "NOWE!!!" 😂😂

  • @LowRidingCorgi
    @LowRidingCorgi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    210 thousand copies. Then they decided to make a third game. That takes guts. It eventually lead to better, more popular games.

  • @Maioly
    @Maioly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh, I can recap this game's plot in just a few sentences
    "You play as nowe, pronounced no-way; Noway is the dumbest idiotic protagonist in the history of dumb protagonists; He fucks up so bad he almost destroys the world; Oh, and he is technically a human dragon hybrid, but that translates into animu bullshit... Oh, and Caim is still around and is still the best, only he is an antagonist now and is the source of the one good boss fight in the game."

    • @Maioly
      @Maioly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And I say all that as someone who un-ironically likes this game.

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Maioly Quite apt, quite apt.

  • @DonteWilsonChrisDorner
    @DonteWilsonChrisDorner 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Mah-nah"

  • @thanapatburanasilapakit
    @thanapatburanasilapakit ปีที่แล้ว

    you forgot two
    ending

  • @patrickperez3095
    @patrickperez3095 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you

  • @laelhochberg9497
    @laelhochberg9497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crimson lights the sky, the bird still asleep
    Like a dream it shines, from heaven's safe keep
    Childrens songs we sung, as soft as the breeze
    Endless fields, our home, I long for those days
    I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face
    I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love
    See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below
    I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky
    Watching me, watching you
    Silent black, the dawn, and time tells its tale
    Darkened blood, it flows, the forest receives
    Look within the dark as deep as you dare
    There inside you find destruction you seek
    I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face
    I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love
    See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below
    I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky
    Watching me, watching you...watching me

  • @generellis3
    @generellis3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I much prefer the concluded story of Caim, and Angelus in this game... as opposed to being shot down by a fighter jet. That I did not care for.

  • @dialaskisel5929
    @dialaskisel5929 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    FIRST!

  • @longforari
    @longforari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Despite the gameplay improvements, deciding to focus on a generic chosen one who protects his love interest storylines was an awful choice. Taro's stories work in a very postmodern way to not only reject but also explain why these conventions are bad (specifically Furiae being a criticism of the creepy relationships between siblings in media, or the entirety of DR1 critiquing the desensitization towards violence games can cause through realism). Turning Manah into a waifu for Nowe to protect and save from her own trauma and making the story about Nowe being perfect the whole time just seems like a bit of a slap in the face. I thought the villains (besides Zhangpo and Gismor) were alright, especially Caim, and having an openly gay character was a pretty cool decision, even if Yaha isn't winning any awards for progressivism. The twist with Legna was interesting, too, if a bit poorly paced given how much of it is just exposition dumping, but yea I think it could've been really good if it didn't cling to such generic and forced conventions.

  • @end1234567
    @end1234567 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hold on people hated this game?

  • @yamburg
    @yamburg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks like a convoluted mess of a story... I'm game.

  • @sadie9728
    @sadie9728 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The character art is so ugly