Redeem the Future is easily one of the hardest hitting tracks in the series, it’s no surprise that it ended up getting requested so many times. I don’t know if she does, but I definitely consider it to be Manami Kiyota’s best work on the series.
He definitely needs the context for it though, because while it doesn't seem particularly specific except for sounding "evil and big" with the side of the specific motif he'll learn to recognize in the future, everything in chapter 2 and (mainly) chapter 3's climax sells the score and its why many ended up loving it so much. Also I just realized the whole party gets to be "big and 'evil'" in both chapters, and the motif? It's so good how through music, once you understand the context, tells you how similar you are to the enemy. It's great.
3:34 Glad to see you recognised the melodic similarity to Zanza the Divine! Made me smile like an idiot first time I heard it! It is a very deliberate similarity for reasons that become clear in context.
13:17 Indeed, Ancient Mysteries was composed by Manami Kiyota! She's also a singer for the series and is used to sing on a lot of her tracks (Eryth Sea, Zanza the Divine, as well as this one) The track is sick Edit : Sick headbanging riff, loved your pinched harmonics 😎
I will gladly wait for the day Xenoblade 3 playthrough starts. As with most of the Xenoblade games... The future awaits. Edit: Bro... That ending. Oh yeah 👍
Hey, that's my upload of redeem the future! Thank you for watching, redeem the future is actually in 2 approx ~4 minute parts on the ost, and I edited them into one video (though, 3 did crank it up with song length as you suggest). The language is a made up one, Manami Kiyota said she just kinda made it up herself, similarly to how she did Zanza the Divine. Been a fan for a while, love your videos, and really need to get around to watching your playthroughs of XC1&2
I remember, back in 2014, trying to find music to listen to while doing my university studies, and discovering the “Xenoblade Chronicles” OST. I was so entranced by its music (especially the final final boss theme LOL) that I just *had* to get it, back when it used to be hard to get a Wii disc for it, and it became my favorite game. Ever since, as the rest of the games have come out, the music has consistently blown me away, and motivated me! Glad to see that you’ve had a similar experience.
the style of vocals is a callback to Xenogears (1998), Takahashi's original series. I'm pretty sure NieR was heavily inspired by Xenogears and took musical cues from it (hence the chanting vocals). A lot of people have commented how XC3 feels like Takahashi revisiting his ideas from Xenogears and completing them, and XC3 does have a few tracks where it takes those same musical cues they set from Xenogears, which is why it sounds very NieR.
@@ShallBePurified don't worry, he learned a lot in the last two episodes and now he only needs to know about blade combos, which won't be difficult now that he's no longer stuck doing level 1 specials
@@manupm9161 True, but I'm also screaming at the screen yelling at how Nia's "Break" art does indeed says "Break" in the description, and he just doesn't see it.
Xenoblade 3 goes kind of insane with song length, partly because a lot of the battle music is dynamic. In this case, the fight has two phases, denoted by the softer first half and the much more intense second half. But in other instances, the song changes depending on how much HP the enemy has or how well the player's party is performing.
Hearing you comment on the lack of guitars in the first phase almost immediately before the second phase started and bust out those very guitars was _amazing._ You also mentioned part of it sounding familiar... Well it should.
I'm pleasantly surprised to see ferronis was requested. it's not a theme you really notice in the game, so most people don't remember it, so it's super underrated. but it's so good when you actually hear it.
Remember guys no spoilers! Anyways this is one of my favorite tracks! (Redeem the future) its got a lot of similarities to zanza the divine from the first game.
Redeem The Future is actually two songs: Redeem The Future and Redeem The Future (Finale). The Final one starts with the electric guitar. Since Xenoblade 3 has a lot of adaptative tracks (the music changes depending on what happens), people datamining the OST thought it was a single adaptative track. But in the official soundtrack, they're two separate musics.
Great commentary and you're right in this being one big fight. Seems like you're enjoying xenoblade music because I've been seeing tons of xenoblade music being reacted to. Us xenoblade fans are in for a ride!
If anyone wants another XB3 song like Redeem the Future, Origin Depths (Section A) is one of the best in there with a lot of the same style! Only used for like 20 seconds of a single cutscene despite being a fullblown 3+ minute song, so even playing the game you never really hear it.
Dude that track is sick! Why didn't they use it more? I get that maybe the trumpets of section B are more triumphant for the latter part of the area, but come on let us have the intimidating section A at least for the beginning area
That was my reaction when I first head Redeem The Future as well. Pick up my guitar! I also find You Will Know Our Names and Engage the Enemy from Xenoblade Chronicles 1 to be super fun to play. You should give them a shot!
Hell yeah, nice riff !!! It goes so hard. Xenoblade 3 is my personal favorite of the lot, for many reasons, and the music doesn't miss ! You can tell there was a clear vision for 3 that translates into a refinement and consistency throughout.
Peak reaction!! This was incredibly entertaining Jesse! :)) The second I saw the video....I was like....awwww no! This is gonna be good! Incredible music and awesome video!
You may or may not have noticed the existence of a DLC expansion for XC3 called "Future Redeemed," pretty much the Torna or Future Connected of this game, yeah Redeem the Future is specifically from there. This also appears to be a combination of both versions of Redeem the Future, as they do lead into each other pretty well.
Listened to Redeem the Future over a thousand times easily, even though I don’t know what’s even being said if there is anything but what’s the most impactful is knowing that the theme is around a character that’s essentially God going rogue
So as has been mention, especially by Rex about Redeem the Future, it's actually two songs, Redeem the Future and Redeem the Future - Finale. Xeno 3 is the end of the Klaus saga as Monolith have said. So 3 makes all sorts of call backs to the prior two games. Sure you don't have to play the prior two games but the impact if you have, perfect.
Not a spoiler: Redeem the Future is an incredibly significant song. It ties together the entire Xeno meta-series over the past few decades. Many things can be inferred/discovered from this track alone.
Redeem the Future plays during the final cutscenes and boss of the Xenoblade saga - that is to say, this music (which yes, is a remix of 1's final boss theme) is where everything, this story 13 years in the making, ends. It hits... different. And that is all the context you shall get out of me. It's one of the best games ever made.
Just want to say that xenoblade 3 uses dynamic music so there are themes that are long because it puts together all the variants of the theme. 3's version of you will know our names it's 5 minutes without looping
If you play 3, I think its actually a great thing that you are taking a break after 2 from the series. 3 comes together in a big way if you've been able to let the previous games sit in your memory for a while.
3 is not only my favourite RPG ever. It's also my favourite fiction ever. Including every type of media. 2 is awesome but 3 is just in a league of its own.
The music team of 2 and 3 are exactly the same, except that Mitsuda's long-time arranger, Miriam Abounnasr, also composed a small handful of songs. One of them, Black Mountains, is probably the best location theme in the game.
About his comparison between XC1 and Nier Replicant, they actually are really similar if you think about it. *full spoilers for both games* Both protagonists start in a normal village, they get someone important taken from them, so they go on a revenge quest. At the end, they end up finding out that they are nothing more than a vessel and that they are connected to some kind of deity. of course they are really different in every other way, but it's something fun I noticed. Maybe it's why I love both games so much. Also Nier is more reliant on philosophy, while Xenoblade is more tied to gnosticism and Carl Jung's Psychology.
Part of me really wants to rec Hope for the Future, but the other part wants you to experience it properly in Xb3 and FR. Every scene with it is great, and FR's big scene with it... perfect.
@@jayjaysheroah2485 I mean it's more of a red herring. Zanza's dead and has been dead for a lonnnnnng while by the time this plays. In the game you can tell why Zanza the Divine is being referenced, but one would hardly guess why until it's no spoiler anymore.
@@dustinbragg1921 I remember the first time I heard the song during the fight and I had chills the entire time. Such a beautiful callback to the first game and it ties in so well with what happens in-game.
Redeem the Future specifically is from the DLC, XC3 Future Redeemed (duh). It's one of my favorite tracks in the entire franchise, been waiting for you to react to that one!
Been watching his XB2 vods and Jesse seems to be kinda struggling with the battle mechanics (like everybody who has played has). Its pretty much a staple in the xeno community to tell new players to watch a couple of established yt videos that explain the mechanics much better then the game does. As most people agree that the tutorials are the worst thing in the game and that watching the videos greatly enchances your XB2 experience. Has anybody mentioned that to Jesse yet?
Jesse, I really really hope you see this. But when you do play XB3, i want to give you a huge "music" warning. When performing chain attacks in 3, it will ALWAYS play the chain attack theme over any boss theme, therfore its super easy to miss when the music shifits such as with the guitar riff in this song. So i wanted to make sure you're aware of that detail so you dont miss out on some of the best songs in the series.
I believe that is choir type of Latin chanting in regard to the vocals. Latin being the language being used. At least usually used in that kind of singing that is. As I have come across some songs in other video game media that uses that style of singing, but with German or Italian instead.
In my PERSONAL opinion, Xenoblade 3 has the weakest OST of all of the games in the series (with 2 being the best). And yet, despite that, we still get tracks that are this good. This series is just on another level.
3’s ost is my personal favourite. you say that 3 has a lotta filler but i think 2 has more filler. also what the hell even is filler. the songs serve their purpose, no?
Looking forward to the rest of your journey through the games. This series is just peak and no one can change my mind.
^^^ The person that requested my first ever Xenoblade reaction in 2021 👑 ^^^
You're THE person !! Thank you for starting the journey !
wogh the legend
All thanks to you
The source of us all…
Redeem the Future is easily one of the hardest hitting tracks in the series, it’s no surprise that it ended up getting requested so many times. I don’t know if she does, but I definitely consider it to be Manami Kiyota’s best work on the series.
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“Evil and very large” is a surprisingly accurate guess
He definitely needs the context for it though, because while it doesn't seem particularly specific except for sounding "evil and big" with the side of the specific motif he'll learn to recognize in the future, everything in chapter 2 and (mainly) chapter 3's climax sells the score and its why many ended up loving it so much.
Also I just realized the whole party gets to be "big and 'evil'" in both chapters, and the motif? It's so good how through music, once you understand the context, tells you how similar you are to the enemy. It's great.
"Over the top" as well, considering what type of characters we are talking about.
3:34 Glad to see you recognised the melodic similarity to Zanza the Divine! Made me smile like an idiot first time I heard it! It is a very deliberate similarity for reasons that become clear in context.
Redeem the future is one of my favorite video game themes of all time. Not gonna say more and there is no need to say more too. My lips are sealed.
Also hell yeah to the riff at the end. 😎
13:17 Indeed, Ancient Mysteries was composed by Manami Kiyota! She's also a singer for the series and is used to sing on a lot of her tracks (Eryth Sea, Zanza the Divine, as well as this one)
The track is sick
Edit : Sick headbanging riff, loved your pinched harmonics 😎
Bros loving Xenoblade. Haven’t seen this many vids of one series in a row on this channel before 😭
@@sleep5329 I think it's because he wanted to post/record all of the XC2 song requests he got before he started his playthrough!
@@impat7660 oh he’s playing it? Nice
@@sleep5329 Yeah! He's posting all the vods on another channel if you're interested.
I will gladly wait for the day Xenoblade 3 playthrough starts. As with most of the Xenoblade games... The future awaits.
Edit: Bro... That ending. Oh yeah 👍
Hey, that's my upload of redeem the future! Thank you for watching, redeem the future is actually in 2 approx ~4 minute parts on the ost, and I edited them into one video (though, 3 did crank it up with song length as you suggest). The language is a made up one, Manami Kiyota said she just kinda made it up herself, similarly to how she did Zanza the Divine.
Been a fan for a while, love your videos, and really need to get around to watching your playthroughs of XC1&2
Here's me hoping that Jesse actually plays XC3 and FR. I *need* to see his face throughout all this
I remember, back in 2014, trying to find music to listen to while doing my university studies, and discovering the “Xenoblade Chronicles” OST. I was so entranced by its music (especially the final final boss theme LOL) that I just *had* to get it, back when it used to be hard to get a Wii disc for it, and it became my favorite game. Ever since, as the rest of the games have come out, the music has consistently blown me away, and motivated me!
Glad to see that you’ve had a similar experience.
Sick ending, you've been spoiling us xenoblade fans so hard lol
the style of vocals is a callback to Xenogears (1998), Takahashi's original series. I'm pretty sure NieR was heavily inspired by Xenogears and took musical cues from it (hence the chanting vocals). A lot of people have commented how XC3 feels like Takahashi revisiting his ideas from Xenogears and completing them, and XC3 does have a few tracks where it takes those same musical cues they set from Xenogears, which is why it sounds very NieR.
he's gonna get to the end of 2 and then play 3 within a month lol
Yeah I have a feeling he'll end up playing Xenoblade 3 not too long after beating 2 lol. Assuming he does beat 2.
@@ShallBePurifiedHe's slowly learning and getting better at the game so hopefully he sticks around! It's his choice at the end of the day though
@@ShallBePurified don't worry, he learned a lot in the last two episodes and now he only needs to know about blade combos, which won't be difficult now that he's no longer stuck doing level 1 specials
"Let's begin the experiment"
@@manupm9161 True, but I'm also screaming at the screen yelling at how Nia's "Break" art does indeed says "Break" in the description, and he just doesn't see it.
Xenoblade 3 goes kind of insane with song length, partly because a lot of the battle music is dynamic. In this case, the fight has two phases, denoted by the softer first half and the much more intense second half. But in other instances, the song changes depending on how much HP the enemy has or how well the player's party is performing.
Hearing you comment on the lack of guitars in the first phase almost immediately before the second phase started and bust out those very guitars was _amazing._
You also mentioned part of it sounding familiar... Well it should.
I was worried for a bit when I saw he reacted to redeem the future but thankfully we are good.
You predicted the guitar AGAIN.
I'm pleasantly surprised to see ferronis was requested. it's not a theme you really notice in the game, so most people don't remember it, so it's super underrated. but it's so good when you actually hear it.
Can’t wait for you to reach Xenoblade 3, it’s one of my favorite games of all time (but first enjoy 2, it’s amazing!)
Remember guys no spoilers! Anyways this is one of my favorite tracks! (Redeem the future) its got a lot of similarities to zanza the divine from the first game.
Jesse: "Maaaaybe I play 3 in the future"
*Guitar comes in*
“Redeem the Future” is among my top 5 final boss themes. And Ferronis is an underrated cutscene theme.
Redeem The Future is actually two songs: Redeem The Future and Redeem The Future (Finale). The Final one starts with the electric guitar.
Since Xenoblade 3 has a lot of adaptative tracks (the music changes depending on what happens), people datamining the OST thought it was a single adaptative track. But in the official soundtrack, they're two separate musics.
La persona que recomendó "Redeem the future" está tejiendo los hilos lentamente hacia XC3
Great commentary and you're right in this being one big fight. Seems like you're enjoying xenoblade music because I've been seeing tons of xenoblade music being reacted to. Us xenoblade fans are in for a ride!
Out of all the song to pull from 3 this is both the one I was hoping and worked you’d do lol. Redeem the future is arguing my favourite of the series
Thanks for that ending, got the stoopidest smile on my face :)
This song is basically the final boss of all battle themes in all video games
Damn, i was hoping Jesse would play Xeno 3 right after 2. Oh well, i'll be here, patiently waiting 🛌
Wouldn't want him to get burned out. Playing all 3 back to back is a looott haha
@@eeeeggnog._. Indeed
@@eeeeggnog._.agreed
Careful reading the comments on this one. Might get sketchy later on
Xenoblade Chronicles truly has the greatest music, glad you are playing through the trilogy, so special.
Savour every moment playing the games man!
Xenoblade literally doesn't miss. There are no bad Xenoblade songs.
If anyone wants another XB3 song like Redeem the Future, Origin Depths (Section A) is one of the best in there with a lot of the same style! Only used for like 20 seconds of a single cutscene despite being a fullblown 3+ minute song, so even playing the game you never really hear it.
Dude that track is sick! Why didn't they use it more? I get that maybe the trumpets of section B are more triumphant for the latter part of the area, but come on let us have the intimidating section A at least for the beginning area
That was my reaction when I first head Redeem The Future as well. Pick up my guitar! I also find You Will Know Our Names and Engage the Enemy from Xenoblade Chronicles 1 to be super fun to play. You should give them a shot!
Hell yeah, nice riff !!! It goes so hard.
Xenoblade 3 is my personal favorite of the lot, for many reasons, and the music doesn't miss ! You can tell there was a clear vision for 3 that translates into a refinement and consistency throughout.
Peak reaction!! This was incredibly entertaining Jesse! :)) The second I saw the video....I was like....awwww no! This is gonna be good! Incredible music and awesome video!
Sad you didn't recognise where this is familiar, but also glad, cos spoilers
when the electric guitar drops , you know this is a certified banger
3:43 if you heard the Kingdom hearts 1 Gummi ship map/ travel theme it's that you're hearing, i heard it too!
Did you listen to "Aurora Shelf" from Future redeemed already?
You may or may not have noticed the existence of a DLC expansion for XC3 called "Future Redeemed," pretty much the Torna or Future Connected of this game, yeah Redeem the Future is specifically from there. This also appears to be a combination of both versions of Redeem the Future, as they do lead into each other pretty well.
Listened to Redeem the Future over a thousand times easily, even though I don’t know what’s even being said if there is anything but what’s the most impactful is knowing that the theme is around a character that’s essentially God going rogue
So as has been mention, especially by Rex about Redeem the Future, it's actually two songs, Redeem the Future and Redeem the Future - Finale. Xeno 3 is the end of the Klaus saga as Monolith have said. So 3 makes all sorts of call backs to the prior two games. Sure you don't have to play the prior two games but the impact if you have, perfect.
"I kind of like the absence of the guitar"
Oops
Not a spoiler: Redeem the Future is an incredibly significant song. It ties together the entire Xeno meta-series over the past few decades. Many things can be inferred/discovered from this track alone.
Redeem the Future plays during the final cutscenes and boss of the Xenoblade saga - that is to say, this music (which yes, is a remix of 1's final boss theme) is where everything, this story 13 years in the making, ends.
It hits... different. And that is all the context you shall get out of me. It's one of the best games ever made.
Redeem the Future takes cues from Zanza the Divine.
Manami Kiyota is GOATed, that's all I'm gonna say.
I'm so glad I watch these to the end 🤘
Just want to say that xenoblade 3 uses dynamic music so there are themes that are long because it puts together all the variants of the theme. 3's version of you will know our names it's 5 minutes without looping
Bro that ending to the video was lit and dope!
I was shocked when bestest was behind everything
If you play 3, I think its actually a great thing that you are taking a break after 2 from the series. 3 comes together in a big way if you've been able to let the previous games sit in your memory for a while.
Yess you played redeam the future almost pefectly i wuld even go as far to say that you improved on it
3 is not only my favourite RPG ever. It's also my favourite fiction ever. Including every type of media. 2 is awesome but 3 is just in a league of its own.
The music team of 2 and 3 are exactly the same, except that Mitsuda's long-time arranger, Miriam Abounnasr, also composed a small handful of songs. One of them, Black Mountains, is probably the best location theme in the game.
Iirc the track that have the white background are from the official ost while the other one are ripped from the game
Please correct me if im wrong
The guitarists earned overtime with this one for sure
Okay, the riff in the outro was awesome
Wait a minute. Didn't he play Xeno 1? Redeem the future is a remix of Spoiler the Divine.
nah, the context has been forgotten by now
A remix? Silly mortal, spoiler was merely immitating the real spoiler in charge all along!
About his comparison between XC1 and Nier Replicant, they actually are really similar if you think about it.
*full spoilers for both games*
Both protagonists start in a normal village, they get someone important taken from them, so they go on a revenge quest. At the end, they end up finding out that they are nothing more than a vessel and that they are connected to some kind of deity.
of course they are really different in every other way, but it's something fun I noticed. Maybe it's why I love both games so much. Also Nier is more reliant on philosophy, while Xenoblade is more tied to gnosticism and Carl Jung's Psychology.
Part of me really wants to rec Hope for the Future, but the other part wants you to experience it properly in Xb3 and FR. Every scene with it is great, and FR's big scene with it... perfect.
Xenoblade fans, we still winning!! 🙏
Listen again to "Zanza the divine", that's probably what redeem the future reminded you of.
Thats a spoiler dude
@@jayjaysheroah2485 how, hes already completed 1
@@conflagads5238 its insinuating that either zanza or xenoblade 1 is tied to xenoblade 3 he will consider thar a spoiler
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I mean it's more of a red herring. Zanza's dead and has been dead for a lonnnnnng while by the time this plays. In the game you can tell why Zanza the Divine is being referenced, but one would hardly guess why until it's no spoiler anymore.
@@dustinbragg1921 I remember the first time I heard the song during the fight and I had chills the entire time. Such a beautiful callback to the first game and it ties in so well with what happens in-game.
YOOO THAT ENDING THOO
Xenoblade 3 hits different but hits anyway!
21:10 would be true... If they decided to Port X to ANYTHING so it isn't stuck on a dead console without online support...
sick outro
Waiting for Kingdom of Uraya
Kingdom of Uraya was reacted already, around 1 week ago. He's just gotten to Uraya on his VODs channel though in the last episode!
@@bernis1907 Uraya or "beat drop" Uraya?
Redeem the Future specifically is from the DLC, XC3 Future Redeemed (duh). It's one of my favorite tracks in the entire franchise, been waiting for you to react to that one!
Brave Frontier - Magnolia ☝️😌
Been watching his XB2 vods and Jesse seems to be kinda struggling with the battle mechanics (like everybody who has played has). Its pretty much a staple in the xeno community to tell new players to watch a couple of established yt videos that explain the mechanics much better then the game does. As most people agree that the tutorials are the worst thing in the game and that watching the videos greatly enchances your XB2 experience. Has anybody mentioned that to Jesse yet?
City (Day) from XC3 sounds the most like nier
Jesse, I really really hope you see this. But when you do play XB3, i want to give you a huge "music" warning. When performing chain attacks in 3, it will ALWAYS play the chain attack theme over any boss theme, therfore its super easy to miss when the music shifits such as with the guitar riff in this song. So i wanted to make sure you're aware of that detail so you dont miss out on some of the best songs in the series.
Chain attack doesn't play over this song.
@@64GamingMaster but it does so many others. Including one of my favorites in the franchise
I believe that is choir type of Latin chanting in regard to the vocals. Latin being the language being used. At least usually used in that kind of singing that is. As I have come across some songs in other video game media that uses that style of singing, but with German or Italian instead.
In my PERSONAL opinion, Xenoblade 3 has the weakest OST of all of the games in the series (with 2 being the best).
And yet, despite that, we still get tracks that are this good.
This series is just on another level.
3 has a lot of filler. The Trinity OST box set has 8 CDs for 3, 3 more than 1's and 2's (not counting the DLCs).
3’s ost is my personal favourite. you say that 3 has a lotta filler but i think 2 has more filler. also what the hell even is filler. the songs serve their purpose, no?
@@aylinilya. Iris Network.
@@ndozer9 what about it
I like Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s gameplay and music the most. However, I do think it could've done a better job with the story in certain aspects.