The game really should have had best soundtrack, but it has too many issues to have won anything else sadly, which pains me to say as a long time Xenoblade fan!
@@GuardianAngelEatos 3? Xenoblade 3 has near to no issues. It's one of the best JRPGs of all time. I would've loved for it to win GOTY but i am ok with how it went. The soundtracks were just amazing so i hoped it would've won that.
What an amazing performance, Harry. Able to portray two completely different sides of essentially the same character. A Noah who fights until the bitter end for a world along side Mio, and a Noah who gives into the evil holding the world captive to enjoy the endless now with Mio. Very different, yet the same. This along with the ending of the game are the best performances in this entire game. You and Aimee-Ffion Edwards have joined Adam Howden, Al Weaver, and Skye Bennett as phenomenal performances of Xenoblade protagonists. Hopefully we can get more of this in the game's DLC.
@@catalyst539 Nah do not do that to my man. He struggled in the beginning due to the poor voice direction and time constraints. You can hear just how incredible he really is later on in xc2 as he eased into the role and learnt more about the world and character he was portraying. He did a great job considering all the difficulties he faced, and we should never put him down just because of a couple misjudged yells and lines
I am married with kids, and I put myself in Noah's position when I watched this scene my first time through the game. It crushed me. The decisions he had to make after failing time and time again are unfair, and it brings nothing but despair. Yet they both linger on outside of the ether's flow. That is a perfect explanation of hope. You and the team did an amazing job, Harry. Somewhere in the stream you asked, "Is this really a video game?" That is the feeling you get when you play all of the Xenoblade games, and I'm glad that you are a part of it. This truly is the pinnacle of story telling.
I'm single and that cutscene even crushed me and made me cry! Chapter 5 is something else! Every single Xenoblade game has had that one scene that makes me me cry, and I don't cry easily! There aren't many games or series that have made me cry.
@@Vayne_SolidorX has a legitimately pretty good main story for the last 2 chapters, but that’s about it unfortunately. Hopefully the 100% real sequel will be better in that department.
God this whole sequence is just fantastic. Hard to believe N and Noah are the same person. Can rewatch this scene constantly and still be amazed. Bravo
4:58:11 Riku's little eyebrow waggle. Frankly it wouldn't surprise me if he somehow knew about the M trick this whole time considering his absolute stoicism despite everything.
3:55:37 I absolutely love that this suggestion to use Lucky Seven exists from a writing standpoint. If you think about it logically, there's no way that Lucky Seven would be able to do anything. It couldn't have extended her lifespan or made her younger or anything like that. But because the game has made you, the player, so desperate for a solution, you aren't thinking logically and just accept that it will work. Only for the game to finally cement it with "Mio's" death It's just another layer to the despair that I haven't seen pointed out by anyone else
I think you're right in that it would add to the despair, but given who's saying it, it doesn't make sense for that to be the intended effect (both because of Riku's friendship with Noah, as well as certain spoilers regarding Riku himself). For that to be the intended effect, it would have made more sense for N to say it. Because Riku's the one saying it, it feels like whatever effect it was supposed to have was something else that's not really made clear
4:31:50 is my favorite part of N getting bamboozled, I can never not laugh at N's Xenoblade ahh scream after bro realized he accidentally got his wife killed. N deserves it though ngl, even after Future Redeemed.
Watching Harry react to his own voice acting like "I DONT REMEMBER THIS" is so great.His reaction to seeing the biggest scene in the whole game is so good. I can not wait to see his reaction to the ending cause MAN, he's in for a lot. Also him being saying "I DONT NEED ANYONE, I CAN DO THIS ALL ALONE" in N's voice after he gets the Lucky Seven killed me. What a good actor I swear to god I love him for his wonderful voice work in this game.
3:51:08 Everybody that was capable of holding back tears until this point....when Mio's line "I'd like to spend that time...with my Noah" drops, no human being possibly can keep it back. Not even after the second, third, fourth or 100th time watching this scene.
I was on stream when I watched/played this. And I tried to hold it back so much, just because I hate it when this happens. But when the flashback with the son came in I broke down the hardest way possible. >< This was so unbearable to watch as a person who grew up without a father.
4:02:28 So.... fun thing about this scene. When you need to walk towards the mist, it keeps your current outfit instead of being Noah's basic red jacket. Guess who was laughing in-between each scene because of Noah in the Yumsmith outfit!!!
And here it is, the part that cemented this as my Game of the Year for 2022…And that’s in no small part due to your incredible performance, Harry. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The N breakdown is *GLORIOUS.* The amount of raw emotion you put into it makes it both memeably hilarious and genuinely cathartic.
"The amount of raw emotion you put into it makes it both memeably hilarious and genuinely cathartic." That's a great quote. I'm stealing that, thank you.
Going emote only was definitely the right choice, it also was pretty fun trying to communicate using our sporadic emote language. Most fun I've had in a stream to date!
this part really makes me want you to take another antagonist role in the near future - live action, stage, voice, it doesn't matter, Aethelwold and N prove you'll surely do great!
Chapter 5/6 has some of the most impactful scenes I've ever witnessed in a video game, maybe even in media in general. Thank you so much for bringing both Noah and N to life in such an amazing way. Your performance here as well as everyone else involved was top notch and still manages to have an effect on me even after watching it a few times already.
Probably the BEST moment in Xenoblade 3, and it’s all in part due to your amazing acting. Noah’s desperation, N’s cruelty and the emotional payoff at the start of Chapter 6 make it a wonderful rollercoaster of storytelling. Awesome job from you and the rest of XC3’s cast!
I've wanted to say this since I first saw this scene. You absolutely killed it with both N and Noah. The scene could not have been so powerful if not for your influence. Seriously, 10/10 scene with a 10/10 voice!
This part of the game, it's phenomenal. From the prison escape - or perhaps even from the point where you meet Ghondor - all the way to Shania's suicide. All the people who worked on and contributed to this part of the game in any way or form helped make it into something truly unforgettable. The writers, direction, animators, and certainly not the least of all, the voice actors. Absolutely stellar. I know I'm talking about a stretch of 2-3 hours or so, so it's not exactly a single "moment," but this may well be my favourite moment of storytelling in gaming. To me, this part will always be legendary. Thanks, Harry, both for helping to make this game what it is, and sharing this your experience with us! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much and it surprised you so much, despite doing so many lines for it! It was a wonderful stream. Looking forward to what's still to come!
Between my own playthrough and watching others' playthroughs, I must have seen the Chapter 5 ending scene a dozen times over. And I still ugly cry each and every time, in no small part due to you and your cohorts' performances, Harry. You all did a phenomenal job, and you deserve every last iota of praise for your amazing acting skills.
I don't usually cry, and i didn't here, but i was like "Man.... Man!.... MAN!!!... OH GOD This... this is perfect" Up til this point Xenoblade 3 was really living up to the hype, but Man, Chapter 5 and 6 are were this game entered my top 3 The music and the Voice acting always get me, Harry just to let you know You sNuffin nailed it
The fact no one notices the moebius theme during the m fight has a flute playing, it was foreshadowing from the start and everytime i hear it i get chills. This game is incredible.
I just want to personally thank you for your performance. You did an absolutely fantastic job in every way. I don't know how many times i rewatched these scenes at this point... but it gets me emotional ever time haha Thank you for doing this series too :) Really great to see your reaction on the game!
I am glad you experience your first xenoblade gameplay live. We are grateful for you and every monolith soft worker, actor, developer, directors... Doesnt matter which game you play first, the entire franchise is fantastic and I am thankful I experience all of this.
Man, no matter how many times I experience this sequence of events it never ceases to get to me and amaze me. The storytelling, the voice acting, the music, the animation, the framing. It's just so phenomenal. Favourite fiction series, favourite Xenoblade 3 sequence, favourite voice acting performance. Thank you Harry, you somehow elevated my favourite series to even greater heights than I thought possible. No idea how future stuff can top this, but excited regardless! Only thing I regret was not being able to catch this live and experience the live chat (even if it was mostly emotes).
I cried when I played this part and cried again watching this lol This chapter is really just a masterpiece of writing, music, acting, and animation. Easily one of the most impactful scenes I’ve ever seen in a video game. My eternal respect to everyone involved
Seening these scenes again made me appreciate them even more. Besides noticing stuff I haven't before, your reaction also contributed a big deal to it.
4:34:53 Just noticed that N's sword is incorrectly animated... you can see the hilt of his Lucky Seven sticking out of the sword hanging on his hip, while holding another Lucky Seven simultaneously! It disappears when he slots the Lucky Seven back in, hahaha!
You made my week with this upload alone!! This section of the game is peak fiction and solidfied itself among the games that have affected my life the most, and it's thanks to yours and everybody's work in this amazing series. Truly thank you!
My standard benchmark for acting is how well a character has a mental breakdown. Well done, Harry! Also, good on you for being more frustrated with Shania than hateful of her. What she tried to do was unforgivable, but a lot of people seem to get so wrapped up in that that they figure she got what was coming to her. Can't be easy having the same self-worth issues as Sena, but instead of Mio saying you're good enough and Lanz sharing self-improvement tips, you've got Ghondor saying to give up and go away. Girl needed a support network, and the only one offering it at the moment was X.
Hell yeah, ive been waiting for this! Your performance as N here has absolutely put you on my radar. Just such a stellar performance. I cant wait to see you in a lot more credits from here on out!
Everything from towards the end of chapter five to those scenes at the start of chapter 6 was so incredibly well performed and perfectly executed. I am blown away at how bone chilling that delivery was and how convincing it sounded for Noah to and N to experience such horrible despair and hopelessness. I hope to hear more of your voice acting in any future roles you might take up.
2:47:29 You don't know what was going on there. To be fair, neither did we. But here's what happened. As you later learned, M has the ability to control others' minds and turn them against you. That's what happened to Noah. When M uses her Eclipse Soul art, she takes over one of your party members and turns them against you. You didn't switch, the game forced you to Switch because M was now controlling Noah. That's also why you couldn't use Noah in a Chain Attack. Because M was still controlling him. Watch that segment and pay attention to who Noah is attacking. He isn't attacking M, he's attacking the others. 2:47:44 Noah(M) used Infinity Blade and completely obliterated Eunie with one hit. 2:50:54 When she used Eclipse Soul then, it looked to me like she controlled Sena while she was Interlinked, which forced you to switch to Noah. Then Sena(M) smacked Noah into next week a few seconds later. 2:59:11 By this point, Taion had figured out what was going on, and he said to watch the way his Mondo moved. When M used Eclipse Soul the Mondo was swirling around Taion's head. This indicated that M was controlling Taion, and he was who you had to attack. Don't feel bad you didn't figure any of this out. Honestly, I didn't either and I was only told about it afterward.
The simplest way to finish the fight is simply to look at how many Aggro lines there are or just hitting L and R occasionally. M’s the only enemy most of the time, so changing target either does nothing or tells you who’s being controlled.
you did such an amazing job on this game, cant wait to see what other games you will work on in the future. This game is one of my favorites and I will always enjoy replaying it for years.
I've been a fan of this series for multiple years. I still remember the initial promos for this game and how excited I was for it to come out. For a while, it was my reason for going on. It was one of the first games I made an effort to buy and start on release day. All this to say, even before I played this game, I had a deep love for it. The love you, the other VA's, the team at MonolithSoft, everyone poured into this game shows. This game became my favorite of the franchise for so many reasons, and seeing you go through it on streams and in vods has become another one of those reasons. To see you become that much more invested in this story with each stream thrills me, and I'm sad that I've been limited to vods lately due to my schedule. Regardless, thank you so much, Harry. You were a huge part in what made this game so special to me and many others
Words cannot begin describe how grateful I am for your voice work and the work of all those involved who created this masterpiece of game. This was my game of 2022, such an emotional and relatable rollercoaster, the whole of the voice cast just helped to etch this into memory. Thank you Harry, Truly.
4:29:41 And after the game has made you cry for almost two hours in sorrow, here it starts to make you cry in pure epic joy when you start to realize what happens. GODDAMMIT Monolith Soft Storywriters, how can you be SO GODDAMN GOOD to put one through such an extreme emotional rollercoaster?!!!
4:26:26 Another great detail: Both Offseers, Noah and Mio, got their flutes from friends that died before their eyes. Make them exchange flutes even more meaningful, doesn't it?
Noah’s flute isn’t Crys’s. The flute that Crys has includes blue on it. Noah’s has red. Crys actually gifts Noah the red flute when he first begins the off-seer lessons.
“She is not yours. She is mine. Miso belongs ONLY to me!” This was such an awesome line. And was such an amazingly acted scene. Forever a fan of Harry now!
Harry I thank you so MUCH for the insane work you did in here. In the farewell scene of "your" son, in the flachbacks, I completely lost and cried like a little kid, even tho I'm an adult man at the age of 32. Congratz man, you have earned yourself a podest on of the best voice actors of gaming history. You basically cosplayed yourself thrice now, and it's amazing to see and listen to. For me this game is a 9,8/10 only beaten by the first entry of this trilogy.
When I played chapter 5 it was 10pm for me and 3 am when I got past the start of chapter 6. do I regret that no not at all but I did cry myself to sleep that night this whole chapter had me in tears! This chapter was so powerful and will I do this chapter again at 10 no I learned my lesson about that only one other game has made me cry as much as this chapter!
Your VA work as N and Noah is incredible. You're probably one of the best VAs in the series, and it's so fun seeing VAs of characters from games playing those games, like you.
N's voice acting when he finds out the truth is the first time I found the english voice acting superior to the japanese version. Truly phenomenal work there mate, thank you.
Harry your performance overall was a beyond astounding it’s insane how amazing you nailed both Noah and N… I was really at loss of words during those sequences in chapter5 and 6. You can make those emotions feel way too real, it’s crazy-
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Can't say it enough. This game absolutely stole my heart, and these scenes were a big part of that, and you deserve HUGE KUDOS and honestly a raise for how much amazing work you did for this story! Really glad you're on Twitch now, so the fans can shower you with the bits and donations and everything that we've all collectively wanted to give you ever since these scenes, and before! Even if it gets overwhelming sometimes, it all comes from the heart, and we're so glad to have you here :D
The nervous laughter when the sword hits Noah's neck, and then the explosive smiling when Mio gave him the flute. He's not reacting, he's THERE. That's how he played Noah and N!
Such an amazing game with such powerful messages. Noah watching N's life to me is one of the greatest scenes in all of video game history. Literally had me in tears. Story was fantastic and the voice acting was just as phenomenal. You did such an amazing job as Noah. Here's hoping to seeing Noah in the next Smash Bros. game.
4:31:50 That Voice Acting of N here is.....phenomenal.....fantastic? Stellar? Amazing? I think the right word has yet to be invented to emphasize HOW DAMN GOOD it is! Such a great job, Harry! ❤
The M battles are my favorite in the whole game because of her Eclipse Soul ability. Really forces you to be more vigilant and be careful with what you do. I was playing as Noah and made the stupid mistake of interlinking. M immediately took control of Noah and wiped my whole party in one hit with his Ouroboros form. After that I was like, "Ok, noted, no interlinking here!" And that was in my second playthrough when I knew what she was capable of. In my first playthrough I didn't know what the snuff was going on. Didn't notice her doing that at all, just like you didn't here. Btw your voice work in this game is phenomenal! I actually intended to play the game in Japanese like I did with the first two, but accidentally started it in English and then didn't want to start the intro over again so I just continued in English. I'm so glad I did, because I would have missed your brilliant performance. This part in particular completely blew me away. You really deserve all the praise you get for these roles.
3:47:40 I loved your performance here, Harry! You nailed this whole scene perfectly! This whole scene was just amazing yet heartbreaking at the same time! 🥲💔🥹😭😊
Harry, I must say I adore every single one of your videos. I hope you keep streaming after this, I really just like your energy. Obviously fantastic work on this game, it’s been truly a delight
Noah watching Noah be tortured by N, but he is also N watching N torture Noah
The Endless N
@@Justforvisit N is just Z on its side
@@ShadowSkyX mind blown
N-ception
LMAO
And they had the gall to not give this game a single award at the game awards
Sena required all the Gall for herself :(
Sparking criminal.
@@Justforvisit the girl with the gall.
The game really should have had best soundtrack, but it has too many issues to have won anything else sadly, which pains me to say as a long time Xenoblade fan!
@@GuardianAngelEatos 3? Xenoblade 3 has near to no issues. It's one of the best JRPGs of all time. I would've loved for it to win GOTY but i am ok with how it went. The soundtracks were just amazing so i hoped it would've won that.
3:59:55 Harry McEntire laughs at Harry McEntire beheading Harry McEntire
Yes.
And the timing from when N beheaded Noah was at the 4th hour of the video.😂
@@loganthevillager9176Possible Xenoblade 4 tease? LOL🤣 (I'm mostly joking, but you never know.)
Chat: It’s been fun Harry.
Harry: CHAT!
What’s the time stamp for this?
@@NumiVantaeoh no, I just simply said that to myself
Mio: I’d like to spend that time with “My Noah”.
Harry: *(Visible confusion)*
4:50:56 "They're all in Japanese!!!"
THIS IS THE MONADO'S POWER!
Seeing Harry instantly metamorphose into N after getting Lucky Seven is truly the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
What an amazing performance, Harry. Able to portray two completely different sides of essentially the same character. A Noah who fights until the bitter end for a world along side Mio, and a Noah who gives into the evil holding the world captive to enjoy the endless now with Mio. Very different, yet the same. This along with the ending of the game are the best performances in this entire game. You and Aimee-Ffion Edwards have joined Adam Howden, Al Weaver, and Skye Bennett as phenomenal performances of Xenoblade protagonists. Hopefully we can get more of this in the game's DLC.
Not Al Weaver.
And I didn't even realize they were both your voice until N said "you're...Ouroboros!?" In this series of cutscenes
@@catalyst539 congrats!
You get a lovely stamp!
Is called Captain Obvious
@@catalyst539 Nah do not do that to my man. He struggled in the beginning due to the poor voice direction and time constraints. You can hear just how incredible he really is later on in xc2 as he eased into the role and learnt more about the world and character he was portraying. He did a great job considering all the difficulties he faced, and we should never put him down just because of a couple misjudged yells and lines
@@catalyst539 hating when he did a good job considering the lack of direction
I am married with kids, and I put myself in Noah's position when I watched this scene my first time through the game. It crushed me. The decisions he had to make after failing time and time again are unfair, and it brings nothing but despair. Yet they both linger on outside of the ether's flow. That is a perfect explanation of hope.
You and the team did an amazing job, Harry. Somewhere in the stream you asked, "Is this really a video game?" That is the feeling you get when you play all of the Xenoblade games, and I'm glad that you are a part of it. This truly is the pinnacle of story telling.
Except X maybe. But this one has other qualities.
@@Vayne_Solidor X is just chill with its storytelling. The characters are what it focuses on, every other xeno game still does a better job.
@@Vayne_Solidor X is a very different game. Less story focused and more exploration. The music is also very different.
I'm single and that cutscene even crushed me and made me cry! Chapter 5 is something else! Every single Xenoblade game has had that one scene that makes me me cry, and I don't cry easily! There aren't many games or series that have made me cry.
@@Vayne_SolidorX has a legitimately pretty good main story for the last 2 chapters, but that’s about it unfortunately. Hopefully the 100% real sequel will be better in that department.
4:31:00 I don't think Harry understands how phenomenal that performance was
N's rage gave me extreme goosebumps!!! Indeed, that was phenomenal voice acting!
The deranged rage, agony, and despair he got across was excellent.
And 3:59:18
“Phenomenal.” -A
Phenomenal
God this whole sequence is just fantastic. Hard to believe N and Noah are the same person. Can rewatch this scene constantly and still be amazed. Bravo
Well, one has gone through hell alone, and the other has gone through hell with others.
5:04:31 Shania's VA here doing absolute amazingly brilliant stellar work as well!
Factssss
I love how drunk with power he was with Lucky 7. We have all been there.
4:31:28 I love the implication that Agnus Castle's Off-Seers are just going off while this is happening
LMAO I'll never be able to unhear this
They’re offseeing N’s dignity
4:58:11 Riku's little eyebrow waggle. Frankly it wouldn't surprise me if he somehow knew about the M trick this whole time considering his absolute stoicism despite everything.
god, the smile on his face when he finally realizes that mio isn’t truly gone, i love it
3:55:37 I absolutely love that this suggestion to use Lucky Seven exists from a writing standpoint. If you think about it logically, there's no way that Lucky Seven would be able to do anything. It couldn't have extended her lifespan or made her younger or anything like that. But because the game has made you, the player, so desperate for a solution, you aren't thinking logically and just accept that it will work. Only for the game to finally cement it with "Mio's" death
It's just another layer to the despair that I haven't seen pointed out by anyone else
I think you're right in that it would add to the despair, but given who's saying it, it doesn't make sense for that to be the intended effect (both because of Riku's friendship with Noah, as well as certain spoilers regarding Riku himself). For that to be the intended effect, it would have made more sense for N to say it.
Because Riku's the one saying it, it feels like whatever effect it was supposed to have was something else that's not really made clear
@@Much_Ado Strongly disagree, but you do you
It might just be that he was suggesting that even if mio was done for, they could at least escape and finish the quest in her honour.
@@luisdabest5396 _that_ would make more sense to me actually
The rest were going to be executed after. Mio was done but the rest could be saved if Noah would be able to pull Lucky Seven.
4:31:50 is my favorite part of N getting bamboozled, I can never not laugh at N's Xenoblade ahh scream after bro realized he accidentally got his wife killed. N deserves it though ngl, even after Future Redeemed.
4:31:00
The face of "Cucked by your own goddamn self." Priceless.
I love how Noah got seemingly decapitated and Harry is just sitting there wheezing
He started laughing exactly at the 4 hour mark, too
4:40:40 this might be my favorite quote yet
Watching Harry react to his own voice acting like "I DONT REMEMBER THIS" is so great.His reaction to seeing the biggest scene in the whole game is so good. I can not wait to see his reaction to the ending cause MAN, he's in for a lot. Also him being saying "I DONT NEED ANYONE, I CAN DO THIS ALL ALONE" in N's voice after he gets the Lucky Seven killed me. What a good actor I swear to god I love him for his wonderful voice work in this game.
4:58:11 Riku's little cheeky eyebrow raise.
I NEVER NOTICED THAT HE DID THAT LITTLE WIGGLE CHEEKY MUDDER
Riku knows stuff
I never noticed that; I was too busy focussed on his satisfied smirk!
Riku is just frigging awesome.
Look man riku is probably a archnopon or something 😂
What you talking about? Riku is just a garden variety Noppon.
3:51:08 Everybody that was capable of holding back tears until this point....when Mio's line "I'd like to spend that time...with my Noah" drops, no human being possibly can keep it back.
Not even after the second, third, fourth or 100th time watching this scene.
welp guess I’m not human
that’s sad
Didn't tear up once, there's only one game that's made me tear up and almost cry. And that's Bioshock 2.
@@dreemurrinthenight You’re a Blade!
I didn't tear up because I was in so much despair during this segment that I lost my ability to express emotion. The ending however, that got me 😭
I was on stream when I watched/played this.
And I tried to hold it back so much, just because I hate it when this happens.
But when the flashback with the son came in I broke down the hardest way possible. ><
This was so unbearable to watch as a person who grew up without a father.
4:02:28 So.... fun thing about this scene. When you need to walk towards the mist, it keeps your current outfit instead of being Noah's basic red jacket. Guess who was laughing in-between each scene because of Noah in the Yumsmith outfit!!!
It didn’t let you do anything in the menu, did it?
@@MaxWelton I'm gonna be honest, I didn't check. I figured it wouldn't, but don't know for sure.
Good thing I wear sena jacket when this scene happened but I did replay the game and dress the swimsuit outfit.
He identifies as yunsmith and tomfoolery, clearly 😂
And here it is, the part that cemented this as my Game of the Year for 2022…And that’s in no small part due to your incredible performance, Harry. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The N breakdown is *GLORIOUS.* The amount of raw emotion you put into it makes it both memeably hilarious and genuinely cathartic.
"The amount of raw emotion you put into it makes it both memeably hilarious and genuinely cathartic." That's a great quote. I'm stealing that, thank you.
The real game of the year 2022*
Eh this was the only cool part of the game and still it wasn’t that good.
@@omensoffate I respect your opinion, but I don't think others really have the same thoughts as I.
@@omensoffate honestly the twist is what gives it so much value, it has nothing to do with the fact that someone is gone.
2:51:00 "I'm back! I'm back! I'm playing the game! And I'm dead."
Comedic timing 10/10
Oh boy, it's time for the tears
Going emote only was definitely the right choice, it also was pretty fun trying to communicate using our sporadic emote language. Most fun I've had in a stream to date!
this part really makes me want you to take another antagonist role in the near future - live action, stage, voice, it doesn't matter, Aethelwold and N prove you'll surely do great!
Chapter 5/6 has some of the most impactful scenes I've ever witnessed in a video game, maybe even in media in general. Thank you so much for bringing both Noah and N to life in such an amazing way.
Your performance here as well as everyone else involved was top notch and still manages to have an effect on me even after watching it a few times already.
Probably the BEST moment in Xenoblade 3, and it’s all in part due to your amazing acting. Noah’s desperation, N’s cruelty and the emotional payoff at the start of Chapter 6 make it a wonderful rollercoaster of storytelling. Awesome job from you and the rest of XC3’s cast!
Harry.... Noah's scream for mio was the most heart-rending scream ever.
I've wanted to say this since I first saw this scene. You absolutely killed it with both N and Noah. The scene could not have been so powerful if not for your influence. Seriously, 10/10 scene with a 10/10 voice!
This part of the game, it's phenomenal. From the prison escape - or perhaps even from the point where you meet Ghondor - all the way to Shania's suicide. All the people who worked on and contributed to this part of the game in any way or form helped make it into something truly unforgettable. The writers, direction, animators, and certainly not the least of all, the voice actors. Absolutely stellar. I know I'm talking about a stretch of 2-3 hours or so, so it's not exactly a single "moment," but this may well be my favourite moment of storytelling in gaming.
To me, this part will always be legendary.
Thanks, Harry, both for helping to make this game what it is, and sharing this your experience with us! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much and it surprised you so much, despite doing so many lines for it! It was a wonderful stream. Looking forward to what's still to come!
Between my own playthrough and watching others' playthroughs, I must have seen the Chapter 5 ending scene a dozen times over. And I still ugly cry each and every time, in no small part due to you and your cohorts' performances, Harry. You all did a phenomenal job, and you deserve every last iota of praise for your amazing acting skills.
Same here and so damn true!
Sometimes it's just so cathartic to have a moment that you can really emphasise with and bawl at.
A sad Noah watches Noah play Noah
🫂
damn ur rigth noah really got played by noah and noah just stood there watching
“My Noah”
Has to be the hardest hitting two words in video game history…
4:59:30 this was perfect 😂
Synchronization!
I don't usually cry, and i didn't here, but i was like
"Man....
Man!....
MAN!!!...
OH GOD
This... this is perfect"
Up til this point Xenoblade 3 was really living up to the hype, but Man, Chapter 5 and 6 are were this game entered my top 3
The music and the Voice acting always get me, Harry just to let you know
You sNuffin nailed it
The fact no one notices the moebius theme during the m fight has a flute playing, it was foreshadowing from the start and everytime i hear it i get chills. This game is incredible.
I just want to say that you absolutely slayed as both Noah and N. It's impressive, really
I just want to personally thank you for your performance. You did an absolutely fantastic job in every way. I don't know how many times i rewatched these scenes at this point... but it gets me emotional ever time haha
Thank you for doing this series too :) Really great to see your reaction on the game!
I am glad you experience your first xenoblade gameplay live. We are grateful for you and every monolith soft worker, actor, developer, directors... Doesnt matter which game you play first, the entire franchise is fantastic and I am thankful I experience all of this.
Man, no matter how many times I experience this sequence of events it never ceases to get to me and amaze me. The storytelling, the voice acting, the music, the animation, the framing. It's just so phenomenal. Favourite fiction series, favourite Xenoblade 3 sequence, favourite voice acting performance. Thank you Harry, you somehow elevated my favourite series to even greater heights than I thought possible. No idea how future stuff can top this, but excited regardless! Only thing I regret was not being able to catch this live and experience the live chat (even if it was mostly emotes).
Thank you so much for N, Harry. Your work at the beginning of Chapter 6 is the absolute best voice work I have ever witnessed.
My guy, you did a great job.
Thank you for playing Noah with such soul and professionalism, I enjoyed this game tremendously.
Cheers
I cried when I played this part and cried again watching this lol
This chapter is really just a masterpiece of writing, music, acting, and animation. Easily one of the most impactful scenes I’ve ever seen in a video game. My eternal respect to everyone involved
No matter how many times I watch this sequence, Noah and N's performance is just brilliant.
The most intense scenes in perhaps *any* game I've ever played 💖😭💖
I wonder how much you remember from when you first voiced it, Harry?
Seening these scenes again made me appreciate them even more. Besides noticing stuff I haven't before, your reaction also contributed a big deal to it.
4:34:53 Just noticed that N's sword is incorrectly animated... you can see the hilt of his Lucky Seven sticking out of the sword hanging on his hip, while holding another Lucky Seven simultaneously! It disappears when he slots the Lucky Seven back in, hahaha!
You made my week with this upload alone!!
This section of the game is peak fiction and solidfied itself among the games that have affected my life the most, and it's thanks to yours and everybody's work in this amazing series. Truly thank you!
Harry thank you so much for these videos. They are a highlight of my week!
Takes me back to watching Skye stream Xenoblade 2! ❤
My standard benchmark for acting is how well a character has a mental breakdown. Well done, Harry!
Also, good on you for being more frustrated with Shania than hateful of her. What she tried to do was unforgivable, but a lot of people seem to get so wrapped up in that that they figure she got what was coming to her.
Can't be easy having the same self-worth issues as Sena, but instead of Mio saying you're good enough and Lanz sharing self-improvement tips, you've got Ghondor saying to give up and go away. Girl needed a support network, and the only one offering it at the moment was X.
Hell yeah, ive been waiting for this! Your performance as N here has absolutely put you on my radar. Just such a stellar performance.
I cant wait to see you in a lot more credits from here on out!
Everything from towards the end of chapter five to those scenes at the start of chapter 6 was so incredibly well performed and perfectly executed. I am blown away at how bone chilling that delivery was and how convincing it sounded for Noah to and N to experience such horrible despair and hopelessness. I hope to hear more of your voice acting in any future roles you might take up.
2:47:29 You don't know what was going on there. To be fair, neither did we. But here's what happened. As you later learned, M has the ability to control others' minds and turn them against you. That's what happened to Noah. When M uses her Eclipse Soul art, she takes over one of your party members and turns them against you. You didn't switch, the game forced you to Switch because M was now controlling Noah. That's also why you couldn't use Noah in a Chain Attack. Because M was still controlling him.
Watch that segment and pay attention to who Noah is attacking. He isn't attacking M, he's attacking the others.
2:47:44 Noah(M) used Infinity Blade and completely obliterated Eunie with one hit.
2:50:54 When she used Eclipse Soul then, it looked to me like she controlled Sena while she was Interlinked, which forced you to switch to Noah. Then Sena(M) smacked Noah into next week a few seconds later.
2:59:11 By this point, Taion had figured out what was going on, and he said to watch the way his Mondo moved. When M used Eclipse Soul the Mondo was swirling around Taion's head. This indicated that M was controlling Taion, and he was who you had to attack.
Don't feel bad you didn't figure any of this out. Honestly, I didn't either and I was only told about it afterward.
The simplest way to finish the fight is simply to look at how many Aggro lines there are or just hitting L and R occasionally. M’s the only enemy most of the time, so changing target either does nothing or tells you who’s being controlled.
Ah yes, _THAT part_
I just want to thank you for your hard work as the voice actor, bringing us such a good story!
Your work is phenomenal. It will resonate with me for years to come. Thank you for that.
you did such an amazing job on this game, cant wait to see what other games you will work on in the future. This game is one of my favorites and I will always enjoy replaying it for years.
I've been a fan of this series for multiple years. I still remember the initial promos for this game and how excited I was for it to come out. For a while, it was my reason for going on. It was one of the first games I made an effort to buy and start on release day. All this to say, even before I played this game, I had a deep love for it. The love you, the other VA's, the team at MonolithSoft, everyone poured into this game shows. This game became my favorite of the franchise for so many reasons, and seeing you go through it on streams and in vods has become another one of those reasons. To see you become that much more invested in this story with each stream thrills me, and I'm sad that I've been limited to vods lately due to my schedule. Regardless, thank you so much, Harry. You were a huge part in what made this game so special to me and many others
Words cannot begin describe how grateful I am for your voice work and the work of all those involved who created this masterpiece of game. This was my game of 2022, such an emotional and relatable rollercoaster, the whole of the voice cast just helped to etch this into memory.
Thank you Harry, Truly.
4:29:41 And after the game has made you cry for almost two hours in sorrow, here it starts to make you cry in pure epic joy when you start to realize what happens.
GODDAMMIT Monolith Soft Storywriters, how can you be SO GODDAMN GOOD to put one through such an extreme emotional rollercoaster?!!!
Thank you Harry and the rest of cast, monolith, etc. By far the best storytelling in a game I’ve seen so far, and this part of the game proves it.
Thank you Harry for your absolute stellar performance on this game!
And of course everybody else who made it such an unforgettable experience
harry you knocked this role outta the park. this story and noah will be burnt into my head forever!
2:51:50 I've seen and played this sequence so damn many times and it never wears off to be an absolute and brilliant piece of storywriting!
4:26:26 Another great detail:
Both Offseers, Noah and Mio, got their flutes from friends that died before their eyes.
Make them exchange flutes even more meaningful, doesn't it?
Noah’s flute isn’t Crys’s. The flute that Crys has includes blue on it. Noah’s has red. Crys actually gifts Noah the red flute when he first begins the off-seer lessons.
“She is not yours. She is mine. Miso belongs ONLY to me!”
This was such an awesome line. And was such an amazingly acted scene.
Forever a fan of Harry now!
Don’t you mean Triton?
OMG Harry going through all these emotions! Seeing you react to this wild ride is so cool!
After the scene, Everyone's reactions 😢
Harry's: 4:00:00
Harry I thank you so MUCH for the insane work you did in here.
In the farewell scene of "your" son, in the flachbacks, I completely lost and cried like a little kid, even tho I'm an adult man at the age of 32.
Congratz man, you have earned yourself a podest on of the best voice actors of gaming history.
You basically cosplayed yourself thrice now, and it's amazing to see and listen to.
For me this game is a 9,8/10 only beaten by the first entry of this trilogy.
When I played chapter 5 it was 10pm for me and 3 am when I got past the start of chapter 6. do I regret that no not at all but I did cry myself to sleep that night this whole chapter had me in tears! This chapter was so powerful and will I do this chapter again at 10 no I learned my lesson about that only one other game has made me cry as much as this chapter!
Your VA work as N and Noah is incredible. You're probably one of the best VAs in the series, and it's so fun seeing VAs of characters from games playing those games, like you.
N's voice acting when he finds out the truth is the first time I found the english voice acting superior to the japanese version. Truly phenomenal work there mate, thank you.
Harry your performance overall was a beyond astounding it’s insane how amazing you nailed both Noah and N… I was really at loss of words during those sequences in chapter5 and 6.
You can make those emotions feel way too real, it’s crazy-
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Can't say it enough. This game absolutely stole my heart, and these scenes were a big part of that, and you deserve HUGE KUDOS and honestly a raise for how much amazing work you did for this story! Really glad you're on Twitch now, so the fans can shower you with the bits and donations and everything that we've all collectively wanted to give you ever since these scenes, and before! Even if it gets overwhelming sometimes, it all comes from the heart, and we're so glad to have you here :D
Honestly fantastic work you did mate! Thank you for making it such a fun ride :D
Watching Harry sent into hysterical laughter as Harry executes Harry is now one of my favorite life experiences-
The nervous laughter when the sword hits Noah's neck, and then the explosive smiling when Mio gave him the flute. He's not reacting, he's THERE. That's how he played Noah and N!
Such an amazing game with such powerful messages. Noah watching N's life to me is one of the greatest scenes in all of video game history. Literally had me in tears. Story was fantastic and the voice acting was just as phenomenal. You did such an amazing job as Noah. Here's hoping to seeing Noah in the next Smash Bros. game.
4:31:50 That Voice Acting of N here is.....phenomenal.....fantastic? Stellar? Amazing?
I think the right word has yet to be invented to emphasize HOW DAMN GOOD it is!
Such a great job, Harry! ❤
What an incredible game, and what an incredible performance by you and everyone else! Thank you so much for helping bring this to life!
This part made Xenoblade Chronicles 3 be one of the two only games that has made me cry, the other being Mother 3
Haven't seen the rest of the playthrough yet, but what an incredible performance, and reaction. THank you!
The M battles are my favorite in the whole game because of her Eclipse Soul ability. Really forces you to be more vigilant and be careful with what you do. I was playing as Noah and made the stupid mistake of interlinking. M immediately took control of Noah and wiped my whole party in one hit with his Ouroboros form. After that I was like, "Ok, noted, no interlinking here!" And that was in my second playthrough when I knew what she was capable of. In my first playthrough I didn't know what the snuff was going on. Didn't notice her doing that at all, just like you didn't here.
Btw your voice work in this game is phenomenal! I actually intended to play the game in Japanese like I did with the first two, but accidentally started it in English and then didn't want to start the intro over again so I just continued in English. I'm so glad I did, because I would have missed your brilliant performance. This part in particular completely blew me away. You really deserve all the praise you get for these roles.
The episode I was waiting for.
We all were waiting for I'd say
I only learned of Harry once I played XC3 but he’s jumped all the way up to my top 10 favorite VA’s just for his performance as Noah.
3:47:40 I loved your performance here, Harry! You nailed this whole scene perfectly! This whole scene was just amazing yet heartbreaking at the same time! 🥲💔🥹😭😊
I’ve only started watching cause I finished the game (bar the dlc waves) and I love this. Watching your reactions just brings a smile to my face.
Was an absolute wild ride to watch this live! Thanks for the amazing stream harry!!!
This is one of the most impactful moments I've ever witnessed in gaming
I lost my shit when playing this sequence. the voice acting was phenomenal and the music was just incredible. well done harry.
This is the single Greatest Video Game of literally all time and its quite literally not even close. Literally.
Harry's monologue in the dreamspace made me realize it reminds me of the first few lines of Drifting Soul from XC2.
Harry, I must say I adore every single one of your videos. I hope you keep streaming after this, I really just like your energy. Obviously fantastic work on this game, it’s been truly a delight
I find it so impressive that he is able to portray such pure rage and anguish with absolutely zero context
i just came here to say that your rage N is so good, i love the way you articulated the words
i really feel like he is angry AF and very cool