A Simple Plot Summary of Xenoblade Chronicles 2

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[@CaptainAstronaut]

The Xenoblade 2 Review Series is going to be next (but actually for real this time)

[@aaaaaaabeet2841]

Are you sure you wanna go through with this? You don’t sound ok after this...

[@srs_bro9855]

COOL

[@n4n196]

HE FINNALLY DID IT HE REVIEWED XENOBLADE 2 AAAAAAAHHHH.

[@yun_0002]

Dont die trying

[@zachguillot1046]

10/10 review. 👏👏👏

[@mateorodriguez2300]

What really tied this video together was forgetting about the background “music” and then occasionally being reminded by a slightly louder mouth noise. It’s incredible lmao

[@leahtheanimationfan40]

I wish the video didn't have the annoying mouth noises

[@XENOBLADEGAMER]

@@leahtheanimationfan40 No

[@cosmicsynapse]

Sometimes the occasional "mew" gets me lmao

[@ZaxFSO8083]

I hate it but I respect it just as much.🤣

[@leahtheanimationfan40]

@L What does EQ mean? I don't think I've heard that before

[@Vicvillon]

I lost it when you pulled out the “anime gets to close to the manga” joke, thank you astro

[@agua2090]

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 28, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because your awful background music gave me cancer anyway.

[@krimsonkatt]

Nice copypasta.

[@Kittycat7070-]

Bruh I thought you were gonna be asking for subscribers or something until the end

[@vandallss5005]

Well done good sir

[@TNTmasta07]

I may have seen this story before (except for the ending) but my goodness what a killer roast

[@bjsupersonic7006]

RIP unnamed grandfather. He was a great man (right?)

[@docflights]

Reggie: "AND THE WINNER FOR BEST STORY IN A NINTENDO PUBLISHED RPG GOES TO..." Xenoblade 1 chuckles. Mother 3 prays. Paper Mario: TYD is happy to be there. FE: Path of Radiance is confident. The crowd is silent as they wait in anticipation. Anyone could win. Suddenly the doors burst open as a short kid in a ridiculous blue outfit steps forward. Heads turn to the new face, could he truly have the best story. he strolls down the aisle, face unclear. The mysterious blue kid makes it onto the stage, revealing his identity. He proclaims with confidence "Don't FORGET me! I have the best story in a Nintendo published RPG!" A gasp of anger comes from the crowd as Reggie grabs the mic from the boy. Reggie: "Silly Link from BOTW, You aren't an RPG."

[@michaelestrada1972]

For a second I thought Arlo was going to state his opinion.

[@gamerwolf3392]

Lol

[@lucas_lel917]

S-Tier comment lol

[@katedp7825]

This really isn't accurate. You see, Link wouldn't be talking this much since he's basically mute and it isn't really a competition if your story is simple but leaves hundreds of questions.

[@brya9681]

Mother 3 has the best story in that line up. You know I'm right

[@gimme_eliter4k720]

"How does bridgett, a blade, fight alone without a driver? ... A n y w a y s"

[@chilvane]

You forgot to mention that with all those fights with evil monado guy we get to hear the protags and the antags play tennis saying "humans... Are evil" "NUH-UH!" Every. Single. Time. The deep moral conflict in this game just blew my MIND

[@emblemblade9245]

Yeah because XC1 did that so much better. The closest thing there is to a gray area is Shulk vs Egil, and yet the story never frames Egil as being in the right, and up to just before the final blow is almost struck Shulk is never framed as being in the wrong for wanting to kill him. Egil is sloppily given an understanding of Zanza so that he can be given this “master plan” that kills a ton of people he won’t admit he doesn’t like, all so he can stick a middle finger to the guy who screwed him over in the past (which we get one half-baked flashback of) while pretending he’s doing this shit for the good of other people even though literally everyone in both titans who knows of him hates him. Shulk meanwhile is fighting literally the only person in present existence who is screwing over the members of both titans, meaning that there is absolutely zero question that Egil must be stopped, and literally nothing bad would happen if Egil DID die. Kill Egil, and the whole Mechon war ends right there because Egil is literally the only person responsible for it all. There’s no slippery slope of morality for Shulk to go down because there’s no enemies Shulk would even have after that, yet in the last minute the plot decides to try to give Shulk some moral dilemma about him and then makes them forgive each other in a scene that can be summed up as “I totally kicked your ass so you should stop fighting me now”. Shulk never really addresses Egil’s own personality, motivation, or convictions, he just tosses out a platitude of trying to understand one another and leaves us expecting them to pull a new solution to the Zanza problem out of their ass before Dickson tosses the curveball. How can you sheeple not understand this? The writing around Egil is basic and flawed and has a hardly commendable or satisfying resolution.

[@chilvane]

@@emblemblade9245 my comment didn't say Xenoblade WAS better about this, I mean I agree with that statement but it's weird you'd be the one to bring it into this Also my complaint is more about the repetitiveness of it without progression than the moral questions posed themselves, whereas I'd say Xenoblade 1 does progress with its moral lesson every time. Neither of them are the deepest game in the world, and that's fine, but two has the gall to be both morally shallow AND badly written

[@PixelHeroViish]

@@emblemblade9245 There's no difficult morality in the Torna guys either, they're all bitter idiot people who claim humans are bad despite us seeing mostly good people with some assholes who made no sense either. Are you trying to tell me they lived for 500 goddamn years and never ONCE saw people trying to do genuine good? I don't believe that for a second. Then they always act like little babies when the good guys pull some cheap strat out of their asses and get upset about the very things they themselves do (Akhos grieving for Obrona despite taking or killing other Blades all day) then they get unceremoniously killed off in a single cutscene with Jin doing a totally "deserved" self-sacrifice to kill annoying priest man and then "kill" of Pneuma in an attempted heartbreak only to bring Pyra and Mythra back anyways for no reason. Egil was bad, but at least he was unapologatically evil except for a few seconds, while this tried to make Torna seem complex and failed. I'm saying this as someone who actually LIKES Jin as he's depicted in the Torna DLC

[@skylandersfan6954]

Its funny you say that cus like, out of the 3 main villains Malos is the one that it doesnt apply to the most. Its way more integral to Jin and Amalthus' characters (and even then its not even really a back and forth thing, both say their points and are only proven wrong at the end), Malos' character is way more about who he is and what his purpose is

[@VaskoGames]

I just spend the past 20 minutes laughing my head off XD I still like 2 though, pretty colors, "don't forget me", and yay, Morag Respects me :p

[@mrkicks7817]

That time in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 when Rex talked to BOTH Obi-Wan Kenobi AND Hatsune Miku, and then Gundam Wing had a fight with Mega Rayquaza.

[@StrawHatPuffy]

Can we get a separate upload with just the background music?

[@brianflores2380]

Overall, this was my first entry to the Xenoboade series. I have put 400hrs in the base game(have yet to beat New Game +). I only knew what xenoblade was because smash bros. Fan service and cheesy anime tropes aside, I really liked this game. It is not perfect but it was fun at the end of the day. I technically got to experience shulk cameo and that this game is connected with the first one.

[@brianflores2380]

The music was amazing, too. Probably my third favorite video game soundtrack behind Mario Galaxy and Persona 5. I'll admit, I was bored at first and wanted to give up, but how I acquired this game was because it was a gamestop promotion. BOGO on pre-owned games. Again, buying because I only knew Shulk from smash bros came from this series. I know a spoliler of the 1st game because of this video(not that I mind). I look forward to experiencing the 100/10 masterpiece that is Xenoblade Chronicles 1(DE). One day I'll probably play X if it gets ported to switch. Funny video though.

[@RayDeoZa]

@@brianflores2380 I welcome you to the world of Xenoblade 1! ...and you're wrong, the rating is NOT 100/10. It's REALLY FEELING IT/10 😂

[@james1311na]

@@brianflores2380 how do you feel about pyra and mythra waifus coming

[@darkshock42mlg05]

Also xenoade chronicles x "exists" and elma who is one of the main charecters alongside "cross" shows up as an optional boss and if you beat her, you get her as a blade and she is one of the best blades. The reason why I never met people play Tuesday by Chronicles X is because not very many people on the Wii U. Seriously only 13 million units.

[@DavidHosey1]

What’s better is that the “cheesy anime tropes” aren’t even there in the conventional way. Most any other anime-like story would just play them pretty straight. But what this series and game do is set up tropes with characters like Nia, Pyra, Mythra, Rex, etc. and instead subvert the expectations of the tropes rather largely every time. The closest t an actual trope you get is with Vandham, and most of the more interesting story is told through Roc anyway lol

[@dugtrioramen]

Sounds good to me. Just gonna add a bit to what I remember One correction, Klaus only went to 1 world. Xenoblade 2 just takes place on what's left of earth. Xenoblade 1 is the world Klaus "created". Why can pnuema rewrite the laws of physics? It's cuz she's one of the processors that have access to the conduit, which is a thing that creates ether. You control the ether, you control the world. This was also a plot point in xenoblade 1, Alvis can manipulate the world in whichever way for the same reason. Why does the world tree collapse? Shulk kills zanza, which causes the conduit to break. Without the conduit, the world tree can't stand and support the rings. It collapses.

[@malcolmfletcher2659]

Sounds stupidly convoluted honestly

[@heathersmith4042]

@@malcolmfletcher2659 not really. you can make any plot sound convoluted and stupid if you phrase it mockingly like this video did (which was justified for a lot of the story), but the last few chapters of the game explains things very well, and ties in perfectly with the first game.

[@otakamerd1220]

We cAn Do iT - WiTh tHe PoWeR oF FriEnDsHiP!

[@teamrocfan]

I put an insane number of hours into this game, made it to the end; and to be honest, lost track of the story halfway through so this recap is very helpful The story was really tough but I have so much love for this game, even though it’s caused me pain lol

[@NarutoGeek411]

Pretty much same. I put 200 hours into the game before finally beat it and still had no idea what was happening in the story. I'm going to say that this recap is good enough before starting 3

[@sem3ndem0n_73]

I never played this game, so I’ll take this as the actual story. Thank you Astronaut

[@spyshark_5002]

i watched all 10+ hours of the cut scenes and he's dead on as far as I can tell

[@goregia764]

To a T

[@doubleasworkshop1692]

On the surface and abridged level. Absoultely to a T. But that's the joke

[@tamago6963]

This is the actual story

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Why?

[@rudehappybipolaridad1040]

3:11 i searched it and was like: "oh God, its for real"

[@Ikkin]

rude happy bipolaridad same

[@paualmenar1648]

The only thing that matters about the story is ZEKE VON JENBU BRINGER OF CHAOS ALSO ADRESSED AS THE ZEKENATOR!

[@genesiscookie]

the reason that xenoblade 2 is my favourite game

[@hippotippo3159]

Having beaten xeno2 recently after MONTHS maybe years of putting it down, I could not for the life of me remember most of the story, but I did think the end section of the game was p good.

[@manelneedsaname1773]

the game definetly picks up at the end, the rest, specially the begining is pretty slow, and how poorly explained the gameplay is (and that it gets better later, after unlocking stuff) doesn't help either

[@DavidHosey1]

Keep in mind this isn’t very accurate of a retelling, lacks a metric ton of context and expanding plots/character development. Mostly a video for someone who didn’t prefer the game to humorously bash it lol

[@redcamussv]

Same. It’s nice that there is at least a humorous retelling of the story out there. I loved it, but I think it’s mostly the gameplay and the final chapters and how they connect it to Xenoblade 1

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

The last act of the game is amazing, especially that twist at the end, connecting it to XC1

[@ZaxFSO8083]

For me overall I realized I didn’t like the story (but I more or less liked the characters, if that makes any sense!) and I completely tapped out of the story completely BY the end, it felt dumb and rushed even with the connection to Xenoblade 1 (which is absolutely vague if you know nothing about the first game) and everyone telling Rex to grow up when PyMyNuma was sacrificing herselves was the stupidest portion of dialogue to me, I hated that entire exchange so much I muted the game and turned my head away from the screen only looking again when they all started falling and judge me if you want to, now let me tell you I have pumped over 200 hours on XC2 and it’s not because I like the story but because the gameplay grew on me (but I refuse to try new game plus until the gacha system finally forks over the last 5 blades I’m still missing) and again, I enjoy the characters enough to have interest in their exchanges like the heart to heart events. Instead though, with Xenoblade Chronicles 3 on the other hand, I’m fully invested in the story and I’m having the time of my life with the gameplay from the get-go. Xenoblade 3 over Xenoblade 2 in every single category because at the end of the day I agree with this opinion I saw someone had comparing the XC2 and the XC3 cast, they said that the XC2 cast felt like multiple pairs of characters traveling together and the XC3 cast feels like a genuinely tight knit group and I agree completely. Nothing XC2 had to offer can change that perception for me.

[@arielfontecilla5562]

thankyou very much for this. I could not for my life finish this game, but was mildly intrigued by the story, so I needed a video like this. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one

[@TheVideoGamHer]

Literally the best synopsis of Xenoblade 2 ever created. 💀💀💀💀

[@samuelnff]

I tried to watch this but the little mmmmemememe in the background is really unbearable

[@stupidbros8462]

Yeah

[@AydenDevonny]

Very

[@igeljaeger]

i had to turn on subtitles

[@ll_koolio]

5:33 MY MANS DIDN'T HAVE TO DO VANDAM LIKE THAT LMAO

[@samflood5631]

8:21- at least in X-Men the Animated Series, Scott Summers aka Cyclops had a good excuse for leaving the team because he was still suffering from Jean Grey’s death after she sacrificed herself to stop the Phoenix from destroying the galaxy. Another reason why he left is because he was fed up of having fight to protect a world that hates and fears the X-Men for being mutants as well as being a leader to a team who done nothing but argue and fight like children. Hell Logan aka Wolverine also had a good excuse to leave the X-men is because of his anger issues. In one episode, Wolverine tried to kill a guy for cutting him off and her almost ended up hurting Jubilee. This made him realize that he was nothing more than a violent animal and a danger to those around him. Rex just gave up and left because his two waifus were kidnapped by the main bad guy.

[@skylandersfan6954]

He gave up because after they had been hurt so much without him realising, he thought they shouldnt be near him, completely different

[@jerelwright1495]

Yea and that's what makes rex a lame protagonist. Like dude she brought him back to life and this how repays her. If that's the case he should just stay dead because he was cocky.

[@samflood5631]

@@jerelwright1495 And yet Pyra ended up marrying him and had a daughter together.

[@jerelwright1495]

@@samflood5631 Which just makes bad writing.

[@kalaski734]

I actually really like Xenoblade 2 (played 1 first and am waiting for my definitive works set to arrive, 1 is amazing too. I also recently got X but I haven’t played too much of it yet), but this video is still hilarious.

[@jerryborjon]

If you have a sense of humor about XC2’s flaws, it’s easy to just roll with the criticisms while still liking the game. Acknowledging that your favorite games have flaws doesn’t necessarily mean you have to stop liking them, even when the flaws are very major.

[@DavidHosey1]

@@jerryborjon agreed, tho this video isn’t an accurate depiction of said flaws. This video acts like the tropes are just average tropes, even tho that leaves out the hours of development that literally uses said tropes to subvert expectations. Since the video primarily relies on that to bash this game, it kinda loses credibility (even tho it’s funny) No story is perfect, no matter how close one could possibly get. There’ll always be something that someone could criticize, something objective. This unfortunately isn’t that, it’s just a misconstrued yet humorous retelling of this guy’s experience with the game. Game has flaws, but not really anything this dude said (regardless of how his comparisons make me laugh lmao)

[@pedrobeckup456]

​@@jerryborjonXenoblade 2 has flaws, but even so it is one of the best stories I have seen, together with Xenoblade 1. I cant even say which one I prefer because both are masterpieces to me. And the lore, is amazing, in Xc1 it looked like it thet didnt tell everything, in Xc2 they finally told us the begging of the world, of both worlds and it is amazing, made me want to replay Xenoblade 1 with the aknowledge I have now "But Rex is far from be a protagonist as good as Shulk" Yes, Shulk is great, but there is a lot I like about Rex too, he was the person that world was needing, someone who still have hope, who could change the mind of some characters to give them reason to live.

[@jerryborjon]

@@pedrobeckup456 - Is Xenoblade 2 good, or did you just like it? I will never try to take away how much the game means to you personally, but Xenoblade 2 has some major writing flaws that make it the opposite of a masterpiece when looking at it objectively. Big plot holes, character arcs that go nowhere, and nonsense plot points that serve no purpose other than to move the story along. You can like the game if you want, but it’s just not really that good. Remember when Malos erased Pyra’s memories? Well the game never gave us a reason for how they returned. The game made a big deal of the event, having Malos boast to Rex about how she was a “useless husk,” but then in the middle of the battle against him she just… starts telepathically talking to him??? With her memories intact????? And no one reacts to any of this??????? The game never explains how or why her memories returned, and the characters never question it. I’m fully convinced that the writers genuinely just didn’t care, and I don’t blame them. Rex and especially Pyra are incredibly generic characters. It’s hard to get attached to them. Xenoblade 3 had to essentially change Rex to make him likable. There are some (bad) fan theories that try to explain how her memories returned, but none of them will change the fact that they story itself has no explanation or resolution to this plot point. The plot point essentially disappears immediately after it appears. The game is full of dropped plot points like this. Pyra’s depr***ion arc just disappears after a while. The game (badly) set up how and why Pyra has her issues. It mostly does so by showing her be sad behind Rex’s back every once in a while, but every now and then the game throws us a bone by showing a bit more than that. She feels bad over the actions she took in the (paid) prequel DLC, and how she feels like a weapon. It all culminates at the Cliffs of Morytha where Pyra finally reveals how she feels to Rex. What does he do in response? He gives a very mid friendship speech where he essentially tells her that he’s her friend and that he likes the time they spent. How does this affect Pyra? We will never know. All that happens is that Pyra unlocks Super Saiyan Green and that’s the McGuffin they needed to win that battle. What happened to Pyra’s depr***ion? Did Rex’s friendship speech “cure” (ew) her depr***ion? Or did she learn to live with and accept her past actions? No one knows because they never bring it up again. Not even when they meet the Architect, who Pyra wanted to ask how to “Lose all hearts in Minecraft” herself. This is hardly the only character arc that was left unfinished by the writers too. Pretty much only Nia and Jin have a fully fleshed out arc. Tora’s had no reason to save Rex and the party in Gormott. It doesn’t make sense at all from Tora’s perspective to do what he did. He was just walking along when he witnessed complete strangers getting arrested by the military. He may dislike the military, but that alone is not enough to justify him _attacking the military._ He still doesn’t have a reason to save complete strangers from getting arrested. They’re not his friends, there’s no clear evidence of their innocence or of what crime they’re accused of, and he has nothing unique or necessary to gain from saving them. He just attacks the military pretty much because the story needs him to. The closest thing to a reason the game gives for saving them is that he saw that Rex was a Driver and wanted him to teach him about it, but he also has no reason to assume that Rex is a particularly good or moral Driver that he should learn from. He had no reason to choose a Driver that was currently getting arrested that he had no knowledge of. And it’s clear that the “disliking of the military” bit was inserted after once the writers noticed how badly the story was written, as it never really impacts any other part of the story. Somehow Tora had no problem with Morag joining the party, even though she’s the general of the army that he supposedly has a problem with. At _best_ he was skeptical of her, which wasn’t unique to him anyways. A big portion of the story is essentially nonsense happening to move the story along. Like Jin also had no good reason to try to start a war between two nations. His goal is to reach Elysium to help Malos get a weapon that could eradicate all of humanity. What, did he try to get a small head-start? Did he want to make their job a _little_ easier once they get that weapon? How does this help him? And why does he give up on the idea the instant that it didn’t work once? I want to repeat the fact that I’m not trying to take away how Xenoblade 2 makes you feel. I personally enjoy a lot of movies/games that I know are badly written. However, as a person with no emotional connection to the game, I just have no reason to like it. It’s just kind of a bad game to me, with generic characters that I’ve seen done better in other stories.

[@pedrobeckup456]

@@jerryborjon Well, Pyra's arc actually happened, she wanted to go to Elysium so that she could ask to the architet to "kill" them, and not be able to do any bad thing to the world again, as Mythra did with Torna. They were afraid of their own power, it didn't help that Addam was the same, but Rex confidence on them, showed them a new path, almost the same Malos did to Jin, gave a new reason to live. So In the end I was so sad because of seen them sacrifice themselves, at least they could comeback, I wouldn't be able to accept the end if it wasn't like that About Tora, well, you are right, he didn't really have a reason to trust unknown people, but I didn't really stoped to think about it, but I really like that he was determined to become a Driver even been a Nopon, in chapter 6 when everyone was judging Rex and Poppi was the only one to actually give him a support, it hurted to me her words, that he was their fount of inspiration and how would them keep like that if Rex lost his hope too About the events when Pyra and Mythra was rescued, I might have been so shocked for seen Malos's Monado that I couldn't even think about this 😅 Well, as I said, you are right, this game has flaws, but no other game has made me cry as this game did, Xenoblade 1 is really close tho, and only Steven Universe made me love more than this game, it was a great time playing it and even now I cannot stop thinking about it, some days ago it blew my mind when I finally realised that maybe Klaus could be as powerful as Zanza if he would absorve every life of Alrest as Zanza did with Bionis so many times. This is really one of the best stories I have seen, so I cannot think of it no less than a masterpiece, it has flaws but in the end of the day, so many qualities

[@kjdubs5877]

The constant kazoo in the background is killing me

[@squid24736]

wow this was incredible. also I for one appreciate the amount of time that went into making the visuals out of powerpoint shapes bc whenever you switched to gameplay footage I legit could not tell where stupid glowy armor ended and actual human bodies began except for their ridiculous bazongos. seriously the only distinguishable character design element and not in a good way lmao.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Why?

[@Rockglory]

I like how this is the actual plot, just made funnier than the actual game

[@SoycloudVTuber]

This game loves its exposition dump

[@leahtheanimationfan40]

I was so confused half the time because of the whiplash in tone and things that are actually important being under explained

[@DavidHosey1]

@@leahtheanimationfan40 everything is pretty straightforward and developed, idk what people’s problems are with the world building lol

[@Implosion-Gaming]

As it should. It's awesome.

[@harrijones6465]

Fun Fact The voice actor for Nia is my Drama teacher

[@isaiahh6694]

Awesome, I’d believe it

[@asprinjuice425]

interesting

[@thekiss2083]

At the end of the year you should tell her "I love you....and all you guys"

[@عبدالرحمنهندي-ل2ط]

luxky b*******

[@dipshitsiclethemighty3054]

Holy fuck what’s this gem of a fact doing on this shitheap of a video. Whatever tell her I said hi and that she was great

[@TheFifthWill]

I got through half of the video until I finally got fed up with the kazoo.

[@jerryborjon]

I couldn’t get past the first half of the video until I finally understood the meaning of Kazoo. Kazooie blow up Mythra boobie.

[@jerryborjon]

@DS Gamer - Did it start off as a video? I know of the video, but I thought the comic came first.

[@vyxibel]

here after the smash reveal

[@gurkis975]

Man I dont care

[@Amy_jo_]

Yeah, that's why I came. Didn't care enough to the games so this is good lol

[@thatdudebro9918]

"This is the guy that people want in Smash Brothers?" *UMABOUTTHAT...*

[@noirlavender6409]

"AND ALSO KIDNAPS PYRA, LIKE 20 MINUTES AFTER HER PREVIOUS KIdNAPING" This sounds awfully familiar... final fantasy 8.

[@megametexe5129]

Please make more game plot summaries like this

[@TussinHusskin]

Thanks for this, I didn't want to touch XB2 at all before playing 3 and need to know something about it so this video a life saver (also already saw the hilariously dumb spoiler).

[@Magic_Milkshake]

The eating bodies shit broke me. I fuckin laughed so hard at that shit

[@alberttrinier8129]

I actually love this game, I like that it doesn't take itself to seriously The battle system is also incredible though it can be difficult to figure out

[@HeilRay]

And torna prequel improved the battle system even further.

[@DavidHosey1]

Wait what? Outside of the dumb as hell noppon stuff like Bana and Tora, the game takes itself pretty seriously. There’s jokes and all, but the focus on storytelling is higher than that of comedy. Especially post chapter 5 and any of Torna

[@Zero-fx8pc]

I recently beat Xenoblade 2 and this is accurate however I tougher it was good until I saw my sister playing Definitive Edition and I remembered how good XC1 was like it’s crazy different how both games feel.

[@bluejae825]

i just "finished" the game last night (got sick of fighting the final boss and just watched the ending on youtube) and watched this hoping it'd clear some stuff up for me and all it did was convince me that the problem isn't me having the memory of a goldfish, it's this game's plot being a dumpster fire

[@YoshiAteTooManyYoshiCookies]

How did you even beat Jin and Amalthus if you couldn't beat the final boss?

[@Implosion-Gaming]

You def didnt understand the plot. These types of games get better after a replay to understand theres foreshadowing for most plot points from the beginning. Its like that in 1 too. And 3.

[@fluffyphoenix8082]

It’s definitely just bad plot. I just barely binge watched the cutscenes for a second time, and even with context and knowledge from my first time seeing them, there’s still so much that’s poorly explained, entirely unexplained, or just contradictory. Also the tone is just awful, it can never decide what to do, up til the last few chapters when it finally decides to get serious. The harem stuff is just miserable, made worse by Rex being such a cardboard protagonist. What the hell do these girls see in him? The only parts I liked were the parts connecting to 1. And Morag lol

[@ParadigmShulk]

Paradigm and I have been thinking of doing some sort of Xenoblade 2 complaint/review/rant/joke video for quite a while now, but we've just never been able to decide on how exactly we wanted to do it! Thank-you for putting in all the effort for this video! -E (p.s. is that a french horn mouthpiece you're buzzing??)

[@Xenowolf8]

8:56, that part of the game was really dumb and undermined a really emotional scene.

[@christianweber7372]

I really liked your summary. It is quite correct (sadly). The Game could have been better but the decisions made were bad Game Designs and horrible Story telling. However i just wanted to share my opinion: I love the Idea of the shitty fluete in the Background + Soundtrack. But having you talking + OST + shitty fluete is quite much at the same time. Maybe toggling the music a little bit lessthe next time? Or using either Soundtrack or shitty fluete. :) Thanks this video :D

[@skylandersfan6954]

How was the story horrible?

[@24hr-Gaming]

You know, thinking about it in the context of 3, I kind of wonder if "potential" is actually data that has not already been collected. The point of core crystals is to collect data from observing humans to further the evolution of the blade which feeds into the whole blade - titan system. So unevolved core crystals that haven't accumulated much data (like the ones cleansed from Amalthus) are easier to attune with because they don't have much data, so more humans would contain data that the base crystal does not yet have. Whereas rare crystals are more evolved because they have already accumulated data over the past lifespans of the blade, so they look for extraordinary individuals who have the potential to feed them better data. Ouroboros would be similar in concept except what would be the arbiter of whether the data is interesting or not would be Origin itself.

[@timelesstea7188]

I'd say Story: Xenoblade 1 > Xenoblade 2 Gameplay: Xenoblade 2 > Xenoblade 1

[@theblackgamester8776]

Xenoblade 3 Story = Gameplay

[@henryhughey2673]

Tariq Rhymes nah

[@vaannebilim]

try x

[@salays1]

I can't handle your music. It's too good.

[@capnbonzosr]

Wow. I played this game and didn't understand a single thing of it. But thanks to you, your MS Paint drawings, Gundam, and Hatsune Miku, I am now More confused 10/10

[@Finestinc1]

I pick up this game every few months but holy shit i completely forgot that their end goal is to get to that tree. I stopped playing because it was getting boring but after watching this imma pick it back up now. 😆

[@chanlsdon6176]

Well, though being a bit sarcastic, that's actually quite an accurate review of the plot...

[@manelneedsaname1773]

I don't really think so, some stuff is clearly shown in the game, like Amalthus reasoning and past,and why Malos is the way he is but Cap didn't say it all and put it in a way it sounds goofy

[@DavidHosey1]

It’s an objective lie about the plot. He acts like the tropes happen fully when there are entire arcs made to subvert said tropes and plot lines that he seems to think still exist. He’s way far off the mark, tho pretty funny

[@Aralialia]

love how the background music is as loud as the actual cutscenes in game, 10/10 summary

[@Dan-do2pl]

The background music is beautiful

[@PamelaPalacioC]

I'm currently done with killing zombies with Jin but instead of moving forward with he story as a normal person I am doing blade quest and affinity charts because... yeah, feeling pressured because I wanted to finish before XC3 but now I will just take my time and enjoy this mess for what it is. I play videogames for storytelling purposes and was weirded out because the same friends who recommended XC1 which I loved where telling me this was going to be amazing. I won't deny I enjoy it but is definitely not because of the story. (Do have a giant collection of Jin/Morag/ blades doing funny stuff tho) TLDR thanks

[@flamegeyser9781]

The silly straw to Pyra made my day

[@YaBoiDoi]

Heres my impression of the video. 10/10 The sheer amount of effort into creating "low quality" images and using them to make a fully fledged 20 minute video WHILE doing background music to make a point about a flawed part of the game is genius. Also, captain astronout is an astronaut that is a captain. This video wins.

[@Bowcaster26]

My guy really called Rex a cockney

[@MaxWelton]

I can’t be the only one who loves Rex’s voice when he’s not shouting

[@noirlavender6409]

This is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen, but the damn background music is too damn loud :(

[@joeyjose727]

I think the only thing I genuinely don’t like about this game is the ending, Pyra and Mythra both coming back is just so weird... Pyra is like an alternate personality right, so why would they show up side by side at the end? The question you answered in Morytha should have decided which of the 2 showed up at the end! Pneuma is technically their true power, so why doesn’t she show up at the end? Mythra is canonically stronger than Pyra, but they’re aspects of the same person/system, so what’s the point of having nerfed Mythra and normal Mythra side by side? They’re the same person essentially talking to the “voice inside their head” when switching between forms, right? Anyways the game is pretty fun and there’s a lot to like about it! I don’t share the same cynicism about the plot that Cap does, but this was still fucking funny

[@TheSast]

Maybe they would've been less "tied together" if they didn't share their memory, so upon erasing it they could be 2 different begins, also the core crystal maybe didn't "become one" once again but it was still split apart, which resulted in 2 different blades. also... Pyra and Mythra becoming two separate people/Blades is most likely either part of Klaus' last gift or an effect of the Conduit vanishing. Theories are fun.

[@joeyjose727]

TheSast the reasoning of a gift from Klaus is kinda not a good reason IMO, but I can see the other stuff! Idk it just always felt like they were meant to be aspects of a complete person instead of completely different people, so them splitting up is just kinda dumb imo I know there were weird dream sequences with both present, but I didn’t think it’d end like this

[@kbandz_]

Pyra takes the logos core since Malos dies. There’s a xeno youtuber named Luxin that made a video explaining it all.

[@maxway7465]

The whole story is platos cave allegory and about Rex becoming a philosopher king of sorts. He’s willing sacrifice Pneuma in order to take the knowledge they learned from GOD to help rebuild the new world. His reward for doing that is getting Pyra and Mythra.

[@joeyjose727]

Maxwell Alioth I like that point, but I don’t like the reward being Pyra and Mythra seperately, it’s just weird to me

[@guysharabi7734]

This game's story is incredible and was clearly created with a lot of passion. If you think that this is the way you want to present it, that's your thing. Overall I genuinely think that this game is incredible, even though I like 1 more.

[@guilhermecardoso2365]

If you think this game has an amazing story, you really should read a book...

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Just because a game is good does not mean it's story is also good. You should play Fire Emblem Fates. The story in that game is so bad but the gameplay is alright.

[@ulink265]

@@guilhermecardoso2365 half lf the books i readed were a lot worse than this

[@archedmash9501]

@@guilhermecardoso2365 You could say the same thing about xc1

[@guysharabi7734]

@@guilhermecardoso2365 If you haven't played it, you can't judge. This video purposely tries making it look bad. If you have, then realize that people having a different opinion doesn't mean that they're idiots that need to read a book.

[@mrman9285]

Love the background music

[@lizleart]

I hate that I recognized the timbre of someone buzzing a brass mouthpiece over music, not just because I’ve heard it before but because I’ve done it myself

[@Blowjabbadahut]

I've had this game for God knows how long and now I may play it because of this video

[@emmajensen7774]

Even if the story is average, the gameplay is great if you take the time to understand it

[@FoxLunar]

The real Elysium was the friends we made along the way

[@thelordofchaos-2009]

Me after hearing sword girl: Zelda did it first.

[@ZelioGames]

I had to look up a video giving me a recap of the story because I for the life of me couldn't get through this game. Such a shame since I really enjoyed the first one. XBC2 writing is just so bad beyond words and I didn't like any of the characters. The game didn't make me feel anything for the 30 hours that I played it. I can't believe it gets worse from where I was. So happy I didn't waste my time. Thanks for the entertaining video. Something the game was missing.

[@yderga8707]

I was surprised too considering XC1 had a superb story and characters (in my opinion) that drew me in immediately. The idea of living on the titans, the mechon war, the monado were so deeply interesting and iconic, and I think the game devs designed these places to remind you that you were living on a giant freaking titan. Its elements are deeply ingrained into the story. I loved Shulk and was instantly sucked into his character development. After playing XC2 I felt like I knew nothing/didn't feel anything towards the story or characters even after 30+ hours. At some point I even forgot that all the islands were titans. Its like the plot introduces all of these amazing ideas, the aegis, elysium, the world tree, living on titans + the titans dying out, the introduction to rex (who in my opinion had all the means to be an amazing main protag) And then the plot decides to throw nearly all of those away for a bunch of hypersexual awkward situations in which every female character wants to bone a preteen boy and a few dozen wannabe kingdom hearts rejects that I didnt even bother remembering the name to pop up to kill all of them for no reason. Most of the "chapters" feel like side quests that have little to no involvement to the overarching plot. Like "yeah were trying to get pyra to the architect but first let me get distracted by this random guy building his sex robo- i mean blade... sure let's go with that." Ironically enough Vandam was my favorite character for the short period he was involved.

[@skylandersfan6954]

@@yderga8707 Literally the only fanservice scene in the game is 1 scene used to further the plot

[@yderga8707]

@@skylandersfan6954 Half the characters have their boobs and ass hanging out, and nearly every female character is in love with/ gets into a sexually charged situation with Rex. Also there are multiple extremely convenient plot points such as Pyra not only surviving at the end, but also somehow splitting with Mythra and them both being seperate people with no explanation. How is that not fanservice?

[@monhoj8778]

@@skylandersfan6954 you know that's a lie lmaooo

[@skylandersfan6954]

@@monhoj8778 It aint, the hot tub scene is literally used to not only foreshadow stuff for later on but also used to establish character dynamics

[@pie4916]

I have a love hate relationship with this game.

[@firepuppies4086]

I guess he's called Tora because stripes? The Tiger! Tiger! Game kinda makes it more obvious

[@ericbloodsmith5161]

See, this is probably great content, but I won't watch this vid until I've beaten XC2. Keep on making the content you enjoy making.

[@davekorus]

This is one of the best satire of Xenoblade 2 story I have seen in a long time looooooooool

[@ulengrau6357]

Only one problem with your funny ass video. Amalthus, like many of the other terribly localized names, is probably the product of one of the localizer’s college education. He’s named after Thomas Malthus, the British dude who basically said, “Look. Humanity sucks. We eventually overreproduce and eat the planet. We need wars and pandemics and stuff to keep regulating our population cause if not we’re gonna fuck this planet up. Dattebayo!!!” Anyway... I’m sure you can see how Amalthus’s character connects in a superficial way to such a philosophical and demographical problem.... that is, until the localization missed the part where the dude just hates humans cause they killed his mommy. Oh well... all lost in translation, I guess.

[@inazumarai7690]

i hate that guy - his name gives me flashbacks to write essays on a christmas carol

[@Laenthor]

All the tryhard xenoblade 2 defenders is the comments my god...

[@VeddyGud]

EmblemBlade9 when someone doesn't suck xenoblade 2's dick 🤬🤬🤬

[@jerelwright1495]

So many people white knighting this game truly smh.

[@someguyseriously3913]

Rex just got into a harem in the end

[@luckymeybfan7061]

best background music ever

[@ckali8702]

I’m surprised you didn’t pit a t-rex in the video

[@MrGosamaru]

As a graduate of U of R, I appreciated the random Rochester comment.

[@NontpNonjo]

Did you just say Mythra is the worst character in all of Xenoblade? HAVE YOU SEEN TATSU?!!

[@dantelawrence4676]

Tatsu is alright. Tora, however...

[@pedrobeckup456]

If he had played Torna, he would see how great Mythra actually is, and why he acts like that in Xc2

[@linkalot7415]

I hope this is satire, xenoblade 2 has some problems but it's actually a really good game

[@cumekira70]

nah

[@Flomen01]

It is satire obviously, but as much as this is exaggeration, he points out a lot of glaring problems with the game's story

[@jerryborjon]

Gameplay-wise, sure. It still has it’s problems, but sure. Story-wise? The main villains are literally trying to kill all of humanity because they think humans are naturally evil. They’re on the level of Lex Luthor from the Super Friends show from the 70s, except maybe even worse. At least Lex Luthor took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes. That’s as many as four tens. And that’s terrible.

[@Riddler208]

@@jerryborjon I mean at that point, is XC1 any better? Egil is trying to kill all the humans because Zanza tried to kill all the Mechon, and Zanza is trying to kill everyone because... he's bored?

[@jerryborjon]

@@Riddler208 - Yes. The villains from XC1 are MUCH better. Zanza is trying to kill everyone because he’s running low on power. He wants to absorb everything and restart, this time with Meyneth’s Monado of Creation with him. It’s implied that he’d just lose is his God-like power, not his life. However Zanza’s lust for power makes him unable to even consider the possibility of existing without power, even if it’s at the expense of all the life he and Meyneth created. And as the story is about controlling your own fate, killing a God trying to destroy everything for his own sake is very fitting. Egil is trying to destroy Zanza because of his attack on Agniratha, as well as the possession of his longtime friend, Arglas the Giant. Zanza had attacked the Mechonis capital and killed tons of his people, much like he himself did to Shulk. Egil is essentially a more radical version of Shulk, who’s lived long enough to be warped by time into doing more radical acts to accomplish his goal. Having said this, I’m not trying to say that XC2’s villains are all bad. While I don’t like their actions in the story, they’re still solid characters with great interactions. Malos and Jin’s bromance is fantastic, and Mikhail and Patroka are always a blast to see. Akhos... had his moments. They’re all just victims of bad story-telling. I mean, the game literally tells us Akhos, Mikhail, and Patroka’s backstory _seconds_ before (or after) they die. That’s just bad writing. Instead of making the characters grow throughout the story, they’re just stereotypes up until the last moment where we’re supposed to care about them. That’s shit that gets made fun of even in the Hollywood Disaster movies of the 90’s. That, along with their weak motivations, confusing goals for everyone not named Malos (I still don’t really know why Jin wanted to kill everyone. Lora’s death doesn’t justify total genocide), and some pretty bad plotholes makes them feel underbaked. However, they’re still very fun characters that I can totally see anyone loving, especially for those that played Torna. They’re extremely likeable if you’re willing to look at more than just the main story.

[@s0meRand0m129]

WILL YOU STOP MAKING THAT SOUNDS WITH YOUR MOUTH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VIDEO!!!!!?

[@timotheatae]

My brain successfully tuned it out after a few minutes

[@werevin649]

Finally, a xenoblade fan who doesn't think xenoblade 2 is like the second coming of christ...

[@jerelwright1495]

I feel ya there man.

[@Lowtier_Hero]

it’s a really a shame not as many people watch xenoblade videos as splatoon, because so much work was put into this and it’s just as funny if not funnier

[@Flowerbarrel]

“What happens next?!” “A girl shows up with EVEN BIGGER BOOBS!” That’s kinda my problem with games like this...there’s just weird fanservice that drags everything down.

[@CK-md3cj]

The background music is the best part.

[@Gayd1]

If next time I re play the game its completely ruined, Im blaming you

[@DavidHosey1]

Trust me it won’t be, this is practically a different story with how loosely he interprets the plot incorrectly lmao

[@pedrobeckup456]

​@@DavidHosey1 Yeah, he makes Xc2 look a bad game, but personally I love this game so much, before beating it I was wanting to forget it to replay knowing nothing 😅

[@avalontheeldritchwhorror8212]

You have a new subscriber! Especially when you mentioned how it looked like my town Rochester, NY. If you know, you know lol.

[@Nihonguy]

I like kingdom hearts which also explains why this games plot didnt seem so dumb to me at first lol

[@jamesjenkins7788]

Rex is literally the furthest thing from cockney AHA he’s from the north, cockney people are from London x

[@許進曾]

You back ground music is disorienting.

[@Chronoflation]

One important thing you missed about Rex's potential soft lock where he fights his friends is that Rex also is actually fighting his friends, as they rejoin him after, and the things they complain about are all things that they actually felt uncertain about, mostly how Rex's only answer to every question is "Pyra" and his response to bring accused of this is "But Pyra" and then Rex has to go cry to Pyra and Mythra to beg daddy to let them out of the test and then Rex acts like a confident little shit that aced the test when all he did was fight his friends for a little bit and then run away from all of them crying while ignoring every complaint any of them had about him being their shitty leader. It really was such a telling scene and Rex putting his hands on his side and pelvic thrusting his confidence that he aced the test only for the architect to confirm his unfounded confidence was the moment this game broke me and I lost any and all confidence I had in Monolithsoft to write a half-decent story

[@skylandersfan6954]

The point of the scene is that those are Rex's fears he's seeing projected onto the other characters

[@Chronoflation]

@@skylandersfan6954 so he fears Pyra and Mythra acting like each other and offering him a warm embrace and place to come home to? Please, that's blatantly false. Most of those things the characters brought up were things that they themselves mentioned, and, in some cases, only mentioned when Rex wasn't in earshot, like Tora's anger towards not being able to become a real driver. If anything, it drew out and amplified the fears and anger within his allies, not Rex himself. And again, he ran away from all of them, except for personality swap Pyra and Mythra, who he just said were acting weird

[@skylandersfan6954]

@@Chronoflation Thats very clearly not part of the tests though even if you want to say that your interpretation is the right one given its not in the same filter as the others because by that logic, what you said about Rex's fears towards Pyra and Mythra applies to themselves which also does not make sense. Also Tora literally mentions how unfair it is in the Elder Arachno fight where Rex is with him

[@Chronoflation]

@@skylandersfan6954 transform what I said. Not innermost fears, you're right, that's not the right word for it. Innermost insecurities would be the more accurate way to put it. Pyra and Mythra are both insecure in themselves and they both think that the other has something they're missing, so they become like the other when they're exposed in the test. Morag is the most insecure about leaving her home in its greatest time of need and fearing that she's wasted her time with Rex. Zeke is insecure about not being good enough to be the driver of the aegis and following an inexperienced kid. Again, anger at Rex. Tora is insecure about not being able to be a driver and while he looks up to Rex, he's also a bit contemptuous towards him for not really understanding how meaningful his being a driver is and taking it for granted. Anger towards Rex. Nia is insecure about the fact that she loves a boy who is obsessed with another woman. Anger towards Rex. This is why they all fight Rex and Pyra doesn't, cause neither of them feel any insecurity towards Rex, they fully trust him and are the only ones who do. This perfectly suits how each of the characters act and react to seeing each other while undergoing this test. Though, if Rex is also being affected by this, his innermost insecurity of being helpless to do anything could explain why he runs away. But the way he spoke and acted didn't make me consider that until deep diving like this, so I'll grant the game that. But, if that's the case, the game should've been more explicit about it. Honestly, what that test was should've been a bit more explicit anyways, but I get that some story tellers want their audiences to think and have different interpretations. I just think it's weird to do that for such a vital scene when a negative impression of it can absolutely tank the viewer's experience of the story

[@skylandersfan6954]

@@Chronoflation I agree it shouldve been more explicit yeah

[@curesaul5749]

This game is a weird one. I love it but there are some parts where I just question what went behind the scenes. And there are parts I really hate.

[@Mast3rKK]

Xenoblade 2 in a true nutshell: Zelda wind waker and jojo crossover with permanently active stands and visible to everyone

[@russellplatt1787]

From february 2021. Welcome, Pyra and Mythra, to the greatest battle in all of video games.

[@JJJSmit9026]

I saw a playthrough of Xenoblade 1 before playing Xenoblade 2, and Xenoblade 2 is my favorite video game ever

[@twilightwisdom5139]

I feel like you like this game even if certain parts can be dumb which I realised while watching this if this isn’t a joke I’m disapointed if it is do one like this for astral chain next because that story is really convoluted while still being amazing.

[@Softlol]

I think you can make pretty much any story sound bad/dumb if you portray them like this. I mean I could easily do the same with FF7RE.

[@emblemblade9245]

Thing is this guy seems to genuinely dislike XC2 and want people to hate on it (I mean the description says literally nothing more than “play XC1”), which is really…bad for the series fanbase. I am absolutely sick of people dumbing down this game and presenting the dumbed down version to ignorant would-be fans to convince them it’s proper to hate on it all because it’s not like the “ABSOLUTELY PERFECT MASTERPIECE!!11!1” that is XC1 (a game that has so many unaddressed flaws by its cult-like fanbase that I could write an essay). I am very disappointed that videos like this exist. This goes beyond simply expressing a negative opinion, it’s slander that forces the negative opinion onto others in an effort to hivemind them into being like him.

[@xord5293]

@@emblemblade9245 I am one of the people that absolutely loved the first game. We had to ‘beg’ Nintendo to translate XC1 to English in the 2010s, but only UK Nintendo did and that’s why the game is not dubbed in American English. Anyways, XC2 has amazing characters! I think that’s what people really love about the game, but end up confusing that for a good story. Having been a fan of Xenoblade since 2010, I have to be honest and tell you that I was dissapointed in XC2 plot because I though the game would have a meaningful story as it bears the Xenoblade name. We have to be honest though, XC2 does not focus on its plot to focus more on portraying lovable characters. If X3 ends up following on XC2’s footsteps, I will be sad because it would mean that Monolith no longer wants to cater for the taste of the fans who supported the first game and brought it up to what it is today. However, if that makes a lot of other people happy to see some more XC2, then I’m fine with it. I talked to a lot of XC2 fans and I understand that the game means a lot to them.

[@DaBlueJay2001]

I wish you enjoyed Xenoblade 2 more, if you don't it's fine, that's your opinion but I wish you enjoyed it more because I feel there's a lot to love about it

[@kirbo1516]

Just realised two times watching that gormott had the ram pokemon from gen 6 in the background

[@calebtsai3015]

Ngl, this was pretty hard to watch; with the excess noise and 24/7 sarcsm, as an explained video. If we see this as a explanation parody, 11/10.

[@WearyMax877]

If only he knew about what happens 2 years into the future.

[@akabara0000]

This is exactly how I listen to all of my lectures

[@poopooma_]

It’s clear that you don’t like the story but how do you feel about the gameplay. I absolutely loved the gameplay and i thought the story was passable.

[@ShiviePop]

I could only get up to 00:47 of the video before stopping. That fucking kazoo man.

[@Brapgod]

I will never get tired of people shitting on this game lol