Drakengard - Final Boss Battle / Ending E

[@GuiltyGaming]

"Is this... the land of the gods?" I spat out my drink when the game responded flatly with "Tokyo."

[@ThisFnGuyFiend]

Nerd

[@JV-km9xk]

@@ThisFnGuyFiend Hey it was an iconic and unexpected moment. Truly worthy of a reaction like that.

[@ThisFnGuyFiend]

@@JV-km9xk I know the guy, I was just messing with him

[@JV-km9xk]

@@ThisFnGuyFiend Oh my bad.

[@simaikitagaya7900]

Producer: Finally let's explode the Konami headquarters!

[@thelelanatorlol3978]

(pardon my lack of Drakenguard knowledge) I love how the modern world gives a big old middle finger to the fantasy medieval world that the dragon popped out of by killing the dragon with 2 missiles, showing an extreme superiority in firepower, then the medieval fantasy world gives a big old middle finger to the modern world by causing the entire world to go down a path of chaos, gestalts, alien invasions, emil existing, and 14 machine wars.

[@EternityVoid_]

Basically

[@harryunderwood9387]

Considering Drakengard takes place in 1099, you're not wrong. Don't forget that Angelus' "Magic" blends in to this version of the modern Earth eventually, to the point that the two are somewhat seen going hand-in-hand by the time that Automata rolls around. Looks like the best of both in that regard at least.

[@nomoreheros374]

Thanks for the summary

[@ryanpercival9823]

Don't forget Kaim literally resurrecting and becoming Red Eye and leading 2 legion wars, one from walled Tokyo, and one from Israel, which is what replicants fought against and "beat" before Nier.

[@RagnellAvalon]

@@ryanpercival9823 Maybe. It's ambiguous as to whether it's *actually* Caim who became the Red Eye. There's enough evidence to propose the theory but not enough to confirm it.

[@zomboids2100]

So here's a creepy little tidbit for those who don't know: While this battle was taking place, throughout the city, there were multiple reports coming in from citizens that talked about hearing bells chiming loudly. But according to information, there were no such recordings of bells ringing or anything at all; Because those sounds were inside their minds. And unfortunately- the bells playing are the beginning symptoms of white chlorination syndrome. People were unknowingly infected by a magical borne illness, and the governments had to turn this whole city into a massive quarantine zone completely walled off, citizens included.

[@sheiks65]

This fight sounds like rapidly ringing somebody's doorbell with all the anxiety of having to interact with them

[@tigercoke]

DING DONG DING DONG

[@CrimsonCrux]

Funny you should say that, doing the Nier raid in FF14 and hearing those bells brought the same anxiety in me remembering this goddamn boss years ago.

[@sheiks65]

@@CrimsonCrux I can imagine the PTSD, this looks insane to do lol Never played Drakenguard, but when Kainé's theme kicked up in that raid, I was emotionally broken haha

[@thewindthatblows]

Just bring a cat and all's well kzbin.info/www/bejne/kF64fJmahbqUb8U

[@zomboids2100]

​@@sheiks65 _The watchers are ringing your doorbell_ 🌝🌚

[@papytromblon]

_ Can you survive a missile ? _ Can you survive an eternal curse ?

[@ms.pirate]

Uno reverse lol

[@metatron6254]

Modern Earth: hahahaha here are two missiles. Fantasy World: hahahaha here you have the curse of a genocidal God who hates humanity.

[@donnycorn3086]

Espada 1 to Espada 2, here's a gift from Epsada me to Espada you. Here is a missile, a present to yo- wait

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

The best part of Nier lore is that, even after hundreds of thousands of years, no one has been able to identify who the hell gave the order for Bravo-1 to nuke the unidentified target. We still don't know who unwittingly doomed humanity by killing the duo who saved them and presumably could've found a way to do so again.

[@im.ahumbleguy1101]

"Lmao get quick scoped" Few moments later "Humanity is dead"

[@ianbrzeski2381]

@@im.ahumbleguy1101 "Blood is fuel." "Hell is full."

[@eddieg4858]

@@ianbrzeski2381 "Playing as a Gopro with legs"

[@ms.pirate]

I want a game between ending e and nier. Were we fight the legons (legans, idk how its spelled, their salt monsters), and learn all about before nier 1 and what happened before the dragon appeared

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

its all drakengard lore, not nier. they only changed the series name to nier because drakengard (all 3 of them) was such a terrible game that the only way they would ever sell copies of the further installments, was to make people forget it was drakengard.

[@Monunga]

The fact that you pulled that off without pause buffer is nothing short of incredible.

[@IronKeroro]

THAT'S A THING I COULD'VE DONE!?

[@elijahstuffs]

My friend I finished this game when I was 16 or so (I'm 35), I pressed pause and then square or triangle, just because specially on the last 30 seconds it was absolute madness. I thanks my best friend for letting me borrow this amazing game lol​@@IronKeroro

[@glasprinzessin]

I love the fact that the credits arent accompanied by a song but pure ambient noise of a steeet.

[@roll3park143]

this is bravo-1. The Humanity is doomed as we just killed our only hope. Over and out

[@hardluckmk.52]

There’s a whole rabbit hole of whether or not that was a good idea or not but I wanna know...who sees this battle and decides “yea let’s just kill the small threat” (assuming they didn’t see it was a dragon too...no matter what bringing Queen Beast to this earth immediately doomed it as it’s a ravenous plague/virus/disease and the remains of the dragon gave us the magic we needed to defeat it but in the end we’ll never know, I hope we get a modernization of the drakengard games, or at least just 3 then 1

[@rahmatumar1156]

nah humanity still doomed whether Angelus die or not. because the wcs already spreaded the moment queen beast die, in fact thanks to Angelus corpse human can find a way to utilize maso. i don't think the situation would be much different even if Angelus & cain alive

[@JJsAdventure23]

@@rahmatumar1156 Caim wouldnt be effected by the disease right?

[@rahmatumar1156]

Oh come on. people shitting on JSDF so much for shot down Angelus but that's the most logical thing to do. let's be honest. if a giant and a dragon appear out of nowhere in the middle of city wrecking havoc. what would you do? i'm sure most people will shoot first ask question later and nobody ever expected that there would be deadly virus after that. even Angelus and Caim itself didn't know it so it's nobody's fault really

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

@@rahmatumar1156 FGAO 1444A.E. RADAMANTHES

[@GilgaMax305]

LMAO, after that depressing ending. You just get a cheerful "Thank you for playing!"

[@Sea-Salt]

I feel that, if this game gets remade, it'll add new bit at the end, where it's literally just footage of Yoko Taro shrugging at the camera as comical music plays before irising out.

[@atoaster9940]

@@Sea-Salt Just have the "Curb your Enthusiasm" Theme in the background while he shrugs

[@ms.pirate]

I want a game that takes place between nier and ending E. There are supposed too be salt monsters in the salt apocalypse. Also an book of ending c or d that was supposed too be another game but it was canceled

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

FGAO

[@Manuel32_]

I find the “Thank you for playing” kinda creepy

[@argonph6180]

The heck you tried to save a city but you got nuked as a reward. Yoko taro: 2B or not to be.

[@darmansbar7900]

*2B or 9S

[@Percival917]

Each ending of Drakengard 1 gets worse than the last, simply because Yoko Taro thought a war game where you slaughter people by the hundreds shouldn't have a happy ending.

[@Demicleas]

@@Percival917 theres even a point in the game were you slaughter hundreds of child soldiers and even force someone who dosent want to slaughter them to slaughter them for the sake of efficiency as he cries out for the children to stay away from him as his mind breaks from the slaughter he is forced to commit. Yeah this is unusually dark for these kind of games.

[@ms.pirate]

That is the question

[@ms.pirate]

@@darmansbar7900 that is the question

[@SparkTFS]

It isn't enough to have the dragon being nuked. The game makes sure to *destroy* any hope you could have of he somehow survinving by impaling him in a freaking tower. And then, the game just ends with some cute "Thank you for playing". Yoko Taro is a mad freaking genius.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Her, but yeah. Worst part is even without the impalement, there was no chance. Angelus could handle a missile. Caim? Not so much.

[@LadyLeomon]

Angelus is a female but yeah, it’s a literal spear through the heart ... then cos they nuked Angelus her disintegrating corpse would go on to cause the thing that wasn’t the White Chlorination Syndrome in the Nier universe so yes, Taro is in indeed a genius 😵😵😵

[@LadyLeomon]

K.O.G.Fanstarks1610 they used her corpse for something, even if it wasn’t that salt disease nonsense!

[@Saltytomatoe]

Pretty overrated tbh

[@LadyLeomon]

@K.O.G.Fanstarks1610 yeahhh ... but Ending E has Angelus calling Tokyo the “Land of the Gods”, I can forgive almost everything else (I will *never* forgive the inclusion of that f*cking fairy!) because of this line 😂😂😂

[@ethanf3095]

Me - 2020 can't possibly get worse December 31st -

[@teriyaki_chicken]

You jinxed us

[@descendeus9679]

I don't see any Beast Queen, so for now we are safe. YET

[@DanielAyalaIchBin]

@@descendeus9679...you hear something?

[@chaolihai-innit]

@@DanielAyalaIchBin Just some babies laughi--

[@descendeus9679]

@@DanielAyalaIchBin NO I DON'T NO I DON'T I DON'T AAAAAAAAAH

[@demilembias2527]

and so began one of the most absurd game storylines ever, which is really saying something

[@cthulhuhoops]

Kojima WISHES he was as good as Yoko Taro.

[@MegidramonX]

​@@cthulhuhoopsImagine Kojima and Taro on the same creative team.

[@ryanp7546]

@@MegidramonX dies

[@KuroeNezumi]

@@MegidramonX i mean, from what I 've heard of the man, I wonder if current Yoko Taro would even be able to play ball in a creative team with Kojima.

[@panthekirb7561]

@@cthulhuhoops He is better in every way so he doesn't have to wish for a downgrade

[@youngkappakhan]

Imagining how much I would've hated this ending and how insulted I'd feel after spending the effort of getting every single weapon for it, if I had played this game before Nier existed. It's literally just "Fuck you, you're dead, the end. Thank you for playing!"

[@hondshoven8477]

I mean... Drakengard as a whole is a big middle finger to player and videogame tropes... Each ending gets harder to unlock and is worst than the previous one to mock the "multiple ending" tropes where you have to play and kill more enemies to get a better ending. Hell, even the music is disturbing... It's an awful experience but a memorable one for sure 🤔.

[@Sorrelhas]

It's nice how later successful attempts justify earlier, clumsier ones Like Dark Souls and Demon's Souls, or MGS3 and MGS2 I understand how you feel, I'd probably feel robbed as well if the ending was just some guy from Texas nuking my character, but having played Nier Automata, suddenly everything feels earned

[@victorhugocosta1127]

@@Sorrelhas Even then, gameplay was not fun bro. I played all the way through ending D and when I realised the MASSIVE grind that would be getting the weapons, I bailed out. Getting to that point was already too much of a time investment on a game I despised playing (from a gameplay standpoint). Watching a YT video like this feels much more rewarding, in comparison.

[@lobstrosity7163]

@@hondshoven8477 Not to mention that merchant in NieR:Automata who sells you all the trophies for in-game money. Brilliant.

[@alexradice8163]

Are you a little kid?

[@sierra118boy]

Man the creative writing never ceases to amaze me. This is literally the beginning of Nier. This explains why there were little to no civilization in the world of Nier because the ashes of Queen Beast(giant) unleashed some sort of disease that killed off everything which doomed humanity forever. I regret I started enjoying the series backwards from Automata, to Replicant and back to Drakengard.

[@mssunnylunarain7]

I did the exact same. I'm playing it backwards.

[@EzeKiwmi]

De echo el fricoo ya hizo un video de explicando eso 😎

[@SaintJimmy379]

I think it was an illness caused by the entry of magic into the modern world or something.

[@KotoCrash]

Why are you acting like youve just figured this out? Its a major plot point OF Nier.

[@TheGravityShifter]

Idk why but I struggle to comprehend but never fail to be fascinated by the fact that humanity in Drakengard just killed humanity in "our world" in this one boss fight (pardon me if I'm wrong in this as I never ever played Drakengard or know anything apart from this ending, I'm just hoping there's a remaster in the works cuz Idk if I could be bothered to play with the aged gameplay). It really makes me think back to other games or think of future games that send an enemy to another dimension and the consequences that follow. In this case, dooming humanity to extinction in "our world" due to extradimensional particles from a dead god like being being fatal.

[@LecherousLizard]

Me: This seems easy enough. 4:45: O_O

[@virmay6687]

"Is this the land of the gods?" Tokyo

[@blasterman1000]

Well, if you consider that one would call their world's creator a god, and Square Enix's office is in Tokyo...

[@metatron6254]

​@@blasterman1000 I always saw it as medieval types traveling to a modern city, I imagine they would think it was a heavenly city.

[@tokyojuul9987]

This is one of the most most depressing endings in all video games

[@watchm4ker]

Especially since, originally? That was it. There was no Nier series to provide a followup. You died. Thanks for playing!

[@KuroeNezumi]

@@watchm4ker the modern world killing any wonder and hope fantasy could give to it is a pretty bleak picture to paint as the final note for putting the utmost effort into a game of depressing fantasy.

[@metatron6254]

​@KuroeNezumi In the end the fantasy world used its last card, summoning an evil God who extinct all humanity in the modern world.

[@darkchris66]

For people that dont play FFXIV (SPOILER), the final boss in the Nier raid does this same mechanic from Drakengard and takes you to the modern world. lol

[@juicemonster127]

Funny how this ending is actually the origin of the NieR series.

[@midnightstarlis6405]

oh snap.

[@taunttitan1714]

Mhm yep it is and I love it

[@ilakya]

And it's now finally connected with Automata's red girl in FFXIV

[@juicemonster127]

@@ilakya actually what’s even cooler is that they were connected from the very beginning. The dust from this boss is what causes the sickness from the first Nier game. If you play Nier replicant you will also see the black scroll is written in drakenguard’s fictional language! FFXIV’s Nier crossover is just the newest addition to the drakenguard/Nier lore!

[@LarzoA]

@@juicemonster127 the Celestial alphabet is actually much older than Drakengard or Nier

[@TheMrhExperience1920]

And that kids was the start of my depression.

[@zack79413]

Yeah...well gotta give to yoko taro.....giver of depressions in videogames

[@jeremyzak654]

I'm sure it got better after you played automata.😂

[@TheMrhExperience1920]

@@jeremyzak654 🗿

[@Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday]

@@zack79413 I can't get depression anymore it just doesn't affect

[@zack79413]

@@Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday oh it does....it always does

[@Armajp]

This ending is so haunting. Maybe I am wrong here, but I feel like it implies that the "Watchers" mentioned through the game are actualy us, the players, watching through the TV. And this realm of the gods is actualy our world...

[@Ramsey276one]

Bravely Default? XD

[@Lamp94100]

@@Ramsey276one kinda, it is more haunting than bravery default's twist.

[@Crimsonnavyking]

The Queen-beast herself is a watcher, along with several other bosses in this game and the third one. They are called watchers because they are called angels in the Japanese version (watchers are a type of angel). The Tokyo seen in this ending leads directly into Nier.

[@XXXKaruXXX]

It cant imply that because they aren't called watchers in the original dub

[@danthovict381]

Or like star ocean till the end of time, they are just game data. Lol

[@snowbringercult]

"Is this the land of the gods?" *t o k y o*

[@fmni1]

They just killed their only last hope of humanity.

[@Alucia0]

Nah, humanity was screwed the moment it landed in Tokyo. Caim and Angelus coulden't have helped them stop WCS. They were more useful dead since Angelus's Meso was what they used to create Gestalts and replicants in the first place.

[@roleemack1535]

@@Alucia0 right not only extract the magic but her essences

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

@@Alucia0 Maybe the Replicants and Gestalts would've worked if they weren't working with dead samples...

[@timothyfinn3619]

That's pretty debatable considering Caim is a friggin psychopath and Angelus (who has a hatred of humans, mind you) was on of two party members who were remotely sane which is saying a lot for the obvious reason

[@rpv3378]

Drakengard to Automata seems like someone started a story and let other 10 people continue it.

[@ms.pirate]

Um. This actually takes place before the first nier (gestalt and replicant), not automata. Automata is the second nier game

[@ibm30rpg]

and automata is a continuation of nier, your point?

[@Alonso_Cid]

Killing that dragon was the worst mistake of humanity.

[@SirLimeyone]

still one of the most haunting things in a video game

[@onyxserenitatem7636]

So this is what needs to happen before we get thicc androids. Got it.

[@Alucia0]

Not like there would be anyone around to enjoy them though.

[@alexradice8163]

@@Alucia0 there were humans who made them tho

[@onyxserenitatem7636]

@@Alucia0 the original Emil is still alive though, right? I guess you could argue he’s human still regardless of the body and head

[@Alucia0]

@@onyxserenitatem7636 Except the Emil in Automata is most likely not the original Emil but one of his clones.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

@@onyxserenitatem7636 there were so many emil clones and so many that probably died in the alien war that we don't know if the "orignal" emil still exists

[@someonesomewhere5667]

The final nier raid in ffxiv brought me here...the bells...they send absolute chills through my soul

[@DeiZeiga]

I swear trying to understand this series without any videos on KZbin fucked my mind up as a kid. But me and my brother still love these games.

[@harryunderwood9387]

I know we saw Caim's body burn up, but you'd think he would have been retrieved by the government after they saw that battle. There's no way they thought he was just a burnt fragment of Angelus. I'm aware that there's the speculation that Caim lived on as the Legion's Red Eye, but that doesn't explain how nobody even tries to find his body, or at least there's literally no mention of him.

[@brook4904]

I dont know who caim is or any of the drakengard lore for that matter and im only like 1 min into the vid, but if it helps, I just finished nier replicant and through the loading screens we sometimes get these “documents” or entries from the time this boss fight happened above ^ and from what i can recall of having read one of the entries we get from the nier loading screens is that it mentions something along the lines of “the unknown entity’s remains were retrieved and the dragons body was retrieved, but records show that there are no official orders from the government to retrieve the remains of the unknown entities. Perhaps an outsider had interfered. Will continue to investigate.” Soooo idk, according to that little entry (and keep in mind, i just wrote that down from my memory so its not a word for word quote from the game) im assuming that the body couldnt be retrieved by the government due to some other outside organization. Edit: I tried to go back and find the exact document or entry that I read in the game just to refresh my mind after having seen this video but so far I haven’t found it- so, im currently wondering if i somehow went crazy for a minute during a loading screen and completely disillusioned myself or the document actually exists and it just hasnt been uploaded online yet 🙃

[@krucia9793]

The whole theory about Caim being the red eye only works if you totally ignore the fact that he has pact with the dragon, if one dies the other dies too.

[@Genindraz]

@@krucia9793 In Drakengard 3 they establish that dragons get a last wish when they die. Maybe Angelus wished that Caim would live on?

[@krucia9793]

@@Genindraz they also stablish that the dragons can die before being able to make a last wish, in ending B of Drakengard 3 Mikhail dies before he can perform the wish to reincarnate so Zero had to transfer the flower to him to resurrect him. And as you can see, Angelus died instantly.

[@Genindraz]

@@krucia9793 ah fuck you're right. Forgot about that detail. idk, I just that Angelus saving Caim here would be more fitting for Drakengard. The game has a running theme of all the heroic actions being rendered moot by one thing or another, like firing an arrow at a tornado or a bolt of lightning. Caim being saved by Angelus only to be forced to serve and lead the army of the very thing he and Angelus were fighting fits that theme perfectly. Even if it doesn't work out logistically.

[@robonick64]

Oh what I would give for a Drakengard Remake, actual storytelling masterpiece I kid you not

[@NebLleb]

As someone who beat it for the first time (A Route, no plans for any of the others), I feel same.

[@noword7618]

A remake making the gameplay less repetitive.... that would be so good

[@T--------]

Love the white noise playing in the credits, really ominous thinking most people are still going about their daily lives unaware for now that this is the end of the world

[@calak1016]

I really want to play this game, hopefully they make a remake someday, even if some people say that the gameplay is kind of bad, the setting and style seems interesting enough for me to ignore a not so great gameplay

[@Pinky_Piie]

You can play it on a ps2 emulator

[@Ice.yxz7]

I hope they do

[@emoducky]

@@Pinky_PiieThat’s literally not the point of what they’re saying.

[@simonefiumicini]

one of the worst games ever made and a piece of art at the same time

[@DemoniteBL]

@@emoducky They said they wanted to play it. They can with a PS2 emulator. Sure, a remake would also be cool, but mentioning the emulator is relevant to the original comment.

[@ninjor9800]

Given they spawned from this ending, it's no wonder the Nier games are so dystopian.

[@leonardo2096]

"I think I'm beggining to understand. Climate change wasn't the cause of our woes; it was only a symptom. The real trouble started when something terrible came down from the sky..." Queen-beast

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

Yeah! I finally understand now! It’s awesome

[@neroultimate1]

I can’t believe I beat this shit when I was 13. Man time flies

[@JV-km9xk]

Tell me about it. I was 6 or 7 when I played Drakengard with my brother and now I'm 20 and just now learning how deep the lore and how well composed the music was. I didn't beat the game though, we had a cheat cd that allowed us to play all chapters and watch all cutscenes.

[@kettumusic]

Actually the most demented sequence in video game history.

[@dravendfr]

If you ever feel useless, take comfort that you’re not Bravo-1.

[@ElNath645]

Game: *Credits play* Me: *Plays "Snow in Summer"* Time for NieR.

[@tigercoke]

soon after: SO WE’RE GONNA SHOUT IT LOOOOOUD

[@ryanrushford7918]

@@tigercoke EVEN IF OUR WORDS SEEM MEANINGLESSSSS

[@tigercoke]

@@ryanrushford7918 LIKE I’M CARRYING THE WEEEEIIIIIGHT OF THE WOOOOOOOOORRRRLD

[@ms.pirate]

*salt rains from the sky, and people all over the world screams as they turn into salt as well*

[@theForgottenMelodiesRecords]

Transcendent. A thing of horror and beauty.

[@redreploid1713]

I wonder if those particles flying around the entire city could lead to something bad…..eh, it’s probably fine

[@zomboids2100]

_It looks like snow....... in summer?_

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

@@zomboids2100It’s FiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee

[@artieskuld6858]

Just imagine a local tokyo citizen going his way, thinking about going back home to watch the new One Piece episode and there is this huge freaky sculpture popping and a goddamn dragon ringing bells. People wonder if it’s special effect or what and the Prime Minister is like "Ayo what the shit, kill it with fire". People resume their life - as we can hear circulation noises - but then a nasty variant of Covid-19 strikes a few weeks later. And the whole world starts collapsing. 20 years of it and he won’t ever know if Luffy ever finds the One Piece.

[@goblindotbest]

Yoko Taro's director credit is Riiiiiiiight at the end

[@EvilPhantasm]

This was a nightmare, lost count how many times I've lost.

[@nomoreheros374]

And that was the beginning of the end

[@markdibuo3756]

I was going to say that!

[@MissMedeiros]

Cain walked so that 2B could run.

[@bernkasteler7190]

welcome to ffxiv fans :D

[@seablade214]

So cool that they literally put this mechanic into the final fight.

[@bernkasteler7190]

@@seablade214 true, Yoko made references to all of his games, as a a drakenier fan it's so cool

[@notsoanonymouself]

I nerded out like crazy in that final battle. I was so excited.

[@Lugzan0]

basically the first dodged this Ending

[@TheGamerNamedTony]

Ive always known of this fight. The story and this fight traumatized me to no ends.... i screamed out with those four bells.

[@Kanzuki]

My first time seeing anything related to Drakengard 1 and it's the final boss. Nice going KZbin recommendation

[@yusukeminazuki9109]

Don’t be discouraged. I remember stumbling upon the final boss video back when I started getting into Nier. Drakengard is an amazing series and it’s worth exploring the many secrets this series has to offer.

[@zeroanonymity9736]

It'll be alright! I'd more recommend looking up Drakengard things than playing it, but if you're set on it even knowing the ending doesn't make its impact any less fitting.

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

@Zanfitto 2107 PROPOS LA CHIPS

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

@Zanfitto ZALIDANI

[@pixelbubble5093]

Drakengard and land of the lustrous pfp. What a wonderful combo

[@Chocokaylarobin]

Think about just enjoying your coffee then out of no where a salt lady falls with a dragon next thing you know you're either mind controlled or turned into salt like her...sad.

[@hanmidown2241]

Well, that's going to haunt me forever now.

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

Japanese defense army: Look that dragon killed the giant naked woman yay!!! Random jet pilot: Im gonna kill it! JDA: No you idiot! *Angelus go BUM*

[@ms.pirate]

Giant woman: right, I'm gonna turn into salt and my salt will turn others into salt, peace

[@TheCoolerBrother]

I love how the 6/12 incident takes place in 2003 only 4 months after my birthday irl… I would literally have grown up with WCS and watched my friends get turned into gestalts 💀 good thing it’s a video game

[@tymajenga276]

I often watch this to see the great struggles ive gone through to be were i am today

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

NVIDIA

[@shin-oni4223]

And that's how Nier got started

[@LoiValdes]

So this is the event that started everything huh? I'm not really interested in Drakengard but is interesting to see how one series directly affected the other

[@matalvis]

Looking back, I just love how the dragon's body changed as you went through. Great designs.

[@granixo]

Yeah, sadly Level 3 Angelus was exclusive to Ending A.

[@yu-gh-oi4677]

5:05 the origin point of "Ahegao" in this world.... it was from another world that explains a lot...

[@Kingjustin1019]

Yeah, I’m pretty sure humanity was so scared out of its mind that they kinda had to shoot the dragon out of self-preservation and self-defense. At least in their eyes as far as I can tell.

[@atoaster9940]

(Taken from the top comment here) love how the modern world gives a big old middle finger to the fantasy medieval world that the dragon popped out of by killing the dragon with 2 missiles, showing an extreme superiority in firepower, then the medieval fantasy world gives a big old middle finger to the modern world by causing the entire world to go down a path of chaos, gestalts, alien invasions, emil existing, and 14 machine wars.

[@atoaster9940]

Also i completly understand them shooting down the Angelus tbh.

[@tanoshiofm3852]

Being honest, that is a completely understandable reaction to a dragon and a giant appearing in your city.

[@lookitskazzy]

They were probably going to try to kill both, but Angelus and Caim finished half the job for them.

[@DharcNexus]

That's the reason of why aliens don't come to earth

[@__-tz6xx]

Oh this is like the last Final Fantasy XIV NieR alliance raid boss. The source of the inspiration for the boss.

[@gateauxq4604]

Dramengard is in the same universe as Nier and both are combined in the XIV Nier raids.

[@hashasmad]

For some reason 2:31 is so chilling to me ;-;

[@KrisBailey]

Well the Drakengard 3 version of this is certainly more melodic. This is just like...the sound of anxiety incarnate. 😂

[@ms.pirate]

I mean, D3 is alot more sad, so that's why its alot more beautiful than D1's ending

[@timothyfinn3619]

Man what a wacky ending to this misadventure! Surely nothing will go wrong in this world our heroes got themselves in!

[@Nooopidy]

The hardest part is not the final boss but reaching the final boss (get to 100% weapon collection)

[@aenima4892]

Dude this owned me as a preteen. I legit quit the game because of this

[@axx012]

Thats not quitting the game its literally over at this point. Really hope you were being sarcastic.

[@Kytes93]

Caim fked up. Humanity is destroyed. Yoko Taro - happy

[@rektgaming8392]

This game starts off the Nier:replicant/Automata games...

[@Pinky_Piie]

Yeah nier gestalt/replicant then automata yes

[@DerekDirk-eb8dj]

Nier gestalt > nier weebo

[@PaulM68322]

Considering Tokyo appears in Drakengard 3 do you reckon this is actually the past and this is what leads all the way up to Drakengard once again cementing the 'over and over' theme they had going on in Automata

[@lookitskazzy]

No. D3 happens before D1, there's absolutely no question about this.

[@PaulM68322]

@@lookitskazzy meaning Tokyo would be in Drakengard 1 So in Drakengard 1 the storie goes back in time to 'modern Tokyo' - Nier happens - Nier automata happens - x happens - Drakengard 3 happens - Drakengard 1 happens - repeat

[@eveblossomed]

@@PaulM68322 Sort of. The Cathedral City is directly from the NieR: Automata universe, it's a bootstrap paradox.

[@jabeeb_4079]

Bruh at 2:32 if you listen closely at the dragons roar it sounds like the tune being shot out by the giant lady (aka the watcher)

[@NebLleb]

Ending A/Timeline A: The day is _barely_ saved. The Empire has harnessed the power of the Watchers to destroy everything, but Midgard remains isolated from Earth, the Watchers and their power remain sealed away, and Manah will live with the guilt and weight of her and her cult's actions. But Caim has lost his sister and his friend, causing him to go mad and wonder the world a broken, psychopathic husk of what he already was, ending the story on a somewhat definitive bittersweet note until the drums of war sound once again in the 2005 game Drakengard 2. Ending E/Timeline B: In a nod to The End of Evangelion, Midgard makes contact with Earth. The Watchers have wrecked everything back there but their Queen has vanished to Earth alongside Caim and Angelus. The two defeat the Queen Watcher only to be shot down by a fighter either named Scarface (a nod to Ace Combat)/Bravo-1, but then, offscreen, the Queen's husk proceeds to let out a biological virus, turning our Earth into the world of NieR, beginning a franchise that has spawned games and Japanese stage plays alike. Also, the Queen Watcher was actually [supposedly] this annoying F-bomb dropping sex-obsessed "villain" protagonist named Zero, but only die hard NieR/Yoko Taro fans care about her and her story (damn bleakness and localisers).

[@JabamiLain]

Only in the american version. In the Japanese version, Zero is actually pretty neutral and nihilistic in her approach to everyone and everything, only showing genuine emotions towards Mikhail, Michael and her sister 1. And the sex part...she actually doesn't really enjoy it. But for some reason, it's the only way her Disciples can syphon the Flower/Watchers's power from her. It only seems like she enjoys it, because the Flower's draining power causes her to experience some sort of hangover whenever she doesn't perform the syphoning.

[@NebLleb]

@@JabamiLain Oh, so Drakengard 3 suffered from Localisation issues when it made it westside. But seriously, I find it fascinating that a janky Action JRPG from the year 2003 could spawn both a direct, conclusive sequel two years later and a franchise of spiritual sequels (NieR) by the original director using the strangest ending as a basis. And in an age of Soulsbornes, Drakengard, a game that features all the dark fantasy goodness you could crave alongside a more simplistic style of gameplay, could be the perfect Soulsborne Painkiller (something to alleviate the stress of these difficult action RPGs) if they remake it, because... The game is a 6/10 guilty pleasure overall, but IMAGINE what would happen if they went back, added in new features and QOL improvements. If NieR Gestalt/Replicant could be remastered and rebalanced, Drakengard can be remade and it can be a genuine blast.

[@mustaphadiallo2134]

@@NebLleb GENYSIS

[@ajingtherandomguy787]

i havent played drakengard yet but this ending was somehow freaking depressing

[@tzCombot]

Oh yes, yes it is.

[@Crazyboy48263]

hey I know lets end the game with a rythm game that in no way involves any skills or mechanics used in this action game so far and make it mandatory for the true ending

[@EC0191]

I wish taro would make a game that takes place between this and neir were you get to fight the legion.

[@stormbunevitch4933]

God the lack of music in the credits is unnerving

[@MrSomaArikado]

And thus in that moment....the world of nier was born

[@ms.pirate]

*snow in summer plays*

[@Beepers559]

Without context I can not tell this sparked nier of all games

[@engelsarian2993]

Thank God I never played this game, otherwise, that would have broken my heart.

[@QM-QuizMan]

Tokyo, Japan: *exists* Literally 90+% of Aliens creatures invading the Earth: 2:31

[@tron0150]

Come on, many also attack New York.

[@teapulp]

This game broke me. Making some of the weapons hidden behind the most challenging, janky flight stages just caused me to nope out and come to KZbin after getting the first four endings. At least I can finally play Drakengard 3 and go into Nier. Love the world, love the story, but God is the game a pain to endure.

[@thepit7868]

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!

[@thatoneguy9756]

So basically by killing the protagonist this world is doomed.

[@samsuldin1557]

No. The world is doomed when that giant thing is dead.

[@CrimsonHero81]

I really hate the giant naked salt women with their tongue hanging out, it's so unflattering.

[@NinjaKnight117]

Gosh this fight was so much easier than 3's. That was just udder nonsense.

[@flightgravity7483]

I feel the complete opposite. This relies on quick hand-eye coordination, in Drakengard 3 it’s simply a rhythm game. The only bad part is the final note.

[@Charlie99993]

If you hit the wrong ring on another ring it's game over btw, 3's is way easier for that alone

[@gah2216]

Charlie99993 no, it’s not gameover but the speed that ring come towards you gets faster

[@Zero-fx8pc]

D3 boss without a KZbin guide it’s almost imposible unless you practice for more than 8 hours or have musical talents, the camera angles are complete bs at least this one seems difficult but fair. They designed this to be difficult and the D3 one to be unfair.

[@marialuke2116]

I suppose there was nonsense with udders considering Five.

[@DEdens1525]

Dark game, one of my favorite PS2 games.

[@TheKhronos]

They were giving MrsBeast so much grief and she was just was trying to promote her SoundCloud.

[@timoteoseagedetoffol8795]

Alternate ending: Caim is happy to see the queen finally dead but... japanese helicopter comes to him and forces him to surrender and his dragon. Caim is interrogated and after a while, explain everything. The japanese and the Earth is shook to see that an another dimension exist. But the first signs of the Red Eye disease began to appear in Japan after a few weeks. With the warning of Caim, the japanese gouvernement lock down the country and begin to search a cure. Caim have no choice but to adapt himself in this new world, peaceful in appearance. A world without magic, goddess and the rest...

[@rozielheliel7787]

That was hell... I will never be able to this final boss

[@compumundohypermegared2729]

< when that thing fell from the sky you can see how it destroys some things but later everything is intact

[@KaiTenSatsuma]

And - based on the Sequel-Prequels all of New York/Tokyo is all like *_"Fuck, not again???_*

[@ayanamisouls]

I cried when in nier that novel Village ,mention the red dragon falling fron the sky

[@miphasgrace8980]

If this game were to ever get a remake I think I’d lose my shit during this fight 😂

[@zack79413]

Agreed. I would be losing my fucking thumbs....and wrists

[@MezaJedi]

Drakengard 3's is way harder imo, if you haven't played that 1, good lord.

[@miphasgrace8980]

@@MezaJedi I did play 3 and I’d say that fight was much easier but then again I did study music growing up so the audio cues were easier for me to pick up. I prefer zero’s fight over queen beast any day

[@MezaJedi]

@@miphasgrace8980 for me it was the length, and the invisible note at the end, the queen beast is only couple minutes vs the 7+ minutes in 3's fight, and tbh, I don't study music or rythem, 3's took me maybe an hour to beat, queen beast is a bit more reactionary. You can see the white or black coming and react to it (it was hard though), but your timing was looser, where as in 3, your timing had to be spot on the the music. 3's final fight ended up being 1 of my favorites of all time though, such a good song.

[@-pressxtostart-]

I have a very strong feeling there is remake coming. There is a drakenguard 3 crossover event in nier reincarnation right now, and it makes sense why platinum were seemingly to busy to make replicant, platinum have always worked on multiple games they have teams that work on different games, so what other than bayonets 3 could they be too busy with to only be consulting on replicant combat? 🤔 drakenguard 3 remaster bet

[@juliandedej1037]

Welcome ffxiv player LALALAL LA LAA LALALA LALA LALA LALALA

[@graysonmcmillan8690]

Nier and Yonah: Ahhh shit! Here we go again... The worst place in this world, Shinjuku

[@jeremyzak654]

This boss battle would drive me nuts.

[@NorthWolf97]

One thing I don't understand is: What happened to the Drakengard world after this? Did it simply doom our world to save theirs?

[@JabamiLain]

Considering I think endings D and E happened at the same time, and that "Drakengard" is actually the "Nier" world in the past, I think what happened to Midgard/Europe, is that it was frozen in time by Seere, but not before the Mother severed herself from her womb in order to try and escape into Cathedral city in another time period. In this case its version before the time travel the humans and androids during the alien invasion performed.

[@granixo]

Probably what happened in Drakengard 2 but without Nowe, Caim, Angelus or Manah. Midgard gets rebuild, there's a power vacuum, Dragons get tired of humans, chaos ensues.

[@deanalief3655]

this one moment that fucked up humanity's future

[@edorasmarauder5761]

That boss is actually unnerving. She doesn't move at all.

[@JabamiLain]

I think that kinda proves my theory that endings D and E are both canon, and that the Mother narrowly escaped the time freeze by traveling through time to a version of Cathedral city/Tokyo that is set before the time travel the humans and androids during the alien invasion performed. I am a theorist who believes in the "Unreliable narrator" theory for the "Drakengard" games.

[@edorasmarauder5761]

@@JabamiLain I have no idea what you're talking about but cool.

[@JabamiLain]

@@edorasmarauder5761 long story short, originally, this saga's world was like ours. But when the aliens in "Nier" invaded our planet, some people tried to go back in time in order to prepare earlier for the invasion, but something happened and instead, the Tokyo's district that they were in was sent into medieval Europe, dragging the aliens, humans, androids and machines in the district with the city. The city later becomes known as the "Cathedral city", and when the Watchers descend to destroy the Earth, the first game's ending D happens (the one in which the boy named Seere freezes the entire continent in time). However, I theorize that at the same time, the Queen Beast tries to escape this destiny by cutting herself off from her womb and leaving it behind, jumping into the light portal beneath her body and ending up in Tokyo in this new timeline's future (the timeline we know as "Drakengard/Nier"). A future in which no time travel seems to have befallen the city (not yet anyway). It seems however that while she did manage to escape, her body remained partially stuck, being able to only use the power of her song to attack us. Was I clear now ?

[@edorasmarauder5761]

@@JabamiLain Yeah

[@JabamiLain]

@@edorasmarauder5761 good.

[@arturoporraz6046]

Where everything started.

[@jinx1987]

I wonder what would change if the dragon survived

[@Demicleas]

Let's just say humanity would of achualy survived in the neiR universe I mean the collapse would of happened but it would of been less severe as to destroy humanity and force them to make clone bodies as they become shadow monsters and get wiped out by a clone with anger issiues so yeah.