DRAWN TO DARKNESS - Fate/Samurai Remnant - 5

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In today's episode of our Let's Play, walkthrough, and playthrough of Fate/Samurai Remnant, Iori and Saber corner Yui, only to be interrupted by Cheimon and his Lancer, as well as a mysterious Rogue Servant.
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GAME: Fate/Samurai Remnant
AUTHOR: Omega Force, Koei Tecmo
Fate/Samurai Remnant lets players play as Miyamoto Iori. The combat is hack and slash style with some similarities to musou gameplay, but it falls under the Action RPG genre with dodging and looking for openings as an important element. It features a wide array of stances, which the player character can switch between on the fly. Iori uses dual katanas, a widespread weapon for Samurai during the Edo period. Players can give commands to their servant, launching special attacks and combos. In certain situations, the game allows for full control of Iori's servant, as his weapons can't be used against other servants.
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[@NicoB]

Dude, characters are freaking cracked in this game.

[@joelsasmad]

You have no idea with this series.

[@souldemon70]

Trust us, you aren't even scratching the surface

[@jj-qh7mk]

Understatement of the year

[@adam-dn3hi]

Ha You aint even get to the planetary shit

[@remforrest]

Wait till you watch Fate/Apocrapha

[@oreotaku4017]

I really love way back in danganronpa v3 our dear sweet Tsumugi made a fate reference to Gilgamesh that went over Nico’s head. “Such Gilgamesh level condescension, but which Grail War are you from?”

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Ahaha I actually remember that

[@ZonaiHero-ul5nm]

Man i am so glad that I finally understand that reference I had no idea what that was for the longest time.

[@Drekal684]

@@ZonaiHero-ul5nm Fate is like JJBA in that way, they're both franchises that are walking Baader-Meinhoff syndrome. You'll maybe pick up a series that you've not gone through for a while, and suddenly - "Wait, was that JJBA reference always there?" "Wait, was that Fate reference always there?!" And then you'll go outside your house and see shit like "The Stay/Night Cafe" or the "Thunder Cross Split Attack Sundae" on its menu, and wonder if you've actually gone insane.

[@MozillaVulpix]

and then kokichi called her a loser for making it

[@oreotaku4017]

@@MozillaVulpix the proper way to address a fate fan in person.

[@mads_in_zero]

Saber: Sooo~ You're interested in Tamamo, eh~ Wanna help her out, hmmmm~ Iori: Yeah, it'd be nice to have a Rogue Servant on our side. Saber: ...I'm starting to understand Kaya a little more.

[@raymondyongho5757]

It's a good thing this Gilgamesh is more mellowed out. He'd normally turn Nico into a pincushion for mistaking him for Alexander the Great, let alone King Arthur.

[@BioMatic2]

i think it was all over for nico when his first guess was Henry VIII

[@Tyler-cf8hq]

Oh the best part of the Gilgamesh guesses were just how many of them were actual servants. Many of whom have a...complicated history with Gilgamesh lol

[@dragonstouch1042]

Yeah…

[@sarafontanini7051]

c:

[@BioMatic2]

his mods must've a good laught at it.

[@plinfan6541]

You know it is a real Battle Royal, when two Teams fight and suddenly ten other guys drop in and start swinging.

[@st.lucient4755]

it is what it is

[@plinfan6541]

@@st.lucient4755 That's that and this is this.

[@fearcrier6710]

​@@plinfan6541Loland?

[@plinfan6541]

@@fearcrier6710 Correct

[@Kimo-Cyrus]

"Where we dropping Iori?"

[@mads_in_zero]

Sure, Rogue Rider might have a giant Fox, but my theory is that her nature as a Rider is far more insideous. Remember her historical myth, she's a temptress, a seducer, a conniving fox! The implication is clear: Tamamo wants a piggy-back ride, and will manipulate Iori into giving her one...

[@hassanico9999]

Thankfully the "Rider of Men" is another person not in this game.

[@jvts8916]

Especially when considering how many times the Riding skill has been a joke about sleeping around

[@MPBoosterAxel]

I’m incredibly impressed as a fellow Fate fan that you didn’t go for the sexual innuendo with the kid character… I have burned too many times with my Heroic Spirit children that I’m fairly famous for adopting all of them and giving them better clothing *cries and vomits blood at Jack’s outfit*

[@mads_in_zero]

​@@MPBoosterAxel When the Gacha does something weird I simply do not see it.

[@colt1903]

​@@MPBoosterAxelJack's outfit is fine. She's just too poor for anything more than a cloak and... yeah, that. 😅

[@DekuKurohi]

The game really makes the power disparity between Masters and Servants really clear in this game. In most games you pretty much exclusively play as the servants (or rather only have them as the active combatant with Masters acting as support), here with Iori as your main playable character it became real obvious the difference between mortals and Heroic Spirits. Edit: Also Servants started rolling in at a rapid pace here so I’d like to mention how the Fate community at large figured out all the Servants identities except for one (debatably two) before the game even come out through trailers and character designers. Also Gilgamesh is known as basically the first recorded hero/king. The ancient king of Uruk who collected all the treasures in the world, is two-thirds god, have a bromance with a god-made weapon sent to subdue him after becoming an arrogant tyrant, lose him and become fearful of death and tried to find immortality, lose it to a snake, accepts the lost and just went home ruling as a much wiser king. Funnily enough Final Fantasy Gilgamesh despite sharing his name have more in common with Benkei from Japanese history, who is famously known for collecting weapons and losing a duel to Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune on a bridge (Hence Battle on the Big Bridge). Both “Benkei” and Yoshitsune also appeared in Fate media too.

[@DeliciousApricotCake]

I think the biggest hint you missed about Gilgamesh identity is that his store is called Babyloni-ya, which is one of the many reasons your guesses were so hilarious to me

[@pondr3225]

So let's talk about Yui Shousetsu: Yui Shousetsu was a real ronin in Edo Japan, and ran a dojo to train and help other ronin who have been displaced by the sweeping changes of the Tokugawa Shogunate. That's the hard end of the similarities between the historical Yui and game Yui. Historically, Yui was caught conspiring to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate along with several of his fellow ronin, but after the plot was discovered he committed suicide, and Shogunate officials also tortured and killed his family. As for Samurai Remnant Yui... Play the game 😊

[@senakumara8203]

Nico: man, I wish the game would start going off with the servants cause I wanna know what they look like. Game: here's some badass looking servants and they're movesets. Nico: cool, why did I lose $1000?

[@SteFive]

On Nico asking if Gilgamesh was a real guy: To explain it as easily as possible, he's part of the earliest known written story, written roughly around 2100-1200 BC, it's called The Epic of Gilgamesh. I personally don't know much about it, but he's historically believed to have existed as the 5th king of the city state of Uruk, believed to have ruled it around 2900-2350 BC

[@10puppyluv]

Gilgamesh kinda falls into that difficult category of "he could be real but we'll probably never know for sure" between the epic of gilgamesh being so old, the older the language the less likely we are to be able to translate it and ancient civilization often having a mix of real and mythical rulers in their lists of rulers when the do provide one (looking at you egypt) it's just kinda a big mix of "maybe!" Unless a tomb for him is ever found

[@SteFive]

@@10puppyluv Yeah, hence why i said he's historically believed to have existed, historians think he did but there's obviously no concrete proof.

[@infinitykiyen6270]

Yeah, he is somehow what given meaning to WHAT it is a hero should be. So ironically "King of Heroes" is pretty accurate. Well it somewhat why he would proudly said he's the greatest king... Like even if he's a tyrannt he gave the meaning of what is the hero.

[@TallDarknGruesome]

To get pedantic, it's "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and the oldest clay tablet fragments we have of pieces from it go back to 2100bc and are reflections of a much older story. Gilgamesh was the prototype superhuman or divine being that founded a nation. In his case Mesopotamia. The oral story may go back to as early as the 32nd century bc.

[@xtty7644]

The Epic of Gilgamesh goes sort of like this. Gilgamesh is the demigod king of the great city of Uruk. He is stronger and cooler than everyone, so he just goes around fucking everyone's wife and no one can fight back against him. The citizens are tired of getting their wives fucked by Gilgamesh every single night, so they pray to the gods to get Gilgamesh something else to do. The gods create the beast-man Enkidu, who is as strong and likes to fuck as much as Gilgamesh. Enkidu starts terrorizing the countryside, but he's found by a priestess of the goddess of sex who decides to civilize him. They fuck for seven days straight and then Enkidu becomes civilized. Gilgamesh hears about Enkidu and fights him for three days, after which they become best friends. They decide to go kill a giant holy boar together because that seems like the most badass thing to do. They kill the boar, but they somehow forgot that the boar was holy to the gods, so the gods are now pissed and they nuke Enkidu off the face of the Earth. Gilgamesh then realizes that death is a thing and that kind of sucks, so he decides to go to the underworld to get rid of death. After a bunch of mishaps, he meets a couple of immortals in the underworld and asks them how not to die. They tell Gilgamesh that they became immortal a long time ago and that there's no way to do it anymore. Gilgamesh goes home and is bummed that he's going to die eventually, but then he realizes he's still king of a great city, cheers up, and goes back to doing his kingly duties, presumably with less fucking the wives of other men. The end.

[@JunbiHosa]

Hearing Nico guess the Fate character makes me want to see just a solo episode of him guessing all different FATE servants and the mods reacting and giving hints to help him out. I would totally spend an hour watching that xD

[@xainreaper6458]

I'd love this ngl

[@Cyclonestorm8]

ONLY an hour? Would they correct him after the first wrong guess to save time?

[@rosietales]

Omg yes! From different Fate series as well, he would go on a field day with that one. Especially after he tried to call Gilgamesh, Alexander the Great.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Especially after the Overly Simplified vid ​@@rosietales

[@planningonmakingnewaccount6954]

Nico deciding to beat the berserker early level was like watching him playing dark souls DODGE AND DIE DODGE AND DIE

[@Ked676]

I always interpreted Saber and Gramps egging on Aria's advances as them taking the piss and not actually encouraging Iori to go for it.

[@ThePontiffofPonWolf]

Yeah it seems like they are making fun of him for having a child crush on him

[@Kimo-Cyrus]

Ok 1: Your guess on Gil where hilarious for many FATE reasons. 2: Yes please continue guessing the servants, it's very fun trying to figure out who a servant is before the reveal and as a new fan it's even more fun to watch, especially when you drop certain names like you did with gil.

[@blurb9319]

For some historical context on who Gilgamesh is…. Gilgamesh is from the Babylonian ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’, which is arguably the oldest surviving story in the world (being almost 4000 years old) and the archetype that the modern day heroes journey was based on. Within the Epic Gilgamesh starts as an arrogant demigod king who couldn’t give two shits about his subjects. However, through various misadventures involving a growing bromance between him and the wild man Enkidu, he eventually grew to become a wise ruler who values those around him. Since he is basically the prototype for all future heroes, he is considered to be the oldest heroic spirit and the ‘king of heroes’. This also manifests in the form of his planet sized ego. He also happens to be the richest mother fucker in the world since the Epic claimed he collected all the world’s treasure, which is why he acts as a shopkeeper selling some of these treasures.

[@rexaliv8798]

Nico: WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!? Rogue Berserker: GRAAAAAAAAHHH (Nanoservants, son)

[@sparkytepig]

*Nano-spiritrons

[@rexaliv8798]

@@sparkytepig that would be correct however it would not make sense to Nico or others that don't know about Fate 😂

[@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary]

*SPOILER* Berserker: I'M MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL DELILAHS HERE NICO, CAN'T FRET OVER EVERY HAIR

[@Christian_Kim]

Wow, Nico wasn’t kidding that his guessing game with the mods would be entertaining! So many random and hilarious guesses, but I’m happy he got it eventually!

[@bagel5056]

I was rolling at the guesses, especially with how many of them didn’t really fit Gilgamesh’s character shown so far in this game XD Closest best guess was Alexander the Great lolol

[@CrowMercury]

I personally lost it at King Arthur and Alexander the Great and I can’t even explain why to him. Also I can’t believe the Mods didn’t just say “ the name of the shop “ as a clue but it clearly already went over his head.

[@AeirEclipseHayastin]

The Caesar guess had me floored rofl

[@isaackerr2793]

Gilgamesh is a real mythological figure, hailing from the ancient mesopotamian poem, "The Epic of Gilgamesh." It is one of the oldest surving piece of literature (We've found and translated tables detailing most, but not all of the story), and the roots of many later tales can be seen in it. The tale detials the adventures of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and his friend, Enkidu. Its actually a pretty interesting story, and I'd encourage you to find a retelling of it.

[@LadyHestia101]

Yes, we're all concerned about the game convincing Nico to buy a whole bunch more figures, but did y'all ever think about the poor non-Fate viewers? What will I do when Nico drags me into Fate with this LP? D:

[@joelsasmad]

Can't wait for the Fate Zero anime reaction.

[@just-eeb]

I'm in too deep. Since Nico started this LP I've read the entire Fate route of the Fate/Stay Night and have gotten started reading Unlimited Blade Works.

[@im_blue1884]

​@@just-eeb🫡

[@10puppyluv]

Just don't touch the app game it's awful on multiple levels trust me. They made/making an anime of the story theres no reason to interact with it

[@BlackfangDragon]

To be fair, him being put off by the other characters like Aria I could see happening as well. But then I do know some who enjoy everything but FGO.

[@TohnosChair]

Nico: I'm sure this guy must be King Arthur? Me (a Fate Fan): Oh, you sweet summer child 😊

[@senakumara8203]

Man, i wanna see his reaction to 'saber face' XD

[@commandermaverick1487]

54:53 he should know that Musashi Miyamoto is a lovable character

[@sarafontanini7051]

shhhh he migth end up playign FSN you neveer know

[@crazybagel9979]

All world begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, grows, consumes it. Such is it’s nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came. You see, darkness is the heart’s true essence! Wait this isn’t Kingdom Hearts, never mind.

[@Dragonx6419]

Me, playing as Musashi: HELL YEAH, TIME TO BEAT ASS! Me, playing as Rogue Saber: Time to eat dirt, Rag man! Me, seeing the flying ship in the sky: WHEN THE HELL DID PETER PAN JOIN THE FIGHT?!?!

[@QuincyQuinn95]

THE FACT THAT I HAD THE SAME INSTINCTUAL THOUGHT--- ---BUT ALSO HE WOULD BE A PERFECTLY VALID ADDITION AS A SERVANT

[@animewatcher102]

Gilgamesh is the main character of the world's oldest recorded story, the Epic of Gilgamesh, from the world's oldest known civilization, Mesopotamia. He was the King of a place called Uruk and he was 2/3 God (yes thats said in the story). The events described in it are probably fictional with gods and goddesses walking around, but it's likely based on a real person. So yes he is historical and mythological.

[@DRAG0NSPIRIT10]

Waiting for Tamamo to finish her sentences reminds me of the DMV sloths in Zootropolis.

[@munagixero]

To add on to the Tamamo nine lore, they actually have the ability to fuse together to become Amaterasu. So your random joke about the giant white fox based on the game Okami was partially correct!

[@Gestrid]

And there's the quintessential "the LPs are connected" joke. XD

[@boxorak]

Considering what Amaterasu is like in Fate, that would be a Very Bad Thing indeed. (Which is why I want it to happen in the Mobile game for spoiler reasons).

[@hamzahax]

All Tamamos have the same VA Pretty talented for the sheer amount of different voices she pulls

[@Charmergirl-ed1sf]

I don’t know Fate, so I was fooled by Nico saying Gilgamesh was Queen Elizabeth and laughed for a solid minute

[@phillipjarvis5754]

There used to be a character who was implied to be Elizabeth in disguise in their debut game, but I believe there has since been a retcon making them exactly who they say they are. It might have been an English translation, now that I think about it.

[@tcaz]

Their original game implied they are Queen Elizabeth in disguise. It hasn't been explicitly retconned so much as just never mentioned again, so most people assume it was suppose to be the case but they decided against it later on and dropped it from that characters backstory.

[@wyldloganroth5303]

I hope you continue to guess future Fate servants in this game with your mods because the Gilgamesh section in the beginning was very entertaining

[@adam-dn3hi]

Those guesses were infact INCREDIBLY funny

[@MozillaVulpix]

I recommend googling the characters once you know what their True Names are. Finding out about real history and myth can fun! And also pretty wild. It'd be neat if you told us what you thought of it all.

[@csrjjsmp]

Fgo has polluted search results so much that googling certain people is more likely to give you spoilers than historical info 😂😂

[@VolticWind]

Something in modern day that involves Tamamo No Mae is that the Killing Stone, the bolder that was allegedly used to seal away Tamamo, recently shattered into pieces because of erosion. Some people say that Tamamo now walks among us because of this.

[@troublemaker001]

Random Fate Trivia #4 I'm sure the comments from last episode have already filled most of you in on who Tamamo Aria is and while I personally think it'd be great if you didn't know too much about her right now, I might as well add something relating to a Tamamo in the Nasuverse. Tamamo has been adoringly called a fox by the community because well, if you didn't know any better that's what she looks like right? It checks out. Though, she's not a true fox. She's actually based on a Jackal! And the reasoning behind it is long and might spoil other games that Nico might do so to cut a long story short (without giving too much away): She's basically a Jackal (lent from Indian culture) but because such a creature didn't exist in Asia of old, they assumed that what they meant was closer to a fox, and they do look pretty similar and so it stuck. Which is why, it's not really wrong to call Tamamo Aria a fox since that's basically what the Japanese have always thought what a Jackal is actually like. I personally find it fascinating how different cultures interpret something that was transmitted from other cultures. It's pretty intriguing, at least to me.

[@manueljaramillo2520]

Nico, getting all the spirit fonts on the map really isn't worth the minimal stat increase you get from them, especially when you got that turn limit to worry about. Besides, your equipment is where you should really be focusing on to get your stats.

[@IrfanFakhrianto]

So now that you've controlled characters besides Iori and Saber, you should familiarize yourself with their moveset from the menu when you get the chance, and get a feel for their moves. In general, their one bar move is good for interrupting red attacks, and their two bar move is good at shredding Shell gauges. For example, Rogue Sabers two bar move summons his horse that he rides on for a period of time, in which you are invincible and can also drag enemies. Its very good at controlling the pace of a fight, especially when there are multiple enemies like with Lancer and Chiemon.

[@jvts8916]

Fun fact: Jesus is not a Servant (that we know of), but he *is* part of the series lore. Apparently, after he died, he did in fact prevent the seven deadly sins... but that didn't stop *new* sins from popping up. This resulted in more abstract sins like Cherishment or Comparison.

[@hsemicolonc]

God that Rogue Berserker fight really summarizes why people hate grapplers in one boss encounter, doesn't it. lmao

[@johncummins46]

Neat thing about Musashi is that she has the same Kanji behind her as she fights as Iori. She basically is teh end goal of what Iori is trying to reach. Makes sense given that she's the founder and master of the Niten Ichi-Ryu style. It's a really interesting peak into the potential of what Iori could reach. It acts as a nice introduction of her abilities as well as what Iori is building towards with his skills.

[@GDren4946]

Guard skill from Earth Stance is really OP against the berserker. It literally nullifies all damage.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Nico B defeat number 2: Nico B: Ok, now I can defeat him. **Actually defeat him** Nico B: Finally! I have defeat him! Plot: You're too early! Come back later.

[@Pikaman20008]

38:34 Beidou mains know this feeling all too well.

[@mariefmsr]

Ok, now you know the popular blond guy name, let me point an interesting lingo stuff regarding his identity. As you said, the devs put this guy in knowingly 90% of the players would know him that they gave you the biggest hint right away. His shop name, Babyloni-ya. And guess what it sounds similar with? Yep... Babylonia lol. An ancient state which Gil's tale originated from. The former was written and pronounced that way because the basic meaning of '-ya' in Japanese is actually shop. Which is why Iori accepted it but confused all the same because he never heard of the word Babylon before. And then if you add '-ya' to a noun then the meaning will be the profession of the noun. So what the name tells you basically is "the Babylon shop from Babylonia owned by the Babylon guy" Japan and their stupidly amazing wordplay xD

[@emperior5710]

The thing about the Rouge Berserker fight is that it’s very lore accurate to what it would be like to fight a servant as a human. The vast majority of people without their own servant would get definitely and unapologetically be killed in a confrontation with a normal servant. That’s why it’s so hard to break down the shields as Iori, a normal human barely stands a chance against a servant. And then we have the berserker. They’re class skill, Madness Enhancement, is basically servant steroids. It makes them stupidly stronger than they would be without it, at the sacrifice a good portion of sanity. Basically, the vast majority of people would be absolutely destroyed AT BEST, and it’s because of Iori’s skill, and Saber having his back that they survive. This is reflected in the difficulty of the fight.

[@csrjjsmp]

They say the true power of saber is helping random dipshit humans with no powers kill berserker

[@infinitykiyen6270]

Nico there's a reason why Gilgamesh is so arrogant and state he is the greatest king of them all too. He's one of the few real historical figures that is SO close to the age of the god. Also, he is our history very first hero to ever have a tale to tell. It is quite fitting to even call him "King of Heroes" He's the very man who given meaning to WHAT it means to be the king and hero. Despite him being a motherfking tyrant lol

[@RealmRabbit]

Fate isn't limited to historical/folk tale/mythological characters, there are also servants that include 1. Purely fictitious characters (i.e. Dr. Jekyll, The Phantom of the Opera, Mephistopheles) and then 2. Rarely they will also have a servant that is purely original...

[@SJK9000]

Gilgamesh is mythological. It's possible there existed an actual, historical Mesopotamian king with the name "Gilgamesh", and people just made up a bunch of stories about him after he died, but outside the name, the historical Gilgamesh and mythological Gilgamesh probably don't have much in common. Gilgamesh is the protagonist of a poem known as the "Epic of Gilgamesh", which is famous as being one of the oldest known examples of written fiction in human history. The short version: Long ago there was a city-state called Uruk, and its king, Gilgamesh, was a huge asshole. He made life so miserable for his subjects, that the citizens of Uruk all got together and prayed to Gods to send relief. The gods give birth to a wild man named Enkidu, who travels to Uruk and challenges Gilgamesh. Enkidu ends up getting his ass kicked, but it was such a fun fight that Gilgamesh and Enkidu become best friends. They go on a bunch of adventures, including one where they end up killing the Bull of Heaven. This upsets the Gods, and they sentence Enkidu to death as punishment. Gilgamesh is super bummed about his best friend's death, and also starts to fear his own death. He goes on a journey to discover the secret of immortality. A bunch of stuff happens, but this is the short version of the story, so we'll just say that his quest ends in failure. But this is actually a good thing, since after failing to become immortal, Gilgamesh learns to both value life and appreciate his own limits. Now humbled, he grows into a wise king, and sagaciously rules over Uruk until his death, and his subjects actually honor and worship his memory.

[@ShinyMew888]

Your mods were right Nico. Even as someone who is only really it Fate/Grand Order, your guessing game in regards to Gilgamesh was freaking delightful

[@Pikaman20008]

So to explain Nico, Gilgamesh wasn’t an actual person. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest known pieces of written literature in human history. It’s essentially become the very foundation of all heroic tales and religion throughout history. So yeah, kind of a big deal but also not something most people know casually.

[@micryt.]

To say he didn't exist would be untrue. We don't know for sure but all the evidence points that a ruler like that existed. I was taught that in history class.

[@MozillaVulpix]

The funny thing about your criticism of the game being slow (which I totally get, to be fair) is that Samurai Remnant still feels *fast-paced* compared to the original Fate visual novel. That thing is literally 50 hours of text and a lot of it is just exposition or random comedic scenes of them having meals before they go off to fight. Some of it is fun, some of it I felt was extraneous, and some of it was just otaku humor that perhaps didn't age very well.

[@arnoldoaad]

NICO: Game, can you please stop holding my hand GAME: No, also we are going to start forcing you to hold the hand of this fox lady NICO: THAT'S A CHILD! GAME: Dont worry, she is like 1000 years old or something like that *COPS SIRENS FIRING IN THE DISTANCE*

[@gregperianayagam4522]

Yeah, it was mentioned in the comments of the last video that the older the historical character is the more powerful they are, and that is most seen in Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is the hero of well The story of Gilgamesh. This is a story that dates all the way back to Babylon and is considered the oldest story we as humans know of. The story is not complete as parts are missing and acheologists are still discovering parts to this day. Funny enough Gilgamesh in his story is kinda like Hercules, in a muscle bro sort of way. The tale has Gilgamesh go through life, meet friends, some die, he fears death himself so Gilgamesh goes on a story to find eternal life, fails, comes back to see those that passed continue to live through the memories. Which is kinda poetic as this story is the oldest remembered story so Gilgamesh himself in a way found eternal life. So yeah, not much like his fate counterpart, but he is considered the strongest servant so the designers wanted the strongest servant to not be another muscle dude, but more toned down.

[@hjt091]

I think what you're supposed to do is defeat the Master with Iori and then switch over to Saber and whale on the Servant while they're weakened.

[@JackDout]

This is the prefect echo, makes it sound like Nico is in spirit form from time to time.

[@iamviable5268]

Nico, some advice for this game and a person who completed 100% of this game. I posted some tips back in episode 2 but I will post it here again in case you missed it and some newly added tips. 1. Affinity (Servants) and valor (not unlocked yet) are broken. It can interrupt enemies' attacks (glowing in red) and can gather enemies (like a magnet, you will see enemies gather together in your minimap) for them to hit with the skills. Try to get stats that build those. Especially affinity as it's useful in spirit font missions where Saber or getting rogue servants to help you in capturing territories. 2. There are some missable logs. One of them is an "important area" (most of them are recognizable either as big buildings or areas that look unique and you did one "important area" back in episode 3). You have to press R3 (near the important site) and then see a blue pillar of light. There are 20 of them and one is missable at the beginning of chapter 2 (next episode), so watch out for it. 3. Build statues(unlock later in Chapter 2) in your workshop (home), it's good money to be sold to a certain merchant. Also, you should save scum if you messed up the QTE. 4. Constantly check your map for Digression (like some picky penguins mentioned before). Some are missable if you progress the story (ritual). 5. Try to buy all building materials (if possible) from all merchants in each chapter. The shop reset each chapter but gets more expensive in each chapter. 6. Try to use Iori' skill Riposte though it has a tight window. It's extremely helpful, for boss fights and certain monsters. 7. The Local Trial (map objective) will make you beat a certain enemy. Some of those enemies only spawn in certain areas. If you check your map, and see the enemies not in that area (highlight in red of the specific area). You should leave and enter another map and reenter for that specific enemy to appear. 8. The way spirit font works is basically Othello. Try to surround the enemies(red) or blank(white) spirit font with your spirit font (blue) to capture it without going there, but it can ONLY CAPTURE ONE at a time. ie, White/White/Blue and you capture one of the white like this Blue/White/Blue, it will turn Blue/Blue/Blue. It will NOT capture if it's like White/White/White/Blue and capture the piece in the beginning Blue/White/White/Blue WILL NOT TURN all of them Blue. The red/white spirit font has to be SURROUNDED by your Blue spirit font. Hope it makes sense.

[@remforrest]

Nobuhiko Okamoto is the voice of Chiemon, nice I recognize his awesome VA anywhere.

[@wesshock8202]

Well, everyone else is explaining Gilgamesh, so I guess I'll break the mold by explaining... Gilgamesh! The Final Fantasy version, specifically. Just for fun. Final Fantasy Gilgamesh is, despite the name, actually based off of a Japanese historical figure, Musashibo Benkei. Benkei was a warrior monk who was said to have attributes of a demon and be able to defeat 200 men in every battle he fought. Popular legend goes that Benkei posted himself at Gojo Bridge in Kyoto, where he would challenge passing swordsmen to duels and then take their weapons when they lost. He was said to have collected 999 swords in this manner. However, he lost his 1000th duel to Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who he then sweared allegiance to. Eventually, he died in battle to protect Yoshitsune, and, like any cool anime character, died standing up. You can see a good amount of this inspiration in FF!Gilgamesh. The myriad of weapons, the way his fights tend to take place near bridges, even his size, as Benkei was said to be 6'7 when he was 17! It's a pretty interesting inspiration for such an interesting character.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

Here's a tip for fighting Servants: When you want to break the Shell Gauge, switch to Saber. Iori cannot normally damage Shell Gauges, Servants damage it with every attack. Don't save Saber for when the Gauge is broken, use them when it's still up so you can break it faster

[@Yami-no-Raiden]

"Why is the game holding my hand here?" *looks at the remaining time limit and number of moves he has left on the board* Also, I recommend familiarizing yourself with new movesets in the menu. Musashi has a LOT of amazing combo finishers...one of which you got interrupted on before you could appreciate its badassery. 😔

[@Blu_Maryze]

As a Fate fan The guessing game was hilarious, I've never laughed out loud so much!! So many of those, actually, historical figures do have actual Fate counterparts! So it was a blast to hear

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

Just hearing the guessing game Nico went through and that last hint I had a “Miles was doing these hints” moment.

[@azon7458]

The Henry VIII guess is ridiculous lol. I have no idea how his mind went there first lmao.

[@Rixec2]

If you ever watch a Fate anime for a reaction, you should totally do Fate/Zero. Seeing your reaction to some of the Servants there will be a treat.

[@4LeafedDragon]

Typical Nico, throwing his characters into a blender until there is nothing left of them, or the blender jams up with the bodies of the characters.

[@okaminodin4321]

Oh you were 100% right, your guesses for who Gil was were hilarious for me as a Fate fan, one of them specially but I won't say which or why because spoilers XD

[@joelsasmad]

Honestly Nico I would love to see you play some more Fate character charades. Some of the characters are so out there.

[@vivalaglavii6736]

Attila the Hun.

[@Mariner797]

Nico, there are several characters that appear in this game who are considered fan favorites, but I won't reveal who they are because it is far more entertaining to see you guess. In regards to servants, servant power are basically based on clout, as fame also empowers a servant. This is also part of the reason why fighting in their country of origin makes them more powerful. Comparing servants and humans is also unfair, it would be like asking why a bodybuilder isn't able to beat a tank in a tug of war. On Gilgamesh, in his first introduction the series, his title is "The King of Kings" aka the first king in recorded human history (at least literature-wise). And as the first "Hero", he is obscenely powerful. He is arrogant but he can absolutely back up his words. The only real way to beat him is to use his own pride against him and hope that you can kill him before he starts taking you seriously.

[@TNCXero]

Your mods were correct, your guesses were ABSOLUTELY hysterical.

[@librenarraty1964]

So, Aria is secretly a CLANNAD character. Got it.

[@BlackfangDragon]

Just so you know NicoB, this is a game with multiple endings so there’s intentional replayability with other characters.

[@katzewerfer63]

you know when i first noticed the cleared out room on Saturdays stream my first thought was that you made room for the fate figures you were going to be buying

[@HallowedKeeper_]

To answer your question, we do not know whether or not Gilgamesh truly existed, but he is in fact the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh. We can assume, based off of what we learned in his epic that his rule would have taken place sometime in the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period Circa 2900-2350 BC. According to the legend he was post humoursly deified.

[@HappyPotat]

Gilgamesh is wildly considered to be a real historical Sumerian king though his epic may have been greatly exaggerated. He is, however, the first hero of myth and legend in recorded history and is why he calls himself the King of Heroes.

[@HitsujiMamoru]

Kudos to you for defeating Rogue Berserker early! It's a tough fight, and you can miss it, which I discovered the hard way.

[@ZenoKnightShade]

8:53 Mythological and POTENTIALLY historical. There’s a chance he was posthumously deified. Gilgamesh is one of THOSE mythologic heroes in that he’s kinda absurd. Almost like he was coauthored by a teenage weeb. What do I mean? Well for instance, he’s 2/3’s god because his demigod parent was possessed by another god during his conception. Yeah.

[@MementoMortis21]

Nico, it's funny you should bring up Alexander the Great in your list of guesses. He has indeed appeared, albeit under a slightly different iteration of that name, and he's one of the best bros. I'm sure you will love him if you end up seeing one of his few appearances, not to mention the choice of his English voice actor.

[@albebz4819]

Nico finished his Xenoblade Cocaine three now he is digging underground the crack mine of fates and finding lore ores of the same type but so many different layers

[@albebz4819]

I type three for its literally 3 games lol

[@Blarglesnarfe]

Yes, your guesses were hysterical. Loving this so far!

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

Your guesses were pure gold! Loved it!

[@anya-6]

So one fascinating little detail about how we came to know about the Epic of Gilgamesh, is that probably one of the only reasons the story survived was that it was used as some sort of writing exercise for scribes and the like, so there were a LOT of copies of it, that means that even though there is no one complete version of it there are many, and I mean many fragments that have been used to piece the story together as like an ancient jigsaw puzzle. That also means that to this day they keep finding new parts of it. Of course, the issue here is that there are gaps in the epic itself (how did Enkidu, created to fight/kill Gilgamesh ended up becoming his best friend and potential lover no one knows because that part is missing), but we do know the overall gist of the story and how insane it can get as well as how it ends. To anyone interested in a short retelling there’s a nice video by Overly Sarcastic Productions with decent details and reasonably up to date info. If I remember correctly though, the last bit of it may have potential spoilers as to the identity of a different servant since Red rants about the character designs from Fate.

[@Phantomdawn22]

okay so Nico is doing random guesses and the mods thought it was funny lets seee them Nico : Caesar ! me: okay thats funny I can see why mod tought it would be funny to include it in the episode Nico: I know, King Arthur me: okay thats just hilarious!

[@rainbowflower0151]

I've been binging your content like crazy for the last like 3 months and I am so excited about you playing this game. Fate is one my favorite series and it makes me so happy to see you enjoying it!

[@javargriffin1771]

Oh no is him the king of heros a complete menace

[@joelsasmad]

Remember what Gilgamesh's store is called. "Babylonia" in reference to the kingdom of Babylon?

[@KingDrageonlion]

I've never played a fate game, but man does Saber remind me so much of Kurapika from Hunter X Hunter and I can't give a clear reason why

[@seanlocke2228]

Instead of a death counter, we should have a counter for every failed character guess Nico makes.

[@Tayruu]

As an aside, as someone also (relatively) unfamiliar with Fate, my guess for that one character was King Midas, because of all the gold. Although I think if he _really was_ King Midas, he'd say, be wearing gloves.

[@GDren4946]

Best opening sequence of all time!

[@sarafontanini7051]

to answer your question about gilgamesh: its hard t say if he was ever in some way real but his story is basically one of the earliest myths of his type and thus gilgamesh can be considered, like THE first hero of myth,, from whom similar heroes are in some way taking elements fromhim loosely.

[@EmiyaYukidoh]

There's not as many tutorials after this chapter, though the game will keep adding stuff to add variety. This was mostly an introduction to the world and war, which is why the pacing is slower, but the end of the chapter shows what happens when Fate gets going. Once masters and servants start clashing, things get heated...literally in this case. That said, a lot of people misunderstand what Fate is really about. Yes, the action is great and most of its entries are battle royales between servants, but to me what makes this franchise my favorite is the focus on its characters and the ideological conflicts between them, especially when so many of them come from different time periods and cultures. The war is the setting more so than the plot. Although this game is more straightforward in that sense, being an action game instead of a novel, so you have characters like Aria who...is funny but doesn't have much depth, and a lot of fights against monsters and mobs to keep it less text heavy. TL;DR: the big battles are great, but it's not the type of series that has super fast pacing by going from battle to battle, especially at the start, but the build up is worth it as you saw here. So if you're already enjoying it, you've seen nothing yet!

[@HappyPotat]

I love how this chapter has all the tonal whiplash of ending a peaceful stroll through the countryside by stumbling upon a territorial dispute between an Ox, a Lion, a Komodo Dragon, a Honey Badger and a Hawk by it's end.

[@L-Puffin]

Nico, your guesses for Gilgamesh were absolutely hilarious, and I would absolutely LOVE for you to keep guessing them with your mods as you come across them! It was a really funny start to the video as a casual Fate fan, and I think it'll be fun even for non-Fate fans to guess along with you!

[@plumaDshinigami]

Nico: So, is Blackbeard going to be like a roided out berserker dual-wielding a giant cannon in one hand and a buster sword in the other? Or are you making it a new waifu. Fate devs: Now announcing the new Blackbeard, Marcy D. Teach and her double rotating cannons and thiccness to put even the Gerudo ladies to shame! Nico: ...cash or credit?

[@ia7051]

Those guesses are hilarious

[@okaminodin4321]

Oh god, seeing that ship and that many arrows makes me think of a specific historical character and it would be awesome if I'm right

[@trinitydalfae8478]

Some of those guesses were legitimately hilarious.

[@pakoswine4560]

Damn good episode

[@PhantomShadow224]

I looked away for a moment and lost the plot entirely. 😂

[@QuizMasterEntertainment]

The game certainly has a way to make you feel you need more power until it just takes you for a power trip

[@banlungx001]

so many servant with gensuga tensho !!!!!! epspicelly musashi with her fully charge heavy atk !!!!