Morytha, Xenoblade Chronicles 2's CREEPIEST Location

Home to some of the creepiest sights that the Xenoblade series has to offer, Morytha is one of my favorite locations due to that scary atmosphere. With this video, join me as we explore the haunted wasteland of Morytha to figure out how all of its components come together to make something truly frightening.
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[@charliev8224]

I really love how up to this point in the game, nothing gave you a hint that there was anything below the cloud sea. It was more of a "oh so that's how this world is." And that sharp twist in atmosphere and story made it one of my favorite areas in the series.

[@KayJulers]

It's definitely one of my favorites as well and certainly not what I expected! I think reaching it at like 2 AM in the morning also helped accentuated my immersion lol.

[@RudiMyDear]

Actually there are a couple of hints, although they're usually quite subtle, and some are in sidequests e.g. Adenine's blade quest, but yes, the game keeps it hidden really well.

[@cumekira70]

i love it because it really reminds me of nocturne

[@allaion2897]

I was shocked when I saw Morytha, but the biggest brain blast moment didn't occur until I reached a server room, read the words "Server 1", or something similar, and realized, "Huh, that's english. But wait, if that's enli... HOLY SHIT!" I don't think any other game will EVER give me the same level of shock as Xenoblade 2 caused me in the moment

[@Vextra1776]

What? Rex's entire career and like half his character is being a salvager. He salvages things from the bottom of the cloud sea from dead civilizations, titans, or the cloud sea floor. There are so many different things you can find salvaging. The games opening cutscene is literally Rex diving to the bottom to find a chest on a dead titan.

[@wildfiresnap]

You can actually find storefronts and advertisements in the streets. I’ll edit in them if I remember to

[@KayJulers]

If you do then I'd love to see them!

[@wildfiresnap]

KayJulers right where you find Jin is where they are. It’s on the left wall if facing towards the World Tree. One is a food stand. It says “GET MORE OUT OF LIFE FOOD AND DRINK - ALL TOPPINGS FREE. MENU (menu items are illegible except for prices) Another one says “COLOR MARKET NOW OPEN” and the one above it says “(illegible or worn away)...me to store” maybe “come to store?” There’s also a street sign nearby that says three things on the side facing towards the tree - “NEXT EXIT 10 MILES, NO TURN ON RED” “TOLL PLAZA - CHANGE PROVIDED” and “REST AND PARKING AREA”. On the side facing away from the tree, it says “(illegible) DIESEL/FOOD - BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY” and an arrow pointing forward saying “TO VISITOR CENTER - 9:00 AM - (illegible number, I think it’s a 9):00 PM” “NEXT EXIT 10 MILES” and “(illegible) FREEWAY ENTRANCE” freeway referring to I-90. There’s enough to make a video about, honestly! You can also find speed limit signs that say 65. Before that area in the area you reach right after the lookout point, you can find a sign above a blocked underpass that says the first two things about buckling up and the visitor center.

[@xeno6773]

Hearing Lora talk about how the thought of Jin forgetting her feels like one heart being ripped in two MADE MINE HURT AGAIN, THANKS

[@richardsonrichly8456]

An then for the rest of eternity Jin be like Tfw no Tomboy GF

[@butwhythough7831]

_Like a hot knife through butter_

[@goroakechi6126]

@@richardsonrichly8456 “This world is pain and must be purged” “This world is pain and must be purged” “I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore” “This world is pain and must be purged” “THAT’S MY ROLE IN THIS WORLD” -Torna

[@tap5263]

Can we just fuckin take a second to appreciate the music in the area? It is sooooo haunting

[@KayJulers]

It's fantastic! One of my favorite environmental tracks for sure.

[@ghostvalkyrie5054]

Thinking about Morytha after playing through Golden Country was heart-wrenching. I wish more people would give the game an honest shot to experience just...everything. Morytha is one of my favorite areas in any video game, hands down.

[@ethanator6015]

Amazing video as always. I also love how the Land of Morytha track is reused when you enter the interior of the Torna Titan in TTGC. I was expecting an original track just for the Titan Interior, and yet hearing the Land of Morytha while Torna was at it's healthiest; it's as if to foreshadow what becomes of the Titan that was once the home of so many people.

[@KayJulers]

Thank you and that's a good observation! I think it speaks to the quality of the song and strong planning.

[@ethanator6015]

@@KayJulers I second that. Very strong planning. I can also imagine the shock one must have if they choose to play through Torna TGC first, hear about the Land of Morytha during Amalthus's and Staanif's conversation, hear the track in the Torna interior, and then play the main game, and lo and behold, find the Land of Morytha talked about.

[@fishibomb4791]

Its for reasons like this that xbc2 is my favorite game ever.There is always an area or some music that fits an emotion or mood i'm feeling,and it has so much depth that i never get tired looking back on a cutscene exploring the world or listening to the soundtrack.

[@KayJulers]

I always find myself rewatching cutscenes from both 1 and 2 as well as listening to the soundtrack in the car or at work. It's great that the series can offer so much depending on how deep you want to dive.

[@danielfm81]

@@KayJulers ❤❤❤

[@RudiMyDear]

The thing with Galea being 'Hel' would make a lot of sense, in Xenoblade 1, the "Sophia" character was Meyneth, who we know to have been Galea. In Xenoblade 2; it's Lora, and you perfectly summarized her importance towards the themes of Morytha. It'd be fitting in that sense.

[@miiks...5...3...9...]

Might be worth adding that all the Guldos looking at the sky are looking towards the World Tree/Elysium. Also many walls in the city look like they are actually metal plating that secures the windows behind them (like the security systems for the city in Neon Genesis Evangelion) probably due to the war that was going on at the time.

[@KayJulers]

Good points! I also should finish Evangelion as I watched the first 8 or so episodes, but never got around to finishing it.

[@ontos8534]

Oh look its miiks that guy that used to have some good content but now it no longer exists

[@EnelXC]

Epic

[@Mohnbrot20]

No u

[@Gayd1]

Aaaahhh Houston, what a lovely place

[@edgarmarques4646]

Gonna be honest, that theory about the Infernal Guldo being Galea, I dont buy it. Galea is Meyneth before she was transported (fully, unlike Klaus) to the Xenoblade 1 universe. If the Guldo was her, then it should also have the same portal effects that Klaus has as she would be existing in two separate universes at the same time. I dunno, I feel like people are reading too hard into a blurry texture that is, more than likely, just asset reuse.

[@fishibomb4791]

I agree

[@charliev8224]

"Core crystals were first conceived as a replacement for human brain cells, a product of Man's age old quest for immortality." I feel that this was what, to an extent, Klaus and Galea were researching: a way to extend humanity's lifespan. And seeing how survivers bonded with the core crystals, just not as successfully as future blade eaters, it might not be too unreasonable to assume Galea morphed into the Inferno Guldo. She could've been split in half like Klaus, but due to the Crystal's healing factor, she regrew her limbs. Another thing to note is that the premises is very similar to Resident Evil: Newfound technologies were invented to extend human lifespan, it backfired and turned the victims into monsters. Some of the victims reacted differently with the "virus" and some just we're stronger than others, with Galea because the most powerful one we see. And this would explain why Meyneth died so easily in the first game cause her other half faced their demise. This theory gets more credibility when the same thing happens between Zanza and Klaus respectively.

[@KayJulers]

I think a big reason why it's so widely believed is because if they did reuse the asset then they could've picked any other character to represent. Although it's not discussed specifically, probably the fact that it's brought up in the scene with Klaus might have bolstered the theory. It does seem incredibly odd that Galea and Klaus went down such different paths despite sharing a similar fate in XC1, but perhaps XC:DE might explain it a bit more or there's something about Galea before she used core crystals that we don't know about.

[@edgarmarques4646]

Ok so, for Carlos: there is no proof that Klaus and Meyneth have anything to do with Core Crystal tecnology, for all we know Klaus could have just used the technology because he knew about it (you probably have phone and use it but you more than likely didn't make). Galea and Klaus (and other scientists at Rhadamanthus) were studying the Conduit, probably to try and figure out interdimensional travelling. And for Kay: there are only two characters in the game with a name tag, Klaus and Galea (and I'm honestly not sure if Klaus has a unique one, can't really tell), so a new one would have to be made for the Guldo. The Guldo being brought up in the talk with Klaus is because he is the only character that can 100% prove that they were once humans. Rex also does not show the tag in the scene, Klaus simply mentions them and the game shows us footage from scenes from Morytha (as a flashback from Rex's perspective) he gives no importance to them. Edit: added a paragraph between my two points for easier reading.

[@charliev8224]

@@edgarmarques4646 Yeah you're right. Truth is we simply don't have anywhere near enough information to come to a conclusion, It's just a theory. They might reveal more in the definitive edition (like Kay mentioned) or in future entries, they might never address it again. They might've recycled assets and we're just reading way too much into it, or it was done on purpose and that really was Galea.

[@RyuNoZero]

when I entered Morytha for the First Time, I thought it was NLA

[@Implosion-Gaming]

Same lol.

[@dragongamer4753]

Surprisingly enough the death of mayneth in xenoblade 1 and the chapter 8 boss in 2 line up in the story with each game only having 3 bosses after that.

[@KayJulers]

I never even considered that, but that's really rad! I'm wondering how many other events potentially line up between the two games.

[@wildfiresnap]

DragonGamer 475 *4 bosses* you forgot the monsters Dickson summons in Prison Island and the Indoline warrior monks in 2

[@ivythay4259]

I really like this video. While not said in the video, I find it that the Guldos are sort of like "natural" Blade Eaters. However, while they retain a 'mostly' humanoid appearance, their fate is more akin to the prototype Blade Eaters developed by the Praetorium in XCT, rather than the prefected ones like Mikhail. This being that they lack a sane state of mind (or a state of mind at all).

[@KayJulers]

Thanks, and that's a very valid point. Looking at those prototypes like Gort really gives me the creeps and probably some of the most disturbing things the series has to offer.

[@deadpoule4402]

15:19 GENERAL KENOBI !

[@Miikhiel]

The Land of Morytha is really the land of “man’s sin”- aka, his hubris. It becomes the forgotten land scarred by ambition, wounded by anger, and frozen in time; it’s existence was lost to all save the architect and the very few that know about the land’s existence. I think XB2 tells the story that intersects much with our own- what with all the nuclear warfare and the devastation it wreaks. With Rex and Mythra/Pyra/Pneumna’s pilgrimage, they sought to save the world in different yet similar end points: to put an end to strife and to right wrongs. I feel XB and XB2 may have had elements woven into it from the original 6 episodic games of the Xenosaga series as the allusions, though subtle, are somewhat present in this series.

[@xenorayy]

Definitely one of my favourite areas not just in xc2 but in Xenoblade in general. The environmental music is eerie yet very relaxing to listen to and the visuals are just amazing, I often just run around the area just to see it since I love it so much

[@spiderdude2099]

Idk about anyone else, but as far as I’m concerned the giant guldo is galea.....in a sense. Meyneth is the name of galeas soul once she’s transported to xc1 universe much like how Zanza in klaus’ soul or half of it that gets transported to the xc1 universe. In that sense, I interpreted it as the guldo is what happpened to her body that was left back on earth. It was corrupted into the giant guldo. I also agree with people who say that it’s meant to be galea based on how deliberately that cutscene focuses on the card. It’s framed very particularly like we’re supposed to pay attention to it and it’s something important. They wouldn’t do that with just a random placeholder texture

[@hsapin]

This channel is vastly underrated. Really glad I found it!

[@KaiSaeren]

Amazing video, I love when people point out these things I would otherwise miss in games I love. In general delving into area and story lore is always engaging. Keep it coming :)

[@TainoMoya]

Enjoying your content more and more with every video. The ambience in morytha is amazing. The only place that topped it for me in impact was Elysium. Great video mate!

[@KayJulers]

Thanks so much and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! Oh my gosh, Elysium had me shook when I first got there, and the music is so strong.

[@slobertooth1358]

I'm so happy somebody is talking about of my (and one of the best) areas in xenoblade 2. Amazing analysis of this area btw. Keep up the good work.

[@mr.voidout4739]

The fact that the highway signs are in miles and not kilometers certainly implies that it was an American city. We know off the heels of X that Takahashi has a modern-west affinity that breaks the mold for typical fantasy. That's what I love about NLA and Morytha; they're places that are outright or very familiar to me as an RPG player that only plays in fantasy realms. Especially in such a grandiose fantasy land like Alrest, I found it awesome to be dunked into a place so familiar, that it's sobering.

[@ooofritada8103]

Dude your videos are fantastic, it’s so great to finally see someone recognize the brilliance of these games

[@EvilMike349]

To this day I still get goosebumps every time I see Morytha. Between the crazy lightning storms, giant flying fish monsters, and the remains of the Tornan titan, I can't help but wonder what details might still be hidden there. World building at it's absolute best!

[@RayCanizares]

This was a really great idea and perfect for the month, good job on the editing too!

[@KayJulers]

Thank you so much!

[@TainoMoya]

Forreal! The editing has improved!

[@Jaekization]

This was a great video. At 14:29 though, the word you are looking for is grotesque. Morytha does an amazing job at being grotesque, familiar yet unfamiliar, which is usually more scary then something that is just scary or just typical.

[@avibi]

Loved the KayJulers' weakness scale.

[@dken0r216]

Great video, Morytha is my favorite area in the game :)

[@jhon1406]

now that i've finally beaten xc1 + 2 since the start of the summer, i'm excited to be able to catch up on all your content!

[@allanvelasquez6101]

No hablo ingles, pero entiendo bastante, y la verdad queria decirte que eres genial por hacer contenido de tanta calidad sobre la hermosa saga que es Xenoblade, sigue haciendo este maravilloso contenido :^) Thank you.

[@Napalm242]

You definitely deserve more views and subs. Your quality of content regarding xenoblade is up there with Luxin which says quite a bit. It's always nice to find another xenoblade freak who over analyses stuff. I just binge watched like a bunch of your videos and i can say that it was a very enjoyable 2 hours.

[@KayJulers]

Oh geez, thank you! I'm flattered you enjoy the videos enough to spend all that time watching them.

[@Mnemoniforma9.00]

Not gonna lie, BGM in Morytha brings to mind the Heartless-infested landscapes of Aqua's decade long odyssey through the Realm of Darkness in Kingdom Hearts 0.1 and 0.2

[@lubbo5261]

Visiting the undestroyee Morytha in Future Redeemed had me crying.

[@lukedelameter7961]

This areas felt like an SMT game in the most complimentary way. SMTIV pulled a similar reveal, and seeing actual streets in Morytha was giving me the exact same feelings. The idea of a ruined future lying underneath the world is a fascinatingly atmospheric experience.

[@Joshnaks]

That I-90 sign legitimately spooks me. Lived by that highway for most of my life, so that felt huge for me.

[@xx_pit_xx8492]

Wtf I haven't seen this video earlier. No seriously this I's my favorite zone in xeno in general and probably rpgs I just love this type of places, the music, the character develoment the Lore explained I just love it. I also like a lot when the character have that hearth to hearth in the secret zone is one of my favorites to. And I think you have explained why this is a great zone perfectly

[@Natethegreat-tq4qh]

This place was so unsettling and freaky!!! My heart literally dropped! I was like this our Earth!!!! I was sweating and my heart was pumping and I was haunted by this fact! The music and atmosphere was amazing!!! Such an amazing level! I have never felt such dread and sadness since playing Wind Waker and Xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition. I remember when I played Wind Waker and I was like oh! This is the Great Sea! I guess this is a different world like Termina or Holodrum because it's pure sea and nothing else. Then when I went underneath the sea and saw an entire kingdom, I was like OMG this is Hyrule! And the creepy, eerie, depressing version of Hyrule Castle starts to play and it was so unsettling seeing Hyrule Castle in ruins and the Hero of time statue destroyed. Seeing the Moblins and Darknuts rampaging the lands and finding out that the gods flooded out Hyrule was so disturbing. Agniratha is also so unnerving. I expected a place filled with Machinas but no, just a desolate abondoned place. I don't think it's as unnerving as Morytha because atleast some Machina evacuated but there were a lot of casualties because of Zanza and it was so sad. I wished that I could just forget about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and play it all over again it's so good! Morytha is by far my favorite place in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 I wished we could've explored more though

[@cjthenarhwalking1378]

The fact that it is interstate 90 makes it even creepier for me since there is a chance the world tree is located in my state.

[@kileysevens9116]

I love how you said Xenoblade took a page out of Resident Evil because the song for the area reminded me sooo much of Resident Evil lol

[@WowUrFcknHxC]

Existential dread is what makes Morytha so creepy.

[@ThibautMahringer]

That Juju joke was gold 😂

[@esaunothing6336]

Its weird, when i first saw morytha i just felt a strange sort of peace.

[@MooseKINGstudios]

Oh my! I’m glad I’m not the only one that remembers Scary Godmother!

[@diitrii]

I remember walking through this area and seeing a highway sign that looked like a U.S. highway sign and it made me sad

[@Lordviridian]

i was thinking man it looks alot like NLA, sure enough you include a shot of NLA right after

[@richardsonrichly8456]

I like the music becouse it fits the location so well The music is disturbing and sad at the same time or atleast thats what i felt when i first saw it

[@ProfessorXenoblade]

I legitimately felt fear when I got to Morytha

[@olderythia]

This area is really similar to Zeboim from Xenogears. It feels like the developers were at least referencing it.

[@bekerson4980]

One problem with highway 8 being part of interstate 90 is that the world tree is right there. A giant space elevator. Space elevators can only be built at the equator.

[@wanderlust1282]

Ironically, the violin reminds me of Bioshock…

[@ShermTank7272]

3:46 Nice little Easter egg there

[@golfer435]

Easily my favorite area in the entire game

[@Fish-ep4cn]

SPOOKY SEASON spooky season

[@KayJulers]

It's time.

[@mikeAustinstonecold]

this place is a reference of zeboim ruins from Xenogears.

[@ontos8534]

Well no its not as all three xenoseries' are a retelling of the same story

[@kevinmokumobi9684]

Better then luxin and miiks!! Best xeno analysis.

[@benbarnett5743]

Am I the only one that is reminded of silent hill when looking around Morytha

[@Plunaria]

Lorna Doone is a cookie brand you probably walk by in the grocery store?

[@pokemannyt5372]

this needs a tampaman cameo

[@pokemannyt5372]

i agree

[@dragongamer4753]

I never knew the boss was galea. I thought that the texture was just a low poly model. Also i thought that klaus was the only one split in two.

[@ArchTalko]

Not even 30 seconds in and you're gushing over the Oracle games and Gen 5, I think we're legally married now😳🙏

[@ontos8534]

The guldo is not Galea if it were she would appear the same as Klaus torn into two pieces

[@fishibomb4791]

You are 1 subscriber away from 1000!!!!!!!!!

[@fishibomb4791]

Congrats on hitting 1000 subs!!👍 and here's to many thousands more in the future!

[@KayJulers]

@@fishibomb4791 Thank you! I'm honestly flabbergasted, and should hopefully have an update/thank you video out soon!

[@corrinflakes9659]

What city could even fall under highway 236 and interstate 90? I’m not American but looking that up seems like the two don’t cross?

[@danielfm81]

❤

[@KayJulers]

💚

[@fel_7264]

Yeet

[@KayJulers]

I'm glad somebody brought it up haha.

[@ZanzatheDivine]

I'm late, but, it really is a stretch that Galea became the Guldo boss. Xenolade 1 shows she became Meyneth. Although her body may have been left behind to become one, while her spirit became Meyneth (much like Klaus' body was left behind but his spirit became Zanza), she was on Rhadamanthus when Klaus hit the button. The ID tag was just a reused asset. Why make an separate texture for a tag for someone who isn't going to appear in the game, when you can just reuse an existing, blurry texture?

[@jhon1406]

Lora, Lorna, Tora, Torna ... some of these name choices are a little too similar for my taste

[@richardsonrichly8456]

Wonders arround all of a suden finds a plasicy think looks at Is that? The world tree? Wait IS THAT ME AND PYRA XENOBLADE??!?!?! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PLACE

[@Vinylmelody1517]

Spoilers for Xenoblade chronicles 1 below Wait isn't galena,the scientist with Klaus, mayneth? The card that Rex finds does look like hers but maybe it's not? Or did she perhaps leave her body behind when she became the mechanics like how Klaus left most of his behind when he became the bionis?

[@superluismigueL100]

3:45 I see what you did there

[@fathm4623]

Hi,I know I'm late -but I wanted to mention that I don't think the Inferno Guldo is Galea, mainly because Klaus and Galea were split into half by the creation of the second universe, so I think that either the other half of Galea was sent to another universe that we'll see at some point in the future. That may not be the case, but I do think they left it open ended for a reason, so that if they did intend to use her second half at some point in the future it would still make sense.

[@Kurayamiblack]

*[MEGA Spoiler Warning for Readers Passing Through Here]* I always thought Galea was Lady Meyneth in XC1 and that's why she and Zanza had their own Monados. I figured Meyneth used Mechonis as a body same as Zanza and the Bionis. This DOES bring up the question of Drivers and Blades though, particularly the Aegis Blades. There should only be 3 Aegis Blades, Malos, Pneuma, and Alvis. If Pneuma and Malos are in the XC2 universe and Alvis left to the XC1 universe, then the XC1 universe should only have 1 Monado which is Alvis's Blade Weapon. So where did Meyneth get a Monado from? Malos has his Monado with him, the sword Rex uses is presumably Pneuma's Monado and Zanza and Shulk use Alvis' Monado. How exactly does Meyneyh have one for Zanza to steal? There's still some continuity gaps at play here or maybe I'm just confused. But yeah, I always thought the woman with Klaus became Meyneth