Punishing: Gray Raven - Narwhal | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@spiderdude2099]

“That was one of the sickest drops I’ve ever heard” PGR: “watch me do it three more times in the same song ;) “

[@Witch_of_Gains]

And still cause eargasms 🔥🔥🔥

[@arkcanon1282]

here is a list if you want to dive deep to Amazing P:GR's OSTs -LAMIA by GhostFinal -HIKARI by GhostFinal -Dust by GhostFinal -Revelation by GhostFinal -Last Resort by GhostFinal -傀儡 曲 (Puppet) by Haloweak -Edenis by M€I -Sie libten sich beide by LCC -Exorcism by Polyblue

[@VincentLloydM]

YES THE PGR NATIONAL ANTHEM BABY

[@Prodigal450]

That would be Lamia

[@AwRam24]

Narwhal is a national anthem for pgr player

[@EdStreamsAlot]

Narwhal is the national pgr anthem

[@abadidea5984]

I've heard so many trance songs do the rising beats into the drop enough times that Narwhal's drop really caught me off guard. The soundscape gives me the distinct feeling of ascending skywards, faster and faster and climbing higher and higher. And what's really special is that they don't drop the beat _immediately_ , they give you these quiet, breathless two seconds as though you've just broken through the clouds, you're hanging in the air at the apex of your ascent, and you just _breathe_ . And THEN the drop hits and it's like you're rocketing back towards the earth at breakneck speeds. For some reason I am picturing a mecha pulling off this exact maneuver, the rockets flaring to life as the drop happens and zooming downwards back through the clouds with this unstoppable kinetic force. It's exhilarating.

[@JessesAuditorium]

(￣_,￣ )

[@Luka-Noctiluka]

Yeah! I had the same feeling but I thought about a jet during its moments of acceleration on a carrier before entering the sky.

[@shihabsharar3539]

Well the boss you gotta fight is kind of a mecha

[@shihabsharar3539]

And she can fly

[@mmrchive]

@@shihabsharar3539 mf ascends then drops at you to remind you that your limbs can be separated from your body

[@T_Man]

All I know about PGR is that for a Chinese gacha game the music goes unreasonably hard. I can't wait for you to listen to more of the music, even I, someone who knows none of the context for any of it, thinks it is all great.

[@yagikataiser434]

It's weird how many Chinese gachas do have ridiculously good soundtracks, honestly. Aside from this, Arknights and Genshin both come to mind

[@YaToGamiKuro]

girls frontline where@@yagikataiser434

[@manwhat438]

one of the only mobile games where I actually like reading the dialogue. The characters evolve really realistically. Not to mention they have a unique ability system that doesn't just revolve around waiting for cooldowns. There was a pc beta so it'll probably release on pc very soon

[@sleeplessknight173]

That's Honkai for me. I've been interested in punishing grey raven for a while but just haven't gotten into it yet. But this is the first time I've heard people say the story is good, now I might actually give it a go.

[@Carsu12]

@@sleeplessknight173 Prepare for shaky start then, but I guess this is the case for most gatcha game stories. At the beginning the story is kinda random and all over the place, but around midway through (what is available in Global) it starts getting really deep and interesting. And you can feel them putting the budget into it, with much more extensive dialogue and even CG cutscenes sprinkled around. Also prepare to get your heart stomped upon multiple times if you decide to go through character backstory chapters, they really pull no breaks there.

[@VincentLloydM]

The dialogue can be so good. I love also the pop culture references and how they're integrated into the game. The translators do a wonderful job imo.

[@Dasaltwarrior]

Oh cool, hopefully I wont have to bother with setting up bluestacks now lol

[@megatbasyarullah4859]

Fr. At first it was kinda boring but that's most of the case for other gachas as well like honkai etc. But midway through the game (global) things gets dark real fast. And it also touches great themes as well. It truly feels like im playing it for the story rather than a waifu simulator lol. And i just downloaded and played the CN one and I'll tell you the story just becomes more depressing

[@Nebelworfer]

It's high time some of Vanguard Sound's music appeared here, they do a lot of work on mostly chinese gacha games, and it's always high quality stuff. Most standout tracks of theirs are probably from PGR and Girls Frontline OSTs.

[@Mochachocakon]

super talented and they love their listeners

[@masdrionalt]

Seems like it never made it on to the spreadsheet, but this was one of the Patreon requests I sent in as well, so I'm glad you finally got around to it. This game's soundtrack is full of absolute gems, and the production quality is insane across the board. Glad you enjoyed it, Merry Christmas, hope you're having a good one.

[@JessesAuditorium]

Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't see it, was it super early on when I did everything on notepad? lol, maybe I missed it that way.

[@masdrionalt]

@@JessesAuditorium That may have been it. No worries though, I'm just glad it made it through and happy to see you enjoy it.

[@ChuckS117]

You know its a good one when the sunglasses come out.

[@nicolasandreshak9045]

Been waiting for this one for a while. Absolutely love this song, looking forwards to your reaction to this!

[@spiderdude2099]

Idk why but they went SO HARD on the audio quality for this song. It is a TREAT to the ears

[@JessesAuditorium]

yes

[@DissatisfiedRover118]

@@JessesAuditorium 🗿

[@genjixi7589]

This is top tier banger I can totally put this on repeat and listen for hours

[@prosackmetheus5409]

Hell yeah! Always good to see more people react to PGR. Edit: Yeah, Narwhal is a type of horned whale. Like the one in the background. Punishing Gray Raven has a lot of amazing OSTs, one of them I'd recommend to listen to next is Hikari by GhostFinal. Certified banger.

[@ferrarif1w886]

As someone who listened almost exclusively to Trance music (ASOT, Black Hole, Anjunabeats) for most of my teen years, listening to this for the first time was so nostalgic for me❤️

[@jacktheripper7935]

Vanguard are incredible, their tracks are candy to our ears and for PGR, they nailed it. This OST was the first thing I ever heard from PGR 1 year before global even launched, my love for this game started just at this moment.

[@emerlance]

Can't wait for the Hikari one, great Reaction!

[@babadookdi4921]

Hikari, Lamia and Narwhal are god tier.

[@no_ire]

That and Lamia, I'm so pumped, wish they'd come soon :D

[@kenny10188]

I first checked out PGR because of the gameplay I saw in the app store. I stayed because of its overall feel and quality. This song essentially became PGR's anthem for me. At first, I also experienced Narwhal as any other electronic song. However, when the boss fight of Frozen Darkness hit with all of the beats and vocals coming together along with the character you get to play at that time (Alpha), I became *Motivated*. It caught me completely off guard and I've been playing it religiously ever since. I fell in love with this game more than any other and it's a mobile gacha game. If you do play it, you'll understand why we love the game. The gameplay is closer to DMC than something like the usual mobile idle games where it's a matter of numbers with low effort stickers. In fact, Alpha, the red person in Narwhal's background image, is basically Vergil's daughter. Not simply in lore, but actual gameplay.

[@samuraidog]

I first played it because of the music and stayed for the gameplay

[@zeru5195]

Hell yeah, PGR has fantastic music, glad to see you react to one of the tracks and hope you will check out more from them in the future.

[@spindakins]

I am so so glad more people are recognizing just how insane Vanguard Sound's collection of artists is. Punishing Gray Raven has INSANE high quality soundtracks for a *PHONE GAME*. Genuinely one of the best finds I had this year.

[@hexfizgamingch]

Welcome , to the Atlantis of EDM/Trance/Hidden Treasure of PGR.... pick any song on the list and u will have similar if not better experience While this is the "National Anthem" and the first banger on the list, each update will live up to its expectation or even surpass it... had been happening for 3 years and we still soar higher , i dont know how they do it but we are getting high while i also said you can pick any song , my personal favorite is Hikari , Lamia , and Exorcism

[@wolfhunted7702]

Best way to describe pgr's music: "Wait for the drop" "Im sorry the drop?"

[@carso1500]

"holy shit that fucking drop"

[@critrpg]

Man, finally who cries during music! Thanks so much for being open about that, as someone who sometimes has to stop his car because the Music is too good, I highly appreciate it.

[@Mindistortt]

Holy shit what a nice trance tune. I thought i was listening one of Giuseppe Ottaviani mixes.

[@ElekiSerket]

If you haven't already, I recommend doing more from this game. Dust, Lamia and Revelation are just a few, but the game's absolutely packed with bangers

[@noirerune3833]

LETS GOOOO PGR MUSIC FINALLY

[@masufame]

You are correct. Narwhal is a horned whale,which is also in the game while playing this song

[@zepharahara]

PGR has so much fantastic music. Please sometime the future.. Structures by Vanguard Sound/Ghost Final. From Punishing Gray Raven and Part of their Nier Automata Collab~!!

[@freykiva3887]

Pgr is one of the games I grind daily, I couldn't complete my day without it, it rarely made me so bored plus I bop with their music so badly! I'm currently addicted on listening to Under Dimension which is one my least favorite but listening to it like 5x daily, it grew on me and now it's probably up there in my top favorites, of course I'm biased towards Last Resort.

[@TheBoltMaster456]

12:05 oh YES absolutely. take a listen to LAMIA, Dust, HIKARI, Last Resort, Ouroboros, Revelation, Exorcism, etc. All have equal production quality and are equally as impressive as Narwhal

[@farhangg7070]

One of the reason i keep playing PGR is their ost. VSS really did a great job for this game, where i cant find it similar to what they did to other games. It feel so different like this game was made for them. My top 3 VSS playlist: 1. Last Resort (organ was one of my fav part even though it short🤣🤣) 2. Hikari remake (more classic-like) 3. Wraith (fall in love when i saw PGR patch trailer, fit so well with the story). It not i'm not liking other(not mention) ost, but these ost sound special to me.

[@ArdeoBlaze]

I always glad to see more people listen to this masterpiece!!! Nice video!!!

[@aaron_guzman]

Fun fact: PGR has a re-run for the story of the patch named Untold Naraka (a collab with NieR:Automata) in this moment. It allows you to see how the constructs (characters from PGR) fits just perfect with the NieR:Automata world, just like both games belong to the same universe. You can play with 2B, 9S and A2, even you can have them on your account if you can get them from PGR's collab gacha. Also, CN server will be having its second collab. This time is with Black*Rock Shooter.

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

If you liked Narwhal then you might also wanna check: LAMIA, HIKARI, Last Resort, Revelation, Dust, Exorcism, C.O.R.E., Structures... Just to name a few ;)

[@Messi-rw9ng]

PGR's got a whole slew of banger tracks and this is just the first.

[@diegostrossen6751]

Sometimes music condenses our emotions and draws around the shape of our soul in a way that let's us grasp the form of our life struggles and the strength that we gain by facing them. And by facing ourselves.

[@feralchimaera99]

Here's some I can recommend from Vanguard Sounds Studio: Hikari Dust Exorcism Under Dimension Punishing Gray Raven has a lot more but most notable ones are behind boss battles

[@NepNepTech]

pretty much every song in this game hits like a runaway ice cream van

[@vlad2517]

About Nier familarity PGR had a collab with Nier Automata,they had 2b,9s,a2 as characters aaaaand they made a short song for the event,they even had a Weight of the world as a main menue theme,hope for more pgr ost considering Narhwal is one of the more subtle ones they have,marry christmass

[@JessesAuditorium]

Small world!

[@zakume1443]

We need some more Punishing Gray Raven reactions!

[@JessesAuditorium]

Recording one this week

[@RenHeng_canon]

OMG ❤ This is amazing!!!! 😭💖 Oh and also please: Do "Scaramouche Boss Theme" grom Genshin Impact, that SLAPS! 🎉

[@akazuki5509]

Most of pgr music is electronic/rave music and all of them are bangers

[@FrizFroz]

When you said Takken 6 I immediately thought of Electric Fountain as well before you mentioned it, and I can also hear the Nier:Automata elements. Great to hear from another Keiichi Okabe stan! "This is one song out of the whole game. Who knows how the rest of the soundtrack is, does anything else live up to that?" Indeed, I do recommend Punishing: Gray Raven's other OSTs, or, more broadly, Haloweak/Vanguard Studio's whole repertoire. "Narwhal" is one of the highlights but the other tracks, like "Hikari", "Dust", "Lamia", "Revelation" - among many, *_many_* others - are just as good if not better.

[@arkcanon1282]

HIKARI, LAMIA, Dust, Revelation are by GhostFinal tho. 傀儡 曲 (Puppet) is by Haloweak.

[@stephmendes_]

The moment you connect with Nier I laughed because I downloaded this game just because 9S is playable 🤣 (2B and A2 too) But I gave up before getting him because it wasn't really my style and I'm avoiding more gachas in my life. So no idea how Nier is connected to this game's universe but bravo for you connecting them out of the blue!

[@JessesAuditorium]

That was a shot in the dark and I'm glad it was pretty damn close :D

[@stephmendes_]

@@JessesAuditorium it was a clean shot! XD

[@ergonamix9977]

It's likely that it'd be a situation of the organization YoRHa is canon to PGR, but PGR might not necessarily be canon to the Nier Universe. Unless Yoko Taro is truly a madman (which he might be, honestly), in which case both PGR and FF14 are canon to the Drakengard/Nier universe due to the crossovers.

[@pixilated_max255]

@@ergonamix9977 none of it is connected it was just a fun little cross over event I believe

[@N0XEL]

Ok so pgr is a Chinese action mobile gacha game, the music throughout is really good and I honestly can't pick a favourite, I have like 4 or 5 tied for what I say is the best one, despite being gacha it's one of the more f2p friendly ones however it's also one of the harder ones to play, if your bad at the game your bad at it even if your a whale that spends tons of money. Honestly only bad thing I have to say about it is that the story starts pretty weak, chapter one through eight are a pretty slow start but after then it's really good.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

I just started and I’m still in the early game, I don’t really mind the slow pace and I actually kind of like it since it helps set up everything else later down the line. Then again, I generally appreciate slower and more lore-heavy media anyway so I could be a bit biased lol.

[@fairchildevan]

Waiting for the PGR lore nuts to come and drop the context, I would but I fear I wouldn’t do this wonderful story any justice.

[@nicogalax]

Is the chapter where this plays localized? Which chapter is it

[@fairchildevan]

@@nicogalax It has been, its chapter 12 called Frozen Darkness. At that point the story begins to pick up as well. This song has a few versions of it that play throughout the chapter.

[@shihabsharar3539]

@@fairchildevan no dude It's chapter Extra and It's after chapter 8

[@nicogalax]

@@fairchildevan it plays during the fight against Rosetta or something? Damn, I left the game thinking that part wasn't localized

[@julianturner7244]

Funny you bring up Automata because there's a collab featuring 2B, A2, and 92. In fact 2B and Lucia (PGR's protagonist) share the same voice actress.

[@katarinanokami2718]

Please do more! Vanguard Sound is just on another level! They do OST for various gacha game. Personally HIkari , 傀儡 曲 , Lamia , Shattered Doll (I had goosebumps from listening to that one) , Sie liebten sich beide ... so yeah..and I promise they do banger after banger! Please check them out forreal!

[@Kimchivender]

Several games inspired Kuro in the making of PGR. Mainly Nier Automata as it directly uses Gestalt in their world for the name of a super computer. The setting also draws heavy inspiration from Nier in which a man made virus (the Punishing Virus) infects ai on earth forcing humanity to retreat into space onto a ark esque city called Babylonia. On the game's first anniversary in July, there was even a collab between PGR and Automata which is currently being reran. Other games that had a more minor influence are mainly action combobased rpgs like DmC (Alpha, the girl on the left in red of this track's background fondly draws parallels to Virgil as she mainly utilizes Iai and sword waves in her moveset, with her ultimate just straight up being Virgil's Judgement Cut), there is also a bit of a Metal Gear Rising Revengence inspiration as well. Vanguard Sound really are blessed to have such a bang up team of people under them, really wish more of their stuff was on spotify but, if I could reccomend other tracks. The most popular ones are Hikari, Lamia, Revelation, Holy Moonlight, and Last Resort. There is even a secret mix of Narwhal that has a 7% chance of playing in only a specific stage done by another prominent artist under Vanguard Sound by GhostFinal. Cool to see you dive into PGR's music man, cheers for the video hope to see more analysis of PGR and Vanguard Sound. (・ω・)ノ

[@uwusagi1812]

Punishing Gray Raven Hikari is another song that part of the franchise that you should check out!

[@Shinransa]

Welcome to the world of "Biblically Accurate Chinese Mobile Game Trance EDM" or just "that hard fucking bop you listen to while clicking on 2D women or playing a game that is way too good for Mobile"... I cannot emphasize enough that they sometimes make music that goes way too hard for games where the gameplay is non-existent and also AAA grade shit like PGR. You can just pick any song Vanguard Sound composed and it's a banger.

[@JessesAuditorium]

What a description

[@hexfizgamingch]

Except for PGR case, the gameplay is AAA tier too

[@reycole8837]

Pgr has some bangers, would recommend to listen the other pieces as well

[@darnok6407]

Haloweak is just a generally great Trance-Artist. "Wonderful Pain" and "Evolution" are two songs I can also recommend

[@vaxellimus]

Now I want to see you react to Lamia.

[@Blackcatxd053]

for anyone wandering how is the gameplay of the game, search "Lamia fight pgr" and "twins fight pgr" Now if you want to see how the gamplay will be (CN server) search "radiant marcher pgr" and "the merciful one pgr" if none of them hook you in the game, nothing will (and yeah, some bosses are HARD)

[@ADestineRoad]

Lamia should be next song uncle Jessy should review among songs of PGR. I suggest.

[@ngoancs]

My old story that i played this version + remix on my favorite bar with max volumte and we lived in 20 min of wild, motion and police penaty about noise :)))

[@Stephen-Fox]

Your comment about electronic music often sounding the same - I don't know if I'd apply that to all electronica, but I do remember that a lot of folk in my sixth form liked EDM, and when they had control of the CD player in the common room, my group who wasn't into EDM would sometimes wind up at the end of our free period trying to figure out exactly how many songs there'd been on the album that had been playing throughout that free period - If it was one or several. And not in the way something like Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds is kind of hard to distinguish between where the transition between songs are. In the 'I can't tell the difference between each thing on this disk' sense. And in the context EDM is designed for? That's probably fantastic, since it likely gives whoever's DJing the set the most freedom to crossfade, mix, and whatnot to drive the energy of for the optimal club experience. But as a soundtrack to sit back and chat over, catch up/get ahead on homework, and play cards to... Not so much.

[@lololllololololol]

You could put this song in Tekken and it'd fit just fine. Personally not my jam but it was really clean and well constructed, nothing muddy or overlapped.

[@jethssrb1207]

Try Lamia, Revelation and Dust too. 👍

[@stanleykalang1156]

try out vangaurd sound studios other songs please🙏...really recommended "Lamia" and "Exorcism"😆

[@hito-sama]

I can't really focus play the game everytime my fav ost playing in the BG 😂

[@TheBoltMaster456]

speaking of Nier, PGR actually had a collab with Nier last year.

[@Endlave]

Heck, the whole soundtrack is worth checking out. If you need a recommendation, try "Hikari" next.

[@clappy1177]

PGR actually has a nier crossover so it makes sense that it's quite similar

[@AshflowEX]

This theme is kinda like and sounds on some parts of BATTLE WITH SEYMOUR theme in FFX

[@nencrows_4580]

Boss Music done right.

[@RenKoori]

If you didn't know PGR also collab with Nier, and they have a Music for the collab Called ''Structures'' Hope you'll also react to that~!

[@treagoplays]

I'm coming in as blind as you are, this shit was wild

[@bluebirdprint8301]

Yeah the bgm from pgr game is really something bruh

[@xvicky1]

punishing gray raven : Lamia next 🙂

[@Kaij-]

PGR a great game and an amazing soundtrack! well worth checking out Currently the are colabing with nier automata. The game is post apocalyptic, a virus called "punishing" has all but wiped out humans. We the "constructs" who are humans who have become android frames. are out to fight back the infected. "grey raven" are the team you belong to. the gameplay and combat are very DMC and Nier automata. skill > everything, timing dodges, stunlocking enemies. its a wicked game.

[@florianstuder3128]

u HAVE to react to more their music is godly

[@kyero8724]

Its suppose to be the centaur girl you see singing.

[@Eli-422]

More VSS exposure woooo

[@shalldie2163]

Can you do the Exorcism by Polyblue. It's my most favorite one.

[@salvadoragramon2799]

well get ready for black rock shooter collab cuz they announce it on CN server

[@chriscross3158]

Please react to hikari, lamia, last resort, wraith, under dimension, exorcism. These soundtracks are also from pgr and are really toptier👌🏻

[@AshflowEX]

Anyone requested some Suikoden 2 Gothic Neclord theme and Battle with luca blight??? No? 😆😅

[@CrazyCircles1]

Finally! :D

[@bluebirdprint8301]

And try another song from pgr like lamia,hikari or exorcism

[@UnXceptable-ih8dx]

National Anthem!

[@lazyHerrscher]

If you liked you should also listen to lamia, hikari and sie liebten sich beide from pgr

[@khakha5377]

Lamia & dust when??

[@k9raikan510]

React to Hikari or Last Resort. you will enjoy those songs.

[@solio4327]

Someone Get this man to listen to Hikari, the newer version, immediately

[@imnotacat7023]

Yowai

[@anhvu8804]

Try Lamia, the beat drop hard.

[@Witch_of_Gains]

Heeehhh, now check out Lamia & Dust for more sick drops.

[@Beruin]

Haloweak Needs a raise

[@datle8628]

This game dev doesnt know what advertising meant

[@dolgorukysvyatoslav]

now they know)

[@anastasianuan1680]

I have no idea what this even is. Which is weird for me. Oh its a mobile gacha game... explains why I dont know it. All that gacha money at least got used to pay their composer. Sounds like they deserve it.

[@tastycastle1976]

Not only that, the game has a very good combat system reminiscent of Nier. This game is considered very hard for casual audience and sadly that makes it not very popular (Heck, just search 'PGR Gabriel boss', 'PGR Lamia boss' or 'PGR Twins boss' to see what I mean)

[@masufame]

I enjoy having RNG and no creativity in combat !

[@ImKenjutsuu]

@@masufame you say that like AAA games have creativity nowadays

[@zetsubowidz2287]

@@masufame?, rng are only get you no where here, heal won't save you here, tanking atk mean suicide here, your stat from "rng" will be useless after getting staggered by ENEMY atk anyway, oh op Skill of hero you mean? They are limited only replenish if you hit enemy with normal atk oh and dodge is limited, so GID GUD, let's not talk about babel tower...... That place is beyond hell

[@prosackmetheus5409]

@@masufame No creativity? Bro, PGR reinvented Action Combat. The Orb System alone is some of the most unique stuff to come out in recent times.

[@stevennlinn]

LAMIA

[@animewala1647]

Jesus?? Is that you??

[@HIWTYLSL]

Ah yea nice. One of PGR’s best, still prefer Last Resort

[@JesseAnderson]

This song is super good, but to anyone expecting more of this from the game and wanting to try it... don't, the game is legit awful for the first 8 main story chapters, which can take weeks to get through

[@arkcanon1282]

something is wrong if you take weeks to get through to chapter 8 and onward.

[@JesseAnderson]

@@arkcanon1282 Not really, leveling is time gated with commander level so eventually you will hit a wall. Considering progressing to chapter 8 also requires all of the side stories (which also gate progress), I would be more shocked if someone did manage to get there quickly

[@arkcanon1282]

@@JesseAnderson eh, I got to chapters 8 with just 10 days playing.

[@basbas192]

Great music, just a shame its yet another gacha casino scam

[@Kaij-]

PGR is FAR from gacha casino scam. its a story based action game. Can you spend money? sure, but that wont get you anywhere.

[@eclipsewaves]

You could solo any chapters with any A-rank characters just fine lmao. Also in the story most of the gameplay chapters set you in an already-set character that have like 6000 BP without using any of your own characters