Two Massive Boss Fights in the First 20 Minutes?! | Granblue Fantasy Relink (Sponsored Content)

Sponsored content: Luke and Ellen battle a series of gigantic bosses in the opening of new JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
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#granbluefantasyrelink

[@NallDogsCam]

Oh man, a minor inconvenience. Better summon THE GOD OF DRAGONS: BAHAMUT

[@chriswest6988]

Oh no, he went rogue. Does anyone know how to summon Tiamat to take him out?

[@FlamingoSandwich]

But what are you going to summon to deal with the god of dragon? This could turn into "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly type thing"

[@flurglhinge3051]

"Making all of your numbers come out, mate!" is an incredible battle cry and I need it on a warbanner immediately

[@cearnicus]

Cause of death: inside numbers are outside.

[@mediarare2386]

'7 games that dance around your chosen name' In this game they always call you captain when your name pops up.

[@lavrentivs9891]

Shepard

[@esteban280889]

Destiny with guardian and bonus point ghost called ghost

[@KatNapsArt]

Here’s a few more. Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Professor), Fire Emblem: Engage (Divine One), and Genshin Impact (Traveler).

[@weneedaladder8384]

In Persona 3 everyone calls you "Leader" and in 5 everyone calls you "Joker".

[@limeylimers21]

@@weneedaladder8384 or "this guy"

[@clockworktri]

Luke being right about "one hand for the ship" was hilarious.

[@bastibastonne5670]

That ship must have an entire storage space exclusively reserved for hair products...

[@lavrentivs9891]

That probably was the main cargo^^

[@rakibul27rabby]

Skies are now battlefields!

[@Brasc]

My god, that's skymanship!

[@katfromthekong414]

Luke and Ellen scream-laughing improves just about any day!

[@jackprice4959]

Katalina has painted her belly gray and called it "armor".

[@bakataco1818]

Luke's excitement for the boat gave me life.

[@kcollier2192]

"And so Luke and Ellen began the Adventures of Human Kippers and much shenanigans ensued. The beginning..."

[@rooster1610]

I know it's sponsored but I'm so happy you guys got to check out and talk about this game, I'm having so much fun with it

[@parlmc]

1:52 you know you watch too much Jill Bearup, when the first thing you notice at character selection is nonfunctional armor

[@aegresen]

Hahaha, I was thinking the same, and then Eugen turned up with a similar toit costume XD

[@dbadilotti]

Somehow I always knew the world would end with Luke saying "Oh oh, we destroyed earth."

[@ceenoweevil860]

Rolan has a bumper sticker, "Jesus is my autopilot"

[@Lady_Sanctuary]

"We were only on the other side of the tree, you could have looked around a bit! You shoild have just followed the yellow marker, thats what i do."

[@mattball8622]

Luke's right in that a solid metric for measuring game quality is how many times you get to have epic dragon fights in the first half an hour.

[@simplesimon4561]

Well one things for sure, they aren't getting their deposit back on that airship

[@gemmamoore9766]

Think Luke would like Jim Butcher's Cinder Spires series, the aeronauts all wear harnesses and are attached to the ships by safety lines.

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

I see Jim Butcher I press like, dresden is one of my favorite characters and worlds🥰🥰

[@Gamer3427]

@@MikesPortugal-zm4oy In general his books have always been great. The Dresden Files are spectacular, but ultimately I think I like the Codex Alera series a bit more overall. That said, I'm a couple of books behind on Dresden, since I haven't read as much these past few years.

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

@@Gamer3427 me too actually since he took sometime to finish the series, it seems like one of the "good" things about the pandemic, he found the time to get around to it. I'll try to reread the entire series if I find the time to and finally give a chance to Codex Alera

[@parlmc]

4:34 We all thought that, Mr.Westaway. Those. Exact.Words.

[@LordJazzly]

Nice thumbnail; Eugen's design fits very snugly into the 'You are not allowed to romance the blacksmith in harvest moon' character archetype. And Rosetta for the hotly-contested 'You _might be_ allowed to romance the librarian/herbalist in harvest moon' bracket, too!

[@Sableagle]

Is anybody else getting a "Neutral Good Lady Dimitrescu" vibe from Rosetta? She's obviously a _City of Heroes_ Plant Control specialist, but she has that *confidence* whenever she speaks, and she does the walk, the "I don't need to walk like Bayonetta" walk.

[@rakhmathadita3917]

because she is spoiler alert /// /// /// she is a primal beast in human form, her relationship with human was hostile few hundred years before the game, but has reformed after met captain's father, so yeah sometimes she still has that "im above you" aura around her

[@Irisverse]

I mean she IS like a thousand years old.

[@xanderphoenix8430]

I know this is sponsored but I’d genuinely love to see you playing the rest of this too

[@Artificer1911]

That's how I felt when they did Mechwarrior 5. Hopefully, they'll get paid to play Mechwarrior 5: Clans. They do sometimes continue with sponsored content on their own.

[@Gamer3427]

Honestly, just doing the campaign and post game story, the game is pretty short, (by RPG standards anyhow), so it wouldn't be too hard to make a series of it.

[@WhodHaveThunkIt]

Cant stop laughing at the increasingly excited/hysterical reactions from 26:58 to 27:27

[@arenasviscatanius]

Arcade went lit !!!

[@classycasual3910]

I like the music in this one! Thanks for covering it yall, you two are so much fun!!

[@neganick]

Saying "results guaranteed", then making a situation worse because that counts as a result is my new favorite loophole.

[@nickolaskaaay3232]

Cool to see you guys playing this! I've been having a blast with it but I know it being an RPG and Japanese-developed it's not really in the typical range of games you guys cover. Thanks Cygames for BENDING OXTRA TO MY WILL - I mean, sponsoring this video!

[@eddiejentz2436]

This might give me the Dragalia Lost shaped fix I've been looking for.

[@AlysonMc]

"My god, that's seamanship" SENT ME

[@ReettaJ]

The battle music is quite good.

[@SoulTheWhiteAngel]

I love how you enjoyed the game. On a note granblue fantasy world is all about sky islands so sky ships is the only way to travel from island to island.

[@nickross1982]

I’m sorry but sponsored content has no right being this entertaining. Luke adding his own anime superattack sound effects had me CACKLING.

[@Zoso14892]

Remember that video about games you wish you could love? JRPG's would be my entry. I love the idea of them, I adored FF8 and 10 as a kid, but even there I found bits of it too much for me. So many good games missed out on.

[@Jogproof]

I only know Granblue from a very specific Doujin but it looks really good

[@davefranklin1003]

i love that they're all so shocked that the tiny dragon couldn't hold there weight and the rest of the crew just stood there lol

[@oraclle]

@22:41 Ellen's well-honed completionist instincts paying off.

[@Ryan-ie4tm]

The boss fights are amazing there’s always so much going on. From Quakadile on, each one get’s more crazy than the last

[@jeannepucelle]

I love this game, it is amazing to walk around and fight in a portion of the world of Granblue Fantasy after playing the mobile game! I hope they make more Granblue Fantasy games like this so we can explore the entire Granblue Fantasy world and recruit more of its characters. From an amazing JRPG to a amazing action JRPG.

[@madalice5134]

Do you have to be familiar with the rest of the Granblue series to jump into this one? I've never played anything in this series, but this one has me really interested.

[@Icam_here]

not heard of this game but it looks interesting, we've seen a corazon looking character but is there also one for the rest of the oxventures

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

Bahamut going berserk when he should be your friend and ally sounds kinda like Eggbert🤔😁

[@Psychroclasm]

Definitely misheard Eugen as Eye-gun and thought that the guy with one eye and a pistol might have been cursed by his parents.

[@foxfoxxy2692]

Luke: "Purple is bad".... *Outside Xtra's color is purple" 😂😂

[@issiemerry]

oh no, I'm so weak for airship based jrpgs but I don't have the time for a new game right now. definitely considering trying this out soon though

[@samuxan]

I'm quite exited for this game. I love my star oceans and tales of series and there are very few games on that category.

[@Rubrickety]

I was blown away by that Full Burst Break Wind Attack.

[@Toadcola]

13:10 Skies are now battlefields

[@iisjah]

Loving the over the top leaf cutting :DDDDD

[@bearcat1868]

Can the next Oxventure take the gang to Captain Gun-Show's Cocktail-a-Rama, pretty please?

[@zacharysmith4856]

Too much fun! JRPGs are not generally my style, but Luke and Ellen playing JRPGs is always a treat. 🙂

[@JessieShadowhold]

Granblue is such a wild property for me, because I first saw it as an anime, then a fighting game, and then RPG's like this, which is TOTALLY backwards! But seeing it expand is so interesting to see.

[@SuperJJx]

Omg, that sky is s t u n n i n g. Corazon is that you lol.

[@TransmitHim]

Rolan: My name is [dramatic pause] Me: Cam Clarke!

[@justinsinke2088]

Honestly, things like the first boss fight against Bahamut is something that can be borrowed for TTRPG fights; a boss fight can be a lot more dramatic when you have to worry about more than your HP, and the fact that that the boss can attack the ship which can have consequences for both the battlefield and how the battle concludes can really spice things up, especially if, for example, your local magic user has to split their attention between attacking the boss and making sure the ship doesn't sink/fall.

[@TheDragonOfWhi]

Yup. Exactly. Be it sky boat or water boat. Have your monster attacking the boat is a whole lot of fun

[@kassandra7313]

I'm so jealous you guys get to play Relink ! I had a lot of fun with the demo and play the gacha game it's based on (for my sins) so I'm looking forward to when I can afford it Also: It's extremely funny that Lyria says 'i was scared i'd never see you again' , considering they have a literal soul bond and can't be very far apart

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Frankly Midir, err, Bahamut, you're causing a scene.

[@Michael_Lindell]

With those guns is Eugen's surname Showman? (To get that reference please read up on the historical person 'Eugen Schauman')

[@zakkvanish3668]

"You will never get us alive! Summoniiing....BAHAMUUUUUT!!!!" ⛵🌠⚡💥 "Cut through the vines. Oooor...SUMMONIIIING....Maybe not this time. With all the implications and stuff." Also: I feel like starting a random street fight only to be able to say: "I'll make all your numbers fall out!"

[@shade1451]

I had heard some really good things online about re: link but I couldn't sparse if it was another fighting game or an rpg. I have a hard time with fighters but now I'm pretty excited to play this sometime

[@workingclassk9]

Ok. Now we need a lets play.

[@Hunterking227]

I actually finished the story for this game a couple days ago, its insanely addicting and super fun, makes me happy to see people play it

[@abydosianchulac2]

"It takes two to tango," says the woman in a party of 37 people Also, why is Dadd-, er, Captain more hench than the bull-man blacksmith?

[@WildfireMagni]

One. Hand. For. The. Ship!

[@FlamingoSandwich]

The DADDY energy is strong with this one

[@eyskyaldi6126]

Rolan have purple eyes and glasses. He most probably main villain.

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

Everyone speechless at the eye patch guy got me good, could just picture the awkward looks, stare at anything in the room but at them😂😂😂

[@SuigetsuIsArt]

this looks like a lot of fun, i'm not familiar with the granblue world but i like the character designs and the combat looks fun

[@hiatusinc]

those are some very voluminous pantaloons

[@pmonday]

The "what a doofus" completely took me out.

[@Smiley30822]

Immediate presh mem material:) Love to see it. Looks like a nice game.

[@codmanout9861]

So did Luke and Ellen play forward a bit in the story before they started here for the video, or does the game start here, skipping all the character backstory? Or is this a sequel?

[@danmanx4804]

So who's gonna set up the donation fund to give Ellen the cosplay of that dress she liked in the opening?

[@chriswest6988]

Just when I got the Blazblue and Granblue fighting games sorted in my head, there's a roguelike and an rpg to keep track of.

[@williamphillips5157]

This was lovely. Going g to have to check game out.

[@jayraweater]

Your summon revolts and fights you at the start of the game, what is this Bayonetta 2?

[@MrMBinder]

I've heard about the mobile game, but I didn't know that they made some thing this pretty.

[@cullain3967]

Eugen has one hell of a strong fashion game going on, where does he shop for that outfit?

[@sohairtayyabbutt1456]

Ok, I need to play this.

[@dean345678]

Hehe, airship! I hope they started with the pun and went from there

[@n7creed629]

Let’s play please!!!! You guys were too funny playing this!

[@Borderlines]

This game is so, so fun

[@ttapion1]

(Rosetta) Dress lady looks just like Miriam from Bloodstained

[@Sableagle]

I think I could make it, apart from those floaty loops at the shoulders, but it'd require some really careful planning of what camera angles happened, because that is a *bold* skirt design. Also flowers in three different colours means buying a whole lot of fabric.

[@wraithshadowheart]

This really feels like it is a sequel, which kinda makes me unsure about it as I don't really want to play a whole other JRPG just to play this one.

[@gladyscampos158]

I watched the anime season 1 on the devs KZbin. Then season 2 on crunchyroll. Very cool. The game is on PS5 dash ready to go. Just need some free time to start. :)

[@sohairtayyabbutt1456]

I've read that the game is a sequel and throws you in to the deep end. Is there any other game I need to play or is just the anime fine? Also, is there any place where I can watch the complete anime?

[@baelfael]

​@sohairtayyabbutt1456 the 2 seasons of the anime only cover like a 5% of the browser game story released so far. Relink has lots of glossaries and narrated segments that summarize the story of the playable characters. This game more than a sequel is a spinoff with a new original story using the main characters an a selection of some of the popular ones.

[@sohairtayyabbutt1456]

@@baelfael Thanks. I was asking because looking online, the impression I got from some people is that if I play just this, there's a good chance I won't understand what's going on.

[@baelfael]

@sohairtayyabbutt1456 there's way too much lore in this franchise, but you will only hear brief mentions of past characters and events, if you have time, you can play the browser game (Cygames releases it with simultaneous English translation) and you'll have access to all the main story and a good chunk of side stories as soon as you complete the tutorial

[@jonathanpeterson2156]

This game seems pretty cool.

[@Irisverse]

If Luke liked Eugen that much, imagine his reaction when he learns about the fundoshi trio...

[@esteban280889]

With the graphics and style I at first thought this was switch, but with that hud is this actually on xbox?

[@CodexVsTheWorld]

This is the most anime thing I have ever seen.

[@arenasviscatanius]

Its the Y's Remake !

[@zanite8650]

"Its not a gacha" is a good start honestly.

[@limeylimers21]

gotta say it's SUPER weird to hear my last name as a first name

[@Taracinablue]

Fun!

[@xstarsystemsx]

Ok ok ok fine, I'll play this game. :o

[@tomastomasi975]

Is Rolan gonna be the bad guy or one of them?

[@danicakelly2242]

7 boss fights where you fight a giant pair of hands????

[@ghostderazgriz]

Hm, about what I expected. Looks nice though.

[@rakhmathadita3917]

Eugen is broken in pc, that mouse really broke his grenade gameplay

[@zhaley1980]

I remember these characters from Netflix but not the story.

[@Artificer1911]

You guys feel almost *sarcastically* enthusiastic in this. As long as the sponsors are happy, though, more power to ya! Is there another audio track available for this game, or is it just English?

[@matthewbarratt4935]

Granblue Fantasy Redoomguy

[@zendroidy]

I don't know about you, but if I need help to successfully summon a massive, bound dragon god, maybe I _shouldn't_ be summoning said dragon god. Just saying.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

....Is anyone else on Bahamut's side here? Maybe don't "Knock some sense into" the dragon you've bound, blindfolded, enslaved, and forced to fight for their captors.

[@hangedhouraidoll2396]

"Two Massive Boss Fights in the First 20 Minutes?!" That thing that was expected until Squenix decided the first boss fight needed to be longer than that timeframe on its own for some reason...

[@VanRuker]

PS4 or 5?