Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Off-Seer / A Formidable Enemy | Reacting To Video Game Music!

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[@Requinix17]

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who have played xenoblade, and those who need to play xenoblade.

[@D1ab0lical]

Yoko Shimomura was only a composer for the first game. Off-Seer was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, who is most famously known for Chrono Trigger but he has worked on every single Xeno game in some form since Xenogears.

[@jelyse14]

I don't think he had any part in composing Xenosaga 2's, Xenosaga 3's, Xenosaga:Pied Piper's, or Xenoblade X's OSTs.

[@D1ab0lical]

@jelyse14 You're right, I thought I remembered seeing Xenosaga 2 and 3 under his credited works, but I was wrong.

[@AlexG-bb8ql]

Mitsuda wasn't in X, the whole game was done by Sawano.

[@liamm113]

Xenoblade 2 actually does leitmotifs really well; I'd say they are definitely the most memorable to me among the franchise. I'd say that 3 as well has some great leitmotifs, and especially in terms of callbacks to previous games, but 2 really shines through with the placement of the leitmotifs in terms of really driving home emotional beats via the music, executing it incredibly well. So much so that Dan, from Music Theory for Gamers, was actually brought to weeping because of how well the leitmotifs were executed while listening to the OST, despite having never played the game himself!

[@jellycore1316]

Awwww, Dan! I love his stuff as well! And I remember that, I love it when things like that happen, video-game music is so special! ^^ (Not that other kinds of music can't invoke emotions like that, but still!)

[@liamm113]

@@jellycore1316 no seriously though, video games can be a ridiculously powerful medium for displaying and sharing art. I totally get what you mean with video game music and agree there. There's a reason that the community that loves VGM is ever-growing, and it's because it's made up of a group of individuals who have been profoundly impacted by the game and its music, and/or people who simply appreciate art and good music! And I love Dan; he's such a wholesome dude who just loves what he does!

[@dragocrafterr8286]

3's got tons of nuts leitmotif usage without referencing older xenos, esp the ouroboros and moebius (cutscene) themes

[@dirkbechtold2320]

What I find most amazing about Dan's reaction is that he starts crying the exact moment most players start to cry in game. After the break, when the snare and the French horn sets in. This is another example of Xenoblade's excellent musical storytelling.

[@windy4566]

@@dirkbechtold2320which track was it?

[@grarven]

its funny you mention the 'RPG feels', cus this game broke me emotionally more than any game ever has. XC3 is a beautiful experience, and I genuinely hope you do get to it for yourself at some point.

[@TronicSpeed]

I was crying for a good 5 minutes from what this game made me experience.

[@PeachBootyPoppin]

Most games that have made me cry, only made me cry once. There’s a few that made me cry more, but XC3 made me cry like 20+ times lol.

[@MikaZuya]

Ngl, to me XC3 is the least good XC, and the story take too much times to get involved into it then finished 2 chapter later instead of 5 😭

[@LifeMushroom]

Favorite for me tbh

[@justaguy12345]

I still can't describe the way XC3 made me feel. I have never shed so many tears at anything ever.

[@MetroidFission]

A Formidable Enemy plays when you fight an Elite Enemy (slightly stronger than normal) so not even a boss theme, kinda like how Battle Torna is just the regular battle theme from the XB2 DLC lol I will admit to you that I definitely fought Elite Enemies on purpose just to listen to this song more. It's so damn good.

[@CosmoTheCosmicCat]

You mentioning you haven't seen anything visually besides these images from the games has just made me more excited to watch you play Xenoblade Chronicles 1. You are going to have a blast with it.

[@GameDragon2k]

It's interesting you mention leitmotifs because Xenoblade 3 is full of them. It would be difficult for a person not familiar with the games to pick them out on a first listen, but Xenoblade 3 in particular is full of references from 1 and 2.

[@coolkiller3225]

there are definitely leitmotifs in xenoblade. a few are even present in more than one game. but they are pretty hard to notice when only listening to a few pieces here and there. they're also a bit more present in the more emotionally charged songs, which you've listened less of. but yea after listening to the soundtrack of xenoblade 2 wayyyy too much ever since it came out, i can definitely notice them, heh

[@totalradlad]

Yeah Xenoblade 2/3 are leitmotif central. Mitsuda really loves his leitmotifs.

[@hisdudeness1835]

@@totalradlad Yoko Shimomura does as well but ACE and MAnami Kyota don't focus much on them. XC1 rarely uses leitmotifs tbf

[@lanonyme-vod8090]

Close but no, it wasn't Yoko Shimomura! She only worked on XC1/DE Off-Seer was composed by Mitsuda 😎 2:24 Actually when you heard Engage The Enemy, you noticed the similarities with another one (which would definitely be Weight of Life as they share the same leitmotif). There's a lot of leitmotifs and recurring melodies in the Xenoblade trilogy but it can be hard to catch without playing the game and without context

[@JomaXZ]

As long as ‘a’ Xenoblade game is played, I’m happy.

[@ShallBePurified]

Imagine he starts with Future Connected.

[@killaknight12]

The fact that "A Formidable Enemy" plays very often is the best part, since it's for slightly stronger versions of regular monsters, which are plenty to be found in every area. It's such a fun track I always went out of my way to drag out the fight by luring other monsters in.

[@fnsiii7975]

The Xenoblade DE playthrough is gonna be tight 😎 Formidable Enemy has to be one of the best battle themes from this series in my opinion. That bass goes crazy (as well as everything else).

[@Egil_X]

More xenoblade is always appreciated! Btw as a rule of thumb, when reacting to xenoblade 3 ost go to the newer videos with the white background art, because the ones you just listened to are different fragments (since the game uses dynamic music) mixed by a user while the ones with the white background videos are taken by the official soundtrack released last August!

[@ShallBePurified]

I think he just uses the link his patreon subs sends him. So just hope they send him the right one.

[@corruptedteka]

Listen to THAT DRUMMER GO in A Formidable Enemy !!!!!!! Insane... insane.... And yeah, Off-Seer ! Your feelings about it are valid ! It's quite the impactful composition.

[@liamm113]

HES REALLY COMING OUT WITH ALL THE XENOBLADE RN, LET'S GO!

[@laggalot1012]

"Off-Seer" is in fact a Xenoblade 3 term, which you learn about right at the start of the game. In as minimal detail as I can come up with, an off-seer performs a kind of funeral ritual to "see off" the deceased. Formidable Enemy is just pure excitement and momentum and it's so good!

[@dorianTFF]

XB3’s soundtrack is so special to me so I love seeing you hear this special OST

[@philk5456]

3:50 Xenoblade 1, 2 and 3 made my cry like a child. Those games make you feel the feels.

[@icecreamorc]

I love that these are like, the first song you hear when you when you boot up the game and then like, the battle music that plays when you fight mid-mid level elite enemylike 40 minutes in

[@JEWong47]

My favorite music reaction channel reacting to my favorite Xenoblade 3 track??? Yes pleaseeeeee There is not enough musician reactions to A Formidable Enemy on this website 😭 The bass line at 16:01 (and again at 18:51) is one of the nuttiest riffs I've ever heard in a videogame soundtrack LOL

[@hisdudeness1835]

off-seer is a Xenoblade 3 specific term. Off-Seer was done by Mitsuda. The main composer for Xenoblade 2 and 3

[@jackjohnson8305]

Man i can't wait for you to play XC1 you're in for a wild ride!

[@guiltygamerxrd]

Two very nice songs. A nice relaxing title screen, and the song that has ALL the bass. If you check out more Xenoblade Chronicles 3 OST, I'd recommend looking for videos that have the picture of the party around a campfire as those are more likely to be the actualy OST versions. Most other videos are from before the OST released and some songs were sort of pieced together due to the way the music works in game. Mostly it happens with just a few battle tracks though. Also glad to hear you'll be playing Xenoblade DE (if my pfp didn't give it away, I'm a fan of the series) If you plan to play the other games, you might want to hold off on the Future Connected extra content until after you play XBC2 and Torna and/or just before you play XBC3.

[@jeipidr]

Xenoblade 2 & 3 actually have some well marked leitmotifs in their music, its really interesting once one notices

[@Vinylmelody1517]

I'm sure sometimes mentioned but I want to bring it up in case no one has. In three specifically, an off seer is someone who plays the flute for this have died " sending them on into the afterlife. The soundtrack incorporates this in a unique way. A lot of battle themes a have a " climax" version they plays when an enemy is close to death. And these climax versions will add in more flutes, like in the 3 version of you will know our names. This is essentially the party "sending on" their opponent as they finish the fight.

[@Big_Trev]

Offseer is a mitsuda track for the record. Mitsuda from 2 onwards has been the main composer, and leitmotifs are very much present in almost every cutscene theme in 3, and most cutscene themes in 2. The title theme for both 2 and 3 are heavily referenced throughout both games as their main leitmotif. 1 is a bit sparse with its leitmotifs but they also exist.

[@J.P1981]

The music makes me remember why I love this series. Everything about Xenoblade is so fun and memorable.

[@masterlucarion]

The only leimotifs I can think of in Xenoblade are a specific section in Engage the Enemy from 1. It features in Counterattack from 2 (which itself is based on a phrase from Engage the Enemy). Then Carrying the Weight of Life uses the leitmotif from both songs in 3.

[@critlettuce9606]

JESSE STARTING XENOBLADE??? LETS GOOOO IM SO EXCITED!!!

[@Agefonduge]

A formidable enemy is one of my (many) favorites of the series. About the length of tracks, on Nintendo Melody thet made every song loop, there are some channel that uploaded the official soundtrack, like "maxGALACTICA", and not only there aren't loops there, some songs also have a proper ending

[@LionLostInTime]

excited to hear you are about to play one of my favourite franchises of all time, all i can say is: ''the story is a wild ride''

[@PeterGriffin-r5y]

Finally the Xenoblade enjoyers stopped trolling with music submissions and sent the best song in xc3 a formidable enemy😂

[@morghini89]

Yoko Shimomura has done a few songs only in the first game. But as of wondering what Off-Seer actually is, without spoiling anything, it's a job some characters take in Xenoblade 3. They mainly play flutes which are diegetic to the other characters. And that's all I can say without going into depth. Looking forward to your Xenoblade playthrough though, seeing as I've been with the series since the original on Wii.

[@jayjaysheroah2485]

The music in xenoblade is beautiful

[@NX_TV]

Also, thery're the looped version that were posted after the game released, but the Album release have a "proper end" to them, instead of a fade out. I think a Xenoblade complete OST stream (or more than one, as they're at least 4hours long) after playing each game, where you could hear the complete tracks with the reference in mind, but focus on the music itself instead of gameplay and story, I think that could be interesting, too.

[@WoobertAIO]

26:20 Idk man I've eaten bread at least twice per day, every single day for as long as I can remember and I simply can't get tired of it.

[@masterlucarion]

There are also a lot of musical callbacks in 3’s area soundtracks for lore reasons

[@nathannemyman3522]

I was super excited for XBC3, and I remember being super excited for the title theme. What if it's as incredible as 1? I listened to it and didn't really feel much, and it's only in hindsight that you see all the motifs. Also formidable enemy has been my jam lately. I've listened to that song on loop. I've been so excited for this!

[@seppemeulemans1755]

Since you asked and i don't realy see it answerd. i don't think it's a spoiler since our main charter is one and we see it in the first 5 minutes,but. Off-ssers are People in the third game that play the flute after a big battle to help guide the fallen into the afterlife.

[@ketthefox]

Peace!

[@Fuzunga]

The first Xenbolade doesn’t have much in the way of leitmotifs. The title theme is used in maybe one or two other songs, but that’s really it. Starting with Xenoblade 2, Mitsuda took over as the audio director and started making the soundtracks more cohesive. You’ll hear “Off-Seer” EVERYWHERE in Xenoblade 3.The heroes have a theme, the villains have a theme, individual characters have themes… Yoko Shimomura was more like a guest contributor, to be honest. Personally I think Xenoblade 2 has the best soundtrack.

[@bdk336]

Xenoblade definitely has plenty of leitmotifs but if you're just listening to the proper full songs they don't recur that often and the ones that do are usually just short sections in larger pieces. Play the games and you won't just notice them, they will MOVE you. Also there are some places where other games would use leitmotifs that xenoblade simply uses the same song because it's long enough to do that. Side note: in the context of the game it feels weird to me that a song called Off-Seer doesn't have flute in it.

[@Aldo_R]

Best RPG franchise from Nintendo in more than one decade, hands down. I became a big fan from Smash 4 when I heard Mechanical Rhythm for the first time. Since then I wait lovely every new entry from the series.

[@MK73DS]

The worst thing about playing Xenoblade is that you can't experience it blind once again. I'm envious of all the people who are going to play this game for the first time!

[@xraenon1664]

I’m no expert on Xenoblade Chronicles music - I never played 1, only did a base playthrough of 2 and only listened to a handful of area and battle themes on repeat, and only listened to the soundtracks of 3, but the series definitely likes to play with leitmotifs. Xenoblade 3 in particular - that game really likes to throw around themes from “A Life Sent On,” to the point where it’s easily more of a main theme of the story than the title screen music. Although the series as a whole likes to keep one trope in particular going. Not really strictly a motif, but all of Xenoblade 1, 2, and 3 have a version of the iconic “You Will Know Our Names” battle track. (The original in 1, “You Will Recall Our Names” in 2, and both “You Will Know Our Names Finale” and “You Will Know Our Names Finale - Climax” for 3.) I don’t think they actually borrow any melodies, but the structure, instrumentation, and style are so similar, anyone hearing them for the first time would swear they’re related. The only reason I can remember the difference is because the Xenoblade 3 version features a flute very prominently and I listened to hours of the Xenoblade 2 version.

[@izzhaus]

It’s a shame this wasn’t the actual OST version, because that arrangement also has the phase 2 segment and an outro

[@justinwalker7418]

Whenever I’m asked if xenoblade is any good I always tell people, “ I’ve only played three games in my life that made me cry at the end and two of them are xenoblade and both times for different reasons” so I definitely recommend xenoblade if you really want a deep dive on what it means to be alive and what it means to be you.

[@mallorycarll6280]

Yoko Shimomura only worked on Xenoblade Chronicles / Xenoblade Chronicles DE. Yasunori Mitsuda (you'll know him from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears) became one of the lead musical directors/composers with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

[@Druidlover]

To add. Mitsuda was also in charge of Xenoblade's soundtrack He was in charge of making sure the music sounded cohesive etc but he only composed the ending theme for it. He started composing more tracks for 2 and 3.

[@undeadMonk]

An Offseer sees someone off. (by the time you see this this won't be spoilers, I guess, but I've minimised spoilers anyway.)

[@fireswarmdragonp]

Xenoblade is as emotional as it is hype, Xenoblade 3 especially is super oppressive in terms of atmosphere, death looms around every corner, and you get a constant sense of existential dread

[@NX_TV]

I'm not sure about this, as I'm not musician and haven't a really good ear either (at all), but instead of a "motif", I think the first few notes of the main themes are the same. at least for 1 and 2, 3 I'm not sure. or, even less sure, rather... Also, there haven't really been a motif in the series until Xenoblade 3, that reuses parts of other songs from 1 and 2 to create new tracks, which itself falls in line with the narrative of the game. also, the complete Xenoblade 3 OST is around 12 hours... and not a single second isn't peak, I love Xenoblade. Oh yeah, not really a "Xenoblade Series Motif", but right now I'm going through XenoGears, and there's a theme I believe is referenced in two tracks of Xenoblade 2. Maybe it's just my brain, though. or simply Mitsuda's "style" or something, idk.

[@ia7051]

You can play the games in any order! The creator and executive director, Tetsuya Takahashi said so himself!

[@allingbrodniak8819]

The only thing is that Future Redeemed (Xenoblade 3's extra story) has to be the last one for the greatest effect. Other than that, yeah, they can be played in any order, usually with the extra stories (Future Connected for 1 and Torna for 2) after completing their respective games. Again, Future Redeemed should be straight last regardless of when you play 3.

[@Naterkix]

Xenoblade Chronicles 1 didn't really emotionally destroy me. 2 almost did. 3 managed it multiple times.

[@shadowlinkx9180]

Xenoblade 1 mentally destroyed me. The foreshadowing is absolute genius and some twists no one saw coming

[@uncleiroh5983]

"here I was thinking xenoblade was all fun and games"' oh honey....

[@LordlyWeeb]

I genuinely think Formidable Enemy is the best song in 3

[@CalixerGC]

3:35... Oh boy... I know youre avoiding Xenoblade comments but if you see this, well... Your heart and mind isn't and will never be ready for what happens in this series

[@jonathanstead3867]

fwiw on the amount of music in the game the xenoblade 3 soundtrack is 9 cds lol

[@krisisgod666]

I’ll just say that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the CONCLUSION to trilogy. Highly recommended that you play 1 AND 2 first if interested. Hope you end up enjoying XC1 btw😉👍🏻

[@badlatency9979]

Well, conclusion to one major arc anyway. Not to the series itself.

[@dugtrioramen]

What song does he mean? I love this song, I'd like to hear something similar

[@TajinQ]

Can someone please tell me what's the background music? I know it's from Castlevania but I can't remember the name and it's killing me

[@JessesAuditorium]

Marble Gallery

[@Zero1Zero1]

2 uses leitmotifs to masterful effect and for me it's the best soundtrack of the three I hope you get there

[@cyclonemusicx4446]

Thinks Xenoblade will be action all the time…. Famous last words.

[@kind_stone]

Oh my, he's actually gonna play them... That's gonna go well... *has intense Joseph Anderson flashbacks*

[@saintfayde4438]

Almost all the games you play I really wish you'd have also played later games (looking at Yakuza and Wild Arms) But MAN, I'd really love to see you play Xenoblade 2 and 3. The first game is the weakest imo, and 3 just completely blows the other 2 out of the water in every aspect. It's really a shame you'll probably never play more than 1 game in a series with how busy you always are and how many amazing games are out there to pique your interest one after another.

[@WildspeakerYT]

I really really reaaaaaaally think Jesse is gonna end playing the whole franchise, just from music and impresion alone

[@jyrironkko8033]

I think so too he sayd he liked variety and dynamics which xenoblade definitely has

[@rodrigobarrera2281]

I hope Jesse can hear Desolation from Xenoblade Chronicles 2

[@VikTimmy]

If you’re not planning on playing the other xenoblade games then i’m gonna go ahead and recommend you don’t touch the epilogue story included in DE. Interestingly the series actually plays best if you do it in the order the content released imo (1/DE -> 2 -> torna -> future connected -> 3 -> future redeemed) You absolutely can play the epilogue anyways, but I just feel it won’t be as appreciated without also putting 2 and torna under your belt before it.

[@MikaZuya]

Ngl, if you ever play XC. Play the 2nd After DE. It's the best in every way despite it's little flaws