We completed Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and I want to go back to the endless now. ( Starting the DLC on Sunday @ www.twitch.tv/stal ) I put in a lot of timestamps for this one even for the small parts so it's easy to skip around. Now my thoughts - NO SPOILERS FOR DLC. I DID NOT WATCH ANYTHING INCLUDING TRAILERS! I thought Z wasn't a very impressive villain. He was just there to fill in the "I control my puppets" kinda deal but I guess that's fine since he's just a manifestation of fear and not actually an individual. M and N at Chapter 5 was 100% peak in this entire game. I didn't think that it went downhill from there but there was a lot of build up for Z and he was just like, "yeah I did this for my own amusement" so it was a little bleh. This game made me realize I need to replay XC2, I took a very long break in between so I forgot a lot of things when I came back. Overall I think XC3 did really well with the side quests (hero and ascension quests should have been mandatory) and lots of QoL with UI and battle/AI system. I still prefer XC2's characters and chain attacks but I'll have to play Futures Redeemed to make a better judgement. Favourite character is Eunie but Taion grew on me a lot. I love my 15 TP brain cell team. I want to be in the endless now so Noah and Mio can stay together forever.. :/ ALSO SPEAKING OF XC2, REX????? My brother in Alrest really meant it when he said "all you guys", dude really showed us a thing or three. The game showing that and immediately the most heartbreaking scene ever threw me off so much. I wanted to cry but I also had.. so many questions.... I'm hoping that we get to find out who these kids are in the DLC or something. I'm not really sure how to feel about this LMAO Thank you everyone for being on this very long journey with me. As someone who doesn't usually complete games, I think completing XC1, 2 and 3 is pretty much a miracle. Xenoblade has 100% topped the JRPG list for me and I highly doubt anything is going to overtake this, at least not any time soon. I'm going to continue crying for now but the adventure continues with Futures Redeemed! ..and maybe Xenoblade X in the future since that's the game that introduced me to the series. Surely they port it to the Switch 2 this time.. -- Playlists (I played XC1 and 2 ending at the same time) : XC1 Ending + XC2: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU-HYmGffn2ahLU2MgAwFJXH.html XC2 - Torna: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU_2LqVsbK5BivHXnYwN8Dfq.html XC3: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU_BJzpE9S9ip_eT1k4rvZ4f.html Timestamps: 0:00 - Uniting the Seven Nopons 22:17 - Chapter 7 38:00 - Origin Interior 1:24:33 - Consul N and Melia 1:50:07 - Origin Interior #2 2:06:04 - Monica and Ghondor 2:08:58 - Origin Interior #3 2:16:38 - Moebius X (I was on Easy for this, sorry for the disrespect) 2:23:40 - Moebius Y 2:33:58 - Moebius Z 3:01:58 - Moebius Z Cutscene 3:14:52 - Z Infinity Battle 3:42:52 - Moebius Z, N and M Cutscene 3:49:40 - Ending Cutscene 3:56:20 - Sorry the ads were playing so I wanted to wait 3:59:01 - Ending Cutscene resumes.. 4:01:50 - REX?????????? 4:02:40 - This is where I cry a lot ;-; 4:17:13 - ;_________; 4:18:55 - Melia Hero Quest 4:26:31 - WOOOO MELIA BGM 4:29:30 - Nia Hero and Ascension Quest 5:09:23 - Melia Ascension Quest 6:11:33 - Post-game chatting about the ending
While Z in a vacuum is not very interesting or a particularly great chracter, thematically he's the perfect final boss for the game. What we're fighting against the whole game is particular type of mindset (Trying to keep the status quo. Fearing change and an uncerain future), so having the final fight be against a representation of that mindset that the people in this world have, is perfect for the ending in my opinion. Though I also think that they could've given him a more interesting personality and more precence in the story, so that people would have a more lasting impression of him, so I also think that he's a bit flawed in excecution. There's a lot of really great videos on youtube that talk about the moebius, that at least gave me a lot more appreciation for them as villains, even is they're a bit flawed in excecution. I also find it a bit funny that people really dislike Z, but end up kind of acting along with his mindset of not wanting the game to end and keeping the status quo by not wanting the worlds to separate causing the characters to separate as well. I also live in the endless now of wanting to re-experince the game and it's story through other peoples playthroughs. I just find it interesting how well some of the themes translate back to the people playing the game. Like even in daily life occaissonaly when people talk about stuff I end up thinking (that sounds just like moebius), or maybe that's just the xenoblade brainrot. Sorry for the long comment. I just wanted to express some thoughts that I found interesting about the game's ending and the themes.
So about the villains of xenoblade 3 am just gonna put an extract of an interview when Takahashi (the series creator) was asked about this: For the villains of Xenoblade 3, Takahashi says (skipping over some parts): I wanted to change a bit how the villains were portrayed. For example, in Xenoblade and Xenoblade 2, the villains had their own pride or their own principles; it could be a philosophy or even faith, but the villains had their own [sense of] justice... But for Xenoblade 3, I had a bit of, “what if I brought the enemies closer to reality?" In terms of, “What is reality?" let's say for example, those in positions of power. Saying people in positions of power are villains is, well, a bit of a dangerous way to put it, but let’s just say as an example. In real-life society, they are the “system,” as Z says; they can decide on a system, and they can run it. Even for those people in positions of power, I'm sure they have a life story, social ties and such, but what we can see at the surface, what we can feel is their roots, most of that is, how should I say this, a desire; a desire for control, money, fame, and maybe very rarely, lust? That's where it tends to be rooted in, and occasionally some unsavory people show themselves. What if those people were the villains? So, the villains this time around are the Moebius, and for them, I wanted to make them villains you couldn't sympathize with, by exaggerating the unsavoriness and patheticness that real-life humans have. Towards the end of the story, I believe there's a scene where Z says, “It's because it amuses me," but that [line], it could be, “It's because three-star restaurants taste delectable,” or “It's because I love to make money;” The line can be whatever. We placed the Moebius in that position as a representation of that unsavory aspect of reality.
@@somethin7020 We all live in the endless now.. Z was right all along ;_;. I agree with everything you say though! I like Z as a character and how he represents everyone's fear of change, but I do think he is lacking in some ways especially after how the game hyped it up a lot and it didn't make the biggest impact. I think they really tried to do that with the fight design which was really cool especially when he was changing his face and the different phases.
@@DANC-mt3tg That's actually very interesting. I'm a little sad that the point didn't make it across for me but after reading this, I can sort of see how it comes across as that. I do think the execution wasn't as great as I hoped for it to be but this makes a bit more sense why Z and some of the other Moebius acted the way they were. Thanks for letting me know!
The funniest part of the Rex photo is that it was teased with the combo level 4 that Pyra and Nia have and NG+ screen you get when you beat XC2 the second time (when you have all the context of Torna and the base game, you go 2 for 2). Monolith wanted everyone to know what they meant. The absolutely insane lore they cook is unmatched.
The ending is an emotional roller coaster; it goes from epic to sad, to wholesome, to sad, to funny, to WTF, and then back to sad. I'm looking forward to seeing you play the DLC. 👏👏👏👏
My bit of head cannon as to why Z was doing it for "Amusement" was that he was bored of eternity, so he would continually turn people into moebius and have them interact with people from their previous lives, like Crys and Noah or Joran and the Kevesi trio. It kind of evolves into a meta narrative with the relationship between the player and the game and how we find entertainment from these relationships and interactions just like Z. Thus, cementing Z as a being born from human emotion and desire.
When I was at the end, it took me a bit before I realised what it meant that everyone stood seperated into their faction groups (I mean, they were all at war until recently). Only when Taion gave Eunie the tea-leaves and mentioned how it will hold, I realised what it meant. Dang, that gut-punched me a bit after all the hours spent with the cast. As for Rex, me having liked XC2 quite a bit, despite all its faults, I was not too surprised but rather thought "they all look happy, so good for them". Nothing wrong with shared happiness, imo, compared to how other have reacted to it. Anyway. Wishing you fun with the DLC. o/ It's really nice.
I didn't actually realize they were going to be apart only until when they started running and it REALLY hit me like.. oh shit. That's what they meant. They are never going to see each other again and all they have are memories of each other. I thought the Rex thing was so funny like DAMN HE REALLY DID THAT. When he said "all you guys" he really meant it huh LOL
Apparently there is still a debate in XC3 community whether Mio is a daughter of Rex and Nia or not, and that suprises me a lot. You know, Mio and Nia JUST have similar eyes and hair color, pretty much identical flesh eater core crystal (which is also unique to her because we don't see a single other Agnian with flesh eater core crystal), gormotti traits (yes, Nia has fox ears, but she is flesh eater, so she has both Blade and human DNA, and her human DNA is catgirl gormotti), and identical weapon... Probably a coincidence? Cmon, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck - it is very likely a duck. Especially after the photo, where we see that Nia had a child with white hair and cat ears, and that conversation in the hall of the founders, where Nia clearly implies that Mio is more important to her than other characters in the Aionios.
Just finished the game myself tonight. The ending is so sad yet beautiful, I‘m so destroyed. This is by far the saddest Xenoblade ending and my favourite aswell. Love your reaction and your playthrough through the game. Can’t wait to play Future Redeemed soon :‘))
welcome to DLC stal I hope u enjoy :) XC3 main is so wild for its ending, the closing sequence is so pretty it makes me heave tears every single time I experience it, seeing Melia keeping Shulk's monado REX safe and POPPI smiling alongside Nia makes me so unbelievably happy 3:59:43 in case you didn't catch it, 4 is a very special number to Eunie! Taion is the 4th person to build that strong connection with Eunie (not counting riku), and her hobby is collecting FOURtune clovers! 4:00:25 the shot of every Hero lined up is so powerful for some reason, it's so low-key but so perfect 4:00:45 THE ENTIRE GAME'S ROMANTIC TENSION BUILT UP TO THIS AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I SCREAMED AND CHEERED AND CRIED SO MUCH MY PARENTS WONDERED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED 4:15:29 THIS SCENE MADE ME CRY FOR A FULL 30 MINUTES AFTER I SAW IT, THE 2 FLUTES PLAYING TOGETHER MEANING THAT NOAH AND MIO WILL REUNITE IN THE NEW WORLD AASDFEIWAONFVIA also in case you didn't catch it, Noah straight up vanishes from the cutscene, people have done a frame-by-frame and after the bird fly by at 4:15:41 he's just straight up gone LMAO and also, "I just got done crying and now I have to cry again" is literally the entire ending sequence the most relatable line ever LMAO I'm glad you enjoyed the Rex picture, your reaction did not at all disappoint but also DID YOU SEE HOW DAPPER AND PRETTY MORAG LOOKED 4:47:18 I'M SO MAD AT EUNIE FOR THIS ONE SCENE Nia was THIIIIIIIIS close to revealing that she and Mio are mother and daughter and Eunie just HAD to take that away from us and yes, it is never explicitly stated in game that Nia and Mio are related, it's just HEAVILY HEAVILY IMPLIED yknow what with the core crystal and the ears and the hair color and the everything else about her (I love the catgirls so much) And assuming that they really are mother and daughter... imagine how much Nia must want to cry at 5:06:29... her own daughter is right there telling her how much she matters to them, and she can't really act motherly with her because as much as Mio is Mio, she's not "Nia's daughter Mio". THEY'RE SO WHOLESOME I CANT
I want a Eunie x Taion reunion SO BAD. I never thought I would love this pair so much but DSFHJGKSFHDKD WHY ;_; Also I would have been SO annoyed if Noah and Mio just went "thanks" and parted ways like ????? BOTH OF YOU WOOHOO'D IN YOUR PAST LIVES WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!! On the bright side though, Nia and Mio are on the same world so they can still hang out ;_; AND MORAG LOOKED SO GOOD. I had to do a double take after the stream ended and holy shit I need to go back to XC2 so bad. GIVE ME A XENOBLADE 4 WHERE THEY REUNITE RIGHT NOW MONOLITH PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@stalvods devs have already confirmed that 3 marks the ending of the klaus saga (xc 1 2 and 3) so xenoblade 4 will be a different storyline unfortunately but I absolutely agree we need like a one-shot manga series or animated shorts series showing the cast meeting again and growing up together they're all so precious ;;;;;_;;;;;
4:15:40 You'll notice after the birds fly past the camera as it zooms out, Noah vanishes from view. Why, you might ask? Well, hearing that melody likely triggered powerful emotions inside young Noah. What happens when Ouroboros experience a powerful emotional trigger? That's right, an Interlink. Somewhere, Noah and Mio Interlinked and met each other once again.
maaaaaaan.... first of all thank you stal for the upload and thank you for the rly long jurney. was so fun to expirience all the Games so far with you together since i never had the Chance to Play them🌻 i still dont rly know what i think about Z .. somewhat a bit disapointed in that point. but N and M ... holy moly 😭 .. that was rough for me ... i cant wait for you playing the dlc, i kinda hope for an impact of it close to Torna (i doubt it will hit the same lvl but yea) 4:02:40 rly broke me for a while 😭😭😭 shiiiiiit ... but yea, looking forward to sunday, so we can complete our jurney 🌻 this series is def rank 1or2 in my personal tierlist and you are right, i think it will take a long time until any other jrpg will come close to it. especially for 3 how good the sidequests are, they mostly didnt feel like sidequests , just awsome ps.: for now yep, eunie def my fav one too. but manana is close 🤭
Maybe the endless now ain't so bad after all... But yeah, thanks for playing this game all the way to the end! The ending basically went through every emotion possible for me lol (happy->crying->laughing->cheering->WTF->bawling-> bawling again part 2) I will say the villains of this game is definitely the weakest link of this game but I think it makes sense considering moebius represents the refusal to change and move on (they probably should've given Z a bit of a better personality/motive. could've been good enough to say I'm sheltering you from pain you can't heal by looping time again for example). N and M (and J) really carried antagonists with motivations/tragic backstories (honorable mentions to Triton, Irma (Fiona's bond +her interactions with Triton), Crys). REALLY hard to top the dynamic villains of Torna from XC2 (who you deal with the entire game) and Egil from XC1 (a very strong presence for good portion of the game). Taion is so giga brain with making a tea recipe book for Eunie WITH MATERIALS FROM HER WORLD so it doesn't disappear when they separate, but also Eunie outsmarting Taion with her "4th best" comment (she loves fourtune clovers, so number 4 is special to her). Now Taion is gonna forever think of Eunie and why he's 4th until he figures it out XD. Looking forward to Future Redeemed, after...I cry again.
Thanks for watching my Xenoblade streams!! I guess I'm fine with Z being not as exciting because there were so many other antagonists in the game that it balances it out vs XC2 had just a few big ones so it was easier to build on them, but I do prefer XC2's story so far. Maybe that will change when I play Futures Redeemed.. Eunie x Taion is so underrated, the sassy x smart couple is my new favourite combination now. Also the part where Taion just falls to his knees DFHBJGKHSDJFKG SHE LOVES YOU, YOU DUMBASS ;_;
“Imagine paying like 60 USD to get a get game that gives you depression, oh I fkn love it when a game gives me depression” “what do with my life now” hahaha I can relate!!
Really deeply proud of you Stal for finishing Xenoblade and Doing Nia and Melia after super deeply proud of you Xenoblade 3 is my fave Xenoblade game of all time even though i started with Xenoblade 2 went to Xenoblade 1 and future connected then Torna and then Xenoblade 3 and Redeemed but highly highly proud of you for finishing it now you can join the rest of us feeling empty after being all mainline Xenoblade games love the content and reacts you posts Stal :33 looking forward to what the time slot will go to next since Xenoblade 3 is all most done also Future redeemed is only a few hours so take your time with that DLC Stal excited to see fresh face react to the content :333 also Stal be like: RIKU YOU FUCKING SUSSY NOPON Also stal: Lans nobody was thinking you was the MVP Me: but stal we was all thinking it ( also was it bad that when you first booted up Xenoblade 3 i was like shes not ready for the ending she is not ready for the ending or chapter 5 too chapter 7 she isn't ready thats what i said on the first episode but only in my head and i was saying this to my self that stal isn't ready for Xenoblade's 3 ending base game )
Common variety Nopon is a lie. No spoilers, but I bet that Riku is gonna show up like some gigachad in the DLC or something. He's so awfully suspicious this entire game. The hammer and the subtle nod to Melia.. COMMON?? VARIETY?????? LIAR.
@@stalvods Lol yeah most if not everybody finds him kinda sus even the guys over the Nyancave was also like that with him but they never payed any atention to him they just focused on the main plot the ending did make them cry cause we was in on the end with the Noah and Mio stuff happening then that picture of Rex and friends with kids cause most of us thought Dirk was Mythra's kid due to the same colour eyes and such but all i am going to say is Riku is Riku common Veriety nopon x'D
It's good to think about Z and Moebius as an allegory for the Bourgeois Elite. Apathetic, pathetic, shallow, arrogant, etc. They sustain their existence by exploiting lives of the soldiers for their gain. It's pretty spelled out in the story this is what they're supposed to be. Sadly it's not really easy to make an IRL villain into something compelling for a story because they can come off either lacking in character or just cartoonishly evil in their absurd apathy to the lower classes. Viewing it through this lens makes it easier to understand and appreciate what Moebius was going for even if they don't make for good catharsis.
That makes a lot more sense! I think Z was my only let down because of the build up but all the other Moebius had pretty nice story. Maybe except the one that was in Juniper's Ascension.. that one felt a bit weird. N and M definitely were peak though but holy shit that was so sad.. the way they hugged each other towards the end, my heart just broke. man........
XC1: Shulk is cool and all but Dhanban is the goat XC2 : Rex come'n man "Love you......and all of you guys"????!! Really??!!! XC3 : Gigachadusaurus Rex!!!! He surely showed us a thing or three. He meant what he said about "I love you!!! And all of you guys"!!! We just didn't understand. Rex best XC protag of all time Oh yeah Noah is there too😅😅
The only thing I kinda wanted that they would hide N and M identity with a full on helmet that goes over their hair and then they would have revealed it after the prison arc when they got captured. I noticed that N and M were Noah and Mio since the first time that I saw them.. which kinda destroyed the games story for me and Z is Z.... ;o I totally agree with your take on the quests in this game are really good. I did miss actual towns like in XB1 and XB2. The colonies didnt really do it for me and I understand that story wise this makes senses, but still not a fan.
I noticed N and M were Noah and Mio really quickly too, they made it a little obvious ;_;. I agree with you on actual towns 100%, it's always my favourite thing in every JRPG and the colonies didn't do much for me too even though it's part of the lore. Thankfully Xenoblade's worlds are very expansive + NPCs actually add value to the game so it satisfied most of the exploration portion for me!
I also skipped the cutscenes before the Z fight! Why couldn't normal dialogue be treated differently from cutscenes xD Good thing it feels wrong to instantly be right in fron tof the guy, or else I might have actually missed the scenes!
FOR REAL. I was so confused when I just stood in front of him like ?? surely I'm missing something.. This is kind of a weird point of no return thing LOL
This game out of all three had a more somber ending. 1 definitely had a happy ending, 2 was a happy ending (don't look at Torna dlc), but 3 had our kids separated and left us with a number of questions. That said, I love this game a lot and I'm glad you do too. (Also Nia has the best battle theme, omg it's so good!)
We completed Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and I want to go back to the endless now. ( Starting the DLC on Sunday @ www.twitch.tv/stal )
I put in a lot of timestamps for this one even for the small parts so it's easy to skip around. Now my thoughts - NO SPOILERS FOR DLC. I DID NOT WATCH ANYTHING INCLUDING TRAILERS!
I thought Z wasn't a very impressive villain. He was just there to fill in the "I control my puppets" kinda deal but I guess that's fine since he's just a manifestation of fear and not actually an individual. M and N at Chapter 5 was 100% peak in this entire game. I didn't think that it went downhill from there but there was a lot of build up for Z and he was just like, "yeah I did this for my own amusement" so it was a little bleh. This game made me realize I need to replay XC2, I took a very long break in between so I forgot a lot of things when I came back. Overall I think XC3 did really well with the side quests (hero and ascension quests should have been mandatory) and lots of QoL with UI and battle/AI system. I still prefer XC2's characters and chain attacks but I'll have to play Futures Redeemed to make a better judgement. Favourite character is Eunie but Taion grew on me a lot. I love my 15 TP brain cell team. I want to be in the endless now so Noah and Mio can stay together forever.. :/
ALSO SPEAKING OF XC2, REX????? My brother in Alrest really meant it when he said "all you guys", dude really showed us a thing or three. The game showing that and immediately the most heartbreaking scene ever threw me off so much. I wanted to cry but I also had.. so many questions.... I'm hoping that we get to find out who these kids are in the DLC or something. I'm not really sure how to feel about this LMAO
Thank you everyone for being on this very long journey with me. As someone who doesn't usually complete games, I think completing XC1, 2 and 3 is pretty much a miracle. Xenoblade has 100% topped the JRPG list for me and I highly doubt anything is going to overtake this, at least not any time soon. I'm going to continue crying for now but the adventure continues with Futures Redeemed! ..and maybe Xenoblade X in the future since that's the game that introduced me to the series. Surely they port it to the Switch 2 this time..
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Playlists (I played XC1 and 2 ending at the same time) :
XC1 Ending + XC2: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU-HYmGffn2ahLU2MgAwFJXH.html
XC2 - Torna: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU_2LqVsbK5BivHXnYwN8Dfq.html
XC3: ua-cam.com/play/PLH8RxlfN7SU_BJzpE9S9ip_eT1k4rvZ4f.html
Timestamps:
0:00 - Uniting the Seven Nopons
22:17 - Chapter 7
38:00 - Origin Interior
1:24:33 - Consul N and Melia
1:50:07 - Origin Interior #2
2:06:04 - Monica and Ghondor
2:08:58 - Origin Interior #3
2:16:38 - Moebius X (I was on Easy for this, sorry for the disrespect)
2:23:40 - Moebius Y
2:33:58 - Moebius Z
3:01:58 - Moebius Z Cutscene
3:14:52 - Z Infinity Battle
3:42:52 - Moebius Z, N and M Cutscene
3:49:40 - Ending Cutscene
3:56:20 - Sorry the ads were playing so I wanted to wait
3:59:01 - Ending Cutscene resumes..
4:01:50 - REX??????????
4:02:40 - This is where I cry a lot ;-;
4:17:13 - ;_________;
4:18:55 - Melia Hero Quest
4:26:31 - WOOOO MELIA BGM
4:29:30 - Nia Hero and Ascension Quest
5:09:23 - Melia Ascension Quest
6:11:33 - Post-game chatting about the ending
While Z in a vacuum is not very interesting or a particularly great chracter, thematically he's the perfect final boss for the game. What we're fighting against the whole game is particular type of mindset (Trying to keep the status quo. Fearing change and an uncerain future), so having the final fight be against a representation of that mindset that the people in this world have, is perfect for the ending in my opinion. Though I also think that they could've given him a more interesting personality and more precence in the story, so that people would have a more lasting impression of him, so I also think that he's a bit flawed in excecution. There's a lot of really great videos on youtube that talk about the moebius, that at least gave me a lot more appreciation for them as villains, even is they're a bit flawed in excecution.
I also find it a bit funny that people really dislike Z, but end up kind of acting along with his mindset of not wanting the game to end and keeping the status quo by not wanting the worlds to separate causing the characters to separate as well. I also live in the endless now of wanting to re-experince the game and it's story through other peoples playthroughs. I just find it interesting how well some of the themes translate back to the people playing the game. Like even in daily life occaissonaly when people talk about stuff I end up thinking (that sounds just like moebius), or maybe that's just the xenoblade brainrot. Sorry for the long comment. I just wanted to express some thoughts that I found interesting about the game's ending and the themes.
So about the villains of xenoblade 3 am just gonna put an extract of an interview when Takahashi (the series creator) was asked about this: For the villains of Xenoblade 3, Takahashi says (skipping over some parts): I wanted to change a bit how the villains were portrayed. For example, in Xenoblade and Xenoblade 2, the villains had their own pride or their own principles; it could be a philosophy or even faith, but the villains had their own [sense of] justice... But for Xenoblade 3, I had a bit of, “what if I brought the enemies closer to reality?" In terms of, “What is reality?" let's say for example, those in positions of power. Saying people in positions of power are villains is, well, a bit of a dangerous way to put it, but let’s just say as an example. In real-life society, they are the “system,” as Z says; they can decide on a system, and they can run it. Even for those people in positions of power, I'm sure they have a life story, social ties and such, but what we can see at the surface, what we can feel is their roots, most of that is, how should I say this, a desire; a desire for control, money, fame, and maybe very rarely, lust? That's where it tends to be rooted in, and occasionally some unsavory people show themselves. What if those people were the villains? So, the villains this time around are the Moebius, and for them, I wanted to make them villains you couldn't sympathize with, by exaggerating the unsavoriness and patheticness that real-life humans have. Towards the end of the story, I believe there's a scene where Z says, “It's because it amuses me," but that [line], it could be, “It's because three-star restaurants taste delectable,” or “It's because I love to make money;” The line can be whatever. We placed the Moebius in that position as a representation of that unsavory aspect of reality.
Eunie saying that Taion was her fourth best friend: remember that she collects those clovers. 4 is her special number.
@@somethin7020 We all live in the endless now.. Z was right all along ;_;. I agree with everything you say though! I like Z as a character and how he represents everyone's fear of change, but I do think he is lacking in some ways especially after how the game hyped it up a lot and it didn't make the biggest impact. I think they really tried to do that with the fight design which was really cool especially when he was changing his face and the different phases.
@@DANC-mt3tg That's actually very interesting. I'm a little sad that the point didn't make it across for me but after reading this, I can sort of see how it comes across as that. I do think the execution wasn't as great as I hoped for it to be but this makes a bit more sense why Z and some of the other Moebius acted the way they were. Thanks for letting me know!
Time to cry seeing the ending for the 30th time
I was rewatching the VOD to get the timestamps and I cried 3 more times watching that cutscene.. ;_;
Rex truly loved them all 😂😂
bro.......... that threw me off so much
The funniest part of the Rex photo is that it was teased with the combo level 4 that Pyra and Nia have and NG+ screen you get when you beat XC2 the second time (when you have all the context of Torna and the base game, you go 2 for 2).
Monolith wanted everyone to know what they meant. The absolutely insane lore they cook is unmatched.
I finally understand why everyone wanted me to play NG+..
I guess Rex, I will show a thing or three" 4:01:50
REX NO...........
THE WAY TAION KNEELS WHEN THE CLIFF SEPARATES THEM STILL GETS TO ME. 😭
MY HEART BROKE UGHHHHHHH
"I love you and all of you guys" hits completely different right now....
"all you guys" bro meant it..
The ending is an emotional roller coaster; it goes from epic to sad, to wholesome, to sad, to funny, to WTF, and then back to sad.
I'm looking forward to seeing you play the DLC. 👏👏👏👏
The beginning of Moebius S arc. Thanks for the vod! Can't wait for the DLC!
MOEBIUS S (the better one) DLC ADVENTURES SOON!!!!!!
My bit of head cannon as to why Z was doing it for "Amusement" was that he was bored of eternity, so he would continually turn people into moebius and have them interact with people from their previous lives, like Crys and Noah or Joran and the Kevesi trio. It kind of evolves into a meta narrative with the relationship between the player and the game and how we find entertainment from these relationships and interactions just like Z. Thus, cementing Z as a being born from human emotion and desire.
I like that actually! It fits the whole thing with him just chillin in his cinema watching life go by for everyone.
"where's the kissing?" wait for it.... wait for it... LOL
Almost lost my mind when they just said "thanks" like BROTHER. PLEASE.
When I was at the end, it took me a bit before I realised what it meant that everyone stood seperated into their faction groups (I mean, they were all at war until recently). Only when Taion gave Eunie the tea-leaves and mentioned how it will hold, I realised what it meant. Dang, that gut-punched me a bit after all the hours spent with the cast.
As for Rex, me having liked XC2 quite a bit, despite all its faults, I was not too surprised but rather thought "they all look happy, so good for them". Nothing wrong with shared happiness, imo, compared to how other have reacted to it.
Anyway. Wishing you fun with the DLC. o/ It's really nice.
I didn't actually realize they were going to be apart only until when they started running and it REALLY hit me like.. oh shit. That's what they meant. They are never going to see each other again and all they have are memories of each other. I thought the Rex thing was so funny like DAMN HE REALLY DID THAT. When he said "all you guys" he really meant it huh LOL
GIGACHAD Rex
My brother in Alrest.....
That Rex picture caught us off guard 😂
Apparently there is still a debate in XC3 community whether Mio is a daughter of Rex and Nia or not, and that suprises me a lot. You know, Mio and Nia JUST have similar eyes and hair color, pretty much identical flesh eater core crystal (which is also unique to her because we don't see a single other Agnian with flesh eater core crystal), gormotti traits (yes, Nia has fox ears, but she is flesh eater, so she has both Blade and human DNA, and her human DNA is catgirl gormotti), and identical weapon... Probably a coincidence? Cmon, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck - it is very likely a duck. Especially after the photo, where we see that Nia had a child with white hair and cat ears, and that conversation in the hall of the founders, where Nia clearly implies that Mio is more important to her than other characters in the Aionios.
yeah i don't know if i would say it's a coincidence.. so many signs point towards it i feel like it's almost guaranteed at this point
Just finished the game myself tonight. The ending is so sad yet beautiful, I‘m so destroyed. This is by far the saddest Xenoblade ending and my favourite aswell. Love your reaction and your playthrough through the game. Can’t wait to play Future Redeemed soon :‘))
welcome to DLC stal I hope u enjoy :) XC3 main is so wild for its ending, the closing sequence is so pretty it makes me heave tears every single time I experience it, seeing Melia keeping Shulk's monado REX safe and POPPI smiling alongside Nia makes me so unbelievably happy
3:59:43 in case you didn't catch it, 4 is a very special number to Eunie! Taion is the 4th person to build that strong connection with Eunie (not counting riku), and her hobby is collecting FOURtune clovers!
4:00:25 the shot of every Hero lined up is so powerful for some reason, it's so low-key but so perfect
4:00:45 THE ENTIRE GAME'S ROMANTIC TENSION BUILT UP TO THIS AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I SCREAMED AND CHEERED AND CRIED SO MUCH MY PARENTS WONDERED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED
4:15:29 THIS SCENE MADE ME CRY FOR A FULL 30 MINUTES AFTER I SAW IT, THE 2 FLUTES PLAYING TOGETHER MEANING THAT NOAH AND MIO WILL REUNITE IN THE NEW WORLD AASDFEIWAONFVIA also in case you didn't catch it, Noah straight up vanishes from the cutscene, people have done a frame-by-frame and after the bird fly by at 4:15:41 he's just straight up gone LMAO
and also, "I just got done crying and now I have to cry again" is literally the entire ending sequence the most relatable line ever LMAO
I'm glad you enjoyed the Rex picture, your reaction did not at all disappoint but also DID YOU SEE HOW DAPPER AND PRETTY MORAG LOOKED
4:47:18 I'M SO MAD AT EUNIE FOR THIS ONE SCENE Nia was THIIIIIIIIS close to revealing that she and Mio are mother and daughter and Eunie just HAD to take that away from us
and yes, it is never explicitly stated in game that Nia and Mio are related, it's just HEAVILY HEAVILY IMPLIED yknow what with the core crystal and the ears and the hair color and the everything else about her (I love the catgirls so much)
And assuming that they really are mother and daughter... imagine how much Nia must want to cry at 5:06:29... her own daughter is right there telling her how much she matters to them, and she can't really act motherly with her because as much as Mio is Mio, she's not "Nia's daughter Mio". THEY'RE SO WHOLESOME I CANT
I want a Eunie x Taion reunion SO BAD. I never thought I would love this pair so much but DSFHJGKSFHDKD WHY ;_; Also I would have been SO annoyed if Noah and Mio just went "thanks" and parted ways like ????? BOTH OF YOU WOOHOO'D IN YOUR PAST LIVES WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!! On the bright side though, Nia and Mio are on the same world so they can still hang out ;_; AND MORAG LOOKED SO GOOD. I had to do a double take after the stream ended and holy shit I need to go back to XC2 so bad.
GIVE ME A XENOBLADE 4 WHERE THEY REUNITE RIGHT NOW MONOLITH PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@stalvods devs have already confirmed that 3 marks the ending of the klaus saga (xc 1 2 and 3) so xenoblade 4 will be a different storyline unfortunately but I absolutely agree we need like a one-shot manga series or animated shorts series showing the cast meeting again and growing up together they're all so precious ;;;;;_;;;;;
Congrats in finishing XC3! It was fun to follow your playthrough. We still have Future Redeemed left, so I'm definitely looking forward to it too!
Thank you so much!! I can't wait to start the DLC and cry myself to sleep all over again :'D
I will add now that the entomology of the word rex, its a old word for king in old english or scottish
4:15:40 You'll notice after the birds fly past the camera as it zooms out, Noah vanishes from view.
Why, you might ask? Well, hearing that melody likely triggered powerful emotions inside young Noah.
What happens when Ouroboros experience a powerful emotional trigger? That's right, an Interlink.
Somewhere, Noah and Mio Interlinked and met each other once again.
god i want to relive this entire game SO BAD
@@stalvods Tell me about it! 😅
maaaaaaan.... first of all thank you stal for the upload and thank you for the rly long jurney. was so fun to expirience all the Games so far with you together since i never had the Chance to Play them🌻 i still dont rly know what i think about Z .. somewhat a bit disapointed in that point.
but N and M ... holy moly 😭 .. that was rough for me ...
i cant wait for you playing the dlc, i kinda hope for an impact of it close to Torna (i doubt it will hit the same lvl but yea)
4:02:40 rly broke me for a while 😭😭😭 shiiiiiit ...
but yea, looking forward to sunday, so we can complete our jurney 🌻 this series is def rank 1or2 in my personal tierlist and you are right, i think it will take a long time until any other jrpg will come close to it. especially for 3 how good the sidequests are, they mostly didnt feel like sidequests , just awsome
ps.: for now yep, eunie def my fav one too. but manana is close 🤭
It is a true joy seeing others experience this.
Thank you so much for watching!! This series is just a rollercoaster of emotions..
Maybe the endless now ain't so bad after all...
But yeah, thanks for playing this game all the way to the end! The ending basically went through every emotion possible for me lol (happy->crying->laughing->cheering->WTF->bawling-> bawling again part 2)
I will say the villains of this game is definitely the weakest link of this game but I think it makes sense considering moebius represents the refusal to change and move on (they probably should've given Z a bit of a better personality/motive. could've been good enough to say I'm sheltering you from pain you can't heal by looping time again for example). N and M (and J) really carried antagonists with motivations/tragic backstories (honorable mentions to Triton, Irma (Fiona's bond +her interactions with Triton), Crys). REALLY hard to top the dynamic villains of Torna from XC2 (who you deal with the entire game) and Egil from XC1 (a very strong presence for good portion of the game).
Taion is so giga brain with making a tea recipe book for Eunie WITH MATERIALS FROM HER WORLD so it doesn't disappear when they separate, but also Eunie outsmarting Taion with her "4th best" comment (she loves fourtune clovers, so number 4 is special to her). Now Taion is gonna forever think of Eunie and why he's 4th until he figures it out XD.
Looking forward to Future Redeemed, after...I cry again.
Thanks for watching my Xenoblade streams!! I guess I'm fine with Z being not as exciting because there were so many other antagonists in the game that it balances it out vs XC2 had just a few big ones so it was easier to build on them, but I do prefer XC2's story so far. Maybe that will change when I play Futures Redeemed..
Eunie x Taion is so underrated, the sassy x smart couple is my new favourite combination now. Also the part where Taion just falls to his knees DFHBJGKHSDJFKG SHE LOVES YOU, YOU DUMBASS ;_;
“Imagine paying like 60 USD to get a get game that gives you depression, oh I fkn love it when a game gives me depression” “what do with my life now” hahaha
I can relate!!
You know the game is good when you come out of it with depression 10/10
@@stalvods if a game makes me cry, I’ll always recommend it 10/10! Glad you like this too! Will be waiting for Future Redeemed!
Don't forget...Eunie's favorite number is 4!
Really deeply proud of you Stal for finishing Xenoblade and Doing Nia and Melia after super deeply proud of you Xenoblade 3 is my fave Xenoblade game of all time even though i started with Xenoblade 2 went to Xenoblade 1 and future connected then Torna and then Xenoblade 3 and Redeemed but highly highly proud of you for finishing it now you can join the rest of us feeling empty after being all mainline Xenoblade games love the content and reacts you posts Stal :33 looking forward to what the time slot will go to next since Xenoblade 3 is all most done also Future redeemed is only a few hours so take your time with that DLC Stal excited to see fresh face react to the content :333 also
Stal be like: RIKU YOU FUCKING SUSSY NOPON
Also stal: Lans nobody was thinking you was the MVP
Me: but stal we was all thinking it
( also was it bad that when you first booted up Xenoblade 3 i was like shes not ready for the ending she is not ready for the ending or chapter 5 too chapter 7 she isn't ready thats what i said on the first episode but only in my head and i was saying this to my self that stal isn't ready for Xenoblade's 3 ending base game )
Common variety Nopon is a lie. No spoilers, but I bet that Riku is gonna show up like some gigachad in the DLC or something. He's so awfully suspicious this entire game. The hammer and the subtle nod to Melia.. COMMON?? VARIETY?????? LIAR.
@@stalvods Lol yeah most if not everybody finds him kinda sus even the guys over the Nyancave was also like that with him but they never payed any atention to him they just focused on the main plot the ending did make them cry cause we was in on the end with the Noah and Mio stuff happening then that picture of Rex and friends with kids cause most of us thought Dirk was Mythra's kid due to the same colour eyes and such but all i am going to say is Riku is Riku common Veriety nopon x'D
It's good to think about Z and Moebius as an allegory for the Bourgeois Elite. Apathetic, pathetic, shallow, arrogant, etc. They sustain their existence by exploiting lives of the soldiers for their gain. It's pretty spelled out in the story this is what they're supposed to be. Sadly it's not really easy to make an IRL villain into something compelling for a story because they can come off either lacking in character or just cartoonishly evil in their absurd apathy to the lower classes. Viewing it through this lens makes it easier to understand and appreciate what Moebius was going for even if they don't make for good catharsis.
That makes a lot more sense! I think Z was my only let down because of the build up but all the other Moebius had pretty nice story. Maybe except the one that was in Juniper's Ascension.. that one felt a bit weird. N and M definitely were peak though but holy shit that was so sad.. the way they hugged each other towards the end, my heart just broke. man........
Ah yes. Gigachaderous Rex.
I'm playing the DLC now and ok I get it
4:00:00
Remember Eunie likes to collect 4 leaf clovers 🍀
At 4 hours of VOD? Neat.
XC1: Shulk is cool and all but Dhanban is the goat
XC2 : Rex come'n man "Love you......and all of you guys"????!! Really??!!!
XC3 : Gigachadusaurus Rex!!!!
He surely showed us a thing or three.
He meant what he said about "I love you!!! And all of you guys"!!!
We just didn't understand.
Rex best XC protag of all time
Oh yeah Noah is there too😅😅
The only thing I kinda wanted that they would hide N and M identity with a full on helmet that goes over their hair and then they would have revealed it after the prison arc when they got captured. I noticed that N and M were Noah and Mio since the first time that I saw them.. which kinda destroyed the games story for me and Z is Z.... ;o
I totally agree with your take on the quests in this game are really good. I did miss actual towns like in XB1 and XB2. The colonies didnt really do it for me and I understand that story wise this makes senses, but still not a fan.
I noticed N and M were Noah and Mio really quickly too, they made it a little obvious ;_;. I agree with you on actual towns 100%, it's always my favourite thing in every JRPG and the colonies didn't do much for me too even though it's part of the lore. Thankfully Xenoblade's worlds are very expansive + NPCs actually add value to the game so it satisfied most of the exploration portion for me!
4:00:48 I will never forget this moment. Love this game, this couple and this ending.❤❤❤
HOLDING HANDS AND KISSING. A HUGE VICTORY FOR ALL OF US!!!
I also skipped the cutscenes before the Z fight! Why couldn't normal dialogue be treated differently from cutscenes xD Good thing it feels wrong to instantly be right in fron tof the guy, or else I might have actually missed the scenes!
FOR REAL. I was so confused when I just stood in front of him like ?? surely I'm missing something.. This is kind of a weird point of no return thing LOL
So what did you think of seeing rex with 3 wives and kids since he legit meant it when he said i love you and all you guys.
lost my mind at first but i started Future Redeemed today and you know what i get it
@@stalvods yep he became a gigachad
DOOM
despairge
This game out of all three had a more somber ending. 1 definitely had a happy ending, 2 was a happy ending (don't look at Torna dlc), but 3 had our kids separated and left us with a number of questions. That said, I love this game a lot and I'm glad you do too. (Also Nia has the best battle theme, omg it's so good!)
It's so sad knowing that in their previous lives they were together but they had to be apart for the true ending.. AAAAAHHHHHHHHH MY HAPPY ENDING ;_;
4:01:51 That's my dude!
All you guys!
@@stalvodsShould've screenshot that
@@dantekoryu6475 I DID. I took a bunch of screenshots through my PC instead of the Switch :'D
3:58:00
"Yeah nice working with you bruv"