Honestly this is probably the greatest archon quest intro into a region since mondstadt. Absolutely phenomenal it was so well done. :) I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF FONTAINE
Bro it happened to me fr💀 i was confused why did she said it was like our first meeting when we already met in the previous version event? ( even though i'm aware of the event i didn't play it because i was lazy)
Furina has to be one of the most _aggravating_ but lovable chars in genshin so far. i cannot STAND her, but i love it. she’s completely different than any of the archons; she’s chaotic, gives major harley quinn/queen of hearts vibes. and i can’t believe she feels so flustered and powerless under Neuvillette’s authority when _she’s_ the archon. but tbh being lyney’s attorney has to be the most stressful thing in genshin. my heart was beating the entire time wondering wtf was gonna happen. HYV rlly outdid themselves.
IKR...I mean Purina is not my favorite archon by any means...I just love, immensely mature and caring Nahida, mysterious and playful Venti, and knowing powerful Daddy..uh I mean Zhongli way too much. But as a character I love Furina. Even though she acts childish, she craves attention and is too much into drama and theatrics, she doesn't feel stupid or dumb, at least as far as the court proceedings and all are concerned. I can somehow tell that she is also coping just like venti, except she has thrown herself into chaotic and delusional dramatized version of life, instead of day drinking or locking yourself inside a machine of mass murder lmao. Is she doing her job as an archon well? hell no. Are her antics kinda being a problem for her people? Kinda yes. Is she hiding something much more sinister/a history? Yes.
totally agree with you. Her child-like wonder during the magic show is cute but when she starts talking and she starts pushing buttons. Her threatening the other archons got me feeling super defensive, since we're tight with four of them
She is wrong on purpose to create energy, otherwise they would starve to death. The system in Fontaine is somewhat insane. The device they use to give judgement is most likely from Celestia and not made in Fontaine at all. Guessing from the prophecy the people from Fontaine accessed forbidden knowledge somehow and now is doomed to dissolve into water.
Imagine the amount of fans calling her "Daddy". Oh god. BUT MAN, did Arlecchino disguise herself as a man or did Lyney just mistaken her as a man because of some reason? I'm most confused about that one.
@@theilluminatibenefactor Nah they refer to her as female later. It's just a title. Apparently to the orphans of the house of the hearth, arlecchino is their "father" and the tsaritsa is their "mother".
Traveler: **leaving** Al-haitham: (Passes by traveler, notices him and doesn't even wave, got work, and not interested in an unnecessary social interaction 😂)
This was exactly what I wanted from Fontaine quests! Something like the Sabzerus festival but in a courtroom setting. I wasn't able to watch your stream so I'm looking forward to watching this!
It's because the trailer wasn't bombastic. The more the story went on, the less they wanted the story to just end up as a MCU style climax clusterduck that doesn't really mean much. Fontaine and Sumeru quests were great even without the mega cutscenes. The court case whodunnit and time loop themselves were enough to carry the story. Unlike Liyue which might be an unpopular opinion, but the only thing it has for it was the unnecessarily overblown boss battle with Osial.
man i LOVED this archon quest. as a genshin, ace attorney and danganronpa fan, i feel like this will forever be one of my favourite quests in the entire game. the trials and references for ace attorney, the minigames and art shown for danganronpa IN GENSHIN. i know the danganronpa probably wasnt intentional but i still love it!
@@tamaraalbella9886 for the danganronpa one- theyre talking about the minigame where we can refute furina's statement- just like in drv3's rebuttal showdown wherein you can refute and counter your opponent's answers if everyone in the cast are split into sides And also its like the closing argument where its comic book style, you rearrange the scenes to complete and it fully tells what entirely happened Also when paimon is telling the entire closing argument- its just like how danganronpa protag's does after you complete the closing argument And even choosing to show your evidence is also part of it in danganronpa- Then again all this may be part of ace attorney as well- since both games are close to debate style game
The hilarious part was that I unlocked the Fontaine waypoints and completed that collection event before I realized I needed to actually go to Caravan Ribat first to officially start the Archon Quest.
But the thing is, the Traveler HAS said "no" before. Are people really forgetting about the START OF INAZUMA? Remember how they dashed Ayaka's hopes about freeing her people from the decrees? She literally had to force the Traveler to visit 3 people to convince them to help as a deal to arrange a meeting with the Shogun for the Traveler. But things ended up that Thoma was arrested for his vision, Traveler saved him, and leading them to run from the Shogun. Shout out to that person in chat who did remember that I'm sure if Traveler could, they would have done the same thing in Sumeru. But circumstances have made it that they HAD to save Nahida, and thus Sumeru before they could even ask her anything.
Yes i agree, but i'm quite confident that a very reasonable cause of this is because of the unfortunate "illusion of choice" onn dialogues the devs has put on The Traveler and how meaningless most of the time choosing one or other is, that people (understandably) just does not/given up taking the time to read and take in what is written in it. I'm quite confident on this because i'm a victim of this and i had just noticed this now once I started watching and looking at other people's gameplay of AQ's and stuff. Edit: I hope i get to accurately put into words what i want to say, as English is not my native language 😂
Exactly, after Liyue, after seeing their sibling again, that it made in Inazuma in a hurry and choosing to be less active, the reason he moves now is more of the people or friends he gets involved with, or him already being in a mess, and not some grand goal like saving nations, basically the traveler does not want to delude themselves that they are this world's hero, it was shown further when they said in Caribert quest "I'm not a bad person, but I wouldn't claim to be a saint either"
I went on a huge tangent unlocking all the waypoints before continuing the main story- YALL when I TELL YOU there's a couple of world quests that are BONKERS, this is tame in comparison! Also Neuvillette was way sweeter than I was expecting, the trailer made him seem so stern! Best Boi
Foçalors is just so French lol. Sassy af, and always have a perfect comeback. And I just gotta say, those glasses of Paimon were the death of me. Hoyo really stepped up with this Archon Quest, with the underwater exploration and with the design of Fontaine. It feels like a completely new and awesome game
This quest was so great from a writing perspective, every character was so morally gray. You can make a case for any character to be “good” or “evil” and has will or ill intentions.
The voice acting and story writing in the Fontaine Archon Quest so far is amazing. As a fan of the Ace Attorney and Danganronpa franchises and mystery JRPGs in general, I was way too excited to see how they would handle a detective/courtroom case in Genshin and I have to say, a pretty great execution. The balance between inserting important but at the moment seemingly insignificant detail such as the hook, the wet vase, the burnt rope and the audience member being the thief that got away (I was able to catch that she was the thief surprisingly and was able to remember that she was definitely not from Fontaine considering where we met her, pretty pleased with myself at catching that detail) whilst also deliberately missing crucial information until later on such as Lyney being unable to hear the loud bang and the existence of the Primordial Sea drug is hard to manage, you want the player to be able to suspect how it went down or guess possible scenarios to keep them engaged, but not enough to be able to discern the truth first try so that they lose interest once they were able to figure it out by themselves. I knew that they can handle it well as there had been quite a few interesting mysteries both in Tears of Themis' main story and limited event stories, but they also implemented refuting, investigating, deducing and evidence gathering game mechanics pretty well. Little things like automatically cancelling out incorrect evidence after you've tried it, emphasising what you should investigate, highlighting the loopholes and allowing you to access the evidence notes during choosing to refresh your memory if needed was especially helpful for those who are unfamiliar with these types of games. I also loved how it showed many character's personalities, from Furina's inner monologues, to Navia's being the detective's assistant, to Neuvilette's abilities and of course, his mastery of instantly figuring out Furina's BS. Even the audience member's comments are great, suitable to the topic at hand, portraying multiple different opinions, showing how we are convincing others and reinstating the 'court cases are operas' idea to the Travellers as well. So yeah, loved Fontaine Act I, somehow Act II was equally great, I played through both in one day somehow because I was so engaged, very excited to see what future installments of the Fontaine Archon Quest will bring us!
Bro I have mixed feelings about the npc plot twist coz on one hand, they did build that up earlier at the story but on the other hand, how am I supposed to know that was the same thief from earlier and not a rehashed npc skin? I guess her looking the same is part of the twist but yeah mixed feelings reigned in lmao
@@shishiroro6351 i mean that was the point. she was supposed to blend in as halsey instead of her real identity, plus the hesitation she had when lyney brought up the fortress of meropide in hindsight gave away her anxiety. a person who's confident about not committing crimes would laugh at the idea of showing up at a prison's doorstep by magical accident
Honestly in the first act, as an ace attorney fan i was really not annoyed at all with Furina. The number of ridiculous witnesses and prosecutors i had to deal with made her seem not that bad in trying to get a guilty verdict
Gotta give it to Hoyo, they definitely worked hard to make sure players would be pulled into the story...these past few months, I have been drifting in and out of different quests, like world or character ones, and I end up skipping a lot of dialogues, rushing through them. But this quest? I listened to almost each and every dialogue, was so invested that I forgot to eat my lunch too xD
51:43 theres actually dialogue diffrence here for someone like me who wasnt able to attend to the event she is in she did not recognize both traveler and paimon
I woke up at 6am to update the game and play. Did both parts of the Archon quest, got lost in some underwater spaces like 3 times while listening to music and spent around 5k resin for the new artifacts So far I have to say I love Fontaine
Befor 1 act I was waiting for Neuvillete to be strictly on Furina's side in trials (dont know why, honestly), but after this trial I have so much respect for this man (at least for now, I only did 1 act, and we have more in next updates, so who knows, what will happen next). I was already aiming to pull for him but now Im considering to get him his signature. He deserves it. I only hope, that i'll have enough primos, cause I pulled Lyney, and not skipping Neuvillete and Wrio no matter what. Gonna catch them all.
3:42 Exactly, I am still not ready to leave Sumeru, I’m hoping we are going to get another Sumeru quest in the future with some of the gang 😢 And considering Dottore is still around and Irmunsil burning has been teased and the archon of the place is looking for information on the other descenders for us, I hope we return
Knowing a bit about the backend of video games, the ways they're pushing the game and its engine in Fontaine are impressive, especially considering that they made the engine in-house from scratch.
@@jonathangomez8043 I'm under the impression that they used the Unity kernel to build their engine, much like how Microsoft used the Chromium kernel to build Edge.
@@xitheris1758 Oh wow, how did you come to that? I've used Unity before and actually ran into some of the same glitches myself that I found in genshin. I haven't looked too much into their dev pipeline to see it
Tbh i was half awake in my bed screaming when i saw poor magician Lyney being framed.I just was so hooked with the story and especially those twins😅 that i immidietly started Lyney's story quest.Little did i know⚠️LYNEY STORY QUEST SPOILERS⚠️ That he would gift the mc flowers not once but twice.That was the last act of romance my male magician obbsessed self could handle and guess what?Bank Fraud departement will be calling me soon😢Hoyo really does know how to mame ppl broke😭
I am during the same but I also accidently started a chain world Quest that involve the melussine painter and may do that first. Before the Archon Quest .
Furina, the Archon of Audacity 😂😂😂 Also I love how Childe is just gushing over Traveller and calling us his "good friends" meanwhile Traveller seems entirely neutral to Childe's whole existence 😂😂
15:34 as a french person,the irony is to die for knowing the AI voiced songs that imitate our president’s voice,how almost the whole country has agreed the prime minister and president are dating bc she tends to suck up for him (even tho the president has a wife) and all the other memey stuff the french rho with the president,none of us has faced anything tho
We went from Detroit: Become Human while looking for clues, to Ace Attorney poses and Danganronpa style of finding loopholes in statements GOD I LOVE THIS GAME😩
Sumeru's and Fontaine's archon quests are the only one that got me excited playing other than the primogems rewards, so you know they're doing things right in the writing department.
@52:59 fun fact: If you never met Charlotte during the TCG event in the previous version, the dialogue when you meet her in the aquabus makes it look like you're meeting her for the first time.
1:33:37 is the most relatable moment in Genshin Impact *ever*. I feel you, Traveller, I feel you. ✊😔 Edit: 2:05:49 Danganronpa has begun. Melus and Silver are walking memes, and Navia is my new waifu. Neuvillete, marry me, pls. 🥺
It's NoirSSeur and BlanSHeur for the pronounciation ^^ The court part was so interesting, I didn't have high hopes but I was wrong I'm excited to see what will happen next! It's funny to hear french words coming from eng va, in the middle of an english sentence xD their pronounciation is really good ! Some of them practically have no accent
Can i just give lyney & lynette a huge warm hug they deserve? Their past is very dark and sad. I also am a bit upset with the traveller being a bit mean to the twin. I mean hvent u learn ald that there were all kind of fatuus. U even went lovey-dovey with childe a tad moment ago. I hope we get to reconcile with them in the next quest or in his character quest cuz my heart cant take it. My poor twin 🥺
Those unknown organization also ruined my boi big moment. I hope the traveller will destroy them to oblivion in the future and i hope the fontaine ppl wont hv prejudice against the twin for being a fatuus// im so emotionally invested in the story
Just so yall know ( even if you don't care) : the "ch" in Blancheur is pronounced "sh" ( like 'sh'ould, 'sh'!t , 'sh'ivering, ect ...) And th "c" in Noirceur is pronounced like "s" (like 's'ilent , 's'ilver, ect...)
51:40 For those unaware, the initial conversation between Aether/Lumine, Paimon and Charlotte does not occur for those who missed the Duel! The Summoners' Summit event that took place in Version 3.7.
To be honest it went from liyue and mondsdat having problems about deities to nations just being strait up corrupt(although the music in fontaine just feels holy)
Ok but I love how our defence of Lyney is "No Your Honour, Lyney could not have kidnapped this girl and knocked out Simon Cowell, bc he was busy comitting a DIFFERENT crime you see."😂
watching after finishing the archon quests, it’s kinda funny how i’m 10x more paranoid. i was so caught up in the court cases i think i forgot to actually listen to what hoyo keeps telling us over and over-it’s all a show for our benefit. suddenly everything seems suspicious: was the eavesdropper in the beginning really working for furina? did lyney really lose the thief or did he want to approach her alone for something? was the reporter murder mystery a random detail or a chekhov’s gun? does neuvillette mean something deeper when he asks us to pay the archon no mind before the show, or when he discourages paimon from trying to peek behind the metaphorical curtain during it? how did the mastermind dissolve the garde from a distance, and does it have anything to do with the way they immediately cut to furina looking more intent than shocked? i really want to trust him, but can’t help but feel that at least lyney is hiding something more from us…and i’m still trying to figure out wtf is up with focalors. to me it feels like she’s supposed to be a foil to ei (the duel parallel, rising to a position they aren’t ready for because of the cataclysm and how they rule as a result), but i also wonder if whatever’s wrong with fontaine is affecting her.
I very much like your reaction and summary at the end. I experienced very similar feeling, that even drove me to spend even more money because I want to support the production of such good game that makes me to experience so many emotions :) (didnt have my welkin for 1-2 months or so and bought up to 150 days that's how impressed I was with everything, and also invested in characters im going to pull eventually)
I can in fact vouch, if you wait too long on that first aquabus scene, it glitches the quest and you need to go back and to that whole part again. It’s a hassle and a half
The Great Shanathon Holmes - it was really fun to watch you do this quest, and seeing your reactions to the characters. It always brings a smile to my face while watching :D
the sixth amendment from the declaration of independence. " in all criminal prosecution, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. " lady furina has broken this law signed by Thomas Jefferson,SEND HER TO THE FORTRESS OF MEROPIDE! edit: damn jon has his priorities straight? hope u go on a date with that robot
Now we no longer say yes because, excluding commissions and events, in the Archon quests, we keep getting dragged into things unrelated to us and you'll see it's been slowly building up even at the start of Inazuma. After knowing that their twin is actually in Teyvat with the "We will be reunited" quest, they stopped prioritizing missing posters and started focusing on trying to understand the truth of this world to reach the end as quickly as they could and meet their sibling. You're right in that they've already done so much for others only to get breadcrumbs of lore in each nation they've been. Still so far from their goal. It only just happens "now" because all the load that has been continuously piling up through our journey finally gave way and I seriously think one day, the Traveler will SNAP. Honestly, I can't wait. XD
Love that you love Paimon despite so many people putting her down cause they all just let it escalate from friendly teasing to actual personal mockery from the beginning of the game. It feels so great to see as it's so rare. ^v^ Enjoy Fontaine! (P.S. Just rewatched some parts and saw a concerning comment of "I HATE PAIMON SO MUCH" and "KYS FURINA PLEASE" from the same person in chat. *"IrrationalStar"* they call themselves? Now people are entitled to their own opinions about Paimon ofc. But the all-caps writing and unnecessarily hateful messages seemed disturbing. Not at all a fit to the vibe you're giving to your community. So just a warning to look out for this user, maybe? Stay positive! You're an inspiration. ✨) Also, bless you person on the chat that gave redemption codes. 🙏😆
in the first 20 to 18 minutes when furina told her she saw the traveller and paimon coming she is basically saying she was four parallel universes ahead of them
Fontain is amazing. I’m not yet at the story quest yet sadly😢. But this is such a great way to watch the quest. Jon you keep doing what you are doing, your doing great.
The best evidence to say that Neuvillette is a dragon is his Eyes. Back in the story of Enkanomiya, there is a quest that pertains that any dragon that would transform themselves into a human can change their form but never the eyes. The eyes always remain.
Has the traveller ever willingly helps an archon (except Nahida)? With Venti, they were just going with the flow, in Liyue they were tricked into it by zhongli and Childe, and were just super angry at the fatui. In Inazuma, they initially refused to go against Raiden. They were literally forced into it because of Thoma and then were declared a fugitive so had to seek refuge with the resistance. Traveller always tried to keep a distance and focus on finding the sibling, but they further they go into Teyvat the more notorious they are and the more people expect them to just...help.
Imagine how funny it would be if navia's ult summoned silver and meluce and the two of them would start fighting with her or take gamage for her like a shild?
4:50 i think the guy who has been side eyeing us is the one who informed the focalor about our arrival in fontaine. that's why she's stuttering when paimon asked her how she knew that we are going to their nation.
Honestly this is probably the greatest archon quest intro into a region since mondstadt. Absolutely phenomenal it was so well done. :) I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF FONTAINE
OMG THIS IS THE BEST UPDATE IN HISTORY IM IN HEAVEN RN
the quest isn't even showin up for me?? is there a quest I'm suppose to do before this one?
@@vinny8589 the adventure book has a guide tab where it gives you the archon quests in order at the top and shows what’s next.
Bro that first Act was amazing, the suspense was hitting me so hard after the stage incident.
Furina-Hu Tao duo
Fun fact, I didn't play the 3.7 event so when I met Charlotte the dialogues were like we never met before. What a well made game
Same thing for Scaramouche for people who didn't play 1.1 event
No idea how that happened to you, because I didn't play the event and she pretended I knew her.
Bro it happened to me fr💀 i was confused why did she said it was like our first meeting when we already met in the previous version event? ( even though i'm aware of the event i didn't play it because i was lazy)
same
@@Gun577If you didn't play it that's prbly why lol
Furina has to be one of the most _aggravating_ but lovable chars in genshin so far. i cannot STAND her, but i love it. she’s completely different than any of the archons; she’s chaotic, gives major harley quinn/queen of hearts vibes. and i can’t believe she feels so flustered and powerless under Neuvillette’s authority when _she’s_ the archon. but tbh being lyney’s attorney has to be the most stressful thing in genshin. my heart was beating the entire time wondering wtf was gonna happen. HYV rlly outdid themselves.
I finished act 1 and I love her character, she's so goofy and immature compared to the other archons
The Knave is Arleechino, the new boss in 4.2
@@I.disagreethat mean she is combination of venti goofy, raiden immature and alot of fischl personality. I like fischl so i also like forcalor :)
IKR...I mean Purina is not my favorite archon by any means...I just love, immensely mature and caring Nahida, mysterious and playful Venti, and knowing powerful Daddy..uh I mean Zhongli way too much. But as a character I love Furina. Even though she acts childish, she craves attention and is too much into drama and theatrics, she doesn't feel stupid or dumb, at least as far as the court proceedings and all are concerned. I can somehow tell that she is also coping just like venti, except she has thrown herself into chaotic and delusional dramatized version of life, instead of day drinking or locking yourself inside a machine of mass murder lmao. Is she doing her job as an archon well? hell no. Are her antics kinda being a problem for her people? Kinda yes. Is she hiding something much more sinister/a history? Yes.
totally agree with you. Her child-like wonder during the magic show is cute but when she starts talking and she starts pushing buttons. Her threatening the other archons got me feeling super defensive, since we're tight with four of them
I think we can all agree that the Fontaine music is angelic
especially during the dialouge with navia, there are 3 different times when a special soundtrack plays, and they all sound so amazing
Music in fontaine is the best im so in love
Feels like a carnival or circus music sometimes
Angelic to the core
Sooner or later in 4.2, Furina will have a change of heart and being equal with 2 archons (Ei and Nahida except Venti and Zhongli)
I love Furina. She’s so arrogant and insecure but you can tell she’s not actually trying to put innocent people in jail. She’s just wrong.😅
she's just blue fischl
@@raimarz2947 speaking of Fischl, try to find who is the VA of Furina, if the same VA for Furina that should be VA of Fischl
@@mstrariel
They’re two different VAs.
Fischl: Brittany Cox
Furina: Amber Lee Conners
@@kilo1901that’s them in English
She is wrong on purpose to create energy, otherwise they would starve to death. The system in Fontaine is somewhat insane. The device they use to give judgement is most likely from Celestia and not made in Fontaine at all. Guessing from the prophecy the people from Fontaine accessed forbidden knowledge somehow and now is doomed to dissolve into water.
Me seeing Arlecchino before this Archon Quest: Mommy? Sorry. Mommy?
Seeing her after the Archon Quest: Father.
Also Arlecchino: PROTECT THE FATHERLAND!!!
Fr she's the only mommy that can say 'your son calls me daddy too'
Daddy
Imagine the amount of fans calling her "Daddy". Oh god. BUT MAN, did Arlecchino disguise herself as a man or did Lyney just mistaken her as a man because of some reason? I'm most confused about that one.
@@theilluminatibenefactor Nah they refer to her as female later. It's just a title. Apparently to the orphans of the house of the hearth, arlecchino is their "father" and the tsaritsa is their "mother".
5:50 imagine if we met Al-Haitham instead of Dehya:
Traveler: We are heading off to Fontaine.
Al-Haitham: See ya! *leaves*
Made me laugh 😂
OH MY YES SO TRUE
Traveler: **leaving**
Al-haitham: (Passes by traveler, notices him and doesn't even wave, got work, and not interested in an unnecessary social interaction 😂)
Orrr.... Here's some Fonatain Law textbooks just in case
Fr tho 😂😂
This was exactly what I wanted from Fontaine quests! Something like the Sabzerus festival but in a courtroom setting. I wasn't able to watch your stream so I'm looking forward to watching this!
I'm so impressed by how good this was , I hate to admit it but I didn't have high hopes but I'm glad I was wrong.
Why wouldn't you have high hopes?👀
@@basilisk..easier to be dissapointed
Genshin never disappoints lol
It's because the trailer wasn't bombastic. The more the story went on, the less they wanted the story to just end up as a MCU style climax clusterduck that doesn't really mean much. Fontaine and Sumeru quests were great even without the mega cutscenes. The court case whodunnit and time loop themselves were enough to carry the story. Unlike Liyue which might be an unpopular opinion, but the only thing it has for it was the unnecessarily overblown boss battle with Osial.
their writing have steadily improved, so there should at least be a baseline of expectation that shouldn't be so low!
man i LOVED this archon quest. as a genshin, ace attorney and danganronpa fan, i feel like this will forever be one of my favourite quests in the entire game. the trials and references for ace attorney, the minigames and art shown for danganronpa IN GENSHIN. i know the danganronpa probably wasnt intentional but i still love it!
I played some of danganronpa games but couldn't catch up on what you're referring to, can you please explain, i felt it was all just ace attorney
@@tamaraalbella9886 for the danganronpa one- theyre talking about the minigame where we can refute furina's statement- just like in drv3's rebuttal showdown wherein you can refute and counter your opponent's answers if everyone in the cast are split into sides
And also its like the closing argument where its comic book style, you rearrange the scenes to complete and it fully tells what entirely happened
Also when paimon is telling the entire closing argument- its just like how danganronpa protag's does after you complete the closing argument
And even choosing to show your evidence is also part of it in danganronpa-
Then again all this may be part of ace attorney as well- since both games are close to debate style game
The hilarious part was that I unlocked the Fontaine waypoints and completed that collection event before I realized I needed to actually go to Caravan Ribat first to officially start the Archon Quest.
Lol, I wasn’t the only one! 😂
ME TOOO!
LMAO SAME
But the thing is, the Traveler HAS said "no" before. Are people really forgetting about the START OF INAZUMA? Remember how they dashed Ayaka's hopes about freeing her people from the decrees? She literally had to force the Traveler to visit 3 people to convince them to help as a deal to arrange a meeting with the Shogun for the Traveler. But things ended up that Thoma was arrested for his vision, Traveler saved him, and leading them to run from the Shogun. Shout out to that person in chat who did remember that
I'm sure if Traveler could, they would have done the same thing in Sumeru. But circumstances have made it that they HAD to save Nahida, and thus Sumeru before they could even ask her anything.
Yes i agree, but i'm quite confident that a very reasonable cause of this is because of the unfortunate "illusion of choice" onn dialogues the devs has put on The Traveler and how meaningless most of the time choosing one or other is, that people (understandably) just does not/given up taking the time to read and take in what is written in it.
I'm quite confident on this because i'm a victim of this and i had just noticed this now once I started watching and looking at other people's gameplay of AQ's and stuff.
Edit: I hope i get to accurately put into words what i want to say, as English is not my native language 😂
Exactly, after Liyue, after seeing their sibling again, that it made in Inazuma in a hurry and choosing to be less active, the reason he moves now is more of the people or friends he gets involved with, or him already being in a mess, and not some grand goal like saving nations, basically the traveler does not want to delude themselves that they are this world's hero, it was shown further when they said in Caribert quest "I'm not a bad person, but I wouldn't claim to be a saint either"
Can we just talk about how sad dehya sounded when we were leaving tho ?
They even used For Riddles For Wonders as background music, just for that I was teary eyed 😢
Shout out to the person in chat who called Neuvillette "water Zhongli"
"Intelligent people always gather under the correct banner"
Sending shockwaves already to the people saving for her XD
Thats me i love her already the voice acting is perfect
I thought the same thing XD
I WAS SO INVESTED IN THE QUEST I KEPT SCREAMUNG LIKE WTF I WANTED TO SEE A REACTION SO BAD
Same❤
Same have you done the second part??
@@Josie_POOL YES i did it. Never expected the culprit to be Marcel. My fav par was childe's scene and then nuvellete jumped OH MY GOD it was divine
@@panchalpooja5493MY GUY PUT A SPOILER WARNING GODDAMNIT
@@panchalpooja5493 I got goosebumps when they said "drown" 😭
I went on a huge tangent unlocking all the waypoints before continuing the main story- YALL when I TELL YOU there's a couple of world quests that are BONKERS, this is tame in comparison!
Also Neuvillette was way sweeter than I was expecting, the trailer made him seem so stern! Best Boi
I just finished act 2 myself its even more crazy than act 1 im not spoiling but it was so good
the ending of act 2 made me shiver. 😂😂😂
@@yuuri01 same
@@yuuri01fr that was chilling and i loved every second of it
Foçalors is just so French lol. Sassy af, and always have a perfect comeback. And I just gotta say, those glasses of Paimon were the death of me. Hoyo really stepped up with this Archon Quest, with the underwater exploration and with the design of Fontaine. It feels like a completely new and awesome game
And In typical french fashion also Incredibly stupid
This quest was so great from a writing perspective, every character was so morally gray. You can make a case for any character to be “good” or “evil” and has will or ill intentions.
This region is probably the best made so far. The quest is a thriller the music is just amazing, the characters the lore, I am just sold
I am obsessed with fontaine already 😭❤️ good work Hoyo the story is so goooood! Like crime novel
The voice acting and story writing in the Fontaine Archon Quest so far is amazing. As a fan of the Ace Attorney and Danganronpa franchises and mystery JRPGs in general, I was way too excited to see how they would handle a detective/courtroom case in Genshin and I have to say, a pretty great execution.
The balance between inserting important but at the moment seemingly insignificant detail such as the hook, the wet vase, the burnt rope and the audience member being the thief that got away (I was able to catch that she was the thief surprisingly and was able to remember that she was definitely not from Fontaine considering where we met her, pretty pleased with myself at catching that detail) whilst also deliberately missing crucial information until later on such as Lyney being unable to hear the loud bang and the existence of the Primordial Sea drug is hard to manage, you want the player to be able to suspect how it went down or guess possible scenarios to keep them engaged, but not enough to be able to discern the truth first try so that they lose interest once they were able to figure it out by themselves.
I knew that they can handle it well as there had been quite a few interesting mysteries both in Tears of Themis' main story and limited event stories, but they also implemented refuting, investigating, deducing and evidence gathering game mechanics pretty well. Little things like automatically cancelling out incorrect evidence after you've tried it, emphasising what you should investigate, highlighting the loopholes and allowing you to access the evidence notes during choosing to refresh your memory if needed was especially helpful for those who are unfamiliar with these types of games.
I also loved how it showed many character's personalities, from Furina's inner monologues, to Navia's being the detective's assistant, to Neuvilette's abilities and of course, his mastery of instantly figuring out Furina's BS.
Even the audience member's comments are great, suitable to the topic at hand, portraying multiple different opinions, showing how we are convincing others and reinstating the 'court cases are operas' idea to the Travellers as well.
So yeah, loved Fontaine Act I, somehow Act II was equally great, I played through both in one day somehow because I was so engaged, very excited to see what future installments of the Fontaine Archon Quest will bring us!
Bro I have mixed feelings about the npc plot twist coz on one hand, they did build that up earlier at the story but on the other hand, how am I supposed to know that was the same thief from earlier and not a rehashed npc skin? I guess her looking the same is part of the twist but yeah mixed feelings reigned in lmao
@@shishiroro6351 i mean that was the point. she was supposed to blend in as halsey instead of her real identity, plus the hesitation she had when lyney brought up the fortress of meropide in hindsight gave away her anxiety. a person who's confident about not committing crimes would laugh at the idea of showing up at a prison's doorstep by magical accident
@@Ivy-jq6di yeah ik it's prolly me just bitter about it coz I was close to getting the answer lmao
Honestly in the first act, as an ace attorney fan i was really not annoyed at all with Furina. The number of ridiculous witnesses and prosecutors i had to deal with made her seem not that bad in trying to get a guilty verdict
Gotta give it to Hoyo, they definitely worked hard to make sure players would be pulled into the story...these past few months, I have been drifting in and out of different quests, like world or character ones, and I end up skipping a lot of dialogues, rushing through them.
But this quest? I listened to almost each and every dialogue, was so invested that I forgot to eat my lunch too xD
I was skipping dialogue too so I can play 4.0. Wish I didn't though, I'm just a big fan of stories so I love all the cutscenes.
Yes this quest hooked me so much i forgot to use my resin and other stuff that i do daily xD
51:43 theres actually dialogue diffrence here for someone like me who wasnt able to attend to the event she is in she did not recognize both traveler and paimon
I woke up at 6am to update the game and play.
Did both parts of the Archon quest, got lost in some underwater spaces like 3 times while listening to music and spent around 5k resin for the new artifacts
So far I have to say I love Fontaine
Befor 1 act I was waiting for Neuvillete to be strictly on Furina's side in trials (dont know why, honestly), but after this trial I have so much respect for this man (at least for now, I only did 1 act, and we have more in next updates, so who knows, what will happen next). I was already aiming to pull for him but now Im considering to get him his signature. He deserves it.
I only hope, that i'll have enough primos, cause I pulled Lyney, and not skipping Neuvillete and Wrio no matter what. Gonna catch them all.
3:45:55 Look Traveler was always saying it even going as far back as not helping the resistance during act 1 of Inazuma
He really said "not my problem"
Just to warn you act 2 gets even more crazier but we get even more lore about Fontaine and all the prophecies.
Act 2 has the best moment of the whole game so far.
This archon quest was so good had me invested the whole video. Hoyoverse is COOKING, with fontaine rn
Hold up, let them cook. Let em cook!
3:42 Exactly, I am still not ready to leave Sumeru, I’m hoping we are going to get another Sumeru quest in the future with some of the gang 😢
And considering Dottore is still around and Irmunsil burning has been teased and the archon of the place is looking for information on the other descenders for us, I hope we return
dottore burning the irminsul was colleis dream
I already know HOYOVERSE will send us all back to Sumeru for some sort of event or characters' story quests!
@@arukkkaw but it also had the traveler present there in the Sumeru promotion video, meaning that it most likely will happen
Knowing a bit about the backend of video games, the ways they're pushing the game and its engine in Fontaine are impressive, especially considering that they made the engine in-house from scratch.
Aren't they using Unity as their engine?
@@jonathangomez8043 I'm under the impression that they used the Unity kernel to build their engine, much like how Microsoft used the Chromium kernel to build Edge.
@@xitheris1758 Oh wow, how did you come to that? I've used Unity before and actually ran into some of the same glitches myself that I found in genshin. I haven't looked too much into their dev pipeline to see it
AHH I can’t wait to see your reaction to act 2 of the archon quest 🤭
42:47 i rewatching this again and can't believe it we already got the fact of Fontaine people in the first we come here
Tbh i was half awake in my bed screaming when i saw poor magician Lyney being framed.I just was so hooked with the story and especially those twins😅 that i immidietly started Lyney's story quest.Little did i know⚠️LYNEY STORY QUEST SPOILERS⚠️
That he would gift the mc flowers not once but twice.That was the last act of romance my male magician obbsessed self could handle and guess what?Bank Fraud departement will be calling me soon😢Hoyo really does know how to mame ppl broke😭
Fontaine feels like a soothing region pleasing to the eye, yet like a death sentence because of the extreme laws and the prophecy.
not me unlocking every waypoint already haha, IM SO PUMPED, Fontaine is so beautiful and im so excited to watch this lets goo
Lol same
I am during the same but I also accidently started a chain world Quest that involve the melussine painter and may do that first. Before the Archon Quest .
Same lol I unlocked every waypoint and then started the quest
Furina, the Archon of Audacity 😂😂😂
Also I love how Childe is just gushing over Traveller and calling us his "good friends" meanwhile Traveller seems entirely neutral to Childe's whole existence 😂😂
32:06
Paimon: Wait, flying object? You mean Paimon!?
Traveler: Ah shoot, here we go again
15:34 as a french person,the irony is to die for knowing the AI voiced songs that imitate our president’s voice,how almost the whole country has agreed the prime minister and president are dating bc she tends to suck up for him (even tho the president has a wife) and all the other memey stuff the french rho with the president,none of us has faced anything tho
We went from Detroit: Become Human while looking for clues, to Ace Attorney poses and Danganronpa style of finding loopholes in statements
GOD I LOVE THIS GAME😩
Omg the nostalgia, i wish they make another sequel to danganronpa, and update to detroit game 😢
Sumeru's and Fontaine's archon quests are the only one that got me excited playing other than the primogems rewards, so you know they're doing things right in the writing department.
i’m only 30 min in but jon telling paimon to pop off is my favorite thing so far 💀
Furina acting all tough and strong, as if traveller hasn't fought a 50 feet robot and the god of electro
I literally love this update, though I can’t figure out what characters to place with Lynette 💔
@52:59 fun fact: If you never met Charlotte during the TCG event in the previous version, the dialogue when you meet her in the aquabus makes it look like you're meeting her for the first time.
1:33:37 is the most relatable moment in Genshin Impact *ever*. I feel you, Traveller, I feel you. ✊😔
Edit: 2:05:49 Danganronpa has begun.
Melus and Silver are walking memes, and Navia is my new waifu.
Neuvillete, marry me, pls. 🥺
It's NoirSSeur and BlanSHeur for the pronounciation ^^
The court part was so interesting, I didn't have high hopes but I was wrong
I'm excited to see what will happen next! It's funny to hear french words coming from eng va, in the middle of an english sentence xD their pronounciation is really good ! Some of them practically have no accent
Can i just give lyney & lynette a huge warm hug they deserve? Their past is very dark and sad. I also am a bit upset with the traveller being a bit mean to the twin. I mean hvent u learn ald that there were all kind of fatuus. U even went lovey-dovey with childe a tad moment ago. I hope we get to reconcile with them in the next quest or in his character quest cuz my heart cant take it. My poor twin 🥺
Those unknown organization also ruined my boi big moment. I hope the traveller will destroy them to oblivion in the future and i hope the fontaine ppl wont hv prejudice against the twin for being a fatuus// im so emotionally invested in the story
No lie but Lynnette "tada~" is straight up adorable
11:45 do you mean they told us the truth from the beginning
This quest was one of my favorites. I loved how we became detectives and had to defend lyney and Lynette. It was so much fun
before 4.0 we thought that we would be arrested, be a suspect on trial and so on
turns out we were the lawyer
no need for yanfei I guess
Just so yall know ( even if you don't care) : the "ch" in Blancheur is pronounced "sh" ( like 'sh'ould, 'sh'!t , 'sh'ivering, ect ...) And th "c" in Noirceur is pronounced like "s" (like 's'ilent , 's'ilver, ect...)
Hoyo did not disappoint! I love everything about the new update.
When paimon put on the glasses I nearly died from laughing
51:40 For those unaware, the initial conversation between Aether/Lumine, Paimon and Charlotte does not occur for those who missed the Duel! The Summoners' Summit event that took place in Version 3.7.
MM THE MUSIC it’s awesome
Not me hard simping for Neuvillette in his first scene like I did for Zhongli and realizing I have a probably have a type
To be honest it went from liyue and mondsdat having problems about deities to nations just being strait up corrupt(although the music in fontaine just feels holy)
Ok but I love how our defence of Lyney is "No Your Honour, Lyney could not have kidnapped this girl and knocked out Simon Cowell, bc he was busy comitting a DIFFERENT crime you see."😂
I think heizou and yanfei would like Fontaine
Nah what’s up with that person in chat calling furina a bitch!?
Lmao, dude was showing high ADHD energy throughout the whole clues inspection part
Furina does not want smoke with zhongli, especially Raiden 💀
watching after finishing the archon quests, it’s kinda funny how i’m 10x more paranoid. i was so caught up in the court cases i think i forgot to actually listen to what hoyo keeps telling us over and over-it’s all a show for our benefit. suddenly everything seems suspicious: was the eavesdropper in the beginning really working for furina? did lyney really lose the thief or did he want to approach her alone for something? was the reporter murder mystery a random detail or a chekhov’s gun? does neuvillette mean something deeper when he asks us to pay the archon no mind before the show, or when he discourages paimon from trying to peek behind the metaphorical curtain during it? how did the mastermind dissolve the garde from a distance, and does it have anything to do with the way they immediately cut to furina looking more intent than shocked? i really want to trust him, but can’t help but feel that at least lyney is hiding something more from us…and i’m still trying to figure out wtf is up with focalors. to me it feels like she’s supposed to be a foil to ei (the duel parallel, rising to a position they aren’t ready for because of the cataclysm and how they rule as a result), but i also wonder if whatever’s wrong with fontaine is affecting her.
I very much like your reaction and summary at the end. I experienced very similar feeling, that even drove me to spend even more money because I want to support the production of such good game that makes me to experience so many emotions :)
(didnt have my welkin for 1-2 months or so and bought up to 150 days that's how impressed I was with everything, and also invested in characters im going to pull eventually)
Hey Jonathan, The new fontaine craftable claymore suits chongyun so much, its main stat is atk and when your hp increases you get 24% from R1
I need Baizhu, Zhongli, and Neuvillette all in one event interacting together. So much class and knowledge with a sprinkling of Baizhu's sass.
Bro i just did the Quest and As a Danganronpa and Ace Attorney Fan i damn near had a Whole ass Heart Attack With the Direction the Quest Went 😭
i saw the ace attorney esc stuff and i was fully shocked face and my mom was like... what happened
"not before I swallow it first." That made me spit my drink 💀😭
Bro you're okay? 😭
I can in fact vouch, if you wait too long on that first aquabus scene, it glitches the quest and you need to go back and to that whole part again. It’s a hassle and a half
43:08 "so like oceanid to humans?"
Bro predicted Fontaine lore 💀
'Asks Paimon not to get them arrested.'
'Almost gets arrested anyway because Paimon is flying.'
The Great Shanathon Holmes - it was really fun to watch you do this quest, and seeing your reactions to the characters. It always brings a smile to my face while watching :D
the sixth amendment from the declaration of independence.
" in all criminal prosecution, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. "
lady furina has broken this law signed by Thomas Jefferson,SEND HER TO THE FORTRESS OF MEROPIDE!
edit: damn jon has his priorities straight? hope u go on a date with that robot
I just realized what Navia said... "I just want to have a proper ending to things so that I won't have regrets later." Melus and Silver tho........
i love how furina is a redditor irl
always tries to start an argument with you and if you want to fight her she is scared
She’s dope indeed
Now we no longer say yes because, excluding commissions and events, in the Archon quests, we keep getting dragged into things unrelated to us and you'll see it's been slowly building up even at the start of Inazuma. After knowing that their twin is actually in Teyvat with the "We will be reunited" quest, they stopped prioritizing missing posters and started focusing on trying to understand the truth of this world to reach the end as quickly as they could and meet their sibling. You're right in that they've already done so much for others only to get breadcrumbs of lore in each nation they've been. Still so far from their goal. It only just happens "now" because all the load that has been continuously piling up through our journey finally gave way and I seriously think one day, the Traveler will SNAP. Honestly, I can't wait. XD
Genshin: .......
TheJonathon: *cut scene?*
Traveler in Natlan finna be shooting out huge fireballs from right above his palm!
Love that you love Paimon despite so many people putting her down cause they all just let it escalate from friendly teasing to actual personal mockery from the beginning of the game. It feels so great to see as it's so rare. ^v^ Enjoy Fontaine! (P.S. Just rewatched some parts and saw a concerning comment of "I HATE PAIMON SO MUCH" and "KYS FURINA PLEASE" from the same person in chat. *"IrrationalStar"* they call themselves? Now people are entitled to their own opinions about Paimon ofc. But the all-caps writing and unnecessarily hateful messages seemed disturbing. Not at all a fit to the vibe you're giving to your community. So just a warning to look out for this user, maybe? Stay positive! You're an inspiration. ✨) Also, bless you person on the chat that gave redemption codes. 🙏😆
i also love her its hard loving paimon in this fandom
in the first 20 to 18 minutes when furina told her she saw the traveller and paimon coming she is basically saying she was four parallel universes ahead of them
Pov : you came to fontaine looking for information about your missing sibling and ended up working as attorney in court
i just realized that neuvillette has heels on omg i love this man
I love how chaotic jonathon can get 😂 i love your gameplay
I'm telling you, this archon quest is one of the darkest one yet
Please continue posting your archon or quest here in UA-cam bc I don’t have twitch and I love watching your Genshin videos.
This archon quest was SO GOOD!! I ENJOYED THIS AS MUCH AS WANDERER ARC…
Fontain is amazing. I’m not yet at the story quest yet sadly😢. But this is such a great way to watch the quest. Jon you keep doing what you are doing, your doing great.
Swimming in the sea 🌊
(so coool😊) &the sound of water too…
I love the duality between 2:49:48 and 2:50:00
The best evidence to say that Neuvillette is a dragon is his Eyes. Back in the story of Enkanomiya, there is a quest that pertains that any dragon that would transform themselves into a human can change their form but never the eyes. The eyes always remain.
Also his ears are a weird shape. Not nearly as important as the evidence you mentioned, but something that I noticed
I don’t know if Navia’s music motif is technically a tango, but it sure feels like one
Has the traveller ever willingly helps an archon (except Nahida)? With Venti, they were just going with the flow, in Liyue they were tricked into it by zhongli and Childe, and were just super angry at the fatui. In Inazuma, they initially refused to go against Raiden. They were literally forced into it because of Thoma and then were declared a fugitive so had to seek refuge with the resistance. Traveller always tried to keep a distance and focus on finding the sibling, but they further they go into Teyvat the more notorious they are and the more people expect them to just...help.
Imagine how funny it would be if navia's ult summoned silver and meluce and the two of them would start fighting with her or take gamage for her like a shild?
Came back after watching ur natlan vid
4:50 i think the guy who has been side eyeing us is the one who informed the focalor about our arrival in fontaine. that's why she's stuttering when paimon asked her how she knew that we are going to their nation.
It's kinda wild revisiting this quest after having finished it myself and seeing how much everything makes sense now