Xenoblade Chronicles X - MONOX / Black Tar | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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aint no way this was timed that perfectly
I used foresight.
@@JessesAuditorium I believe it
@@JessesAuditoriumno way Shulk
Exactly 😂😂😂😂
@@JessesAuditoriumTHIS IS THE MONADO’S POWER!!
Black Tar 1st: “ugh, cringe lyrics”
10th time: “maybe this isn’t that bad”
100th time: “HELLO, IS THIS THING ON” 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Am i all alone?
_IS ANYONE THERE?_
I need a bigger gun !!
cringe lyrics are a commodity. if i can fall in love with Pumpkin Hill from Sonic Adventure 2, then i can fall in love with *anything* XD
I have seen this meme before 😂
They called it the black sheep, but they did not realize that it was in fact a goat
YESSSSIR THIS MUDDER'S SPITTIN'
Bahaha yessss
I treat XCX more important than the mainline XC games
the goat in sheep's clothing
That sheep was just covered in BLACK TAR IT'S TAKEN OUR SHIP DOWN SO FAR DON'T WANT TO LOSE HOPE BUT HERE WE ARE
"Six minutes, so I assume it's going to loop quite a bit"
:)
Ik. Like LAUL
Sawano is definitely a lot more well known for his work in Anime than in games, but in interviews he's said his work in XCX was one of the most important projects he's done in terms of finding his style. Neat stuff.
It's very Sawano for sure.
Wait, he's the dude who composed LiSA's "narrative"?? I can't believe I've been listening to that and the XCX soundtrack for years and never put two and two together, but now that I think about it, the similarities are SO evident.
XCX and Gundam Unicorn.
As soon as I heard this the first time, I knew it sounded like Kill La Kill like a lot! I proceed to look for the composer and it suddenly everything clicked
Well, nice timing, considering Nintendo just announced XCX DE 🎉
"Posting this video for no reason" yeah yeah 😏
"I don't know if I heard vocals on X" 😏
He trollin'
@@lanonyme-vod8090 "Fancy seeing you here" :p
@@UniversNatendo Toujours 😂
You can so tell Monolith wanted Sawano for X based on his work on the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OST. 😊
More like :
"Hey Sawano-San, we'd like you to compose for our next game"
"Can't I'm busy"
"What if I say it has mechs?"
"That's all you had to say, I'm in!"
As well as Attack on Titan.
@kyurei4478 The music for X was already done by the time the first season of AoT was released. The first teaser for it came out just 2 months after AoT began, accompanied by Sawano's music.
And seeing as X is filled with mecha anime tropes etc., it's most likely the people at MonolithSoft hired Sawano based on his work on Gundam Unicorn somewhere around 2010-2012.
It's tetsuya takahashi want him because for his work not only gundam unicorn but all of his soundtrack like it's early work like iryu/ team medical dragon
@@RoyalCrustle according to an Iwata asks one of the producers I think loved Sawano and they decided to go to him because they wanted something different for the soundtrack. Like, at the time it wasn't common having a battle theme with lyrics and Sawano gave them one and they loved how unique that was.
Black tar is an experience, and youll grow to love it with time
I think its strange at first but yeah this has a bunch of bangers.
I bought the soundtrack CD while is in Japan and its permanently in my car now.
@@27klickslegend I imported it as soon as it was released
Me who liked upon first listen:
The timing of this video given today's announcement feels a little *too* perfect lmao
EDIT: Hiroyuki Sawano as you mentioned was the composer of Attack on Titan. This is an anime series that I never got into outside of it's GODLY music! Other projects Sawano has been a part of that I remember off the top of my head have been;
- Blue Exorcist
- Kill la Kill
- The Seven Deadly Sins (alongside Takafumi Wada)
- Solo Levelling
- Promare
Yeah, this whole OST sounds very Kill la Kill to me. It's the same vocalist, too.
@jakepearce7776 Sawano is one of those composers that you hear ANYTHING from him, even without seeing who wrote it, and you just know it can't be anyone else but him without a doubt. He's so damn good at having a super strong musical identity without falling into the trappings of all his songs sounding the same. It's genuinely so impressive how he keeps coming up with new musical ideas that still sound like exactly him and nothing else.
Sawano also did works for 86 and Gundam Unicorn. He also has amazing works in those animes.
@@Kasaaz uncontrollable really does feel like monolith just went and said "Hey can you write 'Before My Body Is Dry' again?" and that is by all means a compliment
Kabaneri and aldnoah zero are two more anime that Sawano worked on with banger music
"maybe the order was" [nails the exact release order including the re-release perfectly] :D
Jesse, you're oddly good at guessing
Kinda made sense considering I knew DE came before 2 and I knew those release dates. They're still very recent in memory so yeh.
@@JessesAuditorium DE came after 2... although there was another remake of the 1st Xenoblade game on the *New* 3DS, simply titled "Xenoblade Chronicles 3D", and that came out right before X... I think around 6 months before X.
Official Release order (In North America) is:
Apr 2012 - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)
Apr 2015 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (*New* 3DS only)
Dec 2015 - Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
Dec 2017 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch)
May 2020 - Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (Switch)
July 2022 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch)
~Mar 2025 - Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition (Switch)
@@thetacticianmusician4603 I said it correct at 7:05 - typed it different here for some reason, oh well.
@JessesAuditorium that's my bad. I basically went straight to the comments before watching the video.
@@thetacticianmusician4603 Torna was also pretty much its own entry. I _think_ that one was 2018?
LMAO your face when the vocals come in on black tar
Its the same for all of us who hears it the 1st time XD
@@extinctbaryonyxI bopped it along with Etika 😢
@@shatteredsentient5321he would have loved XC3 and soon XCXDE, may he rest in peace…
🗣️NOT EVEN A DISTANT LAND WE’RE STUCK ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANET🗣️
I NEED A BIGGER GUN 🗣️🗣️
Sawano knows how to write fire LOL
I T ' S S T I C K Y
Not to sound cliché, but this world sucks ✍️🔥
HELLO, IS THIS THING ON?
10:00 "So maybe this game goes from 0 to 100 real quick"
- Black Tar is the general Battle Theme , so this game goes from 0 to 100 before the Tutorial even starts. LOL
- In terms of Music alone , i would say this game stays consistent at 100 throughout. Its amazing.
Nice , i just saw you also reacted to Uncontrollable so i will check that out after this , you might want to check out "Wir Fliegen" too if you havent yet , its the Theme that plays everytime you use the Overdrive mechanic ingame. The whole OST is great , but Black Tar , Uncontrollable and Wir Fliegen are the best songs imo.
Jesse had a vision
"It's called "Foresight""
"You will know the pain and suffering you caused the Emperor and Fiora!"
The second part of Black Tar is a battle theme for when you ride the mechs. Sawano tends to combine two songs into one. He also likes using German and English lyrics.
That basically goes for any Japanese anime or game composer who doesn't just use Japanese. German, English and Latin are what they use for any song with vocals that aren't Japanese.
Day 1 of listening to xenoblade x ost: Huh?...
Day 252: I CAN'T HEAR YOU I CAN'T SEE YOU WOO HOOO HOO!
Jesse can't escape this franchise anymore lmao
I'll say that everyones first reaction to Black Tar is just confusion but the more you listen to it the more of a banger it becomes
He didn't even try to escape, he dove right in.
All the music reviewers get trapped. Same thing goes for Sonic OSTs.
I would HIGHLY reccomend listening to the song melancholia from this game. It's an incredibly moving and powerfully inspirational sounding piece. And you know where they put it? In the multi-player mission search menu that you can access but it won't connect online anymore so there's no reason to go there and hear it. It feels so strong that it could have been used as a credits theme or for a super emotionally charged cutscene or something but nope, multi-player menu lol.
It plays for a few affinity mission cutscenes too. Renewed Will (Irina's 1st) for example. It never is going to play for the full duration outside of squad select though.
With this life I’m exhausted…
@@emblemblade9245complacency
fun fact, Melancholia is one of the few tracks that aren't native to X's OST, Sawano composed it for a completely different album originally that came out years prior, then decided to use it in X because it just fit so well.
@@Phyllion-Woahhh, I didn't know that! That's really cool, thanks for the info! That's interesting ^^
Yo, thanks for using my videos! I absolutely cannot wait for the remaster to come out.
im convinced the community's been completely bullshitting everybody collectively cause black tar sounds like a fucking banger
No, Black Tar was actually received very badly the first time it was revealed as a 30 sec snippet. The most famous reaction was Woolie's of Best Friends fame, disgusted at the rap at the time.
I don’t remember Black Tar from my ~30 hrs playing the game back in 2015 but this gives Sonic Adventure 2 Pumpkin Hill vibes. I always loved the Knuckles levels in that game.
But yeah, i agree. This sounds great.
@@OxygenC2woolie is the typical I’m offended by everything snob
As some others have said, "Black Tar" is obviously separated into two parts feel different without making it seem like they're actually two songs.
Basically, for most of the game you're on foot and the first part of Black Tar that feels grittier is the main battle theme when you start most battles on foot (since the setting of the game puts humanity on a struggle for survival in a hostile alien planet). However, late in the game you obtain the ability to build and pilot actual mechs for both exploration and combat, and that second part of Black Tar that has a more electronic feel is the battle theme when you start a fight while in your mech (which also feels like a power trip because even the weak starter mech you get can stomp a lot of mobs with little trouble when you first get it)
I wouldn't say the mechs are that far into the game
Flying tho
@@nodot17 IIRC it's like a bit over half the story to get the license to pilot a Skell, and even then the process itself is lengthy enough (and required for the endgame to boot)
@@tsf9600 if we go off number of chapters its exactly halfway point at chapter 6
Release order was...
1
X
2
Torna
Definitive Edition/Future Connected
3
Future Redeemed
And now X Definitive Edition
Wii/3DS
Wii U
Switch
Switch
Switch
Switch
Switch
Switch
XENOBLADE MACHINE
@@lexjoth oh yeah, forgot the 3DS port
@@badlatency9979 It has a memory leak glitch that can cause some funny stuff to happen. Can also cause softlock to happen if you initiate a chain attack. But you don't need a chain attack if the glitch happens because enemies and bosses won't do special moves anymore, they'll just do regular attacks (granted for some unique monsters that might even be a bigger issue).
The elite monsters (called tyrants) have their own battle theme called Uncontrollable (aka the "oh shit, run" song), and it's very worth listening to.
I think he’s already done it iirc
Black tar is such a funny song. Its like half cool battle theme, half silly lyrics.
Xenoblade X has a very curious soundtrack. On one hand, I'd argue it's some of Sawano's greatest work ever, with an insane mix of epic, cool, and atmospheric pieces across the board. On the other hand, it's also home to some of the dumbest and silliest music I've ever heard in my life. An auditory rollercoaster, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Yep, two people singing in Black Tar. MPI, who does a bunch of other Sawano Tracks. David Whitaker is the guy rapping.
Dude legit drops it the day the announcement the switch definitive edition. Legend.
🎶 It's like endless WAAAAAAARR!!!!🎶
🎶 WAAAAAAARR!!!!🎶
WAAAaaaaaAAAAAaaaaAAAAARRR!!!
HOW DO I KNOW?
@@HEX33C1FFTHIS GOD DAMN STUFF IS ALL AROUND
@ HOW CAN I GET OUT?
omg, the way your face changed when Black Tar really kicked in was ~perfect haha. x)
Sawano has sort of a squad of vocalists he tends to use often with his songs. I think he has roughly 8 to 10 vocalists that he has featuring in the majority of his songs... if they feature Vocalists at all. You have definitely heard a few of them already just from hearing Xenoblade X, but they show up in his Anime soundtracks as well. I believe the ones you've heard so far are:
- Aimee Blackschleger
(she was the main female vocalist for "Uncontrollable" and she seems to be Sawano's main Female singer for when he wants clear and fluent English vocals)
- Mika Kobayashi
(she is the main female vocalist in "No.EX01". I think the majority of her vocals are in German, which I guess he likes to use as sort of an Opera Singer style)
- "mpi"
(He's the melody male vocalist you heard in "Black Tar" as well as in "Uncontrollable" singing in the broken English voice. Supposedly he writes most of the lyrics in Sawano's songs)
- David Whitaker
(The Rapper... in "Black Tar" yeah he's essentially only the rapper and nothing else. He usually appears in songs with one of the other vocalists, as a sort of back-up singer. I've heard people compare him in "Black Tar" to something you might hear in a Linkin Park song. I actually think that was Sawano's primary idea when he puts David in his songs, that's just my opinion however)
There's a bunch more vocalists even in Xenoblade X, but those 4 are the main ones you've heard so far.
This is really interesting, thanks for the info, I didn't know this! ^^
@jellycore1316 Glad I could be helpful. Once you hear these 4 vocalists in particular, it's pretty easy to point them out in any other of Sawano's works. In particular Attack on Titan. Although "Gimie" (one of his other female vocalists) appears in a lot of those as well. Gimie is the singer in "Vogel im Kafeg" and "Colossal/Armored Identity".
I really love Xenoblade Chronicles X because I was one of the few Wii U owners during this time and the first time I saw gameplay of it I was blown away, no other games on the console looked that good. Not only that but the world was about five times the size of the world in Xenoblade Chronicles, which made sense because once you had access to the mechs, or Skells as they're called in-game, traversal was obviously much faster and more convenient, and you could basically go wherever you wanted. You could go into late-game areas and explore and get your ass kicked by every common enemy around (or if you were like me sneakily try to collect stuff in those areas early) or stick to the story progression path. I got it on release and put a ton of hours into the game, they're still some of my favorite gaming memories to this day. I'm happy this game is finally getting a remaster and I know that Monolith Soft will do it justice like the other Definitive Edition they've done.
Apparently there will be additional story content which is promising, because the original is admittedly quite light on story focus which is a major complaint for many Xenoblade fans. I personally didn't mind it but it was also the first Xenoblade I played. I was aware of the original but didn't own a Wii so I never played it, but I think that's part of why this game is sort of the black sheep of the series. It released on a console that didn't sell many units, and it was so incredibly different to the first game that it left many fans confused on what direction the series was taking. I remember many Xenoblade fans were relieved when they saw that XC2 was going to be more like the original than not, despite the differences they have. I personally believe had this game released AFTER Xenoblade Chronicles 2 that it would have been far better received, so I'm glad it's getting a second chance soon :)
Glad to finally see Black Tar here! That song is longer on the soundtrack release than you'd hear in game, because each half of the song is actually used for different battles (this is slightly noticeable in the instrumentation changes)
Hiroyuki Sawano has a large posse of artists that he collabs with for each of his soundtracks, and mpi is among the most - if not the most - frequent of them! You can tell when he sings cause he is often singing in English on Sawano works with a very thick Japanese accent. David Whitaker is another long standing collaborator and I think this song uses both excellently! Sawano has said of Xenoblade X at the time that it had the most vocal tracks of any of his soundtrack compositions.
Tetsuya Takahashi went with Sawano for this game because he was such a big fan of Sawano's work. And this game, for the Western game/anime fandom, certainly came out at peak Sawano hype; fresh of the tails of Guilty Crown, Kill la Kill, Attack on Titan season 1, and Aldnoah.Zero. Stocks in the "Sawano drop" were at their peak, that's for year! I know anime songs are out of the scope of this channel for good reason, but if you're interested in Sawano please check out any themes from those above shows!
The songs with lyrics from Xenoblade X are pretty weird. If you speak any of the languages they're singing in you can tell the composer most likely doesn't speak it and is making the vocalist sing in a way that sounds cool to them. Thing is it does work because in the middle of battle when the lyrics are drowned out by combat noises the songs are straight up bangers that are no longer held back by strange vocal delivery.
Not like it makes a difference for me. Even in songs made in a native language I rarely understand more of the lyrics than just a few parts and the rest just sounds like a jumble to me for some reason. My brain just works weird like that.
Though... I think it's the same for a lot of people. There's all these videos covering lyrics and/or meanings of songs and people realizing they never knew they were that 'filthy' or 'deep' for example.
Black Effing Tar. Never thought I'd see the day. You know its weird, the first time I heard it I thought it was kinda corny with the lyrics, but man it grows on you like an incurable fungus.
I think jesse works at monolithsoft
Im convinced Jesse performed a ritual here and summoned the game on switch.
To summarize: Sawano typically is an Anime OST maker (Gundam Unicorn, Aldnoah Zero, Kill la Kill, Seraph of the End, 86, Attack on Titan) (notice, many of these titles are mecha, and AoT is also basically a mecha plot replacing mecha with meatbags) and Xenoblade Chronicles X was one of his first attempts at making an entire soundtrack for a game. He has a strong preference for grand orchestra, known for his drops in music(dubbed, the Sawano drop, when the music cuts out, then gets louder) as well has his hard preference on getting English and German lyrics into his songs, and not just sticking with Japanese. He credits his work in XCX as the most influential piece that shaped his music today, as he felt like Xenoblade let him be more free on what kinds of sounds he could make, moreso than his more popular OSTs in AoT or Gundam Unicorn. He partners with many vocalists of various fame. I jokingly say that if you collab with Sawano as an anime singer, you have hit it big time (major singers such as Aimer, Lisa and Takanori Nishikawa(TM Revolution) for example have colloborated with him.)
Oh wow what great timing to drop this. Good shout to drop it for viewers early. But as for the songs, I heard Black Tar during the Battle VGM themes and it really stood out to me. Really unique.
For a second there, I forgot that X's soundtrack would often stick two songs in one; the second half of Black Tar is a separate battle theme from the first half.
Thanks for willing this game back into existence!
July, 2054 A.D.
The Earth was caught in a great battle between unknown alien forces.
Their weapons were terrifying and powerful beyond human reckoning.
Our planet was overwhelmed-its surface reduced to ash and rubble in the blink of an eye.
Not spoilers really. This is from the opening.
T_T Now we're stuck on a different planet, alot more than we can manage.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is the second Xenoblade game to come out.
Unique monster is Uncontrollable and they have a robot flying music too which is Don't Worry which can be activated easily with a jump.
My favorite is Sylvalum Night.
The timing on this video is amazing.
So yes, you're pretty spot on with your analysis of XCX it is a very different game to the numbered series.
Very worthwhile playing and yes this game came out after Xenoblade 1 and before Xenoblade 2
Perfect timing to upload this on the day of the announcement trailer of the Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
Black tar will get you wherever you go.
Wow, the timing on this! You got some insider Nintendo knowledge, Jesse? Lol
A lot of Xenoblade X's songs have 2 movements and they're used in pretty unique ways and scenarios throughout the game. Black Tar's first half is the on foot battle theme, and the second half is the Skell battle theme.
I think the name of the track is so appropriate and perfect.
I can literally picture tires on black tar and a plane/vehicle runway, going full speed.
First half of Black Tar is the ground theme. You are fighting on foot where the SMALLEST creature is still 3/4 the size of a human.
Second half of Black Tar is the Skell theme. You are fighting in that mech you see the humans standing next to and are still far from the largest thing in a mile radius.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is very Michael Bay 2007 coded (complimentary)
Genuinely cannot believe it'll be pretty much 10 years since the launch of this game. I'm excited to finally return to it, I've been itching to play it again and finish off all the things I didn't do, which is insane given how much I did do.
Roman numeral for 10 is X
X is a very different game in that its focus is not the story, though its story is good imo. The music reflects that difference in a lot of ways. Most people I know who played the game thought it took some "getting used to."
The gameplay itself is not too dissimilar from the other games in the franchise, however. It has its unique combat twists as they all did, but the underlying formula remains.
I almost think of X like a Xenoblade game with some MMO styled quest and customization vibes to it. Even your player character can get a lot of customization in ways that was not possible in the other games. (3 brought some of this back...but not quite to the same level.)
And yes, I am THRILLED to have X coming to the Switch. The console may very well be my favorite of all time. ^_^
Sawano likes to title his tracks by headbutting the keyboard so they are going to have really weird names lol...he also does this thing where he sticks two songs together in each track. Black tar is actually two battle themes in the game first half is the ground battle theme, second half is the battle theme in the Skell (the mech suit)
Regarding Sawano's titles, there is *some* method to the madness.
ua-cam.com/video/hXyKQzWBbwU/v-deo.html
Considering he's working his way for the games, hopefully he'll now check out X since it's coming ro the Switch.
Prophetic timing, Jesse
Nice timing, Jesse, Xenoblade X is an amazing game.
I thought this was a reaction to the trailer today for a sec. You have impeccable timing lol. I've played XC1-3 but never had a Wii U so I'm super stoked to play this one. Be honest, you rushed your backlog to put this one out today 😜
BTW loving your playthrough man.
Metal Gear Rising released in 2013, Xenoblade X in 2015, BUT X's OST was recorded in 2012.
ah this game my first game i bought when i got the new wii u system
p.s. who was happy when they got their license to ride a mech?
Fun fact in this game, when customizing your characters, you can choose to have the Xenoblade 1 voices of Shulk and Fiora
I cant wait to finally play xenoblade x
WE BACK IN THE LIFEHOLD BOYS I NEED A BIGGER GUN
For those who do not know a person called Hiroyuki Sawano made the soundtrack for Xenoblade X. If you have not heard of him he developed openings for anime's like ( Solo Leveling, Aldnoah Zero, Guilty Crown, and 86). Xenoblade X was his testing phase with music before now 2024. This is in my opinion his best work from that time in 2015. He will hopefully be going back and re doing the work for the Xenoblade X port.
List of all popular soundtracks Hiroyuki Sawano did for XenoBlade X
- Black Tar+Skell ( Fighting Music Played 24/7 Unless Bosses)
- In the forest ( boss Music)
-The key we've lost ( Battle Theme)
-Don't worry ( Skell Flying Theme)
-Melancholia ( Main Menu Music)
-Uncontrollable ( Elite Boss Battle Music Only)
-N市L街A ( Morning Theme for NLA)
-N木ig木ht木L ( Night theme for NLA)
-N周L辺A (Primordia world theme when exploring)
Chills. I love Xenoblade X so much.
Was this timed? Cuz dayum son, that is crazy lmao
What a co-winki-dinc since X Definitive was just announced
😂 Can't wait to put another 300 hrs into this game. Hope you do play it its good. Black Tar definitely grew on me and now I love the song. Man I've just been listening to the soundtrack in my car a lot over the years. Its a great OST.
The announcement of the definitive edition of this game means that all of my gaming dreams have been coming true this year. Surely that means the streak will continue and Jesse will eventually play this game (and 3)
October 29th really is the Xenoblade X day huh
Each time I listen to XCX OST, i always get chills and many good memories come back.
Hiroyuki Sawano always was my favorite but for me, in this game, he was at his PEAK.
The timing is so perfect lmao
Sawano's vocal style is a guilty pleasure. He's not switching between Japanese and English, just for comment/conversation sake I'm sure that's already understood, but the way he's singing is very unique. It's really over the top and just infectious.
Oh yeah, that drum section you pointed out towards the end of MONOX also happens to contain a leitmotif in it. It's a strange one that's pretty much exclusive to percussion and only appears in songs that have to do with the enemy faction. You'll hear it most readily in The Key We've Lost, whenever you get to that, but it's also in some cutscene music.
Which other track uses the leitmotif, can’t recognize it?
@oracle222 It seems leitmotif was an overstatement, because I listened to rest of the tracks and found it in only the Ganglion battle theme and the final boss theme. Which are... both parts of The Key We've Lost. So I guess it's more like one track alluding to the title theme.
great timing!
HOLYYyyy!!! i just learnt one of my favorite game of all time will be on swicth! i lost my save on the WiiU so i'm so happy to be able to play it fresh on switch. oh my what a timing!
Jesse how far are you through Torna? You're in for such a treat when you play 3.
This still is its own unique thing. (Even if yeah mechs kinda are in most of Monolithsoft's games. Takahashi just likes his mechs lol)
23:00 thats the song that plays when you are selecting if you want to play more online or focus on off line jsjsjsj
Amazing timing
Xenoblade fans are having a feast! (I'm freaking out!)
also the timing for this with Xenoblade X coming to Switch definitely went hard
the release order is 1, x, 2, 3. And before X released, 2's development already started and Takahashi already had the main idea for 3.
Black Tar is cut into at lest 2 songs one for normal fights and the other for Skell(mech) fights.
That is the main promotional picture of xenoblade X as well as the titlescreen so there's both a static and a moving version of it.
the perfect timing lol
its nice that we can finally have all the games on one console (or more if the next switch gets a cross gen port)
It's a wild ride, this passage of fate.
I don't know whether you would be surprised to hear this or not, but Black Tar happens to have a Stockholm Syndrome sort of infamy. A lot of people, me included, were really not keen on Black Tar back when we first heard it. Possibly because we weren't familiar with this style of music, nor with video game soundtracks that featured rap, let alone in the regular battle theme, but over time, Black Tar becomes a near unanimously loved song among X players, as one of this game's many personal rites of passage. You couldn't count how many times I've seen people dislike or outright hate this song, only to come around and start repeating the lyrics out loud while playing before they even realize they genuinely enjoy it as music now. Black Tar's lyrics are pretty much the first X meme to be born after it released.
Oh yeah, and the lyrics also reflect a version of X's story that we never got, but still metaphorically represents what the setting is like pretty well.
You feeling Black Tar took over your senses might also be because you basically did hear two different songs back-to-back without knowing. :P The first half in the Black Tar video is the normal battle theme on the ground, whereas the second half is a different normal battle theme (but same name) when you're piloting a mech. Got a 3-for-1 video when you thought it was going to be a 2-for-1.
"i post this video for no reason whatsoever"
nah m8. ride that algorithm of the announcement, you deserve it.
The Definitive Edition comes out on my birthday and its my favorite to just replay from time to time. My hype today is IMMEASURABLE!!!!!!!
So the first song is the main title screen. Right down to those moving parts that caught your eye.
As for the second, the reason it's so long is that the first half is ground combat and the 2nd half is for mech combat!
This post has no spoilers.
Original Xenoblade Chronicles was a Wii title that almost never got an international release, and was an unexpected success MUCH later than its original release because of the western campaign to bring it over. This game came out five years later, for the Wii U, and shared development resources with the localization of XC1, as a result this game had a shoestring budget, and they brought on Sawano, an exclusively TV and Anime composer ( Kill la Kill, Attack on Titan ) in for his first video game credit.
They did not have the budget to pay Sawano for a full scope score, and thus the soundtrack for this game is only 3 and a half hours long, where XC1, XC2, and XC3 are between 8-10 hours each, but all four games share roughly the same playtime, so in XC:X there is a lot of musical repetition and looping compared to the other titles.
Black Tar is the normal combat theme and as long as you stay in the same area it resumes its place...plus normal battles in this game can stretch on for a bit because of the way the combat system works.
You've reacted to the "Tyrant" theme a few years ago called Uncontrollable. There's also an "Overdrive" or "Limit Break" theme called Wir Fliegen that can also play during combat, and then it segues back into black star. You can also get Wir Fligen to play in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 during a chain attack if you have the DLC character "Elma" selected when you initiate it.
24:07 XC1 Definitive is the same score as the OG version they just have an orchestra playing it, so aside from the types of instruments, it's the same experience.
Impeccable timing with this one lmao
wow great timing for this lol
XCX:DE announcement is the best news we received in years
WE EATING SOOOO GOOODDD. Great timing btw ;)
that is crazy. THAT IS CRAZY.
It slaps to this day.
Aww no way I missed this...
Yeah so without spoiling anything, X is indeed quite different in a lot of important ways. What I will say, is that it plays much more similarly to a western open world RPG than your standard linear JRPG and there's a lot of things I am curious to see how they get updated for the remaster as I own a Wii U and the OG.
It also has bar none of the wildest most exciting soundtracks of any RPG I have ever played - I'm talking Persona 5 levels of awesome so you got plenty to look forward to and I am happy that more fans will get exposed to what was previously a very niche release.
Please let someone have requested Uncontrollable or Wir Fliegen !!!
EDIT: Right almost forgot, this game was also a MAJOR callback to Xenogears, and to my knowledge the only Xenogame since the saga trilogy to feature playable mechs again, something I've really missed (I've not played XC3 so don't tell me)
I just read that this game is finally getting ported to the switch. So good news to anyone who has wanted to play it.
No way you have this kind of foresight to post this today holy shit