Better than Rex’s and Pyras by a long shot 😂. The difference proper time can make. The poor voice director had to crunch during that Xenoblade 2 development time.
Lanz too if I'm not wrong! This is what will always differentiate British dubs from American ones. Even Dragon Quest and Baldur's Gate 3 benefit from having fairly unknown talents. Metaphor Re:Fantazio had pretty obscure ones too, since they wanted british voices.
Sirius Anemone is actually one of the very rare collectibles from Xenoblade 1. You can find them only at night around colony 6. I personally like Isurd very much. He's one of my favorites.
I think the reason Taion blames himself for Nimue's death isn't just because he presented the plan that ultimately got her killed, but also because he had originally conceived a far more cautious plan. Originally, he was only going to test the enemies defences, withdraw, and then plan how best to approach them after. However, when he presented his idea to his squad mates they deemed it TOO cautious, given their circumstances. Colony Lambda's flame clock was verging on empty at the time, meaning if they didn't claim Kevesi lives soon they would all 'starve', causing the colony's downfall. On top of that, their colony's rank was Iron, presumably making them much more capable then the colony they were targeting, which was Dirt rank. Given this, Taion's own teammates chastised him for being an overly careful coward and proposed a more reckless 'hit 'em hard and fast' plan. Taion ultimately caves in to their suggestions and submits this plan to command, eventually leading to the deaths of Nimue and many of his comrades. This is what we saw in the first cutscene of Chapter 3. Of course, there was no guaranty Taion's original plan would have seen them win the battle either. Better to focus on the future than to be chained to the past.
it also hurts seeing how much faith Nimue and Isurd had in Taion. If he presented them with his own plan, if he was a little more confident in himself, that wouldn't have happened
@ilavain Well at least that's what Taion believe. Like OP said there's no gurantee it would have gone better if he had. But knowing there was an alternative that could have been better is all it takes for Taion to feel guilty for not doing that instead.
Geez the writing is so brilliant. I can’t believe I missed this before, but in Lanz and Taion’s dialogue leading to the tunnels, it’s subtle but they kind of bond over lost friends. I think Lanz speaks a little more perceptively than he realizes, but he seems to pick up on Taion missing Ninue the way he misses Joran. So as much as the emphasis on the surface is about Taion, this chapter has strong Lanz sub-layers. And then of course when you get to Lambda they really merge.
That's a good point I hadn't noticed before! But there are definitely so many clever and subtle writing things that, especially on subsequent playthroughs you can notice and realise "wait a minute!" And some are just character things, some are insane foreshadowing.
It might be my favourite scene in the entire game. It just so perfectly encapsulates the struggles these characters go through every single day. It's so small and specific but beautiful in that simplicity. It's so human
@marche800this game is full of so many human, reflective moments, it's just so good at connecting, or at least putting out something you can connect with.
Don’t worry Dee, I’m an obsessive xenoblade fan who has played each game twice and I still didn’t really recognize any of the repeat scenery until I looked it up after I beat it, don’t let anybody give you crap for that. Love your playthrough! It’s been giving me life.
25:11 fun fact, the guy that does the voice of that character also does the voice over for the UK gameshow The Cube. 2:47:54 Another fun fact the voice actor for this character also voiced Milton in Torna the Golden Country. He is most well know for playing the lead role in CBBC's Young Dracula.
Thanks so much for the regular uploads of this! It's hard with timezones to catch you live from over in Australia, and it's great to see your enjoyment of this story!
DBG: "Whoa! The combat in this game is so good!" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "What!? You can control 6 characters!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "Wha!? You can switch between characters freely!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "No way! You can do fusion and trasnform!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "What the heck!? You can recruit heroes!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "Huh!? You can learn different classes from the heroes!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "What is this!? You get alternate forms for the Uroboros!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" DBG: "Ehh!? You can do a special Uroboros attack in Chain Attack!?" XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?" And it just keeps going. XD
2:40:00: glad you finally got to Agnian Interlinks. Not everyone takes this scene well since it was supposedly Taion’s moment while Sena and Mio could’ve had their own moment
i think its done perfectly, its better to get them all at once as the other characters see its possible so naturally try it as well. would be more annoying to be drip fed each form imo
@@brandonwithnell612 I agree with this on a gameplay level, sure, and it was probably the right call. Narratively though, I feel like it would have hit way harder if Mio got her Ouroboros form during a fight with a certain couple of 'half-assed' Moebius.
God I just love this game. It’s so great to relive the experience of discovering it again. I’m going to enjoy every video he puts out right to the end.
Have really loved seeing you play and improve, just hope you know it's really apparent and you're doing a great job. the chain attacks in particular have come a very long way, love to see it
1:53:22 I hope the Mods giving you some pointers doesn't encourage some people in this comments section to do the same. Some people don't want others to find out things for themselves and would rather say "hEy DiD yOu KnOw?!" I think the Mods only did it that time because that's not something you would have found out even by the end of the game. Hell, I played the game twice and still didn't realize it myself. It's a cool, really subtle callback.
Id like the mods to keep doing this, but I dont care for spoiler-like comments, even if it might be the exact same thing. His mods are like his arms, let them handle some of the work, we can watch and enjoy and comment still, just keep it how it is!
The mods know what people want to see from his reactions and reminding him in moments like these very specific ones is better for the content. Like people anticipate these moments to see the penny drop, its one of the main draws of watching a lets play, but if he doesn't remember it is very unsatisfying. You are just supposed to remember and its your reward for playing the entire trilogy. I'm surprised he hasn't really commented on the X1 and X2 aspects all that much, but I guess he just forgot a lot or hasn't made the connections somehow.
@ElementalResistant I'm not sure if this would be considered spoiler-y, so if Dee or anybody else doesn't to be spoiled, please stop reading. Keep in mind he only played each game once, and that was years ago. And even if he doesn't say something out loud, that doesn't mean he isn't thinking about it. In any case, XC3 is plenty enjoyable as a standalone game, and any references to past games are not essential to understand and appreciate the narrative. Also, people can have different standards for what is considered spoiler territory. Dee wants his experience to be as pure as possible, with some leeway here and there from the mods specifically.
15:08 oh my goodness DBG that was literally a friend when he arrived to that part xD And couldn't decide who best girl of heroes at that time was either Ethel or Alexandria
I actually opened the game today on an emulator and used a free cam and noticed that even though I was also near Isurd, if you fly with the camera to Aetia, everything is low poly, but the water and waterfalls are fully rendered
The game maps are huge for each area. Monolithsoft did a great work handling the different LODs for every object on screen (which change as you approach or get further away)
With this game I think overleveling is inevitable if you're doing any amount of side content. The exp is just not very well balanced. Or rather, it feels like it was balanced around rushing down the main story doing only the required fights.
Even common enemies have massive HP in this game. I think it's kind of nice for streaming that he can walk through Uraya without every enemy engaging him. Of course, elites and uniques still do. But being over-levelled (within reason) does not kill the entire experience.
3:01:20 because during the chain attack you chose eunie as an order and the completed that chain then you chose Taino to finish the chain when you chose Taion it registered the two as paired for oroboros chain
Overleveling in this game is a lot different from what it was in xc1. In that one, 7+ levels higher meant you would almost never get hit by attacks. That said, nothing really stands a chance unless it's higher level than you in xc3
Overleveling poses an entirely different problem in this game because it prevents class acquisition and ranking up until you can fight equally high-level enemies. So it just halts all progression in the class system
I remember having to get a shower for work but you were mid moebius fight i HAD TO KNOW your reaction so i improvised and played the livestream on a speaker lol
I think the Rae Bel Tableland may be my favourite area in this game. Not many games have intricate mountain flora. And the music here is really nice, too.
Using any of the bonus experience actually makes you so irreversibly overleveled that class levels become a *longer* grind instead, as you gain less or zero CP if the enemies are way weaker than you.
and that's a mistake every player can do for himself. god, I hate this whole "don't get overlevelled" shit. let people play games the way they want to. if it's a problem, then it's a problem with the game's design and it's part of the experience of playing as a whole.
@@parvanaturalia I agree. I was definitely over-levelled in my first playthrough, but I didn't notice because instead of avoiding the enemies at my level I chose to engage with them. I think the VOD is better with him having the freedom to choose which enemies to engage. We're seeing him react to more substantial bits.
@@parvanaturaliaI agree and disagree. I think sharing if this knowledge is part of the fun. I get the not spoiling it part, but if my friends and i play the same game, we tend to share minor bits of info that could be useful
I was seriously overleveled in my run too but i think it was because I always went out of my way to fight and overkill the hard blue enemies that give you exp boost. If you avoid unnecessary battles you could get back on track, or just increase the difficulty. The enemies in this game are already still pretty beefy even with being overleveled
About the skipping the dialogue, isnt there an autoplay button? I think that could help avoid accidentally skipping dialogue. There is unfortunately a gameplay downside to being overleved. If youre much higher level than the opponent, the amount of CP you earn is drastically reduced - i think if its 10 levels more then it might be 0. So that means its both harder to level classes, but it's also harder to unlock them on the rest of the party. Since the power progression is partly tied to classes, this is why people warn against getring overlevelled. The challenge battle DLC partly solves the latter issue since you can trade noponstone for class unlocking progress, (and also nopon coins if you're patient enough for class rank) so it can theoretically be mitigated somewhat. There is another use for nopon coins you can access, but that may be backseating.
Got to give the man credit for being able to resist the urge from exploring too much. My first playthrough, I ended chapter 3 at level 60. And I didn't master all the classes either.
I find it particularly interesting to see that the reveals at Isurd's colony causes the same level of confusion with most streamers and content creators :D This section of the game has nice areas that I love, since Im a sucker for nice nature areas. The Rae-Bel Tableland and the Great Cotte Falls are beautiful, especially if you have the chance to see them on an emulator (or homefully on the Switch 2) Excited to see where the story goes next! Enjoy the game!
The progress on currently available side content is excellent. I'd vote for heroes to be required side content as just having more class options available and seeing all the different stories is just fun.
I didn't know it was even possible for one member to be option every time. He was so lucky but did not capitalize on that... Why almost all let's players, etc, are so bad at reading tutorials? tbf dbg is one of the better ones, but that was not really obscure mechanic
@@EmilAhvenainenI’ve never seen it happen either, which makes me suspect that the game deliberately included her every time in order to demonstrate the mechanic. Like, that tutorial could not have been any clearer and the game went out of its way to set it up for him and he still completely missed it. I love dbg, but wow that was hard to watch
Dee specifically mentioned that he didnt get the tutorial because of all the cutscenes and things happening, give him a break, he will look at the tutorials again.
@@vtech88_the_one It's not a big deal, but it did take away from the moments epicenes when he was just bumbling away with the ouroboros orders since he did not read the tutorial.
Loving the playthrough but it was extremely funny that while trying to figure out how to trigger an Ouroboros Order he managed to perfectly avoid getting it
I'm playing the game at the same time, just slightly ahead of Dee and I'm soooooo overleveled with the main story stuff, because I'm so thorough with the sidequest and exploration. But then again, there are always high level enemies everywhere if you want to fight.
Kinda shocking that he got grey so fast. I needed a guide to unlock his hero quest. Felt like it was around chapter 4 or 5, which I know he can’t be anywhere near since he just started.
@ It’s been a year since I played, but I faintly remember getting the Thaumaturge and the other story heroes before getting Grey. Plus it wasn’t a straightforward hero quest, I remember doing a bunch of running around back and forth with his.
gotta love xeno and his blades. i sure would love to hangout someday. maybe have a beer together and if there's still some time left after, kill a god or three.
Time to ruin a scene for you with something you'll never unhear. 3:05:50 Lanz: "Joran. Yurin! URINE!!!" Me: "Well shit, right at the waterfalls too." You're welcome.
I wanted to give you a Tip on how the Chain Attacks work in this game (you don't have to listen) So depending on which Command Order you choose from your team (Noah's, Mio's, ect.) Your team will get a bonus to their chain attack % value after they attack if the Match the Orders type (Attack, Defense, Healing, and if the person was Kevesi or Agnus) So if you choose Lanz Defense Order and you had Lanz as a Defense class, his contribution to the % gauge which is normally 15% starting out will be worth much more after he attacks. That's all I wanted to offer as a Tip. I can't wait to see you play through more of the story! This game was incredible!
Dee specifically asked for no tips, backseating, help, fun facts and such. He wants to discover it on his own tempo, and if he has any question he will specifically ask
Stop, you're spoiling us! I've only watched the first three VODs, I'm not caught up yet 😭 But I'm so happy you're enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles 3! It's a welcome reminder of how much I'm in love with this game
I do wish that they would be more consistent about putting in the level-down mechanic from the beginning. I kind of understand why they don't, but over leveling everything because you want to explore and do quests does diminish the fun and challenge of the battles.
One of my favourite parts of the first half of the game, it truly shows ouroboras working as a unit and kicking absolute ass and also shows more at how evil and maybe even psychotic moebius are which leads to more intrigue about the villains
Yeah I just got caught in the side content/hero quest cycle myself. Going through it on hard mode, not much further than you are now, but the second I backtrack to an older colony just on a HUNCH that there's someone new to talk to, I find a bunch of side quests, table discussions, and every npc wants to chat. Just one reason why this is absolutely GOTY 2022. And 2023.....and 2024.
whoever told you it's pronounced Zen OH Blade is a silly American. those guys say everything wrong anyway. i agree with u and it's DEFNITELY pronounced Zeeno Blade
Since you talked about being annoyed with people telling you to put on ‘expert mode’ in Xenoblade 1, I want to clarify that the name is misleading. It’s NOT a difficulty option, it actually has no direct impact on combat. It actually allows you to raise and lower your character levels individually so you can personally choose how difficult the game is, any time you can access the pause menus.
And in German it would be more akin to "Ksenoh-", even if the title itself may be somewhat English in itself due to the "blade" part, "Xeno" has a different pronounciation.
@vtech88_the_one yeah..I saw his X tweet but Tuesday is like forever engraved in my brain that "Mon" word just magically changed to "Tues" in my brain ,🤣 I will join today stream
It's one of the bigger criticisms I have with this one. Once you get overleveled it freezes all your class progression, and it's bound to happen because everything in this game seems to give way too much exp.
It will be fine. You guys forget that sometimes he has to grab XP from the camp like last week, especially that he had 3 streams in a row (14h-15h of game) and he didnt have any offcamera time to play around and level up. The game will catch up with him again. And to be fair, he is not that bad in class levels.
@vtech88_the_one yeah true and I did notice that Experience gain has been Drastically nerfed. When I first played every Chain Attack overkill I did it level me up so much and now when I overkill and enemy in chain attacks it hardly gives me any. I done over Quadruple the chain attacks now then I did half the story and I only leveled up twice maybe 3 times.
@@SporeLP360 we cannot use our aging system on them tho, since their lives are so short, they can be considered adults way earlier. Its like how vampires can be 100 years and still be ''teens'' in their own biology
@@CDsNoots In one of the dev interviews one of them was asked about what age range the characters are in and they answered, that they wanted to play with the theme of people only having short lifespans and that they settled for the 10 year range because one of the devs said the most important parts of his life were the ages 0-10 and 10-20. We can deduct from that, that soldiers that leave the pod must be around 10 years old biologically and are 20 at their homecoming. That makes the whole cast 18/19 years old biologically speaking, whereas Alexandria as a 6th termer would be 16 years old. Colonies themselves don't seem to have distinctions between "children" and "adults", we don't know how long they train before getting assigned to a colony, but we know that Moebius leaves them no room for thinking outside their preassigned wargames, since they are A-Okay with mixed baths. Since Monolith Soft likes to use religious motifs in their games, we could say, that gaining the powers of Ouroboros equals eating the forbidden fruit of knowledge in paradise. Before that they were blissfully ignorant and complacent towards Moebius who played god, but after they were exiled from "paradise" by gaining the powers of Ouroboros, their horizons began to broaden, especially once they fuse with their partners, but we can already see the effects, when the boys run away to change their clothes, like with Adam and Eve, who covered themselves up after eating the fruit of knowledge, they themselves no longer feel comfortable changing in front of the other sex. Since I don't know, if you have completed the Main Story, or if Dee will see this comment, I will not go into the Endgame stuff. Let me just say, to me these characters are their term + 10 years old, which I personally find pretty interesting, since characters like Ethel, Borealis, Cammuravi, Teach or Isurd feel a lot more mature compared to Ouroboros, but are pretty much around the same age as each other.
3:01:20 because during the chain attack you chose eunie as an order and the completed that chain then you chose Taino to finish the chain when you chose Taion it registered the two as paired for oroboros chain
Some fun facts: This was Isurd's first character VA experience. I think he did a bang up job (during one of my favorite cutscenes.)
Yea. His VA was soooo underrated and sells that scene really well. I don't think that scene will be as hype without his high-pitch screaming of panic.
Honest to god outside of uh... A spoiler character that gets really psychotic later, its the best voice acting in the game Id argue.
YOU AND ALL YOUR RUSTLING PHANTOMS
Yeah, he fucking killed it.
I hope we get Xenoblade Warriors some day just so we get more of all the VAs
Better than Rex’s and Pyras by a long shot 😂. The difference proper time can make. The poor voice director had to crunch during that Xenoblade 2 development time.
Lanz too if I'm not wrong! This is what will always differentiate British dubs from American ones. Even Dragon Quest and Baldur's Gate 3 benefit from having fairly unknown talents. Metaphor Re:Fantazio had pretty obscure ones too, since they wanted british voices.
Sirius Anemone is actually one of the very rare collectibles from Xenoblade 1. You can find them only at night around colony 6.
I personally like Isurd very much. He's one of my favorites.
I remember getting Sirius anemone also in Uraya in Xc2
Having Mio in Ethel's coat for that scene where she recites Ethel's advice was perfect.
I think the reason Taion blames himself for Nimue's death isn't just because he presented the plan that ultimately got her killed, but also because he had originally conceived a far more cautious plan. Originally, he was only going to test the enemies defences, withdraw, and then plan how best to approach them after. However, when he presented his idea to his squad mates they deemed it TOO cautious, given their circumstances.
Colony Lambda's flame clock was verging on empty at the time, meaning if they didn't claim Kevesi lives soon they would all 'starve', causing the colony's downfall. On top of that, their colony's rank was Iron, presumably making them much more capable then the colony they were targeting, which was Dirt rank. Given this, Taion's own teammates chastised him for being an overly careful coward and proposed a more reckless 'hit 'em hard and fast' plan. Taion ultimately caves in to their suggestions and submits this plan to command, eventually leading to the deaths of Nimue and many of his comrades. This is what we saw in the first cutscene of Chapter 3.
Of course, there was no guaranty Taion's original plan would have seen them win the battle either. Better to focus on the future than to be chained to the past.
it also hurts seeing how much faith Nimue and Isurd had in Taion. If he presented them with his own plan, if he was a little more confident in himself, that wouldn't have happened
@ilavain Well at least that's what Taion believe. Like OP said there's no gurantee it would have gone better if he had. But knowing there was an alternative that could have been better is all it takes for Taion to feel guilty for not doing that instead.
@marche800i thought they did go for taion plan? When he presented the plan, and nimue agreed, he seemed relieved?
Geez the writing is so brilliant. I can’t believe I missed this before, but in Lanz and Taion’s dialogue leading to the tunnels, it’s subtle but they kind of bond over lost friends. I think Lanz speaks a little more perceptively than he realizes, but he seems to pick up on Taion missing Ninue the way he misses Joran. So as much as the emphasis on the surface is about Taion, this chapter has strong Lanz sub-layers. And then of course when you get to Lambda they really merge.
That's a good point I hadn't noticed before! But there are definitely so many clever and subtle writing things that, especially on subsequent playthroughs you can notice and realise "wait a minute!" And some are just character things, some are insane foreshadowing.
Man, what a scene that whit Eunie and Taion and the tea, the scene, the speech, the music, I really love how this game uses music!
It might be my favourite scene in the entire game. It just so perfectly encapsulates the struggles these characters go through every single day. It's so small and specific but beautiful in that simplicity. It's so human
@marche800this game is full of so many human, reflective moments, it's just so good at connecting, or at least putting out something you can connect with.
Don’t worry Dee, I’m an obsessive xenoblade fan who has played each game twice and I still didn’t really recognize any of the repeat scenery until I looked it up after I beat it, don’t let anybody give you crap for that. Love your playthrough! It’s been giving me life.
Im glad to see DeeBee make uses of the combat dash
Its rare ppl even think about using it
I use it a lot
That makes three of us
Its really good for animation cancelling, plus it gets you into position for directional arts faster.
The dash is like the ultimate positional ability, can get you from front to back with time to spare
learning to use the dash makes Interlinks feel sooo slow haha
In this chapter I start realizing that Eunie start opening a bit for Taion which is something I loved about them
Character development is one of the high notes on this game (and generally present in the franchise)
25:11 fun fact, the guy that does the voice of that character also does the voice over for the UK gameshow The Cube.
2:47:54 Another fun fact the voice actor for this character also voiced Milton in Torna the Golden Country. He is most well know for playing the lead role in CBBC's Young Dracula.
Thanks so much for the regular uploads of this! It's hard with timezones to catch you live from over in Australia, and it's great to see your enjoyment of this story!
DBG: "Whoa! The combat in this game is so good!"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "What!? You can control 6 characters!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "Wha!? You can switch between characters freely!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "No way! You can do fusion and trasnform!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "What the heck!? You can recruit heroes!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "Huh!? You can learn different classes from the heroes!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "What is this!? You get alternate forms for the Uroboros!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
DBG: "Ehh!? You can do a special Uroboros attack in Chain Attack!?"
XC3: "Pssh...! Guess what...?"
And it just keeps going. XD
it do be like that
2:40:00: glad you finally got to Agnian Interlinks. Not everyone takes this scene well since it was supposedly Taion’s moment while Sena and Mio could’ve had their own moment
i think its done perfectly, its better to get them all at once as the other characters see its possible so naturally try it as well. would be more annoying to be drip fed each form imo
@@brandonwithnell612 I agree with this on a gameplay level, sure, and it was probably the right call. Narratively though, I feel like it would have hit way harder if Mio got her Ouroboros form during a fight with a certain couple of 'half-assed' Moebius.
God I just love this game. It’s so great to relive the experience of discovering it again. I’m going to enjoy every video he puts out right to the end.
31:58 If I remember correctly, you can set the time and weather conditions for re-watching cutscenes. I'd recommend rewatching this one at nighttime.
Have really loved seeing you play and improve, just hope you know it's really apparent and you're doing a great job. the chain attacks in particular have come a very long way, love to see it
As per always, don't give DeeBeeGeek an "Iota" of knowledge he hasn't figured out yet
1:53:22 I hope the Mods giving you some pointers doesn't encourage some people in this comments section to do the same. Some people don't want others to find out things for themselves and would rather say "hEy DiD yOu KnOw?!" I think the Mods only did it that time because that's not something you would have found out even by the end of the game. Hell, I played the game twice and still didn't realize it myself. It's a cool, really subtle callback.
Yeah, this is a "cool detail" thing, but doing this to stuff that spoils the game...I really hope that doesn't happen
Yeah, but if you forgot what Uraya is, and the game never explains. Is it really a spoiler?
Id like the mods to keep doing this, but I dont care for spoiler-like comments, even if it might be the exact same thing.
His mods are like his arms, let them handle some of the work, we can watch and enjoy and comment still, just keep it how it is!
The mods know what people want to see from his reactions and reminding him in moments like these very specific ones is better for the content. Like people anticipate these moments to see the penny drop, its one of the main draws of watching a lets play, but if he doesn't remember it is very unsatisfying. You are just supposed to remember and its your reward for playing the entire trilogy. I'm surprised he hasn't really commented on the X1 and X2 aspects all that much, but I guess he just forgot a lot or hasn't made the connections somehow.
@ElementalResistant I'm not sure if this would be considered spoiler-y, so if Dee or anybody else doesn't to be spoiled, please stop reading.
Keep in mind he only played each game once, and that was years ago. And even if he doesn't say something out loud, that doesn't mean he isn't thinking about it. In any case, XC3 is plenty enjoyable as a standalone game, and any references to past games are not essential to understand and appreciate the narrative. Also, people can have different standards for what is considered spoiler territory. Dee wants his experience to be as pure as possible, with some leeway here and there from the mods specifically.
15:08 oh my goodness DBG that was literally a friend when he arrived to that part xD
And couldn't decide who best girl of heroes at that time was either Ethel or Alexandria
i love it so much that you playing this game so much
2:51:03 GIves me the chills every single time.
if you liked this world (Maps) wait for the XCX world, is the best, beautyful and massive of all
And you can run!
@marche800 Not only run! 😉
@marche800 And you can moonjump. X's world is phenomenal to this day.
@marche800 nah, you get to _sprint_
Can't wait for X!
2:47:54 Him saying his name timed perfectly with the subtitle. Lol.
Seeing this made me remember how huge Aionios is, actually really impressive for the system
I actually opened the game today on an emulator and used a free cam and noticed that even though I was also near Isurd, if you fly with the camera to Aetia, everything is low poly, but the water and waterfalls are fully rendered
The game maps are huge for each area. Monolithsoft did a great work handling the different LODs for every object on screen (which change as you approach or get further away)
Its a good sign when you've lost track of your exp gains while doing side quests off stream. Glad you're having so much fun with it.
With this game I think overleveling is inevitable if you're doing any amount of side content. The exp is just not very well balanced.
Or rather, it feels like it was balanced around rushing down the main story doing only the required fights.
Even common enemies have massive HP in this game. I think it's kind of nice for streaming that he can walk through Uraya without every enemy engaging him. Of course, elites and uniques still do. But being over-levelled (within reason) does not kill the entire experience.
3:01:20 because during the chain attack you chose eunie as an order and the completed that chain then you chose Taino to finish the chain when you chose Taion it registered the two as paired for oroboros chain
10:10 - oh yeah, I forgot that's all I ever saw of her quest. I never met her again after this.
2:46:28: not how I would describe it but considering there’s only one other pot bellied character… the identity was kinda obvious in hindsight
I hope you play future redeemed I think you’ll love it due to Xenoblade 3 reactions so far
Overleveling in this game is a lot different from what it was in xc1. In that one, 7+ levels higher meant you would almost never get hit by attacks. That said, nothing really stands a chance unless it's higher level than you in xc3
@@Bazookamatt44 I just wish the option to freely select level would be a thing from the start
Would just fix every problem imo
@extrashifty578 yeah that would've been nice
Overleveling poses an entirely different problem in this game because it prevents class acquisition and ranking up until you can fight equally high-level enemies. So it just halts all progression in the class system
Yea, i noticed late game i was struggling to manage maxing a class, before getting way more@@wesnohathas1993
I remember having to get a shower for work but you were mid moebius fight i HAD TO KNOW your reaction so i improvised and played the livestream on a speaker lol
That’s crazy 😂
Cant deny, Ive done similar things :D
I think the Rae Bel Tableland may be my favourite area in this game. Not many games have intricate mountain flora. And the music here is really nice, too.
Using any of the bonus experience actually makes you so irreversibly overleveled that class levels become a *longer* grind instead, as you gain less or zero CP if the enemies are way weaker than you.
and that's a mistake every player can do for himself. god, I hate this whole "don't get overlevelled" shit. let people play games the way they want to. if it's a problem, then it's a problem with the game's design and it's part of the experience of playing as a whole.
@@parvanaturalia I agree. I was definitely over-levelled in my first playthrough, but I didn't notice because instead of avoiding the enemies at my level I chose to engage with them. I think the VOD is better with him having the freedom to choose which enemies to engage. We're seeing him react to more substantial bits.
@@parvanaturaliaI agree and disagree. I think sharing if this knowledge is part of the fun. I get the not spoiling it part, but if my friends and i play the same game, we tend to share minor bits of info that could be useful
I love Taion so much man
i didnt catch senna cutting vegetables like mikail the first time I play xc3
I actually found the vegetables asset on the game files and never knew where it was used, I now know :D
Miltin went mad after torna (he voices J)
I love John Sena
I was seriously overleveled in my run too but i think it was because I always went out of my way to fight and overkill the hard blue enemies that give you exp boost. If you avoid unnecessary battles you could get back on track, or just increase the difficulty. The enemies in this game are already still pretty beefy even with being overleveled
3:39:18 yeah I believe all the xenoblade games are like that when they are about to say or do something important
2:26:10 Me, while playing the game: It's behind the waterfall, isn't it.
I've been looking forward to watch this all day
About the skipping the dialogue, isnt there an autoplay button? I think that could help avoid accidentally skipping dialogue.
There is unfortunately a gameplay downside to being overleved. If youre much higher level than the opponent, the amount of CP you earn is drastically reduced - i think if its 10 levels more then it might be 0. So that means its both harder to level classes, but it's also harder to unlock them on the rest of the party. Since the power progression is partly tied to classes, this is why people warn against getring overlevelled. The challenge battle DLC partly solves the latter issue since you can trade noponstone for class unlocking progress, (and also nopon coins if you're patient enough for class rank) so it can theoretically be mitigated somewhat.
There is another use for nopon coins you can access, but that may be backseating.
Got to give the man credit for being able to resist the urge from exploring too much. My first playthrough, I ended chapter 3 at level 60. And I didn't master all the classes either.
I was level 37 around Valdi's colony, since I found a screenshot from that time while walking up the mountain with the little robot
the music at night is just perfect
I find it particularly interesting to see that the reveals at Isurd's colony causes the same level of confusion with most streamers and content creators :D
This section of the game has nice areas that I love, since Im a sucker for nice nature areas. The Rae-Bel Tableland and the Great Cotte Falls are beautiful, especially if you have the chance to see them on an emulator (or homefully on the Switch 2)
Excited to see where the story goes next! Enjoy the game!
Noah really will look for *any* excuse to play that flute
The progress on currently available side content is excellent. I'd vote for heroes to be required side content as just having more class options available and seeing all the different stories is just fun.
Downside is it overlevels you
To be fair, I was thinking it was the snowy area in xbc2.
1:29:03 isn’t this area the giant staircase you have to go to find Pyra before Malos kills vandham?
2:54:21 Him choosing Noah, and then not choosing Mio for the Ouroboros order despite her being an option literally every time was painful to watch
I didn't know it was even possible for one member to be option every time. He was so lucky but did not capitalize on that... Why almost all let's players, etc, are so bad at reading tutorials?
tbf dbg is one of the better ones, but that was not really obscure mechanic
@@EmilAhvenainenI’ve never seen it happen either, which makes me suspect that the game deliberately included her every time in order to demonstrate the mechanic.
Like, that tutorial could not have been any clearer and the game went out of its way to set it up for him and he still completely missed it. I love dbg, but wow that was hard to watch
Dee specifically mentioned that he didnt get the tutorial because of all the cutscenes and things happening, give him a break, he will look at the tutorials again.
@@vtech88_the_one It's not a big deal, but it did take away from the moments epicenes when he was just bumbling away with the ouroboros orders since he did not read the tutorial.
Loving the playthrough but it was extremely funny that while trying to figure out how to trigger an Ouroboros Order he managed to perfectly avoid getting it
That pause before the reveal took me out🤣
If are overlevel change the game dificult to Hard, is more fun!
I'm playing the game at the same time, just slightly ahead of Dee and I'm soooooo overleveled with the main story stuff, because I'm so thorough with the sidequest and exploration. But then again, there are always high level enemies everywhere if you want to fight.
This is my new favorite live!
Do you think Moebius would move on to punctuation marks when they run out of Letter names?
What's funny was that I knew who the consul was cause of their body shape, before I heard their voice.
Isurd is such a cinnamon roll.
3:39:17 that came from the heart lol
Kinda shocking that he got grey so fast. I needed a guide to unlock his hero quest. Felt like it was around chapter 4 or 5, which I know he can’t be anywhere near since he just started.
@TrvisXXIII Gray is available starting in Chapter 3. Dee, at the end of this session, started Chapter 4.
@ oh ok, thanks for clearing that up
Dee found him because of the "?" in the map, which triggers curiosity if you are nearby
He's one of the first heroes you can yet
@ It’s been a year since I played, but I faintly remember getting the Thaumaturge and the other story heroes before getting Grey. Plus it wasn’t a straightforward hero quest, I remember doing a bunch of running around back and forth with his.
What do you mean nopon dont fight have you met Riki?
LOL! LMAO EVEN!
gotta love xeno and his blades. i sure would love to hangout someday. maybe have a beer together and if there's still some time left after, kill a god or three.
Time to ruin a scene for you with something you'll never unhear.
3:05:50
Lanz: "Joran. Yurin! URINE!!!"
Me: "Well shit, right at the waterfalls too."
You're welcome.
I wanted to give you a Tip on how the Chain Attacks work in this game (you don't have to listen)
So depending on which Command Order you choose from your team (Noah's, Mio's, ect.) Your team will get a bonus to their chain attack % value after they attack if the Match the Orders type (Attack, Defense, Healing, and if the person was Kevesi or Agnus)
So if you choose Lanz Defense Order and you had Lanz as a Defense class, his contribution to the % gauge which is normally 15% starting out will be worth much more after he attacks.
That's all I wanted to offer as a Tip. I can't wait to see you play through more of the story! This game was incredible!
Dee specifically asked for no tips, backseating, help, fun facts and such. He wants to discover it on his own tempo, and if he has any question he will specifically ask
@@vascojdb Well I'm unable to watch his streams live, so I can't know that ahead of time.
Stop, you're spoiling us! I've only watched the first three VODs, I'm not caught up yet 😭 But I'm so happy you're enjoying Xenoblade Chronicles 3! It's a welcome reminder of how much I'm in love with this game
Time for a marathon :D
47:15 in both my play throughs of this scene it wasn’t raining I guess you just got lucky of the draw
Oh dear that title
Xenoblade chronicles 3: think you can take me?
I do wish that they would be more consistent about putting in the level-down mechanic from the beginning. I kind of understand why they don't, but over leveling everything because you want to explore and do quests does diminish the fun and challenge of the battles.
the title has a typo, it says "chronocles"
25:10 James Earl Jones v2 has entered the chat
Peak after peak !
21:23 I also did the same thing on my first play through
2:46:57 his reaction when he realized
Specktacularurlylyly
Being over leveled isn’t bad. Who cares what level you’re on during the story.
Another part, yes!!!
One of my favourite parts of the first half of the game, it truly shows ouroboras
working as a unit and kicking absolute ass and also shows more at how evil and maybe even psychotic moebius are which leads to more intrigue about the villains
Comparing Camuravi to Bakugo when Shoto was the more appropriate comparison lol
Yup yup yup there is a way
Wait . He played today?! I thought it wasn't until tomorrow! Just made my afternoon!
Yes, Monday. He will play again tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1pm Irish time. His schedule might have some adjustments every week as he works and is a dad.
Yeah I just got caught in the side content/hero quest cycle myself. Going through it on hard mode, not much further than you are now, but the second I backtrack to an older colony just on a HUNCH that there's someone new to talk to, I find a bunch of side quests, table discussions, and every npc wants to chat. Just one reason why this is absolutely GOTY 2022. And 2023.....and 2024.
whoever told you it's pronounced Zen OH Blade is a silly American. those guys say everything wrong anyway.
i agree with u and it's DEFNITELY pronounced Zeeno Blade
I love them all, the cast is amazing buuut, Eunie is my favorite.
She is the bus!
Yeah, Eunie is the bus!
Since you talked about being annoyed with people telling you to put on ‘expert mode’ in Xenoblade 1, I want to clarify that the name is misleading. It’s NOT a difficulty option, it actually has no direct impact on combat. It actually allows you to raise and lower your character levels individually so you can personally choose how difficult the game is, any time you can access the pause menus.
Dee, for feck sake, here is some mod rage for you :D
Its Sena, 'E' as in "Entrace" not as in "Internet", her name is not Sina :D
I also agree lol
Don’t both of those words use the same pronunciation of the letter?
@@catalyst539 E and I? How?
@@vascojdb
I thought you were talking about the “E” in Internet, my mistake.
47:25 Micro usb, ugh.
No, it was actually mini USB
Chronocles
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced Xenoblade ([Zzz]-[ee]-[no]-[blade]) Chronicles, but I could be completely wrong LOL
It's "Zen-o", not "Zee-no" I prefer "Zee-no" myself though.
i've heard both from official sources over the years. it's kinda whtvr atp
in japanese it's zeh-no (ゼノ) but both should be okay
Zee-no is the American pronunciation. Zen-oh is how the rest of the world pronounces it.
And in German it would be more akin to "Ksenoh-", even if the title itself may be somewhat English in itself due to the "blade" part, "Xeno" has a different pronounciation.
Ouroborus orders happen after u choose for ex: Noah, then Mio, the third order will have a ouroborus order
Please dont backseat, let him figure things out by trial and error
@vtech88_the_one I mean, by the point bro reads this, he probably already figured it out, also it's a vod.
@@leonardorubert6011 he probably did not, this vod is the latest thing he played, he didn't play since this.
Ahhh...I missed this live stream because I got the day wrong 😂.
He will stream again tomorrow (wednesday) at 1pm Irish time
@vtech88_the_one yeah..I saw his X tweet but Tuesday is like forever engraved in my brain that "Mon" word just magically changed to "Tues" in my brain ,🤣 I will join today stream
1:25:31
Just a random dude being 5 or more levels higher is actually not only easier but it's bad since is drastically lowers Class experience gain😅.
It's one of the bigger criticisms I have with this one. Once you get overleveled it freezes all your class progression, and it's bound to happen because everything in this game seems to give way too much exp.
@@wesnohathas1993 Oh Absolutely that's why I only do the sidequests quests that lead certain Quests I don't want to spoil it for him.
@@wesnohathas1993 But for Colony 30 upgrading to phase 5 I believe that's the phase you need to do.
It will be fine. You guys forget that sometimes he has to grab XP from the camp like last week, especially that he had 3 streams in a row (14h-15h of game) and he didnt have any offcamera time to play around and level up. The game will catch up with him again. And to be fair, he is not that bad in class levels.
@vtech88_the_one yeah true and I did notice that Experience gain has been Drastically nerfed.
When I first played every Chain Attack overkill I did it level me up so much and now when I overkill and enemy in chain attacks it hardly gives me any.
I done over Quadruple the chain attacks now then I did half the story and I only leveled up twice maybe 3 times.
Taion is best boy
Hehe
Confirming it is zee-noblade, not zeh-noblade
The guy voicing Isurd sounds exactly like Malos
Different guy though. Malos was voiced by David Menkin, Isurd is voiced by Ian Bouillion.
“I think I might be in love” oh buddy just wait till you find out her age 😬
Lmao, yeah it's a little weird
To be fair, literally everyone is under ten.
I stopped by the stream, when he encountered Alexandria and chat was calling her "mommy 2" and I thought the exact same thing ^^'
@@SporeLP360 we cannot use our aging system on them tho, since their lives are so short, they can be considered adults way earlier. Its like how vampires can be 100 years and still be ''teens'' in their own biology
@@CDsNoots In one of the dev interviews one of them was asked about what age range the characters are in and they answered, that they wanted to play with the theme of people only having short lifespans and that they settled for the 10 year range because one of the devs said the most important parts of his life were the ages 0-10 and 10-20. We can deduct from that, that soldiers that leave the pod must be around 10 years old biologically and are 20 at their homecoming. That makes the whole cast 18/19 years old biologically speaking, whereas Alexandria as a 6th termer would be 16 years old.
Colonies themselves don't seem to have distinctions between "children" and "adults", we don't know how long they train before getting assigned to a colony, but we know that Moebius leaves them no room for thinking outside their preassigned wargames, since they are A-Okay with mixed baths.
Since Monolith Soft likes to use religious motifs in their games, we could say, that gaining the powers of Ouroboros equals eating the forbidden fruit of knowledge in paradise. Before that they were blissfully ignorant and complacent towards Moebius who played god, but after they were exiled from "paradise" by gaining the powers of Ouroboros, their horizons began to broaden, especially once they fuse with their partners, but we can already see the effects, when the boys run away to change their clothes, like with Adam and Eve, who covered themselves up after eating the fruit of knowledge, they themselves no longer feel comfortable changing in front of the other sex.
Since I don't know, if you have completed the Main Story, or if Dee will see this comment, I will not go into the Endgame stuff. Let me just say, to me these characters are their term + 10 years old, which I personally find pretty interesting, since characters like Ethel, Borealis, Cammuravi, Teach or Isurd feel a lot more mature compared to Ouroboros, but are pretty much around the same age as each other.
Who da'fak says *zə-no-blade* instead of **CZEE-NO-BLADE**
non english speaker who knows how to pronounce words
Japanese people
3:01:20 because during the chain attack you chose eunie as an order and the completed that chain then you chose Taino to finish the chain when you chose Taion it registered the two as paired for oroboros chain