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I'm so excited to see your reaction to this! Just reading your messages in chat made me hope you were gonna make this video right here!! I always get hyped when I see someone encounter this raid for the first time and they're a NIER fan cuz it's just aaaaaa!
I remember BAWLING my eyes out when I first saw/heard this version and dying repeatedly to mechanics because I was 10000% overwhelmed. I am still bummed that I lost my VoD footage for the raid, but the memories will forever live on <3 .
And thank you for the generous mention and link! Look, Ma! I'm in a Jesse video! ✨
"I like the bells," he says. Good thing he'll probably never play Drakengard, because that'd probably change real fast.
More FFXIV is always a win o/
It's just lovely seeing your handsome face and enthusiasm for this <3
Is this canon or is this a joke ? Yoko Taro would say it's canon but everything he says is a joke…
I'm shocked you haven't done this one already. I played this raid on release and there were lots of wipes purely from how emotional so many people – myself included – got from the music.
Fun fact! The raid this plays in was released before Nier Replicant's remake was, so because this uses that game's voice performance, this ended up being a nice little preview of its soundtrack.
The tears are a mechanic
I assure you, whenever I spawn into this Raid, I have two reactions:
First: Hell yes, NieR !!!
secnd: How will i dodge the tears in the last fight…!?
I didn't realize it's one of FF themes in the violin part.
Another fun fact: That building she is throwing at us is actually the Tokyo HQ of Square Enix
Looking forward to "Athena, The Tireless" to conclude the Pandemonium saga.
I like how, despite the song being from a character in Nier, the whole fucking set, boss, and it's mechanics, are pure Drakengard
As a 14 player, I LOVE the nier music that made it into the raids, however, the games themselves are depressing. Would I buy the soundtracks for Neir? Absolutely.
The slightly discordant bells remind me a lot of "Black Song" from Drakengaard 3 or the music during the Queen Beast fight of Drakengaard 1, mixed in with the Kaine music from Nier: Gestalt/Replicant.
Chaos Language isn't something from ingame, but how it's creator Emi Evans calls it. It isn't a language like the LotR Elvish or Klingon from Start Trek. It's a collection of sounds meant to sound like a language, but carrying no inherent meaning, so you can just pick whatever sounds best without having to worry about the lyrics making any sense.
Hi. Tsukuyomi (wayward daughter) is also nice to hear. Give it a try.
To paraphrase a comment I saw on another video about this song…
Nier automata players: This is pretty!
Nier Gestalt/Replicant players: OMG my heart!!
Drakengard players: Vietnam flashbacks
So glad you reacted to this gorgeous song played in such a fantastic fight! And yeah I don't believe they ever mention "chaos language" in game, its just something you find out when digging into it.
This song makes you feel warm and like you're being hugged which, by the time the FF leimotif comes in, just hits you twice as hard from making you remember the first time you heard that leimotif in your younger days.
It's trying to recall you to a time long past, make you remember the warmth of those days and the magic that came from discovering both FF and NIER.
What the hell I never heard this one
The Drakengard bells gave me PTSD
This is probably one of the few ff14 crossover songs where I prefer it without the prelude inserted.
THE BELLS!!!
This song shows the emotional power music can have. Putting the crystal theme in there in a minor key on the violin just gives me goosebumps. The entire song is beautiful but the violin is haunting.
I love that the final boss fight, the city is based off Drakengard 3 one of Yoko Taro's works.
Also the bells you hear at the start of the song, I've been told it's a motif from the Final Song ~ Black Song White Scales also from Drakengard 3.
"Is this canon?" – well Yoko Taro said that whatever he writes for Nier/Drakengard is canon. And since he was working on FF XIV raid, the story is canon then.
I loved how they combined Final Fantasy with Nier both raidwise, and also in terms of music through that sad violin solo in Minor. And also those darn bells that would instantly give any Drakengard players PTSD upon hearing them.
Fun fact, after defeating the boss (that grotesque queen looking thing), there's no victory fanfare being played unlike other raids/dungeons, or even every other FF games after finishing a monster encounter. It's just you, your party, and the desolated cityscape of Japan. All you hear are the soft howl of the wind, knowing that you have just silenced the Mother's song, and you have brought Glory to Mankind.
Second fun fact: That first boss mechanic where there's a building being hurled from below you? That's the Square Enix building. Yoko Taro decided it's gonna be entertaining to see players being yeeted by Square themselves.
mmmmm always nice with more FFXIV! not that I dislike other content mind you
Did I hear correctly that you saw a performance live? How did you like it? I went to the live orcestra for Nier recently and i was overwhelmed by emotion throughout the entire second half. Hearing Kaine was so beautiful and seeing Emi and J'Nique perform was truly a blessing
Edit: Ah, I'm impatient and didn't wait to hear you say you were there. I was too!
I bought nier replicant because of this raid
Of note: the violin solo you were appreciating was the Final Fantasy Theme woven into the song.
Those bells are extremely distressing if you've actually beaten Drakengard Ending E
EXTREMELY.
Being embraced by such beauty while locked in mortal combat….
Damn good raid series.
this song gives me shivers every time man
Jesse The Bells at the Start of the Song is a Huge Call Back to Drakengard 1 the First Game of Yoko Taros which is the One that Started Nier. i Love it is Taking Drakengard , Nier & FF Tracks and Put them Together.
It is heartwarming to see you more integrated with the gaming community and/or viewers in equal measure more and more with the bridge being both sides' passion for music 🎶♥
Something tells me he will be listening to another Nier collab OST very soon🤣
I’m a big FF14 fan that hasn’t played Nier, though I want to get to it eventually I just haven’t had time. But hearing this song mixed with THE Final Fantasy theme literally brought me to tears. It’s such a beautiful song.
The boss itself is heavily inspired from Drakengard, the series before Nier technically, and in that series, Singing is a form of magic,
Adding that Kaine is the most well known lyrics song from Replicant, i think they put 2 and 2 together
I was extremely hyped about this battle because I really like Drakengard 1.
She throws the Square Enix HQ Building at you during the fight too!
Also, it's nice to see you 'marking out' and excited over a song. :>