Oooh! OK I've always wanted to make a video about this or see one but the actual true final boss, the end of the actual conflict to the story is actually amalthus. Every conflict in this story is one of amalthus' doing. Malos is a victim of amalthus' desire to destroy. After the final boss malos says "if only I'd met you sooner" the whole fight malos is Asking questions saying things like "and you'd forgive him?" Seeking to understand seeking forgiveness of his own for actions he has no control over because he's driven by the base instinct of amalthus to destroy. So yes while the physical being you're fighting at the end is malos, the real thing you're fighting is amalthus' will to destroy and end the world he hated puppeteering a blade who never had a choice or chance before now to see how abused he was.... The story of xenoblade chronicles 2 is absolutely gut wrenching...
I'm glad your husband came in there and told you not to end stream before the credits ended. I was hoping someone was going to mention to wait for end credits. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is my favorite game on the Switch and I love it far more than I did the original Xenoblade Chronicles because I felt like I connected with the characters more in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and the story and the music and everything about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is just so masterfully put together. No other game can really hit me emotionally like that. I can't wait to watch you play through the Torna DLC as well. It's just as good as Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I'm sure you'll love it.
This game destroyed me when I first played it and left me in a depression for like 2 weeks when I finished it in 2017. I got so attached to the world that I just didn't want the story to end. I wanted it to go forever.
I cry every time during this ending. Even rewatching someone else play it. I can't take it. In the end they were separated btw. No more sharing a body.
@@ChrisStoneinator no. They did? It seemed like they knew each other still. I remember Malos tried to ruin her mind and memory, but then Rex helped them evolve into Pnuema and she seemed to still know everything.
@@ChrisStoneinator No they didn't. They clearly recognized Poppi when she ran to hug them. Also, the Aegises don't work on the same rules as other Blades. They're the central memory unit of all the Blades, so they maintain their memories even if they go back to their crystal.
As the lip sync is japanese, I guess, and some japanese players said so too, that her last word before the explosion is "Arigatou" (Thank you) and the last line is "Tadaima Rex" (I am back home, Rex)
This is the best game I have ever played seeing pyra and mythra back at the end of the game just proves that all the struggles that we went through in the game did not go for nothing and idk what she mouthed to Rex but it definitely would be that they say the love Rex due to the song one last you saying that they want to spend time with the one man they truly loved
Yes, the Last Gift was deactivating the Cloud Sea. The Cloud Sea has been slowly terraforming the world for millennia so that one day, the people that had emerged from the Titans could return and rebuild the world. Notice the new lands are made up of Titan bodies. When Titans die naturally, they head away from the World Tree out to sea. At the very end, The Architect deactivated the Cloud Sea and sent the Titans to the new lands. The text surrounding the World Tree at the end actually reads, Operation Homecoming to Elysium Final Phase. It also quotes Proverbs 1:7-9 (from the Latin Vulgate curiously). Also, yes, they should have their memories because they are Aegises. Blades lose their memories as part of their programming. They transmit data on their experiences to the Aegises and then wipe that data to begin a new collection. Pyra and Mythra wouldn't have any reason to do that.
Except now that the Titans have become the true Elysium, has the circle of life stopped? Remember, now that the Conduit is gone, Pyra and Mythra are essentially normal Blades now. In fact, the shot where the girl you chose in Morytha speaks and you don’t hear her is the only place in the game where the lip-syncing is changed in the English version. “Hello, I’m Pyra/Mythra” matches their lip movements while “Hello, Rex” doesn’t. We know they said one of those two things because those lines are in the game’s code as unused subtitle files. Plus, being reborn without memories is the best possible ending for the Aegis. Mythra was driven to the verge of suicide by the memories of the Aegis War and the knowledge that she had the power to end the world. Now that they lack that emotional baggage and the power of the Conduit, so Pyra and Mythra can finally be happy. It’s a tidy way to give them a happy ending without it being all sunshine and rainbows for the whole party.
@@MaxWelton Being reborn without their memories is actually the WORST possible ending becaude it undermines their entire character arc. The whole point is that by the end they choose to live, they want to have their memories. They've moved past that. To then have their memories erased makes no dang sense thematically. For goodness sake, Pyra was in utter despair at Malos destroying her memories of Rex. They repeatedly talk about their time with Rex and their friends as being treasured memories. Their recognition that the sad parts of life and the world are worth enduring because of the good, the joyful, etc is a direct counterpoint to Malos's nihilism. Also, the whole "matches their lip movements" thing is a pure rorschach test that people only latched onto because of the unused file, failing to realize that *cut* content often winds up floating around finished code and is not canonical. Plus "perfectly matches" is quite a reach. And Aegises wouldn't lose their memories anyway because that is purely a function of *blades.* Aegises function akin to blades, but are not blades in actuality. Blades exist to gather data and send it back to the Aegises. The reason they lose their memories is so that each collection of data is a clean set. The Aegises are data storage devices, they are what that data is transferred to and stored in. The Aegises _cannot_ forget, it's not in their nature to lose data. She even has memories, although faint, from ages prior to her meeting Addam. What sense would it make for her to suddenly lose all the data gathered over the last 500 years?
@@MaxWelton That's all well and good, but based on their body language when Poppi ran to hug them, they clearly recognized her, which tells me that they maintained their memories.
@@AstralMuffin105 it just feels weird and cheap for Pneuma to have a big heroic sacrifice only for Pyra and Mythra to return 5 minutes later with no consequences.
This story is so touching, even years after Finishing the game myself, I search for let’s play like yours to share the amazing experience of this ending.
Thanks for streaming the game. That ending is such an emotional roller-coaster (in a good way). I still tear up having played through the game multiple times and having seen multiple streamers play through it.
Hey, I really enjoyed your reactions. Didn't plan on re-watching the entire ending cutscene, but your reactions made me remember how I felt the first time I saw everything unfold. Truly special game and I can't wait for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. If nothing goes wrong, it should be announced sooner rather than later. Anyway, keep up the good work!
I know you thank us but thank YOU for deciding to stream both Xenoblade games so far, honestly it was such an awesome experience to see a newcomer react to the series. Very much looking forward to the DLC streams, I know you'll like the DLC a lot. Also I know you've briefly talked about it during past streams about your feelings on Xenoblade X but maybe it could be a potential game somewhere down the line to stream? I'm very biased due it being my favourite Xenoblade game but I genuinely think it's got a lot to offer (and to also complete the holy trinity of the current Xenoblade universe .w.). Either way thank you once again! ❤
found your channel when you first started this LP. i'm always working when you stream, but i always watch the vods the next day. so happy to see you finish this game and glad you enjoyed it! can't wait to see how you like Torna
Thank you so much for the fun stream @Stefieroth! Congratulations on beating this amazing game! The finale was everything I could have hoped for and we got our happy ending! I'm so happy I found your channel while you were playing one of my all-time favorite games and I got to see your reaction to the finale! I can now catch up on the VODs I’ve missed and I can't wait to see you play Torna and hopefully NG+! Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your next livestream/video! 🥰🥳🎉❤️
@@Stefieroth You’re welcome and thank you so much for the ❤️ and for replying! I always appreciate it! It was so fun watching your reaction to the ending of one of my favorite games and I’m so excited to see you play through the Torna DLC! Keep up the amazing work and I’m looking forward to your next livestream/video! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰
Thank you for doing these streams! XC2 isn't my favourite game of all-time, but it's on my Top 5. I've watched a lot of streams of it, and yours were one of my faves because you understood the characters so well, and connected to the story emotionally. I hope you end up enjoying the ending, once you've had more time to process :)
What is your favorite?:o And yes I really appreciate the ending! I just wish it had a wee bit more closure and we go to see them live happily 🥺 Also just want to say thank you I saw you at so many streams and I really appreciate it :)
@@Stefieroth Oh, I can't decide. Probably Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker? Breath of the Wild is close as well. Me too. I really liked the time skip at the end of XC1 because of that. I just want to see them all finally be happy and relaxed. And sure! It was fun to be there.
2:35:01. Thanks for pointing that out! I’ve never noticed that and I’ve played this game like 3 or 4 time and watched so many people play it too. Such a great detail!!
As i said in the announcement for this stream i do hope you go through getting the other unique blades and do their blade quests. Every blade but the default for each driver ( Pyra, Dromarch, Poppi,Bridget and Pandoria) have a unique quest that builds on their characters and all are worth seeing. Although there is one infamous one called Bear Her Soul that is terrible to do postgame. That one I’d recommend looking up a video summery on youtube ( i know Chuggaconroy did a whole episode dedicated to it) Cannot wait to see your feelings on the Story DLC
Glad you got to finish this game dear ( just being nice as I said dear lol ) I too was like you when I first started playing Xenoblade 2 by my RUclips icon you can tell I love Nia as a blade for reasons lmao I'm not explaining why xD but yeah I sometimes don't understand why most people hate this game after Xenoblade 1 though I just wish hate could stop I mean I played it English one but then I changed to Japanese also not goin to give to much spoilers on doc but the dlc might take you at least two or three streams depending on how you take the game it took me only a couple of weeks cause I was focused with Pokémon sword and shield. Only reasons why I said it could take three or so streams was cause of watchin other people play the dlc lmao but other then that loved the reactions too stuff though some of the side stuff you did I kinda skipped sadly cause I did most of them I just wanted to see the reactions to story parts I wanted to skip on like episode 13/12 witch ever it was where Pyra was getting hurt by Malo's in where he was stealing her memories I hate seeing Pyra hurt lol but also maybe in your own time try out the Japanese VA it's really good. I much love it my self.
Wow, what an amazing playthrough this was! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and had the community welcoming you in. Fun fact actually, the lip sync in that final moment was the only lip sync that was changed for the localization. So yeah, it's most people's belief that she does say "I love you." The choice you had at the start of Chapter 8 determines who says it in that final scene as well. Really looking forward to you playing through Torna: The Golden Country as well! Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
you forgot to fight the super bosses that appear after you reach elysium. Gladiator Orion can be found at level 100 at the Hallowed Godswood Shrine, near Way of the Practitioner on the Cliffs of Morytha. Unlike most of the others, he can be battled when the party first reaches the area. Reeking Douglas can be found at level 104 in the Brigands' Hideout on the right upper level of Gormott Province. Pernicious Benf can be found at level 109 at the Aegishammer on Temperantia. It is the only monster to drop Shining Star Core Chips. Cloud Sea King Ken can be found at level 110 near the Central Ether Boulder in the Kingdom of Tantal, but only when it is foggy. It is the only monster to drop Moon Matter Chips. There is an upgraded version in the Challenge Battle Cloud King's Revenge that is level 140, but it does not drop Moon Matter Chips. Mk. VII Arek can be found at level 114 on Lv. 4, Megrez in the World Tree. It is the only monster to drop Sunlight Chips. Artifice Ophion can be found at level 117 at the Gotrock Oracle Ruins on the Cliffs of Morytha. Defeating it grants the player Ophion's Data Terminal, which allows access to a Treasure Trove in the World Tree that is the only source of Dilaton Chips outside of Challenge Battle Mode. Chickenheart Dagmara can be found at level 120 at the Old Factory in the Empire of Mor Ardain. It is the only monster to drop Preon Chips. After defeating it, it can be fought in the Challenge Battle Chickenheart Challenge, which has some differences. Tyrannotitan Kurodil can be found at level 130 in the Profaned Place in Temperantia. It is the only monster to drop Tachyon Chips. Like Gladiator Orion, it can be battled when the party first reaches the area, provided the party has the required field skills.
Mega heart feels wasn't it! The bit with rex and malos and poppy and rex was mega! Told you that you needed tissues. My friends don't play games like these cuz it's too involved for them to much time and effort for them, so happy to see your reaction to this. Thank you!
Thank you so much for streaming this game, it´s one of my favorites I have 400 hours on new game+ I may have an obsession lol , can't wait for Torna: D
Miiks is hereeeeee AAAAAAAA he is the best xenoblade youtuber. Thank you for play this game is the kind of game that helps people think different and feel different
Thank you very much for sticking with this game through to the emotional roller coaster of an ending. I'm surprised that you didn't remark on some unspoken subtext at 2:17:50 though; when Pneuma gives Rex her Core Crystal, she is literally giving him her heart, and with it returning his life back to him. Don't know if you'd consider that romantic, but the subtext is there. I'd also like to know what you would have thought of the game if the original writer got his way and left the return of Pyra and Mythra ambiguous, such as the party flying down to "New Elysium" and the Core Crystal given to Rex slowly pulsating with green light in Rex's hand, but he doesn't notice.
Oh shoot! That would probably have made some people satisfied, but this ending was far better. After all Malos survived the Aegis war even after being destroyed or so they thought because Amalthus survived too. So long as a Blade’s driver lives, unless the core crystal is destroyed or severely damaged than they will never truly die. Especially the Aegis’. She just needed time to regenerate Ether energy and then boom. I also think part of the “ final gift “ the architect gave them helped them to become separate bodies. Maybe he suspected that would happen. I only hope that in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 we get a ending for them either in a cameo, Easter egg, or historical back ground cutscene or story. And I’d imagine that Pyrah and Mythra would’ve wanted to be buried with Rex if it goes that route. The cast being dead. Imagine stumbling across a hidden area and it contains the coffins and or statues of Rex, Pyrah, and Mythra labeled “ Here lies the Hero Rex and the Aegis’s Pyrah and Mythra “ maybe even a small eulogy nodding to xenoblade 2 and or some of their lives together? I personally would love to see them all alive just older in Xenoblade 3, but I doubt it for some sad reason. I was hoping for a continuation of Xenoblade 2 instead. Maybe where we get to see an older more mature Rex with Pyrah or Mythra depending on which you chose in Xenoblade 2 showing affection and sharing cute couple moments as well as going on a new adventure. “ helping the people of their world rebuild and realize a new threat. I’m sure that those Morytha monsters still exist and perhaps we would see what happened when the 2 dimensions of Xenoblade 1 and theirs were connected to each other. I mean possibilities are endless. I just hope we get an Easter egg, reference, story in a book that you can find in game, or a cutscene is my biggest hope.
@@elitetrooper119 I hope we get to see what happened to Rex and his party too in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. But it's sad, seeing the promise of Elysium fulfilled at the end of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, only for there to be war again in the third game.
@@Mazryonh I know right. I can only hope that the war is against a new enemy from another dimension or the Monsters in the lands of Morytha. They never said that they wiped all those out. I expected Rex and Pyrah’s jobs as heroes weren’t yet over even after the ending of the game. I had originally hoped for Xenoblade 2.5 a continuation of the 2nd one honestly lmao. Maybe we see an older Rex maybe 18-19 and his relationship and bond with Pyrah and Mythra is much stronger after years of training and experience together. Maybe the story begins with a small glimpse of them living everyday life when there is news of an attack by the monsters of Morytha or some unknown enemy. They begin to investigate, go on a long journey to find out where or what’s going on, the threat begins to escalate and become a new world ending challenge and they must once again get the band back together to save the world one more time. Perhaps even discovering that the peoples of Xenoblade 1 are now entering their world as well. Perhaps they meet Shulk and his crew, maybe they fight each other the first few encounters who knows, then as they realize they don’t have to be enemies they begin trying to find a path to peace between the natives and the new inhabitants. Just a rough draft of the way I imagine a Xenoblade 2.5 would be like.
@@Mazryonh Omg. I just realized I already put my vision for a Xenoblade 2 continuation game in my last comment…… ( face palms ) sorry I just love to talk about the concept. I recently saw a Heart to Heart on RUclips where Zeke, Morag, Brighid, Rex, Gramps, and Pandoria all talk about their plans for burial after they eventually pass. Zeke asks either Rex or Morag what their plans are after telling Pandoria that she doesn’t need to have a grand monument built for his tomb, just a grave would work. Morag says her arrangements are already made in accordance to Ardainian royalty tradition ( Doesn’t get a chance to say what that was because Zeke cuts her off and says “ You know what never mind. Thank you for your predictable answer ). Rex says he’s never really thought about it, but he imagines he’d want to be buried with the ones he loves most likely in Fonsett Village beside his parents. To which Zeke replies “ are you sure you wouldn’t want to buried here in Elpys “ lol. Imagine if one of those is where his grave is in Xenoblade 3
@@elitetrooper119 I would have loved to have seen a continuation of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 where the characters get to meet the "strange new people" from Xenoblade Chronicles 1. But no, the world is at war again in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. And Mythra may yet fulfill her promise to destroy Poppi if Poppi looks like she'll destroy the world. Having said that, I do want to see the Land of Morytha again in XC3. I would have liked to see what Shulk and pals would think of such a place, the birthplace of Zanza.
well, in the game script says that they were going to say "hello i'm Pyra" or "hello i'm Mythra" depending on which one you chose in chapter 8, like refering that they did lost their memories, but monolithsoft removed it, I suppose that to let the players interpretate what they wanted about the ending
Klaus' final gift was deactivating the repair nanites that made up the Cloud Sea, revealing all the Titan bodies that had sunk after reaching the end of their lives and become new islands/continents, and telling all the remaining active Titans to form into one big land mass, so that humanity could rebuild and have plenty of space to do so.
The real sad part is when You realize that pyra/mythra did actually die and rex reawakens them in post credits scene without their memories (what pyra says at the end is her introducing herself since she doesn’t know who rex is) though in the end now neither pyra or mythra has to remember all the trauma of their 500 year life so i think its for the better
perhaps the question of "do pyra and mythra keep their memories" correlates with how you view the world, like with how rex and amalthus have their own beliefs. if you think they keep their memories, then of course they keep their memories
So in the script i believe it says im pyra or im mythra (homura and hikari respectively in Japanese) which makes it seem like they lost their memories but we arent sure because aegis are different but she did die technically and malos died and asked whats it like to be alive implying he doesnt remember living. But at the same it seems like they are saying "im home" from the lip sync perspective. Either way rex lost his 4 girl and got down to just 3 girls rip pneuma which is another reason i think they dont have their memories btw is because their true form died
@@quentindedenon3945 i havent seen anything saying that before tbh and that'd a meh ending since they already said i love you basically when pneuna for came out
People shit on this game because they either grew up on 1 and feel threatened by the more popular 2, or have issues with fanservice when ALL Xeno games have it. Fandumb behavior basically.
Xenoblade 2 has WAY more fanservice and sexualization than Xenoblade 1, this can't be denied. Also, there are Xenoblade 2 fans that shit on the first one as well, like every fanbase of every games. But both games are amazing, they both have qualities and flaws that the other one doesn't have.
@@rayon8958 nope. Xc2s fanservice is just more pronounced bc of tech advancements, like the "angles" xeno reddit likes to bitch about. Xc2 didnt have a naked dunban strat or a breast slider for example, lol
@@OxygenC2 @Ok ok ok all right Okay, first of all: Naked Dunban strat is not a fair point. It was an unintended strat players used due to how armor weight works. Also I thought we were talking about the first Xenoblade. Why bring up X's boob slider that was only in japan? Also there's a difference between a game having fanservice (Naked sharla or dunban) vs. the fanservice constantly being in your face (Lewd character designs lewd angles, Dahlia). I like Xenoblade 1 and 2, but to act like Xenoblade 2 has less fanservice than 1 is just...insanity.
@@Humblepie_WHAT it was built into the game, dont kid urself. Also i brought up X bc that game also had all sorts of sexy armors, and the reason why the slider is japan only is bc of treehouse meddling. Also stop acting like the fanservice was constantly in ur face, u wouldnt even see blades like dahlia if u never got her OR u never used her. Except for rex in the bed with mythra cutscene, none of the cutscenes were fanservice. They were just incidental, since pyra and mythra share similar designs. If xb1 and xbx were made now theyd have the same type of cutscenes.
@@Humblepie_WHAT also point where i said or implied 2 had less fanservice than 1. I never did, i just said 1 and x also have it, bc 1 fanboys like u who pretend 1 isnt anime also love to pretend that ur favorite game was as pure as mario.
The final boss wasn't malos or aion it's the emotional baggage from the ending
Omg yes
no The real boss is gravity
The real final bosses were the friends we made along the way
Literally
Oooh! OK I've always wanted to make a video about this or see one but the actual true final boss, the end of the actual conflict to the story is actually amalthus. Every conflict in this story is one of amalthus' doing. Malos is a victim of amalthus' desire to destroy. After the final boss malos says "if only I'd met you sooner" the whole fight malos is Asking questions saying things like "and you'd forgive him?" Seeking to understand seeking forgiveness of his own for actions he has no control over because he's driven by the base instinct of amalthus to destroy. So yes while the physical being you're fighting at the end is malos, the real thing you're fighting is amalthus' will to destroy and end the world he hated puppeteering a blade who never had a choice or chance before now to see how abused he was.... The story of xenoblade chronicles 2 is absolutely gut wrenching...
I'm glad your husband came in there and told you not to end stream before the credits ended. I was hoping someone was going to mention to wait for end credits.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is my favorite game on the Switch and I love it far more than I did the original Xenoblade Chronicles because I felt like I connected with the characters more in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and the story and the music and everything about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is just so masterfully put together. No other game can really hit me emotionally like that.
I can't wait to watch you play through the Torna DLC as well.
It's just as good as Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I'm sure you'll love it.
I'm so glad he did to!! 😂 I would have regretted it!! That ending was amazing.
Seeing so many people playing XC2. Makes me happy is enjoyed quite a lot by the newcomers. The game is an experience to never forget.
The game be like "don't forget me"
This game destroyed me when I first played it and left me in a depression for like 2 weeks when I finished it in 2017. I got so attached to the world that I just didn't want the story to end. I wanted it to go forever.
I cry every time during this ending. Even rewatching someone else play it. I can't take it. In the end they were separated btw. No more sharing a body.
I'm so happy it ended like that. Pyra Mythra deserve to live a very chill life for once.
... and they lost their memories :(
@@ChrisStoneinator no. They did? It seemed like they knew each other still. I remember Malos tried to ruin her mind and memory, but then Rex helped them evolve into Pnuema and she seemed to still know everything.
@@ChrisStoneinator the aegis doesn't follow the same rules as other blades
@@ChrisStoneinator No they didn't. They clearly recognized Poppi when she ran to hug them. Also, the Aegises don't work on the same rules as other Blades. They're the central memory unit of all the Blades, so they maintain their memories even if they go back to their crystal.
After all this time I still find the ending incredibly emotional.
Every time I look at it and listen to the music I cry
As the lip sync is japanese, I guess, and some japanese players said so too, that her last word before the explosion is "Arigatou" (Thank you) and the last line is "Tadaima Rex" (I am back home, Rex)
Isn't it "Think you can take ME" ?
Iirc, that unvoiced line is actually the only time, the english localization has different lipp movements to the japanese original.
you are correct sir, it's lip sync for I'm home in japanese.
This is the best game I have ever played seeing pyra and mythra back at the end of the game just proves that all the struggles that we went through in the game did not go for nothing and idk what she mouthed to Rex but it definitely would be that they say the love Rex due to the song one last you saying that they want to spend time with the one man they truly loved
I think "I'm home, Rex" is what Pyra said at the end.
The ending "One last you" is very beautiful, masterpiece 🙏🏻❤
No matter how many times I see the ending I cry every damned time, I love the characters SO much
Great true ending! Congratulations on completing the game, it is a big achievement!
Thank you!! :)
Yes, the Last Gift was deactivating the Cloud Sea. The Cloud Sea has been slowly terraforming the world for millennia so that one day, the people that had emerged from the Titans could return and rebuild the world. Notice the new lands are made up of Titan bodies. When Titans die naturally, they head away from the World Tree out to sea. At the very end, The Architect deactivated the Cloud Sea and sent the Titans to the new lands.
The text surrounding the World Tree at the end actually reads, Operation Homecoming to Elysium Final Phase. It also quotes Proverbs 1:7-9 (from the Latin Vulgate curiously).
Also, yes, they should have their memories because they are Aegises. Blades lose their memories as part of their programming. They transmit data on their experiences to the Aegises and then wipe that data to begin a new collection. Pyra and Mythra wouldn't have any reason to do that.
Exactly!!!! All blades transfer data and memories to them since they’re the aegis anyways.
Except now that the Titans have become the true Elysium, has the circle of life stopped? Remember, now that the Conduit is gone, Pyra and Mythra are essentially normal Blades now. In fact, the shot where the girl you chose in Morytha speaks and you don’t hear her is the only place in the game where the lip-syncing is changed in the English version. “Hello, I’m Pyra/Mythra” matches their lip movements while “Hello, Rex” doesn’t. We know they said one of those two things because those lines are in the game’s code as unused subtitle files. Plus, being reborn without memories is the best possible ending for the Aegis. Mythra was driven to the verge of suicide by the memories of the Aegis War and the knowledge that she had the power to end the world. Now that they lack that emotional baggage and the power of the Conduit, so Pyra and Mythra can finally be happy. It’s a tidy way to give them a happy ending without it being all sunshine and rainbows for the whole party.
@@MaxWelton Being reborn without their memories is actually the WORST possible ending becaude it undermines their entire character arc. The whole point is that by the end they choose to live, they want to have their memories. They've moved past that. To then have their memories erased makes no dang sense thematically. For goodness sake, Pyra was in utter despair at Malos destroying her memories of Rex. They repeatedly talk about their time with Rex and their friends as being treasured memories. Their recognition that the sad parts of life and the world are worth enduring because of the good, the joyful, etc is a direct counterpoint to Malos's nihilism.
Also, the whole "matches their lip movements" thing is a pure rorschach test that people only latched onto because of the unused file, failing to realize that *cut* content often winds up floating around finished code and is not canonical. Plus "perfectly matches" is quite a reach.
And Aegises wouldn't lose their memories anyway because that is purely a function of *blades.* Aegises function akin to blades, but are not blades in actuality. Blades exist to gather data and send it back to the Aegises. The reason they lose their memories is so that each collection of data is a clean set. The Aegises are data storage devices, they are what that data is transferred to and stored in. The Aegises _cannot_ forget, it's not in their nature to lose data. She even has memories, although faint, from ages prior to her meeting Addam. What sense would it make for her to suddenly lose all the data gathered over the last 500 years?
@@MaxWelton That's all well and good, but based on their body language when Poppi ran to hug them, they clearly recognized her, which tells me that they maintained their memories.
@@AstralMuffin105 it just feels weird and cheap for Pneuma to have a big heroic sacrifice only for Pyra and Mythra to return 5 minutes later with no consequences.
Xenoblade 2 is my favorite switch game
This story is so touching, even years after Finishing the game myself, I search for let’s play like yours to share the amazing experience of this ending.
Thanks for streaming the game.
That ending is such an emotional roller-coaster (in a good way).
I still tear up having played through the game multiple times and having seen multiple streamers play through it.
1:54:47 SHULK!!!!
Hey, I really enjoyed your reactions. Didn't plan on re-watching the entire ending cutscene, but your reactions made me remember how I felt the first time I saw everything unfold. Truly special game and I can't wait for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. If nothing goes wrong, it should be announced sooner rather than later. Anyway, keep up the good work!
Aww thank you so much 🥺 I really appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!
I know you thank us but thank YOU for deciding to stream both Xenoblade games so far, honestly it was such an awesome experience to see a newcomer react to the series. Very much looking forward to the DLC streams, I know you'll like the DLC a lot. Also I know you've briefly talked about it during past streams about your feelings on Xenoblade X but maybe it could be a potential game somewhere down the line to stream? I'm very biased due it being my favourite Xenoblade game but I genuinely think it's got a lot to offer (and to also complete the holy trinity of the current Xenoblade universe .w.). Either way thank you once again! ❤
Thanks Hydro! I really appreciate you! I can't wait for the dlc and ill keep X in mind if I ever don't know what to stream :)
I dont think any other ending of a game has impacted or effected me the way this one did, brilliant reaction by the way 🙂
Omg, I forgot how much I loved this beautiful game. I already knew how everything resolved and the ending of this game still made me cry!
found your channel when you first started this LP. i'm always working when you stream, but i always watch the vods the next day. so happy to see you finish this game and glad you enjoyed it! can't wait to see how you like Torna
Thank you so much for the fun stream @Stefieroth! Congratulations on beating this amazing game! The finale was everything I could have hoped for and we got our happy ending! I'm so happy I found your channel while you were playing one of my all-time favorite games and I got to see your reaction to the finale! I can now catch up on the VODs I’ve missed and I can't wait to see you play Torna and hopefully NG+! Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your next livestream/video! 🥰🥳🎉❤️
Thanks you so much!! You're so sweet! I'm so glad you enjoyed the finale 🥰😸
@@Stefieroth You’re welcome and thank you so much for the ❤️ and for replying! I always appreciate it! It was so fun watching your reaction to the ending of one of my favorite games and I’m so excited to see you play through the Torna DLC! Keep up the amazing work and I’m looking forward to your next livestream/video! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰
Thank you for doing these streams! XC2 isn't my favourite game of all-time, but it's on my Top 5. I've watched a lot of streams of it, and yours were one of my faves because you understood the characters so well, and connected to the story emotionally.
I hope you end up enjoying the ending, once you've had more time to process :)
What is your favorite?:o
And yes I really appreciate the ending! I just wish it had a wee bit more closure and we go to see them live happily 🥺
Also just want to say thank you I saw you at so many streams and I really appreciate it :)
@@Stefieroth Oh, I can't decide. Probably Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker? Breath of the Wild is close as well.
Me too. I really liked the time skip at the end of XC1 because of that. I just want to see them all finally be happy and relaxed.
And sure! It was fun to be there.
2:30:33 One last you 🎶
2:35:01. Thanks for pointing that out! I’ve never noticed that and I’ve played this game like 3 or 4 time and watched so many people play it too. Such a great detail!!
As i said in the announcement for this stream i do hope you go through getting the other unique blades and do their blade quests. Every blade but the default for each driver ( Pyra, Dromarch, Poppi,Bridget and Pandoria) have a unique quest that builds on their characters and all are worth seeing.
Although there is one infamous one called Bear Her Soul that is terrible to do postgame. That one I’d recommend looking up a video summery on youtube ( i know Chuggaconroy did a whole episode dedicated to it)
Cannot wait to see your feelings on the Story DLC
Glad you got to finish this game dear ( just being nice as I said dear lol ) I too was like you when I first started playing Xenoblade 2 by my RUclips icon you can tell I love Nia as a blade for reasons lmao I'm not explaining why xD but yeah I sometimes don't understand why most people hate this game after Xenoblade 1 though I just wish hate could stop I mean I played it English one but then I changed to Japanese also not goin to give to much spoilers on doc but the dlc might take you at least two or three streams depending on how you take the game it took me only a couple of weeks cause I was focused with Pokémon sword and shield. Only reasons why I said it could take three or so streams was cause of watchin other people play the dlc lmao but other then that loved the reactions too stuff though some of the side stuff you did I kinda skipped sadly cause I did most of them I just wanted to see the reactions to story parts I wanted to skip on like episode 13/12 witch ever it was where Pyra was getting hurt by Malo's in where he was stealing her memories I hate seeing Pyra hurt lol but also maybe in your own time try out the Japanese VA it's really good. I much love it my self.
After watching all of Sarah key's playthrough and finishing New game plus yesterday this is very tempting!
Wow, what an amazing playthrough this was! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and had the community welcoming you in. Fun fact actually, the lip sync in that final moment was the only lip sync that was changed for the localization. So yeah, it's most people's belief that she does say "I love you." The choice you had at the start of Chapter 8 determines who says it in that final scene as well.
Really looking forward to you playing through Torna: The Golden Country as well! Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
you forgot to fight the super bosses that appear after you reach elysium.
Gladiator Orion can be found at level 100 at the Hallowed Godswood Shrine, near Way of the Practitioner on the Cliffs of Morytha. Unlike most of the others, he can be battled when the party first reaches the area.
Reeking Douglas can be found at level 104 in the Brigands' Hideout on the right upper level of Gormott Province.
Pernicious Benf can be found at level 109 at the Aegishammer on Temperantia. It is the only monster to drop Shining Star Core Chips.
Cloud Sea King Ken can be found at level 110 near the Central Ether Boulder in the Kingdom of Tantal, but only when it is foggy. It is the only monster to drop Moon Matter Chips. There is an upgraded version in the Challenge Battle Cloud King's Revenge that is level 140, but it does not drop Moon Matter Chips.
Mk. VII Arek can be found at level 114 on Lv. 4, Megrez in the World Tree. It is the only monster to drop Sunlight Chips.
Artifice Ophion can be found at level 117 at the Gotrock Oracle Ruins on the Cliffs of Morytha. Defeating it grants the player Ophion's Data Terminal, which allows access to a Treasure Trove in the World Tree that is the only source of Dilaton Chips outside of Challenge Battle Mode.
Chickenheart Dagmara can be found at level 120 at the Old Factory in the Empire of Mor Ardain. It is the only monster to drop Preon Chips. After defeating it, it can be fought in the Challenge Battle Chickenheart Challenge, which has some differences.
Tyrannotitan Kurodil can be found at level 130 in the Profaned Place in Temperantia. It is the only monster to drop Tachyon Chips. Like Gladiator Orion, it can be battled when the party first reaches the area, provided the party has the required field skills.
You reacted to the ending the same way as me, I might’ve cried a bit louder tho ;-; great playthrough
Mega heart feels wasn't it! The bit with rex and malos and poppy and rex was mega! Told you that you needed tissues. My friends don't play games like these cuz it's too involved for them to much time and effort for them, so happy to see your reaction to this. Thank you!
Thank you so much for streaming this game, it´s one of my favorites I have 400 hours on new game+ I may have an obsession lol , can't wait for Torna: D
On legend of Zelda breath of wild you can find Rex suit on DLC
Today is11/03 /2021 I Just beat xenoblade chronicles 2 game
Last boss fight I was 65 last boss was level 70
Finish him off with chain attacks
"Today we use our power to kill a God, and then seize our destiny"
Shulk the best boy needed to make his appearance somehow
Absolutely love seeing the passion and emotion of gamers like you. Amazing reaction
You should play the dlc quest “Beneath the Aurora”, and choose mythra at the end.
2:19:10 this miusic made me cry much more because of it 😭
You HAVE to do the Torna DLC!!!
In the final part Pyra (or Mythra) says "ai shiteru ne", mean i love you in english.
At the end she probably said "Don't forget me!"
Thanks for streaming! It was a tremendous pleasure.
Miiks is hereeeeee AAAAAAAA he is the best xenoblade youtuber. Thank you for play this game is the kind of game that helps people think different and feel different
Thank you very much for sticking with this game through to the emotional roller coaster of an ending. I'm surprised that you didn't remark on some unspoken subtext at 2:17:50 though; when Pneuma gives Rex her Core Crystal, she is literally giving him her heart, and with it returning his life back to him. Don't know if you'd consider that romantic, but the subtext is there.
I'd also like to know what you would have thought of the game if the original writer got his way and left the return of Pyra and Mythra ambiguous, such as the party flying down to "New Elysium" and the Core Crystal given to Rex slowly pulsating with green light in Rex's hand, but he doesn't notice.
Oh shoot! That would probably have made some people satisfied, but this ending was far better. After all Malos survived the Aegis war even after being destroyed or so they thought because Amalthus survived too. So long as a Blade’s driver lives, unless the core crystal is destroyed or severely damaged than they will never truly die. Especially the Aegis’. She just needed time to regenerate Ether energy and then boom. I also think part of the “ final gift “ the architect gave them helped them to become separate bodies. Maybe he suspected that would happen.
I only hope that in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 we get a ending for them either in a cameo, Easter egg, or historical back ground cutscene or story. And I’d imagine that Pyrah and Mythra would’ve wanted to be buried with Rex if it goes that route. The cast being dead. Imagine stumbling across a hidden area and it contains the coffins and or statues of Rex, Pyrah, and Mythra labeled “ Here lies the Hero Rex and the Aegis’s Pyrah and Mythra “ maybe even a small eulogy nodding to xenoblade 2 and or some of their lives together? I personally would love to see them all alive just older in Xenoblade 3, but I doubt it for some sad reason. I was hoping for a continuation of Xenoblade 2 instead. Maybe where we get to see an older more mature Rex with Pyrah or Mythra depending on which you chose in Xenoblade 2 showing affection and sharing cute couple moments as well as going on a new adventure. “ helping the people of their world rebuild and realize a new threat. I’m sure that those Morytha monsters still exist and perhaps we would see what happened when the 2 dimensions of Xenoblade 1 and theirs were connected to each other. I mean possibilities are endless. I just hope we get an Easter egg, reference, story in a book that you can find in game, or a cutscene is my biggest hope.
@@elitetrooper119 I hope we get to see what happened to Rex and his party too in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. But it's sad, seeing the promise of Elysium fulfilled at the end of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, only for there to be war again in the third game.
@@Mazryonh I know right. I can only hope that the war is against a new enemy from another dimension or the Monsters in the lands of Morytha. They never said that they wiped all those out. I expected Rex and Pyrah’s jobs as heroes weren’t yet over even after the ending of the game. I had originally hoped for Xenoblade 2.5 a continuation of the 2nd one honestly lmao. Maybe we see an older Rex maybe 18-19 and his relationship and bond with Pyrah and Mythra is much stronger after years of training and experience together. Maybe the story begins with a small glimpse of them living everyday life when there is news of an attack by the monsters of Morytha or some unknown enemy. They begin to investigate, go on a long journey to find out where or what’s going on, the threat begins to escalate and become a new world ending challenge and they must once again get the band back together to save the world one more time. Perhaps even discovering that the peoples of Xenoblade 1 are now entering their world as well. Perhaps they meet Shulk and his crew, maybe they fight each other the first few encounters who knows, then as they realize they don’t have to be enemies they begin trying to find a path to peace between the natives and the new inhabitants. Just a rough draft of the way I imagine a Xenoblade 2.5 would be like.
@@Mazryonh Omg. I just realized I already put my vision for a Xenoblade 2 continuation game in my last comment…… ( face palms ) sorry I just love to talk about the concept. I recently saw a Heart to Heart on RUclips where Zeke, Morag, Brighid, Rex, Gramps, and Pandoria all talk about their plans for burial after they eventually pass. Zeke asks either Rex or Morag what their plans are after telling Pandoria that she doesn’t need to have a grand monument built for his tomb, just a grave would work. Morag says her arrangements are already made in accordance to Ardainian royalty tradition ( Doesn’t get a chance to say what that was because Zeke cuts her off and says “ You know what never mind. Thank you for your predictable answer ). Rex says he’s never really thought about it, but he imagines he’d want to be buried with the ones he loves most likely in Fonsett Village beside his parents. To which Zeke replies “ are you sure you wouldn’t want to buried here in Elpys “ lol. Imagine if one of those is where his grave is in Xenoblade 3
@@elitetrooper119 I would have loved to have seen a continuation of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 where the characters get to meet the "strange new people" from Xenoblade Chronicles 1. But no, the world is at war again in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. And Mythra may yet fulfill her promise to destroy Poppi if Poppi looks like she'll destroy the world.
Having said that, I do want to see the Land of Morytha again in XC3. I would have liked to see what Shulk and pals would think of such a place, the birthplace of Zanza.
well, in the game script says that they were going to say "hello i'm Pyra" or "hello i'm Mythra" depending on which one you chose in chapter 8, like refering that they did lost their memories, but monolithsoft removed it, I suppose that to let the players interpretate what they wanted about the ending
Not exactly
It was supposed to have 2 versions
One were Pyra or Mythra "Hello, I'm Pyra/Mythra" or another one when they say "Hello, Rex"
Thanks for playing xenoblade 2. I finished the game like 2 weeks ago like you. :)
The game that make me love my switch.
Thanks for play it. Hope u play torna soon. 😌
Great game! Best of luck on other ones.
Great playthrough of the game! So happy you got to finish it :)
Klaus' final gift was deactivating the repair nanites that made up the Cloud Sea, revealing all the Titan bodies that had sunk after reaching the end of their lives and become new islands/continents, and telling all the remaining active Titans to form into one big land mass, so that humanity could rebuild and have plenty of space to do so.
The real sad part is when You realize that pyra/mythra did actually die and rex reawakens them in post credits scene without their memories (what pyra says at the end is her introducing herself since she doesn’t know who rex is) though in the end now neither pyra or mythra has to remember all the trauma of their 500 year life so i think its for the better
Amazing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
The feels at this ending really tugs the harp strings..sorry i wasnt here for this..
Omg 5 days until Xeno 3!!!! You excited stefie?
YES
Sameeee I’m going to start playing it at midnight friday lol
Help, I can't see anything with these tears
@SirJeffhog the song title when they say goodbye is Xenoblade 2 OST - Parting
Torna next
perhaps the question of "do pyra and mythra keep their memories" correlates with how you view the world, like with how rex and amalthus have their own beliefs. if you think they keep their memories, then of course they keep their memories
Oh My God the End of this game is so Great... but have you Seen the end of Torna the golden country?
Playing that next
dont mind my comment, im rewatching waiting for XC3
Thanks so much for rewatching Magic!! I can't wait for XC3!!
The green gem will glow they will be back
2:33:20 It's a terrible day for rain
Jour game is Beautiful cool en swiet en super jour kraaing wos goet jou hef e hart dets is peurfekt ❤️
Why am I being attacked by 2 cutscenes 😭💔
So in the script i believe it says im pyra or im mythra (homura and hikari respectively in Japanese) which makes it seem like they lost their memories but we arent sure because aegis are different but she did die technically and malos died and asked whats it like to be alive implying he doesnt remember living. But at the same it seems like they are saying "im home" from the lip sync perspective. Either way rex lost his 4 girl and got down to just 3 girls rip pneuma which is another reason i think they dont have their memories btw is because their true form died
I believe they left it intentionally ambiguous because there is no one correct way to end it. It is whatever you feel it should be.
The Most People are saying it is « I love you » nobody can tell if it’s true or not
@@quentindedenon3945 i havent seen anything saying that before tbh and that'd a meh ending since they already said i love you basically when pneuna for came out
Awesome Reaction!!!!!!!
Thank you!!
Your welcome 😇👍
Also sick channel name!
@@joecool2759
Helo Sefieroth welkom let's go wet de Beautiful game 🤓✌️👍👌✔️
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People shit on this game because they either grew up on 1 and feel threatened by the more popular 2, or have issues with fanservice when ALL Xeno games have it. Fandumb behavior basically.
Xenoblade 2 has WAY more fanservice and sexualization than Xenoblade 1, this can't be denied.
Also, there are Xenoblade 2 fans that shit on the first one as well, like every fanbase of every games.
But both games are amazing, they both have qualities and flaws that the other one doesn't have.
@@rayon8958 nope. Xc2s fanservice is just more pronounced bc of tech advancements, like the "angles" xeno reddit likes to bitch about. Xc2 didnt have a naked dunban strat or a breast slider for example, lol
@@OxygenC2
@Ok ok ok all right
Okay, first of all:
Naked Dunban strat is not a fair point. It was an unintended strat players used due to how armor weight works. Also I thought we were talking about the first Xenoblade. Why bring up X's boob slider that was only in japan?
Also there's a difference between a game having fanservice (Naked sharla or dunban) vs. the fanservice constantly being in your face (Lewd character designs lewd angles, Dahlia).
I like Xenoblade 1 and 2, but to act like Xenoblade 2 has less fanservice than 1 is just...insanity.
@@Humblepie_WHAT it was built into the game, dont kid urself. Also i brought up X bc that game also had all sorts of sexy armors, and the reason why the slider is japan only is bc of treehouse meddling.
Also stop acting like the fanservice was constantly in ur face, u wouldnt even see blades like dahlia if u never got her OR u never used her.
Except for rex in the bed with mythra cutscene, none of the cutscenes were fanservice. They were just incidental, since pyra and mythra share similar designs. If xb1 and xbx were made now theyd have the same type of cutscenes.
@@Humblepie_WHAT also point where i said or implied 2 had less fanservice than 1. I never did, i just said 1 and x also have it, bc 1 fanboys like u who pretend 1 isnt anime also love to pretend that ur favorite game was as pure as mario.