i'll probably edit this comment but i still want to pin something since this is the end of base game. some side content was completed off stream in my own time. incredible game. DLC is next.
I’ve been watching this series all throughout my senior year in high school and now I get to see the finale sitting in my dorm room in college! You are my favorite person I’ve seen play this game and I can’t wait to see you play the DLC 💖
@@mikemeyers400I only watched the cutscenes for that game. I love the story, but the blade summoning system, the way it can be wirdly mysoginistic at times (imo), and the awkward dialogue put me off. Still the main story is rly well done and the characters are great
This game is very existential. But it has a duality. It's not just saying that life is merciless and nothing is guranteed, it's saying that we should hope and fight for that hope because that's what gives our lives meaning and even if things don't work out, give yourself grace. At least you tried, and you can pass your wish onto others. That fear for the future is something we all have to grapple with day by day. It's scary, and it can lead us astray, but if we stay the course, we can overcome it. A true culmination of what the series has always been saying. It can be cruel, it can be painful but ultimately in with all the pain this game contains a gift, from it's developers to us, the audience. I'm so glad it exists.
This is my favorite media franchise that I've ever come across in my three decades. I discovered Xenoblade Chronicles in 2015. I am not a JRPG player, I've tried some of the other big titles like Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts and they couldn't get through to me. Somehow this game did. It did in such a big way. It became a huge part of my worldview and my outlook of life going forward, it made me who I am today. I owe so much to this series for the adventure it took me on, and I've tried to repay it by sharing the artistry and emotion of Xenoblade with people around me. However, it is -such- an enormous undertaking to get through this series and reap the rewards waiting at the end of this long journey. It's not for everyone. My experience with Xenoblade has been something I've carried alone with me for almost a decade now, and I've really only been able to make the connection to others through streams like this. I have watched so many streamers and creators explore these games and uncover the magic within, and, Violet, I am -so- happy to have seen someone with such unbridled, unfiltered love for Xenoblade go through these titles and resonate with them and more importantly, SHARE THAT LOVE WITH THE WORLD. I've watched every episode and it has been such a catharsis to see your heart and soul pour out through these games. You can only experience these games for the first time once, and I'm not a streamer or anything, but I wish I could go back and see my first steps through these worlds again and relive those feelings outside of my memories. Watching your streams has been the closest I could come, and it brought me such a deep catharsis. So I wanted to tell you "thank you" for sharing this with everyone on the internet. Thank you so much. :)
After the death of The Architect and Zanza the worlds slowly began to drift together again, now that the person who originally split it into two was dealt with and the people in each world seized their own destiny. Obviously each world detected this and thus a way was found to communicate beyond the barriers that seperate each pocket dimension, which they called "light". Since each dimension is basically made out of opposing matter, once they collide, they will cancel each other out becoming nothingness. Which is why each universe coordinated to build one half of Origin, to store every bit of data of their respective worlds inside of it and basically reboot both dimensions after they crash together. Everyone's fear and uncertainty if the plan will work out was what birthed Z, who seized Origin amalgamating a "virtual world" where the souls of every living being was trapped in an "endless now". Though there were countless individuals along the thousands of years who began to oppose the will of Mobius, be it the city folks basically new life never recorded in Origin, or the countless reincarnations of Noah und Mio, I'd even wager that like with Eunie, that even Crys had some memories seep back after being reborn in a cradle. The system was not perfect, but as long as the Consults could snuff out the flames of soldiers that became "problematic" or even Z making them join his ranks, everything could continue as he wanted. In the end Z was nothing more than the natural fear of change that everyone harbours. Thus you assumption was correct that Z was in reality pretty weak, aside from being an administrator in Origin of course, but aside from that he only embodies the fear of what would happen if Origin activates and fails to properly restore each universe. (Of course that only scratches the surface of everything) You are right though in the final cutscene. For the zoned out Noah only a few seconds at best had passed between witnessing the two worlds collide and Origin kicking in restoring the world to its former state. The memories of Aionios only being a hazy silhouette like Mio described in her final diary entry. It is speculated that everyone still has memories of Aionios lingering inside them waiting to surface once more, maybe as a strange dream, or a deja-vu like moment. Though I don't know if Noah hearing the off-seer tune in the end is a memory that surfaced for him, or has to do with the final cutscene of the DLC Story. It was a pleasure experiencing the main game through your eyes! I watched a lot of lore/explantion videos after I finished the game and I really have missed a lot of subtext when I was playing it myself, really loved to see you pick up on a lot of details and your theorycrafting.
“I am NOT okay” Is anyone ever after playing this game? :,) That cutscene where the worlds begin to drift apart with that song gets to me every time. You’ve spent just about every hour of the game with these characters, watched as they went from enemies to allies, to friends, to even more, growing stronger all the while. And when that cutscene hits, much like the characters as they sprint towards each other, you feel a similar pain in your heart that they feel; you don’t want them to part, you may even want to go back to when they were together traveling the world. And yet in that moment, you too are Moebius, wishing for that endless now. I love this game. This game was my first foray into the Xenoblade Chronicles ride, and as such I have shifted to playing from the beginning in XC1, and will continue all the way up through Torna before getting into Future Redeemed. That said, enjoy your journey into the DLC!
3:25:18 I love how Eunie calls Taion her fourth best bud. 😂 Cause remember, she loves fortune clovers (four-leaf lucky clovers) so she’s essentially saying Taion is her lucky clover. ❤😢 I adored this whole game! I can’t wait to see your reaction to the DLC!!
It was an honor to follow your adventure. There are a few pieces of art in this world that are strong enough to touch our very souls. And it is always a life changing experience. I think everyone who has gone through Xenoblade 3 will carry something from it with them for all their lives. Something that makes them a little better, and makes their world a little richer.
Your Alvis XB1 rant actually does make a lot of sense. The moebius feeding on the lives of the soldiers is totally a parallel to Zanza doing the same to the poeple of the Bionis. It also has some ties to Gnosticism. Gnosticism believes that ever person has a little piece of God in them, a spark of creation that makes them a person. And what do they call the life energy that spills out of people when they die in xenoblade 3. Sparks. Moebius are literally feeding on the little bit of divinity in each person over and over and over again.
Mobius S is really tragic when you consider that she never got that do over she wanted. Shania never got a chance to be reborn and live in the colonies as a soldier. Just immediately into being a Mobius.
The good news for her is that in the new world, when City people are eventually reborn due to their lives being saved in Origin, Shania will have the chance to be the painter she always wanted to be. Same with other Citizens whose dreams were on hold due to the war with Moebius in Aionios.
I never quite connected with Shania my first time through but seeing her story again she really is one of the best characters in this game narratively, truly exemplifying the state of the game's world and it's themes
What I love about this game, is that every time I go back to it, I am grown a bit more, to where I understand a new part of living. I am afraid to admit, I am not very good at understanding a lot of things, but this game keeps on teaching me. Lanz quest is the one that hits me hard now, the one I can finally understand. Such a beautiful message.
Thank you for posting one of the most impassioned and thoughtful playthroughs of this game I've seen. The way you connected with the themes and emotions of the story was very raw and genuine. I know you started this playthrough series saying that you feel you left a lot unsaid and weren't happy with how you held back at the time of streaming, and it is noticeable at times. But since you brought attention to it at the start, it makes those moments I noticed really powerful upon viewing it in this format. The desire to speak, but hesitating is very honest in its own way. I look forward to seeing you experience the absolute fanservice that is Future Redeemed.
Watching your playthrough has been amazing. My wife and I have watched every chapter together as soon as you upload them! We love how deeply you care about this world and its characters just like we do. Can’t wait for the DLC!
Yeah that Melia ascension quest. Holy shit. The Nia one was very sweet and I shed a tear or two, but Melia's one made me bawl my eyes out. Best quest in the game for that alone.
Such an emotional roll coaster of a game. I agree best overall cast, I think it is because you have the full six so early on and allowing the game to keep building on them.
I was like aww you never met Segiri? So I was very excited when you left the point of no return to go quest it up. Also insane self control to not mature Ethel, you may be the only one lol
You finishing Shania's sidequest and then coming out with being burned out and feeling like everything is pointless just about sums up the last two years for me, suspiciously starting near the time I played through this game. This past year in particular has had a few things that are each individually life-changing (reframing your entire life/identity) or rebirthing in a sort of way, but it's still there, ebbing and flowing. I hope you at least have someone who's deeply important to you for ongoing help and joy because it's been a wild time without anyone.
Felicidades por haber terminado esta obra de arte, estuve viendo tu viaje desde tu primer video pero no solia comentar mucho jeje. Otra vez muchas felicidades 🎉
21:55 This is funny because V was the Consul who mocked one soldier when she apologized before dying (I don't remember exactly when it was, it was when the two consuls were playing a chess game with the colonies).
Hello from France. I watched your videos on the Xenoblade trilogy and i saw your sincerity et your passion. Thanks for sharing your moment with these games. :)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is my favorite game in the series now. I'm glad you enjoyed it despite the emotional knife-twisting in the later chapters. After hearing some of your theories, I'm looking forward to watching you experience Future Redeemed.
Did I just finish an almost 4h video, yes. Will I go and watch her XC1 ending reaction right now, also yes! Love this games and love your reactions to it!
Just wanted to say I’ve watched each video of this series and your other Xenoblade series too. I’m so happy you enjoyed your time with it and Xenoblade as a whole!
This game is filled to the brim with meaning. And its message of hope and freedom is something that resonates with everyone. ❤️ Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
I never thought of Lanz as the "big dumb muscular character" that much. Sure, he fits the trope, but he is much deeper and much less fun than for example Reyn. I think, he has a lot of baggage and thoughts which we do not see in characters of this trope often. I really liked him.
Saying the villain is full of himself is kinda awkward when the villain in question is literally the manifestation of the collective fear and regret of humankind. That just means humans in general are cringe... Calling Z full of himself and unoriginal implies he has any real personality of his own in the first place. Guy isn't a real person, he is the raw emotion of collective humankind unintentionally resonating with the big reality-warping death star, causing their most innocent and primal desires to manifest to unfortunate extremes. Freezing the world, making an endless war just to provide empty purpose to its residents, treating tumultuous lives as "amusement", all of it is just the sum total of average human feelings without rationality or depth. It's unoriginal precisely because you're just looking at a giant purple-foggy echo chamber in the vague shape of a person. Talking to Z is useless because he lacks the mental capacity to truly consider your point of view...only moebius can understand and reject moebius, which made Noah and Mio's acceptance of and fusion with their other selves pivotal in concluding the endless now.
Exactly, he’s fundamentally the manifestation of the negative half of the collective unconscious. That’s why he’s so pathetic, he’s every pathetic impulse we as humans inherently have the power to rise past collected in a vague haze. This game took the ideas of a game like Persona 5 and did it actually right- its events not fundamentally contradicting themselves for the sake of a thematic point that actually makes sense.
This game got me very emotional, and it’s incredible how a lot of us hated Tion at the beginning of the game, and in the end you love it, all the cast, is amazing, you feel that connection with all of ‘em and that’s something difficult to do, the fan service of Xeno 1 and 2 was cool too, But overall this game pushed me to do things I’ve never done before, (st*pid as it sounds) all this game talking about the future, your friends, being stuck in the past, all the regret someone can have, or being in “the endless now” (the comfort zone without changes), find you calling, move to future, and all the final lines of Noah, about run stray, cry in frustration, but choosing our path and walk on! This game is one of my Top 10 for sure! The animation on scenes, voice acting, and music! The music! Oh god! 10/10
The entire team at MonolithSoft created something very special and very magical with the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise that is still amazing that the first Xenoblade game became the greatest JRPG of its generation and also help revitalize the JRPG genre when it first released and lead to this incredible story-driven trilogy. Better than modern Final Fantasy! We’ve come a long way since the Operation Rainfall fan campaign. Even after so many past projects from Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Baten Kaitos, it was Xenoblade Chronicles that shined a bright light at MonolithSoft and help them create a franchise that has garnered mainstream success and appeal, that they are satisfied with, and feel compelled and confident to further challenge themselves into what new stories to tell and new ideas and inspirations they can make in their future projects they are working on next. Each game has some powerful plot twisting moments and emotional endings that MonolithSoft probably did not know would literally have fans crying during those moments.
Xenoblade is like one of the only series that pulled off having continuity between games but each game having an entirely original cast and story that doesn't require playing any other game to understand. That's super impressive.
Thanks a lot for these videos, I love watching your reactions and we can see the work that goes behind. I'm juste sad I didn't get to see your reaction to Melia's XB1 flashback haha
just in case someone else hasn't already told you a running joke in Luxins video's is he will frame a bit of him going to play Xenoblade 3, and being confused when he opens the case to see a slip of paper simply saying 'social commentary' and being confused at what that's doing there since its always been there~
When I first finished playing this game I also felt "incomplete". I knew I played a good game with a very powerful theme, but I wanted answers like something to link the previous two games to this game in a very fundamental way. In such a way, that would make me say "Yes, this is Xenoblade 3, the end of the Xenoblade trilogy". I mean seeing Melia and Nia and playing their side quests was a little snippit to that. In the end, it was the DLC that gave me the closure that I wanted since it provided me the answers I was looking for. Hopefully, you got that same/similar feeling after playing the DLC. :)
31:49 One of them should have worn Miyabi's Outfit in this conversation, so the legendary "Spoony Bard" remark would have hung in the air, albeit being the wrong franchise....but spoon...err, I mean, still....
I got so unsettled when her hair suddenly turned black right as she went in for the final boss... Like... oh... so this is what this game did to you huh.... This is kind of a me thing I suppose, but what you said right before entering Keves Castle, about games that you feel you are meant to play at this moment of your life ? For me right now, that is the upcoming Metaphor ReFantazio. I'm not going to say anything about it, but it's made by Atlus' Studio Zero team, which is helmed by former Persona veterans. The themes... resonate with me a lot, just like Xenoblade 3 did. This is a game that I know will change my life. I wonder if you would want to play it ? I think it's the kind of story that would resonate with you a lot, just like Xenoblade.
I'll be honest even before FR and the art book interview it takes a lot of reading into subtext to understand the story and especially the ending, but it *can* definitely be mostly understood just from playing the base game, it's just hard. If you still don't quite understand, I recommend Luxin's videos on the game, all of them tbh. The GOAT was getting things right before the art book, and FR confirmed them, and no one believed him, lol
Hi Violet, I came across your channel from your God of War playthrough. I wanted to know if you've played the sequel Ragnarok or if you will be playing it and posting your reaction to the story.
You know, it's very ironic how Shania, who wanted to die and become a part of the cycle to forget her old, shitty life ended up becoming Moebius, a being who is immortal and retains all their previous lives' memories. She wanted to help and maintain the system governing the world, and even then, she was betrayed by it. BUT THIS GAME TOTALLY ISN'T POLITICAL, AMIRITE????
Anyone who thinks Moebius isn't a representation of something in real life completely missed all the obvious overtones lmao. The artbook even confirms that Moebius is a representation of evil powerful people in the real world.
From what people have written here, she played XC2, but this lack of any reaction is just odd - you get the impression that she completely doesn't recognise Poppi or the people in the picture.
@@Dr.FarewellBecause the lore of the Trinity Processor is from 2. 😂 And she'll miss half the characterization of the FR party, nanmely Rex, Linka, and Glimmer.
3:25:16 I will always love that Eunie actually gives Taion the highest honor here, and he's just too much of a lovable idiot, and it goes right over his head ahahaha! For anyone that is confused - Eunie's whole thing is that she loves Fourtune Clovers. 4th is her #1 😜
I can somewhat understand your comparison to capitalism in some of the cutscenes. But you can't really keep using that term without acknowledging that you are currently playing this piece of media through the means of capitalism(buying the game, playing on stream with the means of allowing people to pay you donations). It's the people that run the system that can be corrupt. Not the system itself.
One thing I can give this series hard credit is making the Nopons work as a mascot... Like way back XB1, they're just weird creatures and stuff, XB2 didn't helped with Tora's fetish but XB3 not only gave us the CHADDEST Nopon of all time but a sweetheart like Manana as well..
Chapter 7 spoilers below if you haven't finished the video! Xenoblade fans had speculated that the worlds of 1 and 2 might have combined at the end of their stories, but it turned out to be a bad thing. Origin was made as a kind of "restore point" to recreate the world after its destruction. The problem is, in order for this idea to work, everyone has to die. The worlds exploding was part of the plan, but nobody wanted to die. That fear was aboard Origin with everything else, and it coalesced into Moebius. Z used Origin to stop time, thinking that he was preventing the worlds' destruction. Much like Interlinking, though, keeping the worlds frozen together was dangerous, hence the annihilation events. We find out at the end that the worlds would pass each other harmlessly if time were allowed to continue. In their efforts to save the world, Moebius were actually destroying it. The final boss fight used a lot of cool ideas (splitting up the party, involving the heroes and queens, etc.), making it a really lengthy gauntlet, but I like how it ends. Chapters 5 & 6 showed us hope, took it away, and gave it back again; but it wasn't really a happy ending. I feel like Chapter 7 gave closure to most everyone, even M and N. Sorry for the wall of text, but this chapter is loaded with juicy lore, and I enjoy theorizing.
She hasn't played XC2, she doesn't know who is who. A while ago I saw a stream of another girl who in turn was playing XC2 without knowing XC1 - suddenly chapter 10 comes on, and instead of a jaw dropping.... I see a total lack of understanding of what is happening on screen. I have no idea why people are playing the Xenoblade trilogy so weirdly, it doesn't make any sense.
@@mikemeyers400 She absolutely has played XB2. If you watch any of her other videos, she literally references the game. She hasn't uploaded her VODS or edits to it, but she has absolutely played. Maybe not everyone resonates with a game in the same way and that is perfectly okay. I didn't cry or get emotional either when I saw Poppy. I was present for her livestreams, which is how I know she has played.
@@monolithsoft_guy I was curious about her opinion on it too and tried looking for any breadcrumbs I could find that she posted about. Only thing I found was a tweet where she says it's the worst game she ever played. Fairly recent tweet from 2023 too. So, safe to say she didn't enjoy it a lot. No reasons given or anything. Without throwing any shade, guessing from her commentary on XC3, she probably didn't like the cast, at all. Be it art style, designs, cliché scenes or the heteronormativity which she also criticized in this game. Ultimately it's probably a mix of a lot of factors
@@mikemeyers400 Yeah, that's a bit sad. XB3 somewhat works by itself, but Future Redeemed really is a love letter to XB2. I hope she reconsiders which Xenoblade she starts next.
@@mikemeyers400 Please stop spreading misinfo in the comments. She absolutely has played. You are making assumptions. She literally has referenced the game in her other videos in the XB3 series.
@@kay_rpg01 It was not my intention to mislead anyone. I concluded from the lack of any reaction to the scenes related to XC2 that she had no idea who Poppy and the people in the picture were.
I gather from your reactions that you probably haven't played XC2? No reaction at all to Poppi and the photo with Rex? It's a shame because it's a great game and a wonderful story, understanding Future Redeemed without knowing XC2 will be virtually.... impossible. You will miss out on a lot of content and a lot of plot connections, you won't be able to connect it to anything, where there should be emotion, you'll only get confusion. It is impossible to understand this trilogy in full without skipping a third of the entire story.
She did play Xenoblade 2. Not everyone resonates the same with a game. I didn't get emotional to any of the XB2 references either. She doesn't have an edit for the playthru or her VODS uploaded, but she has played - I was there for the livestreams.
I can't help but think it's a bit disheartening that you didn't play Xenoblade 2 before this one. It explains your complete non-reaction to two things in the final cutscene that otherwise would have made you explode from joy and surprise. I don't know what reason you had for skipping Xenoblade 2, but Xenoblade X aside, I consider Xenoblade 2 the best one among the trilogy and because of the mostly self-contained story it tells, I'd urge you to go back to it despite having finished XB3 already. Fwiw, the XB3-DLC "Future Redeemed" will fall very flat for you without knowing XB2. Pls consider this well-meant advice, not some sort of attack. Ultimately, you decide what you want to play. I can only say again: Give Xenoblade 2 a chance. It has all the emotions and drama that made you like XB3, too. Have a nice day!
For me personally XC2 is the best from the whole trilogy. When I sometimes see the things people write about XC2 on Reddit or the forums, it literally breaks my heart - after all, this is a beautiful and very emotional story! There is no point in playing FR without knowing all 3 games!
@@mikemeyers400 Agreed (XBX aside, that's my overall favorite Xenoblade)! I even made a video about the permanent attacks against its rare pervy humor scenes, because it annoyed me how some people dismiss the whole game because of those. I''ve replayed the game so many times and while I prefer XB3's dark theme of death and souls, XB2 has more emotional breadth and more diverse party members who bring different stories to the experience. All Xenoblade-games are great, really, so I'm always confused and saddened when people fight.
@@monolithsoft_guy Every game from the XB series has been an amazing experience, but only at the end of XC2 I cried like a baby - me, a 40-year-old guy. This game has the best story, the best twists and turns, the best antagonists.... and the most shades of grey. Who is really the bad guy here? And for someone who played XC1, chapter 10 in XC2 is just jaw dropping, I saw very emotional reactions from many people when they realised what it was really about....
She did play XB2. If you watch any of her other videos, she literally references the game. She hasn't uploaded her VODS or edits to it, but she has absolutely played. I was present for her livestreams of it.
It's funny to think that Ghondor is unknowingly standing next to her greatgreatgreat grandparents. Note that both Ghondor and Shania act very differently in the Japanese version. What we know is that the souls are not wasted, some might not be reborn in Z's world, but they DO return when the flow of time continues _(Joran returns)_ But what about all those new lives/souls not "Recorded in Origin" _(They probably come back as they die the same way as Mobius)_ Z's world is complete and over the top Totalitarian (Bleak looking). "A"s world is complete and over the top Totalitarian (Nice looking) A similar depiction is used in *Tales of Arise,* showing various forms of oppression, sometimes you don't know you're nothing but a slave to something. The problem I had with the story is that the Vandham bloodline comes from Nia's world. Not from Melia's world. It could just have been a name-drop. Some people think that THIS saga was actually a prequel to the other Xeno games. Which would make no sense because, for instance, in Chronicles 2 Klaus talks about that world, and "A" shows it in Future redeemed, and Chronicles X flees from that world.
Vandham exists in Melia's world, too. They just translated his name differently. A certain charming fellow with a majestic mustache shares the name in Japanese.
i'll probably edit this comment but i still want to pin something since this is the end of base game. some side content was completed off stream in my own time. incredible game. DLC is next.
I’ve been watching this series all throughout my senior year in high school and now I get to see the finale sitting in my dorm room in college! You are my favorite person I’ve seen play this game and I can’t wait to see you play the DLC 💖
You should not play the dlc before playing 2
@@diegom8619 Absolutely. I don't know why people are so averse to XC2, after all it's a great game, my favourite of the whole trilogy.
@@mikemeyers400I only watched the cutscenes for that game. I love the story, but the blade summoning system, the way it can be wirdly mysoginistic at times (imo), and the awkward dialogue put me off. Still the main story is rly well done and the characters are great
@@diegom8619 She already played XB2. She just doesn't have an edit compliation.
This game is very existential. But it has a duality. It's not just saying that life is merciless and nothing is guranteed, it's saying that we should hope and fight for that hope because that's what gives our lives meaning and even if things don't work out, give yourself grace. At least you tried, and you can pass your wish onto others. That fear for the future is something we all have to grapple with day by day. It's scary, and it can lead us astray, but if we stay the course, we can overcome it. A true culmination of what the series has always been saying. It can be cruel, it can be painful but ultimately in with all the pain this game contains a gift, from it's developers to us, the audience. I'm so glad it exists.
What Melia said to the party, "This world is yours" is the same thing Meyneth told everyone in Xenoblade 1.
And Nia's line about "walking hand-in-hand again" is a direct reference to what Alvis says at the end of XBC1. The future he saw did come to pass. 😊
I just noticed there's one of the main cast in each thumbnail
I binged all your reactions and was waiting for this lol. Cant wait for the DLC content!
This is my favorite media franchise that I've ever come across in my three decades. I discovered Xenoblade Chronicles in 2015. I am not a JRPG player, I've tried some of the other big titles like Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts and they couldn't get through to me. Somehow this game did. It did in such a big way. It became a huge part of my worldview and my outlook of life going forward, it made me who I am today. I owe so much to this series for the adventure it took me on, and I've tried to repay it by sharing the artistry and emotion of Xenoblade with people around me. However, it is -such- an enormous undertaking to get through this series and reap the rewards waiting at the end of this long journey. It's not for everyone. My experience with Xenoblade has been something I've carried alone with me for almost a decade now, and I've really only been able to make the connection to others through streams like this.
I have watched so many streamers and creators explore these games and uncover the magic within, and, Violet, I am -so- happy to have seen someone with such unbridled, unfiltered love for Xenoblade go through these titles and resonate with them and more importantly, SHARE THAT LOVE WITH THE WORLD. I've watched every episode and it has been such a catharsis to see your heart and soul pour out through these games. You can only experience these games for the first time once, and I'm not a streamer or anything, but I wish I could go back and see my first steps through these worlds again and relive those feelings outside of my memories.
Watching your streams has been the closest I could come, and it brought me such a deep catharsis. So I wanted to tell you "thank you" for sharing this with everyone on the internet. Thank you so much. :)
After the death of The Architect and Zanza the worlds slowly began to drift together again, now that the person who originally split it into two was dealt with and the people in each world seized their own destiny. Obviously each world detected this and thus a way was found to communicate beyond the barriers that seperate each pocket dimension, which they called "light".
Since each dimension is basically made out of opposing matter, once they collide, they will cancel each other out becoming nothingness. Which is why each universe coordinated to build one half of Origin, to store every bit of data of their respective worlds inside of it and basically reboot both dimensions after they crash together.
Everyone's fear and uncertainty if the plan will work out was what birthed Z, who seized Origin amalgamating a "virtual world" where the souls of every living being was trapped in an "endless now". Though there were countless individuals along the thousands of years who began to oppose the will of Mobius, be it the city folks basically new life never recorded in Origin, or the countless reincarnations of Noah und Mio, I'd even wager that like with Eunie, that even Crys had some memories seep back after being reborn in a cradle. The system was not perfect, but as long as the Consults could snuff out the flames of soldiers that became "problematic" or even Z making them join his ranks, everything could continue as he wanted.
In the end Z was nothing more than the natural fear of change that everyone harbours. Thus you assumption was correct that Z was in reality pretty weak, aside from being an administrator in Origin of course, but aside from that he only embodies the fear of what would happen if Origin activates and fails to properly restore each universe. (Of course that only scratches the surface of everything)
You are right though in the final cutscene. For the zoned out Noah only a few seconds at best had passed between witnessing the two worlds collide and Origin kicking in restoring the world to its former state. The memories of Aionios only being a hazy silhouette like Mio described in her final diary entry. It is speculated that everyone still has memories of Aionios lingering inside them waiting to surface once more, maybe as a strange dream, or a deja-vu like moment. Though I don't know if Noah hearing the off-seer tune in the end is a memory that surfaced for him, or has to do with the final cutscene of the DLC Story.
It was a pleasure experiencing the main game through your eyes! I watched a lot of lore/explantion videos after I finished the game and I really have missed a lot of subtext when I was playing it myself, really loved to see you pick up on a lot of details and your theorycrafting.
“I am NOT okay”
Is anyone ever after playing this game? :,)
That cutscene where the worlds begin to drift apart with that song gets to me every time. You’ve spent just about every hour of the game with these characters, watched as they went from enemies to allies, to friends, to even more, growing stronger all the while. And when that cutscene hits, much like the characters as they sprint towards each other, you feel a similar pain in your heart that they feel; you don’t want them to part, you may even want to go back to when they were together traveling the world. And yet in that moment, you too are Moebius, wishing for that endless now.
I love this game.
This game was my first foray into the Xenoblade Chronicles ride, and as such I have shifted to playing from the beginning in XC1, and will continue all the way up through Torna before getting into Future Redeemed. That said, enjoy your journey into the DLC!
3:25:18 I love how Eunie calls Taion her fourth best bud. 😂 Cause remember, she loves fortune clovers (four-leaf lucky clovers) so she’s essentially saying Taion is her lucky clover. ❤😢 I adored this whole game!
I can’t wait to see your reaction to the DLC!!
He is her clover. Her c-LOVER!
I just realized this now. Ahhhhh
It was an honor to follow your adventure. There are a few pieces of art in this world that are strong enough to touch our very souls. And it is always a life changing experience. I think everyone who has gone through Xenoblade 3 will carry something from it with them for all their lives. Something that makes them a little better, and makes their world a little richer.
Your Alvis XB1 rant actually does make a lot of sense. The moebius feeding on the lives of the soldiers is totally a parallel to Zanza doing the same to the poeple of the Bionis. It also has some ties to Gnosticism. Gnosticism believes that ever person has a little piece of God in them, a spark of creation that makes them a person. And what do they call the life energy that spills out of people when they die in xenoblade 3. Sparks. Moebius are literally feeding on the little bit of divinity in each person over and over and over again.
Mobius S is really tragic when you consider that she never got that do over she wanted. Shania never got a chance to be reborn and live in the colonies as a soldier. Just immediately into being a Mobius.
The good news for her is that in the new world, when City people are eventually reborn due to their lives being saved in Origin, Shania will have the chance to be the painter she always wanted to be. Same with other Citizens whose dreams were on hold due to the war with Moebius in Aionios.
I never quite connected with Shania my first time through but seeing her story again she really is one of the best characters in this game narratively, truly exemplifying the state of the game's world and it's themes
What I love about this game, is that every time I go back to it, I am grown a bit more, to where I understand a new part of living. I am afraid to admit, I am not very good at understanding a lot of things, but this game keeps on teaching me. Lanz quest is the one that hits me hard now, the one I can finally understand. Such a beautiful message.
Thank you for posting one of the most impassioned and thoughtful playthroughs of this game I've seen. The way you connected with the themes and emotions of the story was very raw and genuine. I know you started this playthrough series saying that you feel you left a lot unsaid and weren't happy with how you held back at the time of streaming, and it is noticeable at times. But since you brought attention to it at the start, it makes those moments I noticed really powerful upon viewing it in this format. The desire to speak, but hesitating is very honest in its own way. I look forward to seeing you experience the absolute fanservice that is Future Redeemed.
Watching your playthrough has been amazing. My wife and I have watched every chapter together as soon as you upload them!
We love how deeply you care about this world and its characters just like we do. Can’t wait for the DLC!
This was such a lovely journey to watch you play live on stream and I always love reliving the moment through your videos!!!
Yeah that Melia ascension quest. Holy shit. The Nia one was very sweet and I shed a tear or two, but Melia's one made me bawl my eyes out. Best quest in the game for that alone.
Such an emotional roll coaster of a game. I agree best overall cast, I think it is because you have the full six so early on and allowing the game to keep building on them.
I was like aww you never met Segiri? So I was very excited when you left the point of no return to go quest it up.
Also insane self control to not mature Ethel, you may be the only one lol
Echo Six was another creator who chose not to age Ethel. He has interesting reasons.
I needed to make Noah OP, so Ethel got no childhood.
You finishing Shania's sidequest and then coming out with being burned out and feeling like everything is pointless just about sums up the last two years for me, suspiciously starting near the time I played through this game. This past year in particular has had a few things that are each individually life-changing (reframing your entire life/identity) or rebirthing in a sort of way, but it's still there, ebbing and flowing. I hope you at least have someone who's deeply important to you for ongoing help and joy because it's been a wild time without anyone.
I absolutely LOVED seeing your reactions to this game!! I can’t wait to see your reaction to the DLC!
Felicidades por haber terminado esta obra de arte, estuve viendo tu viaje desde tu primer video pero no solia comentar mucho jeje. Otra vez muchas felicidades 🎉
Thank you so much for playing and sharing!!
21:55 This is funny because V was the Consul who mocked one soldier when she apologized before dying (I don't remember exactly when it was, it was when the two consuls were playing a chess game with the colonies).
I noticed that too.
V was a fool😂
Oh boy, am I ever looking forward to this. This dropped with the most perfect timing for me!!
That jump from Eunie’s side story to Tempapa judging Manana’s cooking had so much whiplash.
Hello from France. I watched your videos on the Xenoblade trilogy and i saw your sincerity et your passion. Thanks for sharing your moment with these games. :)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is my favorite game in the series now. I'm glad you enjoyed it despite the emotional knife-twisting in the later chapters. After hearing some of your theories, I'm looking forward to watching you experience Future Redeemed.
Did I just finish an almost 4h video, yes.
Will I go and watch her XC1 ending reaction right now, also yes!
Love this games and love your reactions to it!
Just wanted to say I’ve watched each video of this series and your other Xenoblade series too. I’m so happy you enjoyed your time with it and Xenoblade as a whole!
This game is filled to the brim with meaning. And its message of hope and freedom is something that resonates with everyone. ❤️ Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
18:42 The world doesn’t just vanish just because you’ve closed your eyes.
This final chapter made me cry a lot more than chapter 5 😢
I never thought of Lanz as the "big dumb muscular character" that much. Sure, he fits the trope, but he is much deeper and much less fun than for example Reyn. I think, he has a lot of baggage and thoughts which we do not see in characters of this trope often. I really liked him.
waited so patiently for this one u.u thank youuu
Glad to see this journey play out!!
Saying the villain is full of himself is kinda awkward when the villain in question is literally the manifestation of the collective fear and regret of humankind.
That just means humans in general are cringe...
Calling Z full of himself and unoriginal implies he has any real personality of his own in the first place. Guy isn't a real person, he is the raw emotion of collective humankind unintentionally resonating with the big reality-warping death star, causing their most innocent and primal desires to manifest to unfortunate extremes. Freezing the world, making an endless war just to provide empty purpose to its residents, treating tumultuous lives as "amusement", all of it is just the sum total of average human feelings without rationality or depth. It's unoriginal precisely because you're just looking at a giant purple-foggy echo chamber in the vague shape of a person. Talking to Z is useless because he lacks the mental capacity to truly consider your point of view...only moebius can understand and reject moebius, which made Noah and Mio's acceptance of and fusion with their other selves pivotal in concluding the endless now.
Exactly, he’s fundamentally the manifestation of the negative half of the collective unconscious. That’s why he’s so pathetic, he’s every pathetic impulse we as humans inherently have the power to rise past collected in a vague haze. This game took the ideas of a game like Persona 5 and did it actually right- its events not fundamentally contradicting themselves for the sake of a thematic point that actually makes sense.
That Shania "side quest" didn't need to go that hard 😭
1:50:16 "Don't you do that to me Xenoblade, I haven't fought A yet" Just wait and see...
This game got me very emotional, and it’s incredible how a lot of us hated Tion at the beginning of the game, and in the end you love it, all the cast, is amazing, you feel that connection with all of ‘em and that’s something difficult to do, the fan service of Xeno 1 and 2 was cool too,
But overall this game pushed me to do things I’ve never done before, (st*pid as it sounds) all this game talking about the future, your friends, being stuck in the past, all the regret someone can have, or being in “the endless now” (the comfort zone without changes), find you calling, move to future, and all the final lines of Noah, about run stray, cry in frustration, but choosing our path and walk on!
This game is one of my Top 10 for sure! The animation on scenes, voice acting, and music! The music! Oh god! 10/10
The entire team at MonolithSoft created something very special and very magical with the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise that is still amazing that the first Xenoblade game became the greatest JRPG of its generation and also help revitalize the JRPG genre when it first released and lead to this incredible story-driven trilogy. Better than modern Final Fantasy! We’ve come a long way since the Operation Rainfall fan campaign. Even after so many past projects from Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Baten Kaitos, it was Xenoblade Chronicles that shined a bright light at MonolithSoft and help them create a franchise that has garnered mainstream success and appeal, that they are satisfied with, and feel compelled and confident to further challenge themselves into what new stories to tell and new ideas and inspirations they can make in their future projects they are working on next. Each game has some powerful plot twisting moments and emotional endings that MonolithSoft probably did not know would literally have fans crying during those moments.
Xenoblade is like one of the only series that pulled off having continuity between games but each game having an entirely original cast and story that doesn't require playing any other game to understand. That's super impressive.
Thanks a lot for these videos, I love watching your reactions and we can see the work that goes behind.
I'm juste sad I didn't get to see your reaction to Melia's XB1 flashback haha
I love Shania's story!
Your reactions have been my favorite, time for the final chapter
just in case someone else hasn't already told you
a running joke in Luxins video's is he will frame a bit of him going to play Xenoblade 3, and being confused when he opens the case to see a slip of paper simply saying 'social commentary' and being confused at what that's doing there
since its always been there~
19:58 "Hope for the Future" raises its glorious head up once more ❤🎶
Watching this while driving was a mistake because I was bawling my eyes out during the Sena side story.
When I first finished playing this game I also felt "incomplete". I knew I played a good game with a very powerful theme, but I wanted answers like something to link the previous two games to this game in a very fundamental way. In such a way, that would make me say "Yes, this is Xenoblade 3, the end of the Xenoblade trilogy". I mean seeing Melia and Nia and playing their side quests was a little snippit to that. In the end, it was the DLC that gave me the closure that I wanted since it provided me the answers I was looking for. Hopefully, you got that same/similar feeling after playing the DLC. :)
Another great video. Thanks for sharing
7:00 THAT theme starting to play hits EXTRA hard nowadays 😭❤
I had been waiting for this video and RUclips hid it from me until the X trailer came out.
1:45:21 "So just let me exist in this moment"
"Oh ye, who flows in the current..."
that picture of Nia Broken my hearth and Poppy surprice kill my soul 😭 I love Xenoblade 2, Xenoblade 3 and Xenoblade 1 just I LOVE MONOLITH SOFT
3:27:23 REX!!! Way to go, my dude!
2:55:30 you skipped Lanz’s best line! Wow there’s so much in this game
1:11:11 Oh yeah, "Chain Attack" OST, always a good way to get out of a Life Crisis 😁
46:56 And here we are, witnessing the TRUE villain of Xenoblade Chronicles 3
1:06:12 *Noah twirling the flute with his fingers like a pencil in High school in the background*
Come on come on comeon, can i toot yet?
3:04:17 Legendary dialogue be forever legendary
3:26:16 I will never get tired to see this. Noah and Mio are just perfect together.❤❤❤
11:14 That “Peww” is my favorite 😂😂😂
I'm pretty sure Eunie was the one that said get wrecked, not Melia 🤣
31:49 One of them should have worn Miyabi's Outfit in this conversation, so the legendary "Spoony Bard" remark would have hung in the air, albeit being the wrong franchise....but spoon...err, I mean, still....
2:32:45 Confirmed, Ghondor is a "Space Quest" fan
The saddest thing about this game is that it ends.
Well if it didn't end it'd kinda ruin the whole thing it has against endless nows...
Meanwhile NG+...
Sounds like the endless now. Be careful what you wish for lol
3:11:12 Aahhhww the sheer excitement there 😁
I got so unsettled when her hair suddenly turned black right as she went in for the final boss... Like... oh... so this is what this game did to you huh....
This is kind of a me thing I suppose, but what you said right before entering Keves Castle, about games that you feel you are meant to play at this moment of your life ? For me right now, that is the upcoming Metaphor ReFantazio. I'm not going to say anything about it, but it's made by Atlus' Studio Zero team, which is helmed by former Persona veterans. The themes... resonate with me a lot, just like Xenoblade 3 did. This is a game that I know will change my life.
I wonder if you would want to play it ? I think it's the kind of story that would resonate with you a lot, just like Xenoblade.
I'll be honest even before FR and the art book interview it takes a lot of reading into subtext to understand the story and especially the ending, but it *can* definitely be mostly understood just from playing the base game, it's just hard.
If you still don't quite understand, I recommend Luxin's videos on the game, all of them tbh. The GOAT was getting things right before the art book, and FR confirmed them, and no one believed him, lol
14:06 And this is Why We Love Eunie ❤
a shame melias acension quest isnt here i would love to see your reaction to it
Hi Violet, I came across your channel from your God of War playthrough. I wanted to know if you've played the sequel Ragnarok or if you will be playing it and posting your reaction to the story.
she has played ragnarok and will be doing a video on it.
3:10:14 My favorite Möbius is finally here
The ending made me ugly cry for like 5 minutes.
03/27/22 Rex Picture.
2:36:14 NICE!
Now play Nier Automata: a game that destroys your soul but still makes you want to come back for more.
2:44:20 Bolearis Giga Chad Scene
1:20:16 “heteronormativity”? Care to elaborate?
From other times, she has made comments it sounds like she doesn't seem to like it when they show straight romance. To each their own as they say.
You know, it's very ironic how Shania, who wanted to die and become a part of the cycle to forget her old, shitty life ended up becoming Moebius, a being who is immortal and retains all their previous lives' memories.
She wanted to help and maintain the system governing the world, and even then, she was betrayed by it.
BUT THIS GAME TOTALLY ISN'T POLITICAL, AMIRITE????
Anyone who thinks Moebius isn't a representation of something in real life completely missed all the obvious overtones lmao. The artbook even confirms that Moebius is a representation of evil powerful people in the real world.
Not what people mean.
1:26:22 Now say THIS line 10 times in a row fast :D
3:27:16 Judging by your reaction, you haven't played XB2, or maybe you didn't like it? In both cases I recommend skipping the DLC.
From what people have written here, she played XC2, but this lack of any reaction is just odd - you get the impression that she completely doesn't recognise Poppi or the people in the picture.
Why would she skip it if she really enjoys 1&3? The DLC references 1 more than anything
There are clips of her playing it. That one has a lot of fanservice, and judging some of her reactions, that game was most likely not her cup of tea.
@@Dr.FarewellBecause the lore of the Trinity Processor is from 2. 😂 And she'll miss half the characterization of the FR party, nanmely Rex, Linka, and Glimmer.
1:20:17 lmao
Scrolling through the timeline, saw "best sidequest in the game" with Ghondor's face and thought "yesss jumbo tirkin time before getting disappointed
So... Thoughts on the XC2 party's family photo?
2:35 Torigoth :'(
3:25:16 I will always love that Eunie actually gives Taion the highest honor here, and he's just too much of a lovable idiot, and it goes right over his head ahahaha!
For anyone that is confused - Eunie's whole thing is that she loves Fourtune Clovers. 4th is her #1 😜
Crazy how this game LITERALLY takes place all in a single moment of time. Talk about taking your themes to the most logical extreme
DLCs when???????
I can somewhat understand your comparison to capitalism in some of the cutscenes. But you can't really keep using that term without acknowledging that you are currently playing this piece of media through the means of capitalism(buying the game, playing on stream with the means of allowing people to pay you donations). It's the people that run the system that can be corrupt. Not the system itself.
One thing I can give this series hard credit is making the Nopons work as a mascot... Like way back XB1, they're just weird creatures and stuff, XB2 didn't helped with Tora's fetish but XB3 not only gave us the CHADDEST Nopon of all time but a sweetheart like Manana as well..
Chapter 7 spoilers below if you haven't finished the video!
Xenoblade fans had speculated that the worlds of 1 and 2 might have combined at the end of their stories, but it turned out to be a bad thing. Origin was made as a kind of "restore point" to recreate the world after its destruction. The problem is, in order for this idea to work, everyone has to die. The worlds exploding was part of the plan, but nobody wanted to die. That fear was aboard Origin with everything else, and it coalesced into Moebius.
Z used Origin to stop time, thinking that he was preventing the worlds' destruction. Much like Interlinking, though, keeping the worlds frozen together was dangerous, hence the annihilation events. We find out at the end that the worlds would pass each other harmlessly if time were allowed to continue. In their efforts to save the world, Moebius were actually destroying it.
The final boss fight used a lot of cool ideas (splitting up the party, involving the heroes and queens, etc.), making it a really lengthy gauntlet, but I like how it ends. Chapters 5 & 6 showed us hope, took it away, and gave it back again; but it wasn't really a happy ending. I feel like Chapter 7 gave closure to most everyone, even M and N. Sorry for the wall of text, but this chapter is loaded with juicy lore, and I enjoy theorizing.
Pretty tame reaction to Poppy, most streamers start bawling (if they aren't already at that point, haha).
Fun overall though!
She hasn't played XC2, she doesn't know who is who. A while ago I saw a stream of another girl who in turn was playing XC2 without knowing XC1 - suddenly chapter 10 comes on, and instead of a jaw dropping.... I see a total lack of understanding of what is happening on screen. I have no idea why people are playing the Xenoblade trilogy so weirdly, it doesn't make any sense.
@@mikemeyers400 She absolutely has played XB2. If you watch any of her other videos, she literally references the game. She hasn't uploaded her VODS or edits to it, but she has absolutely played. Maybe not everyone resonates with a game in the same way and that is perfectly okay. I didn't cry or get emotional either when I saw Poppy.
I was present for her livestreams, which is how I know she has played.
@@kay_rpg01So since you watched her livestreams: did she dislike XB2?
@@kay_rpg01Did she finish it?
@@monolithsoft_guy I was curious about her opinion on it too and tried looking for any breadcrumbs I could find that she posted about. Only thing I found was a tweet where she says it's the worst game she ever played. Fairly recent tweet from 2023 too. So, safe to say she didn't enjoy it a lot. No reasons given or anything.
Without throwing any shade, guessing from her commentary on XC3, she probably didn't like the cast, at all. Be it art style, designs, cliché scenes or the heteronormativity which she also criticized in this game. Ultimately it's probably a mix of a lot of factors
Fun fact, i bought this game, cause i spoiled myself the ending, just the part with Nia, Poppi, and the photo!
It's fascinating how calm you remained when Poppi appeared. I remember that In was almost screaming back then. 😅
She did not play in either XC2 or Torna. And in a moment she will start playing FR and won't understand half the plot connections. Really sad.
@@mikemeyers400 Yeah, that's a bit sad. XB3 somewhat works by itself, but Future Redeemed really is a love letter to XB2. I hope she reconsiders which Xenoblade she starts next.
@@monolithsoft_guy She should definitely play XC2, this game defends itself.
@@mikemeyers400 Please stop spreading misinfo in the comments. She absolutely has played. You are making assumptions. She literally has referenced the game in her other videos in the XB3 series.
@@kay_rpg01 It was not my intention to mislead anyone. I concluded from the lack of any reaction to the scenes related to XC2 that she had no idea who Poppy and the people in the picture were.
It's not without reason Nia is my favorite character in the franchise...
I gather from your reactions that you probably haven't played XC2? No reaction at all to Poppi and the photo with Rex? It's a shame because it's a great game and a wonderful story, understanding Future Redeemed without knowing XC2 will be virtually.... impossible. You will miss out on a lot of content and a lot of plot connections, you won't be able to connect it to anything, where there should be emotion, you'll only get confusion. It is impossible to understand this trilogy in full without skipping a third of the entire story.
She did play Xenoblade 2. Not everyone resonates the same with a game. I didn't get emotional to any of the XB2 references either. She doesn't have an edit for the playthru or her VODS uploaded, but she has played - I was there for the livestreams.
Right now, there's 113 comments on this video. 11 of them are you being upset that she didn't scream at the meme photo.
Chill, dude.
@@jediyoshi64 Meme photo aside
Zero reaction to Poppi? at all?
Impossible D:
I can't help but think it's a bit disheartening that you didn't play Xenoblade 2 before this one. It explains your complete non-reaction to two things in the final cutscene that otherwise would have made you explode from joy and surprise. I don't know what reason you had for skipping Xenoblade 2, but Xenoblade X aside, I consider Xenoblade 2 the best one among the trilogy and because of the mostly self-contained story it tells, I'd urge you to go back to it despite having finished XB3 already. Fwiw, the XB3-DLC "Future Redeemed" will fall very flat for you without knowing XB2.
Pls consider this well-meant advice, not some sort of attack. Ultimately, you decide what you want to play. I can only say again: Give Xenoblade 2 a chance. It has all the emotions and drama that made you like XB3, too. Have a nice day!
For me personally XC2 is the best from the whole trilogy. When I sometimes see the things people write about XC2 on Reddit or the forums, it literally breaks my heart - after all, this is a beautiful and very emotional story! There is no point in playing FR without knowing all 3 games!
@@mikemeyers400 Agreed (XBX aside, that's my overall favorite Xenoblade)! I even made a video about the permanent attacks against its rare pervy humor scenes, because it annoyed me how some people dismiss the whole game because of those. I''ve replayed the game so many times and while I prefer XB3's dark theme of death and souls, XB2 has more emotional breadth and more diverse party members who bring different stories to the experience. All Xenoblade-games are great, really, so I'm always confused and saddened when people fight.
@@monolithsoft_guy Every game from the XB series has been an amazing experience, but only at the end of XC2 I cried like a baby - me, a 40-year-old guy. This game has the best story, the best twists and turns, the best antagonists.... and the most shades of grey. Who is really the bad guy here? And for someone who played XC1, chapter 10 in XC2 is just jaw dropping, I saw very emotional reactions from many people when they realised what it was really about....
she did play xenoblade 2
She did play XB2. If you watch any of her other videos, she literally references the game. She hasn't uploaded her VODS or edits to it, but she has absolutely played. I was present for her livestreams of it.
It's funny to think that Ghondor is unknowingly standing next to her greatgreatgreat grandparents. Note that both Ghondor and Shania act very differently in the Japanese version.
What we know is that the souls are not wasted, some might not be reborn in Z's world, but they DO return when the flow of time continues _(Joran returns)_ But what about all those new lives/souls not "Recorded in Origin" _(They probably come back as they die the same way as Mobius)_
Z's world is complete and over the top Totalitarian (Bleak looking). "A"s world is complete and over the top Totalitarian (Nice looking) A similar depiction is used in *Tales of Arise,* showing various forms of oppression, sometimes you don't know you're nothing but a slave to something.
The problem I had with the story is that the Vandham bloodline comes from Nia's world. Not from Melia's world. It could just have been a name-drop.
Some people think that THIS saga was actually a prequel to the other Xeno games. Which would make no sense because, for instance, in Chronicles 2 Klaus talks about that world, and "A" shows it in Future redeemed, and Chronicles X flees from that world.
Vandham exists in Melia's world, too. They just translated his name differently. A certain charming fellow with a majestic mustache shares the name in Japanese.