All 3 protagonists get stabbed at one point or another in the game with A2 being backstabbed in the backstory and Ending D, 2B being extra stabbed in the main story both physically (once) and metaphorically by 9S during one of his breakdowns (a whole bunch of times) then her spare bodies get into some stabbing action too. And lest we forget good old Nines who gets stabbed the most aside from his very own ending D and that time in the copied city since his backstory is a whole lot of getting killed and brought back with no memory of it happening. He gets to be backstabbed, front stabbed, side-stabbed, blown up, shot, cut to pieces... you name it, we just don't get to see it. It's implied stabbing! The only person who never gets stabbed in NieR games (of the main protagonists anyway) is probably Emil... He just gets tortured for most of his life, used as a weapon, skeletized, blown up and decapitated so that he can live for thousands of years and lose all of his friends! And most of his memories of said friends! So he really doesn't get stabbed because by the time he would he no longer has a body that can be stabbed... or any body post-NieR. ... I'm just happy Taro decided to give us Ending E where there's at least some hope for the poor bastards. Not that he didn't write an epilogue that subverted that. Then subverted the subversion in the concert. Man's pure evil to his characters, I swear.
Not gonna spoil anything but this song is played in a time where everyone in the world comes together to help you, hence the different languages going back and forth. It's a really emotional piece. Glad you enjoyed
When someone reads it, they'll most likely assume it's the usual trope where friendship or joined forces defeat the evil. But it'll blow their mind once they experience it firsthand and learn where the "help" comes from and what sacrifices have been made to have them help you.
Wait till he finds out that the chorus on this specific music is the Game Team singing. Yoko Taro included. Then he finds out on WHY the music transitions to English/Japanese. Then he finds out about how the game ends and how every, every single music detail has a meaning. At this point, play this game man. Just do it. And I envy you for having that experience for the first time.
Nier is one of those Franchises that's Biggest Negative is that you can only experience it for the First Time once, like it's Phenomenal everytime you play the games, but that First Time is irreplaceable..
Au contraire, I think that’s Nier’s biggest positive. The fact that you _can’t_ experience it more than once the same way you did on the first playthrough makes you appreciate the game more. It makes you live in and appreciate the present, which for a game focusing heavily on different humanist ideologies and philosophies, meaning of life and existentialism is quite symbolic.
There are multiple versions of Weight of the World (composed by Keiichi Okabe) in the game as it has multiple ending credits. There's English (J'Nique Nicole), Japanese (Marina Kawana) and FR (actually Chaos language, sung by Emi Evans). And then there's the final version which is this one that combines all three and adds a choir (which iirc is made up of the devs and maybe voice actors too, I forgot). And of course the 8-bit portion arranged by Shotaro Seo. And yeah, Nier games are pretty...melancholic.
The Japanese version of this Song will always be my favorite, especially because the singer broke down almost at the end while singing, which added much more feeling to the song.
The crying voice cracks in that version ALWAYS choke me up. It's incredible that they got that on record and that they actually decided to go with this recording.
Where are my people who cry anytime they here this song? Even years after I finished the game this song brings back that feeling I had watching the end of it. Tears of the best kind!
Here's a fun fact: the chorus you hear in the background, that is every person that works at Sqaure Enix, all the employees they gathered for that moment sang that song, INCLUDING YOKO TARO HIMSELF! The meaning behind it is that you aren't alone, you don't have to face the consequences of pain my yourself, you dont have to struggle on your own, you alone dont have to carry the weight of the world. It's sad, but so beautiful too.
I cry so much every time I hear this song, in this version. The point is to connect different people in one, same message or emotion. English, japanise, French, real, 8-bit (video-game characters) it doesn't matter, we are all here and we all sing together, even if our words are meaningless.
Weight of the World is one of those songs that I've listened to so many times. You're right when you call it an experience, Automata is especially inricuite and a 10/10 recommendation to anyone.
@@Redblaze27 Exactly. Not that it isn't a great game through that part; it is. But if you want the *actual* experience, you have to continue playing past that point, or it just seems like a fairly normal/cliche game ending, but that's just the surface of many intricate layers of an incredible story.
Started tearing up from the moment the vocals came in. This is one of those where the context makes it a WHOLE lot more emotional. Iwas originally going to explain it here but it's honestly better if you play it and experience it yourself. Just saying that the shift in languages, the introduction of the chorus, all coincide with what's happening while you're playing.
You're right in that the Nier games (or any that spring from the mind of Yoko Taro) tend to veer heavily towards tragedy and melancholy, sometimes to absurdly soul crushing degrees, but there's usually some ray of hope or some kind of spark of the positive side of humanity that rears its head despite all of that. Weight of the world definitely has that feeling of suffering through adversity but in the end pulling through with a chorus of voices that sing together regardless of language. Part of the reason they take a lot of bold chances both in the music and the story is because Yoko Taro has made his career taking bold chances making weird but incredibly ambitious games that have always had a cult following but never performed particularly well at all until Automata. Automata was this perfect marriage of Taro's ambition, Square's willingness to take a chance on him (it's an open secret that someone high up at Square has a lot of faith in Taro and is basically his patron) and platinum game's ability to make a genuinely great action game. Also if you want really bold, check out Drakengard's soundtrack some day, the game is linked to Nier and was the first big title by Yoko Taro. The soundtrack is designed to make you uncomfortable. Like actually unpleasant to listen to.
Oh man this song is always so emotional for me. When the backing voices come in it just hits right in the feels. If you’re liking the music, I would absolutely suggest playing the game. It really makes this song hit different when you get to the end and realize what the backing vocals are supposed to be.
Oh great, I'm crying again. I haven't seen anyone else mention it, but "Weight of the World" has *four* versions - one in English (Weight of the World), one in Japanese (世界の歌 - Sekai no Uta - Song for a Fallen World), one in a made-up "chaos language", and the 8-bit version. Each of them has their own significance, each their own meaning, and each their own place in the game. This is really something you should experience, even though it's a long haul.
The Yorha units have blindfolds. Operators have masks over their mouths. The Yorha units are blind to the truth. The operators don't speak the truth. Everything is designed with a very deliberate choice.
NieR is one of the few games that actually changed my perspective on life and my place in it. This song gives you an indescribable feeling of euphoria and depression, especially when this specific version is played. It truly is like the weight of the world is lifted off of you and shared with others. I highly recommend you play this game and beat it. Itll change your life, even if just a little.
The multiple language part is very meaningful aside from just adding some vocal melody to the song. This plays at the end of a very sad, and bleak game and the song works as brilliant symbolism of hope, and coming together regardless of our differences and realizing that we all suffer the same emotional and physical pain together regardless of our language or culture.
I can't listen to this song without tearing up. ... yeah, I said it. Leave me alone. Never has a game emotionally ruined me like NieR: Automata has. What happens in the actual game when this song plays is probably something I'll never forget, and I love and hate that at the same time.
7:33 Nier is what you get when the video game media is being fully utilized atleast that's how i would describe it, i have played a lot of video games in the past 25 years and Nier was the first one to every hit me with so many different emotions either one after another or all at once and sometimes both, it's just insane to me when i have to think about how there are people out there who have not experienced Nier yet and most of them never will.
There is a English Version of this song, that plays on the first credits when you beat the first ending of the game. Go deeper and beat the 2nd ending, credits play the Japanese version of the song. Go further to find the 3rd and 4th ending of the game and you will get the Chaos language version of the song playing on the credits. Beat all that to unlock the secret true ending E(nd of YoRHa), which plays this mix of all the languages versions during the final credits scene.
At its core, this game is meant to be a philosophical reflection on what is the purpose of life and what it means to be alive. And it does it marvelously well
After i finished NieR: Automata i had an actual existential crisis for 2 weeks. Not kidding, there is nothing like that in the world. It's an actual privilege to have an experienced the story and the world of this game.
Weight of the World in all of its versions is one of the few songs that give me chills and goosebumps and makes me fucking cry, no matter how often i listen to it... i love this song, i love this game.. i love the NieR Series and i love Yoko Taro, that friggin mad lad And i legit cried during the true ending credits roll of the game, where it played the medley
I first heard this song in the FFXIV/NieR collab raid, it was the major reason I decided to play Automata. I'm glad you will be listening to that version at some point. Now I want to play through Automata again... The feeling you're getting from the music is the feeling of the game.
I can totally relate to you mate. My first experience with Nier music was in XIV and my god how different this song feels right. In 14 is a nice remix that pump you up for an epic battle, but this version is the total opposite... Is... Slower, give you emotions even without a context (game), and i don't know how to make justice to the song but its amazing. Both versions are good, but with different reasons to like each one
@@Kanamon22 All of the music from the first raid was giving me unexplainable emotions. I didn't have a choice any more. It was no longer a matter of IF I would play Automata, but when.
oh damn the time i finished that game and this music started, and it actually evolved depending of what you were doing in the game and then the chorus appeared, i was crying so much i couldn't even see what i was playing. such an amazing game with incredible music.
This is the version I cried to like a baby in a certain part of the game. One of the very very VERY few games that has ever made me feel that way in my life.
Kind of a cool thing about the ending when this song plays (spoilers ahead): When you are at the ending, there is a bullet hell sequence that becomes unbeatable on your own. But other people who complete the game have the option of permanently sacrificing their save data, and if they do so, markers representing those other players will show up to save your ass and help you beat the final fight. That’s the point in which the chorus enters. It represents the fact that as long as you have comrades who are willing to sacrifice for the cause, you can beat even seemingly insurmountable odds. It still makes me cry when I hear it!
"It looks like such a experience" 100% agreed. Yoko Taro is one of my favorite game developers with the only one being on a similar level for me being Suda51. They both make games that are experiences that you'll never find anywhere else.
You're not exactly wrong about it anyway. But you'll understand it more about why the song is called 'Weight of the World' in the first place. The 'world' used in the title isn't talking about the physical sense of the 'world' but more on the psychological side, like many of the game. Anyway Yoko Taro's game is the type that forms cult. It just... happen. It is an anti-thesis to JRPG in general and I guess its closest siblings in story is Shin Megami Tensei. Yoko loves to put emphasis in the color for a game identity. NieR's colors is Grey. I would want to say Black and White too but it is a shared colors for both Drakengard and NieR. Drakengard's colors is Red. It felt so prominent it also appear in the sound. Personally whenever I'm listening to the sound of NieR in both Replicant/Gestalt and Automata, it felt like the world become grey or have washed out colors. It was so damn fucking lonely but at the same time it is touching the parts that I've been neglecting with gentle touch. It is the song for the weak that needed all those push to move forward. Yoko himself is a bit of an enigma. Everyone and his coworker says that he is a good person, a professional. But his idea and creative touch isn't something that just anyone can warp their mind about. It felt like he doesn't have that much faith in people and yet it feels like he actually believe in the people. His game made human act like human and before Automata it was actually hard to accept his concept of humanity. It is true to certain degree and there is part of me that want to deny it. I start rambling out of control here so I'll just stop. Good luck finishing the game.
Nier is absolutely an experience, this song is amazing but it holds so much more weight (pun-intended) when you've played through the game and you know everything these characters went through. Automata is a philosophical and existential gutpunch and this song playing at the very end of all of it was masterful, first time I played it and reached the end I actually teared up a little hearing this song. Personally I think the "Prelude" version is musically superior but Final Fantasy is my all time favourite franchise so I may be slightly biased. I have however used a YorHa inspired appearance on my FFXIV character's main job for the past 2 years (full black outfit, blindfold and even the white hair).
Man, I really would love to see your reaction to some Soundtracks from Dragon's Dogma. Like to "Into Free by B'z " or to Eternal Return, the main theme of Dragon's Dogma or to "At the End of the Struggle" tbh there are a lot more, but those 3 probably are the most popular ones. It's sad that no one requested something from Dragon's Dogma so far. Seems like the game's been forgotten over the years. The Composers of Dragon's Dogma ( Tadayoshi Makino, Inon Zur, Rei Kondoh) have created some very unique styles for their soundtracks in the game. It's hard to explain as someone who has only little experience with music, but holy sh*t, almost every soundtrack in Dragon's Dogma slaps really hard. Into Free by B'z and At the End of the Struggle by Tadayoshi Makino are probably the two most hype songs that I've heard in any game so far.
Here I am once again after finishing the whole game. It now means so much more to me. Such a great Game, such a great song. Btw. the game is amazing for OST enthusiasts because the OST has always multiple versions of every song, always changing perfectly matching the envirement. And its themes about philosophical topics and existential thoughts.. so amazing
Weight of the World is arguably the most important Video game song ever just because of what exactly it represents. Reaching the point where this is played is a life changing experience for many. Definitely made me change my outlook on life and made me into a better person.
It's a mix-of-every-version video you picked, including the 8-bit one at the start. That one generally only plays in a specific minigame. This game has like at least 3 versions of every song, but Weight of the World in particular has a bit more. 3 vocal versions (English, Japanese, chaos language), a mix of those three, an instrumental version, the 8-bit one, and now the crossover version in FFXIV as well. But yeah, Automata has a lot of stabbing. Lots of losses, lots of tragedy, but ultimately a nice ending.
the "blindfolds" are lore wise visors. basicly before Automata had even a hint of being funded or made, Yoko made/directed a stage play called YOrha. and basicly the short of it is the Visor props were a problem for the play so they improved the blindfold into it as the visors making them cannon. so when Automata became a game the Yorha the kept that touch
Its hard not to spoil anything here, but this track always struck me as being sad, but also defiant. Probably helps that it plays while you're literally fighting the dev team to try to get an even slightly hopeful ending for these characters you've grown attached to.
Sadness? Well, you gotta listen to the pure japanese version of Weight of the World. Each WotW version has unique lyrics, vocals and meaning. To the point where the vocals of the JP version sound like the singer is nearly crying closer to the end. THAT is pure misery and sadness for you. I'm not even talking about what those lyrics are when you translate them, which character they belong to and how knowing all those things combined can rip your heart apart.
It's a very interesting song when you look at the lyrics, as well; They're ENTIRELY different between English and Japanese. Not just the lyrics, but the entire meaning that comes across with the song changes between the two.
This ending is amazing, the chorus growing in the background grows during the end credits (spoiler free) to show you’re not alone, the world is there to help if you only ask. So emotional, I mean I don’t cry during credits normally!
The constant change in languages and multiple voices is the background is a good representantion of what the [E]nding is supposed to mean, humanity singing in unison, and the "sacrifice" the player must make to help other people at the end of the credits is what makes it even more amazing.
One of the most emotionally intense moments I've ever experienced through gaming. At the end of the game this plays over a shoot em up segment where the enemies are the credits themselves And every time you die the game gives you encouraging messages from other players, even better for you to beat the game a random person has to willingly sacrifice their save data, and the game doesn't even tell you their name. Simply genius.
Final Boss theme, and i'm glad the video doesn't show it. Experiencing it firsthand is an unreal experience. As for sad, the singer on the Japanese version has the singer let out a gut-wrenching cry at the end of it.
Everytime i hear this song it hits me. Goosebumps everytime... It was an experience and this version of the song at the end... with the last decision you make...never will forget it.
I love how the scenes in this video make zero sense without context. One second 9S is gently caressing 2B’s face and the next he is brutally stabbing her with a katana.
just a small trivia , but the japanese singer in the japanese full version of the song actually breaks up and cry by the end of the song and that's the version they picked for the game.
This is one of those songs that you can't really properly understand unless you've actually played throughout the game. It typically plays at the end-credits, which there are actually several instances of, since the first 3 endings you play through fairly linearly back-to-back from the different characters' perspectives. You get different versions of the song on those end-credits, and this version is the one that plays on the 'true' ending, which combines all the versions into one. It plays off of the emotion you felt just before the credits rolled in each ending, and really enhances it with the 'true' ending.
Nier Automata is probably my favorite game when you combine the game play, music, and story etc. I had a chance to catch a Nier Automata orchestrated concert a few years back; still grateful that it happened.
NieR:Automata is one of those gaming experiences that will stick with me forever. Deep emotional story telling, amazing gameplay, beautiful music. It has everything. Every gamer should play it.
The weight behind this song is crushing so hopeful and yet melancholy and then you throw in the fact there are multiple versions to it...... a beautiful song for arguably one of the most beautiful franchises ever
NieR: Automata is one of those games that pulls in all of the philosophical viewpoints of humanity and picks them apart... If you haven't looked into a basic plot intro, you should. It's very thought-provoking. And Yoko Taro is a master of mindfucks that leave you feeling broken, but hopeful.
Great to see you experiencing NieR Automata's music; it's a fantastic game. Btw, the emphasis is on the "to" with other syllables being pronounced equally, so "au - to - mata".
Worth to mentioned that Japanese and English versions are preaty different, and tell the story from perspective of two main characters of the game. Japanese version is called A Song Of This Broken World and fun fact, You can heard that singer start cryied when she performed this song.
oh wow, original Weight of the World is so similar yet so different from Weight of the World Prelude. the prelude version gives a totally different vibe because it was remixed to be the final boss theme of the first nier alliance raid.
So there's a reason this track starts in the 8 bit style. . (Spoilers, obviously) . . . . . . Once you have completed the first 4 major endings, as the credits start playing the companion NPCs (The pod units) start discussing that their purpose has been fulfilled and as a part of their programming they are required to destroy any traces of what went on... but they hesitate. To break the stalemate, you, as the person playing the game (and NOT as a character in the game) are given the option of going ahead with their programming, which ends the credits and takes you back to the splash screen, or fighting it. If you fight it, the credits restart... as the hacking minigame that you can do as 9S, complete with the chiptune audio mix, which then cycles through the other languages. Its a brutal minigame, which you're expected to fail and each time you do you're given a chance to give up. Fail enough times and after the game asks you if you want to give up it comes up with a new dialogue box that basically says, "Hey, this player want to help you out, do you accept?" If you do, when you restart, a whole bunch of ships spawn in, rather than just the one and it adds the other singers in to the mix, which is the dev team for the game.
Weight of the world is kind of a sad song, specially the lyrics but at the same time it has some hopeful tone to it. Now this version of the song plays during a specific moment in the game, and the context makes it so this song goes from "sad but a bit hopeful" to something beautiful and even happy. Also, the chorus of people humming in the background are voices of the development team for this game (with even Yoko Taro among them), and yes, that fact put in the context of the scene makes it even more emotional.
You have a very good grip on what the feel of the game is about but you will truly only experience the full emotional feelings of these orchestrated songs once you are actually in game going through it. I think when you’re at that stage, your brain will have so many ticks that you might be reset as a human being. ESPECIALLY this particular song…..this game always brings happy tears and it’s an amazing and unforgettable first trip through it.
I had an online firend that this was their favoret song and well their were a really good freind but one day they just stoped responding and so i don't know if their ok or not and so this song really hits me bacause it remindes me of them and i dont if there even alive still
So happy that he listened to this version. I love all of the versions but the only version I love more than this 1 is the actual credit version... The actual credit version hit me so hard. It was the icing on the cake for me. Yoko Taro finally not only wrote a great story with great music but got a game developer that could make something that equals his design of story with their gameplay prowess
I've teared up at some games, but Automata is the only one thus far in my life that's actually caused me to cry. In fact, this specific version of the song plays during the part that made me cry.
Thank you for reacting to all these great songs, enjoy! This one's one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite games ever, and I can't recommend enough to play the game through :)
In the Japanese version of this song (this is the Mashup of all versions, that is played during the credits), the singer was crying at the end. Also the English and Japanese versions are basically reverse versions of each other, English being the 2b side of the song and the Japanese the 9s side of the song.
I love your reaction to this and I just wanted to add some context. When they used this version, and this version specifically, the emotional gut punch of what you just went through in the game and the way this rendition is played, the fact that WHILE this plays you're receiving messages of encouragement from other players (long story) hits so much harder.
This song was inspired by coke machines in pakistan and india which allowed persons who disliked each other immensely to share cute messages with one another. In the game this is the end credits song. It is a shoot em up, think Galaga. You will be forced to die over and over, while the game asks you a series of questions. Near the end it asks you to give up your save file, so that you can send an extra ship to other game players struggling with the impossible sequence. It is fucking amazing.
I was going to bed but now I'm crying, lol. The video didn't help. Such a powerful song and game. I've seen a few people play it and I don't think a single one made it through the credits without at least tearing up. That chorus in the background man.
I finished the game a few days ago and every time I heard this music, I started to remember all of the events that happened throughout the gameplay at once, all the happy moments, sad moments etc… and it always gets me.
I wish I could listen to this for the first time again. Sorry if I blew up your comments with lots of songs. Just so very happy to see you enjoying so many great songs, across a wide range of genres.
Oh my god the visuals throughout just hit me. Like, there's so many scenes that mean so much in context (the Devola/Popola scene after playing Replicant especially now), and god now I'm emotional.
I'm SO GLAD you listened to this before the Prelude / FFXIV version!! This is the heart and soul version of the song, and then the Prelude version steps it up to this big defiant VICTORY feeling. Also Skar here on RUclips does an INCREDIBLE rock/metal cover of this and I think you'd really enjoy it, just on your own.
Nier is one of the very few soundtracks that can make be cry without hearing a word. I have so many fond memories of the game. I'll forever reccomend it to anyone and everyone. Please play it to anyone who might be thinking about it
This song imho is about being alone and carrying a burden, the weight of the world... , Multiple people carrying their own weights that threaten to overwhelm them by themselves... Everyone then comes together to share their burdens together and move forward together. It is a very beautiful song of hope.
Just think about it, your existence coincided at a time in history when you were able to play NieR Automata, enjoy it's melodies, history and philosophy. Just wonderful.
I finish[e]d the game a couple of weeks ago and stii can't help getting emotional during this song. There are three different version of this one: english, japanese and chaos language, plus the one you listened to that combines the three with 8bit and choral (sung by developers!). It's a good song, but it really kicks you in the guts when you reach it by playing. Good reaction
This song hits so damn hard man it’s so good, when I finally finished it and the credits started rolling and hearing this start to play and I just couldn’t hold it back anymore and cried in fact I’m tearing up watching this video now. I genuinely cannot praise this game enough it is just that good.
I watched my brother play, and I enjoyed it; And the music. But I didn't understand what was going on. Understanding the story now and hearing that song in the end gives so much context, I broke down crying my eyes out and now Everytime I listen to it I just feel like crying so hard. So heavy
"There's a whole lot of stabbing in this game"
It's not a Yoko Taro game if someone is not getting stabbed repeatedly at some point in the game.
"Empire rats, your bodies shall feed the ravens!" - Caim stabbing Empire soldiers
I was getting stabbed emotionally
You double impale someone in this game within like....the first hour or two
All 3 protagonists get stabbed at one point or another in the game with A2 being backstabbed in the backstory and Ending D, 2B being extra stabbed in the main story both physically (once) and metaphorically by 9S during one of his breakdowns (a whole bunch of times) then her spare bodies get into some stabbing action too.
And lest we forget good old Nines who gets stabbed the most aside from his very own ending D and that time in the copied city since his backstory is a whole lot of getting killed and brought back with no memory of it happening. He gets to be backstabbed, front stabbed, side-stabbed, blown up, shot, cut to pieces... you name it, we just don't get to see it. It's implied stabbing!
The only person who never gets stabbed in NieR games (of the main protagonists anyway) is probably Emil... He just gets tortured for most of his life, used as a weapon, skeletized, blown up and decapitated so that he can live for thousands of years and lose all of his friends! And most of his memories of said friends! So he really doesn't get stabbed because by the time he would he no longer has a body that can be stabbed... or any body post-NieR.
... I'm just happy Taro decided to give us Ending E where there's at least some hope for the poor bastards. Not that he didn't write an epilogue that subverted that. Then subverted the subversion in the concert. Man's pure evil to his characters, I swear.
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Not gonna spoil anything but this song is played in a time where everyone in the world comes together to help you, hence the different languages going back and forth. It's a really emotional piece. Glad you enjoyed
"We're with you" T-T
When someone reads it, they'll most likely assume it's the usual trope where friendship or joined forces defeat the evil.
But it'll blow their mind once they experience it firsthand and learn where the "help" comes from and what sacrifices have been made to have them help you.
Should mention the 3rd language is not an actual language but a culmination of languages combined into one
@@angrytwxgaming8423 yeah, it's the games' chaos language which is still so beautiful
@@soulscyther666 I still regret not making the sacrifice. But thanks to everyone who did
Wait till he finds out that the chorus on this specific music is the Game Team singing. Yoko Taro included.
Then he finds out on WHY the music transitions to English/Japanese.
Then he finds out about how the game ends and how every, every single music detail has a meaning.
At this point, play this game man. Just do it. And I envy you for having that experience for the first time.
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Nier is one of those Franchises that's Biggest Negative is that you can only experience it for the First Time once, like it's Phenomenal everytime you play the games, but that First Time is irreplaceable..
Au contraire, I think that’s Nier’s biggest positive.
The fact that you _can’t_ experience it more than once the same way you did on the first playthrough makes you appreciate the game more.
It makes you live in and appreciate the present, which for a game focusing heavily on different humanist ideologies and philosophies, meaning of life and existentialism is quite symbolic.
It actually is 3 languages, English, Japanese, Abd the games own made up language, that sounds like a cross between German and Japanese
"Then he finds out on WHY the music transitions to English/Japanese."
Why's that actually? I've forgotten. :P
Glory to mankind
Glory to Mankind
Glory to mankind
Glory to mankind
Glory to mankind
Glory... To mankind.
There are multiple versions of Weight of the World (composed by Keiichi Okabe) in the game as it has multiple ending credits. There's English (J'Nique Nicole), Japanese (Marina Kawana) and FR (actually Chaos language, sung by Emi Evans). And then there's the final version which is this one that combines all three and adds a choir (which iirc is made up of the devs and maybe voice actors too, I forgot). And of course the 8-bit portion arranged by Shotaro Seo.
And yeah, Nier games are pretty...melancholic.
Don’t forget the Prelude version from YoRHa Dark Apocalypse
Chaos is not french xD
@@yorha42s Gets me both fired up and sad
Yeah Yoko Taro, creator of the series, is amongst the choir
@@Silphiroth No but French is chaos oddly enough.
Him: "It didn't sound sad but I just had this aura of sad"
Everyone who's played NieR Automata: "Welcome to the club!"
Not me being in tears the entire song.....
I cried too.
The Japanese version of this Song will always be my favorite, especially because the singer broke down almost at the end while singing, which added much more feeling to the song.
Can you send me the link?
@@kingofstrangeness7014 ruclips.net/video/QOSGn8qfEAc/видео.html&ab_channel=AbyoSoren
Agreed. The Japanese version was so emotional and also my fav.
The crying voice cracks in that version ALWAYS choke me up. It's incredible that they got that on record and that they actually decided to go with this recording.
She legit cry
Where are my people who cry anytime they here this song? Even years after I finished the game this song brings back that feeling I had watching the end of it. Tears of the best kind!
Here's a fun fact: the chorus you hear in the background, that is every person that works at Sqaure Enix, all the employees they gathered for that moment sang that song, INCLUDING YOKO TARO HIMSELF! The meaning behind it is that you aren't alone, you don't have to face the consequences of pain my yourself, you dont have to struggle on your own, you alone dont have to carry the weight of the world. It's sad, but so beautiful too.
I cry so much every time I hear this song, in this version.
The point is to connect different people in one, same message or emotion.
English, japanise, French, real, 8-bit (video-game characters) it doesn't matter, we are all here and we all sing together, even if our words are meaningless.
It's not french, it's chaos language which was created specifically for nier by Emi Evans.
@@BlackspearGaming although it does sound like French lol
Weight of the World is one of those songs that I've listened to so many times. You're right when you call it an experience, Automata is especially inricuite and a 10/10 recommendation to anyone.
Just please, PLEASE keep playing aftet Ending A people.
@@Redblaze27 Exactly. Not that it isn't a great game through that part; it is. But if you want the *actual* experience, you have to continue playing past that point, or it just seems like a fairly normal/cliche game ending, but that's just the surface of many intricate layers of an incredible story.
@@Redblaze27there are 2 kinds of people: 1) people who rate Automata 10/10 and 2) people who only play ending A
The multiple languages in the song make it feel like the entire world joining together when players across the globe sacrifice their own data for you.
When I listen to this song I always immediately have to cry. I think the story did leave a mark on my poor soul 😭
It really does
You aint alone on that
The invisible onion-cutting ninjas get me everytime the "Weight of the world" part hits
Started tearing up from the moment the vocals came in.
This is one of those where the context makes it a WHOLE lot more emotional. Iwas originally going to explain it here but it's honestly better if you play it and experience it yourself. Just saying that the shift in languages, the introduction of the chorus, all coincide with what's happening while you're playing.
This Song Broke Me
You're right in that the Nier games (or any that spring from the mind of Yoko Taro) tend to veer heavily towards tragedy and melancholy, sometimes to absurdly soul crushing degrees, but there's usually some ray of hope or some kind of spark of the positive side of humanity that rears its head despite all of that. Weight of the world definitely has that feeling of suffering through adversity but in the end pulling through with a chorus of voices that sing together regardless of language.
Part of the reason they take a lot of bold chances both in the music and the story is because Yoko Taro has made his career taking bold chances making weird but incredibly ambitious games that have always had a cult following but never performed particularly well at all until Automata. Automata was this perfect marriage of Taro's ambition, Square's willingness to take a chance on him (it's an open secret that someone high up at Square has a lot of faith in Taro and is basically his patron) and platinum game's ability to make a genuinely great action game.
Also if you want really bold, check out Drakengard's soundtrack some day, the game is linked to Nier and was the first big title by Yoko Taro. The soundtrack is designed to make you uncomfortable. Like actually unpleasant to listen to.
Oh man this song is always so emotional for me. When the backing voices come in it just hits right in the feels. If you’re liking the music, I would absolutely suggest playing the game. It really makes this song hit different when you get to the end and realize what the backing vocals are supposed to be.
Oh great, I'm crying again.
I haven't seen anyone else mention it, but "Weight of the World" has *four* versions - one in English (Weight of the World), one in Japanese (世界の歌 - Sekai no Uta - Song for a Fallen World), one in a made-up "chaos language", and the 8-bit version. Each of them has their own significance, each their own meaning, and each their own place in the game.
This is really something you should experience, even though it's a long haul.
Everything has meaning in this game. The blindfolds are very symbolic.
The Yorha units have blindfolds. Operators have masks over their mouths.
The Yorha units are blind to the truth. The operators don't speak the truth. Everything is designed with a very deliberate choice.
NieR is one of the few games that actually changed my perspective on life and my place in it. This song gives you an indescribable feeling of euphoria and depression, especially when this specific version is played. It truly is like the weight of the world is lifted off of you and shared with others. I highly recommend you play this game and beat it. Itll change your life, even if just a little.
"The world is rife with hardship. One thing is certain, we've got this."
The multiple language part is very meaningful aside from just adding some vocal melody to the song. This plays at the end of a very sad, and bleak game and the song works as brilliant symbolism of hope, and coming together regardless of our differences and realizing that we all suffer the same emotional and physical pain together regardless of our language or culture.
I can't listen to this song without tearing up.
... yeah, I said it. Leave me alone.
Never has a game emotionally ruined me like NieR: Automata has. What happens in the actual game when this song plays is probably something I'll never forget, and I love and hate that at the same time.
Welcome to Nier: Automata, aka Depression: The Game.
Depression that I paid full price for twice and would never take back.
7:33 Nier is what you get when the video game media is being fully utilized
atleast that's how i would describe it, i have played a lot of video games in the past 25 years and Nier was the first one to every hit me with so many different emotions either one after another or all at once and sometimes both, it's just insane to me when i have to think about how there are people out there who have not experienced Nier yet and most of them never will.
There is a English Version of this song, that plays on the first credits when you beat the first ending of the game. Go deeper and beat the 2nd ending, credits play the Japanese version of the song. Go further to find the 3rd and 4th ending of the game and you will get the Chaos language version of the song playing on the credits. Beat all that to unlock the secret true ending E(nd of YoRHa), which plays this mix of all the languages versions during the final credits scene.
At its core, this game is meant to be a philosophical reflection on what is the purpose of life and what it means to be alive. And it does it marvelously well
After i finished NieR: Automata i had an actual existential crisis for 2 weeks. Not kidding, there is nothing like that in the world. It's an actual privilege to have an experienced the story and the world of this game.
Weight of the World in all of its versions is one of the few songs that give me chills and goosebumps and makes me fucking cry, no matter how often i listen to it... i love this song, i love this game.. i love the NieR Series and i love Yoko Taro, that friggin mad lad
And i legit cried during the true ending credits roll of the game, where it played the medley
I first heard this song in the FFXIV/NieR collab raid, it was the major reason I decided to play Automata. I'm glad you will be listening to that version at some point. Now I want to play through Automata again...
The feeling you're getting from the music is the feeling of the game.
I can totally relate to you mate. My first experience with Nier music was in XIV and my god how different this song feels right. In 14 is a nice remix that pump you up for an epic battle, but this version is the total opposite... Is... Slower, give you emotions even without a context (game), and i don't know how to make justice to the song but its amazing. Both versions are good, but with different reasons to like each one
@@Kanamon22 All of the music from the first raid was giving me unexplainable emotions. I didn't have a choice any more. It was no longer a matter of IF I would play Automata, but when.
oh damn the time i finished that game and this music started, and it actually evolved depending of what you were doing in the game and then the chorus appeared, i was crying so much i couldn't even see what i was playing. such an amazing game with incredible music.
This is the version I cried to like a baby in a certain part of the game. One of the very very VERY few games that has ever made me feel that way in my life.
Kind of a cool thing about the ending when this song plays (spoilers ahead):
When you are at the ending, there is a bullet hell sequence that becomes unbeatable on your own. But other people who complete the game have the option of permanently sacrificing their save data, and if they do so, markers representing those other players will show up to save your ass and help you beat the final fight. That’s the point in which the chorus enters. It represents the fact that as long as you have comrades who are willing to sacrifice for the cause, you can beat even seemingly insurmountable odds.
It still makes me cry when I hear it!
"It looks like such a experience"
100% agreed.
Yoko Taro is one of my favorite game developers with the only one being on a similar level for me being Suda51. They both make games that are experiences that you'll never find anywhere else.
You're not exactly wrong about it anyway. But you'll understand it more about why the song is called 'Weight of the World' in the first place. The 'world' used in the title isn't talking about the physical sense of the 'world' but more on the psychological side, like many of the game.
Anyway Yoko Taro's game is the type that forms cult. It just... happen. It is an anti-thesis to JRPG in general and I guess its closest siblings in story is Shin Megami Tensei. Yoko loves to put emphasis in the color for a game identity. NieR's colors is Grey. I would want to say Black and White too but it is a shared colors for both Drakengard and NieR. Drakengard's colors is Red. It felt so prominent it also appear in the sound. Personally whenever I'm listening to the sound of NieR in both Replicant/Gestalt and Automata, it felt like the world become grey or have washed out colors. It was so damn fucking lonely but at the same time it is touching the parts that I've been neglecting with gentle touch. It is the song for the weak that needed all those push to move forward.
Yoko himself is a bit of an enigma. Everyone and his coworker says that he is a good person, a professional. But his idea and creative touch isn't something that just anyone can warp their mind about. It felt like he doesn't have that much faith in people and yet it feels like he actually believe in the people. His game made human act like human and before Automata it was actually hard to accept his concept of humanity. It is true to certain degree and there is part of me that want to deny it. I start rambling out of control here so I'll just stop. Good luck finishing the game.
That freakin credits minigame scene broke me the first time I've played it
Nier is absolutely an experience, this song is amazing but it holds so much more weight (pun-intended) when you've played through the game and you know everything these characters went through. Automata is a philosophical and existential gutpunch and this song playing at the very end of all of it was masterful, first time I played it and reached the end I actually teared up a little hearing this song.
Personally I think the "Prelude" version is musically superior but Final Fantasy is my all time favourite franchise so I may be slightly biased. I have however used a YorHa inspired appearance on my FFXIV character's main job for the past 2 years (full black outfit, blindfold and even the white hair).
Man, I really would love to see your reaction to some Soundtracks from Dragon's Dogma. Like to "Into Free by B'z " or to Eternal Return, the main theme of Dragon's Dogma or to "At the End of the Struggle" tbh there are a lot more, but those 3 probably are the most popular ones. It's sad that no one requested something from Dragon's Dogma so far. Seems like the game's been forgotten over the years.
The Composers of Dragon's Dogma ( Tadayoshi Makino, Inon Zur, Rei Kondoh) have created some very unique styles for their soundtracks in the game. It's hard to explain as someone who has only little experience with music, but holy sh*t, almost every soundtrack in Dragon's Dogma slaps really hard. Into Free by B'z and At the End of the Struggle by Tadayoshi Makino are probably the two most hype songs that I've heard in any game so far.
I have some Dragon's Dogma coming!
Holy shit, I'm looking forward to that!
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I'm not crying. Seriously. Not even a little.
Here I am once again after finishing the whole game. It now means so much more to me. Such a great Game, such a great song.
Btw. the game is amazing for OST enthusiasts because the OST has always multiple versions of every song, always changing perfectly matching the envirement. And its themes about philosophical topics and existential thoughts.. so amazing
Weight of the World is arguably the most important Video game song ever just because of what exactly it represents. Reaching the point where this is played is a life changing experience for many. Definitely made me change my outlook on life and made me into a better person.
It's a mix-of-every-version video you picked, including the 8-bit one at the start. That one generally only plays in a specific minigame. This game has like at least 3 versions of every song, but Weight of the World in particular has a bit more. 3 vocal versions (English, Japanese, chaos language), a mix of those three, an instrumental version, the 8-bit one, and now the crossover version in FFXIV as well.
But yeah, Automata has a lot of stabbing. Lots of losses, lots of tragedy, but ultimately a nice ending.
the "blindfolds" are lore wise visors.
basicly before Automata had even a hint of being funded or made, Yoko made/directed a stage play called YOrha.
and basicly the short of it is the Visor props were a problem for the play so they improved the blindfold into it as the visors making them cannon.
so when Automata became a game the Yorha the kept that touch
Its hard not to spoil anything here, but this track always struck me as being sad, but also defiant. Probably helps that it plays while you're literally fighting the dev team to try to get an even slightly hopeful ending for these characters you've grown attached to.
Sadness? Well, you gotta listen to the pure japanese version of Weight of the World. Each WotW version has unique lyrics, vocals and meaning. To the point where the vocals of the JP version sound like the singer is nearly crying closer to the end. THAT is pure misery and sadness for you. I'm not even talking about what those lyrics are when you translate them, which character they belong to and how knowing all those things combined can rip your heart apart.
It's a very interesting song when you look at the lyrics, as well; They're ENTIRELY different between English and Japanese. Not just the lyrics, but the entire meaning that comes across with the song changes between the two.
This ending is amazing, the chorus growing in the background grows during the end credits (spoiler free) to show you’re not alone, the world is there to help if you only ask. So emotional, I mean I don’t cry during credits normally!
When you hear this in game it's one of the emotional moments of any game I've played. Such a unique thing.
The constant change in languages and multiple voices is the background is a good representantion of what the [E]nding is supposed to mean, humanity singing in unison, and the "sacrifice" the player must make to help other people at the end of the credits is what makes it even more amazing.
One of the most emotionally intense moments I've ever experienced through gaming.
At the end of the game this plays over a shoot em up segment where the enemies are the credits themselves
And every time you die the game gives you encouraging messages from other players, even better for you to beat the game a random person has to willingly sacrifice their save data, and the game doesn't even tell you their name.
Simply genius.
And btw people actually deleted their saved data to help you.
Final Boss theme, and i'm glad the video doesn't show it.
Experiencing it firsthand is an unreal experience.
As for sad, the singer on the Japanese version has the singer let out a gut-wrenching cry at the end of it.
It does spoil everything else though 🤣 I would have picked one without game footage if I had known he might play it in the future
@@MiraImage Same, but you'd never guess what the final boss is from the no-context footage.
[DarkNextad]: I've walked the same road as you, so in short, I'm rooting for you (USA)
I didn't think I'd tear up hearing this song again after so long
Everytime i hear this song it hits me.
Goosebumps everytime...
It was an experience and this version of the song at the end... with the last decision you make...never will forget it.
I love how the scenes in this video make zero sense without context. One second 9S is gently caressing 2B’s face and the next he is brutally stabbing her with a katana.
just a small trivia , but the japanese singer in the japanese full version of the song actually breaks up and cry by the end of the song and that's the version they picked for the game.
This is one of those songs that you can't really properly understand unless you've actually played throughout the game. It typically plays at the end-credits, which there are actually several instances of, since the first 3 endings you play through fairly linearly back-to-back from the different characters' perspectives. You get different versions of the song on those end-credits, and this version is the one that plays on the 'true' ending, which combines all the versions into one.
It plays off of the emotion you felt just before the credits rolled in each ending, and really enhances it with the 'true' ending.
Nier Automata is probably my favorite game when you combine the game play, music, and story etc. I had a chance to catch a Nier Automata orchestrated concert a few years back; still grateful that it happened.
NieR:Automata is one of those gaming experiences that will stick with me forever. Deep emotional story telling, amazing gameplay, beautiful music. It has everything. Every gamer should play it.
The weight behind this song is crushing so hopeful and yet melancholy and then you throw in the fact there are multiple versions to it...... a beautiful song for arguably one of the most beautiful franchises ever
NieR: Automata is one of those games that pulls in all of the philosophical viewpoints of humanity and picks them apart... If you haven't looked into a basic plot intro, you should. It's very thought-provoking. And Yoko Taro is a master of mindfucks that leave you feeling broken, but hopeful.
Oh we're getting close now!
This song's so great though. The video though ;; 'Nam flashbacks to super depressing moments in that game lmao.
Great to see you experiencing NieR Automata's music; it's a fantastic game. Btw, the emphasis is on the "to" with other syllables being pronounced equally, so "au - to - mata".
Ah-tah-muh-tah. It's the plural of automaton
@@dustinu7974 Uhxactly. :)
Worth to mentioned that Japanese and English versions are preaty different, and tell the story from perspective of two main characters of the game. Japanese version is called A Song Of This Broken World and fun fact, You can heard that singer start cryied when she performed this song.
Can't wait to see your reaction to this! This is by far one of my favorites from Nier Automata.
What's the point of listening to modern music nowadays when VGM is just so good.
vgm isn't modern music??
Welcome to my personal spotify playlist
oh wow, original Weight of the World is so similar yet so different from Weight of the World Prelude. the prelude version gives a totally different vibe because it was remixed to be the final boss theme of the first nier alliance raid.
So there's a reason this track starts in the 8 bit style.
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Once you have completed the first 4 major endings, as the credits start playing the companion NPCs (The pod units) start discussing that their purpose has been fulfilled and as a part of their programming they are required to destroy any traces of what went on... but they hesitate. To break the stalemate, you, as the person playing the game (and NOT as a character in the game) are given the option of going ahead with their programming, which ends the credits and takes you back to the splash screen, or fighting it. If you fight it, the credits restart... as the hacking minigame that you can do as 9S, complete with the chiptune audio mix, which then cycles through the other languages. Its a brutal minigame, which you're expected to fail and each time you do you're given a chance to give up. Fail enough times and after the game asks you if you want to give up it comes up with a new dialogue box that basically says, "Hey, this player want to help you out, do you accept?" If you do, when you restart, a whole bunch of ships spawn in, rather than just the one and it adds the other singers in to the mix, which is the dev team for the game.
Just gonna say that the choir that came in was the dev team cheering on the player. :)
Weight of the world is kind of a sad song, specially the lyrics but at the same time it has some hopeful tone to it.
Now this version of the song plays during a specific moment in the game, and the context makes it so this song goes from "sad but a bit hopeful" to something beautiful and even happy.
Also, the chorus of people humming in the background are voices of the development team for this game (with even Yoko Taro among them), and yes, that fact put in the context of the scene makes it even more emotional.
You have a very good grip on what the feel of the game is about but you will truly only experience the full emotional feelings of these orchestrated songs once you are actually in game going through it. I think when you’re at that stage, your brain will have so many ticks that you might be reset as a human being. ESPECIALLY this particular song…..this game always brings happy tears and it’s an amazing and unforgettable first trip through it.
I had an online firend that this was their favoret song and well their were a really good freind but one day they just stoped responding and so i don't know if their ok or not and so this song really hits me bacause it remindes me of them and i dont if there even alive still
So happy that he listened to this version. I love all of the versions but the only version I love more than this 1 is the actual credit version... The actual credit version hit me so hard. It was the icing on the cake for me. Yoko Taro finally not only wrote a great story with great music but got a game developer that could make something that equals his design of story with their gameplay prowess
Man, the ending credits of this game broke me. I love how tragic this game.
I've teared up at some games, but Automata is the only one thus far in my life that's actually caused me to cry. In fact, this specific version of the song plays during the part that made me cry.
Thank you for reacting to all these great songs, enjoy! This one's one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite games ever, and I can't recommend enough to play the game through :)
Not knowing the game: You have no idea.
Finishing the gam[E]: You still have no idea.
In the Japanese version of this song (this is the Mashup of all versions, that is played during the credits), the singer was crying at the end.
Also the English and Japanese versions are basically reverse versions of each other, English being the 2b side of the song and the Japanese the 9s side of the song.
just seen this, this song makes me cry everytime i hear it, but i also just can't stop listening to it
I love your reaction to this and I just wanted to add some context. When they used this version, and this version specifically, the emotional gut punch of what you just went through in the game and the way this rendition is played, the fact that WHILE this plays you're receiving messages of encouragement from other players (long story) hits so much harder.
First time I heard this was during the Nier Crossover raids in FFXIV and I was blown away.
This song was inspired by coke machines in pakistan and india which allowed persons who disliked each other immensely to share cute messages with one another. In the game this is the end credits song. It is a shoot em up, think Galaga. You will be forced to die over and over, while the game asks you a series of questions. Near the end it asks you to give up your save file, so that you can send an extra ship to other game players struggling with the impossible sequence. It is fucking amazing.
I was going to bed but now I'm crying, lol. The video didn't help. Such a powerful song and game. I've seen a few people play it and I don't think a single one made it through the credits without at least tearing up.
That chorus in the background man.
The weight of the wold isn’t heavy if everyone is here to carry it with you. :)
Yea man but those tears, those fking tears aren't fail wetting the cheeks
I finished the game a few days ago and every time I heard this music, I started to remember all of the events that happened throughout the gameplay at once, all the happy moments, sad moments etc… and it always gets me.
I wish I could listen to this for the first time again. Sorry if I blew up your comments with lots of songs. Just so very happy to see you enjoying so many great songs, across a wide range of genres.
Oh my god the visuals throughout just hit me. Like, there's so many scenes that mean so much in context (the Devola/Popola scene after playing Replicant especially now), and god now I'm emotional.
I'm SO GLAD you listened to this before the Prelude / FFXIV version!! This is the heart and soul version of the song, and then the Prelude version steps it up to this big defiant VICTORY feeling.
Also Skar here on RUclips does an INCREDIBLE rock/metal cover of this and I think you'd really enjoy it, just on your own.
I listened to this song, seen this ending, when I was in a really rough place in my life, the ending, what it means, it hits me very deeply
Nier is one of the very few soundtracks that can make be cry without hearing a word. I have so many fond memories of the game. I'll forever reccomend it to anyone and everyone. Please play it to anyone who might be thinking about it
This song imho is about being alone and carrying a burden, the weight of the world... , Multiple people carrying their own weights that threaten to overwhelm them by themselves... Everyone then comes together to share their burdens together and move forward together. It is a very beautiful song of hope.
Nier automata is a life changer game. It just makes you wanna be a better person
Just think about it, your existence coincided at a time in history when you were able to play NieR Automata, enjoy it's melodies, history and philosophy. Just wonderful.
I finish[e]d the game a couple of weeks ago and stii can't help getting emotional during this song.
There are three different version of this one: english, japanese and chaos language, plus the one you listened to that combines the three with 8bit and choral (sung by developers!). It's a good song, but it really kicks you in the guts when you reach it by playing. Good reaction
Video: Nier music
Nier fans: Which game ? Which version ? Which tempo ?
I love how rich the music is on Nier Games.
I just cried again. The game made me cry at the very end 3 years ago, but this song just made cry again right now, just like that.
Can't wait for Prelude version ;)
Cheers
This song hits so damn hard man it’s so good, when I finally finished it and the credits started rolling and hearing this start to play and I just couldn’t hold it back anymore and cried in fact I’m tearing up watching this video now. I genuinely cannot praise this game enough it is just that good.
I watched my brother play, and I enjoyed it; And the music. But I didn't understand what was going on.
Understanding the story now and hearing that song in the end gives so much context, I broke down crying my eyes out and now Everytime I listen to it I just feel like crying so hard.
So heavy
I never quite realized... how beautiful this world is