Carrying the Weight of Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Added 2025-09-04 20:42:46 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
It has been a very long time, but the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 video is now done. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for your support over the years. It means the world to me.
Anyway... press on.
Comments
You mention that you'd do your original Xenoblade video very differently if you did it today, but I'm glad it exists anyway. It's the reason I first got into Xenoblade when DE came out and fell in love with the series myself. Had to come here and finally support the channel to give my thanks for helping me discover such a great series, and providing such interesting analyses of the media/art I enjoy so immensely. Thank you.
AdamDokja
2025-09-07 20:17:39 +0000 UTCAlso, I can't help but add: I'm glad I'm not the only one who has mulled over how much unease is present in the overworld themes in this game! I listen to a lot of songs from 1 and 2 because they carry a sense of comfort and calm, but 3 is intentionally stingy with that mood, to the point where I don't have any overworld themes besides Erythia Sea on my playlists. I can't rest within XC3 music the same way I can rest within Hometown or On The Fallen Arm or Leftheria Archipelago, and that "loss" impressed me once I recognized the intention behind it. How the composers managed that so consistently is beyond me.
FlashingFire
2025-09-06 02:19:32 +0000 UTCI apologize for posting this both here and in the video comments, but well... I want to say it. The amount of emotion this video drew out of me is incredible. I felt tears welling up multiple times. It's been a while since I played XC3, so part of that could be explained as simple nostalgia. But I don't think that's it. Just as Noah and Mio communicate through the medium of music, you, KingK the human being, communicated with me, the human behind this little icon and these little words, through the medium that is this game - something we have never played together, but share all the same. The medium is, of course, brilliant in the extreme. But the voice I heard through it was yours. I am a different person from you. When my time on earth is up, I have faith that I will go on. Heck, my most existential fear is practically the opposite of yours - the concept of a life that *doesn't ever end* terrifies me if I think about it for very long. But there are times when I find peace with the idea. When I become aware of some truth or some experience I am taking part in and think, I could be happy with this forever. I am a different person from you. But I pray that you find your peace.
FlashingFire
2025-09-06 02:03:31 +0000 UTC
