@@cyn1stre flower, sun and rain? reminds me of Hiroshi Okubo's "Flowers, Birds, Wind and Moon"... what are you referring to, if you don't mind me asking?
Ending D The ending where nobody wins Not the humans, since they're all frozen in time And not the gods either, since they did not annihilate humankind. They are still technically alive.
Suposedly not all humans were frozen, since we can see in the cutscene that only part of the world was affected by Seere's time freeze, but yes a whole continent lost like that is a pretty big casualty.
In retrospect, this ending is probably the most hopeful one. A cataclysmic event is halted and humanity is saved, but at the cost of the lives of the characters we've followed for hours. Caim's bloodlust was never quenched, Angelus helped the humans she despised one last time, Leonard suppressed his primal urge long enough to give his life for one final attack, Arioch unfortunately just gave into her madness, and Seere became a hero like he wanted. Humanity lives on.
@@atoaster9940 That should tell you that even when time freezes completely for everyone, it's preferable to any of the other endings where humanity likely dies off or is in a worse state than before. No more pain or strife, but no more anything else.
@@atoaster9940 Time only stopped where the pillar was formed. Looking at the cinematic shot from space, it shows that it covered nearly all of Germany. (Odd because the Imperial Capital, where all endings take place (except E), is located in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula) What's left of humanity outside the pillar will still be plagued by dragons, monsters, and maybe the Red Eye Disease, but it'll still live to see another day. Least till God devises another way to wipe out humanity down the line.
@@OldTrench due to the human civilization collapsing all around the world with the cathedral city being seen as a safe haven, basically all of humanity in resided in Midgard by the events of Drakengard 1, if they got wiped out humanity would be no more in that timeline.
It's really only stated that the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire and Frankish Empire is what lead to the creation of Midgard. (The Cathedral City really only attracted the upper classes of fallen kingdoms i.e. the nobility and clergy) There's just no real info on what happened to the rest of the world outside of Europe. The immense population (even for the time) of the regions of India and China would definitely ensure humanity's survival. Various tribes of all parts of the world would also be a backup, but at that point we'd be near extinct.
Except in ending C. No girlfriend. No necro/pedo/whateverotherthingiephilic friends, no greater goal. Just a ravaged world, a swarm of ravenous dragons and a fight as grand as ever.
I like how this song at first is playing only really short melody that is repeating and then reverses it as if time for a moment was going normally and then reversed, and this way staying stopped.
Am I the only one so creeped out by this that can't listen to it? I can't even explain it myself, but something about the song looping over and over really puts me off. But I guess that was the point of the track! God, what a soundtrack.
It makes sense since this music represents how a mere child, full of love and innocence, tried to give the love he received alone from his mother back to everyone by letting them live.
Yeah I agree also those cyclops in the war chapter look like there from that series the decrepit look in their bodies and there arms tied behind their backs i wonder what it would symbolize?
@@time4manmode945 I guess if the cyclops were to symbolize anything, they would symbolize how conflict/war has always driven humanity to create new instruments of death for both offensive and defensive purposes or as a deterrence. Angelus does say in that chapter: "The cyclops are creation of man. Nature does not mold such monsters."
@@time4manmode945 medieval heavy self-propelled artillery lol, if they were medieval mechs, they'd be more terrifying to fight against since their arms wouldn't be tied behind their backs and would be able to grab you mid-air potentially.
I still dont get how seere managed to freeze time in that big ass area? What i jnow is that he made a pact eith a golem and in order to do that he had to give something up: his time, his ability to age. At the end of the D route, golem says he has to break the pact and they do. So when the pact is broken... He got his time back... And then what? Did it go out of control and thats what caused it to be able to freeze time or what? I get why he did it, why he was able to do it, but not why it was this amplified
@@novustalks7525 That's not what defines canon in Drakenier though, it's literally all up to perception and what you think leads to where. There's literally zero confirmation that Ending E or ANY ending for that matter is "canon", it's all based on circumstance leading to different outcomes with all being very real possibilities taking place in different branches, that's been like Drakenier's whole thing since 2004 Also Ending A leads to Drakengard 2??? Wtf
@@novustalks7525 How??? And where the hell is it ever mentioned that DOD2 is non canon lmao, it's literally shown as an official timeline in Drakengard 3, included in the official Drakenier timeline, and it's content/characters are included in just about every piece of official content imaginable (10th Anniversary box, Nowe and Manah included in the male/female protagonist lineup with Furiae/Caim and Kainé/Brother Nier, Shinjuku Roundtable, etc. ) I don't know where you get the notion or what interview you read where it was mentioned as somehow not being canon given it's granted just as much legitimacy as the other games in the series. Also, in a similar vein - there's, AGAIN, nothing stating from anyone that ending e or any particular ending is canon based on the amount of content it has??? Though if you have any good sources on that I'd be interested to see lmao Otherwise there's literally an official timeline included in the 10th Anni box you can search up online in a second and see for reference my guy
I have a strange fixation in crossovering pieces of this universe with a recent Disney show's story. This song right here ? I have yet to imagine a scenario unfortunately. Perhaps the flashback compilation one usually has before their demise. To show how time becomes meaningless for the young man as the sand in his hourglass runs out for him.
There are theories that do state this might be the Mother Beast trying to sing one final time, but slowly being stopped as the time freeze disrupts her focus and hability to sing.
The songs of endings B, C and D are my favorites of the ost. Speaking of favorites, after watching "Evangelion", I was afraid of losing my respect for "Drakengard", so I watched the first game again (but only route C and I used my imagination to turn routes B, D and E into a single one). Best decision of my life, because it allowed me to gain a new appreciation for the characters, particularly Caim, that I failed to grasp the first time. Now I understand that while he's a warrior and I'm a scholar, and even though I feel more compassion for children than he does, we might not be so different when it comes to how we feel towards our respective sisters and how we want the forces above us to see us. I love my sisters too, but I don't see them much in my future, just like Caim doesn't see Furiae in his despite finding her adorable. And he wants God to remember him for all eternity as a warrior, just as I want to be remembered as someone who dances sloppily in the chaos while taking mental notes and commenting on everything like some sort of theatre play. My observations leaving everyone in awe due to how orderly chaotic they sound. We will both be remembered by our respective resilience. This game is a masterpiece, the characters are masterpieces (with Caim, Angelus and Seere being relatable to me), and I apologize for saying I prefered "Evangelion" over "Drakengard". I prefer both in equal measure. It's a crime to put either below/above the other.
@@JabamiLain It was said sarcastically, meaning your comment was self-absorbed and verbose, and that this is typical of Evangelion fans (probably because Evangelion is a show full of introspective monologues). I would say whether that's good or bad is contextual, and if you feel like it's good or bad then it probably is. Of course, I say all this as a similarly self-absorbed and verbose Evangelion fan. There's a lot of crossover between the Evangelion and Drakengard fanbase.
@@dogmendogmenah ! Ok. I think it's a good thing. "Evangelion" helped me take a burden off me I wasn't even aware I had. Personally, I prefer to crossover "Drakengard" with "Kingdom Hearts", and Evangelion with Marvel (yes, I'm already writing both, I want to heal Shinji and Asuka, and emotionally and psychologically push the "KH" protagonists to the breaking point, because they're obedient brats I love, but hate to see constantly submissive to grumpy, creepy old men, due to their constant happy going nature keeping them from growing a backbone against said old people).
@@JabamiLain Crossing over Evangellion with Marvel, huh? Funny you say that. Penni Parker from "Into the Spiderverse" and Shinji from "Evangellion" are from the exact same Universe. At least, that's what the "Canon Event" memes lead me to believe.
i think it fits pretty well - this ending is the one where time is frozen, everyone you know is dead, and no one 'wins', right?... I don't think anything OTHER than the same sample over and over again would fit that sorrowful scenario!
@@elwen8525 in that case, I recommend you don't play it - it's less a game and more a piece of art, something you experience and wince in bittersweet uncomfortability every time you remember... but if you've got a free weekend and wanna kill some time, why not experience the special kind of sorrow that only Yoko Taro can create! and 10 pushups, too, you can do it!
@@xyzxyz-ib6fb that's a good point! so many games turn you into a killing machine that can simultaneously juggle babes, brawlers and many tonnes of bodacious... what have you. you can fight everyone, kill everyone and do anything. i like Drakengard's take on "why", why death and destruction have to be so prevalent in video games - what I got out of Drakengard is that it's far easier to destroy and forget than it is to forgive and learn. that's why all the fukced up people of your squad are drowning in blood rather than doing anything remotely close to redeeming themselves!
