Reaction - Weight of the World ENG/JPN Version - Nier Automata OST 

One of the other comments briefly mentions this, but I wanted to expand upon it. There are actually 4 versions of this song, which play in a specific order as you play through the various "Endings" of the game. Each one has specific thematic meaning and fits within its place in the story. SPOILER FOR NIER AUTOMATA Context: One of the principle themes of the game is about cycles of violence and the struggle to find purpose in a meaningless world. The core of the game is about a war between the Androids and the machine lifeforms on Earth. The Androids were created by humanity to fight the war while the machine lifeforms were created by aliens that had invaded the Earth. YoRHa claims that the humans are hidden away on the moon waiting until the Androids have won the war and reclaimed Earth. However, in the course of the story, you discover that not only is humanity long extinct, but the aliens that created the machine lifeforms is also long dead as well. Both the Androids and Machine Lifeforms were created for the sole purpose of waging this war, but both of their creators have long since ceased to exist, meaning that neither side is fighting for anything. They are just fighting a meaningless war that extends on forever. YoRHa was created as a lie to give hope to the Androids that had lost the will to live and die for a meaningless war. Ending A - English Version "Weight of the World". This is a melancholic but ultimately hopeful song. Important to this is that 2Bs purpose is actually to monitor and kill 9S if he ever discovers too much about the truth of the war. This means that she has killed 9S many times. The song is essentially a lament on the weight of this task and the hope for a better future. Ending B - Japanese Version "Song of a Broken World". If you translate the Japanese lyrics into English, it is totally different from the English version. This is a far more resigned and hopeless song. It is desperate and hopeless plea, a breathless wish for a better future. It comes at a time in the story where you have a richer understanding of what has happened and feel a deeper despair at the reality of it. It is not that they had more time or effort to put into the Japanese version, but rather that it has a different thematic subtext at this place within the story. This version of the song is actually so devastatingly sad in Japanese that the singer started crying while recording. She wanted to do another take, but they decided to use this one because it very much fit the theme of the song. Ending C/D - Chaos Version "Weight of the World". This song is sung in a made-up Chaos language. It has no translation and has no literal meaning. It plays at a time in the story where YoRHa has reached its end, destroyed by a virus, and there is no further hope for a better ending as 2B, 9S and A2 are all dead. Ending E - "The [E]nd of YoRHa". This ending actually starts when you finish Endings A, B, C and D. While the credits are starting to roll on either Ending C or D (you can complete these two in either order), the credits will be interrupted by a dialogue between two pods. The Pods are supposed to be non-sentient AIs that follow the characters around and support them throughout the game. The dialogue reveals that the final purpose of the pods is to collect the dead YoRHa androids and delete all of the data. However, one of the pods finds that there is some residual data from 2B, 9S and A2, and he refuses to delete it. He says that he cannot accept this resolution and asks the player if they want to try to recover the data from 2B, 9S and A2. If you say yes, the credit restart and "The [E]nd of YoRHa" starts to play. This version is a blended mix of the English, Japanese and Chaos versions with an 8-Bit intro and a choir sung by the entire development team of the game. A cursor appears on screen and the "hacking" mini-game from throughout the game begins. As the credits appear, they start to shoot out bullets, which the player has to shoot or dodge, and the player has to shoot each name in the credits. Essentially, you have to fight the developers of the game to earn a different ending. As the credits progress, it gets more and more difficult until finally it becomes basically impossible. When you die, the game asks if you want to give up, but you can press on. As this repeats you will see words of encouragement from other players. After you have died repeatedly, the game will ask if you want to accept help. If you say yes, then other cursors will appear to surround you, lending you strength and protection. It is at this point that the choir surges in. The choir is sung by the entire development team that made the game. A collective hymn ushering you forth towards the end of the game. Everyone coming together to overcome something that was impossible for you to overcome by yourself. At the end of Ending E, the game asks if you want to lend your support to another player. You can leave words of encouragement for them, just like you had seen when you were playing. To do this, you must delete your save file, wiping away all record of everything you had accomplished in the game. TLDR; The game is an incredibly rich masterpiece and all 4 versions of the song have specific thematic purpose. There isn't a "better" version of the song, as each one serves a distinct purpose within the overall context of the full game.

Worth to mention that JP wersion have different text than EN and it's caled A Song of this broker World it's song about depresion and lost, while Weight of the World is song of hope... And yes JP singer start crying when she perform it, cause it's hearthbreaking song.

This song still makes me cry so much. This game is honestly top 5.

The thing I like about the JP version is that the vocal is not too distracting and it blends in with the instruments very well

I do like both version as well however I do prefer the JP one more. My reason happens to be the same as Roger reasoning as well. Just felt like more practice was done for the music in JP for the vocals than the Eng version. Nonetheless an amazing music piece!

JP one remind me of... Cruel Oath 😢

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Nicee i love this!

Looking forward for more Nier Songs 🤩