The fact that during the fight with Lamia in game where in her underwater phase, the music is actually muffled and distorted to give you the sense of fear of the water as if you are drowning. It is simply mindblowing how much detail Kuro puts into their games
Ah Lamia my dear Lamia, she is so complex and interesting. In game, Lamia is this centaur/mermaid-like comedic villain sidekick. Like any adversary, she is cunning and selfish, but also nervous, emotional and weirdly innocent. She is so bad that she can steal from kids, but not so evil to cause a massacre. spoiler: Turned out Lamia was raised by a group of elite scientists. Contrarily to Lamia, these scientists are selfless and work for the humanity. They are also extremely rationale that they rid of themselves any human desire and emotion. They would even scold little Lamia for crying or any irrational behaviors. Crisis broke out. The scientists chose to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. They plan to isolate themselves in their laboratory under the ocean. Of course, little Lamia wanted to leave and got scared. This time however, the scientists went easy on her. They transformed her to be amphibious and ordered her to return to inform them when the crisis is over. Lamia was released into the ocean. In reality, the scientists never had hope of Lamia coming back. They knew they were gonna die. The order was just an excuse to free Lamia. Lamia had been a mirror. The scientists had been seeing themselves in Lamia. They didn't allow any human emotion to reside in themselves, but they allowed Lamia. She is like a container for their humanity. Letting her go, is to let free of themselves. For the mankind, they left their body in the laboratory, for the self, they released their desires into the ocean. In the end, Lamia returned to the laboratory but empty. Welcome home, says the recording. Lamia realizes all. Hence the music.
It does so much emotional damage when all her memories come back just for her to realizes she has nowhere else to go. The VA really did an awesome job voicing Lamia in the boss fight. We can feel the sadness and desperation in her voice.
@@MarcoMeatball In addition to this, the third section of the song (around 5:04) is the boss fight with Lamia against the character you play in this section of the story, Vera. Lamia may be a meek antagonist character, but she's still an Ascendant, which basically meant she's SUPER dangerous for anyone to fight 1 on 1 (this is the first time in the game's storyline where the protagonists do so successfully). And in this fight, that's exactly what Vera does. The stakes are high, with Lamia, in her frazzled emotional state from remembering her past all of a sudden, trying to sink the entire massive Naval facility she grew up in to the bottom of the ocean, and Vera who's trying to stop it from sinking to preserve and recover potentially humanity-saving information and technology from within the facility. Lamia's coming in with fast slashes, long range energy harpoons, and even holo-projections of herself that attack and deal damage, and Vera counters ALL OF IT. The battle ends when Vera finally wounds Lamia with an almost-lethal blow that's not fully evaded and then Lamia gives in to her nature and flees back into the ocean.
@@nateklempner561 I believe Lamia didn't just flee but also got knocked out of her mental denial and rampage. So that she accepted the fate of the scientists, thus stopped sinking the facility.
I love how you vibe with the song, that's Vanguard's magical. Long story short, Lamia is mermaid-like Ascendant and antagonist of the "Last Spark" story patch, she is the pushover, meek and the one who always run away like a coward when things goes wrong. This song is about her finally snapping back and showing ho menace she is on the battlefield, specially around water. As you mentioned, there's this desesperation and direness, this fight between Vera and Lamia, a clash between two people that deal with their own pain. One wants to take it all away, while the other wants to bury beneath the ocean.
I still havent played through the story chapter of Lamia, but knowing her character from Chapter 13, I kinda want to see more of her maybe as an ally down the road or some shit like that
Haven't played PGR, YET. I need to get around to it. As someone who's never played the game, I'm just going to say that a fight between two people trying to deal with their trauma is one of the most emotional and interesting stories you can tell. Especially if the star of the show is the coward, who actually turns out to be a straight up nightmare in a fight. There's something very awe inspiring and intimidating about a character that normally runs away, doing an about face and going for your throat. Like the old saying goes, a cornered beast is the most dangerous.
@@wolfhunted7702 No date yet but they're closed beta test just went live some days ago and went pretty smoothly afaik, so maybe sometime in early/mid 2023 hopefully.
@@QDRG64 Could be even sooner. I'm personally in the test, and I'm absolutely stunned how well it runs already. With some bug fixing and minor tweaking (mostly on the controls) this could even be released as soon as the next patch comes in, which is December 2022.
There's this video here on youtube called "Music in Punishing Gray Raven be like", and the first thing in it is this guy in Jesus cosplay playing a DJ set, a fake-ass heavenly cloudy background behind him, as the choir / beat part in Narwhal kicks in; that's honestly the most accurate feeling and description to PGR music lol. That drop in LAMIA is so freaking SICK, I love it so much!! Such a stark contrast from the begining, with the mysterious aquatic setting
I saw that vid lol, there's also a buncha dudes on the vid where they dance to Dust, and the other where Revelation was played on a literal DJ set on a crowd
Meanwhile Arknights music, particularly the Contigency Contract are depicted with mass of people dancing on the street. CC is the rowdiest bunch of music genre
I. LOVE. THIS. SONG. how explodes and the sound goes out of water when the drop falls and how the "lyrics" sometimes call the name of lamia and specially in 5:50 when the lyrics says "LAAAAMIA WEEEELCOME HOMEEEE" so good!
Punishing Gray Raven actually got me into trance music. Before that I used to mock electronic-type music as a bunch of mindless "wub wubs" and "untz untz untz untz"
Lamia and the underwater fight is the best combo. Feels like i'm actually drowning. I'm afraid of deep water and it makes me physically uncomfortable Next patch's theme is Edenis. I'd like to see your reaction. My sister caught me blasting in my room and called it devil's song lol
"Welcome home Lamia" The tears of a mermaid in the tranquil sea. PGR just knows how to hit home with the story even if its for antagonists and then add such beautiful music to just elevate it to another level.
7:28 When he says "it brings out the humanity", I can't help but go back to the story where we know everyone in Atlantis is all absent of humane traits even to little kids but only ever showed an actual side of their humanity at the end to Lamia by turning her to what she is, making her incapable of starvation and staying alive up to now unlike the fate of the whole Atlantis.
New people are playing but they're skipping story and they're missing out on all the context for this stuff. They want flashy shiny battles but don't care about the characters besides how they look and fight.
Something about this track is so ethereal that it quite literally pulls me along for the ride. Trance has a habbit of doing that but during the entire time you get this sense of a massive subterranean underwater adventure and phew, I love it.
I always thought that this was the theme of Lustrous (the researcher) Since she killed herself in the facility with tons of supplies and recordings that we (commandant) and Vera listened to, and she mockingly ate away all of Lustrous' supplies which somehow kinda like Lustrous became a memory chip to Vera Even Lamia was intimidated with Vera's appearance, since she did kinda saw the researcher Lustrous in Vera
kinda, vera more so retrieves the swords of the fallens, stabs it into her back, and continues to carry on. Her mood teethers from indifferent to uncompromising because of how mistreated and misunderstood the world has been to her for both good and bad even her "late fiance" misunderstood her not as a grim reaper but as a valkyrie. The indifference is similar to numbness, so she excites herself or "feel alive" when it stings or bleeds. Like many of the more realists or pessimists in the story, they often reject happiness so it does not hurt them when its taken away. How ironic isn't it, for their bodies of "steel", their hearts are still the same kind of glass as humans
alright, i have to admit that i would love to add my own psychoanalysis of vera and lamia in comparison to the music, but everyone really summarized it so perfectly. instead, i wanted to talk about this "humanity" aspect brought up in the video. [SPOILER warning in advance!] i think one massive theme throughout PGR is the idea of humanity, what it's meant to be, how it's represented, and what makes something human. in case nobody is familiar, TLDR, all the playable characters are essentially 'robots' called constructs after humanity discovers a way to transfer consciousness into mechanical human-like "frames". here in the last spark (the chapter name), vera is shown to be a greatly sadistic character, feared by many as "death" (due to the fact that many people think she brings death to those around her - she was a medic before she became a construct). in one instance in the far past, she had taken a spear with a flag/banner on it from someone who was meant to represent humanity and give people hope while wearing a frame specifically designed for executing construct traitors (instead of the usual design of frames made to kill robots infected by the punishing virus that has destroyed earth). of course, this raised a lot of eyebrows due to all the scrutiny she had faced in the past, and infuriated many people who saw her as "Death". she takes this title to heart, and almost makes it her identity. she is cold, closed-off, sharp-tongued, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest she cares about others, wanting to take on pain for others to "give meaning to her existence". in this chapter in the present, she had to work to save something precious to humanity, technology that could help us save it in this Atlantis-esque research center/city that is now sinking. because of this, as represented in the music, she is almost like... a representation of humanity's desperation for this city to not sink, to rescue its hope. she is seen as death, but she is also humanity's last resort. the stakes are absolutely high. she is also elegant in her movements in this old frame which shows beautifully in her animations. lamia, ironically, despite possibly being the most human thing in said research facility before all the researchers inside perished (see Colab Colab's comment about Lamia!), ended up the least human physically. she's almost like a mermaid or a siren. in a way, that desperate voice could also be seen as lamia's call, her desperation, and her internal hell after so many years away from this facility that housed her "parents" and her "home" (albeit horrible, inhumane ones- oh, more irony). so you have these two characters, both human on the inside and mechanical (in more ways than physical) on the outside, but with entirely opposite temperaments. they're amazing foils(?) for each other. extremely confident, competent, take-no-bs, sadistic "hero" vera met with meek, emotional, doormat "villain" lamia. it is absolutely beautiful to me that these messages can be portrayed in music. kudos to kuro and vanguard!! ...ah. i said i wouldn't psychoanalyze. too late i guess!
This hits different when you know the story and hearing this while fighting Lamia. Specially the underwater phase. Heard this prior to global release and I found myself liking it better on official release. It's a more immersive experience. Also, the story also hits different than most. Probably my favorite. Kuro's world-building and story is truly top-notch, still typical in sci-fi but the delivery and phasing is just beautiful. I love the way they presented a moral dilemma here. As always, great video.
I think your point about how the singing brings humanity to this piece is important, but I think I can expand a little more on it. The way I see it, the very clear singing stands in stark contrast to the otherwise mostly synthetic soundscape that the piece primarily makes use of. In other words, the humanity of the situation where this piece plays is highlighted; amidst the brutality, the ugliness and desperation of the situation, there's a distinct human element at the center of it all that shines through. And, well, that's what Punishing: Gray Raven is all about.
@@MarcoMeatball hell yeah! it really is impressive what you can do musically by just adding one little thing to the mix that's different to everything else
This song is amazing! Easily one of my favorites from the game. And it has been enhanced with knowledge of the story arc of Vera and Lamia. I like to think that the solo soprano is Vera. She is strong like a valkyrie though she has lost most hope for humanity as a whole, Vera has embodied that "Last Spark" (though she may not seem like it) she takes those feelings of despair from people long passed and turns it into the hope and glory of retaking Earth. Lamia is the opposite (I won't say more because getting to know her through this chapter leaves a great impact for a character that doesn't get enough scenetime.) When the choir hits it's blades clashing as well as their inner voices.
i like how Lamia is perfectly matches the clash of ideals between vera and lamia, and also has a deep backstory for lmia that gives this song more meaning and showing lamia's humanity
What these songs get me is the human element in each and every one of them. They have all these techno stuff that makes me feel the struggle, the build up, the setting, and then you get hit with the Vocals. Jesus Christ! Makes me feel that humanity can overcome everything you throw at it. I've been trying to figure out where I've felt it before and remembered the music of Hans Zimmer's Interstellar! We're surrounded by all these machines, technology and science. But the human element is as much important to the that and this game. You feel what the characters are feeling and thinking at that moment. Trying to struggle and fight with every fiber of their being. Truly a pleasurable experience listening to these masterpieces.
Dear Marco, I think at this point whenever the drop beat and you just enjoy it the same as us viewers, we are practically doing an online rave party when the beat drops.
The update for this song is also called "Last Spark" and it has another female character as the lead who has largely been in the game since the start as an off and on antagonist. She's the new unit to pull, too.
When the Vocals drop, I feel like a Great battle is about to commence. _"LET US FIGHT TO OUR HEART CONTENTS!"_ Gives me that EPIC vibe. But yeah, really epic sythwave-ish, edm stylish. I love it!
Glad to see that PGR is slowly getting more popular because it’s a great game and their team is also amazing. The amount of detail that this game have, the music, everything is amazing and they deserve more.
This song is going to make me check out the game, I am a big EDM fan so this was right up my alley lol. The style of soprano singing reminds me of Ghost in the Shell SAC and some other 2000's anime that had the same style of sound.
Welcome to PGR if you do start to play! The music from the game is stellar. For the game itself, it's a bit of slow start story-wise (up until around Ch 9), but it's worth it when you get to chapters like Last Spark, where this song is featured in the boss fight. Other fan favorite (the list is too long to truly name them all) tracks from PGR: Revelations, Narwhal, Under Dimension, Hikari, Last Resort. Definitely check out Vanguard Sound's music, even if you do end up not playing PGR. I promise it's worth it if you like this type of music.
I cant wait Till he Listens to Nanami's New Theme its such a banger there is a lot of good music you are gonna listen to coming from PGR Vanguard Studio is one of my favorite studios for music
Incredible boss fight and ost, definitely my favorite in the whole game. The fun thing is, half of the fight is actually underwater, hence the very underwater-y sound and the music in-game gets muffled when you are. Also that drop hits you HARD
This is one of the best soundtracks for one of the best boss battles in PGR. It got me in a hyped when I did the fight. There are 3 phases to the fight, the 2nd one where Lamia submerges the battle platform down the ocean and all sounds, ost, voices, and even the battle fx became muffled just like how sounds get muffled underwater. It's peak sound design by Kuro 🔥
I genuinely don't know what I enjoy more between the music itself or Marco vibing to it so much lol. Another great video and characterization as well. Keep up the good work sir!
I've been really vibing to "Last Resort" from Punishing: Gray Raven, and I've never played the game. It just appeared in a pre-generated playlist and I liked it. It is worth checking out, unless you listened to it on a livestream already.
Watching this again it's amazing how the music fakes you (and us!) out around 4:35 and we can see you expecting it, and then it's right back down into the build up again before finally it brings us to the payoff.
To add to your point about the soprano voice representing purity, elegance, etc, I think it also is simply because it's in the higher register that gives that feel of "heaven" which often represents purity, elegance, etc vs the hell aspect of things. Not saying hell is represented by the lower registers. Dunno how I missed this one so late in the game, keep the analysis coming brother!! Loving them.
I really love the way you get hyped with every pgr theme man I literally love when someone loses his character cuz he got so hyped about a theme or a song that tells you how much it hits. Can't wait for you to react to requiem from arknights it's such a beautiful Russian song that you need to hear
This SLAPS. The beat, the trance rythym, the sheer pushing pace that drives forward and makes you want to MOVE, the wailing angry and miserable voice... Goddamn.
I'll never forget this fight in the story with Vera looking off into the sunrise with her banner spear driven into the ground like she's marking her territory.
YESS this is what I’m waiting for thank you Marco for the delivery! I play PGR in global and the global server is I think a year behind(?) the CN server so when I heard Lamia for the first time I had no idea what’s going on story wise and my exact facial expression was literally like you hahah. What I really like about Lamia is the sound design. We are underwater and when I think about underwater as in present times is a submarine. I love how the higher pitch synth that plays the melody sounded like a sonar radar. Idk much about sonar technology in submarines/ships but I read that active sonars is audible but is actually around 500kHz which literally can make people deaf, so I think Vanguard go for the sonar sound effects from the movies which has a lower pitch and has an echo to it, which exactly sounded like the synth they used for the melody! Creating futuristic cybernetic themed track that takes place hundreds of years ahead is one thing, but being able to create that track with elements that us in present times can relate was simply phenomenal! Marco, thank you once again for doing this reaction! I thoroughly enjoyed it and gained useful knowledge especially when you discussed about the soprano voice, it was very pleasant to watch!
The patch that introduced this song just came out the other week for Global and... Wow. What a ride. The best patch yet, I cried like a baby at the end. Just... Wow.
Since we're on a mobile game kick let's just bite the bullet: I'd like to suggest Not a Hero from Kings Raid. It's an incredibly powerful piece that gets me emotional every time despite never having even played the game.
As always thanks for the marking, your music sense is mark all of the scene in the battle here. All of your comment just hit the bullseyes on every stage scene.
Ayo more PGR. Always a pleasure to watch you vibe to Vanguard Sound Studio. Would love to see your reactions to the Firn Night and Secret remixes of Narwhal someday. They're much smaller tracks, but I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially in comparison to the original.
If you enjoy PGR's music and its EDM design...I think you maybe have to listen to Structures. It's the theme song of the PGR and Nier Automata crossover and it's so fire.
one thing i love about your videos are that u usually *dont* pause on the build up to the BIG part of pgrs songs which alot of other people do, its beautiful
This track have few moment what drop on you like a tsunami. Without know the story and the background of this track lot off people can feel whats happend. But if u know the story belive me this hit much deeper and harder
Please check out Magnolia, Marigold and or Myosotis if you can. The music is from a rythm game called "Deemo" and its just a shame such a gems are not listened to many people.
The fact that during the fight with Lamia in game where in her underwater phase, the music is actually muffled and distorted to give you the sense of fear of the water as if you are drowning. It is simply mindblowing how much detail Kuro puts into their games
Kuro sound quality top tier
never mess with kuro bro, they're better than hoyoverse
@@-naraka_ LoL. That kuro fan out there.😂😂😂
@@gannykungsenpaitv809 there is always one right? 🤣
@@-naraka_ you had to be that guy
Fun fact
Half the battle is underwater and all the sounds become muffled. Including the music.
One of the most cinematic boss fights of all time
Ah Lamia my dear Lamia, she is so complex and interesting.
In game, Lamia is this centaur/mermaid-like comedic villain sidekick. Like any adversary, she is cunning and selfish, but also nervous, emotional and weirdly innocent. She is so bad that she can steal from kids, but not so evil to cause a massacre.
spoiler:
Turned out Lamia was raised by a group of elite scientists. Contrarily to Lamia, these scientists are selfless and work for the humanity. They are also extremely rationale that they rid of themselves any human desire and emotion. They would even scold little Lamia for crying or any irrational behaviors.
Crisis broke out. The scientists chose to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. They plan to isolate themselves in their laboratory under the ocean. Of course, little Lamia wanted to leave and got scared. This time however, the scientists went easy on her. They transformed her to be amphibious and ordered her to return to inform them when the crisis is over.
Lamia was released into the ocean.
In reality, the scientists never had hope of Lamia coming back. They knew they were gonna die. The order was just an excuse to free Lamia.
Lamia had been a mirror. The scientists had been seeing themselves in Lamia. They didn't allow any human emotion to reside in themselves, but they allowed Lamia. She is like a container for their humanity. Letting her go, is to let free of themselves. For the mankind, they left their body in the laboratory, for the self, they released their desires into the ocean.
In the end, Lamia returned to the laboratory but empty. Welcome home, says the recording. Lamia realizes all.
Hence the music.
oh man this comment made me cry fr,, the hidden chapter broke my heart
Wow beautiful read
It does so much emotional damage when all her memories come back just for her to realizes she has nowhere else to go. The VA really did an awesome job voicing Lamia in the boss fight. We can feel the sadness and desperation in her voice.
@@MarcoMeatball In addition to this, the third section of the song (around 5:04) is the boss fight with Lamia against the character you play in this section of the story, Vera. Lamia may be a meek antagonist character, but she's still an Ascendant, which basically meant she's SUPER dangerous for anyone to fight 1 on 1 (this is the first time in the game's storyline where the protagonists do so successfully). And in this fight, that's exactly what Vera does. The stakes are high, with Lamia, in her frazzled emotional state from remembering her past all of a sudden, trying to sink the entire massive Naval facility she grew up in to the bottom of the ocean, and Vera who's trying to stop it from sinking to preserve and recover potentially humanity-saving information and technology from within the facility. Lamia's coming in with fast slashes, long range energy harpoons, and even holo-projections of herself that attack and deal damage, and Vera counters ALL OF IT. The battle ends when Vera finally wounds Lamia with an almost-lethal blow that's not fully evaded and then Lamia gives in to her nature and flees back into the ocean.
@@nateklempner561 I believe Lamia didn't just flee but also got knocked out of her mental denial and rampage. So that she accepted the fate of the scientists, thus stopped sinking the facility.
I love how you vibe with the song, that's Vanguard's magical.
Long story short, Lamia is mermaid-like Ascendant and antagonist of the "Last Spark" story patch, she is the pushover, meek and the one who always run away like a coward when things goes wrong. This song is about her finally snapping back and showing ho menace she is on the battlefield, specially around water. As you mentioned, there's this desesperation and direness, this fight between Vera and Lamia, a clash between two people that deal with their own pain. One wants to take it all away, while the other wants to bury beneath the ocean.
This is a very good interpretation of what the song is about along with the story points. 👌 thanks for your thoughts 👍
I still havent played through the story chapter of Lamia, but knowing her character from Chapter 13, I kinda want to see more of her maybe as an ally down the road or some shit like that
@@mmrchive prepare your mental and tissue later when you read Lamia's story then 🤧👍🏼
Well said
@@mmrchive Welp it happened, she's playable now.
"LAAAAMMIAA WEEELLLCOMEEE HOMEEEE"
Anyone else who wants to give the little mermaid Ascendant a heat pat after reading the story?
I thought it's " we are home now "
@@moharep1005 yeah, me too. I thought this was "MIHOYOOODDD" lol
Yes... Our coward mermaid need more attention
Aaaa ii aaaaa iii aaaaaaa
Once she becomes a playable character we can in the dormitory
Can't wait for Last Resort and Under Dimension, Vanguard Sound never misses
2 of the best ones 100%
he reacted to under dimension in his stream
don't sleep on exorcism
@@jiveyi ohh what stream?
thanksgiving stream
Perfect time for the react cuz it’s the current global boss battle theme
Haven't played PGR, YET. I need to get around to it. As someone who's never played the game, I'm just going to say that a fight between two people trying to deal with their trauma is one of the most emotional and interesting stories you can tell. Especially if the star of the show is the coward, who actually turns out to be a straight up nightmare in a fight. There's something very awe inspiring and intimidating about a character that normally runs away, doing an about face and going for your throat. Like the old saying goes, a cornered beast is the most dangerous.
Then I suggest waiting a little bit longer, especially if you own a PC.
Because they're about to release an official PC Port soon enough.
@@90enemies any idea when it comes out?
@@wolfhunted7702 No date yet but they're closed beta test just went live some days ago and went pretty smoothly afaik, so maybe sometime in early/mid 2023 hopefully.
@@QDRG64 Could be even sooner. I'm personally in the test, and I'm absolutely stunned how well it runs already. With some bug fixing and minor tweaking (mostly on the controls) this could even be released as soon as the next patch comes in, which is December 2022.
why dont you play the game?
There's this video here on youtube called "Music in Punishing Gray Raven be like", and the first thing in it is this guy in Jesus cosplay playing a DJ set, a fake-ass heavenly cloudy background behind him, as the choir / beat part in Narwhal kicks in; that's honestly the most accurate feeling and description to PGR music lol. That drop in LAMIA is so freaking SICK, I love it so much!! Such a stark contrast from the begining, with the mysterious aquatic setting
I saw that vid lol, there's also a buncha dudes on the vid where they dance to Dust, and the other where Revelation was played on a literal DJ set on a crowd
Meanwhile Arknights music, particularly the Contigency Contract are depicted with mass of people dancing on the street. CC is the rowdiest bunch of music genre
I. LOVE. THIS. SONG.
how explodes and the sound goes out of water when the drop falls and how the "lyrics" sometimes call the name of lamia and specially in 5:50 when the lyrics says "LAAAAMIA WEEEELCOME HOMEEEE" so good!
I never noticed that, that is kinda cute and sweet, like the entire setting is welcoming her back.
On a more serious note, I love the microreactions Marco has when there's a shift in the music. Happy Thanksgiving Marco!
You too!!
Punishing Gray Raven actually got me into trance music. Before that I used to mock electronic-type music as a bunch of mindless "wub wubs" and "untz untz untz untz"
🙋 it's us!
I used to think that Daft Punk was more akin to brainwashing rather than music, nowadays alive 2007 is one of my top 3 dishwashing albums
The music team behind PGRs music deserves a reward. Such an underrated game
Iv'e listened to techno for over 20 years. It's hard for me to get overly excited by a beat drop, but that amazing drop at 5:31 gave me chills.
I love Punishing Gray Raven's Soundtrack, it's incredibly vibrant and filled with jaw-dropping numbers. Also, I love me a good bass.
Lamia and the underwater fight is the best combo. Feels like i'm actually drowning. I'm afraid of deep water and it makes me physically uncomfortable
Next patch's theme is Edenis. I'd like to see your reaction. My sister caught me blasting in my room and called it devil's song lol
Shikikan: burrrr...hel....help....I....drowning!!...hel..
"Welcome home Lamia" The tears of a mermaid in the tranquil sea.
PGR just knows how to hit home with the story even if its for antagonists and then add such beautiful music to just elevate it to another level.
7:28 When he says "it brings out the humanity", I can't help but go back to the story where we know everyone in Atlantis is all absent of humane traits even to little kids but only ever showed an actual side of their humanity at the end to Lamia by turning her to what she is, making her incapable of starvation and staying alive up to now unlike the fate of the whole Atlantis.
I know I saw you in the comment section of Under Dimension. I can’t wait to see your reaction to that song!
You sure did
It’s sad how many people hasn’t played this masterpiece of a game. It deserves attention.
New people are playing but they're skipping story and they're missing out on all the context for this stuff. They want flashy shiny battles but don't care about the characters besides how they look and fight.
does anybody coming back here again with playable lamia news? :D
At this point, it just us bopping head
I think that’s just fine 😂
@@MarcoMeatball it's fun, and that's all matter
Something about this track is so ethereal that it quite literally pulls me along for the ride. Trance has a habbit of doing that but during the entire time you get this sense of a massive subterranean underwater adventure and phew, I love it.
Lamia is on my top 3 PGR ost for sure, even though PGR have so many bangers
Oh BTW PGR global is now actually on this event now, so if you want to experience it now is the time.
I always thought that this was the theme of Lustrous (the researcher)
Since she killed herself in the facility with tons of supplies and recordings that we (commandant) and Vera listened to, and she mockingly ate away all of Lustrous' supplies which somehow kinda like Lustrous became a memory chip to Vera
Even Lamia was intimidated with Vera's appearance, since she did kinda saw the researcher Lustrous in Vera
kinda, vera more so retrieves the swords of the fallens, stabs it into her back, and continues to carry on. Her mood teethers from indifferent to uncompromising because of how mistreated and misunderstood the world has been to her for both good and bad even her "late fiance" misunderstood her not as a grim reaper but as a valkyrie. The indifference is similar to numbness, so she excites herself or "feel alive" when it stings or bleeds.
Like many of the more realists or pessimists in the story, they often reject happiness so it does not hurt them when its taken away. How ironic isn't it, for their bodies of "steel", their hearts are still the same kind of glass as humans
Let's add another timestamp to the video... " 5:26 : Marco is VERY Pleased " haha
alright, i have to admit that i would love to add my own psychoanalysis of vera and lamia in comparison to the music, but everyone really summarized it so perfectly. instead, i wanted to talk about this "humanity" aspect brought up in the video. [SPOILER warning in advance!]
i think one massive theme throughout PGR is the idea of humanity, what it's meant to be, how it's represented, and what makes something human.
in case nobody is familiar, TLDR, all the playable characters are essentially 'robots' called constructs after humanity discovers a way to transfer consciousness into mechanical human-like "frames".
here in the last spark (the chapter name), vera is shown to be a greatly sadistic character, feared by many as "death" (due to the fact that many people think she brings death to those around her - she was a medic before she became a construct). in one instance in the far past, she had taken a spear with a flag/banner on it from someone who was meant to represent humanity and give people hope while wearing a frame specifically designed for executing construct traitors (instead of the usual design of frames made to kill robots infected by the punishing virus that has destroyed earth). of course, this raised a lot of eyebrows due to all the scrutiny she had faced in the past, and infuriated many people who saw her as "Death". she takes this title to heart, and almost makes it her identity. she is cold, closed-off, sharp-tongued, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest she cares about others, wanting to take on pain for others to "give meaning to her existence".
in this chapter in the present, she had to work to save something precious to humanity, technology that could help us save it in this Atlantis-esque research center/city that is now sinking. because of this, as represented in the music, she is almost like... a representation of humanity's desperation for this city to not sink, to rescue its hope. she is seen as death, but she is also humanity's last resort. the stakes are absolutely high. she is also elegant in her movements in this old frame which shows beautifully in her animations.
lamia, ironically, despite possibly being the most human thing in said research facility before all the researchers inside perished (see Colab Colab's comment about Lamia!), ended up the least human physically. she's almost like a mermaid or a siren. in a way, that desperate voice could also be seen as lamia's call, her desperation, and her internal hell after so many years away from this facility that housed her "parents" and her "home" (albeit horrible, inhumane ones- oh, more irony).
so you have these two characters, both human on the inside and mechanical (in more ways than physical) on the outside, but with entirely opposite temperaments. they're amazing foils(?) for each other. extremely confident, competent, take-no-bs, sadistic "hero" vera met with meek, emotional, doormat "villain" lamia.
it is absolutely beautiful to me that these messages can be portrayed in music. kudos to kuro and vanguard!!
...ah. i said i wouldn't psychoanalyze. too late i guess!
This hits different when you know the story and hearing this while fighting Lamia. Specially the underwater phase.
Heard this prior to global release and I found myself liking it better on official release. It's a more immersive experience.
Also, the story also hits different than most. Probably my favorite. Kuro's world-building and story is truly top-notch, still typical in sci-fi but the delivery and phasing is just beautiful. I love the way they presented a moral dilemma here.
As always, great video.
I think your point about how the singing brings humanity to this piece is important, but I think I can expand a little more on it. The way I see it, the very clear singing stands in stark contrast to the otherwise mostly synthetic soundscape that the piece primarily makes use of. In other words, the humanity of the situation where this piece plays is highlighted; amidst the brutality, the ugliness and desperation of the situation, there's a distinct human element at the center of it all that shines through. And, well, that's what Punishing: Gray Raven is all about.
That’s what I’m sayin!!!
@@MarcoMeatball hell yeah! it really is impressive what you can do musically by just adding one little thing to the mix that's different to everything else
Play the game, enjoy the story, using Vera and the storybuilding while fighting Lamia with this music is a masterpiece
This song is amazing! Easily one of my favorites from the game. And it has been enhanced with knowledge of the story arc of Vera and Lamia. I like to think that the solo soprano is Vera. She is strong like a valkyrie though she has lost most hope for humanity as a whole, Vera has embodied that "Last Spark" (though she may not seem like it) she takes those feelings of despair from people long passed and turns it into the hope and glory of retaking Earth. Lamia is the opposite (I won't say more because getting to know her through this chapter leaves a great impact for a character that doesn't get enough scenetime.) When the choir hits it's blades clashing as well as their inner voices.
Wow I didn't expect this music to be so unique, and I let the cat listen to it now my cat breathes underwater.
i like how Lamia is perfectly matches the clash of ideals between vera and lamia, and also has a deep backstory for lmia that gives this song more meaning and showing lamia's humanity
What these songs get me is the human element in each and every one of them. They have all these techno stuff that makes me feel the struggle, the build up, the setting, and then you get hit with the Vocals. Jesus Christ! Makes me feel that humanity can overcome everything you throw at it. I've been trying to figure out where I've felt it before and remembered the music of Hans Zimmer's Interstellar! We're surrounded by all these machines, technology and science. But the human element is as much important to the that and this game. You feel what the characters are feeling and thinking at that moment. Trying to struggle and fight with every fiber of their being. Truly a pleasurable experience listening to these masterpieces.
Dear Marco, I think at this point whenever the drop beat and you just enjoy it the same as us viewers, we are practically doing an online rave party when the beat drops.
😂
The update for this song is also called "Last Spark" and it has another female character as the lead who has largely been in the game since the start as an off and on antagonist. She's the new unit to pull, too.
I didn't expect you to vibe this hard, nor myself 😂
When the Vocals drop, I feel like a Great battle is about to commence. _"LET US FIGHT TO OUR HEART CONTENTS!"_
Gives me that EPIC vibe. But yeah, really epic sythwave-ish, edm stylish. I love it!
Glad to see that PGR is slowly getting more popular because it’s a great game and their team is also amazing. The amount of detail that this game have, the music, everything is amazing and they deserve more.
This song is going to make me check out the game, I am a big EDM fan so this was right up my alley lol. The style of soprano singing reminds me of Ghost in the Shell SAC and some other 2000's anime that had the same style of sound.
Well if you do play it now. You actually could hear it in game now. The event that this song is heard is actually now
the constructs in the story are pretty much androids from GitS
Welcome to PGR if you do start to play! The music from the game is stellar. For the game itself, it's a bit of slow start story-wise (up until around Ch 9), but it's worth it when you get to chapters like Last Spark, where this song is featured in the boss fight.
Other fan favorite (the list is too long to truly name them all) tracks from PGR: Revelations, Narwhal, Under Dimension, Hikari, Last Resort. Definitely check out Vanguard Sound's music, even if you do end up not playing PGR. I promise it's worth it if you like this type of music.
I cant wait Till he Listens to Nanami's New Theme its such a banger there is a lot of good music you are gonna listen to coming from PGR Vanguard Studio is one of my favorite studios for music
I have waited for this day ever since you reacted to narwhal
Let's enjoy this perfection known as a biblically accurate edm
Incredible boss fight and ost, definitely my favorite in the whole game. The fun thing is, half of the fight is actually underwater, hence the very underwater-y sound and the music in-game gets muffled when you are.
Also that drop hits you HARD
This is one of the best soundtracks for one of the best boss battles in PGR. It got me in a hyped when I did the fight. There are 3 phases to the fight, the 2nd one where Lamia submerges the battle platform down the ocean and all sounds, ost, voices, and even the battle fx became muffled just like how sounds get muffled underwater. It's peak sound design by Kuro 🔥
I genuinely don't know what I enjoy more between the music itself or Marco vibing to it so much lol. Another great video and characterization as well. Keep up the good work sir!
You were finally able to complete the big 3 of pgr music...
This is a certified hood classic and I'm glad you like it
I've been really vibing to "Last Resort" from Punishing: Gray Raven, and I've never played the game.
It just appeared in a pre-generated playlist and I liked it. It is worth checking out, unless you listened to it on a livestream already.
Watching this again it's amazing how the music fakes you (and us!) out around 4:35 and we can see you expecting it, and then it's right back down into the build up again before finally it brings us to the payoff.
Our girl is finally coming home on CN!
To add to your point about the soprano voice representing purity, elegance, etc, I think it also is simply because it's in the higher register that gives that feel of "heaven" which often represents purity, elegance, etc vs the hell aspect of things. Not saying hell is represented by the lower registers.
Dunno how I missed this one so late in the game, keep the analysis coming brother!! Loving them.
This is the Lamia "fight" song. Now go listen to the Lamia "character debut/event" song.
I think it's pretty funny to imagine what Marco's videos are like without music. Dancing silently in a room with a few claps.
Let's be real, Vanguard gives the best build up and eargasm drop, like you're always hyped, full jam
Last Resort! Last Resort!
I like how my man is plain vibing with the music
Lamia’s got to be my favorite. The climax is just on another level.
please do last resort by vanguard sounds also in PGR!!!!
I really love the way you get hyped with every pgr theme man I literally love when someone loses his character cuz he got so hyped about a theme or a song that tells you how much it hits.
Can't wait for you to react to requiem from arknights it's such a beautiful Russian song that you need to hear
This SLAPS. The beat, the trance rythym, the sheer pushing pace that drives forward and makes you want to MOVE, the wailing angry and miserable voice... Goddamn.
YES YES FINALLY LAMIA
I'll never forget this fight in the story with Vera looking off into the sunrise with her banner spear driven into the ground like she's marking her territory.
YESS this is what I’m waiting for thank you Marco for the delivery! I play PGR in global and the global server is I think a year behind(?) the CN server so when I heard Lamia for the first time I had no idea what’s going on story wise and my exact facial expression was literally like you hahah.
What I really like about Lamia is the sound design. We are underwater and when I think about underwater as in present times is a submarine. I love how the higher pitch synth that plays the melody sounded like a sonar radar. Idk much about sonar technology in submarines/ships but I read that active sonars is audible but is actually around 500kHz which literally can make people deaf, so I think Vanguard go for the sonar sound effects from the movies which has a lower pitch and has an echo to it, which exactly sounded like the synth they used for the melody!
Creating futuristic cybernetic themed track that takes place hundreds of years ahead is one thing, but being able to create that track with elements that us in present times can relate was simply phenomenal!
Marco, thank you once again for doing this reaction! I thoroughly enjoyed it and gained useful knowledge especially when you discussed about the soprano voice, it was very pleasant to watch!
Yes! I've been patiently waiting!
The creature sounds in the water is similar to "the golden age will return again" from arknights
"Infinite Gallery" is a brand new track and would be great to see you react to it
I really like how he described music, truly on point
… ALRIGHTY THEN!!!!!!!! WERE THE BLOODY HELL YOU FOUND THIS ONE!?!?!?
THIS IS A BEAST OF A SOUNDTRACK!!!!
The game is called Punishing: Gray Raven. The soundtrack is from the newest global boss fight with Lamia.
@@gamma2147 thank you KINDLY!! 😁
You could check out Vanguard Sound Studio. They are in charge of PGR music and usually upload their track on youtube
Yes, finally a reaction to Lamia!!!!!!
Dude you are so fun to watch. Such genuine expressions and joy. Glad that I found your channel :D God bless you and your fam brother.
The patch that introduced this song just came out the other week for Global and...
Wow. What a ride. The best patch yet, I cried like a baby at the end. Just... Wow.
why I'm hearing spear sounds and parry sounds lol! ...hype music!
このゲーム最高傑作だよほんと
My favorite part is at 5:31. I hear this for the first time too and damn its a good music indeed.
Since we're on a mobile game kick let's just bite the bullet: I'd like to suggest Not a Hero from Kings Raid. It's an incredibly powerful piece that gets me emotional every time despite never having even played the game.
Punishing: Certified Bangers
Next stop Revalation pls... I'm sure you gonna be blown away again by the drop
As always thanks for the marking, your music sense is mark all of the scene in the battle here. All of your comment just hit the bullseyes on every stage scene.
Really hope he reacts to Revelation and Last Resort. Those are two of my favorite PGR tracks
Coming back here after months, oh boi you're gonna have a great time since Lamia has been reworked including the ost. :)
We're getting close!
@@MarcoMeatball I just wanna say it has been officially released by Vanguard Studios! :DD
Ayo more PGR. Always a pleasure to watch you vibe to Vanguard Sound Studio.
Would love to see your reactions to the Firn Night and Secret remixes of Narwhal someday. They're much smaller tracks, but I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially in comparison to the original.
Quite possibly my favorite track from PGR, such a good song!
oh man I've been looking for music to add to my next diving video and this sounds just perfect!
Apropos timing with the Vera release
Maaan, your vibes are on point, cheers for the great video!
I wish this song add to bgm list, so i can use this for theme music for game
If you enjoy PGR's music and its EDM design...I think you maybe have to listen to Structures. It's the theme song of the PGR and Nier Automata crossover and it's so fire.
Woah
"Sink... Sink to the bottom of the sea!"
one thing i love about your videos are that u usually *dont* pause on the build up to the BIG part of pgrs songs which alot of other people do, its beautiful
Sometimes I do lmfao
Finally!!!! thank you
Bless u man
This track have few moment what drop on you like a tsunami. Without know the story and the background of this track lot off people can feel whats happend. But if u know the story belive me this hit much deeper and harder
@MarcoMeatball you gotta add this song to your PGR playlist on your channel.
Happy thanksgiving
You too ❤️
This + Rammstein's Adieu video; what a day!
Thanks for reacting to this! Lamia is definitely a bop🤘
give a listen to 'edenis' as well, really amazing
That’s what im talking about marco thankyou for listening to the request, looking forward for more punishing gray raven music 👾
You probably make the most interesting reaction vids that i ve seen !
Please check out Magnolia, Marigold and or Myosotis if you can. The music is from a rythm game called "Deemo" and its just a shame such a gems are not listened to many people.
Deemo, deemo 2 and cytus 2 are my rayark favorite and game music favorite