"I am Ultimecia. Time shall compress. All existance denied." No maniacal laughter. No rambling justification for her actions. Just a sorceress who sees you as the final barrier to her planned genocide of all space and time. Then this banger theme kicks in. If you win, you will have preserved life . If you lose, you die with the knowledge that you directly helped her carry out her planned extermination of all existance. Gave me chills as a kid.
Genius. The typical Bassline from the other games’ battle themes is suspiciously missing from the whole of this game until the final battle and it’s such a moment of intensity. Uematsu once said that he imagined this as the last battle theme he would ever write. Though IX was already in production of some sort he was unsure if he was going to score IX because he was starting to experience a bit of burnout from years of writing these soundtracks (he would then go on a very long vacation to Europe to take in gothic castles in order to get the feel back) so this to him, at least at the time, was intended to be the very end of his battle theme journey and you can feel it!
Fun fact, the Latin sounding chant at the start of the song (1:20) is "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec". If you rearrange the letters, it is actually an anagram of two key elements of the FFVIII story: "Succession of Witches" and "Love". ...It really feels nice to have somewhere relevant to share this otherwise useless information in my head lol.
Useless information like Ozma in FFIX can be beaten a bit more easily by selecting the actions while the boss is attacking, because doing so while he's waiting fills his turn gauge in an instant
I remember when I found that out back then. If the words aren't in English, then I need to know what it is I'm reading lol. And yeah it makes sense. Edea, Adel, and Ultimecia. Hey useless info is still info lol
FFVIII was played by both my parents when I was very little, and introduced me to the whole series. The Extreme holds a special place in my heart as it truly peaked my curiosity for videogame music and how good it can be.
Uematsu waking up in a cold sweat panicking and just mumbling "I need a piano I NEED A PIANO!" damn I can't even imagine the fever dream he had that inspired this I thank that man for all my fortunate days I get to hear that masterpiece
This track really hit differently the first time you heard it at the end of FFVIII. The tension at the beginning with the buildup, then that amazing throwback to the SNES era battles with that immediately recognizable motif.
The beauty of all of his reaction especially this one is because he listens and explain his thoughts based on his experience as a musician. He didnt play the game yet he nailed it like he said that the bgm gives anxiety as we all felt as gamers as we fight Ultimecia as he uses Hell's Judgement leaving us in 1 hp. Very great reaction! Damn! Oh the wonders of music. It speaks on all of us
ff8... i cannot stress enough how much this game specifically shaped my taste in music for the rest of my life. uematsu has a streak of being very inspired by prog rock, but the ff8 ost he goes all out. when i was 6 years old and i heard 'force your way' for the first time i think the entire trajectory of my music-listening life was changed. 'the extreme' is now and forever my favorite final boss theme because of the personal effect the music of this game had on my brain. i'm sure you already have a lot of requests for this, but you have to check out 'force your way'. i also highly recommend the slightly underrated 'maybe i'm a lion' also from ff8.
There's a lot of absolute banger tracks in FFVIII, but Fisherman's Horizon has got to get the mention from me. In context for the game, it's exactly what you need given all the crazy things you'd have just been through, and the even crazier things you've yet to do. And the Distant Worlds rendition moves me to tears every time, it's just beautiful.
oh man for unique tracks I hope someone requests “Liberi Fatali” from the same game - the MV is a staple of its time and it is SUCH an Experience(tm) FF8 is a weird treasure trove of a game that is just. is. glad you liked the Extreme it’s so good too love your vids as always!
Your vain crusade ends here the price for your meddling is death beyond death your vaunted childhood, your sensations, your words, your emotion time WILL compress all existence, denied
FF8 was actually the game that got me to love the entire franchise, when I heard this remixed/redone for FFXIV I wanted to cry. I sat there for literal hours watching my dad play this game on the PS1, I can honestly say if it wasn't for all of those hours I may not have become a gamer and now I call Eorzea my home!
FF 8 is my personal favorite of the games, but it's probably not the "best" This game was important in my formative years because I was able to put myself into the protagonists mindset.
This is how I feel about it. I know it's got some rough spots (disc 4 just kinda doesnt feel finished) and it's not as complete a package as some of the other FFs but it's dammit it's still MY favorite.
@@sildrex plus while I thought the junction system was really cool, the fact using magic could make you weaker made it too.... expensive to be valuable.
Final Fantasy 8 was really a melting pot for ideas. They really threw a tonne of ideas into the game and didn't care much about balancing etc. As much as I hate the Junction System, the GF system was great fun, the card game was fantastic, the gameplay satisfying, with some real intense moments. Can't forgive them for the Orphanage story though, that just felt dumb and shoehorned in.
Final Fantasy VIII legit had some of the most amazing music in any video game that I've ever heard. And I laughed out loud when you said "Castlevania!" because I never made that connection but I can totally see some of this piece being inspired by that, especially since This is the final boss theme and before you can face her you have this huge gothic castle to explore with puzzles and minibosses (I also love the castle theme, that one is a banger, too, and for just an area ambient theme is really interesting and complex), but while that sounds like "Yes of course, a castle, it's a fantasy game" it's a TOTAL departure from the theming for all the rest of the game before - where things feel a lot more modern/slightly futuristic. Like before this dungeon, it's all like giant airships, cars, trains, guns, heavy machinery, a city with busy commercial and night life districts with neon lights and jazzy music, even a space station at one point. So the final boss being in a huge ominous castle is actually pretty weird but it works and it's very cool for that turn in the setting. It's hard for me to recommend tracks from 8 because it's one of those OSTs that I just love pretty much from beginning to end. I have like 20+ favorite songs from it, and think everyone should hear all of them even though like many game tracks there are a lot of repeated musical themes and melodies that carry through a lot of them - each version is so unique and cool. Gonna make recs anyway. Though, really I want to say just screw individual tracks and pick up the entire OST and listen to ALL OF IT. I have the very long list below but the tl;dr best tracks period are: Liberi Fatali, Force Your Way, The Man with the Machine Gun, Dance with the Balamb Fish, Eyes on Me, Ride On, Lunatic Pandora, Compression of Time, The Castle, Maybe I'm a Lion, The Extreme Top recognizable/beloved tracks: Force Your Way, The Landing, Waltz for the Moon, Only a Plank Between One and Perdition, THE MAN WITH THE MACHINE GUN
You're an Ape Escape fan!!! That games ost changed my life. It completely influenced my taste in music and I always refer back to the songs all the time. Not too many people know about it when I bring it up. Super cool! Glad I've been following you since your first video!
You mentioned the tension in this song... is an understatement, if anyone in you group gets KOed in the battle, you have a very small window to get them back, or you watch them get erased and your next party member is forced in to carry on the battle.
For a couple other FFVIII song recommendations... "Maybe I'm a Lion" and "The Man with the Machine Gun" are both pretty great. Both also have versions from The Black Mages, which was a rock band formed by Nobuo Uemtasu and two other Square Enix composers in 2002 that performed Uematsu's FF songs in a hard rock style. They've since disbanded, but Uematsu has formed a similar band called the Earthbound Papas, still performing rock arrangements of his FF music, while also performing other songs, as well.
Found this channel today thanks to the One Winged Angel reaction. Nobuo is my favorite composer and watching people react to his music for the first time is a delight. The gates are open, come on in and enjoy a master making works of art with limited hardware.
@@JessesAuditorium Yesssssss!!!!!! Dancing Mad is siiiiick! Fun fact, Nobuo's favorite song that he composed for a Final Fantasy game is Tina/Terra from the same game (Final Fantasy 6).
Ooh I hope someone requested the intro sequence (with the video and everything). That was my first exposure to Final Fantasy/Square Enix and it absolutely blew me away. Life changing moment for me!
Very nice seeing your reaction to this song. "The Extreme" is one of my very favourite Final Fantasy songs ever, it's probably Nobuo's highest point in his career. In fact I sometimes listen to this song while doing something else, it gives a crazy amount of energy and motivation hahaha...Caius from FFXIII-2's theme is also very good, as well as Kuja's from IX.
FF8 probably has my personal favorite soundtrack of the whole series (if you don't count XIV. XIV has like 4 games worth of great music in it now). So many of the songs are either absolute bangers or totally transport you into the world.
I agree with you totally on this, before Soken arrived and did what we has done with FFXIV, FFVIII was peak Uematsu. Marc Papeghins Epic FF8 medley really showcases all the different styles he covered in one game
On the other end of the spectrum would be my favorite song from FF8, "Eyes on Me". Such a beautiful piece. Another that is similar is "1000 Words" from FF10-2. One of my favourite songs, but I might be biased as I've played the game and know the context behind it.
FF8 is my first FF and one of my favorite games of all time, and this is one of my favorite songs of all time, I'm always happy to see people's reaction to this 🥺 As for other recommendations honestly it's kinda hard as FF8 has some of the best ones in the whole series imo, so I'll pick a few: "Liberi Fatali", "Premonition", "Maybe I'm a Lion" and "The Castle".
Holy smokes that crumbling Castle song is awesome and your connection to this song is so on point. I hope you remember this connection when you play it. Lol such good musical theming.
To add another FFVIII suggestion: The Mission. It plays during what is effectively a train heist section and is one of my favourite songs on that soundtracks. I love to try and pick out and keep track of all of the layers as they build up. It doesn't have any massive impact moments, but it just has such great energy.
"The Extreme" is the BGM of the final phase of the last boss in FFVIII. FFVIII is a petty high quality game; it have some of the most impressive BGM in the franchise, a deep story and innovative system. Unfortunately is quite underrated just because FF7 setting the expectation too high.
It s not just that. Square didn t know why ff7 was so popular, mostly in the west. So they do the exactly opposite of most key features and make ff8 on it. Chibi characters? No. Only one party member visible on map? Mana point? Now magic is quantified as item. Personalisation based on materia? Now based on association with summons. Monster lvl? Evolve with you. Etc etc. A lot was experiments but the main critics wanted a ff7 follow up or some shit. That s why ff9 is more a return to old style.
Nah. It had mediocre, bland secondary characters and female lead and the junction system was broken: people either destroyed the game by abusing it, or they hate it because they don't understand it.
@@unlimited971, Actually FF9 was originally designed as a numberless installation of Final Fantasy as an side game then later branded as FF9 (similar to how 'FF Versus 13' rather than being a side game to FF13 became FF15.) FF9 is an homage to the classic NES and SNES era of Final Fantasy games that's why it is a return to the fantasy and medieval settings of prior games. This is why all of the other subsequent games followed on from FF8's more realistic art style and direction (No super deformed looking character). The other thing is that it is commonplace for the systems to change dramatically between the games, FF2 had no levelling mechanic instead increasing stats based on usage, FF3 had levelling and a job system, FF4 returned to characters having specific classes, FF5 was similar to FF3 and used a job classes and so on. Even in the PlayStation 2 era and beyond each game has a different system, FF10 had a turn based rather than active timer battle system and learning skills was done on the sphere grid, FF10-2 had a job system and a return of the ATB system from earlier FF games, FF11 was a MMO game a different combat system, FF12 allowed the player to control the characters location in combat but the attacks took place on a timer system, FF13 returns to the classic ATB system and fixed character locations.
Still… FF8 is the best… i was not waiting for a FF7-part 2… i liked FF8 and its exactly how a FF game should be…. Unpopular things always seek above expectations, as you can see in real life “Starbucks/Swift/New York/Twilight…. are one of the most overrated things on earth….
You're not wrong about this being an important song: this is the theme for the final boss of FFVIII, Ultimecia, and if you listen closely you can hear where the melody transitions between phases. While the main villain of FFVIII is not quite as well remembered as, say, Kefka or Sephiroth, this song does a great job of showing just how terrifying Ultimecia is. Now, for a bit more of an off the wall recommendation for music, I'd like to hear your thoughts on some of the music from Crush 40 that has come to define Sonic games over the past couple of decades. I'm talking about stuff like "Live and Learn," "Escape From the City," "I Am (All of Me)" and "Open Your Heart." It's maybe not the technically best music, but stuff I have a strong nostalgia for, and which I admit I can't really evaluate objectively as a result.
A lot of fans really give FFVIII some flak, but it honestly imo deserves to be in the JRPG hall of fame. I will NEVER forget the one moment near the end of the game with the two MAIN protagonists, Squall and Rinoa. For not spoiling people who aren't aware of the story, lets just say its one of the most dramatic and tender moments between any characters in an FF game. I love it, I loved the music, I loved the gameplay, and I ESPECIALLY loved the setpieces. Square really took what they did great with FFVII and leveled it up! And I still appreciate that FFIX went back to a more medieval style FF game.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but the composer of the first 10 final fantasies has a band called the black mages. He covers his final fantasy songs with a metal twist on some
Hey dude, I been following your reactions for awhile now though mostly lurk but I gotta say this this still one is still a favorite track in the FF series for me. For a PS1 generation piece of music it's incredible how well it's done and really does a great job with the intensity of when it plays. Most people say that this track is for the final boss of the game, and it is... What I haven't seen mentioned is that this track is played AFTER fighting 3 different phases of the boss fight. The final boss is a marathon of 4 stages that you need to be prepared to take on when the game reaches the end point. The intro is actually pretty nice since you go from an initial intense moment with stage 3, everything goes dark as the song's intro plays into a transition and then slowly moves into the last phase, where time is compressed down to a single point. Where it's just your party, and the sorceress trying to end the world. If anything another good track to listen to from FF8 is "The Legendary Beast" it's the song that plays for stage three before "The Extreme" Maybe even get the FF14 version of the track, it stays really faithful to the original while modernizing the instrumentals and added a few touches here and there to make it more intense.
This is the final boss of FF8. If you want more recs.. I know you have a wide taste of things... Maybe... Fields of Blue which is the World map theme. Force your Way is the regular boss theme, and Don't Be Afraid is the regular fight theme... Ummm Waltz For the Moon... And let's say... The Landing. All are different. Like many others here, FF8 is my personal favorite FF game. The events of the game happen AROUND the character's relationships. The main focus is on the relationships between characters mostly told through the point of view and inner-monologue of just one character. It's not for everyone. Either you love it or you hate it. The Completionist has what I would call a MOSTLY fair review. He somewhat acknowledges what I'm saying in his score of "Play It" which means you need to make your own choice on whether you should go through with it and even complete it. The FF Series always tries something new and different with every game. There's certain themes within that tend to show up like the same Summoned Creatures and some basic mechanics... but FF always innovates. Not every game hits with everyone. Which is part of why FF13 (as I mentioned on another video) is one of the only 2 games I wouldn't recommend. It tried to appeal to everyone and in so doing... it failed to capture its core audience.
Aside from the FFXIV remake of the song, there's a version by The Black Mages, where they redid alot of songs from across final fantasy history with a band, which I believe Nobuo Uematsu was part of.
As others have said, this is my favourite FF game, even though it is flawed. Thanks for picking this up! Great story, great characters, great world, great music (but flawed system mechanics). Other great songs in this game: "Liberi Fatali," "Eyes On Me," "Don't Be Afraid," "The Man With the Machine Gun" and "The Landing." Anyway, great content as always!
There's something about this track that makes me go back and forth losing myself in every individual melody of the song, and I can't help but bounce between paying attention to each of them and I dont know which I want to stay on................. and then still, I'll jump back to paying attention to the whole, only to feel that it's greater than it's parts. It's incredibly climactic to me. FF VIII is filled with tracks that make you "feel" something without a single word. One of the tracks that absolutely makes me lose myself feeling something I can't explain is "Silence and Motion". And I don't know what I feel, but I know I lose myself in it. It's not a very good one for a video though. I wholeheartedly believe FF VIII is peak Uematsu. And if there's one man and a soundtrack that, without exaggeration, makes me feel sad - for not having any musical training - it is this guy and this OST.
It's not quite the original, but FFXIV also used The Extreme in the latest expansion, should totally check it out FFXIV - Oracle of Darkness (The Extreme)
ALL of the games that Uematsu worked on have _amazing_ soundtracks. Everything from FFI through FFX (as well as a number of other games from this era) are absolutely phenomenal, although obviously the early games were extremely limited on the actual quality of the tracks due to hardware limitations. Uematsu definitely used that to his advantage, working with and around the limitations to produce some absolutely masterful tracks, not just in spite of them, but _because_ of having to do so.
Jesse, your reaction when that first guitar picking part starts (1:37) always gets me :D It's just hauntingly beautiful and your reactions just smacks of "hrrnnnghhhhhh damn this is good"
I remember playing FFVIII when it first came out....I was maybe 12-13. I felt sick all the way through this whole boss battle section as there are 3 stages? I think 3 stages to it. My hands were shaking, I was sweating, my heart was racing. I had to win! The music in FFVIII still holds up so well today. I love it!
Final Fantasy 8 has some amazing tracks, one of my favorites and most funky of them has to be the track Shuffle or Boogie the song that plays during the triple triad card game.
The one FFVIII track I cannot get enough of is "Compression of Time". Especially the *Enrico Deiana* remake/remix. In fact, every FF track you've ever listened to, go thru his upload list and listen to his version, he doesn't just remake, he upgrades!
I had played other FF games, Grandia and Chrono Cross... but this was the one I owned first. All the others were from my cousins who lended me their stuff. This was mine. And when I hit the end... I was like .... FF7 Barret and Cid going "$%#@" my dad came over and got mad at me for swearing in middle school. I was "dad, I died, sit with me and let me explain" which I did and he understood and said "don't cuss, damnit, no matter how bad it gets" .... and so I made my Junction changes... and then retried a third time, with success. This end run was harsh for someone hot off of ff7 and how easy it was with Fury on everyone at level 75
Omg Ape Escape OST yesss so good! Glad to see recs :D. This entry into final fantasy had a very machine/space/gothic theme and I feel it really reflects in the music. A mix of many genres indeed.
To think this was rendered on a PlayStation 1. My young mind was blown by the epicness of this song. Then Soken’s sound team, Daiki Ishikawa as corrected, went and arranged it for FFXIV and made it even more epic?
In the main FF series, this is by far my favorite song The Extreme has this "pulsating bump" that makes my heart go faster And the part where this song plays, it's just a perfect music (Final phase of the final boss) This song embrace the never-ending hatred and denial of this world in a futuristic and gothic theme "Perfekt for her" FF VIII ❤
It's worth noting that The Extreme got a remix in FF14 as the extra phase for the final boss of Shadowbringer's raid series which was lush with FF8 references. It's an amazing mash of both Soken and Uematsu's styles I think and worth doing a comparison reaction to I feel! Though I still stand by my previous reaction requests.
FF8 is my favorite game of all time. Since you opened the door to FF final boss themes, FF6 Dancing Mad is nutty at a music theory level. I'm sure you'll enjoy it :)
I played this like a year ago and i was actually mind blown... The story is more than confusing but they pulled of a whole new experience for the FF universe and the soundtrack mysterious but fire!
There's one track in FFVIII that not many talk about (I think no one has mentioned it yet in the comments) but it's one of my favourite tracks in the game (maybe top 3): "The Legendary Beast". It also doesn't help that it doesn't play for long in the game even though it's actually a boss theme. The composition is so good. So hopefully you'll check it out one day!
@@nicogalax Nah I wouldn't be able to decide for my favourites as well. But excellent choice for Almighty Bhunivelze, I love that as well. And I really need to get into the Trails series. Been looking at the games for quite a while now.
Try the black mages version for the full metal live rendition. FF14/Soken also did a relatively recent one for this song, keeping the original feel but bringing more modern synth and instruments. This is actually the final phase of the final boss. That whole final boss fight is one of the few FF final boss themes that was so long and full of tension because it's split in rather long, multiple phases with music theme changes every time (FF6 dancing mad also comes close to that). It's literally a journey on its own. (goes "Premonition" > "The Legendary Beast" > "Maybe I'm a Lion" > "The Extreme")
Not sure if was recommended and you're saving it for us, but there is a redone version of this in FFXIV that uses more modern instruments and creates a whole different full feeling.
@@JessesAuditorium I don't usually watch live streams but I do watch bits of the videos later, is there a way to know what songs you listened to in each livestream ?
While not the most fondly regarded FF, there is certainly no shortage of memorable themes thanks to Uematsu's continuously stellar work. Even this theme is incredible for its portrayal of fighting a time-based being and the tension, to say the least, that it would cause. Kuja's theme from IX is highly recommended as well.
Music plays a big role in how much I'll enjoy a game and to me, FFVIII's music and especially most of the boss/battle themes are some of the best of the franchise. FFVIII has that modern grooviness to it that very much suits the game, yet can stilk go back to the good old classics of Uematsu. Premonition ( the music that is used for every encounter with the main villain boss fights throughout the game, and the intro to the final boos ) is one of my favourite tracks of all the FF franchise. You can feel the pressure of an ennemy that is like able to destroy you and the universe into pieces if she wanted to.
8 is the one game in the series that I have mixed feelings about, I neither love or hate it. I love the world, the lore and the system, but every character in it makes me wanna slap them, and since we are following them for the entire game, it really sours it.
Final Fantasy has some real mood rollercoasters for final boss battle themes, but this might be one of the best examples of that. Also, it's a really good track in general.
Nobuo Uematsu created amazing and very distinctive soundtracks for every FF. I think being a long time FF fan, he shaped my taste in music more than anyone else
Aaahhhhh, I remember that first time I fought Ultimecia, I was so exited cause it was the first FF I was about to finish ever, I was there entering commands and looking for Ultimecia's attacks so she don't kill My party, and that dramatic, tense and exiting theme in the background, oh my... She killed me 😭, I wasn't expecting that Apocalypse attack of her, and she killed my party. I managed to beat her after some more leveling my party, but yes, the song is so, so exiting.
If it has not been said yet, it is the last of 4 fights that makes up the final boss fight, and is the music that plays during the fight against Ultimicia
FF8 is fascinating to me because of the behind the scenes stuff but yes, this is a boss theme. Final boss actually. A sorceress fought simultaneously at the start and end of time.
this whole soundtrack has a heavy emphasis on leit motifs in both actual repeated notes in multiple compositions but also just the FEEL of it in the instruments and textures changed and reused in specific moments it's brilliant, the extreme and the other 2 final boss fight songs (gotta love 3 phase fights where each one has it's OWN theme!) all like the culmination of everything used in the soundtrack to that point.
Ultimecia is a witch of space and time Final Fantasy 3 is a prequel to Final Fantasy 8. The flying Island in FF3 who got destroyed and fell down to the sea and in Final Fantasy 8 they collected materials for Balamb Garden in order to float around.
I definetly enjoyed this as a kid, ultimecia was such a cool villain, the extreme i'll put it up there with jechts hard rock 'Otherworld' which i adore from FFX, as well as dancing Mad and Necron from IX
I'm loving your choices to react, as a suggestion to keep on going with the FFVIII trend, I highly recommend "Premonition". It is my favourite track of the game.
This is the final boss fight against Ultimecia it's actually the third fight in a chain. You have NO time to heal between each fight and if you do not revive your party members fast enough when they get K.O.'d they are plucked from the battlefield and you are stuck with whoever you have left. Now, this is not always a bad thing, but it does lend itself nicely to that consistent building where you mentioned the lack of the resolving chords Throughout this boss fight Ultimecia consistently uses moves that reduce the entire party's HP to 1. At this point, it's the vacillation between, Do I use my limit skill (each game has different criteria for ultimate moves and 8's schtick was the lower your hp is at the more often you can use limit break moves. The exception to that is a handy spell called Aura which mimics the near-death determination that allows limit break use. As opposed to say 7og or 9 who use a limit/trance gauge, that after so many hits or some such you get one or a limited number of uses of the skills for your ultimate moves.) or do I heal my party to full because if I don't I'm gonna be annihilated? It's honestly one. What makes this series of consecutive boss fights worse is in the castle leading up to this trio of fights you actually have a number of boss fights to regain your skills. Upon entering the final area your party is hobbled by all their skills being sealed. To regain them all you must complete a series of puzzles each followed by a boss fight. Sometimes the boss fight is all you do but when you have no access to items, or magic and are relying on your wit and ability to judge, not to mention the fact that the castle is littered with enemies, the process of regaining all your abilities can seem terribly daunting so some people only bother getting the core skills (Item, magic, summon, draw) and then try to charge into battle with just that and that may be fine for some. But I know in my experience I made certain to grind to max level (which little did I know is a TERRIBLE idea in 8 because it is unique in that it has a scaling level system. Monsters will grow and become harder as you grow. They also have better spells and drop better items but it's a huge kick in the teeth that you go from lvl say 29 into lvl 30 and suddenly 'HEY WAIT A SEC! Since when can it do THAT move?' Not fun finding out T-rexuar can freaking use quake for the first time. After 30 the only thing that really changes are the stats.) Another BANGER track from this game is 'The Landing' That never fails to get my blood pumping because there are actual mission objectives and you lose points if you stray too far or do 'stupid' things. To be frank the game while not as good as some others, (7, 9, etc) It told a coherent story, a love story in many ways and the lore is quite rich and profound. The thing that made it ultimately less enjoyable (for me and a number of others) was how forced the romance between the male and female lead felt. To give you a taste that let me drop down a few lines. ***PREPARE FOR MINOR VERY EARLY GAME SPOILERS (This is like in the first hour or two of the game)*** Main Girl meets a Boy. Boy is handsome and charming and can get her to the head of a mercenary school. Girl needs mercenaries to help overthrow evil guy. Girl comes to the graduation party but does not see the Boy. Notices MAIN Boy. Main boy is off by himself being a wallflower (parties aren't his thing) she comes up and compliments him saying he's the best-looking guy there and asks him to dance. He's not interested. She's like Oh... OH! Okay look into my eyes 'you're going to like me, you're going to like me...' did it work? He makes one last desperate attempt to tell her no. 'I can't dance.' She DRAGS HIM to the dance floor where he again makes an attempt to ditch this girl by stumbling and tripping (possibly from the effect of an accidentally accepted alcoholic drink) after several failings, and another attempt to just walk away, he relents and actually dances with her. And just as he's STARTING to actually enjoy himself (gasp, the emo-kid is actually having fun! stop the presses this moment of happy needs to be preserved) the fireworks go off they pause and look at them only for the girl to see the head of the school and DITCHES MAIN BOY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE FLOOR. And he just watches her go like 'But... that was... that was actually kinda nice...' Cue the kicked puppy kind of look, the kind that can only be given by a kid who already has abandonment issues. Like seriously that whole interaction was forced. She could have brought him with her and said hey thanks for keeping me company, I know you didn't want to but... I appreciate it, no she just splits and leaves him alone. And her first reaction seeing that he's the mercenary assigned to her job? She leaps into his arms and hugs him around the neck and immediately asks about the other boy... It just seemed distasteful. She causes the whole group a remarkable about of trouble. Now I get the trope of life-altering experiences and danger can make two people fall for one another. But that aspect was poorly done. The story of the game is great but they spend too much time trying to force the ship down your throat.
yooo!!! probably my favorite boss themes in ff! if you get the chance and if no one already mentioned it, you should totally listen to the Seymour Omnis theme from ff10 :) it slaps so hard
I love gushing about this song. Time Compression gives you all the time. All the time you could ever need to do what you need to do....but oh my God you need to hurry about it
Thanks Big Hank!
Song mentioned in this video!
Ape Escape - Crumbling Castle (BIG recommend)
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Very nice recommendation, I totally see how these cross referenced in your mind.
I highly recommend you try Ishtar Battle SMT V. ruclips.net/video/nkYWCnCCJL8/видео.html
idk if someone request | FFVIII - the man with machine gun| yet
"I am Ultimecia. Time shall compress. All existance denied." No maniacal laughter. No rambling justification for her actions. Just a sorceress who sees you as the final barrier to her planned genocide of all space and time. Then this banger theme kicks in. If you win, you will have preserved life . If you lose, you die with the knowledge that you directly helped her carry out her planned extermination of all existance. Gave me chills as a kid.
When she rolled up, I was like "Shit" and the Judgement attack ... "Double Shit"
no no it's time shall Kompress!! xD
killing her results in an endless loop with rinoa becoming ultimecia
Genius. The typical Bassline from the other games’ battle themes is suspiciously missing from the whole of this game until the final battle and it’s such a moment of intensity.
Uematsu once said that he imagined this as the last battle theme he would ever write. Though IX was already in production of some sort he was unsure if he was going to score IX because he was starting to experience a bit of burnout from years of writing these soundtracks (he would then go on a very long vacation to Europe to take in gothic castles in order to get the feel back) so this to him, at least at the time, was intended to be the very end of his battle theme journey and you can feel it!
I never knew that before but I can definitely hear it
Fun fact, the Latin sounding chant at the start of the song (1:20) is "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec". If you rearrange the letters, it is actually an anagram of two key elements of the FFVIII story: "Succession of Witches" and "Love".
...It really feels nice to have somewhere relevant to share this otherwise useless information in my head lol.
Every comment section of these videos I learn some new interesting tidbit about the music/composers I never knew. I love it.
I love useless information!
Useless information like Ozma in FFIX can be beaten a bit more easily by selecting the actions while the boss is attacking, because doing so while he's waiting fills his turn gauge in an instant
I remember when I found that out back then. If the words aren't in English, then I need to know what it is I'm reading lol. And yeah it makes sense. Edea, Adel, and Ultimecia. Hey useless info is still info lol
Dayum. Loved this game waaaaaaaaay before it came out and I never knew this.
FFVIII was played by both my parents when I was very little, and introduced me to the whole series. The Extreme holds a special place in my heart as it truly peaked my curiosity for videogame music and how good it can be.
That’s amazing how you were introduced to the game by your parents playing it!
I grew up playing this game, now I feel old.
Uematsu waking up in a cold sweat panicking and just mumbling "I need a piano I NEED A PIANO!" damn I can't even imagine the fever dream he had that inspired this I thank that man for all my fortunate days I get to hear that masterpiece
not just A boss, the FINAL boss, that you fight in a dimension where all time has been compressed.
Because it of course has everything, there's actually an arrangement of this done for FF14 relatively recently.
I think I may actually prefer the ff14 version but this one is sweet too
Yeah the ff14 arrangement is insanely good imo. It is a perfect remake of the original, nothing left behind.
"Relatively" I see what you did there
XIV is probably just better tbh. Moved it forward to modern era without changing it
And of course it must be requested.
This track really hit differently the first time you heard it at the end of FFVIII. The tension at the beginning with the buildup, then that amazing throwback to the SNES era battles with that immediately recognizable motif.
The beauty of all of his reaction especially this one is because he listens and explain his thoughts based on his experience as a musician. He didnt play the game yet he nailed it like he said that the bgm gives anxiety as we all felt as gamers as we fight Ultimecia as he uses Hell's Judgement leaving us in 1 hp.
Very great reaction! Damn! Oh the wonders of music. It speaks on all of us
ff8... i cannot stress enough how much this game specifically shaped my taste in music for the rest of my life. uematsu has a streak of being very inspired by prog rock, but the ff8 ost he goes all out. when i was 6 years old and i heard 'force your way' for the first time i think the entire trajectory of my music-listening life was changed. 'the extreme' is now and forever my favorite final boss theme because of the personal effect the music of this game had on my brain.
i'm sure you already have a lot of requests for this, but you have to check out 'force your way'. i also highly recommend the slightly underrated 'maybe i'm a lion' also from ff8.
Like that Renne pic. :)
She’s amazing, can’t wait to play as her in Kuro 2.
Maybe he’ll like Azure Arbitrator? 😎
There's a lot of absolute banger tracks in FFVIII, but Fisherman's Horizon has got to get the mention from me. In context for the game, it's exactly what you need given all the crazy things you'd have just been through, and the even crazier things you've yet to do. And the Distant Worlds rendition moves me to tears every time, it's just beautiful.
oh man for unique tracks I hope someone requests “Liberi Fatali” from the same game - the MV is a staple of its time and it is SUCH an Experience(tm)
FF8 is a weird treasure trove of a game that is just. is. glad you liked the Extreme it’s so good too
love your vids as always!
Coming!
@@JessesAuditorium ff8 has some of the best music in the whole series like the succesion and fisherman horizon or blue field
Your vain crusade ends here
the price for your meddling is death beyond death
your vaunted childhood, your sensations, your words, your emotion
time WILL compress
all existence, denied
FF8 was actually the game that got me to love the entire franchise, when I heard this remixed/redone for FFXIV I wanted to cry. I sat there for literal hours watching my dad play this game on the PS1, I can honestly say if it wasn't for all of those hours I may not have become a gamer and now I call Eorzea my home!
Same! I only started FF from FF8, then I had to go back and start playing the older ones.
@@acidosis1985 I did exactly the same :D I still love going back every so often to play them in my spare time.
Same if not for ff8 I would never love rpgs as much as I do it is my favorite and I hold it dear to my heart
This and 7 for me, and it was my mother I watched play them as a kid.
Same here…I’m playing FFXIV and I LOVED the Eden raid series!!
FF 8 is my personal favorite of the games, but it's probably not the "best"
This game was important in my formative years because I was able to put myself into the protagonists mindset.
This is how I feel about it. I know it's got some rough spots (disc 4 just kinda doesnt feel finished) and it's not as complete a package as some of the other FFs but it's dammit it's still MY favorite.
@@sildrex plus while I thought the junction system was really cool, the fact using magic could make you weaker made it too.... expensive to be valuable.
I feel like 8 is often too similar to 15. Good ideas, terrible execution.
Final Fantasy 8 was really a melting pot for ideas. They really threw a tonne of ideas into the game and didn't care much about balancing etc. As much as I hate the Junction System, the GF system was great fun, the card game was fantastic, the gameplay satisfying, with some real intense moments.
Can't forgive them for the Orphanage story though, that just felt dumb and shoehorned in.
So was I. I was Squall's age when I first played it. And it was my first FF too.
Final Fantasy VIII legit had some of the most amazing music in any video game that I've ever heard. And I laughed out loud when you said "Castlevania!" because I never made that connection but I can totally see some of this piece being inspired by that, especially since
This is the final boss theme and before you can face her you have this huge gothic castle to explore with puzzles and minibosses (I also love the castle theme, that one is a banger, too, and for just an area ambient theme is really interesting and complex), but while that sounds like "Yes of course, a castle, it's a fantasy game" it's a TOTAL departure from the theming for all the rest of the game before - where things feel a lot more modern/slightly futuristic. Like before this dungeon, it's all like giant airships, cars, trains, guns, heavy machinery, a city with busy commercial and night life districts with neon lights and jazzy music, even a space station at one point. So the final boss being in a huge ominous castle is actually pretty weird but it works and it's very cool for that turn in the setting.
It's hard for me to recommend tracks from 8 because it's one of those OSTs that I just love pretty much from beginning to end. I have like 20+ favorite songs from it, and think everyone should hear all of them even though like many game tracks there are a lot of repeated musical themes and melodies that carry through a lot of them - each version is so unique and cool. Gonna make recs anyway. Though, really I want to say just screw individual tracks and pick up the entire OST and listen to ALL OF IT.
I have the very long list below but the tl;dr best tracks period are:
Liberi Fatali, Force Your Way, The Man with the Machine Gun, Dance with the Balamb Fish, Eyes on Me, Ride On, Lunatic Pandora, Compression of Time, The Castle, Maybe I'm a Lion, The Extreme
Top recognizable/beloved tracks:
Force Your Way, The Landing, Waltz for the Moon, Only a Plank Between One and Perdition, THE MAN WITH THE MACHINE GUN
Don't know why there is not already more likes on this comment. There is only the mission lacking from the list that you drew. But I'm nitpicking ;)
Been a long time since someones encapsulated how I feel into words, you've got wonderful taste, very eloquent
You're an Ape Escape fan!!! That games ost changed my life. It completely influenced my taste in music and I always refer back to the songs all the time. Not too many people know about it when I bring it up. Super cool! Glad I've been following you since your first video!
Ape Escape is the reason I started doing reactions! I was looking for people to check out some AE, and here we are. Love it
You mentioned the tension in this song... is an understatement, if anyone in you group gets KOed in the battle, you have a very small window to get them back, or you watch them get erased and your next party member is forced in to carry on the battle.
Which made the final battle so intense. You had randoms and had to make sure everyone was on point. Or else...
This is the final boss Ultimecia's final form battle theme for Final Fantasy 8. It's a FANTASTIC piece.
For a couple other FFVIII song recommendations... "Maybe I'm a Lion" and "The Man with the Machine Gun" are both pretty great. Both also have versions from The Black Mages, which was a rock band formed by Nobuo Uemtasu and two other Square Enix composers in 2002 that performed Uematsu's FF songs in a hard rock style. They've since disbanded, but Uematsu has formed a similar band called the Earthbound Papas, still performing rock arrangements of his FF music, while also performing other songs, as well.
Dollet Landing will always be my fave outside the main theme.
There's also a really amazing version of "The Man with the Machine Gun" from Distant Worlds.
The Oath is great. 8 doesn't have to be the best FF game but it's whole OST fucking slaps.
You definitely should take a look at FFIX's Kuja's theme and The Dark Messenger. They won't disappoint.
Hear hear!
Found this channel today thanks to the One Winged Angel reaction. Nobuo is my favorite composer and watching people react to his music for the first time is a delight. The gates are open, come on in and enjoy a master making works of art with limited hardware.
He's quickly becoming one of my favorites! Make sure you catch Dancing Mad tomorrow =)
@@JessesAuditorium Yesssssss!!!!!! Dancing Mad is siiiiick! Fun fact, Nobuo's favorite song that he composed for a Final Fantasy game is Tina/Terra from the same game (Final Fantasy 6).
Ooh I hope someone requested the intro sequence (with the video and everything). That was my first exposure to Final Fantasy/Square Enix and it absolutely blew me away. Life changing moment for me!
only FF8 left is Liberi Fatali!
Time Krompressionnnnn! This is one of my FF8 faves. Soken's version in FF14 is pretty sick too.
Very nice seeing your reaction to this song. "The Extreme" is one of my very favourite Final Fantasy songs ever, it's probably Nobuo's highest point in his career. In fact I sometimes listen to this song while doing something else, it gives a crazy amount of energy and motivation hahaha...Caius from FFXIII-2's theme is also very good, as well as Kuja's from IX.
Dude I was just watching your one winged angel reaction literally right now and here you are uploading another final fantasy reaction. Cheers man!
This WAS the final boss fight of FFVIII. The final fantasy game series in general has SOOO much individual music that is timeless.
FF8 probably has my personal favorite soundtrack of the whole series (if you don't count XIV. XIV has like 4 games worth of great music in it now). So many of the songs are either absolute bangers or totally transport you into the world.
I agree with you totally on this, before Soken arrived and did what we has done with FFXIV, FFVIII was peak Uematsu. Marc Papeghins Epic FF8 medley really showcases all the different styles he covered in one game
On the other end of the spectrum would be my favorite song from FF8, "Eyes on Me". Such a beautiful piece.
Another that is similar is "1000 Words" from FF10-2. One of my favourite songs, but I might be biased as I've played the game and know the context behind it.
FF8 is my first FF and one of my favorite games of all time, and this is one of my favorite songs of all time, I'm always happy to see people's reaction to this 🥺
As for other recommendations honestly it's kinda hard as FF8 has some of the best ones in the whole series imo, so I'll pick a few: "Liberi Fatali", "Premonition", "Maybe I'm a Lion" and "The Castle".
LF is coming!!
Legit one of my favorite FF songs. Underrated and underplayed.
Holy smokes that crumbling Castle song is awesome and your connection to this song is so on point. I hope you remember this connection when you play it. Lol such good musical theming.
To add another FFVIII suggestion: The Mission. It plays during what is effectively a train heist section and is one of my favourite songs on that soundtracks. I love to try and pick out and keep track of all of the layers as they build up. It doesn't have any massive impact moments, but it just has such great energy.
"The Extreme" is the BGM of the final phase of the last boss in FFVIII.
FFVIII is a petty high quality game; it have some of the most impressive BGM in the franchise, a deep story and innovative system. Unfortunately is quite underrated just because FF7 setting the expectation too high.
It s not just that. Square didn t know why ff7 was so popular, mostly in the west. So they do the exactly opposite of most key features and make ff8 on it. Chibi characters? No. Only one party member visible on map? Mana point? Now magic is quantified as item. Personalisation based on materia? Now based on association with summons. Monster lvl? Evolve with you. Etc etc. A lot was experiments but the main critics wanted a ff7 follow up or some shit. That s why ff9 is more a return to old style.
Nah. It had mediocre, bland secondary characters and female lead and the junction system was broken: people either destroyed the game by abusing it, or they hate it because they don't understand it.
@@unlimited971, Actually FF9 was originally designed as a numberless installation of Final Fantasy as an side game then later branded as FF9 (similar to how 'FF Versus 13' rather than being a side game to FF13 became FF15.) FF9 is an homage to the classic NES and SNES era of Final Fantasy games that's why it is a return to the fantasy and medieval settings of prior games.
This is why all of the other subsequent games followed on from FF8's more realistic art style and direction (No super deformed looking character).
The other thing is that it is commonplace for the systems to change dramatically between the games, FF2 had no levelling mechanic instead increasing stats based on usage, FF3 had levelling and a job system, FF4 returned to characters having specific classes, FF5 was similar to FF3 and used a job classes and so on.
Even in the PlayStation 2 era and beyond each game has a different system, FF10 had a turn based rather than active timer battle system and learning skills was done on the sphere grid, FF10-2 had a job system and a return of the ATB system from earlier FF games, FF11 was a MMO game a different combat system, FF12 allowed the player to control the characters location in combat but the attacks took place on a timer system, FF13 returns to the classic ATB system and fixed character locations.
Still… FF8 is the best… i was not waiting for a FF7-part 2… i liked FF8 and its exactly how a FF game should be…. Unpopular things always seek above expectations, as you can see in real life “Starbucks/Swift/New York/Twilight…. are one of the most overrated things on earth….
@@nachot6592 I agree. I like FF8’s soundtrack a shit ton but I really don’t like much else (besides Laguna lmao)
You're not wrong about this being an important song: this is the theme for the final boss of FFVIII, Ultimecia, and if you listen closely you can hear where the melody transitions between phases. While the main villain of FFVIII is not quite as well remembered as, say, Kefka or Sephiroth, this song does a great job of showing just how terrifying Ultimecia is.
Now, for a bit more of an off the wall recommendation for music, I'd like to hear your thoughts on some of the music from Crush 40 that has come to define Sonic games over the past couple of decades. I'm talking about stuff like "Live and Learn," "Escape From the City," "I Am (All of Me)" and "Open Your Heart." It's maybe not the technically best music, but stuff I have a strong nostalgia for, and which I admit I can't really evaluate objectively as a result.
This game is my literal everything. The music gets me feeling some kind of way, it's so epic!!!! Thanks for this video 🤙🤙
One of the greatest songs in final fantasy from one of my favorite FF games. Glad you liked it!
A lot of fans really give FFVIII some flak, but it honestly imo deserves to be in the JRPG hall of fame. I will NEVER forget the one moment near the end of the game with the two MAIN protagonists, Squall and Rinoa. For not spoiling people who aren't aware of the story, lets just say its one of the most dramatic and tender moments between any characters in an FF game. I love it, I loved the music, I loved the gameplay, and I ESPECIALLY loved the setpieces. Square really took what they did great with FFVII and leveled it up! And I still appreciate that FFIX went back to a more medieval style FF game.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but the composer of the first 10 final fantasies has a band called the black mages. He covers his final fantasy songs with a metal twist on some
I think a lot of people just assume it's common knowledge, but you're right... it really isn't. And good idea to point it out. :D
Hey dude, I been following your reactions for awhile now though mostly lurk but I gotta say this this still one is still a favorite track in the FF series for me. For a PS1 generation piece of music it's incredible how well it's done and really does a great job with the intensity of when it plays.
Most people say that this track is for the final boss of the game, and it is... What I haven't seen mentioned is that this track is played AFTER fighting 3 different phases of the boss fight. The final boss is a marathon of 4 stages that you need to be prepared to take on when the game reaches the end point. The intro is actually pretty nice since you go from an initial intense moment with stage 3, everything goes dark as the song's intro plays into a transition and then slowly moves into the last phase, where time is compressed down to a single point. Where it's just your party, and the sorceress trying to end the world.
If anything another good track to listen to from FF8 is "The Legendary Beast" it's the song that plays for stage three before "The Extreme" Maybe even get the FF14 version of the track, it stays really faithful to the original while modernizing the instrumentals and added a few touches here and there to make it more intense.
Awesome, thank you :D
This is the final boss of FF8. If you want more recs.. I know you have a wide taste of things... Maybe... Fields of Blue which is the World map theme. Force your Way is the regular boss theme, and Don't Be Afraid is the regular fight theme... Ummm Waltz For the Moon... And let's say... The Landing. All are different.
Like many others here, FF8 is my personal favorite FF game. The events of the game happen AROUND the character's relationships. The main focus is on the relationships between characters mostly told through the point of view and inner-monologue of just one character. It's not for everyone. Either you love it or you hate it. The Completionist has what I would call a MOSTLY fair review. He somewhat acknowledges what I'm saying in his score of "Play It" which means you need to make your own choice on whether you should go through with it and even complete it. The FF Series always tries something new and different with every game. There's certain themes within that tend to show up like the same Summoned Creatures and some basic mechanics... but FF always innovates. Not every game hits with everyone. Which is part of why FF13 (as I mentioned on another video) is one of the only 2 games I wouldn't recommend. It tried to appeal to everyone and in so doing... it failed to capture its core audience.
The Landing is one of my faves in 8
@@themisspultone The Landing is my favorite FF8 song - so hype
Aside from the FFXIV remake of the song, there's a version by The Black Mages, where they redid alot of songs from across final fantasy history with a band, which I believe Nobuo Uematsu was part of.
Nobuo Uematsu was keyboard player for the Black Mages
One again, Nobuo Uematsu hit it out of the park with this soundtrack. This was the 23rd OST he did for Squaresoft as the company was known back then.
As others have said, this is my favourite FF game, even though it is flawed. Thanks for picking this up! Great story, great characters, great world, great music (but flawed system mechanics).
Other great songs in this game: "Liberi Fatali," "Eyes On Me," "Don't Be Afraid," "The Man With the Machine Gun" and "The Landing."
Anyway, great content as always!
There's something about this track that makes me go back and forth losing myself in every individual melody of the song, and I can't help but bounce between paying attention to each of them and I dont know which I want to stay on................. and then still, I'll jump back to paying attention to the whole, only to feel that it's greater than it's parts. It's incredibly climactic to me.
FF VIII is filled with tracks that make you "feel" something without a single word. One of the tracks that absolutely makes me lose myself feeling something I can't explain is "Silence and Motion". And I don't know what I feel, but I know I lose myself in it. It's not a very good one for a video though.
I wholeheartedly believe FF VIII is peak Uematsu. And if there's one man and a soundtrack that, without exaggeration, makes me feel sad - for not having any musical training - it is this guy and this OST.
It's not quite the original, but FFXIV also used The Extreme in the latest expansion, should totally check it out FFXIV - Oracle of Darkness (The Extreme)
ALL of the games that Uematsu worked on have _amazing_ soundtracks. Everything from FFI through FFX (as well as a number of other games from this era) are absolutely phenomenal, although obviously the early games were extremely limited on the actual quality of the tracks due to hardware limitations. Uematsu definitely used that to his advantage, working with and around the limitations to produce some absolutely masterful tracks, not just in spite of them, but _because_ of having to do so.
thank god uematsu was born
This is a really good one. I've been hoping you'd get a request for this song. This song also appears in FF XIV
Coming later this week!
Jesse, your reaction when that first guitar picking part starts (1:37) always gets me :D It's just hauntingly beautiful and your reactions just smacks of "hrrnnnghhhhhh damn this is good"
I remember playing FFVIII when it first came out....I was maybe 12-13. I felt sick all the way through this whole boss battle section as there are 3 stages? I think 3 stages to it. My hands were shaking, I was sweating, my heart was racing. I had to win! The music in FFVIII still holds up so well today. I love it!
Final Fantasy 8 has some amazing tracks, one of my favorites and most funky of them has to be the track Shuffle or Boogie the song that plays during the triple triad card game.
that song brings back a lot of memories - good memories. Stil love FF8
Thanks to everyone recommending it and thank you for reacting to it Jesse :-)
The one FFVIII track I cannot get enough of is "Compression of Time". Especially the *Enrico Deiana* remake/remix. In fact, every FF track you've ever listened to, go thru his upload list and listen to his version, he doesn't just remake, he upgrades!
Lamev
"That had to be a boss"
The final one, yep
I had played other FF games, Grandia and Chrono Cross... but this was the one I owned first. All the others were from my cousins who lended me their stuff. This was mine. And when I hit the end... I was like .... FF7 Barret and Cid going "$%#@" my dad came over and got mad at me for swearing in middle school. I was "dad, I died, sit with me and let me explain" which I did and he understood and said "don't cuss, damnit, no matter how bad it gets" .... and so I made my Junction changes... and then retried a third time, with success. This end run was harsh for someone hot off of ff7 and how easy it was with Fury on everyone at level 75
Omg Ape Escape OST yesss so good! Glad to see recs :D. This entry into final fantasy had a very machine/space/gothic theme and I feel it really reflects in the music. A mix of many genres indeed.
To think this was rendered on a PlayStation 1. My young mind was blown by the epicness of this song.
Then Soken’s sound team, Daiki Ishikawa as corrected, went and arranged it for FFXIV and made it even more epic?
Just giving credit where it’s due, that one was actually done by Daiki Ishikawa, not Soken.
@@Dantedevilhuntr I appreciate the correction!
What youre missing is 60 hours of play and attachments. I love this more than million dollar hit songs. Faye Wongs climax was awesome.
In the main FF series, this is by far my favorite song
The Extreme has this "pulsating bump" that makes my heart go faster
And the part where this song plays, it's just a perfect music (Final phase of the final boss)
This song embrace the never-ending hatred and denial of this world in a futuristic and gothic theme
"Perfekt for her"
FF VIII ❤
It's worth noting that The Extreme got a remix in FF14 as the extra phase for the final boss of Shadowbringer's raid series which was lush with FF8 references. It's an amazing mash of both Soken and Uematsu's styles I think and worth doing a comparison reaction to I feel! Though I still stand by my previous reaction requests.
I never really played FFVIII, But I now know where the song in Eden's Promise: Eternity Phase 2 comes from in FFXIV.
much of the music in the Eden raid series is from FF8. the Eden story has some similar beats. even the ending is basically pulled directly out of FF8
this being the song for the final form of the final boss is so fitting! one of my favorites in the game for sure!
FF8 is my favorite game of all time. Since you opened the door to FF final boss themes, FF6 Dancing Mad is nutty at a music theory level. I'm sure you'll enjoy it :)
Tomorrow!!
@@JessesAuditorium Fun thing about Dancing Mad is that you just might catch a melody that was in one of the tracks you already covered!
@@TheSinaqui which track?
@@nicogalax A Long Fall, from The Twinning
@@nicogalax A timestamp of it for the official primals music video of A Long Fall is 1:12
Played this game religiously when I was a kid. This stuff still gives me goose bumps
I played this like a year ago and i was actually mind blown... The story is more than confusing but they pulled of a whole new experience for the FF universe and the soundtrack mysterious but fire!
Give it to ff8 for having an amazing and revolutionary soundtrack. So glad u reacted to this song. Seriously hype!
There's one track in FFVIII that not many talk about (I think no one has mentioned it yet in the comments) but it's one of my favourite tracks in the game (maybe top 3): "The Legendary Beast". It also doesn't help that it doesn't play for long in the game even though it's actually a boss theme. The composition is so good. So hopefully you'll check it out one day!
It's my second favorite boss theme ever
@@nicogalax It's _that_ good, right? Sooo underrated. Just curious, what's your number 1 favourite?
@@LightKeyDarkBlade Almighty Bhunivelze from LR, or the Merciless Savior from Trails in the Sky SC, I really can't decide xd
@@nicogalax Nah I wouldn't be able to decide for my favourites as well. But excellent choice for Almighty Bhunivelze, I love that as well. And I really need to get into the Trails series. Been looking at the games for quite a while now.
@@LightKeyDarkBlade yeah do, Trails music is awesome, lots of great themes and stories :P
Final Boss energy! The anxiety of knowing it's the end and the resolution to keep going all wrapped up in one song.
Try the black mages version for the full metal live rendition. FF14/Soken also did a relatively recent one for this song, keeping the original feel but bringing more modern synth and instruments.
This is actually the final phase of the final boss. That whole final boss fight is one of the few FF final boss themes that was so long and full of tension because it's split in rather long, multiple phases with music theme changes every time (FF6 dancing mad also comes close to that). It's literally a journey on its own. (goes "Premonition" > "The Legendary Beast" > "Maybe I'm a Lion" > "The Extreme")
Not sure if was recommended and you're saving it for us, but there is a redone version of this in FFXIV that uses more modern instruments and creates a whole different full feeling.
I believe the request was either (Jesse's choice).
@@Redblaze27 ^^^^ I think for other renditions and stuff, i"ll save for live streaming? Kinda like a spin off series
@@JessesAuditorium I don't usually watch live streams but I do watch bits of the videos later, is there a way to know what songs you listened to in each livestream ?
@@DakonBlackblade2 I haven't started yet. ill start next month!
This is one of my favorites! Thank you for reacting~
While not the most fondly regarded FF, there is certainly no shortage of memorable themes thanks to Uematsu's continuously stellar work. Even this theme is incredible for its portrayal of fighting a time-based being and the tension, to say the least, that it would cause. Kuja's theme from IX is highly recommended as well.
Music plays a big role in how much I'll enjoy a game and to me, FFVIII's music and especially most of the boss/battle themes are some of the best of the franchise. FFVIII has that modern grooviness to it that very much suits the game, yet can stilk go back to the good old classics of Uematsu.
Premonition ( the music that is used for every encounter with the main villain boss fights throughout the game, and the intro to the final boos ) is one of my favourite tracks of all the FF franchise. You can feel the pressure of an ennemy that is like able to destroy you and the universe into pieces if she wanted to.
Some other good pieces from FFVIII is:
- The Landing
- Find Your Way
- Liberi Fatali
- Balamb Garden
Those four have always stuck out for me.
Oh, we doing FF8 now? Well, you gotta hit up Man With The Machinegun and The Landing.
There’s a remix version of this called “Ultimecia -All existence denied”. I think youd really enjoy listening to it.
8 is the one game in the series that I have mixed feelings about, I neither love or hate it.
I love the world, the lore and the system, but every character in it makes me wanna slap them, and since we are following them for the entire game, it really sours it.
Oh man i'm so glad someone requested this i love ff8 so much lol
Final Fantasy has some real mood rollercoasters for final boss battle themes, but this might be one of the best examples of that.
Also, it's a really good track in general.
Nobuo Uematsu created amazing and very distinctive soundtracks for every FF. I think being a long time FF fan, he shaped my taste in music more than anyone else
some beautiful chords
This was the theme for the Final Boss in the game. Good job and nice reaction!
Aaahhhhh, I remember that first time I fought Ultimecia, I was so exited cause it was the first FF I was about to finish ever, I was there entering commands and looking for Ultimecia's attacks so she don't kill My party, and that dramatic, tense and exiting theme in the background, oh my... She killed me 😭, I wasn't expecting that Apocalypse attack of her, and she killed my party. I managed to beat her after some more leveling my party, but yes, the song is so, so exiting.
If it has not been said yet, it is the last of 4 fights that makes up the final boss fight, and is the music that plays during the fight against Ultimicia
Love the reaction and your thoughts FF8 is my favorite game of all time looking forward to seeing you listen to more FF8 music
This has to be my favourite final boss theme ever. The melodys just blow my mind.
OMG!! The battle against Ultimecia, impressive song!!
FF8 is fascinating to me because of the behind the scenes stuff but yes, this is a boss theme. Final boss actually. A sorceress fought simultaneously at the start and end of time.
this whole soundtrack has a heavy emphasis on leit motifs in both actual repeated notes in multiple compositions but also just the FEEL of it in the instruments and textures changed and reused in specific moments it's brilliant, the extreme and the other 2 final boss fight songs (gotta love 3 phase fights where each one has it's OWN theme!) all like the culmination of everything used in the soundtrack to that point.
Ultimecia is a witch of space and time
Final Fantasy 3 is a prequel to Final Fantasy 8.
The flying Island in FF3 who got destroyed and fell down to the sea and in Final Fantasy 8 they collected materials for Balamb Garden in order to float around.
I definetly enjoyed this as a kid, ultimecia was such a cool villain, the extreme i'll put it up there with jechts hard rock 'Otherworld' which i adore from FFX, as well as dancing Mad and Necron from IX
I'm loving your choices to react, as a suggestion to keep on going with the FFVIII trend, I highly recommend "Premonition". It is my favourite track of the game.
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The baseline, dun dun, dun dun, dun dun, dundun. Is the base line of the ffix battle theme
I'm surprised the first FF8 request wasn't good ol Liberi Fatali
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This is the final boss fight against Ultimecia it's actually the third fight in a chain. You have NO time to heal between each fight and if you do not revive your party members fast enough when they get K.O.'d they are plucked from the battlefield and you are stuck with whoever you have left. Now, this is not always a bad thing, but it does lend itself nicely to that consistent building where you mentioned the lack of the resolving chords Throughout this boss fight Ultimecia consistently uses moves that reduce the entire party's HP to 1. At this point, it's the vacillation between, Do I use my limit skill (each game has different criteria for ultimate moves and 8's schtick was the lower your hp is at the more often you can use limit break moves. The exception to that is a handy spell called Aura which mimics the near-death determination that allows limit break use. As opposed to say 7og or 9 who use a limit/trance gauge, that after so many hits or some such you get one or a limited number of uses of the skills for your ultimate moves.) or do I heal my party to full because if I don't I'm gonna be annihilated? It's honestly one.
What makes this series of consecutive boss fights worse is in the castle leading up to this trio of fights you actually have a number of boss fights to regain your skills. Upon entering the final area your party is hobbled by all their skills being sealed. To regain them all you must complete a series of puzzles each followed by a boss fight. Sometimes the boss fight is all you do but when you have no access to items, or magic and are relying on your wit and ability to judge, not to mention the fact that the castle is littered with enemies, the process of regaining all your abilities can seem terribly daunting so some people only bother getting the core skills (Item, magic, summon, draw) and then try to charge into battle with just that and that may be fine for some. But I know in my experience I made certain to grind to max level (which little did I know is a TERRIBLE idea in 8 because it is unique in that it has a scaling level system. Monsters will grow and become harder as you grow. They also have better spells and drop better items but it's a huge kick in the teeth that you go from lvl say 29 into lvl 30 and suddenly 'HEY WAIT A SEC! Since when can it do THAT move?' Not fun finding out T-rexuar can freaking use quake for the first time. After 30 the only thing that really changes are the stats.)
Another BANGER track from this game is 'The Landing' That never fails to get my blood pumping because there are actual mission objectives and you lose points if you stray too far or do 'stupid' things.
To be frank the game while not as good as some others, (7, 9, etc) It told a coherent story, a love story in many ways and the lore is quite rich and profound. The thing that made it ultimately less enjoyable (for me and a number of others) was how forced the romance between the male and female lead felt. To give you a taste that let me drop down a few lines.
***PREPARE FOR MINOR VERY EARLY GAME SPOILERS (This is like in the first hour or two of the game)***
Main Girl meets a Boy. Boy is handsome and charming and can get her to the head of a mercenary school. Girl needs mercenaries to help overthrow evil guy. Girl comes to the graduation party but does not see the Boy. Notices MAIN Boy. Main boy is off by himself being a wallflower (parties aren't his thing) she comes up and compliments him saying he's the best-looking guy there and asks him to dance. He's not interested. She's like Oh... OH! Okay look into my eyes 'you're going to like me, you're going to like me...' did it work? He makes one last desperate attempt to tell her no. 'I can't dance.' She DRAGS HIM to the dance floor where he again makes an attempt to ditch this girl by stumbling and tripping (possibly from the effect of an accidentally accepted alcoholic drink) after several failings, and another attempt to just walk away, he relents and actually dances with her. And just as he's STARTING to actually enjoy himself (gasp, the emo-kid is actually having fun! stop the presses this moment of happy needs to be preserved) the fireworks go off they pause and look at them only for the girl to see the head of the school and DITCHES MAIN BOY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE FLOOR. And he just watches her go like 'But... that was... that was actually kinda nice...' Cue the kicked puppy kind of look, the kind that can only be given by a kid who already has abandonment issues.
Like seriously that whole interaction was forced. She could have brought him with her and said hey thanks for keeping me company, I know you didn't want to but... I appreciate it, no she just splits and leaves him alone. And her first reaction seeing that he's the mercenary assigned to her job? She leaps into his arms and hugs him around the neck and immediately asks about the other boy... It just seemed distasteful. She causes the whole group a remarkable about of trouble. Now I get the trope of life-altering experiences and danger can make two people fall for one another. But that aspect was poorly done. The story of the game is great but they spend too much time trying to force the ship down your throat.
It's basically ELP and I love it. Have the 4 disc CD and still play it.
FF14 also has a version of this used for the Oracle of Darkness Boss
yooo!!! probably my favorite boss themes in ff! if you get the chance and if no one already mentioned it, you should totally listen to the Seymour Omnis theme from ff10 :) it slaps so hard
I love gushing about this song. Time Compression gives you all the time. All the time you could ever need to do what you need to do....but oh my God you need to hurry about it