I KNOW, I don’t understand how out of all the songs to remix, they did this one and somehow it’s not worse. They literally perfected it here, it’s the perfect battle theme imo
The way you reacted when he showed up... I was like you, waiting to listen to his theme once again and it didn't dissappoint. I couldn't even focus on the fight because of how epic this version is. Pressed the dualsense touchpad and enjoyed listening to the music before proceeding with boss fight, lol.😅 😅
Holy shit. This entire time doing the fight, I thought it was a recycled track from Remake (no issue with that, OG is dope). But no...they somehow made an underrated banger into something even more epic. The crowd cheering adlibs in the background really accentuate the whole rivalry fight in a giant colosseum. So fucking badass.
I thought the same and i was still happy with it and then I noticed a bit of difference until i realized how different it was and I loved it!!!!!! I just fought him and was 2 levels under and it was challenging and it wass funnn
One thing I really like about Rufus in Remake/Rebirth is that it's utterly clear he's just an ordinary man who happens to have inherited an insane amount of money and political/social status. Which, by itself, isn't that impressive. But he's also depicted as a powerful leader in his own right --- and to top it off, he's actually quite dangerous. He and his dog make a pretty formidable team, especially if you don't know what you're doing. Rufus and Cloud have an interesting dynamic too. I think on some level, they genuinely respect each other as opponents, and it's almost like they fight as though they have something to prove and just relish the thought of besting each other for the mere sake of it. They've had very little shared screentime, but whenever they do, it always feels deeply personal.
Rufus is one of the cases where the Remakes really improved from the original. In the og he was just another cartoon villain like the rest of the Shinra board yapping about ruling through fear or whatever. In Remake/Rebirth he has so much more personality and became that much more interesting as a result
They're similar in a few ways, too. They both are living in someone else's shadow (Rufus' father and Sephiroth) and believe that they have the world on their shoulders. I think they see that in each other, at least a bit.
They definitely respect each other and just want to duke it out. There's absolutely no reason for Cloud to make their fight a 1v1 in Rebirth, but he does it anyway. There's also no reason for Rufus to put himself in such a vulnerable position in the first place, but there he is just wanting to test his skills against Cloud fully knowing he's going to indulge him. Really love their dynamic and can't wait how it plays out in part 3.
I was thinking about this earlier and while that's true, he's able to do this because he has access to infinite money, technology, and does not have to worry about stability or commitments to others so he has the time to practice gun-fu while secretly having a finger in every pie. That's a big contrast to our heroes who largely have struggled for survival (or maybe in 'cait sith's' case via Reeve, struggled to preserve others' survival?). So you're right, Rufus does 'fight his own battles' and displays skill doing so, and I think a part of his evil vibe is that this is a nepo baby styling on us.
I absolutely love the alarms in this song that just adds to the absolute idea that Rufus is such a dangerous foe in more ways than one. One wrong move and you could end up dead.
I really notice that in Rebirth, the core theme for most songs is Aerith's theme or Tifa's theme, mainly Aerith's theme, which I love, but damn did it tear me up during some aspects, knowing full well to what you're going torwards to.
Rufus showing up at Gold Disney Land to fight in a WWE style grudge match is ridiculously out of character to the point of complete ludonarrative dissonance.....I loved it
I disagree. The whole point was making up a show for long enough so Cait could give them the keystone. As he says it himself when you beat him "enough with this farce".
Nah. Rufus is lowkey a troll. If we're going off of his stunt in Advent Children, him telling his Turks he has "an idea" without any further elaboration is definitely on point for Rufus. Dude lives in extra and flashy-ass appearances LMAO. 😂😂😂
@@genyakozlov1316 I grew up playing the original. Before crisis/advent children mean nothing to me. The remake trilogy isn’t true to the original either so a lot of the characters whilst similar are becoming more divergent
If one Turk makes it to Playable, I think it would be Cissnei to represent Before Crisis. (Also her weapon seems to already be modeled in that one side quest) Spoiler : Zack already represents Crisis Core I think Shelke would represent DoC
Rufus and the Turks would be easier due to their battle animations having a concept already, Cissnei would imo be too much work for the moment. I'd rather play as Weiss or Nero instead of Shelke to be honest
@@TheTaylorde82 Shelke is boring... I agree. But she's the Friendly new character of DoC. I give you the turks tho, their animations are already there so yeah. Although we will get a Turk at the end of the day... Vincent.
Cissnei's weapon looks kind of similar to Yuffie's Conformer in OG, so it might actually be the Conformer and Yuffie might get it from her in Part 3 as her ultimate weapon. I also expect us to go back for Dyne's weapon during some Barret sidequest or during the return to Corel mission and it might actually be his Missing Score.
@@Temperance_XVII That works too, I just find that thunder's a REALLY effective counter for him. Cast time is instant at base level and the stun build is crazy.
I still like the previous remake version though . When they put something additional the song has become “not so…good”I hope I am not offending the composer 😂
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The official theme of missing the Reload window by one second and getting a faceful of bullets instead
Who needs Mako enhancement when you can just train your gun fu skills and style on your opponent
Rufus is so cool In this remake
The composers really went and said “Okay you see this song that already went hard? We just made it go even harder”
Cloud: “can’t bite the hand that feeds”
Rufus: “and yet here you are”
😂😂😂😂 Rufus is awesome
Man when I heard that, I was like "Damn. Cloud, you gonna let him talk to you like that?" 😭
@@phantom-X2086I wouldn’t take that if that was me
Personally, i aint taking that @@phantom-X2086
@@phantom-X2086He didn’t let him, though. That’s the second time Cloud makes him run for his life.
@@AAP0000 I know, but I would've tried to clap back somehow 😂
Cloud (to Tifa and Aerith): Don't interfere.
Rufus (to Elena and Rude): Leave and wait with Tseng.
Both: It's personal.
so personal😂
I love them so much 😍
Nah frr at that point those 2 quite literally said "Nah run that back:
Love that bit. Rufus could command the whole army on Cloud(which might not even work) but he respects him enough to try and do the job himself.
The Shinra leitmotiv never misses.
I love the Grudge Match aspect of this fight.
Nobuo Uematsu should be proud that his legacy is in such capable hands. What a respectful upleveling of so many classic themes
kinda makes me wonder what he thinks of all the soundtracks... Would really like to watch him listen to some of the songs and give his opinions.
The chanting is an absolute win
The third game needs to have another rematch where Cloud brings Red XIII with him to make a fair dog match
now im gona be mad when they dont do it 😂 this idea is so fire
I would give my left nut for this to happen with Cloud using the line "just the three of us... well, maybe four".
Lol that would be awesome!
One of the best tracks in the entire game! They managed to elevate my favorite track from Remake into something even better!
I KNOW, I don’t understand how out of all the songs to remix, they did this one and somehow it’s not worse. They literally perfected it here, it’s the perfect battle theme imo
The way you reacted when he showed up... I was like you, waiting to listen to his theme once again and it didn't dissappoint. I couldn't even focus on the fight because of how epic this version is. Pressed the dualsense touchpad and enjoyed listening to the music before proceeding with boss fight, lol.😅 😅
I cant wait for the final game where this goes twice as fast and Rufus sicks a whole herd of Darkstars on Cloud
Or when Cloud sicks Red 13 on him
@@sentientmustache8360Yeah if there's a final battle with Rufus in part 3 I hope Red joins Cloud.
Holy shit. This entire time doing the fight, I thought it was a recycled track from Remake (no issue with that, OG is dope). But no...they somehow made an underrated banger into something even more epic. The crowd cheering adlibs in the background really accentuate the whole rivalry fight in a giant colosseum. So fucking badass.
I thought the same and i was still happy with it and then I noticed a bit of difference until i realized how different it was and I loved it!!!!!! I just fought him and was 2 levels under and it was challenging and it wass funnn
This might be my favorite soundtrack in the game. One of my favorite boss fights too.
One thing I really like about Rufus in Remake/Rebirth is that it's utterly clear he's just an ordinary man who happens to have inherited an insane amount of money and political/social status. Which, by itself, isn't that impressive. But he's also depicted as a powerful leader in his own right --- and to top it off, he's actually quite dangerous. He and his dog make a pretty formidable team, especially if you don't know what you're doing. Rufus and Cloud have an interesting dynamic too. I think on some level, they genuinely respect each other as opponents, and it's almost like they fight as though they have something to prove and just relish the thought of besting each other for the mere sake of it. They've had very little shared screentime, but whenever they do, it always feels deeply personal.
Rufus is one of the cases where the Remakes really improved from the original. In the og he was just another cartoon villain like the rest of the Shinra board yapping about ruling through fear or whatever. In Remake/Rebirth he has so much more personality and became that much more interesting as a result
@@mingQWERTY Agreed! Tbh I barely paid attention to him in the original. But Remake/Rebirth, he absolutely commands the screen every time he appears.
They're similar in a few ways, too. They both are living in someone else's shadow (Rufus' father and Sephiroth) and believe that they have the world on their shoulders. I think they see that in each other, at least a bit.
They definitely respect each other and just want to duke it out. There's absolutely no reason for Cloud to make their fight a 1v1 in Rebirth, but he does it anyway. There's also no reason for Rufus to put himself in such a vulnerable position in the first place, but there he is just wanting to test his skills against Cloud fully knowing he's going to indulge him. Really love their dynamic and can't wait how it plays out in part 3.
so he's batman? damn
This battle is more difficult than the final BOSS
He is fr this man gave me my first game over in the entire game and I was using a op build for cloud
Triple Slash when Reload pops up. Free win.
He asks you to dispose of Sephiroth for him but shit man he’d probably do a better job himself
The phase change with Darkstar jumping into the arena was just amazing.
Ngl I like how Rufus is an evil corporate boss that can actually fight his own battles.
I was thinking about this earlier and while that's true, he's able to do this because he has access to infinite money, technology, and does not have to worry about stability or commitments to others so he has the time to practice gun-fu while secretly having a finger in every pie. That's a big contrast to our heroes who largely have struggled for survival (or maybe in 'cait sith's' case via Reeve, struggled to preserve others' survival?). So you're right, Rufus does 'fight his own battles' and displays skill doing so, and I think a part of his evil vibe is that this is a nepo baby styling on us.
I mean he's not full evil though he also a good guy sometimes
@@SilverBellsAboveso he's batman
Man this and the salmon doggo music are epic
Goes so hard whew man. Got goosebumps when I heard this come on. One of my favorites parts of both games.
3:31-4:00 got me acting *up.*
The announcers during this made it so hard to focus. lol
Phase 2 suddenly shifts into Resident Evil 2 for a moment there,
MY EXTRACTION...
A literal boss battle
I got very familiar with this song while doing this battle on hard mode
DAMN! They took the original boss theme and enhanced it.
They could have just used the original track, but oh my god I’m so glad they gave it a remix
1:07 best part
The fact that I love this song even after dying to Rufus on hard mode 50 times….
Thank you so much for the upload
This track definitely gives me more love on Rufus being a cooler boss
Oh, focused thrust & item efficiency how i love you and making this much more manageable
item boosting materia and the item economy materia were my drug of choice lol
This is the “I’m going to just build my limit gauge and Cross Slash my way though” fight
Noob way but fair
1:22 my favorite part, I like the whole thing but I actively search for this cause of that part lol it just feels elevating
The real final boss of the game and last one too.
2:22 I like how this small part plays again when Rufus shoots Glenn in the back
The crowd cheering in the background makes this ost slap harder 🔥
I absolutely love the alarms in this song that just adds to the absolute idea that Rufus is such a dangerous foe in more ways than one. One wrong move and you could end up dead.
Even if the battle is so random, i still loved it... But what the heck is Rufus thinking throwing him to battle Cloud?
One part spoiled rich kid tendencies and one part publicity stunt to show the world the new Shinra prez isn't just a coward that hides in his office.
I didn't know this theme was fire! I was way too busy not getting my ass handed to me by Rufus and his dog.
Final Fantasy meets Galar
I really notice that in Rebirth, the core theme for most songs is Aerith's theme or Tifa's theme, mainly Aerith's theme, which I love, but damn did it tear me up during some aspects, knowing full well to what you're going torwards to.
He was soooo hard on hard mode, he took me 10 mins to beat lol but it was still a lot of fun
I can't wait for Vergil 3
This reference is so obscure I love it
Wtf is square enix on ?
The music knows no bounds. 😅
They are on the drug called AWESOME!!
any chance you could also upload the OST from the cutscene directly before this fight?
Cloud owned him when he said he'd never cut it in SOLDIER. Lol.
5:29
that's my favorite part so far
Rufus showing up at Gold Disney Land to fight in a WWE style grudge match is ridiculously out of character to the point of complete ludonarrative dissonance.....I loved it
I disagree. The whole point was making up a show for long enough so Cait could give them the keystone.
As he says it himself when you beat him "enough with this farce".
Nah. Rufus is lowkey a troll. If we're going off of his stunt in Advent Children, him telling his Turks he has "an idea" without any further elaboration is definitely on point for Rufus. Dude lives in extra and flashy-ass appearances LMAO. 😂😂😂
Considering the stuff he pulled in Before Crisis and Advent Children? This is par for the course for him.
@@genyakozlov1316 I grew up playing the original. Before crisis/advent children mean nothing to me. The remake trilogy isn’t true to the original either so a lot of the characters whilst similar are becoming more divergent
i like 3:40 part
Sounds like MHW
I need an extended version of phase 1 so bad 😭😭
Is Rufus harder in Rebirth or something? I haven’t faced him in hard mode yet but it’s like people forgot the fight from Remake.
When you fight rufus in remake you have access to counterstance, here you do not
Am I losing my mind or did they use the planet's screams from the original game at 6:13? It sounds so similar.
Pyrocynical boss theme
this song is banger than remake's rufus fight theme
AAAAAAAAAND RUFUS IS FORCED TO EAT SHIT 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️
Tempo is slightly slower than in Remake
If we get to play as the Turks and Rufus in the next game, ithis might be the greatest trilogy of all time
If one Turk makes it to Playable, I think it would be Cissnei to represent Before Crisis. (Also her weapon seems to already be modeled in that one side quest)
Spoiler :
Zack already represents Crisis Core
I think Shelke would represent DoC
Rufus and the Turks would be easier due to their battle animations having a concept already, Cissnei would imo be too much work for the moment. I'd rather play as Weiss or Nero instead of Shelke to be honest
@@TheTaylorde82 Shelke is boring... I agree. But she's the Friendly new character of DoC.
I give you the turks tho, their animations are already there so yeah. Although we will get a Turk at the end of the day... Vincent.
Cissnei's weapon looks kind of similar to Yuffie's Conformer in OG, so it might actually be the Conformer and Yuffie might get it from her in Part 3 as her ultimate weapon.
I also expect us to go back for Dyne's weapon during some Barret sidequest or during the return to Corel mission and it might actually be his Missing Score.
POV: you’re battling Chairman Rose
EXACTLY what I thought, LOL
Chairman Rose if he was a good villain:
Biggest BS fight in the game.
Hit him with magic on his reload, doesn't matter what kind. Made his fight stupidly easy after I found that one out.
I kept hitting him with the ranged sword attack (dodging and then attacking) until he got stunned
@@Temperance_XVII That works too, I just find that thunder's a REALLY effective counter for him. Cast time is instant at base level and the stun build is crazy.
I still like the previous remake version though . When they put something additional the song has become “not so…good”I hope I am not offending the composer 😂
wow the final phase is nothing but the same phrase repeated for four minutes, huh