louis has to be one of the best villains in any atlus game. he was seriously chaos incarnate, the most based SMT antagonist to ever exist, and he's not even in an SMT game.
He was both chaos and control at the same time, at no point in the game Louis feels like he is not in control of the situation, he never screams, he is never suprised, the only time in the entire game where Louis loose his composure is at the very end when he screams at the protag : "why wont you die" , right before getting killed.
He even finds his assassination attempt amusing, because he had all his bases covered. Agree or disagree with him, you've gotta respect such a thorough man.
Louis Guiaburn, Lucifier Morningstar. Both are depicted as blond with horns in SMT, one of Louis's designs has him with 6 wings, just like Lucifer. Noticing the signs early and picking up on some REALLY on the nose writing(you suck junah) you can really see the SMT influence especially with the whole chaos thing. It was SUUUPER fun to notice along the way, and especially to deduce like ages before the final dungeon.
Louis (Cyphre) is basically just Luci, the Masks of Drama open up just like Hari-Hara, this game is essentially a mix of almost everything Atlus has done in the past three and a half decades.
i see it more of a welcome back the genesis from persona 4, the song is just a build-up for a more dramatic version of one of the main leitmotifs to play
The final boss being named Destroyer Charadrius, drawing the parallel of the myth that a Goldfinch would catch the disease of anyone it looked at to Louis using the anxieties of the people to fuel his magic and ultimately being consumed by it is just genius.
I do think Louis's similarity with Lucifer is serve as his deconstruction, showing that how much worse his goal of freedom and his "might make right" ideal can bring to the world even if he's a lesser of evil in most SMT games.
Glad they went the Persona 3 route with the final boss ost. I loved the climax of the Akedemia the first time I heard it. So hearing this for the first time was a treat.
This song is the culmination. I spent 100 hours with these characters. The final hours of this game had me nonstop sobbing like a fountain. If this doesn't win game of the year it at least cemented itself as the best game Studio 0 ever made and my favorite game of all time. Absolutely gobsmackingly incredible, the story was unbelievable and the gameplay was like art in motion. I might be getting overdramatic here but I don't care. This whole thing was something that only comes around once in a lifetime. Unreal.
(Spoilers) For me, the tone shift with the choir at 2:12 evokes imagery of the people choosing you as their king and channeling their unanimous support for you in prayer during the grandiose climax. The music sounds so beautiful and hopeful despite Louis becoming a monstrous eldritch being that resembles the Satan from the Divine Comedy. Perhaps the music is saying with full confidence that Louis doesn't stand a chance in this final battle, and that Will's vision and ideals now overpower even Louis'. This game is awesome
I was definitely crying when the Academia theme kicked in, this is easily the best Atlus game and one of the all time JRPGs, if it doesn't win GOTY its rigged
I haven’t got to the end yet but if this is the final boss theme HOLY SHIT WHAT ARE THEY COOKING I NEED TO PLAY MORE Update: Finished the game, holy shit what a masterpiece, the graphics and quality of cutscenes, anime and in-game are lacking compared to other atlus games but except for that i have NOTHING bad to say, this is GOTY right here, maybe the best atlus game ever, even if i still consider P3R as my favorite
The Utopia theme runs throughout, but the change in instrumentation and tempo does make it a lot less noticeable. Meanwhile, when the vocals come online the connection becomes impossible to miss.
I was very under leveled with no items left, almost no mana on 5 characters and no strategy to speak of. Managed to end him with Basilio spamming symbiosis attacks inflicting weaknesses, Hulkenberg with her royal Archetype tanking for everyone, Heismay cheesing whole turns by just existing and my MC using the few items I had left to support and debuff. Got him in 6/7 turns with the final attack being a regular attack from my MC.
Tried to get the trophy so I didn’t shatter any crystal before this fight, the boss had like eight action points per turn, died like five times even with the storytelling difficulty
BEHOLD! I walk a Royal Path! NO HOLDING BACK! FOR ALL THAT WE STRIVE FOR! OOOO, POWER OF KINGS! BEHOLD THIS POWER! O, Souls of Kings, GIVE ME STRENGTH! O Awesome Souls, DO YOUR THING! THAAAAT’S IT! I’ll protect everyone! Using everyone in this fight was a real treat. Thank you, Gallica and Hulkenberg, for saving my run multiple times on the super boss version.
it was so epic feeling to cycle all my party members in this fight, everyone played a part in my fight against him which makes the whole thing pretty satisfying
4 horas en primera fase y luego me sale que tiene otra fase y yo sin PM. Fueron otras 2 horas XD Ni idea como lo logre pero lo pase. C obra maestra comprendida e incomprendida
@@brianstrom_dot I didn't mean my comment in a negative way lol, I'm not even close to finishing the game. I just made the comparison since this uses Ode To Heroes like BFES uses PFES
@@charlesdean5750 You mean Charadrius? Well, maybe, but I think not. The old lady, who tells us elda`s history only mentions that Louis was the lone survivor in the incident, but never anything about his family. And Louis himself by the time we actually speak with him is already too insane to tell us anything usefull.
@@Totemikus no, lady Gruidae does talk about Louis and his family, she says they were doctors and their last name was Charadrius. During the final dungeon, in the first boss fight with Louis he's literally called 'Archdemon Louis Charadrius'
THIS IS FIRE HOLY SHITTT do i feel a little spoiled by listening to it? sure. it's probably more's boss theme when he inevitably betrays you (just making a prediction). but still i don't mind listening to this early, it's too good. edit: well my prediction was wrong. you do fight more but he's not really evil. i thought this would be a more boss fight theme because of the akademia leitmotif but i'm still very satisfied with this being the final boss theme.
He's obviously the real Villain of the game and the blonde haired is actually the good guy and then you fight him and he's actually God or something. Woke garbage game.
@ I had maxed out all of the Royal Archetypes, had done some build crafting, and was level 99 lmao. A Charged up Physical hit from MC or Basilio would do 13k-15k. I also had someone with repel all magic accessory which meant Louis basically never got a turn to hurt us for more than 80 damage. The reason I was level 99 was because I wanted all Archetypes maxed out so I can get the ultimate weapons and be ready for Regicide and the Super Boss.
@@eyoshinthemaximum lmao yeah that checks out, i had all of the royal archetypes but my team was only around levels 78-80, wasn't really using charge on account of only one of my party members doing phys damage, and had no idea that a repel all magic accessory even existed wanton destruction and modified dragon god summon ftw
![[ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ] OST with 4K background](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OblT91aXQ5c/mqdefault.jpg)
![[ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ] OST with 4K background](/img/tr.png)
Louis: "You will be a sacrifice... You will sustain the strong"
The dog that does 11,640 damage per second: "GET WRECKED!"
Literally.
Never suspected them to be THAT Berserk.
Me: "I need to reduce attack but also hurt him"
The oh so ever reliable dog : "IT'S GETTING WINDY"
"Staying sane in a fight? Not BLOODY LIKELY!"
He's literally Guts.
thought you were talking about Koromaru for a minute there cause Basilio is a regular person...
"OH AWSOME SOULS DO YOUR THING"
"And the award of Game of the Year goes to... METAPHOR REFANTAZIO"
(4:58 starts playing on stage)
Metaphor winning GOTY it's my fantasy
louis has to be one of the best villains in any atlus game. he was seriously chaos incarnate, the most based SMT antagonist to ever exist, and he's not even in an SMT game.
He was both chaos and control at the same time, at no point in the game Louis feels like he is not in control of the situation, he never screams, he is never suprised, the only time in the entire game where Louis loose his composure is at the very end when he screams at the protag : "why wont you die" , right before getting killed.
He even finds his assassination attempt amusing, because he had all his bases covered. Agree or disagree with him, you've gotta respect such a thorough man.
Louis Guiaburn, Lucifier Morningstar. Both are depicted as blond with horns in SMT, one of Louis's designs has him with 6 wings, just like Lucifer. Noticing the signs early and picking up on some REALLY on the nose writing(you suck junah) you can really see the SMT influence especially with the whole chaos thing. It was SUUUPER fun to notice along the way, and especially to deduce like ages before the final dungeon.
"You will be a sacrifice... you will sustain the strong"
Royal Slash: 2:16
"LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!"
@@Cartoonshi Can you say “Play Metaphor or something” in your next video?
More like Masquerade Charge/Hero’s Power/Hero’s Cry/Royal Slash
My god... What a journey this game has been.
This truly was a strange journey
@@fen6300*start crying *
@@matticus9832 hottest take of all time
@@matticus9832ima be honest this game blows p5r out of the water for me. Closest thing to it is p3.
@@matticus9832Maybe Im just too much of a fantasy nerd but this game was like crack to me, literally almost perfect
>Leitmotif of your safe room in the final boss ost
Welcome back, Battle Hymn of the Soul from Persona 3.
Louis (Cyphre) is basically just Luci, the Masks of Drama open up just like Hari-Hara, this game is essentially a mix of almost everything Atlus has done in the past three and a half decades.
That was a powerful leitmotif.
(SPOILERS) Feels like the heroes of old and good old dad himself was watching us fight and cheering us on when that part comes in
i see it more of a welcome back the genesis from persona 4, the song is just a build-up for a more dramatic version of one of the main leitmotifs to play
Ah yes, the theme of spamming Wanton Destruction.
Basilio my GOAT
“What are you?! Some kind of metaphor!?” I cried, truly game of the year.
Will then proceed to metaphor all over Louis
@@blushingralseiuwu2222 knowing you, youd try to heal him or something
That moment when you think you’re winning, and he uses Soul Cry.
classic metaphor boss fight
Classic SMT moment
Most fucked up phase 2 I've seen in a while lmao
Laughs in a quick eugif with Noble Thief Soul and 99 Agi.
OOOO POWER OF KINGS🗣️🔥🗣️👑
OH AWSOME SOULS DO YOUR THING 🗣🔥🗣👑
OOOO POWER OF HEROS
Can’t spell basilio without GOAT 🗣️🗣️🗣️
@@Itsunobabyyou really can... well whatever, he's the GOAT!
DEVIL SUMMONER!
The Akademia leitmotif hitting with the timpani made me tear up hard 🥺😭
Fr bro what a fucking game!!! I thought wukong coudnt be beat but this... story telling spectacular
This is the best lucifer atlus has ever done and its not even an smt game
The final boss being named Destroyer Charadrius, drawing the parallel of the myth that a Goldfinch would catch the disease of anyone it looked at to Louis using the anxieties of the people to fuel his magic and ultimately being consumed by it is just genius.
I do think Louis's similarity with Lucifer is serve as his deconstruction, showing that how much worse his goal of freedom and his "might make right" ideal can bring to the world even if he's a lesser of evil in most SMT games.
The design aesthetically is even a 1:1 of that boss fight, wings and all! And Louis looking more noble and white has to be a nod to Helel!
Glad they went the Persona 3 route with the final boss ost. I loved the climax of the Akedemia the first time I heard it. So hearing this for the first time was a treat.
The writer of metaphor is the same writer of persona 3
This song is the culmination. I spent 100 hours with these characters. The final hours of this game had me nonstop sobbing like a fountain. If this doesn't win game of the year it at least cemented itself as the best game Studio 0 ever made and my favorite game of all time. Absolutely gobsmackingly incredible, the story was unbelievable and the gameplay was like art in motion. I might be getting overdramatic here but I don't care. This whole thing was something that only comes around once in a lifetime. Unreal.
You wrote what I’ve been wanting to say perfectly, I completely agree.
This game deserves recognition at the game awards... imo this is the best game Hashino has ever made
I mean, technically it's the FIRST game Studio 0 made...
Just listened to this for about half an hour while fighting him at full power.
(Spoilers)
For me, the tone shift with the choir at 2:12 evokes imagery of the people choosing you as their king and channeling their unanimous support for you in prayer during the grandiose climax. The music sounds so beautiful and hopeful despite Louis becoming a monstrous eldritch being that resembles the Satan from the Divine Comedy.
Perhaps the music is saying with full confidence that Louis doesn't stand a chance in this final battle, and that Will's vision and ideals now overpower even Louis'.
This game is awesome
Considering your rank is 1 if you check it in the final area, you're 100% right
@@chrislee5268omg I never checked while I was there! That rules
I got MAJOR GOOSEBUMPS when 2:15 hit ingame. It was perfect.
When I thought I've beaten the final boss in hard mode with little hp and item left
Then we entered the 2nd phase with this theme 💀
It's one of my favorite OSTs after beating the game.
GOD I LOVE FINAL BOSS THEMES WITH LE MOTIFS
Strange Journey levels are off the charts!!
Yo i thought so too! The intro sounds so much like ST!
This soundtrack truly was a Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Strange Journey but with less pessimism
Who would win?
Literally the Devil himself with his full power.
or
One Old Bat boi.
NICE DODGE HEISMAY
Hippity hoppity your turns are now my property
I can hear the Akademia leitmotif. Very interesting
Playing this final boss with headphones in at max volume just felt so good. Atlus cooked as usual. When the ode to heroes theme came in, i shed a tear
It doesn't hitt the same without Louis grunting 8 times in a row
Doesn't hit the same without a "GET WRECKED" from Basilio hitting another 20K Frenzy
Hassou Tobi moment
Kid named Mirror of Assiah/Atziluth:
SHATTER
That's the fucking Akademia leitmotif holy shit what???
I was definitely crying when the Academia theme kicked in, this is easily the best Atlus game and one of the all time JRPGs, if it doesn't win GOTY its rigged
i also got emotional when the Academia theme kicked in, this ost is a masterpiece
Yesss it a masterpiece, this game is gonna be my favorite game for a while now, idc about goty, this is my game of the generation
You know that FF7:Rebirth will win the rpg of the year category.
@@vladik87 We all know that FF7 Rebirth don't deserve that award...
@ yup. To be fair, it’s a very good game (with open world bloat). I think Metaphor or Yakuza 8 should win.
I haven’t got to the end yet but if this is the final boss theme HOLY SHIT WHAT ARE THEY COOKING I NEED TO PLAY MORE
Update: Finished the game, holy shit what a masterpiece, the graphics and quality of cutscenes, anime and in-game are lacking compared to other atlus games but except for that i have NOTHING bad to say, this is GOTY right here, maybe the best atlus game ever, even if i still consider P3R as my favorite
People be talking about that 1 leitmotif, but the Akademeia theme starts at 0:15
The one everyone talks about leaves more of an impact. That's probably why.
The Utopia theme runs throughout, but the change in instrumentation and tempo does make it a lot less noticeable. Meanwhile, when the vocals come online the connection becomes impossible to miss.
This is the final boss theme by the way.
I finished the game yesterday, what a journey
Was it strange?
@lowhp_comic it truly was a strange journey
And soundtrack of the year goes to......
I've actually timed it to the point where i beat this boss at the leitmotif. Truly epic!
I think it's my favorite song, the setting where this plays is perfect.
Metaphor Refantazio fans facing their greatest enemies, Simile Postrealigaru fans
Took me way too long to catch on to the Post-real-garu joke
I was very under leveled with no items left, almost no mana on 5 characters and no strategy to speak of.
Managed to end him with Basilio spamming symbiosis attacks inflicting weaknesses, Hulkenberg with her royal Archetype tanking for everyone, Heismay cheesing whole turns by just existing and my MC using the few items I had left to support and debuff.
Got him in 6/7 turns with the final attack being a regular attack from my MC.
Tried to get the trophy so I didn’t shatter any crystal before this fight, the boss had like eight action points per turn, died like five times even with the storytelling difficulty
I just platniumed this game… I already miss it. But I’ve done everything
"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?"
Akademia motiff hit the right spot on this one
BEHOLD! I walk a Royal Path!
NO HOLDING BACK!
FOR ALL THAT WE STRIVE FOR!
OOOO, POWER OF KINGS!
BEHOLD THIS POWER!
O, Souls of Kings, GIVE ME STRENGTH!
O Awesome Souls, DO YOUR THING!
THAAAAT’S IT! I’ll protect everyone!
Using everyone in this fight was a real treat. Thank you, Gallica and Hulkenberg, for saving my run multiple times on the super boss version.
it was so epic feeling to cycle all my party members in this fight, everyone played a part in my fight against him which makes the whole thing pretty satisfying
In the true spirit of a hero.
Ya know, i couldnt really appreciate this music until now cause... Soul Cry lmao
This is like being in the presence of an hostile divine being
I mean…
@@shadown4574 No, he's not a god.
Yeah he is not a god, Louis becomes a human. There is no fighting god in this game, it just Louis then he transform into a human. @@shadown4574
It's so operatic, I love it.
Reminds me if Vehement Rage from Strange Journey, in a good way.
Same composer
Damn. I'm beating the sht out of this boss but my hairs stood up like like shts about to go down! And it did!
PEAK
This music is so beautiful. It makes me cry..
Why does this sounds like it will play at the coronation of the new king???
Because it kinda is.
It might as well be
It's the metaphorical *cough* crowning of the MC as he's finally earned the people's faith.
Gotta listen to this again after 2 shot the boss, great journey btw
4 horas en primera fase y luego me sale que tiene otra fase y yo sin PM. Fueron otras 2 horas XD
Ni idea como lo logre pero lo pase. C obra maestra comprendida e incomprendida
So... This is the equivalent to Battle for Everyone's Souls?
So disapointing ...
@@brianstrom_dot I didn't mean my comment in a negative way lol, I'm not even close to finishing the game. I just made the comparison since this uses Ode To Heroes like BFES uses PFES
Ye, plays for final battle
The akademeia theme playing here holds more weight than in p3 imo
@@di-gun5791 Atlus fans try not to get defensive when Persona is mentioned challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Louis was adopted by Guiabern's family. So, what's his original name, you ask? Think we all knew from the start that 'twas Louis Cyphre
Sorry for this... But isnt his name Charybdis, the ship named after his late family that died in the **************?
@@charlesdean5750 You mean Charadrius? Well, maybe, but I think not. The old lady, who tells us elda`s history only mentions that Louis was the lone survivor in the incident, but never anything about his family. And Louis himself by the time we actually speak with him is already too insane to tell us anything usefull.
@@Totemikus no, lady Gruidae does talk about Louis and his family, she says they were doctors and their last name was Charadrius. During the final dungeon, in the first boss fight with Louis he's literally called 'Archdemon Louis Charadrius'
@@andreeamoldovan6614 Also the doctor part is important because his human transformation spell is a healing spell
It's Charadrius, which is also the name of that bird from SMTIVA
More Hype?
THIS IS FIRE HOLY SHITTT
do i feel a little spoiled by listening to it? sure. it's probably more's boss theme when he inevitably betrays you (just making a prediction). but still i don't mind listening to this early, it's too good.
edit: well my prediction was wrong. you do fight more but he's not really evil. i thought this would be a more boss fight theme because of the akademia leitmotif but i'm still very satisfied with this being the final boss theme.
This really gives you a feeling of becoming a king after you overcome all the difficulties
akademeia???? well ig from the trailer it's kind of forshadowing more is not all good... theres a reason he was imprisoned
He's obviously the real Villain of the game and the blonde haired is actually the good guy and then you fight him and he's actually God or something. Woke garbage game.
@@Dahpie "woke garbage game" joke of a bait try harder next time.
@@Dahpiehuh? Where is the woke thing here?
The seiyuu is takehito koyasu if you know what I mean
@@alexsaratoga1 Forced diversity. It's a metaphor for letting immigrants ravage your first world country.
Is this a leaked song?!
Maybe
it absolutely is. its a banger tho.
I beat him in like 4 turns on Hard, I wonder how I’ll fair with him at full power on Regicide…
damn how, i was playing on normal and i was highkey struggling against him😭🙏🏽
@ I had maxed out all of the Royal Archetypes, had done some build crafting, and was level 99 lmao. A Charged up Physical hit from MC or Basilio would do 13k-15k. I also had someone with repel all magic accessory which meant Louis basically never got a turn to hurt us for more than 80 damage.
The reason I was level 99 was because I wanted all Archetypes maxed out so I can get the ultimate weapons and be ready for Regicide and the Super Boss.
@@eyoshinthemaximum lmao yeah that checks out, i had all of the royal archetypes but my team was only around levels 78-80, wasn't really using charge on account of only one of my party members doing phys damage, and had no idea that a repel all magic accessory even existed
wanton destruction and modified dragon god summon ftw
2:16
nearly started bawling when the Akademia melody came in. Especially cause I was mid Royal Sword lmfao. Masterpiece of a game
who else is here after trump just won in the US.....
I beat this game election night. Lol
@@luigi7781lmao same bro, fucking goated