@@JanusHoWat least there is a mode to see how better you can perform, going to be replaying for high scores. But yes, the chills of experiencing this the first time and hearing this ost blasting in your ears will never be experienced again sadly
@@JanusHoW For real, this is one of those things that make me wish I had a machine to erase my memory of something to experience it for the fist time again and again. But well, I will enjoy replaying the hell out of it. Edit: Grammar.
Soken, the composer, wanted Ascension to sound regal and somber to reflect the fact that Dion is not only an imperial prince with a lot of passion in his soul, but he's also very much a tragic hero.
This part is Mozart level orchestration - i am exploding with hype. I can't get over how epic is this. A fellow composer here. This is my new goal to work towards such quality
One of the coolest gaming moments ever, fighting out in space against Bahamut who can wipe the planet out with a single Zettaflare with Clive and Joshua together. Freaking amazing.
can't even put into words how funny it is that they made probably the most ridiculous, audaciously over the top video game boss ever with titan and then were like "fuck it lets makes the next one even more insane"
Being as close to my brother as I am. Everything about this fight and the reunion after made this game something special for me. I felt all the emotions
And then there's knowing how much of a good person Dion is, to see him reduced to *this* was rough. A brutal battle between three men who truly should have been allies from the start, but here the brothers have to defeat Dion in order to save him and the world from himself.
After I got back to the hideaway I had to set my controller down and just stare at the screen to take it all in. Even now I still can’t believe the spectacle I witnessed. Bahamut is back!
And there's also the undertone of sorrow/sadness, which upon seeing what caused Dion to go berserk makes sense in retrospect. The guy only wanted to save his father and people from Ultima, only to inadvertently strike down his father himself. This entire fight is basically Dion having been driven mad by grief and rage.
@@Drake1701 Well it's a very old game with scripted combat and outdated mechanics, there's so much they can do. This is why i'd rather have them invest in single players games like FFXVI, they are so much better than online MMOs..
You as Ifrit and your brother as The Phoenix fuse to form a much stronger being to fight the Dragon God in space because it is completely out of control and by the end of the fight the Dragon God casts the strongest Flare spell and you just pierce through the beam and pierce the Dragon Louisoux-style and makes a badass pose at the end of the fight. 100/10 fight honestly, peak Final Fantasy.
Once i saw Golden Bahamut... i had UCOB ptsd hard during this fight and loved every bit of it. We need to get the OST over to FFXIV so i can play this in my house
The violin section at 3:00 is a fast sample variation of FF6 Battle Theme (Battle Start) The music at 0:44 is a sample variation of the final part of Liberi Fatali from FF8 (Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec)
the whole bahamut boss fight was one of the most cool and exciting things i've ever seen mixed in with the amazing soundtrack it made me feel things i've never felt before.
Does anyone notice that beginning of this music is literally the epic version of Dions theme? Dions theme is very slow and soothing which is another version of this song. *You can hear Dions theme when he was with Kihel and when he says goodbye to Terence.* Both Dion and Bahamut technically have the same theme song but in different versions,which defines their character and Eikons perfectly! I love this!
It’s too late :/ I kind of spoiled it for myself already. My curiosity got the best of me. It looks awesome 😎 Only thing I’m not excited for is the side missions. Everything else looks stellar
This fight went for like 40mins with cutscene I was thinking this is like an end game boss battle and noticing it's only like just half way through the game
Bro the fact that they reference this battle with Godzilla and Mothra vs Ghidorah from Godzilla King of the monster's is even more crazy yooo. I just got done with this boss fight and mann I never had so much fun with this game BROO
I'd like to point out a detail: Bahamut has an attack called "Mortal Coil" where he fires rapid pillar-like explosions "Mortal Coil" is the English translation of "Ahk Morn"
@@Konpekikaminari Wouldn't Ahk Morn translate to "Circle of Death"?. Also I think his attack in FFXIV is called Triple Coil as well. That is still very likely a reference to the Coils of Bahamut, which are in three parts and is the first place in FFXIV where Akh Morn is used
Pretty cool! Feels like the composer took inspiration on Evangelion OST or something. Like in the "The Wrath of God in all its Fury", "Ultimate Soldier" or "Carnage". At least for me, that's the first thing that came to mind while listening to it. Really nice.
The violin part is too... violin-ey. Like Soken must also be considered a god of violins like Yoko Shimomura, who is the goddess of violins who uses every instrument as a violin.
I don't think the OST have been officially release just yet there's pre-order for the CD ver but it's gonna be a long time until people manage to extract it but even then there's a risk for a video to get a copyrighted strike by SE
Here's a little advice, don't expect people to know exactly what you mean by just using little words, I'm sometimes guilty of this myself and I'm now trying to fix it.
![[FF16 OST] バハムート第2形態〜最終形態BGM [FINAL FANTASY XVI]](/img/n.gif)
Thank the Founder there's stage replay in this game so we can go back to this.
Yeah, but you can never play it for the first time ever again.
I hope to god they add boss rush
@@JanusHoWat least there is a mode to see how better you can perform, going to be replaying for high scores.
But yes, the chills of experiencing this the first time and hearing this ost blasting in your ears will never be experienced again sadly
@@JanusHoW For real, this is one of those things that make me wish I had a machine to erase my memory of something to experience it for the fist time again and again. But well, I will enjoy replaying the hell out of it.
Edit: Grammar.
@@JanusHoWgod how I wish I could play this fight again for the first time
Soken, the composer, wanted Ascension to sound regal and somber to reflect the fact that Dion is not only an imperial prince with a lot of passion in his soul, but he's also very much a tragic hero.
i just love how regal bahamut's theme sounds
yeah it sounds like a waltz tbh
@@vtbbbnkwaltz to the death
Fitting for the king of dragons sand typically one of the strongest FF summons
@@vtbbbnkEndless Waltz 😎
Same for Phoenix and AWAY. It really sounds like their people singing their hymn at church but with the local orchestra paying a visit
Im escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by the Aether.... SPACE!!!
This is a criminally underrated joke you just made...
This was exceptional on every level. S-tier art form.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I don't know man. This is the least final fantasy I've ever felt from an FF title. Relink will hopefully make up for this.
@@kurayamik1 Fighting Bahamut as Ifrit and Phoenix isn't Final Fantasy to you? That's laughable.
Must be a bandwagon sheep.
@@FBI_Not Nah, I just watched the 20 hours of cutscenes like 5 times, don't remember last time I was so obsessed with a story.
3:00 makes me lose my shit every time
I remember replaying that part of the Ambition trailer over and over back last year lol.
@@DarthDookieManベレヌス戦役でオーディンがバハムートを剣で受け止める所か〜！
This part is Mozart level orchestration - i am exploding with hype. I can't get over how epic is this.
A fellow composer here. This is my new goal to work towards such quality
@@亜花-c1xi haven't gotten to odin yet, I am very excited
One of the coolest gaming moments ever, fighting out in space against Bahamut who can wipe the planet out with a single Zettaflare with Clive and Joshua together. Freaking amazing.
The more I repeat that fact, the more incredible it becomes
game peaked in this moment for me, from this point on (including what happens with clives mother) was kinda meh in cimparison to THIS
Best eikon battle- no, best boss in the whole game!
can't even put into words how funny it is that they made probably the most ridiculous, audaciously over the top video game boss ever with titan and then were like "fuck it lets makes the next one even more insane"
Being as close to my brother as I am. Everything about this fight and the reunion after made this game something special for me. I felt all the emotions
Same here man, I was extra hype and happy
Yes and yes!!
And then there's knowing how much of a good person Dion is, to see him reduced to *this* was rough. A brutal battle between three men who truly should have been allies from the start, but here the brothers have to defeat Dion in order to save him and the world from himself.
@trollnerd yeah I bet. I'm sorry for your loss. I can't imagine man
Im with you brother on this one
After this fight in particular, I had to put my controller on the charger, go outside and have a cigarette. No joke. Fucking epic.
After I got back to the hideaway I had to set my controller down and just stare at the screen to take it all in. Even now I still can’t believe the spectacle I witnessed. Bahamut is back!
I had to do the same damn thing down turn off my console and just lay to rest because of how it was bro hope it wins GOTY
Cigarettes are gaaaaayyyyyyy
Damn people still smoke regularly?
Imagine killing yourself slowly in the year of our lord 2023
Without a doubt THE perfect theme for the Dragon God himself. Regal, authoritative, self defining. Few OSTs compare.
It sounds divine
And there's also the undertone of sorrow/sadness, which upon seeing what caused Dion to go berserk makes sense in retrospect. The guy only wanted to save his father and people from Ultima, only to inadvertently strike down his father himself. This entire fight is basically Dion having been driven mad by grief and rage.
Ok, this is definitely the coolest game ever.
I legit went limp from how insane this boss was when I cleared it. Not even the last fight in Endwalker got me this hype
all their top talents prob focused on this game over endwalker
@@Brian-fh8pq well, they also had much less restrictions and more creative freedom there
FF14 really lacks spectacle
Yeah that's because Shadowbringers was better lmao
@@Drake1701 Well it's a very old game with scripted combat and outdated mechanics, there's so much they can do. This is why i'd rather have them invest in single players games like FFXVI, they are so much better than online MMOs..
The way the music lines up with their fusion just gives me CHILLS. ❤️
The part from 3:00 until like 3:45 is so incredibly good it blows my mind every time
The whole thing is absolutely incredible and blows my mind every time.
Give the violinists a raise
I'm pretty sure the music is composed digitally, I could be wrong tho
@@Fishikamiyes. With a synthetizer. Give the computer a raise (and basic rights) beep bopp
the image of bahamut in space about to zettaflare lives rent free in my mind
The whole fight will be in my mind forever
Dude was ready to donut the planet just to take us out
This boss fight is an artistic and musical masterpiece
3:00 You guys are probably here for this violin piece
sounds like bonetrousle
You as Ifrit and your brother as The Phoenix fuse to form a much stronger being to fight the Dragon God in space because it is completely out of control and by the end of the fight the Dragon God casts the strongest Flare spell and you just pierce through the beam and pierce the Dragon Louisoux-style and makes a badass pose at the end of the fight.
100/10 fight honestly, peak Final Fantasy.
Once i saw Golden Bahamut... i had UCOB ptsd hard during this fight and loved every bit of it. We need to get the OST over to FFXIV so i can play this in my house
Oh god same
There's just so much going on during this fight, to fully take in how epic this OST is.
GOAT. RAW. FIRE. PEAK FICTION.
Yes we all love the violins but can we appreciate the visual masterpiece of 1:46
This fight, I took SO MANY screenshots during.
Honestly, you show this to anyone who hasn't played the game yet and say its the final boss, they will believe you.
I liked this more than the actual final boss too
@@samoth5161this is certainly where the game peaked
@@leonardchurch814Every Eikon fight was amazing, but I think this and Titan were the peak of the game.
@@dinorex3464 in terms of pure eikon fights, yeah. The final boss wins due to the Clive section.
And there's me, my little lizard brain thinking it couldn't get any better than the Titan battle...
So does this mean FF16 Bahamut is now the most powerful spellcaster in the series? Toppling Donald duck?
Pretty much lol
I mean, seem like everyone forgot that Donald was not the first Zettaflare user, there were one (or some?) before him.
Watch the next FF introduce Yottaflare.
Donald was the first Zettaflare user to survive casting it
Since Dion survived, the duck has lost his mantle
Donald Duck isn’t more powerful than FF14s Bahamut at all.
This fight was sublime and pure art. I was in awe.
The violin section at 3:00 is a fast sample variation of FF6 Battle Theme (Battle Start)
The music at 0:44 is a sample variation of the final part of Liberi Fatali from FF8 (Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec)
0:54 is taken straight out from Katyusha. I’ve been pondering about that part because its exactly similar and I finally found where it’s taken from.
@@limitrix1198 Nice finding! :)
I KNEW3:00 sounded familiar, how did I not realize it’s a reference to FF6? Good find!
@@captainpep3 yeah this game keeps amazing me, I swear I heard also a piece of the ff7 battle theme in one track, I will try to find later :)
yall can we appreciate how cinematic the gameplay is at 4:34 like damn that looked good
My PS5 nearly got cooked with all those beams.
Same
They did warn that this game was going to push your PS5 to the limit. Holy crap, I realized why when I got to this fight.
@@JamesTheTurnbull You should see the scenery in some of the parts of the final boss. I thought my ps5 was going to nuke itself
im playing it in a small tv in perfomance mode, had my ps5 cleaned the fans and shit....no overheat issues so far
not only my ps5 was cooked but me personally as well
3:00 has no right to just steal my soul like that goddamn
This game deserves GOTY for this battle alone. On a serious note, all the boss fights are awesome
the whole bahamut boss fight was one of the most cool and exciting things i've ever seen mixed in with the amazing soundtrack it made me feel things i've never felt before.
This Track Needs To Be at The Game Awards 100/10 Best Boss and Best Boss Theme
Prince Dion, Dominant of Bahamut, is an amazing character and true Emperor of Sanbreque 👑
Except he is gay
@@mohammedfouad7485 Something I would expect an Arab to say. But that's not the view across the West. We are not homophobes.
Also add, because he is the dominant of Bahamut, he is technically the king of dragons and dragoons.
@@mohammedfouad7485And he’s perfect example of how to do representation? Man truly is the best
One of the best from the OST, thank you so much for uploading!❤❤❤
The fight felt like a gundam dog fight when each rival has their final mobile suit upgrade
Also, can we appreciate the fact that the first attack Ifrit does when he gets to space, is a FUCKING OMNISLASH????
This is so perfect it should have been end-game content !
With who 😂?
Also Clive destroyed the magic so you won't have skills neither almost all the others things .
Does anyone notice that beginning of this music is literally the epic version of Dions theme? Dions theme is very slow and soothing which is another version of this song. *You can hear Dions theme when he was with Kihel and when he says goodbye to Terence.* Both Dion and Bahamut technically have the same theme song but in different versions,which defines their character and Eikons perfectly! I love this!
I just bought the game last night. Looks like I’m in for a ride ;)
Oh dude don't look at any other stuff you should let yourself be surprised
@@diccchocolate416Very much agreed, I have never been so glad about not getting spoiled for a game before.
It’s too late :/ I kind of spoiled it for myself already. My curiosity got the best of me. It looks awesome 😎 Only thing I’m not excited for is the side missions. Everything else looks stellar
@@anvy1231 side missions are really good for worldbuilding, and a batch of them never takes that long.
This fight went for like 40mins with cutscene I was thinking this is like an end game boss battle and noticing it's only like just half way through the game
There it is! The final part from ambition trailer theme! Lol it could be phase 4
One of the best osts I have heard in decades
Bro the fact that they reference this battle with Godzilla and Mothra vs Ghidorah from Godzilla King of the monster's is even more crazy yooo. I just got done with this boss fight and mann I never had so much fun with this game BROO
COLDEST BOSS OF ALL TIME
best scene in ff16
Bahamut was the best Boss among the other Eikon fights in the game!
2. Titan
3. Garuda
4. Odín
3:11 is when you start throwing the fuck down!
3:00 Love the way they put Papyrus Theme from Undertale
Bahamut, king of dragoons !!! 🤩
When I first got to this encounter I remember just being memorised by the music and the boss
I had to take my tshirt off to play this because I was sweating so hard!
that made me laugh out loud :D
This is what you call epic
I NEED TO HEAR THIS AT THE NEXT ORCHESTRA
Masayoshi Soken will win best music and score at the VGAs 2023.
Magical in every sense. Criminally good soken. Id pay to sit in an recording session for this
Incredible how Bahamut is defeated (man leaping through chest) the same way he was in FFXIV, the other game Yoshi-P helmed.
I'd like to point out a detail: Bahamut has an attack called "Mortal Coil" where he fires rapid pillar-like explosions
"Mortal Coil" is the English translation of "Ahk Morn"
@@Konpekikaminari Wouldn't Ahk Morn translate to "Circle of Death"?.
Also I think his attack in FFXIV is called Triple Coil as well. That is still very likely a reference to the Coils of Bahamut, which are in three parts and is the first place in FFXIV where Akh Morn is used
I haven't cleared UCOB yet in FF14, but I am accepting this as a close second lol
dragonball Z is a hell of a drug, and it feels like the dev team over dosed on it to make this.... AND I FCKING SALUTE THEM FOR IT
Isn’t this just ss4 Gogeta vs omega shenron
This song goes so dang hard.
Pretty cool! Feels like the composer took inspiration on Evangelion OST or something. Like in the "The Wrath of God in all its Fury", "Ultimate Soldier" or "Carnage". At least for me, that's the first thing that came to mind while listening to it. Really nice.
This fight is why this game isn't on PS4
Would you say this fight was....Eikonic?
anyone else notice a nod to star wars scene where the airship blew up
Official title: Ascension
3:00
Oh my god
No but seriously, who invited the Strike Freedom Gundam to this fight?
He would burn the world 😗
This is insane !
The violin part is too... violin-ey. Like Soken must also be considered a god of violins like Yoko Shimomura, who is the goddess of violins who uses every instrument as a violin.
3:00 sounds like Bonetrousle from undertale
Now i'm stoked for devil may cry 6 I hope he got some good pointers to make that game amazing
FINALLYYY
Reminds me of my story VX.
why sometimes the theme is loud, then goes quiet for a couple of seconds and then goes back to being loud?
Dialogues
I don't think the OST have been officially release just yet there's pre-order for the CD ver but it's gonna be a long time until people manage to extract it but even then there's a risk for a video to get a copyrighted strike by SE
Ngl this felt like Godzilla and Mothra teaming up to fight Ghidorah.
FUSION HAAAA!
Im sure this song isnt called ascension?
So ascended bahamut is as strong as ultima prime ? 👀
0:44
I love this fight every boss fight after this including the final boss fight was kind of sucky
But honey we have Gundam at home
#ICE
Bahamut was much tougher then Ultima
nu Strike Freedom vs Zaku the Pheonix
There’s an actual Gundam called Inferno Phoenix.
Love the gayes- er, goodest dragon Bahamut.
Best Final Fantasy since the PS2 era, don't let anyone tell you different.
Omg 😎👌🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Song name 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Rebuild Evangelion 5.0 OST.
8:55
I hate that you play the triumphant moment twice. Ruins the whole end.
Best bossfight EVER.
Odin theme????
Nope it’s Bahamuts
@@user-wu4ed3zl4blike next song
Here's a little advice, don't expect people to know exactly what you mean by just using little words, I'm sometimes guilty of this myself and I'm now trying to fix it.