Octopath Traveler - They Who Govern Reason + Break & Boost Arrange | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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Yesss!!! Thank you for doing this reaction! I am in love with all of the octopath music, but this one has a special place in my heart. Mostly because I'm a big violin player. I've been learning this one in a while specifically and it's quite the challenge. No matter how many times I hear it, I never get sick of it. The whole game just has such a beautiful atmosphere, it's easy to be drawn in. As a game and music nerd, this piece is heaven. ✨
So the boost/break versions are not in the game. They are a separate album that the players performed live during a concert. Half of them are hard rock (boost) and the other half are more orchestrated and melodic (break). Hope to hear more on this channel :)
Same tbh on hearing this song
Also there’s a postgame track in Xenoblade 3 you’d love since most of the song uses violins
You've opened the floodgates now. This entire soundtrack is a total banger. I mean it, the WHOLE thing. Every character theme, every town theme, and especially the battle themes.
Yasunori Nishiki is a relatively new composer in the video game industry as far as I'm aware, and after this OST, he's immediately one of my favorites.
For real he immediately ascended to the ranks of the likes of Nobuo and Toby Fox to me. Just absolutely amazing
@@withnosensetv another good example of his work is ygo master duel
Octopath Traveler lowkey has some of my favorite soundtracks in video games. The battle themes are dynamic as hell, but the overworld themes are what really grabbed me. They are relaxing in such a unique way that makes playing this game a very comfy experience. Also has one of my favorite desert themes in video games.
Completely agree, my favourites from Octopath are The Sunlands and The Riverlands.
The music is by far my favorite part of the game. The story is not super deep and the game got pretty grindy for me but the music made every battle hype.
@@kayden2119 Prim, Therion, Alfyn and Olberic's stories are pretty memorable, Ophilia's gets decent at the end, but yeah the rest are pretty mid.
@@NamelessKing1597 I honestly only likes prims
Def not low key - the OsT for Octopath is one of the best of gaming history and saves the entire game from mediocrity. The Sunlands is my favourite track
This game is infamous for its insane music and music transitions that connect everything together no matter which character your using. And yes each character has their own theme and unique intro transitions to the multiple boss songs.
For context:
This song plays at one of the 4 optional shrines in this game to the gods who guard the most powerful job classes in the game. For all 8 of the normal jobs, you get to the end and just obtain them as a reward for getting through the prior dungeon. But for these 4 shrines, it seems like that’s how it’s going to go. The voice of the god starts to give you the same “you have done well to make it this far, I bestow upon you the ____ class”speech the rest of them give, but suddenly at the end the voice goes:
“I will bestow upon you the power of the ____ class…………but first……a test.”
“Steel yourself and prove you are worthy to wield my power.”
And then one of the hardest boss fights in the game commences with this music. The god descends from the heavens, and you have to go all out and fight the god themselves before you can claim the class for yourself. All 4 of these optional bosses are incredibly difficult and not recommended until you’re at least level 50
Well, there are cheese strats for three out of for of them.
For two, you only need to survive until you can setup the Sealticge's Seduction + Reflective Veil, and usually it's something you can keep reapplying every turn.
For the other one, if you have beaten the only non-cheese one, you can Transfer Rune + Sidestep ( with Rest to restore SP and healing )
This game's ost is incredible, but so is the rest of the sound production on it.
Of particular note, you should know that boss themes are usually preluded by the theme of whichever main character's story you're currently progressing. The really cool thing is that they're made to mesh seamlessly into the boss tracks, giving the opening notes of the boss fight a special flair unique to each protagonist.
What's cool is this is true even for They Who Govern Reason even though it's a song that's never preluded by a character theme. But you could seamlessly mesh any character's pre-battle theme to this song and it works just the same.
Wait, is this your first Octopath song? I couldn't find any other on your channel. Cause while the entire soundtrack is amazing, you definitely need to do The One They Call The Witch/Daughter of the Dark God (they're 2 songs, but pretty much a package deal). Let's just say they should be up your alley
My first 2 requests I asked for exactly that. A package deal of “the one they call a witch” and “daughter of the dark god”
Yes yes! The package!
Yep! Definitely as a package
Though for the better context and impact it would be better if that package comes at the end of the Octopath requests and not at the beginning
@@arjanzweers6542 this is true also
Specifically it is the music of the 4 optional bosses who give you the 4 hidden classes. As for the name, the game is about 8 different characters who all have different paths who meet up and work together. Also the name of the characters actually spell Octopath.
Ophelia
Cyrus
Tressa
Olberic
Primrose
Alfyn
Therion
H'aanit
They also spell CATPHOTO
Well... Work together in gameplay. In story even if Ophelia just got stabbed in her story arc - even if Alfyn, resident apothecary, is currently on the team - there is zero change - same as the rest of the team he'll sit on the side like it is some kind of theater play and do nothing while Ophelia bleeds out in her story cutscene.
Seriously music and gameplay are amazing but there is zero influence from other characters on 8 story paths each take despite them claiming to take inspiration from FF6 - where cutscenes DID adapt depending on who is present at the time - Octopath does nothing of the sort and what is supposed to be Endgame where 8 Stories converge... Is delegated to non-voiced bonus boss Rush dungeon with post-game brutal level of difficulty usually more common among actual bonus bosses like Ultima or Emerald, Ruby, etc weapons.
@@Ghostel3591 I REALLY hope they improve that for a sequel, because the prequel still has incredible writing, but all the characters are still isolated.
@@Ghostel3591 They only interact in those special conversations in the bar and such and in the final sections for the true ending. But yeah, storywise the game's rather weak, even with a few very strong moments early on.
@@nahnah390 well, guess what? Square Enix have confirmed that the characters will interact with each other more ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Going back to this now. when Octopath Traveler 2 is just announced last week ! hahaha
I played Octopath completely blind. When I got to the boss where this plays I started bopping to the song as I was stradegizing and I was like wait a minute this is fire wtf?”
Octopath definitely has some banger battle themes, but I still think the area themes and the character motifs are where the OST truly shines.
Octopath has some of the most emotionally rich melodies and character defining leitmotifs I've ever heard in videogames, highly recommend you give them a try, Jesse!
Octopath is one of my favorite soundtracks, and I use it constantly for my d&d sessions.
Yay! I love Octopath's soundtrack, it's just very imaginative and epic. Trust me there's a bunch of other great tracks, for battles, characters and locations.
One thing that you'll sadly miss from watching these on TH-cam is the game's perfect use of transitions. So there will be a track during a dialogue sequence before a boss battle, then as the battle scene kicks in there's a transition sequence that almost seamlessly changes it to the boss battle music, regardless of where in the track it was. It's masterfully done.
easily the best track. Violin's that lean more towards a more aggressive manner, so to speak, rather than emotional are just SO damn cool.
Great reaction to an awesome track! This game released on the Switch in 2018 and was meant to be an homage to the golden era of JRPGs. From the visuals, gameplay, to the music, the game is a mix of nostalgia and modernity
It has a stylized pixel art style with 3D environments, modern VFX, sweet animations. Square Enix created the term "HD2D" just for it and it's gorgeous. For the music, they were greatly influenced by the SNES JRPGs soundtracks. The melodies are singable. I remember them saying that they didn't want the orchestra to take the lead and bury the melodies. So Nishiki composed the soundtrack just like if it was a SNES game but with this orchestral sound to it. The OST never disappoints and I really recommand this game to any JRPG fan
I've been waiting for some Octopath music! There's some real bangers in the Octopath soundtrack.
Songs mentioned in this video;
Vanessa Mae - Classical Gas (Originally by Mason Williams)
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Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond The Sun
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Street Fighter 2 - Vega's Theme (Claw)
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The ost of this game is so good I've heard most of the tracks and haven't even played it yet 💀
So glad to see octopath content. The entire game is filled with absolute bangers. Especially "Daughter of the Dark God", the final boss theme. One of the greatest boss themes in gaming. If you do watch that, though, I highly suggest you watch the whole precursor songs too, including the "For Everything" songs, followed by "The one they call the witch", followed by "Daughter of the Dark God." Its... absolutely stunning.
Those 8 nostes of Those who Govern give massive flasbacks of me dying to and refighting the super bosses many times
Oh hell yeeeees I was not expecting to see the Boost arrangement of this song here. I like Octopath’s regular music but the Break/Boost album is on a whole nother level of exquisite
"Oh damn, Octopath Traveler!" sums it up perfectly
I was thinking about requesting the boss battle theme from this game. The Decisive Battle 1 is really good.
Octopath Traveler is my favorite video game soundtrack of all time, so happy you're finally reacting to it!! Please do some more reactions to this OST, Yasunori Nishiki is one of the best composers working today and this whole soundtrack is nothing short of brilliant
If ever there was a game that a musician could fall in love with for the music, it was Octopath. Highly recommend ya play it Jesse, you will love it!
A brand new rabbit hole to go down. This game has some amazing tracks that I'm still thinking about long after I beat the game.
Most intense violin playing I've ever heard.
Yes, this song is from some epic and really tough battles!
Octopath Traveler 🖤
I love seeing musicians react to Octopath music, it always surprises them. But the entire soundtrack slaps. Please tell me you'll be doing many more of these reactions, Decisive Battle 2 is my favorite track!!
octopath music are god tier.
Halfway into my third boss battle, it dawned on me like, “this video game music kinda slaps!”
Octopath traveler is my favorite ost
My Quiet Forest.... love that track. They really went hard for this soundtrack.
Octopath has amazing battle bangers and has beautiful overworld music
The Saga (Romancing Saga/Saga Scarlet Grace/Imperial Saga ones in particular) are heavy in violin too, a lot of people joke Octopath Travel is part of the SaGa series because of the musical direction and gameplay style haha.
Cant wait for Battle at the End of a Journey.
My second favorite game I’ve ever played. You should definitely see what the game looks like too. This music playing during the battles were so insane!
Moukala did a real good video on why Octopath is so good, would recommend giving it a go once you've gotten a few Octopath tunes under the belt.
Please do more Octopath! It’s my favorite soundtrack of all time. I’d recommend Decisive battle 2 and Battle at Journey’s End
I'm happy to see some Octopath! I haven't actually finished the game but it has a wonderful soundtrack. The battle music is hype of course, but there are some really pretty songs too in different areas and character themes... Yeah, great soundtrack all around. Octopath was the first time I'd heard Yasunori Nishiki's work and checking things out more, while he's done work for other games (and anime), it looks like this was his first game that he was the sole composer for, which is very cool.
“Octopath” , as the name suggests, is indeed a story of 8 characters traveling their own paths.
...which is also a downside to some, as they don’t have a real connection outside of “traveler banter” and a series of side quests in the end game to connect them..
The stories are as following
Ophilia the Cleric: She’s on a Pilgrimage to fulfill a sacred tradition, with many twists and turns.
Cyrus the Scholar: He’s on the search for a lost ancient tome, and during his travels he find out some scary secrets, for what he does with it, you’ll need to stay guessing.
Tressa the Merchant: a young merchant wanting to explore the world and create waves where ever she goes, with a strange journal as her guide and motivation. (Probably) the most heartwarming story to follow.
Olberic the Warrior: A knight suffering from the fallen kingdom on Hornberg, suffering of past events, who now resides in a peaceful village. Then bandits attack said village and stir some of his old memories, leading him to travel and find a new purpose in life.
Primrose the Dancer: A story of revenge. As she gains information about her father’s killer, fate bestowed this dancer with an opportunity to seek it out. With a lead she dances to her whimsical desire for revenge. Will she complete it? Only time knows.
Alfyn the Apothecary: In this world, medicine is still in it’s infancy, so the masses rely on Apothecaries to keep them safe. Some abuse this notion to get rich fast, while other do it out of kindness. Alfyn is the latter, and travels the world seeking to help others, as to repay a man who helped him out of kindness. What does his travels learn this kindhearted man? Something important, that’s what.
Therion the Thief: (my favorite)A thief who strikes fear in the wealthiest of men, a thief that never gets caught, finds himself in a town somewhere in the red buffs, where a rumour of a mansion holding sacred jewels worthy of buying the continent, this naturally lures him in, while sneaking in said mansion he notices how... this mansion has very good traps for thieves, and when he reached the treasure, he realized it to late, and was apprehended by the butler of this mansion, leading to a scuffle, where Therion lost and was forced to do as the Butler had asked, to retrieve the other gems that were stolen. During this quest, he’s reminded of his past, and later learns something vital that was once taken from him. What that is? You’ll need find out.
H’aanit the Hunter: A descendant of a clan that can tame animals and monsters, her master was tasked with hunting a dangerous beast known as “Red Eye”, as rumors of this beast being able to petrify anything it comes across, people would hire this man for it. Many months later, the student hasn’t received word of her master, and fears for the worst, traveling and honing her skills, she ventures to find her master. What is this beast? Where is her master? You’ll have to help her to find out!
That is basically everyone’s story in my simplified version, as for where this boss track is played, its on optional bosses that unlocks secret classes.
The Break and Boost arrangement, is something that isnt in the game.
And there’s a prequel to Octopath Traveler.
“Octopath Traveler:Champions of the Continent” A free single-player mobile game, with a new story(one story instead of 8) new music tracks (and old ones) and a fun game, its worth your time if you liked Octopath Traveler, or enjoy JRPGs.
There are many tracks in this game that i want you to hear, but there’s so many of them to choose from... Battle at Journey’s End is the one i’ll request(from Octopath Traveler) , if it ever gets read of course..
I've never played Octopath Traveler as I don't own the necessary game system (wish it wasn't a Nintendo exclusive and I'm not big on mobile phone games either) but I love its soundtrack. There's a TH-camr named FamilyJules who did an entire album featuring covers of the Octopath Traveler OST with a rock and metal style. Highly recommended. His version of They Who Govern Reason and Daughter of the Dark God are badass.
The game is also on Steam if you have a PC
Its on PC & Game Pass as well
its hasnt been exlusive for a long time now. most of these square games are timed exlusive for like 6 months to a year
16:30 The Break & Boost remixes are not in the game, unfortunately. They were exclusively made for the CD.
I recommend Decisive Battle II. I think it's considered the best game song overall, and it has 2 remixes in the B&B CD, one for each style (break - calm arrangements, boost - more metal arrangements). So you can do a 3-in-1 video, with the original game version and the 2 B&B versions.
I would also like to hear your thought on Battle II (not the decisive one - "Decisive Battle" is the boss' songs, and "Battle" are for normal battles). The violin in that song speaks to my soul.
Also, I was lucky enough to see the Break&Boost live concert here in Japan. I was awesome.
my fave part about the octopath theme is that each playable character has their own pre-battle theme that transitions into each battle theme SO well no matter which combination of character theme or battle theme
So happy you checked Octopath Traveler's OST! This game is one of the best I've played and the music is really amazing.
If you want to check more music instead of a battle one, I'd recommend Beneath the Surface, definitely one of my favourite! (You can find the original on youtube with the japanese title "地下道ダンジョン").
gosh, Octopath Traveler is so good! one of my personal favorites is Battle 2, but I feel like you'd really like A Settlement in the Red Bluffs. Also, if you have the opportunity, Daughter of the Dark God is an absolute BOP.
Speaking on the actual game, it's a really interesting experience. You pick one of eight playable characters and you follow their journey. You can pick up the others as party members to complete the full story. It has this "HD2D" art style, so it's all sprite based but has really cool dynamic lighting and effects. It's up there in "games I wish I could MIB mind wipe just so I could experience for the first time again" with FF7, FF10, and Chrono Trigger. Heavily recommended!!
Here’s the cool thing - all eight travelers have a pre-boss battle cutscene motif that transitions seamlessly into the actual boss battle. Even though this theme doesn’t use the cutscene songs, they all also transition seamlessly into this song, too. It’s really good.
This song is the theme of specific gods in the games world they challenge you for the ability to use their “class” as they are those who govern reason (secret super boss fights) so tread carefully near their altars
Finally some Octopath, this game's Ost is excellent
-We need a Song that says "The gods are testing you"
-Done
This is one of my favorite game. Great music and great game.
The true final boss theme of this game is nuts! Such an incredible soundtrack, would highly recommend getting around to more from the game.
For some reason this reminds me of Yuki Kajiura's works. Composer for Sword Art Online and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, to cite just the ones I've seen. Gorgeous !
Octopath Traveler need WAY more love. It has one of the best whole OSTs ever, every song is great in it's own right and the game is super fun. I would highly recommend you listen to as many as possible. If I had to throw a specific one for you to listen to next, I'd suggest "The Daughter of the Dark God"
the octopath ost is one of my faves of all time overall not just the battle themes, really hope you can get to more of the music, highly recommend decisive battle 1, feel its very underrated compared to the other themes
i just found you and realized i got the exact same headphones as you
o0o0o0 this is one of the best from octopath, im surprised it wasnt the daughter of the dark god, you are gonna go nuts listening to that one for sure
Violin players rise up 🎻. I really enjoyed this game and OST it's like my childhood but put through a beautiful aesthetic ✨
yo wtf, you are reacting to a banger, i was not especting that to coming out
Hope you do Galdera's boss themes after this! Awesome reaction.
Nishiki also did work for Master duel.
Please listen to the master duel ost too.
This game scratches the classic JRPG itch in a way that feels both retro and modern. The story (or really, stories plural) are not much to write home about but the overall aesthetic of the game makes it very enjoyable to play
I like the anthology approach to storytelling in the game. The central focus of each story is the character, rather than some grand overarching narrative of evil empire or eldritch abomination or plucky rebellion or whatever. Contrast other jRPGs and you find that Ophilia's story has meaning because Ophilia's family matters, Alfyn's story has meaning because his desire to help people and his struggle with the unintended consequences of his attitude matter, etc. I think this is a nice change of pace from characters whose arcs are that they matter because they contribute something unique to ending the world-threatening evil.
There aren't many games that do that, and Squaresoft/Square-Enix seems to have perfected the anthology-jRPG sub-genre: Octopath, Saga Frontier, Liv-a-Liv, and even Legend of Mana (in that the whole game is a collection of unconnected stories, even though there's a single MC). I wish more studios would try that approach to storytelling out.
Beyond just listening to this game's OST it is one I would say you would enjoy actually playing and experiencing the moments in game where these OST play. Even just wandering listening to the overworked themes is a way to just relax when I don't want much action
I'm kind of surprised tbh that Octopath hasn't been requested till now. That game's ost is way up there in my rankings honestly, I was blown away when I first played it. Those Who Govern Reason plays during the four secret boss fights in the game; there are four shrines hidden around the world with these tough bosses to fight that give you extra classes to use.
To spitball several (because there are so many) of my faves: Octopath Main Theme, Primrose's theme, The Sunlands, Battle 1, Decisive Battle 2, Battle at Journey's End, My Quiet Forest Home, Victor's Hollow, Stillsnow, Beneath the Surface...probably more honestly, the whole ost is pretty amazing
Octopath Traveler has been requested since Nov 2021 lol, I'm just getting to it. The list is long friend.
If someone would request Jesse daughter of the dark god, please include the full version. The one they call the witch + daughter of the dark god is the best version.
Nice reaction btw
How have you not done the battle theme!? It's the best one, should have been the first one! orz
The main theme of Octopath is what sold me on the game itself.
If you like violin I hope someone will ask for Termination, from Ys Origin. The violin/guitar duo is amazing.
But about Octopath there are tons of AMAZING musics from it. The crazy part is how all the different boss battle themes have actually the same speed (even if it doesn't really feel like it). That way each of the eight character's pre-battle theme fits to the boss theme entering right after that.
It's a genius move from the composer. It makes us so hyped whean reading the pre-battle dialogues and then the boss music enters right when you end the dialogue in a very clean transition.
Love the violin and percussion focus. To be honest you'd be hard-pressed to find a bad song in the ost.
"They Who Govern Reason"
That title alone. Some men believe they are above physics
Octopath needs more videos on it. Especially if you listen to any of the character tracks that fade into Decisive Battle 2.
Octopath Traveler soundtrack is 10/10 shame no one knows what game this is lol
One of the best music from this game. My personnal favourite is decisive battle I ( with Tressa intro ). On another note, I know a lot of people love the true final boss theme (i think it's that at least), but personnally, i don't. Maybe an analysis would make me change my opinion, who knows
I don't know if someone already suggested these ones but here I go:
Battle With Seymour (Final Fantasy X)
Fury Bowser Theme (Bowser's Fury)
Star Wolf Theme (Star Fox Assault)
Trial Of Maligog (DOOM Eternal TAG 1)
Main Theme (DOOM 3)
The best best best best version
I have a feeling we will see Jesse x Octopath soon :) Every song in this game is absolutely amazing... the game is absolutely amazing, 10/10
If you'd like more intense violins you might enjoy "Oscurita Di Xehanorth" from Kingdom Hearts 3.
It mixes together final boss themes from 3 previous games in a fight against all of them. It's absolutely amazing.
If you're looking for more crazy Square-Enix violins, the way they're used in this song kind of reminds me of Dark Impetus from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
Love the game and its music! But why not the battle theme?! orz
Do more octopath traveler please!
The drums in this song are the best part. But the boost version is godtier
Look, I know you're probably sick of GGST music, but look at "the town inside me" from Bridget. It's just a banger.
Hi i really like your reactions man, i recomend you listen : Consul battle - Xenobalde Chronicles 3, so epic
Now someone needs to submit master duel music, same composer after all. Climax 7 is very similar to this song
The Break and Boost albums are extra remix albums, those song versions are not in the game.
So the break/boost arrangements don’t show up in game, they are concert arrangements
yo octopath soundtrack is so good i have all of it Downloaded on my phone
a true crime it didn't win best soundtrack
I'd recommend
the one they call the witch + daughter of the dark god
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and for redemption + decisive battle 2
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and battle at journey's end
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They knew that for most people this battle will be very long so this song is intentionally long
This reminds me of Beethoven Virus lol
Octopath's story is kind of a mixed bag. About half of the characters have a very strong few earlier chapters, but by the end pretty much all of their stories just miss the mark. The soundtrack is easily the best part of the game though.
Please listen to Armored Core For Answer Remember
This music is part of the true final boss one of the phases I prefer the other phase music daughter of the dark god way better
Ngl Break & Boost is kind of a weak remix album, the original tracks are so much better lmaoo