Boss - 1: This game is really fun! Boss - 2: Whew....this game is really tough, I think I can make it! Boss - 3: *out of meds, out of attack items, no dragoon power, one character left at critical hp. -.-
Theme 1: The theme of that last guy in a group that you know is going to be easy but he's just there to make you life difficult. Theme 2: The theme of someone you did not care to fight and wished to avoid. Theme 3: Theme of you regretting you hadn't saved before fighting someone who came out of nowhere. Theme 4: Theme of death.
You can really feel the intensity of the situation grow from the bgm alone. First one sounds like a bad situation, like being surrounded and outnumbered. Second one has more of a deep unfamiliar, uncanny feeling to it, a dire situation where the outcome is uncertain. The third one has a clear epic feeling to it, with the epic clearly being the opponent. I love how boss bgm all sound so hopeless yet they have different levels of hopelessness.
Skies of Arcadia had a similar system to it. During the boss fights the theme would change from the original to you losing to you almost beating the boss. Wish more games had something like that in them.
I love how each of the themes end and your characters are standing there doing their victory routines. It used to always make me think, " Fuckin right!! I survived baby! Now give me that exp.!!"
Albert's pronunciation of that addition always made me chuckle. He always says it so weird. But Flower Storm(Blossom Storm) was always hella badass. He makes the name and the sounds of his grunts and screams while he is hitting you sound so fucking violent.
Even though I listen to the OST all the time, I think the battles bring back the most feelings of nostalgia and intensity and you can just hear the character's voice over the music. HUA HA! WHIP SMACK!
Yeah, it's one of those games you'll play again and again. I just recently bought the strategy guide and have been playing through it again. Sooo fun!!! ^_^
Oh I know it's out haha. I bought it almost instantly after it was made available. Just passed that ghost ship in disc 2. I'd be done the game already if I had more time to play it. Love the additions, never fails to stay entertaining!
@jamesbond99 the reason this didn't get much attention compared to ff7 was not only because it wasn't made by square[ a main rpg company], but also it came out very late in fact if i remember was not that far off the ps2 release.
I compiled a list of my favorites to bring back childhood memories. Theres a 90% chance you'll read everyone of these in the voices of the characters. YAH! TAH! GOH! HYRAH! VOLCANO! HUH! HRAH-AH-AH-GRAH! ROD TYPHOON! TUT! YA-TA-GA-HRYAH! YA-GA-RA-TA-GO-HYRAH! GUSTAWINDADANCE! HRUGH! GRAH! PURSUIT! HA-HA! GRAAAAAH! TAKE THAT! FLURRY OF STICKS! OOH! AHH! WHIPSMACK! Dragoon Form Abilities: EXPLOSION! HRRRYAAAAAAAAAAH! BLOSSOM STORM! ................................................................. ASSHOLE DRAIN! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Man these themes bring back the good times when I played this....I still have the game but the third disk has dissapeared.....but anyways.....Man miss playing the game...bwst characters that i used where Dart, Sharna, and Albert.
@PenguinAegis It's been a while since I've played it, and I'm not sure where the game is at right now, but the reason why it was on 4 discs wasn't because it was a long game, rather it was because of the cinematics and stuff. I played this game and beat it without sleeping just like OOT so It was around 10-15hours. I don't remember the final boss taking that long but then again it could have. Check out some speed runs, I'm sure you'll find many who beat it in less than 5.
This game took at least 2 years to make back in the day and that was insane for a single game at the time. It really was a work of art but unfortunately super short in gameplay. I beat this game in less than 10hrs my first try. LoD2 needs to be made one day :)
Ive used many different team combinations... (Dart, Kongol and Albert) (Dart, Meru and Rose) and more, but my favorite would have to be (Dart, Miranda and Rose.) Miranda is sooo fast, I could attack with her several times before an enemy could, and If I needed to heal for whatever reason, I could, and Id still have more turns to throw attacks out.
@ExploringBeyond Uh, in order to beat the game in ten hours, you'd probably need to charge through every part of the game insanely quickly and do everything perfectly and flawlessly (Including finding those damn 3 stones to get to damn emperor Doel in the first disc), and the final boss can take about a whole hour. And I'm not even going to bother mentioning how beating it in 10 hours would be impossible due to it having FOUR discs.
@MediaInRD Haha, yeah. She was definitely one of the coolest characters in LOD. I always kinda wished that the in the final fight Dart and Lloyd would team up and fight Melbu. But Lloyd has to be Rambo and get killed too...
I left the PS on the whole time I played this, never turned off once, took 375+ hours to beat lol, and even considering I suck that is alot of content!
One of my fav games ever, I still have my copy too... but my PS2 slim won't play after the last boss fight on disc 2 I wish my other PS2 was still working so I could play it again. Anyway my fav time was Dart, Albert and Rose, though when fighting Faust I used Dart, Albert and Kongol and won. I was laughing the entire time because of how much damage I was doing to him vs the damage he was able to me.
i remember i could do every single persons additions perfectly i felt so great when i could do alberts flower storm, haschel's omni-sweep, and meru's perky step
It's already out, I bought it last week. I'm at the part where you need to get the Dragoni Plant to heal Shana. Haven't played long since I get interrupted when I play it.
Dart, Rose, and Albert is the most common team. But I always switched it up from mission to mission and found out that in the later parts of the game the best team would usually be Dart, Shana/Miranda(very powerful light dragon), and Haschel. Its always good to have a good combination of speed and power.
One of the original composers passed away a few years back, if they do end up making a sequel I'd just hope it doesn't lose that feel. A remake would be pretty damn cool though.
When i was little the only reason i started to play this game because i played FF VIII and FF IX and i liked these type of games that are long and in many CD's... It was a good game
Man I still have this game and I still play it. I got done with the dragoon boss battles in Vellweb. The only downside was the voice acting. there were some good parts to the voice acting but most of it was offsync like it didnt fit in. Still a really good rpg game.
Theme 1 - Jiango repeatedly drops stalagmites on the party Theme 2 - Guftas.... ATTACK ! Theme 3 - You forgot to kill virage's left hand. He did can't combat, stomped the party and his preparing his laser shot.
This is my proudest game, and the only one I will NEVER sell. I plan on playing it when I'm 60, and still kicking butt at the additions. ^_^ I have yet to come across a better RPG game, and I hope that a re-vamped version or a new one comes out soon.
My team for the Final boss was Kongol, Dart, and I forgot the last one...but I think that it was the chick that takes Shana's place... (For healing purposes mainly.)
Well at least Sony acknowleged it by putting on PSN Store but yeah they really struck a nerve when they said they were working on a sequel and then it got canceled.
@MinecraftSkeith1 i totally agree if this game was remade it would be amazing but they would have to make it relatively the same just change the graphics and enhance some of the combat scenes
@Quenveres Dude, my team was so typical Final Fantasy: Dart, Rose, and Shana (Later Miranda obviously) They F'd Sh*t up! But not really... I had to Grind so hard!
@Drummr88 I could never get Alberts gust of wind dance as a kid. it was like WHAT WHAT TOO FAST AHHHHH , so then I accidentaly meru'd the rest of the game
Preferably I like to switch my party with each fight. And when the final boss comes I use whatever party I want and switch it every time I die (Cause I never beat him on my first go.)
ダート、ロゼ、シェーナ/ミランダ was my party (sorry for the Japanese, but that is the only version of the game I own. I think they are Dart, Rose, Shena/Miranda in english.
yup. gotta love all the best classics like the one that it said on the back of the box "quite posibly the best game ever made" final fantasy 7. this is one of the best classics also. i wana see this game and final fantasy 7 on the platstaion store for download. full game not in parts
SO MUCH NOSTALGIA. God, this game was and still is absolutely fantastic today. Though it's way behind in graphics, it can trump the hell out of most of today's RPGs in gameplay easily. Why isn't this on PSN, Sony?! T^T
HARPOOOOON
Whenever the 3rd theme would start, I would think to myself, "Oh crap"
When ever you here that third boss theme starts playing thats when you know shits about to get serous.
Boss - 1: This game is really fun!
Boss - 2: Whew....this game is really tough, I think I can make it!
Boss - 3: *out of meds, out of attack items, no dragoon power, one character left at critical hp. -.-
vegeta30000 Yes i KNOW how you feel I have been there.
+wildskinny For rpg lovers the struggle is real...
+vegeta30000 loved it :)
lmao! wow I couldn't have said it better, especially the last part lol
vegeta30000 I know this was a year ago but healing items .....??.?.?. Rookie everyone knows you block till your full health come on
Theme 1: The theme of that last guy in a group that you know is going to be easy but he's just there to make you life difficult.
Theme 2: The theme of someone you did not care to fight and wished to avoid.
Theme 3: Theme of you regretting you hadn't saved before fighting someone who came out of nowhere.
Theme 4: Theme of death.
You can really feel the intensity of the situation grow from the bgm alone. First one sounds like a bad situation, like being surrounded and outnumbered. Second one has more of a deep unfamiliar, uncanny feeling to it, a dire situation where the outcome is uncertain. The third one has a clear epic feeling to it, with the epic clearly being the opponent. I love how boss bgm all sound so hopeless yet they have different levels of hopelessness.
to add to your thought the fourth and final theme sounds like you've already lost and the boss is celebrating lol.
Skies of Arcadia had a similar system to it. During the boss fights the theme would change from the original to you losing to you almost beating the boss. Wish more games had something like that in them.
I love how each of the themes end and your characters are standing there doing their victory routines.
It used to always make me think, " Fuckin right!! I survived baby! Now give me that exp.!!"
Lavitz T_T
He was my wingman
The scene where the party meets Meru and when she gets her dragoon stone are my two favorite scenes in the game, since they're just hysterical.
2:43 best boss theme ever
when i heard this for the first time, i just knew somebody was going to die
Gust of Wind D-Dance
Albert's pronunciation of that addition always made me chuckle. He always says it so weird. But Flower Storm(Blossom Storm) was always hella badass. He makes the name and the sounds of his grunts and screams while he is hitting you sound so fucking violent.
Even though I listen to the OST all the time, I think the battles bring back the most feelings of nostalgia and intensity and you can just hear the character's voice over the music. HUA HA! WHIP SMACK!
Double Slash!
Harpoon!
BURNINGGGGGGG RUSHHH
VOLCANO
Madness Herooooooo
CRUSH DANCE!!!
I've had these tracks in my head since I played the game over 11 years ago... Bless you Quenveres!
Yeah, it's one of those games you'll play again and again. I just recently bought the strategy guide and have been playing through it again. Sooo fun!!! ^_^
Oh I know it's out haha. I bought it almost instantly after it was made available. Just passed that ghost ship in disc 2. I'd be done the game already if I had more time to play it. Love the additions, never fails to stay entertaining!
Blazing Dynamo!
Great game, honestly underrated. If they made a remake I'd probably play it.
+VanillaHatVII Probably? lol. If I knew it was released I'd buy it.
Sadly, Sony is too cheap :(
Haschel and Kongol
Albert and Rose
used to take: Lavitz and Rose
R.I.P Lavitz :(
best game on psx!!!!!
DEMONS GATE!
Minor enemies: Good god... what is happen-NOOOooooo
I remember hearing this during the first encounter with Kongol. It got me so pumped
0:00
1:26
HOOH! HAAH! WHIP SMACK!!!!!!!
Rose is the efin best ;u;
Rose is LoD Waifu.
3rd one..hands down!!!!
😃
i havent played this in nearly 10 years!
OMG this was my first RPG =3
@Dragonlover2013 And hell, the graphics on this game are good for their time. People don't take into account that it was released over ten years ago.
Rose: "More and More!"
That's what I want from this game.
MADNESS .... HEROOOOOOOOOOO
I have to say boss Theme 3 is the best one imo.
@jamesbond99 the reason this didn't get much attention compared to ff7 was not only because it wasn't made by square[ a main rpg company], but also it came out very late in fact if i remember was not that far off the ps2 release.
I compiled a list of my favorites to bring back childhood memories. Theres a 90% chance you'll read everyone of these in the voices of the characters.
YAH! TAH! GOH! HYRAH! VOLCANO!
HUH! HRAH-AH-AH-GRAH! ROD TYPHOON!
TUT!
YA-TA-GA-HRYAH! YA-GA-RA-TA-GO-HYRAH! GUSTAWINDADANCE!
HRUGH! GRAH! PURSUIT!
HA-HA! GRAAAAAH! TAKE THAT! FLURRY OF STICKS!
OOH! AHH! WHIPSMACK!
Dragoon Form Abilities:
EXPLOSION! HRRRYAAAAAAAAAAH!
BLOSSOM STORM!
.................................................................
ASSHOLE DRAIN! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
FFFFFLLLLLLLAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEEE SHOT!! *Khing* *Khing* *Khing*
Man these themes bring back the good times when I played this....I still have the game but the third disk has dissapeared.....but anyways.....Man miss playing the game...bwst characters that i used where Dart, Sharna, and Albert.
I want a sequel!!. Maybe the next generation of dragoons!
@PenguinAegis It's been a while since I've played it, and I'm not sure where the game is at right now, but the reason why it was on 4 discs wasn't because it was a long game, rather it was because of the cinematics and stuff. I played this game and beat it without sleeping just like OOT so It was around 10-15hours. I don't remember the final boss taking that long but then again it could have. Check out some speed runs, I'm sure you'll find many who beat it in less than 5.
This game took at least 2 years to make back in the day and that was insane for a single game at the time. It really was a work of art but unfortunately super short in gameplay. I beat this game in less than 10hrs my first try. LoD2 needs to be made one day :)
boss battle 2 is my favorite
0:00 to this music, as now I remember "rooster attacked")) (c) Fruegel
2:42 my favorite melody.
Also, I just wanna say..... Some game label NEEDS to remake this as a PS3 exclusive..... And show these 360 fans what REAL gaming is
Ive used many different team combinations... (Dart, Kongol and Albert) (Dart, Meru and Rose) and more, but my favorite would have to be (Dart, Miranda and Rose.) Miranda is sooo fast, I could attack with her several times before an enemy could, and If I needed to heal for whatever reason, I could, and Id still have more turns to throw attacks out.
Ew me and my sister hate Miranda, but I like your 1st team choice...
Yeah, they left a lot of questions unanswered...
If they made games like the ones you just described, I would love to buy those! Good idea! =)
@ExploringBeyond Uh, in order to beat the game in ten hours, you'd probably need to charge through every part of the game insanely quickly and do everything perfectly and flawlessly (Including finding those damn 3 stones to get to damn emperor Doel in the first disc), and the final boss can take about a whole hour. And I'm not even going to bother mentioning how beating it in 10 hours would be impossible due to it having FOUR discs.
@MediaInRD Haha, yeah. She was definitely one of the coolest characters in LOD.
I always kinda wished that the in the final fight Dart and Lloyd would team up and fight Melbu. But Lloyd has to be Rambo and get killed too...
I left the PS on the whole time I played this, never turned off once, took 375+ hours to beat lol, and even considering I suck that is alot of content!
One of my fav games ever, I still have my copy too... but my PS2 slim won't play after the last boss fight on disc 2 I wish my other PS2 was still working so I could play it again.
Anyway my fav time was Dart, Albert and Rose, though when fighting Faust I used Dart, Albert and Kongol and won. I was laughing the entire time because of how much damage I was doing to him vs the damage he was able to me.
this game is the reason their will always be a "Dragoon" Class in my party lol.
i remember i could do every single persons additions perfectly i felt so great when i could do alberts flower storm, haschel's omni-sweep, and meru's perky step
It's already out, I bought it last week. I'm at the part where you need to get the Dragoni Plant to heal Shana. Haven't played long since I get interrupted when I play it.
i LOVE the final boos battle music!
Dart, Rose, and Albert is the most common team. But I always switched it up from mission to mission and found out that in the later parts of the game the best team would usually be Dart, Shana/Miranda(very powerful light dragon), and Haschel. Its always good to have a good combination of speed and power.
@KroySS14 I just might try that team the next time I play through.
This brings back memories. I need the full OST disc.
My team: Dart, Meru, Shana ^___^
LoD, great game!!
boss theme 3 is the best :)
@Gojira64
What a coincidence, me too! It could also have to do with the fact that experience-sharing was terrible in that game.
Moon STRIKE!!!
(rip!)
One of the original composers passed away a few years back, if they do end up making a sequel I'd just hope it doesn't lose that feel.
A remake would be pretty damn cool though.
When i was little the only reason i started to play this game because i played FF VIII and FF IX and i liked these type of games that are long and in many CD's... It was a good game
Man I still have this game and I still play it. I got done with the dragoon boss battles in Vellweb. The only downside was the voice acting. there were some good parts to the voice acting but most of it was offsync like it didnt fit in. Still a really good rpg game.
This game was ahead of its time
Theme 1 - Jiango repeatedly drops stalagmites on the party
Theme 2 - Guftas.... ATTACK !
Theme 3 - You forgot to kill virage's left hand. He did can't combat, stomped the party and his preparing his laser shot.
THank YOU SO MUCH for THIS!!! LOTD ALL THE WAY!!!!
This is my proudest game, and the only one I will NEVER sell. I plan on playing it when I'm 60, and still kicking butt at the additions. ^_^
I have yet to come across a better RPG game, and I hope that a re-vamped version or a new one comes out soon.
My team for the Final boss was Kongol, Dart, and I forgot the last one...but I think that it was the chick that takes Shana's place... (For healing purposes mainly.)
thanks dude! ill be sure to check it out
This is one of the last of the "classic" RPGs....
Well at least Sony acknowleged it by putting on PSN Store but yeah they really struck a nerve when they said they were working on a sequel and then it got canceled.
@ToonLink8449
Yeah it kind of annoys me that some people think that the graphics of the game are the only thing that matters
I remember liking this game a lot but I'm afraid to play it again since I think it might tarnish my memories.
it was only with this game an epic childhood :D
WHIP SMACK!!
@MinecraftSkeith1 i totally agree if this game was remade it would be amazing but they would have to make it relatively the same just change the graphics and enhance some of the combat scenes
you were correct dang i could have sworn it was made by square I guess it was so good like the past square i just assumed it was square lol.
I still own the original discs in peak condition and I'm immensely happy about that fact.
This pleases me.
Pretty sure they can pull off a prequel easy but it's never bad to leave it at a high.
めちゃよいBGMですね！
if theres a disc replay thats a good place to try i found it even though ive had my copy since it originally came out on the ps1 XD it wuz $15 then
this is the real and the best game in the world!...no ps3 or ps2 has this kind of a game!
Dart , Rose , Meru
Nuff said :]
This game was my childhood. :'D
@SquallLeonhartRoX Yea, it pumps you up.
EXCELLENT!
BURNING RUSH, GUST OF WIND DANCE
@Quenveres Dude, my team was so typical Final Fantasy:
Dart, Rose, and Shana (Later Miranda obviously)
They F'd Sh*t up! But not really... I had to Grind so hard!
@Drummr88 I could never get Alberts gust of wind dance as a kid. it was like WHAT WHAT TOO FAST AHHHHH
, so then I accidentaly meru'd the rest of the game
I usually used that team as well. And if I needed someone faster than Kongol, I called in Haschel.
This game is freakin awesome, i gave kongol a legend casque, now he's a freakin beast
This is the jam.
@PlagueRiddenGoat
But truly is there anything better than playing this on the big screen on your original discs?
Btw Boss battle 3 is my Fav
Preferably I like to switch my party with each fight. And when the final boss comes I use whatever party I want and switch it every time I die (Cause I never beat him on my first go.)
ダート、ロゼ、シェーナ/ミランダ was my party (sorry for the Japanese, but that is the only version of the game I own. I think they are Dart, Rose, Shena/Miranda in english.
i loved boss theme 2 during fruegel's match and his two pets hahaha
doublleeeeee....slasshhhhhh!.....
Madnessss.....Heroooooo!!!!
Moreeee.....and Moreee....!!!
Announce attack technique.....i like that
MADNESS HERO!!
MADNESS! HEERoOOoOoooo
i prefer double slash xD
But what about... GUSTAWINDDADANCE
Panda dont forget the astral drain or the spinning undertaker wait its spinning cane xD
yup. gotta love all the best classics like the one that it said on the back of the box "quite posibly the best game ever made" final fantasy 7. this is one of the best classics also.
i wana see this game and final fantasy 7 on the platstaion store for download. full game not in parts
This game was epic. They really need a re-release if not a full sequel.
another game with a simmilar feel to the battle system is shadow hearts for the ps2, great game to cheack out if you already havent.
oh hell yeah dude u rock
SO MUCH NOSTALGIA. God, this game was and still is absolutely fantastic today. Though it's way behind in graphics, it can trump the hell out of most of today's RPGs in gameplay easily.
Why isn't this on PSN, Sony?! T^T
Hoo! Hah! Die. Hah! Hoo! Ta! Hah! Ta! Demon's Dance.
@EriccNow guess what i bought it for $3 CAN. At thrifft shop across the street from where i used to live