Not gonna lie, I actually enjoy excruciatingly difficult boss battles in JRPGs. Hidden bosses are something to live for and they're unfortunately not something we see enough of these days.
The thing I hate about Galdera tho is that literally all of the satisfying lore for all 8 stories is locked behind a sequence of incredibly ambiguous side quests that have nothing to do with any of the main characters
could this game have had any worse of a difficulty curve tho? the entire game is piss easy but this mf throws an entire game’s worth of difficulty at you all at once. certainly, however, i am glad this game does have one difficult boss that feels rewarding to defeat.
@Joshua Serrano Nah, the joke is that in a speedrun, Therion is set up to nuke with Winnehild at 1 HP (Fortitude). Thing is, you need someone to give him BP first, so if he goes first when the fight starts, you can guess how well that goes.
@Joshua Serrano Since you've only just started, just note that nothing we do in a speedrun is indicative of casual play, at all. Therion is actually one of the better tanks with evasion stacking, and no one's a true glass cannon. It's just that, for a speedrun, we need him (or any other character, this is just how the route worked out) at a single HP left to beat this boss fast enough, so even a small breeze will knock him over. And him going first means we can't nuke the boss sections in turn 1, leaving the party open for 2 turns of its attacks instead of just 1. It's bad news. So, my original comment was just poking fun at the fact that "Therion First vs Galdera" is a big meme for the speedrun community and fitting with how the video has Therion's sprite accompanying the track.
@Joshua Serrano Nah, but in the speedrun, Therion is your Warmaster, so you want him to use his Divine Skill ASAP. But if he moves first, then that means every part of Galdera moves before he can
Ok, this cover is (part of) what pushed me to play the game. I just had to hear the original, but I didn't want to spoil it by looking it up on youtube. I wanted to hear it in-game. I just reached Galdera for the first time and, uhm, uh. Yeah! the song is good! so good, in fact, I think I'll replay the boss a few dozen times! for no particular reason! I'll die... on purpose! that sure is the plan!
Know that, if you defeat Galdera, there's no way you can battle it again, so be careful when saving the game or you'll have to start a new file from scratch if you ever wish to do that fight again!
@@KirianLara yeah I've been using multiple savefiles for a while in case I want to battle one of the earlier bosses as well, so luckily even if I did overwrite my latest one I'd only lose a few hours of progress
The boss fight is on a completely different level from anything else in the game in terms of difficulty. I don’t even know what to think of it anymore.
When you swear to God, remember that this boss is one too. 😂 Won't be much of a God if he's an easy kill. Takes away the satisfaction from defeating him too.
@@Hetsu.. I mean, before galdera there's another level gap between the story bosses and the secret job gods. Still, there's a way larger gap between those and Galdera. Good thing, you really get THAT feeling of accomplishment when you beat it.
If I make my voice sound techno-babbly, can I record my voice over this? >W> Oh and uh, you know, the usual. You did amazing, I want to eat Branflakes, this song is a god-send and you are a god-send for making it 8-bit magic.
It jas became one of my greatest achievment, since I dit it almost blind & first try (I tried it once when I unlocked it, pretty much underleved, and saw like 10-15% of the boss), and without the 4 bonus classes and their passive. Without being too overleved too, like 5 level above what you should be. I probably got extremely lucky, but god, what a ride, left me shaking.
This made realized both "The One They Call a Witch" and "Daughter of the Dark God" are basically the same song, but Daughter of the Dark God is more intense
Phrases heard WAY too many times during this fight: 1 FEEL THE POWER! 1.5 Catch me if you can~ 2 I will REFLECT your barbs! 2.5 Aelfric, bringer of the Flame! 3 Lux... CONGERERE! 3.5 Elemental break. 4 The peacock shall struct! 4.5 Lady Grace (?) smiles upon us! 4.75 Alephan, loord of learning~ Galdera: ...poof It can't end like this... It seems... I am finished-- *Augh--* No... My friends... I am... sorry...
WOW this is a fantastic cover!! A lot of times 8-bit and 16-bit covers tend to either drown the original piece in extra notes or oversimplify it, but this cover is perfect! ...also that pixel therion..... im in love
It's on Steam in addition to Switch. It was one of the early releases for Switch so it understandably got drowned out by the likes of Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey. It's fun, as long as you're not expecting much of a story and enjoy classic JRPG mechanics. But yes, the soundtrack absolutely slaps regardless of how underwhelming the story is
The first time I ever fought this boss, I got it down to red health but then it did an attack which confused my party and they ended up killing each other. I wasn't sure to laugh or cry.
The thing is, is that this sounds like it could have come out of a Final Fantasy game from back in the day! xD Love it. love all that chiptune you pop out! xD
For an 8-bit rendition of an amazing orchestral piece, I'm having trouble deciding which I like more, would love to see more Octopath Traveler renditions in the future
@@d.altounian244 ah yes getting max level is a achivement..........for someone with way too much time now beating the final boss with low level now that an achivement
@@d.altounian244 i dont hate completionist but i dont consider grinding for eternity a achivement even in MMO like let say you and your friend compare and let say you flex about your max level character with max out item and equipment there usually 2 response either you find it cool or you think wow this guy have no life,the other friend then say i beat the super boss with only this setup and almost everyone is like yo that amazing how did you do that(i also dont like setup that require huge ammount of luck so you reset that basically like grinding to get the perfect setup but atleast here it more exciting then just grinding on some enemy)
When I got this game, I was dead set on completing it was fully as possible (Not 100%, but still doing most things). Then I got to this boss. I've still yet to go back to Octopath and beat it. Still, this is a good demake of the theme!
god, me too, it's been a year since i touched the game and its my last mission in the game, im so terrified of going back in! im horribly underleveled!
It's interesting you should say that, because this was actually composed by Yasunori Nishiki. But I also thought there are parts that remind me of Revo's sound too, funnily enough.
I never actually did this boss, Primrose was my choice, and I loved her whole finale so much I didn't want to go on, it left me with a satisfying enough ending for me to stop playing, especially since this game was a long endeavor of me putting it down and picking it back up over and over it was just so satisfying to see the grand finale to my favorite characters story and see those credits roll
Wow I cant believe I just now stumbled upon this remix. I have a shrine dedicated to octopath traveler and its godly ost. I've done this fight so many times differing up my strategy and setting limits so many times just for the thrill of it. Never gets old. Sorry I can't support you on patreon it almost feels like stealing to download this for free.
Nice Job! Downconverting orchestral to chiptune is pretty hard, I can barely do something half decent with the VRC7, let alone the VRC6! I also love your use of PWM and Portamento, two of my favorite effects. I also wouldn't mind if you arranged something from the original Sly Cooper game. Don't know if you take requests, but I thought I'd mention it.
I am afraid to go further down in the comments because of potential spoilers, but then again for many series I enjoy I found I enjoyed the series better when I am spoiled by some of the story, because it then becomes really interesting to me to see how the story plays out and how certain conclusions are reached. I was spoiled through the entirety of Undertale yet I still enjoyed the game, same with Persona 5. So fuck it before I buy Octopath I will spoil myself to my hearts content! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AMIRITE?!?!
I’m liking it so far it just kinda feels disjointed from a story perspective. Im almost done completing the 2nd chapter for each character and I’m hoping the story threads kinda converge at some point. I’m also not really digging how you can’t change the leader of the party. It really restricts your choices for party composition. But the combat and npc interactions are keeping me going at least
This is awesome. I'm curious, would this run on an NES? Was this built with the audio memory constraints of an NES? I only understand that conceptually, not in depth.
It might be able to run on a japanese famicom theoretically. There are a few games that use expansion sound for additional sound channels similar to what you see here.
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Not gonna lie, I actually enjoy excruciatingly difficult boss battles in JRPGs. Hidden bosses are something to live for and they're unfortunately not something we see enough of these days.
I enjoy them too, but they should at least make them side quests only, or at least for post-game, not a mandatory boss to unlock the true ending.
I completely agree. Galdera is actually my favourite boss fight of all time so far due to the sheer satisfaction I got from defeating it.
The thing I hate about Galdera tho is that literally all of the satisfying lore for all 8 stories is locked behind a sequence of incredibly ambiguous side quests that have nothing to do with any of the main characters
@@Charnutboy To be honest yeah I 100% agree.
could this game have had any worse of a difficulty curve tho? the entire game is piss easy but this mf throws an entire game’s worth of difficulty at you all at once. certainly, however, i am glad this game does have one difficult boss that feels rewarding to defeat.
"This is really hard..."
*Undeads switch weaknesses*
"God, I'd like to have a word with you."
Stardust Every time you hit them too!!!
like for gods sake it’s like evolution has become faster than light
You are fighting against one. 😂
Which one there be 13 of them
LMAO
Guys the boss isn't even that har-
*3 more undead appear*
Ok we finally beat the unde-
*undead come back even stronger*
I finally found a method to avoid dam-
*all stats are removed*
Get ‘em, Olberic! *Cue the aura lowering accuracy.* Yes, I could use H’aanit, but I don’t wanna...
FUCK THAT!😠😆
Whew I finally killed it!
**camera pans up**
Aww sh-
have I failed?
i’m sorry
it can’t end like this.
shucks.
*game over.*
It's nice to be able to enjoy this music now, since its impossible to hear it over your own heartbeat during the actual battle.
Therion as the sprite accompanying the track, a galdera speedrunner's worst nightmare!
Amazing rendition!
Eternal Dream oh hi there
@Joshua Serrano Nah, the joke is that in a speedrun, Therion is set up to nuke with Winnehild at 1 HP (Fortitude). Thing is, you need someone to give him BP first, so if he goes first when the fight starts, you can guess how well that goes.
@Joshua Serrano Since you've only just started, just note that nothing we do in a speedrun is indicative of casual play, at all. Therion is actually one of the better tanks with evasion stacking, and no one's a true glass cannon.
It's just that, for a speedrun, we need him (or any other character, this is just how the route worked out) at a single HP left to beat this boss fast enough, so even a small breeze will knock him over. And him going first means we can't nuke the boss sections in turn 1, leaving the party open for 2 turns of its attacks instead of just 1. It's bad news.
So, my original comment was just poking fun at the fact that "Therion First vs Galdera" is a big meme for the speedrun community and fitting with how the video has Therion's sprite accompanying the track.
@Joshua Serrano Nah, but in the speedrun, Therion is your Warmaster, so you want him to use his Divine Skill ASAP. But if he moves first, then that means every part of Galdera moves before he can
this whole game must be a speedrunner's nightmare. You need to complete all four characters chapter 4s and several long sidequest chains.
Ok, this cover is (part of) what pushed me to play the game. I just had to hear the original, but I didn't want to spoil it by looking it up on youtube. I wanted to hear it in-game.
I just reached Galdera for the first time and, uhm, uh.
Yeah! the song is good! so good, in fact, I think I'll replay the boss a few dozen times! for no particular reason! I'll die... on purpose! that sure is the plan!
Know that, if you defeat Galdera, there's no way you can battle it again, so be careful when saving the game or you'll have to start a new file from scratch if you ever wish to do that fight again!
@@KirianLara yeah I've been using multiple savefiles for a while in case I want to battle one of the earlier bosses as well, so luckily even if I did overwrite my latest one I'd only lose a few hours of progress
Ya I did the same thing! Love this song! Would've beat it 1st try if I didn't like the song so much!
I swear to god...this boss...other than that, beautiful work
The boss fight is on a completely different level from anything else in the game in terms of difficulty. I don’t even know what to think of it anymore.
@@collisioncoursegaming4716 I mean once you complete half of the chapter 4's everything is a cake walk. I guess they wanted this to whoop our ass
Assationater they definitely wanted this to whoop our ass.
When you swear to God, remember that this boss is one too. 😂 Won't be much of a God if he's an easy kill. Takes away the satisfaction from defeating him too.
@@Hetsu.. I mean, before galdera there's another level gap between the story bosses and the secret job gods. Still, there's a way larger gap between those and Galdera. Good thing, you really get THAT feeling of accomplishment when you beat it.
THIS COVER KICKS ASS
i cant even imagine what its like to make such a full rich cover of an orchestrated song
Woah. Never played octopath but the song sounds great! You never fail to impress!
Same, and I thought I wanted to play it before. Majestic!! 😍 (no surprise I agree with someone tied to Earthbound)
It’s great, if you get the chance I’d recommend it.
Same but I don't have any money
These 8bit remixes were the way I found out, it was the decisive battle 2 tho. Great to know other people got into it this way too
I wish this game had an Xbox port.
YASS!! One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite games, this is a dream come true for me :)
Took the words right out of my mouth
This is why music is so important, it can make anything 5x more enjoyable
This is a very welcome surprise! Love the Octopath soundtrack.
If I make my voice sound techno-babbly, can I record my voice over this? >W>
Oh and uh, you know, the usual. You did amazing, I want to eat Branflakes, this song is a god-send and you are a god-send for making it 8-bit magic.
This fight was absolutely brutal and Im proud to be apart of the few that can say they actually beat it
i just beat him 2 days ago
@@jelitejbzzz Congratulations, I am proud of you :)
@@grimaa i beat it first try because let me tell you having 9999 hp save my ass a couple of time
Saving Grace is so op especially in the second phase
It jas became one of my greatest achievment, since I dit it almost blind & first try (I tried it once when I unlocked it, pretty much underleved, and saw like 10-15% of the boss), and without the 4 bonus classes and their passive. Without being too overleved too, like 5 level above what you should be.
I probably got extremely lucky, but god, what a ride, left me shaking.
Me and my boys stacking magic and waiting for our turn
Boss: oh no you dont
Me:NANI
1:47 absolutely godly
this is _incredible_
also can u do they who govern reason
This made realized both "The One They Call a Witch" and "Daughter of the Dark God" are basically the same song, but Daughter of the Dark God is more intense
Therion's gonna need more apples after this.
YES! Octopath!
Thanks so much for this amazing arrange! ;-;
ボスバトル2も魔神の血を継ぐ者もかっこよすぎる
Ophilia: I will reflect your barbs!
Tressa: Catch me if you can~
Galdera stares at you forbiddingly... all buffs have been removed!
Phrases heard WAY too many times during this fight:
1 FEEL THE POWER!
1.5 Catch me if you can~
2 I will REFLECT your barbs!
2.5 Aelfric, bringer of the Flame!
3 Lux... CONGERERE!
3.5 Elemental break.
4 The peacock shall struct!
4.5 Lady Grace (?) smiles upon us!
4.75 Alephan, loord of learning~
Galdera: ...poof
It can't end like this...
It seems... I am finished--
*Augh--* No...
My friends... I am... sorry...
@@bettycreepersayuri-chan809 5: *WINNEHILD, FIGHT WITH US!*
@@snakeorbreak6258 *WINNEHILD FIGHTS WITH US!* is unfortunately heard way too _few_ times.
WOW this is a fantastic cover!! A lot of times 8-bit and 16-bit covers tend to either drown the original piece in extra notes or oversimplify it, but this cover is perfect!
...also that pixel therion..... im in love
Person: I am the greatest man alive
Other dude: I grind galdera.
Person: you are clearly better
I'm confused as to why I've never heard of this game because the music is so damn good
It's on Steam in addition to Switch. It was one of the early releases for Switch so it understandably got drowned out by the likes of Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey. It's fun, as long as you're not expecting much of a story and enjoy classic JRPG mechanics. But yes, the soundtrack absolutely slaps regardless of how underwhelming the story is
it's a side quest that leads to true ending. the side quest is near swaarki
@@jacksonward195well now the sequel is out and it’s story and characters are 10x better 😱
What a god you are for making this. My favourite ost.
Really captured the spirit of the original piece, gave me the same chills.
Amazing work!
FEEL THE POWER!
Catch me if you can! ;)
thank you Joey
very cool
Light!
Galdera dispels status buffs
Oh no antivirus removed all your buffs and stops you from breathing for 20 turns.
I'm proud to say I'm one of the few people who 100 percent this game
Edit: thx for the likes
I second that. This boss was nuts! But the thrill of the fight is truly joy. Words of wisdom from Olberic.
Mhm
Me too!!😁
It is worth it
me too, but with help... I woudl have never beaten this boss myself
this is seriously amazing! love octopath!!
Great job here, totally added this to my music playlist!
yooooo this absolutely rips you really captured the feel of this one
To paraphrase Brendan Frasier: "Go back to Hell, and take your daughter with you."
Very nice work. And it meshes so well as an 8-bit arrangement too.
The first time I ever fought this boss, I got it down to red health but then it did an attack which confused my party and they ended up killing each other. I wasn't sure to laugh or cry.
dude you are so close to 10K subs only 8 more to go as of this posting, I hope you make it soon, you deserve it!
With this version it would make sense for Galdera to emerge from the depths of Ghost 'n' Goblins 💖
Dang, this remix is great!
Could you by any chance, do Battle at Journey's End next?
My all-time Octo favorite!
Your remixes make me want a similar one of They Who Govern Reason. Or Battle at Journey’s End...
Holy shit this is amazing dude
don't forget that this boss is the only one stronger then a random direwolf in the flatlands
the game: select 2 teams
me: looks at my four unleveled party members
sweats nervously
Praise the all mighty Galdera and its amazing theme for a bosss and this 8 bit version, god this this so good hhhhh
Never played Octopath, but this is really good. Reminds me of my childhood. Ty for the remix bud!
Dude it’s great, I actually got it this year
Just... Amazing
The thing is, is that this sounds like it could have come out of a Final Fantasy game from back in the day! xD Love it. love all that chiptune you pop out! xD
One of my favorite final boss themes of all time as of last year. Excellent arrangement!
For an 8-bit rendition of an amazing orchestral piece, I'm having trouble deciding which I like more, would love to see more Octopath Traveler renditions in the future
I really like this bc it reminds me of how this plays right after you learn of all the secrets that were yet to be untold
This got me back into playing Octopath, Thanks and amazing job!
Took me almost a year to raise the entire parties to lvl 99, but it was worth it
not worth because lv 80-> lv99 barely any stat change
@@Megaman-2407 it’s more about the achievement than the stats
@@d.altounian244 ah yes getting max level is a achivement..........for someone with way too much time now beating the final boss with low level now that an achivement
@@Megaman-2407 some people are completionists, nothing wrong with that.
@@d.altounian244 i dont hate completionist but i dont consider grinding for eternity a achivement even in MMO like let say you and your friend compare and let say you flex about your max level character with max out item and equipment there usually 2 response either you find it cool or you think wow this guy have no life,the other friend then say i beat the super boss with only this setup and almost everyone is like yo that amazing how did you do that(i also dont like setup that require huge ammount of luck so you reset that basically like grinding to get the perfect setup but atleast here it more exciting then just grinding on some enemy)
Never heard the original, but this sounds amazing. Those vibratos, man!
I still love the FJ cover as my favorite song full-stop, though this is an *amazing piece*. Well Done!!!
1000th like! Congrats. It’s deserved! Amazing work!
When I got this game, I was dead set on completing it was fully as possible (Not 100%, but still doing most things). Then I got to this boss. I've still yet to go back to Octopath and beat it.
Still, this is a good demake of the theme!
god, me too, it's been a year since i touched the game and its my last mission in the game,
im so terrified of going back in! im horribly underleveled!
1:48 for some reason I am getting Gravity Falls Vibes
THIS FINAL BOSS IS UNBENDING
But our travelers are unyielding.
Who will prevail in this clash of Gods?
this deserves more views
When I hear this, I hear the rage in my head from this boss
So happy to have stumbled upon your channel. I'll stay awhile and listen.
This music is giving me nightmares cause galdera is genuinely unbeatable but it's really good shit. I like it a lot
perfect 8-bit recreation
Never heard of this but i like it
Nice!
i seriously listen to this version more than the original lol
Oh hell yes.
Bro this is epic
Can you do Mass Destruction from personna 3 next?
Max Max this, well persona 3
@@lethoma913 did you have a stroke?
@@rumplebutts6442 ?
Literal perfection
This is the first time I ever heard this track and yet I can still pick out the style of REVO/Linked Horizon, it's so cool.
It's interesting you should say that, because this was actually composed by Yasunori Nishiki. But I also thought there are parts that remind me of Revo's sound too, funnily enough.
Only Galdera can play the piano like that !
This is pretty good m8.
I never actually did this boss, Primrose was my choice, and I loved her whole finale so much I didn't want to go on, it left me with a satisfying enough ending for me to stop playing, especially since this game was a long endeavor of me putting it down and picking it back up over and over it was just so satisfying to see the grand finale to my favorite characters story and see those credits roll
When the boss is kicking your ass but the OST is fire so you don't mind
That's my favorite videogame music
1:32 this part sounds annoyingly similair to mosquitoes...
Holy shit, dude
Oh hell YES!
I really wish there was a New Game + in this game. Even if its only just the equipments that you can carry over.
Wow I cant believe I just now stumbled upon this remix. I have a shrine dedicated to octopath traveler and its godly ost. I've done this fight so many times differing up my strategy and setting limits so many times just for the thrill of it. Never gets old. Sorry I can't support you on patreon it almost feels like stealing to download this for free.
Even Galdera is easy as shit against the unbelievably busted power of Winnehild's Battle Cry.
Fortitude + 1HP cheese
God, I could hear this on FF or Ninja Gaiden for NES. So good!
Great song, Great game, boss was stupid, i killed him, gg, MY BLADE IS UUUUNBENDING!!!!!
Nice Job! Downconverting orchestral to chiptune is pretty hard, I can barely do something half decent with the VRC7, let alone the VRC6! I also love your use of PWM and Portamento, two of my favorite effects. I also wouldn't mind if you arranged something from the original Sly Cooper game. Don't know if you take requests, but I thought I'd mention it.
At some point I will beat this but I need to grind more and I don't have the patience to do it
Would love to see a 16 bit version too
Now you gotta get the other two to go with it.
Esto esta de poca madre!!
*CRIES*
Sounds a bit too carnival like. Evil clown boss music
The worst part about this fight was having to redo the boss rush before it if you lose
Nice rendition
Hey i’m getting close too beating phase 1! “Galdera pretty much uses a insta kill move” Oh dear god not you too!
Fuck, this is so coooooooooooooooool!!!!!!
Most Under Rated Song !
I am afraid to go further down in the comments because of potential spoilers, but then again for many series I enjoy I found I enjoyed the series better when I am spoiled by some of the story, because it then becomes really interesting to me to see how the story plays out and how certain conclusions are reached. I was spoiled through the entirety of Undertale yet I still enjoyed the game, same with Persona 5. So fuck it before I buy Octopath I will spoil myself to my hearts content! YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AMIRITE?!?!
All I am gonna say is in 80sth hours of gameplay this wonderful music will become the bane of you
@@auroradraco9974 AGREED
I’m liking it so far it just kinda feels disjointed from a story perspective. Im almost done completing the 2nd chapter for each character and I’m hoping the story threads kinda converge at some point.
I’m also not really digging how you can’t change the leader of the party. It really restricts your choices for party composition. But the combat and npc interactions are keeping me going at least
This is awesome. I'm curious, would this run on an NES? Was this built with the audio memory constraints of an NES? I only understand that conceptually, not in depth.
It might be able to run on a japanese famicom theoretically. There are a few games that use expansion sound for additional sound channels similar to what you see here.
5-10 seconds in slapped me back into Megaman Zero. It keeps happening for some reason, just randomly hearing it.
It would be cool if Octopath had a chiptune/8-bit soundtrack mode
Fucking going to have to sub to the patreon now >.
WINNIEHILD FIGHT WITH US!!
it's winnehild.
if you're gonna quote a voice line do it right
Ah Back then... So glad that the Instakill-Glitch exists. To Bad they removed it in the Remake... I never would have killed it in another way.
What?
Do you mean the pc port?