@@temagain2755 I agree with you on that, I kinda feel like he DIDNT have fun making the vocals for this, I think he might have even loathed making them, but that's just me tho
I like how smug GodZ is in the Left poses for all of his forms. Mighty's got a hand over his head like "Ah, how scandalous!" Ristar's like "Lookit this guy, this little rapscallion." Vectorman flashes a peace sign. And Alex has his hand to one side like "You know you can't win, right?" I like eldrich horrors who know they're spooky and invincible and they taunt their victims about it.
it’s genuinely insanely cool how god z starts transforming into other sega characters, the moment he changed into ristar and I heard ristar motifs was when this was solidified for me as my favorite song from this update and all of d sides
Time to go a little in-depth about this song... I was expecting a D-Sides Triple Trouble remix to come, but that expectation was thrown out the window when V2.6 came out of nowhere. I noticed a screenshot of God Z, and that got me curious to check out the new songs, starting with this one. Needless to say, I was in for one hell of a treat. This song puts up one interesting first impression, needing to be accessed through an "anti-piracy screen" of sorts where you can meet him. When the song began, I was shocked to see how huge and uncanny such a twist on Lord X was, but the timer made me go "Ok, why is this 5 minutes? No way something like Cycles would sound good with that much time." Of course, the song starts to be like a remix of Cycles at first, but then the visual transition came up and all expectations I had at the time broke to bits. It was so pleasing to see God Z transform himself and the world into that of other classic SEGA IPs...even the music shifted gears to fit with the current state of things! Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd were amazing choices I instantly recognized, but the finale of the song was the cherry on top. It presented a fresh utilization of the POV concept FNF Lullaby's Monochrome helped kickstart, and displayed what it's really like to face a god, fulfilling the hulking might's name. The whole ride represents what defines a character like Lord X very well through God Z, from the godly powers his holds to the grotesque beauty of his world. Like I stated before, this is like combining Cycles and Triple Trouble with spices of originality, and it's one huge pop-off from the team. I'd be perfectly content if this marked the end of the Sonic.EXE content D-Sides has to offer as it's a great conclusion; in fact, the content management regarding Sonic.EXE is way better than the dumpster fire vs. EXE became before it exploded into cancellation. Thank you for making a track outdoes its original counterpart by a landslide, and the rest of the team for a banger remix mod! ...and yes, I know there's more stuff prone to show up. I'll just wait and see what else Pandora's box brings to the table.
Yeah, it became way more popular to complain about why V3 became a dumpsterfire than what made the mod great. The major problem was the bloat. The team tried to include too many exes, and only valued the shoutout over the presentation of the best ones. EXE/Faker was for me the only one worth being in the mod since it kind of played as a way to show what the team learned from the horror that Sonic and Sonic.exe had to offer, a special bonus, of sorts. But they tried to include more of them, ultimately removing the unicity of EXE (after he was outed from the mod when Rightburst decided to frame Revie out of pure spite)and... well ultimately trampling on the name of the mod itself (Why is it Vs. Sonic.exe if the main selling points are self-insert OCs and other OC shoutouts?). And the result? There was too much to do, and too much to keep secret until final release. Eventually, what had to happen... happened: There was too much on the plate, the mod got leaked, and ended up being cancelled.
@@lexcentrique2554 I could argue about EXE and Revie, but I think it's better to acknowledge that we can all agree what happened regarding her that day was the beginning of the end for the mod. There were a ton of other issues that followed such as the whole JesterFrog rabbit hole, MarStarBro shattering his own image (in more ways than one), and just poor decision-making in general. V3's development serves as a good lesson on how NOT to make/manage an FNF mod.
I love the fact that God Z keeps transforming/spitting out different characters and versions of himself in each phase, which kind of actually fits with the theme of the song's entire title. It really DID feel like a *CYCLE* watching each of the SEGA characters crawl out of his mouth, I remembered wondering how many more were gonna come for each phase.
Seeing Ristar, Vector Man, and Alex Kid here was something I didnt know I needed. Not only are their sprites S tier but just the fact these underrated characters were utilized makes me very happy
god, this is fucking awesome. the concept, the song, the art, the chart!!! everything about this song is incredible, and it shows! i love godz transforming into ristar and alex kidd, and even another genesis character (vector) i didn't know about before, lol. the art is so good too, i love how the right pose on all of them foreshadow the next phase/transformation he takes on, and how despite it all there are always the small details that stay consistent between designs, like the eyes and the Z on his chest, and plus just from a concept point alone, an entity that can travel through games is always a really cool and fun concept! overall this is absolutely one of the best things i've seen in a while related to FNF, you've absolutely blown me away!
the song goes so raw, the way slide notes are used is nasty af, such a banger rarebliin and you did a great job on this, arguably the best song in the update
I love how this feels like more of a fate remix than cycles and I like how for each form everyone has a different way of showing their "personality" Like mighty is more delighted Ristar is mischievous Vectorman is serious And Alex kidd is more of a I'm gonna cause despair
I.... I want to cry... I want to die... I want to fly... Just... What... Is... This... Beautiful... World...? How did you do it? Holy crap.... The All-Mighty Lord Z sounds like a perfect fusion of Zephaniah's deep voice combined with Lord X's screeching effect into something as epic as MX's voice, but still otherworldly and unnatural and TRULY dangerous.... The way he transformed into the classic SEGA characters, considering he was one of them at some point in the Sonic franchise. Iconic gems left to rot. Poor Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd.... Revived...but not in the way they wanted to be.... Ludicrous, my fellow. Simply Absurd.
Mf talking like he's from the 1800's over a beep boop song. "Lucicrous" "Absurd" Like geez dude, this song is good and all but you didn't have to turn into a damn poet 💀
This really hits hard, you and Rareblin did well with this composition And if you can, I got a question regarding it What exactly was the inspiration or ideas you had when composing each part? Like Ristars section having that sort of checkpoint feel, Alex Kidd's part being all somewhat intimidating, sort of like a 'prepare for the worst' vibe, and Vectorman's part being sort of tension rising?
you know, this song didnt really impress me at first. and then i heard the thorns reference. then the pitch blended notes. and i was like, ngl, this is good. then God Z started popping off and I was like "YO HE SPITTIN BARS FR" Skip to the Vectorman part and i was like "yeah this is the best remix of cycles ive ever heard"- and then the slow part with Alex Kidd- just * chefs kiss * perfection. 1 million out of ten, will definitely listen to this at least 3 times a day. Great job you two.
I’m disappointed I never commented on this sooner- Deadass it’s that one song I just ALWAYS come back too. God Z as a concept is so cool, the fan service is unreal, and the songs a damn banger. Def one of the best Fnf songs period. 🔥
A really cool detail was how in the right animation for all of them they hinted to the next character that was going to appear, Ristar during Mighty, Vectorman during Ristar, Alex Kidd during Vectorman, and back to Mighty during Alex Kidd. I just thought that was incredibly sick.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE FNF SONG OF ALL TIME, AND I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. And to make sure of what I'm saying, I've waited to this day hearing other songs to make sure it wasn't just temporary hype or something, but no song compares to this one. I just love it with all my heart and is probably my all time favorite FNF song. I play this song at least two times per day, and there's days where I play it all time. I love this.
0:01 : Cycles D-sides. ( vs Mighty ) 1:24 : First Transformation. ( vs Ristar ) 2:06 : Second Transformation. ( vs Vectorman ) 3:00 : Third Transformation. ( vs Kidd ) 4:04 : All Transformations at once. ( vs GodZ ) That's all folks !
Might just be me, but God Z’s Mighty vessel and Alex Kidd vessel sound the most distinct from what I can hear. Mighty sounds a lot more distorted and loud than the others and Alex Kidd sounds much more clear.
this has got to be my favorite song of all time. just cant stop thinking about it, even while i waste my life away working on an insanely deep metafiction i use to escape reality
Don't know how or why, but my brain somehow came up with a decent backstory for this character. Basically, the employees at SEGA in the D-Sides universe were working on a new project to make their games more "immersive" with a new piece of machinery they created for an assignment. Unfortunately, they accidentally summoned an eldritch being. However, this being was really into childish entertainment and took great interest in the video game company's creations. So eventually, he managed to gain trust of the employees at SEGA to help them make games such as Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd. Of course, God-Z's original designs for the characters and worlds were dumbed down significantly due to them looking a bit too creepy for SEGA's general audience to look at. Meanwhile, God-Z used his abilities to make these original game creations maniest in his own world, his own personal paradise similar to Lord X's game. The best part? No one was actually harmed at this time, and the three games were a hit among the SEGA community! ...until of course, something changed. One fateful day, a few of the employees who still weren't very keen on having a demonic entity working with them decided it would be better for everyone's safety if they found a way to remove Z from the enterprise. So they devised a plan to imprison Z in the world he created using the exact same machine that brought him to the world in the first place. Unfortunately, that was their last mistake. The employees's plan was to trick Z into thinking they wanted to see the world Z had created in person, and so Z was delighted to show them the "beautiful world" he worked so hard on. He strolled in the portal created by the portal made by the device first, expecting them to follow for the tour. But then in a burst of sudden betrayal, the employees closed the portal the minute Z had stepped through. Z, of course, wasn't happy with this at all. He decided he would no longer be satisfied with SEGA's adaptations of his game concepts being sent to the public. He was going to show the whole world his true, original creations. One. Soul. At a time. And sure enough, he well did. The group of employees involved in the event later went missing that night, and the new "immersive" project was canceled and sealed away in the depths of a SEGA corp warehouse located in an unknown place. Ristar, Vectorman, and Alex Kidd were no longer sold on shelves anywhere, in fact anyone in SEGA's current main enterprise would claim the games were never manufactured at all. But Z is still out there. Showing everyone his "beautiful world". And BF was soon going to be one of his next victims.
Okay so I always see people making goofy ass dorky comments about their own D-Side cycles variant without any consequences or interaction so I might as well throw my own into the pit too. Mega Man/ Capcom Mix: Mighty - Mega Man X (Mega Man X Series) Ristar - Ryu (Street Fighter Series) Vectorman - Dante (Devil May Cry Series) Alex Kid - Leon (Resident Evil Series) Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
@@sprungle Feels uninspired. My favorite part about D-sides is how characters are almost always replaced with another character from their respective franchise, with some clever way to relate them to the original song. The thing is, just giving up on that and replacing every instance of Sonic with Mighty doesn't do any of that, it's just boring.
@@Left4Sharkbait it's whatever. I wouldn't expect that much since they only started doing the character swapping thing recently. Before the easter update the design philosophy of the characters just seemed to be outfit swapping/ changing.
God Z is just a show-off. Look at the left pose of his Mighty form, and how he just looks back in all of his losing icons (except for his Alex form). He’s doing this for fun, convince me otherwise.
Much in the same vein as Lord X, both are characters who are confident in their control of the world and their ability to end it as we know it. The best part is their indulgence in what little fun it can provide them, and how they go on about it.
Wat i love about GOD Z is that he doesnt have a true form but instead takes different forms of characters kinda like a oc i made of myself DARK RICK he also has the ability to transform into anybody he want but is stuck looking as me because he absorbt my human dna
Why do I feel like God Z's true form would be the spirit of the creator of SEGA Enterprises himself reincarnated as A demon trapped in his own games causing him to go insane being trapped forever. And being able to turn into the protagonists he made and than killing his own creations just for fun. He still waits to get out of the disk he is trapped in he now calls himself God Z. Also can you please tell me the name of the creator of SEGA? I forgot his name.
The one thing I like to think is that D sides Bf is nothing like Bf in the thought that Bf will just rap with anyone regardless of what their appearance or what they plan to do with him if he should lose. Meanwhile D side Bf finds the normal rap battles a tad mundane, but when it's some abomination or demonic entity he throws everything into the song because if the demon is doing everything in it's power to get their claws on him, he's gonna make sure they will have to earn the right to kill him.
This song is one of my favorite D-Sides remixes that are featured in the original D-Sides mod, together with Feaster, D-Side Lore, D-Side Endless, D-Side Monster, and D-Side Too Slow!
