Yeah, same... before playing the game I was quite sure they'd never be able to top what they'd already done with the entire soundtrack. I was very, very wrong.
Didn't Nobuo Uematsu (the series composer from the first FF until the tenth) colaborate on the soundtrack? That could be a reason for the excepcional quality of the remake soundtrack.
@@rodrigor6604 Indeed he did. Though I mean he already laid the bedrock of everything in the original, it just needed a well-done arrangement to go from MIDI to orchestra. Homeboy and the others delivered
its really very nice and also very on point with the story and fight, this version is almost has good has AC version bc of that part but at end i miss the punch AC version had
I love how they twisted the game itself to bring back what made Sephiroth scary in the original: Fear of the unknown. This guy feels like is in every corner watching you, yet you can never know what he's up to, and whether or not this is the _real_ Sephiroth or just another Jenova manifestation or something. Hell, I did not see this fight coming, so hearing those first notes of One Winged Angel sends some shivers up my spine. Knowing his plan or what happened in the original game will not help you, because once again, we won't know what Sephiroth is up to, or when he'll appear, or if what we're doing is helping him...
@Alucard-mj6yj Many of the purists don't get this. SEs aim is reintroduce what 7 was to those who originally played it. It's meta as hell but I'm here for it
@Alucard-mj6yj I'm actually scared that because of the phantoms being released and the characters seeing their futures (the original 7 Timeline) Sephiroth basically KNOWS his Future and he's not going to have it repeat.. So he's either being fully determined to Kill Cloud instead of Aerith so that Cloud wouldn't be the one to stop his plan... Your basically fighting someone who knows their future and Defeat...
After beating this game and seeing that Sephiroth was just toying around with us really denotes how truly sinister and aware he is of the multiple "endpoints" that have or could happen. You truly get this sense of puppeteering from him in nearly every instalment he's in. I sense that "Fate" Sephiroth will be so, SO much stronger than the canon version we've all come to fear. He isn't going to need the Black Materia, aaaand I'm going to need something a bit stronger than Omnislash v.1,456,872 :p
@@SamuelJohnsonYT I think Sephiroth genuinely has a desire to "win over" Cloud to join his cause because to him that would be the ultimate display of domination. It has never been about Cloud being part of the whole or completing JENOVA when it came to Cloud, for Sephiroth. Gaining dominion over someone is an infinitely bigger display of superiority than outright killing them and Sephiroth's mission is one of narcissism guised under pretense of "motherly" love.
My favourite boss theme in gaming history, this song is absolutely godlike and means so much to me on personal level. HECK the whole soundtrack means a lot to me on a personal level too, these games are some of my favourite games that I have ever played in my 20+ years of gaming. Nobuo Uemastu is one of the greatest composers in musical history, the musicians that performed this are also deserving of so much praise. I have been listening to this song constantly since FF7 Remake came out and it never gets old, this is one of the best songs ever created in the history of mankind. I love video games so dang much omg. Genuinely one of the best boss themes ever created, this song is unbelievably good.
Estuans interius Ira vehementi Estuans interius Ira vehementi Sephiroth Sephiroth Estuans interius Ira vehementi Estuans interius Ira vehementi Sephiroth Sephiroth Sors immanis Et inanis Sors immanis Et inanis Estuans interius Ira vehementi Estuans interius Ira vehementi Sephiroth Sephiroth Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias, Ne me mori facias Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Sephiroth Sephiroth Sephiroth
If I remember correctly this is the only time you fight sephiroth in this human form, so in a way this is the best boss fight of him. Not going to spoil it for those that didn’t play ff7, but when you meet him later he’s no longer that human. The other boss fights of him are more supernatural in nature than one on one swordsmanship fights
The music is a pure delight . And at 8:08 and on it's madness ! 9:42 the music looks more and more like a ritual summoning song ! Lol. Thank you so much for sharing this Masterpiece with us 👍
This song is my favorite version of the One-Winged Angel now. They did an amazing job with the Soundtrack for the Remake, so far at least, but this version of One-Winged Angel is one of my favorite songs in Final Fantasy now. Whoever is making the Sephiroth Boss mod for Kingdom Hearts 3, please use this song. Also, if it isn't too much, for Sephiroth's short defeat cutscene. Give him the same animation when you defeated him back in the first game make him move like he's actually injurred instead of in KH2 where he brushed off his shoulder, and maybe have him say "I will... never be a memory." before he disappears.
When I was playing on Hard Mode for the first time, after Chapter 2, I always made sure to prepare myself. On both Normal and Hard difficulties, I managed to beat the Final Bosses on my first try. I've gotten used to the minor tactical combat of this game that I was always careful. Sephiroth was the only boss I beat on my first try, however I still came close to dying a few times if I decided not to do smart moves like heal or make sure Aerith is far away from the enemy at all times and if the enemies are going after Aerith then switch to a different character. Sephiroth was the best boss of this entire game and a pretty balanced difficult like boss as long as you're not charging like a maniac. Funny (but also epic) Story For Hard Mode, I saved my Summon and Limit Breaks for Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith until his final phase where he summons that Meteor that'll one hit kill everyone if you don't hurry. When I was close to his final phase I summoned Behumot. When his final phase started, I used Aerith's Limit to make a shield for the entire party before I got Cloud and Tifa close to Sephiroth and use their Limits on him. Surprisingly, using both Limits killed him in seconds. In case the Limits weren't enough to take him down, I was gonna wait until Behumot used his Mega Flare when the Summon Gauge was empty. But nope, I ripped through his final phase with Cloud and Tifa's Limit Break. After beating Hard Mode, I got the Platinum Trophy. I loved the Remake better than the OG due to its combat, I'm not a turn based combat guy.
@@dawnstar9557 Honestly I'm also not a huge fan of turn based either with persona being the only exception! That being said however I am also a huge fan of the remake I thought they took a massive risk and it paid off extremely well in my personal opinion but of course the original will also always share a special place in my heart nonetheless being a 90's kid lol. What I absolutely love about tifa is how you can break her so easily in regards to her actual skill sets I mean let's use unbridled strength for example you can look at it as a charge then raise hell on the enemies with skills like starshower it not only does huge amounts of damage but also increases Tifa's overall attack power when the enemies are staggered leaving them completely defenceless. I had tifa do most of the stageering with sephiroth and then completely abusing cloud's infinities end skill and then raising absolute hell on him with punisher mode and ascension. I'm a true glutton for punishment and although stressful at times I had one of the best experiences ever on hard mode even though some of the normal battles felt like a huge threat and that's magic which square Enix are so great at implementing into the first part of the remake.
@@Instantramenkun I agree M8 I understand how the OG holds a special place in your heart. I'm a 2000s kid but I feel like under the hood we're pretty close to the same considering how advanced technology is nowadays compared to what we both had back then. I loved that Square Enix isn't using turn based combat on their Final Fantasy games so far, I loved the minor strategy looking combat system they put in the Remake. So far they remained faithful to the OG story without making it too different even with the Ghosts of Fate things. But now that they defeated them, I wonder what's gonna be different from part 2-3. Here's to hoping the rest of the Remake plot remains faithful to the original and not too different. I still want to have the same final boss and ending as the OG. I'm looking forward to fighting Safer Sephiroth in the last entry most of all. I'm happy to finally run into somebody who's also not a turn based combat guy. I want to control everything about the action not take turns and exchange blows with little to no dodging. That's why Undertale is one of my favorite turn based RPG, you get to dodge attacks instead of just stand there.
didntplayed the original but i had a blast playing this game, and holy hell this was my most favorite part of the game 10/10 would play it in hard to play again
I would highly recommend playing the original. I literally just finished my playthrough and man does it put a lot of things into context for this game. I plan on replaying the game on hard to catch everything I missed.
The original is more accessible than ever now. If the graphics bounced you off there is a fan made mod that you can easily install with the fan made mod loader 7th Heaven. If the amount of reading threw you off there is the Echo mod that brings in fan voice acting into the game. Its insane how much fan support the original ff7 has now! Totally recommend giving it a try. Especially because this remake series is shaping up to be a sudo sequel to the original games.
Wanna know what i just realized? For the true final boss, (which will probably be) safer sephiroth they might change it AGAIN! imagine how intense the song would be? Plus the fight itself will probably be one of the most intense bosses of the year (that it comes out)
"Alright everyone, thank you for all coming together. I want to outline our priorities for this game. Number one, I want you to take the already awesome soundtrack and make it at least 120% more awesome." "Sounds great boss, we're all for it!" "Perfect. Now for number two, the game has to end with Aerith beating the shit out of Sephiroth." "Uuh.... That's.... not.... not how the game ends...." "It ends with Aerith kicking Sephiroth in the dick. This is not up for negotiation. That blasted game traumatised me when I was ten years old, I want my revenge. Now get to it."
@@kuronoroux8864i actually edited out the extra scenes in complete, it ruined the tempo of the original version, i only swaped the new omini slash efect
You should listen to what he says to her during the fight. "Can you not see your future?" "What hope have you?" "You cannot change it." He knows. She knows. He knows that she knows. And he's rubbing it in.
You thought One Winged Angel was frightening already? *Mocking laugh* Yeah, no, you've heard *nothing yet!* Cue the music! *It's A Small World, After All starts to play.* No, no, the other tune, you idiots! The other tune! *One Winged Angel - Rebirth begins to play.* That's better!
If you've completed everything it's randomized who joins you. Otherwise it's based on what you've done and where, but idk specifics because I got everything done
@@finalfantasyfordays127 It's not randomized... it's based on who you had a ''special'' moment with. If you had the Tifa cutscene, she'll appear first. If you had the Aerith cutscene, she'll appear first.
@ShadowHunter31 yes, those are part of it. But not the only factors. Sidequests has to do with it as well as which dress both girls ended up with. But if you've done absolutely everything, it is totally random, because I've replayed that fight tons of times and they never join in the same order twice in a row. If it really was just about the cutscenes as you say, Aerith SHOULD join me first every time, yeah? But she doesn't. Ergo, it's randomized.
I always liked Sephiroth's sword better than Cloud's. It's still completely impractical and trying to use it in a fight without, at the very least, Spiderman-level strength would get you killed, but at least it's something I could lift, and something that wouldn't overbalance the human frame due to leverage and physics no matter how strong you are. I mean, Cloud's sword has to weigh several hundred pounds. Someone superhuman could lift it, but not balance it. It's a dog-wagging tail.
Sephiroth sword is based on Sasaki Kojiro, famous swordsman, sword called a Ōdachi. These were longer and heavier Japanese swords. Sasaki Kojiro was a peerless swordsman who killed hundreds of people with this type of sword. There were martial arts for all these types of weapons in feudal Japan, now lost to time.
@@DaveC2729 well obviously it’s an exaggeration of a historical weapon but Nomura literally designed Sephiroth based on Sasaki Kojiro, and pretty much the entire game is based on Japanese tropes
Unpopular opinion, but phase 3 and 4 get a little *too* frantic and intense. It's fine on its own, but if the final boss is anything like FF7's, then One Winged Angel might be turned into hyper-intense overkill at that point.
Its a shame the ending be like that. This redinction of one winged angel is absolutely increadible, final boss is verry good too. But the ending was such a disappointment, i dont want the original story to be changed too much
The structure sequencing in this arrangement irritate the hell out of me. The fact it takes 4 minutes (Like Jenova) for it to play through a straight arrangement of the original structure is maddening. The only saving grace the initial 4 minutes have is that it's a fun play on the fact that in this case the original song was several separately composed sections thrown together with trial and error until it worked. This still doesn't have anything on the Advent Children arrangement either. The use of generic sampled Orchestra percussion (And not true live instruments) in the majority of the song is extremely disappointing.
In my personal opinion it works quite well due to the context. This fight against this Sephiroth should not even happen, but it occurs since Sephiroth is trying to alter the flow of destiny, which is why the song is not like the original, it is chaotic, messy, due to what Sephiroth is trying to achieve, create chaos on the timelines. The Advent Children version would only work in Advent Children due to the context in which it is played and the same for Nobuo Uematsu's original composition for the original 1997 game, and the remake being obviously a remake changed things (For better or worse) and this arrangement is proof of the changes made to the game's story
@@TommyZawa That and they don't want to give us the full theme this early on. These bosses are merely a prelude to the true fight. I imagine as we encounter them in the subsequent games they'll have different versions until they build up to the original arrangement (Just, y'know, not arranged with the limitations of a PS1)
No, because it's only Sephiroth's human form. In the original, you fought Sapher Sephiroth, and other bizarre forms of him, but never his human form. It doesn't cheapen it at all
@@Judah_Katzenberger LOL you mean the one at the end, in Cloud's mind? That doesn't count because it's a automatic win. it's not an actual fight. All you do is use one Omnislash and that's it
I'm really surprised at how pathetic this is. Yes it looks visually OK, but the physics is terrible. I see shepiroph being hit, and being pushed back in the style of an early ps1 game.
