Bravely Default 2 - Boss: Berserker Rotsac (Hard Mode)

[@kagekaiser9270]

The fence fell because that was were Castor striked when trying to kill his father. Poetry.

[@kozonalias3339]

....OH SHIT THAT IS THE SAME EXACT AREA! Damn he inadvertently prepped his own demise, that's some wild shit.

[@GalanOfTruth]

Wow what an observation and considering the sense of detail these devs have I believe it.

[@SaitoBatch]

There's also the irony that he might have drowned in all that water considering the splash sound. After all, would people having to deal with a drought really be able to handle suddenly falling into deep water?

[@VGPorage]

Unlike people who uploaded this fight at launchday Omega had the sense to not put the spoiler name in the title. Respect

[@DeltaSilver88]

This guy was probably the toughest boss in the entire game. All bosses until then had been pretty easy to beat, and suddenly there's Castor ignoring your shields like a walking siege engine. "YOU HAVE MY AXE." *SLAM*

[@artificialintelligent3333]

😂 It makes me seriously refined my strategy for the first time in hard mode. Really fun

[@joshuafoote5144]

I didn't think he was the hardest but 1k damage isn't bad.

[@HouseHawk62]

Castor being the real villain caught me off guard. I suspected Dromed but didn't see the Prince's betrayal coming.

[@ZephWraen]

I kinda suspected Dromed wouldn't be the baddy just for the simple fact that they already did that plot in the prologue with the Monk Asterisk dude and I didn't think it would repeat again. That said, I was also taken off guard by Castor.

[@tracedayoshi196]

I can't believe Castor betrayed us for MAGIC SPARKLING WATER

[@GrindyVine]

Well it's not Any Normal water It's "MAGICAL" water

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

Eh tbf, it was Water that would've saved his country. But he really should've just collaborated without the Crystal. It is what it is though. He made alot of mistakes so he had to pay up eventually.

[@zomboids2100]

@@Flamelance_Accendo The scary thing though? Most people don't really know how valuable fresh water truly is, and how much chaos would ensue if it ever became a scarce resource. So this kind of scenario of someone in a position of power going to extreme lengths for water wouldn't be that farfetched in reality.

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

@@zomboids2100 Yeah, true.

[@DouglasStewart99]

Okay Omega that title is pretty clever. Props to you! Also I *love* how Rotsac's boss theme is just a twisted version of the theme I mentioned in the last part with the keyboards going straight into overdrive! Revo's really going all out with this soundtrack!

[@eternalmemoire4137]

Nice to see the Thief class being used against Castor, kind of getting vengeance for Bernard (on behalf of Anihal) . On the side note, I do like how Castor gave a bit of foreshadowing with his movesets as a party member. He can use both defensive debuff as skills, two attacks that only a Berserker can use.

[@Ramsey276one]

Good one!

[@GalanOfTruth]

This was really sad, and the voice acting took it to the next level. This game has beyond exceptional voice acting.

[@zomboids2100]

He really was blinded by his devotion and the fear of seeing his own country's destruction from the droughts that plagued their land. He was tempted by the power of the crystals, and look what it lead to in the end for himself and his own father.

[@dew-it8744]

Prince castor doesn’t like sand, probably because it’s rough and course and gets everywhere

[@zachbrewer1373]

Prince Castor: I hate sand!! Anakin: *visible happiness*

[@kellandchen9536]

A classic JRPG trope includes being thrown into the worst dungeon ever with all of our equipment still on.

[@Ramsey276one]

Some games worked around that Indivisible Final Fantasy 8

[@rontheauraknight9606]

@@Ramsey276one Chrono Trigger too, one dungeon has you blocked off except the person you selected as player one and you bust out, bust out everyone and recollect your equipment… though that dungeon can be cheesed some with Ayla since she’s the only character who isn’t useless without weapon since her weapons are her fists

[@lucassworldofletsplays9270]

Tales of Phantasia doesn’t do that. Cress gets thrown into a dungeon, and the guards are thoughtful enough to remove all his equipment.

[@ivannatinkle8196]

You can tell the voice actor had a hell of a fun time voicing everything

[@Tinyrocket]

Damn... Castor may not be "Prince Charming", but he knows enough to act that way to fool everyone, both the characters AND the player. Also, that... Brings up an interesting question. How many Asterisk wielders were decent people before they turned them into Saturday Morning Cartoon villains. I mean maybe it is just Castor because he was wielding an asterisk that IMPLORES acting on rash impulses, but still it is actually interesting to think about.

[@Highstar25]

Yeah, for instance, was ominas crowe always a pyromaniac or did the black mage asterisk do that to him?

[@KXDragon6389]

It's hard to tell... mostly because they really captured Castor going berserk well. It really sounds like he's losing his mind as he acts on his rash impulses and it's hard to tell how much is his own frustration of how his country is and how much is the asterisk possibly amplifying said frustration to levels that just sounds... pitiful.

[@Kuulpb]

@@Highstar25 The weird thing is - in Bravely default + second, the fighter doesn't "lose" their asterisk powers, so perhaps they either used it so much and for so long they were permanently changed, or the Asterisk was sort of... "made" by them, not like full on made, but like, They Imprinted onto the asterisk as opposed to the inverse. - and of course, which timeline you're in changes how people act, so it's also entirely possible that the asterisk does absolutely nothing other than letting the user "do what they want"

[@NoNameAtAll11]

@@Highstar25 Ultimately different universes. That's all I'll really say. The asterisks in II are different than the Luxendarc set.

[@Calvinooi]

I'm thinking in Bravely Default 2, asterisks contained the memories and knowledge of previous profession wielders. Berserker asterisk knowledge source is probably an insane dude haha

[@hyep8282]

the final boss of a chapter theme slaps like a firaga in this game its awesome

[@LuccaRPG]

"Your majesty! You must escape quickly!" "Yes!" *PURPOSELY RUNS TO A DEAD END* And this my friends is why Castor's dad is a big idiot.

[@Onion_57]

I thought I was the only person who noticed this, but I also found that to be pretty funny.

[@dalthorn]

Fun fact: Castor’s abilities he uses when he is a companion are just a rename of two of the berserker abilities.

[@Onion_57]

Those abilities made me suspect he had an asterisk when we saw it in the final demo.

[@LeRoxen]

@@Onion_57 The fact he had a massive pickaxe weapon he wielded in one hand too !

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

Crazy..

[@ericsoler4676]

1:30 i like how he just blocks pollux and interrupts him from getting answers

[@brainwavepower6173]

Castor: "We need to steal the water crystal to bring water to our land" Pollux: "Can't we just use international trade to bring water to our land?" Castor: ". . ."

[@zomboids2100]

Given what we saw with the ruins and the droughts that plagued them, those trades might not have been enough to fully sustain the entirety of kingdom of savalon in the long run. Let alone allow them to continue with growing crops and everything if water is basically next to nothing. Droughts make things even more difficult on both land and the people who live there. If no means to grow more food then supplies would be devoted to those selected, same with the water supply they may have.

[@fearmaster129]

Was not expecting Castor's betrayal at all tbh. I had a lot of trouble in this fight, the "default piercing" ability was really annoying to deal with

[@jamesmallard1480]

Castor's personality reminds me of Jackal from BD1 somewhat. Though his madness ultimately drove him to ruin.

[@matthewcostello8572]

And thus the city became known as kings landing. Lol

[@anggakarapreviandana2877]

More like Prince landing.

[@matthewcostello8572]

@@anggakarapreviandana2877 good one 😂

[@madmudkip1]

LMAO nice

[@GrindyVine]

Their Jail system Is the worst Annihal (either was thrown into a jail or not) Summon a bird and somehow it able to get the jail, and it somehow able to get the key that possibly on a guard, and she able to sneak to them And just to remember that they didn't have A Guard to guarding the cell, Let alone a patrol XD

[@meirwind]

taxpayer money well spent uwu

[@kikikaichan]

Let's not forget there was a guard on the path to the jail cells, and he just goes "Er...I don't remember you guys allowed to come out...what???" Salavon's guards are just the best 😂

[@TythenK]

What has happened to you, Prince Castor? - Gloria

[@PotatoGurlSasha]

I had a feeling he was an asterisk user, but not like this.

[@Kuulpb]

I thought he was a swordmaster or something from previous games, like the long robe, and either eventually we'd fight in a spar ( like martha) or he'd just give us it as a thank you. Definitely did not expect "I'm a total A**hole who is a murderer"

[@Ramsey276one]

8:36 FEELS... 8:40 TIMING, Adelle! XD

[@PhantomBlackStar]

6:40 All-Out Assault look so funny for some reason.

[@emmanuelm4666]

This is one of the best games of the history.

[@newworldfool]

And thus, Prince Castor's plan went down the drain.

[@MiBrin]

Best plottwist in the game

[@caliburnabsolute8517]

I know that reversing the names of spoiler bosses is kind of your thing (Uaebasi, Noskcid, etc.), but Rotsac... I think the prince should see a doctor about that.

[@LeJinlong428]

Music really fuckin slaps

[@gurogamarduk906]

Didn't know Thief special was a guaranteed steal...

[@whatis_goingon]

Huh. It didn't occur to me to use purge on him during that fight. would have made it a lot easier for me.

[@sergel02]

I ended up spoiling myself when this popped in my feed but it’s still shocking. Hope the rest of the story has some interesting twists.

[@TythenK]

1:04 Well after seeing his laugh and forcefulness, I knew what asterisk/job he was. Also, his two helper skills gave another hint.

[@badtouch2793]

Game: You shouldnt use 4 berserkers in your team. Me: Watch this!

[@Highstar25]

8:34 BALLS!

[@joshuafoote5144]

6:27 Ownage!

[@eromir247]

Very nice of you to not have spoiled anything with that title:)

[@staticbystandermark1]

So in the end, what's inside that clock(?) evidence?

[@TythenK]

King Orion's (Castor and Pollux's father) body.

[@kikikaichan]

How can a body fit inside a grandfather clock???

[@pluna3382]

@@kikikaichan A grandfather clock is plenty big enough to fit a body. Have you seen one? Totally believable especially if was a particularly large one crafted for royalty

[@Ramsey276one]

4:48 BRUH YOU ARE NOT IN RANGE! XD

[@StephTheory]

I feel like this would've been a little better if we saw the flashback after beating Bernard instead of when we did

[@matthewcostello8572]

Lol you nicknamed Castor in the title of the video!! 😂

[@meirwind]

look like barbatos got school by a bunch of thieves No item never :mrgrgr:

[@DarkstarNoise]

Ngl, Prince Rotsac gave me a bit of trouble because he pierced default and kept killing my healer! XD

[@skydragoonslifer5798]

Damn, I remember when you did this when you released the Xenoblade bosses videos.

[@BrofessorDG]

I like the new name more

[@straypaper]

*Uaebasi war flashbacks*