FFXII: The Zodiac Age OST Battle on the Big Bridge

[@dc6012]

This is one of the best battle themes from any FF. So bumpin.

[@gamemaster2638]

FF1 PSP remake version is the best.

[@FdA4099]

I disagree: this is one of the best theme ever produced for a videogame.

[@andrewhembree4870]

Hooray for having Reddas as a guest for 100 hours while I do the entirety of the optional things!

[@kereminde]

He's simply that amazing to have loitering around, really like the design.

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

Nah you gotta do everything optional as early as possible without continuing story. Screw the garif let’s head to the necrol first.

[@anthony.grenier97]

It's so sad that he's not an actual playable character! Though it's a part of this game's charm

[@Shr3dd]

Came for the music, stayed to watch the fight.

[@bobmcbob49]

*casts slow then immediately dispels slow* *uses a gold needle well after stone has already been cured* *tries dispelling perfect defense*

[@blackjet2000]

This still remains my favorite Gilgamesh in FF, absolutely good

[@Fuchsia_tude]

IX's cool too, but that's in a very different kind of game

[@KINGOFTHESPARKS755]

Agreed. 12 Greg and 14 Greg are best greg

[@Thurmanator]

I mean there is only 1 gilgamesh between all the games technically

[@marvinericdelosreyes]

​@@Thurmanatoryup. Same gilgamesh from bartz' dimension.

[@KINGOFTHESPARKS755]

Oh yeah. It's the same guy in all of them except in ff15. I still like 12 and 14 the most

[@antenna_prolly]

Does this mean Gilgamesh is the Zodiac Killer?

[@HisDudeness1986]

Confirmed - Ted Cruz is Gilgamesh

[@herculejoestar5809]

Nah his name is greg

[@andruism7]

@@herculejoestar5809 for Gilgamesh, it’s morphing time!

[@overlord4786]

Fly enkidu after the Battle you have many Bones to roar!!

[@CheomaNozomi]

My ears cannot handle this. This is way too good 😍

[@TenebrisGladius]

0:52 chills

[@stevencontreras84]

5 people forgot to steal the Genji stuff XD

[@hecatonquiro186]

Just in the first part

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

@@hecatonquiro186 Because of genji gloves, Chain-hitter must-have acc. It's extremely useful at Yiazmat fight

[@rajin_1136]

11

[@Andrewking-cu4yb]

@@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop is that a story boss? Cause I forgot to steal it

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

@@Andrewking-cu4yb nah, Gilgamesh is an elite hunt mark

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

its obvious this was happening, but when that track started, you KNEW.... "It's go time"

[@WiliantoMulti]

Gilgamesh : "all my weapons ! Are counterfeits !" Lmfao.

[@corjonbett]

This sword I wield... *IS NO COUNTERFEIT!!!!!*

[@cameraredeye3115]

"Quake, mortals! You face the Blade of Legend!"

[@VictorRPD]

this is masterpiece

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

Balthier doing small damage is the most realistic thing by far

[@jemaselite8076]

Really? I had him using a spear and he was doing around 6k damage with each hit lol. And that was without bravery and haste as well. Definitely my strongest melee fighter lol

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

@@jemaselite8076 yeah... no, i have a full main party (Vaan as Shi-bushi, Basch as Knight-bushi, Ashe WHM-knight) that could dish out around 9k - 20k, and even WHM could hit harder than Balthier. As for the 2nd party, (Penelo as WHM-Uhlan, Fran as Red-archer, Balthier as Knight-Monk) they could dish out the same damage, Balthier however only deals 8k - 14k dmg, ironically Fran is the DPS in here despite of her ranged weapon All of my party members are at lvl 99 btw.

[@TheMegaPlay2456]

He became a "GOD" of damage if you get all the element shots, he's in level 45 and with oil in a lvl50 enemy (Lhusu Mines) with fire weakness and deals like 11k

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

@@TheMegaPlay2456 yea... no, it *wouldn't be useful all the time* because the only ones who vulnerable to oil are *weak monsters.* And the only boss i know are Hell wyrm (could easily be replaced by excalibur) and Enkidu. So under normal occasion & raw damage, still a nope.

[@TheMegaPlay2456]

@@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop Compressive, still weird because my Fran with Archer does 1k around of dmg, while my machinist Bathier deals 2k-2500bem dmg, and a lot of criticals with 4k, that's odd

[@Inuzumi]

Come, King of Heroes. Do you have enough swords stored up?!

[@kankouya]

Don't get cocky, Mongrel.

[@HeadBodyMasterPersonal]

YES THEY SOMEHOW MADE IT BETTER

[@Artakha9000]

"FOOLS! YOU FACE THE MIGHTIEST SWORDSMAN IN ALL OF IVALICE! YOU FACE ME, *GILGAMESH!* LONG HAVE I SOUGHT THE BLADE OF LEGEND! SCOURED HAVE I THE FURTHEST MARCHES, EAST AND WEST! AND NOW MY SEARCH BRINGS ME HERE! TO YOU! *YOU WEAPONS ARE FORFEIT TO ME!"*

[@cvcvbbath3756]

FOOLS! The first battle was merely a test of your abilities! A prelude, if you will. The TRUE battle begins NOW!! I.E.: YOR WEAPONS ARE AS GOOD AS *MINE!!!!* FLY, Enkidu! With victory, comes juicy *BONES* for the chewing!!! QUAKE, MORTALS! FOR YOU NOW FACE *THE BLADE OF LEGEND!!!!*

[@TenebrisGladius]

...Listening to the FFXII for the first time was very shocking, i wasn't waiting a fight with Gilgy, caught me completely off - guard...the fight was stunning, and the arrange just magistral....then years later i've found about some HD remaster project and thought "YES! man, hope they don't ruin XII's perfect ost like they done with X!....I GOTTA HEAR THE BotBB VERSION!".Now i'm finally here, listening to it, and I'M STILL FUCKING SHOCKED ABOUT! they done what i never expected - made a perfect song even more beautiful...."Fly Enkidu, Fly my faithful companion i said FLY!"

[@rain1676]

Thanatos I love you

[@TenebrisGladius]

Love you too =)

[@silveraine2520]

Haha, I just fought him today, and this definitely caught me by surprise. I was sitting there with the biggest grin on my face, almost shedding a tear of joy!

[@TenebrisGladius]

@@silveraine2520 A little late but.....GILGAMESH FIGHTS AGAIN!

[@dc6012]

Ruined FFX OST? Why are you fanboys so fucking stupid. The HD Remaster has the option to play with the original OST.

[@GarlicKing101]

When I played the HD remake, this was the battle I looked most forward to after playing the original back in the mid 2000's

[@GregFliesVR]

This

[@antonironstag5085]

Its time to fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

For Gilgamesh, IT'S MORPHING TIME!

[@antonironstag5085]

@@gamingdemigodxiii5630 think I can revisit your comment to say Gilgamesh travelled into the future and knew about the morbin meme before any of us

[@Makingajessinmypants]

@@antonironstag5085it’s a reference to power rangers

[@rockrobster27]

She isn’t in this game, but I’ll forever quote Faris: Hey!!

[@gustavofedrizzi4822]

Best hunt in the game

[@rapidfire9999]

Baaaaaaaartz!!!!

[@Tampire]

This was uploaded on my birthday. I love this theme so much. :D

[@RikkuTakanashi]

This was in the original too. It just sounds a little fancier. He was not easy to fight when I fought him. ; ; FF12's gil was my first encounter with him and his theme. :D

[@laggalot1012]

I'm currently on my first and blind playthrough of this game, having a good time... I just met Reddas. Went Esper hunting and doing some marks, you know, sidequesting... And I stumble upon this guy. Quite the character and a pretty good fight. And then he runs off, deeper into the Mines. I'm about level 40/41 on my party across the board. I went into the deeper part like 30 mins ago, so I knew I could handle the monsters with some effort, and obtaining Scathe and the Masamune helped a ton, for sure. So I go into the last room for the obvious round 2, and not really expecting to win because everything is like level 60, so a boss? Surely that'd be too much... And lemme tell ya, with how the fight started and ended, it sure looked like I wasn't gonna make it, but I somehow barely made it through. Couldn't get the gloves stolen from him, that I happened to read about, but I did get the Armour! Bubble, Haste, Protect, the moment this fell away in the last phase, all hell broke loose, as I messed up my first Mist combo, too... Party wipe, doing everything I can to hold out with party B and get my A-team for the fight back up, where I had my last Mist charged. And that barely clutched it out. I didn't keep track of the time, but... I think the fight lasted almost an hour. I'm not writing this to brag (maybe a little), but this was definitely an experience that'll stay with me when after I'm done with this game, I can tell you that! *Wew!*

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

I was facing the hell wyrm when most my party was that level. You can do quite a lot with an underleveled party if you know what you are doing. Gear spells class ect are far more important. A permanently berserked hasted bravery Balthier can do mad damage with a ninja sword even when heavily underleveled. And someone with decoy and reverse on themselves can tank even at level 1 while butt naked.

[@Walamonga1313]

Damn, I thought this game was incredibly tedious and dull with a couple good ideas and moments sprinkled here and there. Beat it a couple of weeks ago and it was easily my least fav FF that I've bothered to finish. Played VI immediately afterwards and it was a much better experience in almost every way (even though its still not my fav). I didn't hate XII but I didn't really like it either.

[@Lanoman123]

“this guy”? Is this your first FF?

[@laggalot1012]

@@Lanoman123 Not quite (I had finished and mostly completed FFX and played like halfway through the DS remake of FFIII at that point in time), but it was my first featuring Gilgamesh, not counting FFX's derivative Aeon. He's entertaining, at any rate.

[@Malystrixiel]

I ran into him by accident.... and forgot to steal the gloves....

[@commissarkordoshky219]

don't worry... I never tried to steal ANYTHING from him. :(

[@Malystrixiel]

Commissar Kordoshky how come? He does have good gears tho

[@Brunjord]

when 1:43 kicks in I always got goosebumps

[@nevazaki4830]

Enkidu!!!!

[@SorrowSevlow]

0:19 and 01:09 sound like patterns from FFIV OST "Battle With the Four Fiends"

[@TuLibertadTePertenece]

"This sword I wield... IS NOT COUNTERFEIT!!"

[@felipecastillo8997]

may the gods save this amazing ost

[@MrDoctorMelon]

FINALLY!!!!

[@zerobeat032]

I legit need more versions of this to half 0:09 to 0:29 in it. that actually might be my favorite part of the song and I can't explain why.

[@ieuanhunt552]

I liked the music but the fight was too short for me to fully appreciate it so I'm now I'm here.

[@antonironstag5085]

Did you know you have to fight him twice?

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@antonironstag5085 yes you fight him on the bridge and in the cave. I was playing on the Zodiac edition and was playing on 4x speed. I also had 3 black mages and 2 Kumbas. I finished the second fight in less than 2 minutes.

[@aeroga2383]

@@ieuanhunt552 "4x speed" you kinda ruined it for yourself then

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@aeroga2383 not really the fight would have been over pretty quickly regardless. Gilgamesh isn't that hard of a fight. That same party got to level 100 trial mode.

[@cameraredeye3115]

​@@ieuanhunt552No, the XII Gilgamesh is actually a bit of a pushover if you know what you're doing. Try fighting the one in the coliseum in XIII-2 if you want a real challenge....

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Late comment but yes, this was in the original. HOWEVER! There is a bit more emphasis on some of the instruments that used to be moreso in the background. the 'dundundahdun' at the 0:11 mark in particular was barely above the background music in the og 12 release for example, and similarly I don't recall as many major beats during the buildup of 0:29, this version makes it a far closer emulation of the FFV backbeats (particularly with the strings in that part, which I don't think were in the original release) while keeping 12's more laid-back instrument style of trumpets as the main instruments. TL;DR they deepened it up a bit with some added tweaks but it's mostly the same banger.

[@Bla5turbator]

That's mostly because the original was all synthesized sound whereas the zodiac age ost is live orchestra. The quality difference is especially noticeable on this song i find.

[@Walamonga1313]

Gilgamesh is by far the best thing in this game. Only thing I miss is having the drum beat during the pauses in his theme here

[@mrx7647]

When he pulls out brotherhood I nearly crapped myself it's weird how gilga wasn't in 10 so that means after the events of x or x-2 gilga traveled to spira 😳

[@TenebrisGladius]

All his swords are replicas LMAO - only the Tournesol is real

[@gregoryblasengame8740]

I believe Gilgamesh is a traveler of the rift, time and space. That may explain his presence in several FF games

[@cameraredeye3115]

​@@TenebrisGladiusSo is the Blade of Legend he whips out in the second battle against him....

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

​@@gregoryblasengame8740yeah he's been walking the rift since the beginning. His Origin Story was given in FF0. In FF5 he was pulled through the rift by Ex-Death

[@fenrir517]

After 10 years i WON

[@brandyrocacorba5072]

My favourite sidequest

[@8-bitsarda747]

Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men, ladies, and ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh, it's morphing time!

[@reloadpsi]

I love that you still fight him on a large aerial pathway. I'm sure there's an easier way to describe that but it escapes me.

[@KhalilSiddeeq]

The word you are looking for is "trestle" That's the only one that would possibly fit for the structure you describe

[@AT-il2ej]

It's kinda possibly a big bridge

[@reloadpsi]

​​@@AT-il2ej Looks more like an overpass of above-average measurement to me.

[@darkhero12g79]

The best Battle theme 😁👍

[@darkinfini]

This fight was awesome my prefered !

[@Terranigma23]

4:32 big win. ;)

[@平形裕司-g4r]

今までのビッグブリッジの死闘の曲で一番格好いい曲ですね私一番のお気に入りです。これからのギルガメッシュのビッグブリッジの死闘の曲はこの曲を採用して欲しいですね

[@animathehallowed1380]

It’s GigaSmash! -what I called him as a kid lol

[@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730]

Bartz, did they clone you?! Oh Bartz where art thou

[@PrimeVld]

Sound like a fast paced boss battle, with the world fate in your hands as the ending

[@SevTheSnake]

THE FAMED SWORDSMAN HAS ARRIVED

[@sotaojogando]

Final fantasy 5, then final fantasy 8 then final fantasy 12. God damnit, this motherfuckin warrior never give up

[@cmh-32]

Final Fantasy XIII - 2 and Final Fantasy XV also.

[@tdoran616]

@@cmh-32he’s also in Type 0

[@taciolothar3794]

Don't Forget about 6 and 9 too

[@sotaojogando]

@@taciolothar3794 oh yeah, I've forgot that two. Thanks

[@sotaojogando]

@@cmh-32 never played these two, but I hope someday my wallet will let me buy those

[@MrSonny6155]

I deleted his first encounter in probably less than a minute, before I even had time to look up his drops. The second encounter was so hard I couldn't steal without two members dying per steal attempt. Now if only I knew where bubble was sold before I had reached Subterra...

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

Gilgamesh constantly trying to get Balthier's attention only to still be ignored. :P

[@aparecidooliveira3729]

NOW WE FIGHT!

[@corjonbett]

CONGRATU..... *GET ACK HERE!!!!!*

[@solidpat221]

The original FF12 probably had my favorite version of this song just for how bombastic it was, and this has now replaced it by somehow being even more bombastic. Haha

[@cvcvbbath3756]

Fly, Enkidu! Fly, my faithful companion! I SAID FLY!! Fly, Enkidu! With victory, comes juicy BONES for the chewing!!!

[@SirFlankBoring]

THIS SWORD OF MYNE... IS NO COUNTERFEIT!

[@hendranatanael3875]

I played this to my dog, now he's Enkidu.

[@KINGOFTHESPARKS755]

Nobody talks about how Greg is voiced by Jake the dog in 12 lmao

[@Krizalid3YE]

A little fact: Tha man who made his voice on this game died a time after. This Gilgamesh was made a tribute to imortalise his voice.

[@handsomezack2204]

What? John DiMaggio is still alive, and still doing voice work

[@KevinReijnders93]

@@handsomezack2204 if what he's saying is true, I would imagine he's refering to the Japanese voice actor.

[@-curtiscamp]

@@handsomezack2204 Wait... how am I just realizing this?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the same guy who voiced Wakka in Final Fantasy X?

[@handsomezack2204]

@@-curtiscamp oh yeah he is, I forgot he voiced Wakka

[@-curtiscamp]

@@handsomezack2204 Yeah, I should've recognized his voice during the Gilgamesh boss fight but somehow I didn't

[@plaguekatt]

This sword I weld….IS NO COUNTERFEIT!!!

[@cvcvbbath3756]

This sword I wield... *IS NO COUNTERFEIT!!!!*

[@mizuboy2672]

Mekkah? Mekkah? FIRE EMBLEM

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

No

[@alejandropadilla6777]

Feel my wrathh!!!

[@derriktorres601]

Thx for sharing how to get there 💪🏻👏

[@sasskee]

nope, greg had this version also on ps2 ;) well not that orchestral of course

[@MekkahDee]

I was making a joke about how frequently BotBB has been rearranged. I don't think tone travels well over text though D;

[@jareddrake8656]

Could you even fight Gilgamesh and not have this play? It's like riding a chocobo and not having the theme. haha.

[@smward87]

Sure can. They crammed him into the GBA and ios/steam versions of VI and the generic boss battle theme plays (as good as it is, it's not BotBB)

[@FullPowerHacked]

レダスのMPが334・・・なんでや！阪神関係ないやろ！

[@thepureheartofdark]

I'm I the only one bugged at seeing Penelo cast slow on Gilgamesh then immediately dispel it?

[@TheUndyingCrystal]

Why would you be bugged? Dispel doesn't remove status debuffs, only buffs.

[@thepureheartofdark]

@@TheUndyingCrystal No quite. Even though Stop and Slow aren't buffs the two of them are affected by dispel. Thus having a character slow or stop an enemy then dispel them is a waste of MP. There are similar Dispel interactions in other FF games, normally with Slow and Stop as well.

[@commissarkordoshky219]

Ashe's outfit came straight out of a hentai, change my mind.

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

That's... a Degenerate mind you have there

[@Ovenman940]

god bless them for it

[@gad8542]

bruh why balthier hittin' for 40

[@CruisingBy4]

LMAO

[@carlosramirezrivera9314]

Lollin'

[@GameAW1]

Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! ... And ladies! ... And ladies who dress like men! For Gilgamesh, it is morphing time!

[@drkcrstl]

why tf is your balthier doing 50 dmg ?

[@LiunUK]

guns have very low dmg but high crit chance good for early game but terrible for late game

[@Ferdoe]

@@LiunUK I found them terrible at all times. Even in early game they never crit before i decided to replace them.

[@tjc3644]

Guns have piercing and ignore most stats and styff. However, some enemies just don't really get affected by bullets. Guns are really good you just have to use them against the correct enemies

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

@@tjc3644 it's rather and better be used as a no-mp Debuffer. As for attacking, even it can be replaced by Staff, rod, or pole for aerial enemies. It's better to use Bow for long range attacker, or at least that's in my case (Fran deals more damage in the secondary party which contains Balthier & penelo too)

[@venturianprecept3617]

also he has altair equiped which is the wost gun in the game.

[@civilwildman]

The best part of both parts of that fight? Stealing the Genji equipment off of Gilgamesh. ;)

[@KresusFIN]

Ahh.. So this was remastered too? Intriguing. Although personally, I prefer the FF13-2 version over this, for some reason.....

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

For all the crap that 13 and it's sequels did not as good, the fanservice DLC for 13-2 wasn't too bad. Best version of Big Bridge by far -b

[@mikeoakeshart3823]

I'm just use reverse spell in the entire fight, easy win.

[@mrnobody2683]

Sync the music to Kylo Ren vs Rey on that sea battle It syncs well

[@mrnobody2683]

Especially in Lego Form

[@christianguthrie1340]

I beat him just with balthier

[@XZODIA1]

Didn't steal the Genji set 😶

[@terryautry6493]

this version of gilgamesh is a joke. he was better in ff8 when he beat the brakes off seifer lol

[@ThePuzzleExpert]

gilgamesh: star wars edition