Final Fantasy 13 OST Boss Battle Theme ( Desperate Struggle )

Showing the fight vs the Havoc Skytank, with just the BGM playing. Took a good 20 minutes, not sure if it was meant to take that long, I got 0 stars but better safe than sorry amirite? Also love this track so meh, worth.
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[@AzureNox16]

The best thing about ff13 was the fact that you had to continuously plan 3 or 4 steps ahead during fights or you got Wreckd.

[@zacatkinson3926]

Yes

[@Sora572]

Started a new playthrough two weeks ago (I can only really game on the weekend) and can confirm that even for an experienced player this is still very much the case. I've only made it to Chap 9 and I've already seen the Game Over Screen at least 8 times. Good thing there's a Retry option, lol.

[@rubyruby7573]

Yeah Arma 3 Is The Same Only In Real Time The Artillery On That Havoc Skytank Has A Range of At Least 3000m And You Gotta Blow It Down With A Man Portable Titan Launcher With A Range of 2000m And That's If You Manually Zeroed Up Skytank Is Approaching At Mach 2 And You Only Get One Surprise Shot To Deal The Fatal Blow To The Engine Bay All of That Happening Within A Matter of Seconds A LOT Can Happen In Arma 3 Within A Single Minute The Fate of Entire Nations Could Be Decided In 20 Minutes or Less When You Bring Arma Skills To A Final Fantasy Game

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

This song takes me back to the times when you were completing those time trials from the cieth stones. Such an amazing game.

[@UmDevoto]

Everybody can say whatever they want to this game but everybody that played this game until they introduced cieth stones...loved it.

[@UmDevoto]

The hunts are way too much fun and well introduced too, you finally feel like the game has finally open after 25+ hours of gameplay

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

@@UmDevoto I’m one of the few people who actually didn’t mind the linearity. I loved every second of this game and I’ve lost count on how many times I have replayed this game. It’s definitely one of my favourites. This game deserves so much more.

[@UmDevoto]

@@VictoriaSteelmountain did you play the other ffs?

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

@@UmDevoto I’ve only played FFXIII-2 FFX, FFX-2 & FFVII Remake. What about you?

[@rovite359]

Bru this song brings me back. Sich an epic ost 🦾🦾

[@VenatariHendarian]

Yup.

[@skybreaker.]

I know nobody's commented in over year, but did anyone else get MAD Final Fantasy X vibes at the start of this track?

[@motokomori6800]

YES!

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

Same composer.

[@Grothias]

@@VictoriaSteelmountain It's not from Uematsu, but from Masashi Hamauzu :)

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

@@Grothias Masashi also composed tracks for FFX.

[@Grothias]

@@VictoriaSteelmountain Good to know, it explains all :O

[@hypeman_thegoat]

POV: your listening to this in 2024 🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️

[@jelitejbzzz]

Waiting for the remaster

[@Sora572]

@@jelitejbzzz Replaying this game for the first time since 2017.

[@quokka1831]

When I go for a run

[@SansUndertale-f7l]

Real

[@Matt-vx1mz]

Loved when this track started playing when Fang joins the party letting you to control her for the first time ❤

[@gamemaster2192]

nice editing not having a fade out at the end

[@tf4665]

FFXIII is fuckin dope. There's certainly gripes to be had about it, it wasn't the best FF but was definitely a decent game in it's own right. I think people joined a bandwagon of hate fr.

[@DarrylHoff-c8l]

It is dope!!!

[@Matt-vx1mz]

"Decent" is an understatement. The game is great. "Reviewers" didn't know what they were talking about. And yes, many people joined the bandwagon without actually give this game a chance.

[@darshio8307]

@@Matt-vx1mz that happens with every single new final fantasy sadly

[@Matt-vx1mz]

@@darshio8307 Exactly. What I like about this franchise is its ability to innovate and evolve chapter after chapter, without never stagnate

[@Invertedzero]

I'd love to see a new FF game build on this system. Ideally they need to somehow design it to have multiple playstyles a bit like how FF7R did, but much better. I really liked the paradigm shift and stagger system in this game though.

[@Krimson241]

I loved this game so much despite it's flaws. It was my first FF game ever, and lived how it played. Unfortunately my ps3 controller broke, so I can no longer play. 😢

[@Krimson241]

Update, I just learned that it was on steam and on sale a couple days ago, so yay!!!

[@germanzaza]

@@Krimson241 was just about to comment that it's on steam lol

[@blackjaguar324]

That music doesn't play during the Havoc Skytank boss fight.

[@caiusballad4162]

Incredible.

[@blackpow3r]

The single best thing about FFXIII is that they prevented you from overleveling and being too powerful at any point in the game by having certain boss fights expand the crystarium. It was genius and keeps it fun and forced you to get good at the paradigm shifts & game mechanics to win. The only spot you can overgrind some is grand pulse but who actually ever did that?

[@emivita6934]

True, and Gran Pulse portion wasn't even mandatory, so if you skipped those Omen missions and just followed the story like I did in the first run, the latter battles were even more challenging.

[@GlacierRain]

that is something I will never tire of praising as someone who loves to engage in the combat system but does not want to overlevel my party.

[@blackpow3r]

@@emivita6934 Facts, I did too on my first playthru. However, you can only go so far i the missions since you're capped until you leave via Bartandelus 2 fight and the crystarium expands again. Actually, the missions you can do like up to Syphax the Undying are really fun and challenging instead of pushovers after postgame stats. I did this my second playthru while platinuming the game. I have like 50 files lol.

[@blackpow3r]

@@GlacierRain Absolutely agreed. You can farm items as much as you like and do fun fights at certain parts of the game without ever being overpowered. This balances the difficulty curve the best way possible. Every FF should use this method. Capping you until certain events and battles in the story.

[@zacatkinson3926]

I did

[@benjaminmatthies9265]

This reminds me so much of Mitsuda - Chrono Cross, Xenogears. Love it!

[@aimefulcher1937]

J'adore, je peut écouter des heures.

[@dice5709]

Well they might be working on a Remaster/Remake as we speak. SE Twitter said some pretty sus things...

[@eeebird]

FFXIII "light" feel to everything sound and aesthetic wise is something else.. feels like FFX but without a giant whale slaughtering the population

[@taylorjames2216]

This is without a doubt 1 of my favorite boss themes in any Final Fantasy games I also like playing this theme in other games like Skyrim Hogwarts legacy and the dragon ages games too

[@KMS2K]

2:07 I love when those horns come in.

[@SecondChance-zip]

That's usually when the boss hit STAGGER for me. Paradigm shift! AGRESSION! HOPE LETTING OFF HELLA BLIZZAGA!!!!!

[@leafy877]

Same ( I play horn )

[@chrisfly24]

The best part !!

[@rodseller9936]

This is the only gem that I could take with me from Final Fantasy XIII.

[@benavila5272]

I know this was a while ago, but I would advise being rid of the four parts before dealing with the main body. Solidarity helps with this as Fang can tank most of the damage while Hope heals her, allowing Lightning to deal with the four parts nearly unopposed. Also, thanks to her Gunblade, lightning can actually use the “Attack” command (you just need to select it yourself). After dealing with those, The Skytank will begin to use it’s cannon immediately, but will also be WAY easier to stagger, this is the time to go out on the offensive (unless healing is needed).

[@UmDevoto]

Xd

[@UmDevoto]

A while ago

[@pizzabear9305]

This comment is why I love FFXIII

[@blackpow3r]

Well, I guess you can ram your head into the skytank enough to destroy it eventually...😂😂💀💀

[@Matt-vx1mz]

​@@pizzabear9305Right?! It actually requires a lot of strategy to win, the combat system isn't "automatic" like some people led us to believe.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

4:43 those horns 😩

[@63hsi]

Love it!

[@Joe_334]

-- Paradigm Change -- "Just follow my lead!" --Lightning(Claire)

[@moylefam5394]

Truly the hardest moment

[@VenatariHendarian]

This goes so hard it’s not even funny.

[@SirMoFoDans4]

The beginning kinda reminds me of FF10. I think there's a song that sounds similar.

[@ikagura]

Hurry. Same composer.

[@vasrob7758]

Music is good provokes the mind lol God parasite scary.

[@brettjaniec3933]

Camera on Buccaroony

[@vasrob7758]

She's using the reverend.

[@blackosprey2219]

This is very good music to play monster hunter to.

[@vasrob7758]

Neilism.

[@vasrob7758]

Damn dam exist he ate wone bone .

[@dice5709]

Well...one 4chan guy who apparently works at SE said that FF13 Remaster/Remake is currently in the work. Another thing they added is turning off random encounters. Sounds interesting lol. 4chan is very hit or miss with those rumors.

[@Krimson241]

But. . . XIII never had random encounters? You had to run into an enemy or cutscene to trigger a fight?

[@gid-and-friends]

Drake City Pt. 2

[@xgalarion8659]

Final fantasy 13 is a game

[@sylvir48]

*with a badass soundtrack

[@narasimhabonda5369]

@@sylvir48 yo

[@GrahamChapman]

I'd go so far as to say that it was one of the games of all time.

[@shawnwu8018]

@@GrahamChapmanit was definitely one of the games..

[@dice5709]

Aesthetic and music defo. Graphics still hold up and the lore is absolute peak. Storytelling was well...there was storytelling and the characters were mostly fine, besides Vanille, her Eidolon awakening just didn't make sense compared to the worse moments she had before.

[@Follower_Of_The_Onions]

the sky tanks is one of the annoying boss but once it turret and missile pod is gone is was a breeze

[@SuperNintendo1990]

And this track doesnt even play during that battle

[@majorfreedom5622]

It's okay but it's not Saber's Edge bae bae!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@gksora]

I love this song, but it haunts me Still, STILL stuck ad the cid reinns fight 😭🤬 update: snow is best meat shield

[@VictoriaSteelmountain]

Have you beat it yet?

[@gksora]

@@VictoriaSteelmountain as of a week after posting the comments, someone DMed me on another platform and said "lightning as lead, snow and either sazh, hope or vanille" All someone should've said was "use snow as a meat shield" and i could've beaten him SOONER

[@quokka1831]

2025

[@brettjaniec3933]

I used to love those machines but now they’re outdated. Says the God of Final Fantasy… Or maybe that’s just my coffee talking…