I really love how *weird* the Phases are. Their super-esoteric designs, the eye motif, the bells, the terrifying intro cutscene, how you can only beat them by glitching the game, how their HP isn't even measured in numbers, they're so cool
@N3TSLVM7 ай бұрын
The bells are my favourite ♥
@ImmortalStride8 жыл бұрын
The first time everything froze and I suddenly saw BlackRose on his wand with the words "Data Drain" on the screen was legitimately horrifying
@Lynx45007 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute...he can data drain your allies?! I thought he only did that to you, for plot reasons!
@IaconDawnshire7 жыл бұрын
ImmortalStride I was thinking no! Apparently unless your character has Data Break they won't be comatose
@SilentForceX7 жыл бұрын
Iacon Dawnshire The power of Kite's bracelet also protects him and his party members from protect breaks entirely. So the most data drain can do on them is inflict every single negative status possible.
@mistresskixen61423 жыл бұрын
@@SilentForceX exactly seeing as when Orca fought him we saw he was protect broken before he got hit with Skeith's data drain which resulted in him being put into a coma.
@ntvblue3 жыл бұрын
Yeah lol, Data Drain was the hero's trump card up to that point, suddenly being on the recieving end was sobering and terrifying
@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs2 жыл бұрын
Skeith is one of the very few bosses in video game history who fully lives up to the hype and fear he incited in the player when he first appeared to completely and utterly wreck Orca. For the rest of the game, among all the usual stuff you do, you constantly worry about when he will appear again, perhaps even becoming anxious as INFECTION comes to a close. You're not even level 50 in a normal scenario. What chance do you even have? And in the moment he finally appears again, you dread what he's gonna do to you. How can you win if even Orca couldn't land a hit? And then you get promptly oneshot because-like I said- he lives up to the hype, and you prepare yourself not for a battle, but for a struggle to survive the onslaught of the creature that claimed your very first companion. The Terror of Death indeed.
@quorthunsargeras70542 жыл бұрын
Beautiful way to explain Skeith
@kronosomni2805 Жыл бұрын
First time I saw Skeith I was very young, so I thought he looked like a Tauros.
@GUNDAMURX7311 жыл бұрын
Replaying the .hack games, and I realized what absolute genius this and the intro to Skeith is. The entire game up to that point feels like standard MMO encounters, with the occasional data bug still being not that big of a deal. And then this comes along, and it's got a completely different feel, and you KNOW shit just got real. And the first time Skeith's regular old basic attack almost one-shots Blackrose, who has probably the highest HP out of all your party members at that point... scary.
@NiallByrne11 ай бұрын
I remember my first fighting him , he one shot my entire team. I believe I was a bit under leveled going into the fight but was still an Absolute monster.
@I-oh_Badguy2 жыл бұрын
This to me was considered a “horror” game to me.
@blitzy22665 жыл бұрын
Something about those bells just really sets the tone for these phase battles...
@DarkCrimson957 Жыл бұрын
I still come back to this theme every now and then. I still love the .hack games, both IMOQ and GU. The Phases/Avatars/Epitaths are one of the things that has inspired me many times. Its also nice to see some of my comments from 12-13 years ago on here hah. Thanks for keeping this uploaded.
@natsusatsujinki83422 жыл бұрын
Times were different. Life was different. If I had a time machine I'd definitely relive the Xbox/PS2/GameCube time of life.
@Jaxionisnum25 жыл бұрын
The battles with the 8 phases , you best come fully stocked is all I’ll say
@aaroncarr34134 жыл бұрын
Wishi would have known so long ago
@shirayukinobunaga94243 жыл бұрын
When your ready with the best gear and you still get ruined
@pixienyx43063 жыл бұрын
This music makes this one of the best VG bosses of all time. He was genuinely terrifying, bloody difficult in an already tricky game and you were so determined to end him because of the story.
@kronosomni28052 жыл бұрын
What's even crazier is I was like 8-9 years old while playing this, but I had eventually practiced this and the other phase battles so thoroughly I could beat all of them without even having Kite hit critical HP once.
@chrisalvarez530511 жыл бұрын
Staccato is the best attack in dot hack universe
@Zephyr_Weiss9 жыл бұрын
+Chris Alvarez grundle is better tho.
@chrisalvarez53059 жыл бұрын
What is grundle
@Zephyr_Weiss9 жыл бұрын
Chris Alvarez its better if you google it. its hard to explain. every character in the game has a Grundle
@Zephyr_Weiss9 жыл бұрын
Chris Alvarez have you found the Grundle?
@astolfo36563 жыл бұрын
I don't think he ever found the grundle.
@Xiamat3 жыл бұрын
Uff the momories, having to open the menu, then skills to use them while getting reck by Skeith....good times.
@Cure_Gorgeous Жыл бұрын
This boss scared me to death when I was a kid. Like way more than zombies in Resident Evil lol.
@itzRafaaa11 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, Skeith will use an attack called "Judgement", which freezes everybody in the party and deal a massive amount of water damage. Now, whenever he uses that while the music is around 0:39, it just gets way creepier. Like, "This is your final judgement". Seriously.
@KeleTulsa Жыл бұрын
There’s absolutely no boss battle that make me have to use heals more than 100 times this has to be the most hardest boss I fought in any JRG
@skeith80411 жыл бұрын
Oh yes for sure. The bells in particular have shown themselves in every Phase fight. When the Japanese //GU trailer dropped in 2005, I literally crapped myself hearing the bells again and seeing the 8 phases matched up with players.
@thewestjerseydemonalefranm38698 жыл бұрын
5 players were crucified on skeiths wands,...may they rest in peace.
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
I actually have the first 15 seconds of this song set as my ringtone. xP
@FillerArcIV2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if you heard this just before you di-
@josephbriggs225710 жыл бұрын
This song is so nerve wreaking, I'm scared just listening to it! XD
@aliastheabnormal12 жыл бұрын
Yes, when Sheik was killed and the players woke up Sora lost his memory and his parents hid the truth from him and threw away the game. By utter coincidence Sora started playing R:2 several years later when he fused again with Avatar Skeith. Coincidentally Haseo is an alternate reading for the kanji that spells Matsou Bansho a famous Japanese poet and Sora comes from his disciple Kawai Sora which Haseo claims is where he got the names.
@BlackHayate4410 жыл бұрын
I remember the first time i fought him he stomped me so hard i thought you are supposed to lose this battle. Then after the Game Over screen i was like...wait what? is it even possible to beat him xD
@driftracerr3410 жыл бұрын
He was soooo OP
@FlowerEmblem10 жыл бұрын
Only started playing Infection a few days ago. Beat Skeith yesterday. Read comments about how Skeith was the hardest Phase before I headed into the dungeon so I freaked and level grinded till level 35. But I didn't think I'd still use up so many health drinks Q_Q
@Art2D210 жыл бұрын
FlowerEmblem Yeah I came well prepared too and I still recall feeling as if I wasn't prepared at all.
@killerown6610 жыл бұрын
That was sooo me xD
@gentsmccarny99289 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Müller IKR
@yuotuber123412 жыл бұрын
This theme is special to me. I have played hundreds of video games but for some reason this theme haunts me everytime i hear it. Maybe its the bells...idk. But I do know Skeith is a badass that you dont fuck with.
@SpartanUnDead12 жыл бұрын
Me: All right, I'm going to fight him? Boss time- *screens goes black* Me: Aw, what did I touched? *Intro video for the phase battle* Me: Aw shit, this isn't normal **pHAse 1 - SKEITH, The Terror of Death* Me: AW SHIT. *This music plays, Skeith does a ridicousy high damage in one hit* Me: AWW SHIT, REPTH, STACCATO, POTION, REPTH, SCATTATO...!
@RedVanquish11 жыл бұрын
This was the scariest boss I have faced ever. And I played Dead Space!
@Vash91303 жыл бұрын
Agreed lol completely agree with that statement
@RedVanquish3 жыл бұрын
Hey 8 years ago me, you fight scarier shit later.
@iroasdmore11243 жыл бұрын
@@RedVanquish did you fight even scarier shit?
@weaponsofsalvation15 жыл бұрын
if someone needs too know something listen sora is haseo's (you know from G.U.) original charactor and he was a PK. skeith data drained him and took his form and started chasing aura. in Liminality, when Mai and Tokuoka go to Theta: Chosen Hopeless Nothingness, "Sora" attacks them but Mai throws down her Nereo Goggles before "Sora" can complete his attack. she then breaks the computer and drags Tokuoka outside, and when Kite and BlackRose beat Skeith, sora is released from the wand.
@christianmyers738610 жыл бұрын
If only mistral could stay alive, but no overkill damage on her so my resurrects go from 99 to 20
@DixieNormas7710 жыл бұрын
Oh my god this is so true lol
@Lynx45007 жыл бұрын
I was surprised when BlackRose survived one of his swipes.
@christianmyers73867 жыл бұрын
Her defense isn't like cutting through a cookie though. At least at a high enough level Mistral with a defense buff can actually survive a hit though xD
@Lynx45007 жыл бұрын
That was the problem, actually. I wasn't a high level, I could only survive one of his swipes before having to heal! Usually everyone else was 1 hit, which was terrifying!
@jopomeister15 жыл бұрын
-Agrees with Lupinius- THE BELLS. I love them.
@Art2D211 жыл бұрын
This and IG-88 from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire I think are among the scariest for me. Skeith only scared me though as throughout the game you knew he was invincible and during the fight I wasn't sure if I was doing anything right. lol
@PacosAcademicus15 жыл бұрын
When I hear this song i don't even think of Skeith anymore, I can just think of the Desktop @.@
@Hean Жыл бұрын
The instant PTSD I feel listening to this.
@albelnoxofaquios5 жыл бұрын
I'm 30 now but when I played this as a much younger me, From then to now, Skeith from this set of the franchise remains the only boss to ever instill some genuine terror in me, going into that final fight I was just shitting it. I don't want to sound too cheesy but he's the only boss worthy of a title like ' Terror of death '
@cherxiong80642 жыл бұрын
My sister agrees too! And nothing ever really scares her!
@Divinehero113 жыл бұрын
the funny thing is skeith is probably the toughest of the 8 phases... he's rather adept at curbstomping u even if ur as high as u can realistically get in vol 1
@TheCucuyo97797 жыл бұрын
Full disclosure, I never played the .hack IMOQ games. So, I never experienced the "Terror of Death" associated with Skeith and his theme song. So, I actually kind of find his theme song to be a bit relaxing? If I'm stuck in traffic, for example, or just having a bad day in general this song is one I'll play to help me unwind. I also get a sort of "haunted rave" vibe from it. Like, play this song at a Halloween party and it'll fit right in. XD I don't get that from the other Phase themes. The G.U. remix of this theme is super edge-lord angry, but also has that "haunted rave," feel and I love it.
@Iamnikan6 жыл бұрын
TheCucuyo9779 if you must, get a ps2 emulator and play to him in infection. You will not think this song relaxing. Even if you beat him first try, he will show no mercy. Make one mistake, and Skeith will rip you apart.
@zxVicariousxz12 жыл бұрын
Can't believe that I'm probably the only one who thinks this, but this song creeps the hell out of me. But, it's still awesome.
@simorovo7 жыл бұрын
The Guillotine Hell no, I also thinl this is actually horrifying
@Revan13 жыл бұрын
@unknownelite92 if I remember correctly it was alot more than that. He data drained alot more people when he was desguised as Sora so Skeith wouldn't bring to much attention. He also data drained a couple in liminality and both fell comatose though only one recovered which turned out to be the very girl that saved the comatose victims and Kite and his group from being killed when CC Corp wanted to delete everything.
@dawnseeker1763 жыл бұрын
he wasn't disguised as sora. sora was absorbed into skeiths wand. skeith never disguised himself as it wasn't what it was programed to do.
@itzRafaaa12 жыл бұрын
Skeith: A possessed broken keychain used to data drain people with its fancy wand. Wand that is actually bigger than himself.
@DarkCrimson95713 жыл бұрын
Been awile but I still love this theme
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
It is. At the very end though (before the party OVA), everyone is pretty much terrified of Skeith and then Helba shuts the place down and kicking the players offline.
@thomasmartin55033 жыл бұрын
Everyone's gangster until Skeith shows up on the field.
@unknownelite9213 жыл бұрын
1 person got data drained by Skeith and fell comatose.
@aliastheabnormal12 жыл бұрын
I meant that when the players woke up. In other words when Morganna was killed. But Sora double crossed Morganna and pretty much wound up swallowed up to power Skeith so he could kill Tsukasa Aura and all of Net Slum in one go. But when Helba deleted the server Aura escaped and Skeith disguised himself as Sora to find her.
@unknownelite9213 жыл бұрын
@EX1LE speaking for one of the 99% how can you not when this song is EPICALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
@itzRafaaa12 жыл бұрын
0:48 epicness
@ShinigamiSamaH11 жыл бұрын
I'm sure most people going to this boss fight just sit in the back and heal the AI teammates, and saying "There no way in hell i'm getting near that thing D:".
@Art2D28 жыл бұрын
Shinigami Sama lol Probably, but I was in the fray most of the time. So many drains and dodging.
@StarBornMichael6 жыл бұрын
Didn't do Naka do just that?
@RedVanquish11 жыл бұрын
Just remember, EVERYTHING has a PROTECT-BREAK. You just need to hit him long enough to PROTECT-BREAK, and Data Drain that fool, till he's just a line of code! T~T
@maskedtime6412 жыл бұрын
Probobly the hardest boss, that or scariest, in gaming
@haydenkiller4 жыл бұрын
A worthy opponent for the Leviathan boss from Devil Daggers. The Leviathan has an enormous amount of HP
@SuikaIbuki14 жыл бұрын
this music if filled with awsome :D
@Zephhi Жыл бұрын
Skeith lives up to its name lmao
@Legend_Sombra5 ай бұрын
If you didn't have stacatto and 3 stacks of 99 health potions, this fight was dang near unwinnable. Skeith was as final boss as they come.
@WaffleNeko8 жыл бұрын
this game is an example of back when game bosses weren't pussies and you had to actually work hard to win boss fights
@blazeyamanaka11 жыл бұрын
i was like. YOU FIGHT THAT SON OF A BITCH, I WILL HEAL! xD
@Alias1-2315 жыл бұрын
Although Phase 8's theme is my favorite, Skeith's is probably second place. By the way, you should upload some of the dungeon and field themes from Project .hack.
@josecadenas452610 ай бұрын
0:56 Best part.
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I can't say anything about Corbenik since I never even got to the final battle against Cubia. I was missing too many A, B and C Virus Cores so I was forced to restart from the very beginning (back to Infection).
@mistresskixen61426 жыл бұрын
While it is the first wave fight the fact of the matter was this one had to be the hardest fight in the series for the following reasons. 1) You are at the lowest level compared to the other boss fights 2) Your gear as well as your parties gear even if the strongest in said game is still trash compared to the other versions.
@veeshadow5 жыл бұрын
3) BlackRose is straight worst or low tier party members in first game and she is a dick to force herself in the party
@RedVanquish11 жыл бұрын
He starts flying, kills Mistral and Blackrose immediately, I was like: F***!! HE ONE-SHOTTED THEM!!! OH S***! OH S***! OH S***! OH S***! OH S***! HE'S AFTER ME!!! DX
@RZCsan14 жыл бұрын
Well he's the only boss in the game with his own intro, so I guess they had to make him equally challenging?
@LacesOutEd14 жыл бұрын
@Lupinius94 Lol I used this theme for the desktop, too! :D
@crimsondemonx Жыл бұрын
That a hole lives up to his name lol
@Art2D211 жыл бұрын
Oh don't worry about me, I already beat him a decade ago. Literally. I'm just saying that at the time during the fight, I wasn't sure if I was doing anything right which added to the fear.
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
Skeith actually is the strongest of all the Phases, but he's definitely not difficult as long as you know what you're doing. I think the reason for him being so hard is because the game's level cap is 99 and you have to be at least level 33, one-third of the level cap, in order to stand a chance against him.
@skeith80411 жыл бұрын
Indeed! =D
@trinitylapis12 жыл бұрын
i was a lv 93 and had to get the A's from witches, i learned leveling does effect your stats :\
@gazzercousins12 жыл бұрын
yes it was
@Eav_H4 жыл бұрын
I remember this thing the og terror of death scared the shit out of me, then I played the other hack rebirth? Idk I wasn't following the story but some guy haseo was called the terror of death I was like...ok was that the same guy?
@daedelous709414 күн бұрын
Haseo is originally Sora from The World R:1 who was data drained by Skeith, supposidly imprinting itself on him. The events that take place in The World R:2 cause this imprint to return, first taking the form of Haseo's massive bloodlust for Player Killer Killing to the point of taking "The Terror of Death" as his nickname, and later he even awakens Skeith as his game breaking Avatar.
@Skeith16 жыл бұрын
Hardest boss I’ve fought in a game besides that undertaker sans bullshit. Level 21 is pretty underleveled for this bossfight huh
@heroponriki6666 жыл бұрын
I fought it at lv. 33 and it was still difficult
@aliastheabnormal12 жыл бұрын
Sheik was a monster typo of Skeith thanks to my damn near useless laptop keyboard.
@nettoleturiondo8 жыл бұрын
OH, GOD, Data Drain again? Sh*t!
@arieldawn34528 жыл бұрын
STOP DATA DRAINING ME! EVERY TIME!
@saveriovavassori41193 жыл бұрын
Where is remastered ps4? 😩😩😩
@unknownelite9213 жыл бұрын
@Revan was talking bout the 1 guy who disliked the song
@DapperCorby12 жыл бұрын
was it?, i thought sign was with the guy with white hair the mage that couldn't leave the game, unless thats what yoiu meant, idk its been ages lol
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
I know what happens, I was just trying to figure out what you meant to say in place of Sheik.
@kiteshugo761811 жыл бұрын
weeee I like it!!
@azurephantom10011 жыл бұрын
wait lol well its been way to long since I played this I forgot that was a weapon XD
@skeithreborn989411 жыл бұрын
Yep
@DapperCorby12 жыл бұрын
i agree mostly, when i first fought skeith i was so underprepared and didnt know what to expect, i got raped. But after i got the hang of it he was easy. Corbenik was a little harder, you didn't just need essentials, you needed them maxed out for him, or at least thats what i felt
@TheAzureGuardian12 жыл бұрын
Sheik? I think you mean Corbenik/Morganna. Or rather, it was because Aura had finally been born as the Ultimate A.I. after the final battle.
@weaponsofsalvation15 жыл бұрын
maybe morganna took 8 angelic themes and turned them Techno and Evil
@mastercharlesalbert13 жыл бұрын
@fiddleplayer1000 yes, it is, trust me or else go watch .hack//sign's final episode
@itzRafaaa12 жыл бұрын
Aww shit? I guess I missed that skill, how did you get it?
@DarkCrimson95712 жыл бұрын
Didn't sora become Haseo?
@starboy35tcoos15 жыл бұрын
Skeith reminds me of Sailor saturn.
@ShinigamiSamaH11 жыл бұрын
Dat name of your just made this 10 times more awesome XD
@DapperCorby12 жыл бұрын
Corbenik? Which ine did you kill?
@skeith80411 жыл бұрын
haha, When I was I kid, I totally face-smashed him and it was ridiculous. Nowadays I sit in the back though. Just did a low-ish run last night at level 25. Almost ran out of items. T-T
@DapperCorby13 жыл бұрын
@Dyno247365 that wasn't sign
@MiyukiZero11 жыл бұрын
that is when you sit there and hit heal me multiple times. they eventually revive you,then they diuea nd you have to revive them. then it does the ultimate thing. sadly,it is best to step back and let them fight and leep jealing.
@freebritishfox4 жыл бұрын
ayy it's Haseo
@imran1029311 жыл бұрын
I think its that dude Kazumi from GU+.
@Girintina14 жыл бұрын
For some reason, my computer just froze and I couldnt get the son to turn off....dear god I can still hear it now....
@KuroroSama4211 жыл бұрын
Scattato is such a sh*tty attack...
@Sondelight14 жыл бұрын
can i have the mp3 for this because i need it to beat the other 7 phases because there music sucks and this is the bast one
@khfan4915 жыл бұрын
@boktaifan777 hell yeah
@temmiedelunderground40694 жыл бұрын
in a roleplay I had managed to put back the difficulty when you face skeith...
@DarkCrimson95713 жыл бұрын
@fatlady33333 I agree lol The yelling really really funny I know my parents would be saying something like that
@Volkster312 жыл бұрын
Skeith was rather easy to me. Easy kill with you and Blackrose
@gazzercousins12 жыл бұрын
that is sign lol
@marluxia49512 жыл бұрын
i have the first 2 mins.
@TheSlammurai12 жыл бұрын
This should be remade as dub-step. I think it would be too much for my mind.