ZeroRanger - Despair

Stage 2-4 Boss 2
Official OST is out! eebrozgi.bandc...
Buy it if you want to hear the new tracks + finished/retouched versions of the original songs!

[@Mjmannella]

"MIDI flutes will never go hard" 1:10:

[@AnonTen]

What's the context?

[@AnonTen]

@Jeremy Bouwhuis thanks

[@soreenmaltloaf558]

thats why im here

[@doragonisi]

Good grief, and here I thought I was the only one who got hooked on this game purely because of that meme XD

[@ped3752]

Lmao that's also how I found this ost

[@syris1952]

Having the experience of hearing this motif in a pivotal moment of Void Stranger, then coming back and playing ZR just to get slapped by this song during a tense fight felt insanely empowering in a way I haven’t felt in a looong time in a game, this shit kicks so much ass.

[@chesscankill]

Void Stranger is amazing

[@MHMega]

The fact that they continue this leitmotif into VS is incredible

[@RinaSheepdog]

What specifically are you referring to here OST wise?

[@MHMega]

Each of the Lily themes in void stranger carry a bit of the despair leitmotif, with "My Guiding Star" making it incredibly apparent@@RinaSheepdog

[@IndigoLurker]

Dying because you got slapped is so demoralizing, lol

[@that1gamurguy-91]

And getting hit after still COUNTERING the hit is worse

[@DenpaCake]

@@that1gamurguy-91 c-countering?! eeeeh

[@nicholaslange5608]

"Wait, DID I JUST PARRY THE FINAL BOSS??"

[@slavkei]

And then with the swords you can fling the parry sparks back at her for even more damage, this game has so much ridiculous awesome shit in it, I can't wait for the major update they've been working on!

[@JacobK01]

@@slavkei WHAT THEY DO DAMAGE TO HER

[@slavkei]

@@JacobK01 Any bullets you reflect with sword attacks from either ship will now hurt the enemy, not you. This includes the spinning sword disc from the 2-3 boss's first phase.

[@Jamesthe1]

Wait, what can you parry in Despair's fight? I'm not able to throw their hands back at them

[@nicholaslange5608]

@@Jamesthe1 When she goes for the Slap, whip out your drill or sword.

[@humpsterthedumpster3653]

The MIDI flute solo is the best part of this song

[@tx7300]

best song

[@lavatood2897]

yes

[@cliff3359]

best boss

[@工期陰糕]

My bad dream song

[@arigandhiwikananda9993]

Best girl

[@Achiknraier]

true

[@Slayerfide]

Doing this fight Zero-Ranger only is fucking crazy and I recommend everyone try it out at least once.

[@Coreagrus]

Given how much I enjoy parrying the sword attacks, maybe I really should try it.

[@drakearrington3150]

Ranger only? That was my entire strategy from the beginning

[@KINGSTONE21]

never did it any different

[@jairdinh7563]

wait using your mech is a viable strat I just used downward thrusters and baited melee attacks like a dumbass.

[@rainbownoob8556]

I came here from Combat Initiation, but I came by as well to say this is some really good music! It's very entertaining to play the game with peak like this :D

[@helloimdoggo]

This boss kicked my ass so many times, but I will still say that this is the BEST boss I've ever fought in a videogame.

[@andromc8835]

pinos mrime?

[@Achiknraier]

​@@andromc8835he means the last boss from zerorangers not from ultrakill

[@VGAxol]

For the song being called "Despair", I've never felt the power of the indomitable human spirit this strongly before.

[@willo90li]

could be the despair of the final boss in its futile attempt to defeat the human spirit 🔥

[@Wolfkie]

Exactly lol. This is the most energetic thing ever

[@andromc8835]

Just like undertales hope and dream

[@--cob--]

WE KILLING 5 BOSSES AT ONCE WITH THIS ONE!!!

[@Daniel_sup]

Bet

[@SebaJK7]

The MIDI flute solo slapped so hard that I game-overed the first time I heard it because of how floored I was

[@ikagura]

The glorious zunpets

[@thenewguyinred]

My favorite part of the song Is when the flute kicks in as the song takes on a more somber tone.

[@pisfool3860]

"GOOD GREIF SHE'S NAKED"

[@SeleythenAbKoresh]

Despair did in fact await me.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Love this triumphant, epic, very emotional, fast-paced, motivational, beautiful music Favorite parts: 0:00 - 0:15 0:28 - 0:43 0:56 - 1:11

[@tplayer23424]

the villain turning out to be some naked girl is my biggest wtf moment in gaming

[@luckdragon836]

Yea bro I got to the final boss during school time in a hella boring class, lets just say I shut off zeroranger real quick then.

[@slavkei]

A giant naked girl mech piloted by an OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORB. This game needs to make it to GDQ one day just for the orb memes.

[@LostSoulSilver]

Yeah i was ready for the final boss to be some giant old man sitting in a throne

[@SebaJK7]

First time, huh?

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

Asuka Langley Soryu By Sprite, Rei Ayanami By Actions. NGE Moment.

[@DinirNertan]

I was never into touhou style songs so I can’t believe I like this track so much.

[@kennethserrano2216]

What is touhou?

[@nemoguy]

@@kennethserrano2216 Something u wud fuk

[@mrsnow8545]

@@nemoguy armpits?

[@superbulletwill]

🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺

[@werewook]

Shit taste :)

[@nemoguy]

*stops your 1cc*

[@minaminotaiyo6055]

**slaps your 1cc

[@youngkappakhan]

man i'm not even good enough to clear 1-2 without continues

[@lolliii5477]

*clears throat* allow me to introduce you to some pgycodic shït

[@sanicgamingmlg1579]

The first time I defeated this boss my PC froze and I had to do it again

[@getsugetsukasuimokukinkin559]

i feel you.

[@luckdragon836]

I have bad news for when you play the stage after this battle...

[@Spore9996]

I don't even much like shmups or bullet hells, but damn if this game isn't great with an amazing soundtrack.

[@bigheadbus9218]

whenever it reaches 1:11 i see hands flying all over the screen trying to squish me in their palms and i keep on charging my shot so that ill stay invincible xDD until i get hit...then i have to wait for it to go back to normal again

[@AltMarksmanFan]

GOD I FUCKING HATE WHEN MY TEAMMATES LEAVE ME AND I HAVE TO FIGHT THE OUTRAGEOUS FREEZER TRIO AND JUGGERNAUT AND SLASHER AT THE SAME TIME

[@smileyfaceproductions7477]

"we are going to initiate combat" - the five, probably

[@Alpha_mindustry]

nah i'd carry

[@katjaziemann887]

When you survive a radiant strike in hollow knight

[@hamsteronacomputer6692]

*radiant nightmare king one hit from death* 0:00

[@abyssalAnnihilation]

well actually they were playing ascended which adds double damage, however the mod makes the boss have double damage, on top, they’re overcharmed, making for a whopping 8 masks of damage in just ONE hit, thank god for that ninth mask

[@budspudsy436]

Is this from somebody's playthrough or something?

[@abyssalAnnihilation]

Bud Spudsy kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6OspJKoi62og5I

[@budspudsy436]

@@abyssalAnnihilation Thank you, ahegao face

[@jintor9061]

song gives me nightmares now

[@kylzepolaczkowaty2197]

i assume the trumpet kicking in is meant to represent the pilot character going OH GOD OH FU--

[@worldbrand_]

god i died so many times to this boss, but after two failed true end runs (i clued into backing up my save file the second time), i got to the point where i was able to clear her with 5 continues left HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS WITHOUT CHARGE SHOT THOUGH?

[@tx7300]

very carefully

[@nemoguy]

By using the sord

[@drawician3686]

Drill.

[@greenthebean8094]

Gun.

[@skepticpunk_]

Just DODGE!!

[@padriazozzriaorizifian8672]

Honestly I laugh at the word "despair" now that I've beaten this boss (and Sacred Defender too) multiple times. And that's the essence of the human spirit, isn't it? Laughing in the face of hopelessness and never giving up, staying strong 'til the end. Do the impossible, see the invisible, row row fight the powah!

[@richytham7395]

Man, Ebo made a great game with great soundtrack...

[@CPS42069]

eebrozgi is the composer

[@maxrichards5925]

Huh. What a great song to show up in my recommended

[@alienhomie8]

me planning to do my evil plan of spawning an explosive pinata hitting it until its fulfilled and then firing a scatter blaster pulse shot at it to instantly obliterate all the bosses:

[@SnowmanV2]

"Despair" is not suitable name for such a cheerful song

[@hamsteronacomputer6692]

it is after you've fought the boss

[@SnowmanV2]

@@hamsteronacomputer6692 could be, but the song and its name goes in the moment the battle starts. I bet it is the way to poke player on the boss's difficulty

[@slavkei]

It's named for what you feel after hearing it for the 500th time, dying without continues left, and realizing you need to do the whole fucking amoeba section again, the single most boring sequence in this game.

[@humpsterthedumpster3653]

it's not really cheerful if you listen to it closely

[@SnowmanV2]

@@humpsterthedumpster3653 its in my playlist so ive been listening to it close enogh. You might be right, its energetic yet anxious. Though despair should be oppressive to my point while this track at some parts might be considered even "easygoing" The thing is that desperate is not the music but boss itself ^^

[@ngocduongkhanh5054]

me watching my teammates getting jumped by freezers and outrageous freezers while im being chased by juggernaut and slasher (CI aside, 1:11 is so epic)

[@kaheilui9785]

Combat initiation 🔥🔥🔥

[@Papagaiomuitolegal_34]

Combat initiation👍👍👍

[@murbed.]

Combat initiation🥶🥶🥶

[@dariskasollja6888]

I love giving the outragous freezers the v2 treatment when i have the epical saucer

[@nghiaaoquang6521]

"heh, im just gonna spam slash of tix from up here" the unattended freezer with his aimbot ability off cooldown:

[@matteste]

This song kinda reminds of a mix between Touhou and Golden Sun.

[@raiverns9620]

@David Graves it def has those mushihimesama elements to it with the vocals and some of the chords

[@KonradKubinski]

Definitely

[@theinvisibleskulk4563]

And Kirby.

[@francoarenas9391]

oh yeah, the ZUNpets

[@MagGunDO17]

Personally i hear TMNT Turtles In Time

[@dogavolo2404]

1:11 is epic

[@Ghostblock]

That flute sounds very Secret of Mana-ish

[@GOOBERGAMESOFFICAL]

CI players live reaction after seeing "THE LEFT" and "THE RIGHT" dashing at them and they cant do anything about it (no no no no no, wait wait wait wait)

[@cantooron]

I like this Zer Oranger music

[@Mono-ut8zh]

Blatant ZUNpets. I love it.

[@SuperLlama42]

The moment you get all your continues literally bitchslapped out of you and have to start over if you want any chance of surviving the TLB

[@sami-joross3115]

One wouldn't expect MIDI pan flutes to slap so much.

[@MaybeNotARobot]

In this boss fight, ZUN punishes us for not playing Touhou instead of Zeroranger.

[@lolliii5477]

"WTF, IS THAT WHOLE THING JUST A ZUN CAMEO-" -unsuspecting victims -what's touhou-

[@lordofgangstas]

Me: *plays the game* Green Orange: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@suudish9206]

Did the flute just go hard?

[@Kipogzia]

when you realize that theres still a wave 30:

[@Emnesium]

Straight banger

[@Jamesthe1]

Literally throwing hands

[@TheSoulEater12345678]

The space shawty strikes again

[@chinatown2424]

BEST FUCKING FINAL BOSS THEME!!!!

[@mewo3393]

Pale prince: *So you have chosen death*

[@dogavolo2404]

Ayy you came from there too

[@griegomamey4624]

I have the meme in my mind of squidward trying to imagine squilliam naked, whenever despair gets up the chair and takes of the cape xd.

[@hiroaritillwhen4581]

Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being ? Or something else from some touhou fangame I don't even remember.

[@chonkook1]

U 3/3 "BLIZZARD" U 2/3 "WINTER" U 1/3 "TUNDRA" SLASHER - THE RIGHT JUGGERNAUT - THE LEFT

[@youngkappakhan]

You will never attain enlightenment

[@chonkook1]

@@youngkappakhan i will

[@andromc8835]

@@chonkook1 YO UR HERE BUDDY

[@bluntshooter]

I fucking hate this wave

[@andromc8835]

@@bluntshooter yeah

[@aliakhtar8622]

I like the idea that all the people commenting Hollow Knight on this video played both games because of Dunkey’s recommendation.

[@SakuraPottage]

“Justice?! Righteous?!”

[@joevious03]

I still have yet to beat this boss, it's so frusturating.

[@工期陰糕]

Joel 64 trust me It still not the end

[@rectaalborween8471]

@@工期陰糕 Just like celeste...It's never over. There's always another challenge

[@工期陰糕]

Yeah but question is why are we still here? Just for suffer?

[@rectaalborween8471]

@@工期陰糕 We're here to suffer through these hard games to the point where we get phantom joy.

[@工期陰糕]

Zeroranger solid : the phantom joy

[@CalvinWiersum]

Really not complete without the sound of the first dharmachakra attack at the beginning

[@adnanradhyfauzi150]

me when fighting U 1/3 TUNDRA U 2/3 BLIZZARD U 3/3 WINTER SLASHER THE RIGHT JUGGERNAUT THE LEFT :

[@youngkappakhan]

You will never attain enlightenment

[@Papagaiomuitolegal_34]

i beat them with my friends, not so hard, my friends focused on kills the freezers while i decided to kill juggernaut and my bro decided to kill slasher

[@random-rs5vz]

@@youngkappakhan what dose that even mean

[@BoltTheEmolga]

Everyone talks about 1:10 but what about 0:31

[@silvito9867]

I finally made a drum cover/recreation of this song 😭😭

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Me, during this boss: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

[@WangleLine]

Incredible turbo banger

[@v3nomshank]

everyone else: wow cool game i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! me: oh god blizzard tundra winter the left and the right juggernaut and slasher oh god not all at once NOT AGAIN NO NOT AGAIN

[@Alpha_mindustry]

blacktales fan that also know abaut combat initation!?

[@juanchol21]

i really dont understand the story in this game

[@nerothos]

Read up on buddhism I suppose.

[@PlasmaStickMan]

DUDE BUDDHISM LMAO

[@tk_the_onion]

It has a lot of themes around buddhism, particularly Nirvana, reinacarnation, and the wheel of reincarnation/Samsara (and its pain)

[@thesnatcher3616]

​@@tk_the_onion I thought there was like a time-loop, where no matter what Earth does, they will always be trapped in some sort of cycle involving the aliens.

[@Jamesthe1]

Buddhism is about escaping a cycle of life and death. You're believed to always reincarnate until you find the way out by abandoning the self, at least so I recall.

[@L00t00wii]

The midi flute will never go hard :

[@TychoHoward]

And here's where I'd enjoy the song...if I didn't HATE THE BOSS SO MUCH

[@tx7300]

but shes hot

[@TychoHoward]

@@tx7300 Your waifu drove me insane. I'm sorry.

[@minertim1997]

This song made me enjoy this boss the most.

[@Dullsonic3]

only took me one game over. And at least i only have to fondle some balls for another chance to fight god. The worse part however, is trying to conserve your continues so you will have less of a bad time with the ultimate risk in going for the true ending! I have not done it yet, but i will soon!

[@Dullsonic3]

Oh yeah, i just did the true ending on my first try! It was not as hard as the final boss thank goodness, but it's SCUREAH!! I did not wanna lose my whole save file to this ass, and by the final hit, i was being gang banged by orbs and bullets until i had one life left! but then... it happened. I actually touched him the 5th and final time and yeeted him! Feels good man!

[@MagGunDO17]

why am i suddenly getting TMNT vibes from parts of this song....

[@joakalfajoor]

Me acabo de completar el juego , creo que este jefe final se a convertid en mi favorito , junto con super hydoraj, los mejores shoot´em up que juge

[@XylitoI]

Poyo

[@luisml8673]

XylitoI POYO!!!!

[@limoki2456]

hand.

[@Fishman465]

Too bad the sped up variant isn't a separate track

[@slavkei]

The one downside to everything being MIDI is that the game has so much control over how the music is played, so there don't need to be separate recordings for faster or slower versions of the same song. For that matter, pitch-shifting the track, too.

[@EleventhFloorBelfry]

@@slavkei Actually, it's not MIDI. I pulled apart a few things and it's actually just a series of OGG files. For this song and its sister track, they are named: "bgm_despair1.ogg" and "bgm_despair2.ogg" respectively.

[@slavkei]

@@EleventhFloorBelfry Huh! And here I thought they were still in MIDI form in the game. At least, I assume the original recordings were made from MIDI files, given the sound of the game.

[@skepticpunk_]

@@slavkei Yeah, they were. The credits have an entry for Anvil Studio, which is a MIDI sequencing program.

[@andromc8835]

The sadness while hearing this music is not expressible , especially 1:11

[@the_real_aarush]

someone tell me what ZeroRanger is cuz i came here from CI

[@arigandhiwikananda9993]

Sound silly, but try put this in your Yuyuko fight.

[@latetwenies]

SLASHER THE RIGHT JUGGERNAUT THE LEFT

[@the_real_aarush]

U1/3 "WINTER " U2/3 "TUNDRA" U3/3 "BIZZARD"

[@christianrodriguez8577]

Will you extended the whole ost like despair or is that it?

[@tx7300]

i only did that because it's my favorite track and i was feeling like it, i dont think most of the tracks would work anyways, this one's special because it's basically the same song repeated twice

[@christianrodriguez8577]

@@tx7300 Okay, just wanted to know. While we are talking, you think you could loop the flute solo?

[@andromc8835]

Best part 1:11

[@lanangganesa7828]

Is it just me or this song is so much better than Sans overhyped OST?

[@fullanalysis93]

You mean Megalovania from Undertale? I don't think you can compare them

[@Tommycopter]

@@fullanalysis93 as they are both video game music I believe you can compare them. People just have different opinions. Sometimes people say you can't compare stuff because they can't bare to hear other people have a different preference to them regarding certain things.

[@dopaminecloud]

@@fullanalysis93 They're even quite similar in style and structure for the most part. I'd say megalovania has a plain better written main melody for one. But god damn the flute, especially that cliche ass progression in the second half of it, is fantastic here. I don't think megalovania has any variation on this level.

[@slavkei]

Megalovania was a track for an Earthbound fan-album that used the Earthbound soundfont. It then got re-recorded for a Homestuck fan album. It then got used as the music for a bonus boss in the "Are you actually that bored with your life" boss in Undertale. It's not at all comparable to a completely new creation for a completely new game that doesn't have to try to keep the feel or soundfont of the Super Nintendo era.

[@Tommycopter]

@@slavkei Thank you for your insightful knowledge about what is essentially a song for a video game.

[@KamKalam]

Arf

[@andromc8835]

wave 30 : true ohio

[@RuV9999]

it just me or its sounds like Megalovania to me. no wonder why people call this game is shmup version of undertale

[@youngkappakhan]

Literally no one says that. Shut up

[@BenboQuest]

i made zerorandger

[@georckbread3403]

he made zerorandgert

[@yamiraguero5541]

God i hate this song. ☠

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Why?

[@andromc8835]

@@LavaCreeperPeople i think becuz the boss

[@GOOBERGAMESOFFICAL]

@@andromc8835 how it feels seeing "THE LEFT" and "THE RIGHT" pop up on your screen at the same time

[@Lessembarrassingman]

Haha I was the one who disliked

[@tx7300]

repent

[@dermongooseplays5500]

REPENT

[@luisml8673]

Noah Shanahan-Jewett REPENT!!!

[@drawician3686]

*_R E P E N T ._*

[@lanangganesa7828]

REEEEEEEEEEPENT