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We need to get him to do Return to Oblivion while this song is fresh in his mind haha
These are two different songs. In this case Footsteps in the Snow and Oblivion. So this is the trick to get you to do 2 songs together.
Funny thing, around 3:47 where you said you'd seen pictures of Shiva, the picture you showed is actually not the Shiva that's associated to the song you just listened to xD.
Don't wanna say too much as I don't know if you are or plan to play the game but lets just say, there are two versions of Shiva, and they have different music (or different versions of the same theme🤔) .
"Footsteps in the Snow" and "Oblivion" belong to the first version of Shiva, which you showed a little bit of at 2:40 . "Return to Oblivion" is the song belonging to the Shiva in the picture at 3:47.
The picture you showed is not the Shiva of the music you are listening to.
Such a great reaction, 14 is a game ive followed since its start and the music throughout is a highlight. You would also love Genshin impact, Shenhu's story, sang in the style of traditional chinese opera. Very awesome piece of the game.
another thing that you aren't fully getting is the phase transition as it happens during the boss fight its much more epic and makes you feel oh shits getting serious
The Shiva fight is a 2 phase fight. The first part you listened to is the first phase of the fight while the rock part is the 2nd phase. Out of all the ARR boss fights, it's one of the best not only in terms of music but also in the fight mechanics. Soken is a masterful composer and has brought so much extra life and feeling to the entire world of FFXIV and as a player, we're lucky to have someone as talented as him bringing us music like this over and over.
I think Oblivion is due a remaster. Amazing as it is, the sound has aged =/
all the ARR Trial fights have this kind of tone change with the phase changes tbf
Did you expect boss battle in FFXIV without lyrics? We don't do that here.
The change in music would make much more sense if you had the fight up in a video, it works really well in terms of what happens in the fight at the phase change 🙂
aahh Lady Iceheart
this is my official request for what angel wakes me from ffxiv! its a boss battle and needless to say everyone who has done the fight will never be able to get the song out of their head 🙂 haha
The song really shows Ysayle's (the current avatar of Shiva) mindset. At the start she is trying to be the image of Shiva that she has in her mind, but slowly her true self is being drawn out, you can hear this with the piano as it creeps in during the waltz/orchestral phase. Until the second phase where she forces herself to go all out, focusing less on the image she has in her mind than she is on beating the player characters. The piano in the first half is done at the same cadence as the lyrics in the second half.
This audio track doesn't include the transition melody and shatter of her phase change which I find makes it more cohesive. Likely because it's a local sound effect in game triggered by her HP or when the orchestrals end rather than part of the song directly.
Love what you do. If you're looking for more, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has a stellar ost. If you're interested, go to tracks are "Mandus" or "The New Century".
The transition is helped by actually seeing it in game – the sound effects match when she freezes and then shatters the party. It's super-epic when you're in game and experience it for the first time. It's actually two separate themes 'Footsteps in the Snow' is the first half and 'Oblivion' is the second.
The lyrics are telling the story of Ysale, who believes she is the reincarnation of Shiva, and summoned her spirit to help fight alongside the Dragons (and fight us, who are aligned against them at this point). She was originally cast out and almost died in the bitterly cold weather of Coerthas, but Hraesvelgr (a dragon) saved her and her newfound connection to Shiva gave her a purpose and new life.
If this one was a request, I'd say they're doing the song dirty by asking for a reaction to it, as it's one of those themes where you really need the full context to appreciate it properly.
Take a dip in the music of Remnant 2 and listen to the song The imposter kings.
the photo you saw was actually the wrong Shiva lol, there are two in this game and that one was mimicking the original Shiva