[Top 100 Countdown] Hundred Best RPG Battle Themes #72 Final Fantasy XII

"Desperate Fight"
- Final Fantasy XII
Composer(s): Hitoshi Sakimoto

Start from the top of the countdown!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC8lqz...

of to view the entire countdown playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...

Now in HQ! Click the high quality link below the video to view slash listen.

About this Countdown:

I'd first like to credit Underworld23, whose own Top 100 Battle Themes Playlist I viewed in its entirety. However, I couldn't help but think the entire time how much I disagreed with the list, no offense to Underworld23, of course. So I decided to take this cool idea on myself. And now we have my take.

Regarding the music chosen in this list: In the case that a theme appears in multiple games, I chose the version I preferred; All the music in this list is represented as it is heard in the game (no arrangements); Music from action RPGs are included at my discretion (as in, what I consider to be either an action RPG or an action/adventure game avid RPG players are likely to play and/or enjoy for the same or similar reasons they would any other RPG).

View entire Hundred Best Battle Themes Countdown playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...

Fanboys/girls are bound to flip a $hit when this list is complete, but please don't personally e-mail me your own incensed fanboy/girl diatribes and opinions on this countdown

Of course, if you don't like this countdown, perhaps you will enjoy Underworld23's at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Underworld23

It also seems that Setyll has one as well:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SetyII

---Hundred Best RPG Battle Themes---

100 ~ Fefnir (Ar Tonelico)
99 ~ Felix Battle Theme (Golden Sun: The Lost Age)
98 ~ An Enemy Appears! (Lost Odyssey)
97 ~ Last Battle (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
96 ~ Fragments of Soul (Legaia Duel Saga)
95 ~ COMBAT 1 (Grandia Xtreme)
94 ~ J-E-N-O-V-A (Final Fantasy VII)
93 ~ Edge of Death (Chrono Cross)
92 ~ Hardcore to the Brain (Shadow Hearts Covenant)
91 ~ Attack With Conviction!! (Grandia III)
90 ~ Night of Fate (Kingdom Hearts)
89 ~ Disciples of the Mist (Legend of Legaia)
88 ~ Imbroglio (Shadow Hearts)
87 ~ Blade (Suikoden III)
86 ~ Battle 3 (Grandia)
85 ~ Battle (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga)
84 ~ Gunmetal Action (Wild Arms 3)
83 ~ The Final Battle (Final Fantasy IV)
82 ~ Run Past Through the Plain (Final Fantasy Tactics)
81 ~ Vicious 1915 (Shadow Hearts Covenant)
80 ~ Let the Battles Begin! (Final Fantasy VII)
79 ~ Never Surrender (Valkyrie Profile 2 Silmeria)
78 ~ FIGHT!! Ver. 3 ~ Middle Boss ~ (Grandia II)
77 ~ Fragments of Sorrow (Kingdom Hearts)
76 ~ Ladder to Heaven (Shadow Hearts Covenant)
75 ~ COMBAT 4 (Grandia Xtreme)
74 ~ Compulsion (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga)
73 ~ Dragon Fight! (Blue Dragon)
72 ~ Desperate Fight (Final Fantasy XII)

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[heartziegirl]

I won't lie, I would prefer a turn-based one than real-time. But let me state what I feel about this game. It brought something new to the RPG. It gave it an MMORPG feeling to it, which made it more fun. I can't say this game was bad, but it is the turn-based system that I fell in love with. In the end, it was an epic game with epic music.

[TheTrendSetter89]

And we only really care about the music here as far as this playlist is concerned :)

[SpartanLaser]

love this game! O_o xii is one of the best ff games ever =( don't understand why other ff fans dont appreciate it tho- is it cuz of teh real-time battle system? =) i personally liked the battle system (not the licence system tho)!!! XD

[TheTrendSetter89]

old habits die hard...some people don't like change...I personally love change and love ffxii (story could have been executed better or better paced though)...also, being a music person, I find ffxii to have the most dynamic and deep soundtrack of all the main series ffs...just saying

[numanuma250]

I love how these comments look like a debate on whether FFXII was a good game or not...I personally thought it was pretty good, the story was passable, the combat was pretty good, the music is really good (this theme included), the graphics are great, my only complaint is that sometimes, I got lost and didn't know what to do lol

[tehNILE]

The game was terrible compared to old ones. After I played this I realized the FF series was dead

[SuperDeadpuddle]

@numanuma250 To be honest, I loved the game, but hated having to grind for loot to sell for gil to buy new equipment, magic, and items. Why can't the enemies just drop gil? WHY?

[Testsubject909]

@KnuxChid Blasphemy. There are ton of people who still remember the old classic and love them deeply. Though you might get the impression that most of them have simply learned to ignore some of these childish plays for the most part, popping every now and again to remind them of prior superior titles.

Most likely, they're too busy still gaming strong and hard... Speaking of which, I've got 3D Dot Game Heroes to finish before moving to completing Resonance of Fate.

[Testsubject909]

@TheTrendSetter89 I found the battle system slightly convoluted, a glorified ATB system with the semblance of actual liberty of action that was nothing short of simply beautifying the entrance to random combats.

I can actually compare it to Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross in a manner of speaking, but change going into an entirely different field of battle, to remaining exactly where you are (Chrono Trigger), opening up the menu, then... fight or run by holding down instead of R1 and L1.

[OmegaChosen0]

.....Yawn Is that it?

[chrismaples21]

FAIL.

[KnuxChid]

Everyone always talks about FF 7,8,9,10 and 12. It seems people forgot that 6 and every FF before it exists -_-;

[pandacon]

same here.. hunting for the mobs just became my weekend thing to do... i was better sad when i ran out... .. i do hope in 14 they pick something up like that... not just some nm to kill with friends but something u have to track down yourself

[elZiltcho]

FF12 is great for it's own reasons. The developers wanted to try something new so they used the whole action based battle system, but I think they are doing the right thing to make FF13 a sort of mix between the old style and the new one. I had a blast just exploring in FF12, hunting the rare monsters and such, really was a lot of fun.