Final Fantasy

[rdrr]

i didnt like blitzball in ffx. i just wanted to play the game.

[shadowmask]

Originally Posted by rdrr

i didnt like blitzball in ffx. i just wanted to play the game.

But it was required at only one point in the game, IIRC. It's been a while since I've played it. I didn't really mind blitzball, it was kind of fun once you got some good players on your team.

The worst thing about FFX was the fact that cutscenes were unskippable. The story was great, of course, but when I'm replaying the game I don't want to sit there and be forced to watch the same scenes over again.

[illlaymedown]

Yeah, you only are forced to play it once and you don't have to win....I really disliked it. You also have to play it to get Wakka's ultimate weapon. I thought it was awesome you could watch the cgs in the sphere theatre....don't remember really being bothered by the cut-scenes either......I love the artsyness of the graphics. They were beautiful.

To person who picked FFVIII: FFVIII is the major pwnageness!!!!!!!!! FTW!!!!!

[Meee]

Yeah i played blitzball loads for Wakka's weapon. Was kind of annoying.

Also at least those cutscenes aren't like Metal Gear Solid or Xenosaga in length heh. That would really suck

[ironheart]

Now that the subject of Final Fantasy has been broached, here's a question to the masses - from FF7 onwards, which of the superbosses did you find the most taxing?

Here's mine in order of difficulty.

1. Trema (FFX-2/Via Infinto). He kicked the living s**t out of me every single time!! No matter what dressphere and equipment combo I tried it wasn't enough he was simply too fast.

2. Yiazmut (FFXII/Ridorana Cataract). Again I found the challenge insurmountable. It took me nearly 2 weeks to chip his health down to near critical levels and eventually I just ran out of willpower.

3. Ozma (FFIX/Ariel Garden). If Ozma's HP were in the same ball park as Ultima Weapon, Penance etc, it is doubtful that he could ever be bested without the use of a cheat device. The battle itself is largely down to luck and if he decides to cast Meteor and Curse back to back, it doesn't matter how well leveled your party is, you die and that's all there is too it.

4. Zodiark (FFXII/Henne Mines). Another pound for pound colossus. Like Ozma, Zodiark isn't endowed with trillions of HP but with the infernal Darkja at his command he doesn't really need them. What starts out as a routine boss battle quickly decends into phoenix down pandemonium!

5. Omega Mk XII (FFXII/The Great Crystal) Getting to him/it is a nightmare journey and things don't improve once you've found him. Although he has no special tricks up his sleeve, his sheer brute strength and massive HP quota make him one rough pecker.

6. Penance (FFX/Penance) Both astronomically strong and durable - you really need to have put the time in on the sphere grid to stand a reasonable chance. Unlike some of the above though good stats will avail you but it is vital to dispose of his limbs before he casts "Judgement Day" - which dispels everything and inflicts death on all part members.

7. Omega Weapon (FFVIII/Ultimecia Castle). If you can resist the temptation to use the "hero drink" or "holy war" items (which I couldn't) this boss would actually rank even higher on the list. One of his attacks "light pillar", delivers an instant kill to a single ally but even more potent is "Terra Break" which is simply devastating and invariably succeded by the game over screen.

8. Ruby Weapon (FFVII/near the Gold Saucer). Debate rages to this day over which is harder, Ruby or Emerald. For me it's the former. Although the pair are of comparable strength, Ruby is slightly more awkward for two reasons. 1. You have to enter the fray with only one live character (or risk having party members permenantly removed from battle). 2. He tends to break the classic KOTR mime chain with a very powerful Ultima counter attack.

[njodis]

Originally Posted by rdrr

i didnt like blitzball in ffx. i just wanted to play the game.

The real annoying part about Blitzball is that when you get the Jecht shot, it almost becomes impossible to lose unless you intentionally don't use it.

[illlaymedown]

Originally Posted by njodis

The real annoying part about Blitzball is that when you get the Jecht shot, it almost becomes impossible to lose unless you intentionally don't use it.

Hahah....I lost using the Jecht Shot I think I just didn't have the patience to learn how the game worked cus real life sports are already boring enough and Blitzball drove me insane. I just wanted to play the game...thank God you're only forced to play once
Btw....I played quite a bit more than once, just could never get into it

[illlaymedown]

Which bosses are hardest?

Wow, I'm surprised you can remember them all in such detail
Hmm...mine will be slightly less detailed. I can't remember lot about IX since my game is scratched on Disc 2 and I can't play it, but I remember the end boss that comes out of nowhere and is just some new threat right at the end of the game was pretty tough.
Sephiroth is tough without KOTR.
Yiazmat from XII....took a week to beat him. Mainly really annoying rather than hard In fact, there were quite a few hunts on XII(which was probably te only fun I had in that game)that were pestering at least.
Evrae from FFX-I think that was his name. The monster that attacks your airship whilst Yuna is marrying a dead guy like a dumby...majorally pissed me off, that fight did.
Nemesis from FFX-He's the monster you get from collecting the right amount of all the other monsters. Basically you have to follow an exact pattern to beat him or you're toast.
Never beat the weapons on VII...really tough
Omega on VIII is death incarnate
The one on X-2 that is in The cave like place with all the Tonberries at the very end....beat him, but very hard.

[Judi]

When I was playing FFX me and my brother would make a deal, I would do all the training and he would play blitzball, that's how we managed to get the ultimate weapon for Wakka We had to repeat that bit to get Jetch shot because I missed it the first time, I think between the start and that point one of the scenes were changed... The one where they rode on the scooter? The first time Tidus rode with Riku, and the second I got Lulu. Anyone notice this?

And those GF summonings in FFVIII were so long! I had no idea you could boost them until about the 3rd disk on the game D: For some reason I enjoyed watching them though, but I had no patience for FFX and skipped most of those >.>

I don't remember fighting many bosses, I remember it took me ages to find all the GFs in VIII, especially cactaur, took me ages to find and then I died from it D:

[illlaymedown]

Originally Posted by Judi

When I was playing FFX me and my brother would make a deal, I would do all the training and he would play blitzball, that's how we managed to get the ultimate weapon for Wakka We had to repeat that bit to get Jetch shot because I missed it the first time, I think between the start and that point one of the scenes were changed... The one where they rode on the scooter? The first time Tidus rode with Riku, and the second I got Lulu. Anyone notice this?

And those GF summonings in FFVIII were so long! I had no idea you could boost them until about the 3rd disk on the game D: For some reason I enjoyed watching them though, but I had no patience for FFX and skipped most of those >.>

I don't remember fighting many bosses, I remember it took me ages to find all the GFs in VIII, especially cactaur, took me ages to find and then I died from it D:

Never got Wakka's...didn't use him much in the first place to go thru all that torture for him The girl that Tidus heals and interacts with most is the one that rides with him. Even in his limit break, the one where one of the girls has the ball before he kicks it, the girl changes depended on who you interact with most in battle. You can shorten FFX's summon length...in the options
Cactuar was a little sissy....He pissed me off when I took all that time to get his health down and then he ran away :/ I got all the gfs though. Cept the non-summonable ones...of those I got Odin/Gilgamesh. You can draw some gfs from the boss battles at Ultimecia's castle that you missed too...

[ironheart]

Originally Posted by illlaymedown

Which bosses are hardest?

Wow, I'm surprised you can remember them all in such detail
Hmm...mine will be slightly less detailed. I can't remember lot about IX since my game is scratched on Disc 2 and I can't play it, but I remember the end boss that comes out of nowhere and is just some new threat right at the end of the game was pretty tough.
Sephiroth is tough without KOTR.
Yiazmat from XII....took a week to beat him. Mainly really annoying rather than hard In fact, there were quite a few hunts on XII(which was probably te only fun I had in that game)that were pestering at least.
Evrae from FFX-I think that was his name. The monster that attacks your airship whilst Yuna is marrying a dead guy like a dumby...majorally pissed me off, that fight did.
Nemesis from FFX-He's the monster you get from collecting the right amount of all the other monsters. Basically you have to follow an exact pattern to beat him or you're toast.
Never beat the weapons on VII...really tough
Omega on VIII is death incarnate
The one on X-2 that is in The cave like place with all the Tonberries at the very end....beat him, but very hard.

I've spent a shameful amount of time on the FF series over the years - which accounts for the rather explicit volume of detail in my last post lol.

Of all the above I found Sephiroth to be the easiest, which was a shame to be honest considering the god-like status conferred on him by the plot. But I did love the attack (I think it was his limit break) in which he destroys the entire solar system plant by planet and of course "One Winged Angel" (getting goosepimples just thinking about it).

[Logan X]

Originally Posted by ironheart

Of all the above I found Sephiroth to be the easiest, which was a shame to be honest considering the god-like status conferred on him by the plot. But I did love the attack (I think it was his limit break) in which he destroys the entire solar system plant by planet and of course "One Winged Angel" (getting goosepimples just thinking about it).

hahaha, he was such a joke to kill. I remember the first time i fought him. I though oh shii...im in trouble now...then one or a few knights of the rounds later he was dead...i was like W...T...F? So thats what i was after all this time? This wiener? Man, i was seriously disappointed. I was expecting an epic boss fight like all the fantasy are known to have. I don't know what the guys at square were smoking when they made the end sephiroth, but i want some of that.

As for hardest bosses...humm.

Omega Weapon and Ruby Weapon i guess. They're the ones i remember.

The last boss from FFV was hard as hell too. Kefka from VI could be mean too.

[illlaymedown]

^^ Try Sephiroth without KOTR Not the thoughest battle of all, but surely you will no longer think of him as a "wimp"

I spent maybe 200 hours on FFX that's why I remember it in such detail....I have played VIII waaaaaay more than that, but to me those battle are easy. Maybe if you don't have Hero or Holy War or even Aura, the Ultemecia/Griever onslaught can be trying and if you aren't at the right level and arent' careful, Mobile Type 8 can be a pain and Diablo and maybe a few more, but I don't remember thinking one was more outstanding than others, except for Omega of course and maybe Ultima

[amarie]

7 is an all time classic, so of course I adore that one.

I think my favorite though is 8. I liked the characters, and plotline alot more than any of the others.

10 is my least favorite :X
I think it's too controlled. Every two second's it's a new cutscene. As much as I enjoy the gorgeousness of those cutscenes, I just wanted to get on with it and play the game. lol (still enjoyed it regardless, but 8 takes the cake for me.

I'm ridiculously excited about Final Fantasy 13 and Final Fantasy Versus 13. Has anyone else gauked at the trailers like I have?

[Logan X]

Originally Posted by illlaymedown

^^ Try Sephiroth without KOTR Not the thoughest battle of all, but surely you will no longer think of him as a "wimp"

Oh i did without KOTR too and he was almost as easy. But i have the habit of over leveling my characters, so that might be why i felt he was so weak.

And i agree with Diablo. He could be very tough.

Originally Posted by amarie

10 is my least favorite :X
I think it's too controlled. Every two second's it's a new cutscene. As much as I enjoy the gorgeousness of those cutscenes, I just wanted to get on with it and play the game. lol

i'm glad i'm not the only one who didn't like it much. I was starting to feel weird or something

[illlaymedown]

I was maybe like a level 60somethingish when fought Sephiroth? It takes too much time to level on VII

On VIII I was always pretty much a level 100 by the end of the third disc...right after you get Ragnarok. I'd always go to the Islands between Heaven and Hell....you level up in no time The monsters are hard and give a lot of XP, but if you put Initiative on Quistis and have her health in the low so she'll have her limit break and use degenerator, piece of cake

[rdrr]

this thread may inspire me to play and beat final fantasy 1-10 in succession.

[illlaymedown]

^ Great! If I could afford it, I'd do it

Are 1-6 all available in the US/English anyway?

[rdrr]

snes roms/psx isos/actual games combo. I mean I love deciphering kanji like the rest, but i also don't have the moneys for originals. Playing a game in full japanese with a translation 'guide' is tough. The best part about playing the games is the music really. You play for so long the music sticks. I think thats why rpg music in general is so popular. haha too much time grinding hearing battle/town/boss themes.

[Zeddicus]

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.

The best game.