Greatest final boss fight ever . . . :O

[Kyari]

It is done. Like dinner. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall. Like . . . I dunno, something that's completed.

Yes, my friends, I have beaten Final Fantasy VIII.

Now you may be saying things. Crazy things. Like, 'How, Kyari? How is it that you got off your butt and actually put your GFs in an order that makes something close to sense?' Or, 'Where, Kyari? Where did you get time out of your busy life to refine, junction, and exchange to create the perfect team of people, even though they were only level 40?'

The answers are, in no particular order: 7, 12, a chicken, false, and 'it was her mother all along'.

But on to the final boss fight. Is it just me, or was this an impressive fight? I mean, a really impressive fight? Every step of the way, my jaw dropped at another twist in the fight . . . another change of music . . . another attack . . . another transformation . . . more eye-popping visuals . . .

May I note, before I continue, that I was playing this in surround-sound heaven on a 32 inch screen? In a room of subwoofered madness? Yes I may.

'Premonition' has always struck me as an impressive battle tume. Whenever I hear it, I truly feel like the battle I am in has real purpose. Thank-you very much, Uematsu.

I had heard 'The Extreme' before and enjoyed it, but I wasn't prepared for the rest of the music . . . I expected I'd have to fight a bunch of crap, and then 'boom!' The Extreme! It surprised me a bit that this didn't happen. I beat Ultimecia number one, and - poof! In comes Ender. The GF, not the boy-genius. But the song doesn't change.

And then . . . just when you're expecting this guy isn't going to do anything, the sky turns blood red. I'm like, 'what, is this a glitch?' BUT NO! I am lifted into the sky, creepy music and all, and Ka-BOOM! Suddenly, after having my brains spewn over the rock I am standing upon in a Great Pile of Steaming Offal, suddenly, the music is telling me, 'Stop slouching! Get your posterior in gear, and MOVE!' I was like, 'OH CRAP.' Curative drinks were handed out, served with a pile of explosive-tipped, armour piercing ammo from my friend Irvine. Ba-BOOM!

Then, it was all, 'Okay, I'm junctioning me -> Ender.' We get another music change - 'Maybe I'm a Lion.' It was like, 'Okay, it's showtime people.' I was ready to get down to business, ya know? This thing was big, evil, smelly, had a creepy woman in it, and I was pissed that it currently remained alive . . . wow. But if that's not the cream in the icing, then came the triple usage of Aura by Rinoa. And then she casted Wishing Star.

I had never seen Wishing Star before. I was like, OH! My Goodness! Boom-boom-boom-boom, 7000 damage apiece, and then Angelo right in the face! Then this junction thingy exploded! It's tail fell off, and I was thinkin, 'YEAH! Take that' A few more bullets to the brain, and it exploded in a spectacular ball of flame! WHEEEE!

Okay. So now I'm treated to The Extreme. I scan this lady-woman-creepything, and as it turns out? She is absorbing the universe into her BUTT. I nearly yelled out, OH GOD! I had to stop this woman. The universe was at stake. She had already sucked a dozen or so thousand starsup her dress into her behind . . . what if Earth was sucked up?

But I wasn't allowed to even look left or right before she passed judgement on me, and boom! I'm at 1 life per team member. This is when the music starts up. It's kind of 'Ha ha! You're in trouble now!' music. And I felt it. Coz, dammit, every time I tried to do something important, it was all, judgement-jusgement-jusgement! That or high level spells.

Needless to say, though, I finished the fight. The room lit up with the bursting of magic from Ultimecia's body. I was shaking . . . I considered it an impressive fight, and I hpoe anyone who finished it did as well. The ending is equally cool, creepy, and just generally well done. And it makes sense! Perfect sense! I was so sad . . . and happy. I laughed, I cried . . . what a great ending to a great game.

And what a great final boss fight!

And that's my story!

[Yuffie]

I usually get bored at the end of RPGs because of all the bosses... ^^;

Although I have to say fighting Yevon in FFX sucked. O.o
But it was good I couldn't die I guess. :rofl:

Despite being eternally fond of FFVIII I haven't completed it. I got to the end with the bosses in the castle then got kinda sidetracked. :p

[Zedie9]

Now you may be saying things. Crazy things.
:wonder: You mean crazy things like :spoiler: ?

:p

[Kyari]

Yes. Spoiler. I just may.

I recommend finishing it, Yuffie. The end, I say, is spectacular.

[Charon]

Still a huge fan of the final fight in FF7. Yeah it was probably the easiest final boss in existence. But that tune, that goddamn tune, I love it. Plus the first time Seph hits you with that insane summon attack. The incredibly long animation for it soon grows tiring, but the first jime, truly amazing. And I love the brief FMV scene before the final final Sephiroth fight, mainly cos he looks cool as ****. :)
I'd also like to nominate Emperor Barbarossa from Suikoden. That was mental.

:spoiler:

When he just changes into that huge gold hydra. For no reason at all. And then takes forever to kill, usually resulting in me managing it with only one party member left alive. A worthy opponent.

END OF SPOILER

And, though not a final boss, Luca Blight from Suikoden 2. A boss so hard you ambush him with archers, send three groups of six against him, ambush him with more archers, before finally having to take him down one on one. Truly epic. :D

[OutcastedNomad]

I never Finished FF VIII or "8" to me as I had spent 5-7 hours leveling people and had 3 that was not pass lv50 and said screw it I can get by with that well the computer picked those three: Zack, Quint and the girl in the yellow and for the for the first attack: the one of three that can do 5 digit damage in the game and the one that I was trying to get for Quint, Dark Matter. after the shortest shot at a boss fight in My entire life I tossed the controller and game in the closet and never touched a FF game ( sans tactics ) for over 1 1/2 years. I let FFX sit on the shelf for 4 months before playing it ( even through I got it on the launch date ) Now I can not find the disk for the fight and have given up trying.

[Yuffie]

Sure you don't mean Zell, Quistis and Selphie? ;)

[Zeugma 440]

He has made a french typo in his post ("sans tactics"), so I assume he must have played the French version of FFVIII, where the names have been slightly changed.

e.g. : in the French version of FFVII, Cloud is called Clad, and Yuffie is called Youfi *eek !* O_O

[Kyari]

I hate to ask . . . but why is 'Youfi' such a bad name?

[Zeugma 440]

It's the way you pronounce it... 'Youfi' makes me think of a fat and clumsy character : the very opposite of Yuffie ! I don't like when they try to adapt names, it's completely useless !
What's more, it brings confusion when you talk with people who know the original names, like what just happened between OutcastedNomad and Yuffie :p

[Kilu]

I never Finished FF VIII or "8" to me as I had spent 5-7 hours leveling people and had 3 that was not pass lv50 and said screw it I can get by with that well the computer picked those three: Zack, Quint and the girl in the yellow and for the for the first attack: the one of three that can do 5 digit damage in the game and the one that I was trying to get for Quint, Dark Matter. after the shortest shot at a boss fight in My entire life I tossed the controller and game in the closet and never touched a FF game ( sans tactics ) for over 1 1/2 years. I let FFX sit on the shelf for 4 months before playing it ( even through I got it on the launch date ) Now I can not find the disk for the fight and have given up trying.

It doesn't matter if someone of the three random fighters die. They just get replaced by someone else. I never bothered to even try and keep everyone alive. I let the people with no junctions die and waited for them to be replaced with someone with junctions. No big deal. And then I just kicked ass. It has no effect on the ending, so why bother.

[bjp4444]

It doesn't matter if someone of the three random fighters die. They just get replaced by someone else. I never bothered to even try and keep everyone alive. I let the people with no junctions die and waited for them to be replaced with someone with junctions. No big deal. And then I just kicked ass. It has no effect on the ending, so why bother.
NO NO NO! If you keep everyone alive, and you lose no HP throughout the battle, there is a super secret ending where aeris comes back to life, married to general leo. the live next to ashley riot's wife and child, and the all quilt to pass the time. they then do an irish jig with the gullwings, and then your PSX melts into oblivion from not being able to handle the awsomeness of the moment. http://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

-bjp

[Kilu]

Damn, I missed that then completely O_O :D

[bjp4444]

hey, I don't even know if anyone can handle the super secret, ultra exclusive ending for kingdom hearts. I mean, other that having your ps2 upside down for the duration of play and hitting the pattern XOXOXOXO after the end of every battle, it's not so bad. and that music video of everyone in a soul train dance line you get for it is so classic!

anyways, it regards to final boss fights, there are two i'd like to bring up. the finla boss in The 7th Saga took me forever (although now I hear there might be a one-hit kill for him....http://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/bawl.gif), so I give it honorable mention.

Vagrant Story is odd in the fact that the final battle goes from, IMO, really tedious the first time around to super simple each time after that. It would be neat-o for games with mutlple run-throughs to modify the bosses each time through, to compensate for multiple game plays.

-bjp

[Kilu]

I have beaten Vagrant Story once, and it first seemed that the final boss was a bit hard. It had that one move which always killed me even if I had my max health. Until I noticed the simple fact that I was using two hand weapon :) So everytime I saw that it was about to do that one move, I just equipped the shield I had and survived :) After that it was a breeze.

[Sobou]

My favorite (and hardest) final boss battles?

Final Fantasy 4: Zeromus on hard mode. If you don't power level to like, 75+, you're gone.

Final Fantasy 6: Kefka. Awesomeness. <3.

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue: Zophar. That bastard annoyed me to no end! Unless you knew exactly how to kill him, you'd burn all of your MP reserves almost instantly. -_- He was a bitch to kill, to say the least.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: Dracula. Of course, this fight is only good or even remotely hard if you don't cheese stuff like Mist Form, Crissenagrim + Alucard Shield and other lame super combos.

... although it was fun killing him in less than ten seconds for fun. =P

[bjp4444]

So everytime I saw that it was about to do that one move, I just equipped the shield I had and survived :) After that it was a breeze.
i thought it was sorta cheesy how they give you that one split second (where you can try to chain) to make any sort of adjustments. i wish it would have punished you more for not making a wise decision. but, it is what it is. still a great game.

-bjp

[Geosgaeno]

well ive always thought that the final battle with 'Liquid Snake' was cool on MGS, Liquid is just a nutter on the loose and it was a great fight and i really enjoyed the climax.

[Mogman]

I am voting for Mithos Yggdrasil,though he is a pushover compared to the optional Abyssion.

[Bastard Blacke]

I think I'll vote for the bastage at the end of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest!

I mean...CURE MAGIC, ferchrissakes!!! Biggest? no. Baddest? certainly not!!


Dies quickly when fed potions? DAMN STRAIGHT!

so embarassing...

~BB

[Sobou]

Dark King was too simple when you used the Cure Spell on him with Benjamin in FFMQ.

I just usually Flare and Holy him to death. =P

[SeymourGuado]

Yes I thought the end battle with liquid was great, Cam Clarke *aka james flinders / jimmy flinders / Cameron Clarke* is 1 hell of a good voice actor

(you may know that he did the voice to leonardo and rocksteady on the old ninja turtle cartoon. He has done a shed load of things, even Adam on he-man and the masters of the universe. Hell he even did Dogtanion's voice making him my number 1 voice actor)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164682/ <<<<If you did not know this guy then you do now, he is amazing

I also of course liked the FFVII ending with sephiroth as the saviour sephiroth (spelt safer sephiroth by accident) and also the very end when you KO him with a limit break.

Seifer Almasy "I'm disgraced"

[silverDistortioN]

Yes I thought the end battle with liquid was great, Cam Clarke *aka james flinders / jimmy flinders / Cameron Clarke* is 1 hell of a good voice actor

(you may know that he did the voice to leonardo and rocksteady on the old ninja turtle cartoon. He has done a shed load of things, even Adam on he-man and the masters of the universe. Hell he even did Dogtanion's voice making him my number 1 voice actor)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164682/ <<<<If you did not know this guy then you do now, he is amazingwow, neato! =o

did anyone notice the joker was voiced by luke skywalker?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/
huh... interesting...

anyway, that has nothing to do with this thread, does it? >.>
my bad. =)

[bjp4444]

I know I keep repeating myself in like every thread lately, but the minotaur battle in God of War really kept me entertained and was original, at least I thought it was. However, since it's not the final battle [whcih, in this game, was a little too easy actually], I guess it can only get an honorable mention.

I know I keep going on and on about this game, but I think it actualyy is very, very good, and I can't get enough of it. So, it official: I'm a God of War slappy....http://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/knockedout.gifhttp://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.rpgamers.info/images/smilies/knockedout.gif

-bjp

[Leto]

I guess my vote would go to Dullahan from Golden Sun 2. He's not even a Final Boss but he guards the most powerful Combo Tablet in the game. Here's some info on him:

DULLAHAN

Location: Anemos Inner Sanctum
HP: 16000
PP: 200+
ATK: 676
DEF: 269
Agility: 241
Weakness: Jupiter

Dullahan is, statistically, one of the toughest Bosses in RPG history. Here are his moves (so you know, he attacks 3 times per turn and recovers 200 HP and 30 PP every turn):

=Formina Sage=
This attack does a massive amount of damage to a single party member and will likely kill him/her in one hit.

=True Collide=
This attack does about 250 damage to up to 3 party members and heals the damage dealt to Dullahan by you on the prev combat round.

=Charon=
Yes, Dullahan seems to have a copy of the very same Summon you acquire earlier in the dungeon, with an increased chance of instant kills.

=Djinn Storm=
Djinn Storm puts ALL your current party's Djinn on recovery (which really sux as they're your primary means of heavy damage ususally)

so there's my 2 cents (creds to a DarthMarth for the stats)

-Leto

[TheDragonKnight]

hmmm SotN was easy, i fould if i was carefull i could use my jump to bounce off draculas head about a dozen times before just hoppoing back on.

as for zohpar, he was tedious but not hard, i only used one silver light and about 15 or so star lights (but you can buy those so no biggie.

the trick was you can AVOID his biggest attack by moving your party (it either hit the firnt or back half of the combat area) and triple strike was VERY good at killing parts off.

[Geosgaeno]

i know this is a final boss, but she is a hard boss all the same, tell me how did you handle Yunalesca the first time you encountered her, i got beaten badly.

[TheDragonKnight]

i never palyed though much of that FF myself but for you i have found a boss guide :P

Boss------------------HP --Overkill--MP

Yunalesca 1st Form 24000
Yunalesca 2nd Form 48000 10000 500
Yunalesca 3rd Form 60000
Battle Location Zanarkand Dome - Chamber of the Fayth

AP 14000
Gil 9000

Descripton via Scan
Casts Curaga and Regen on zombified characters. Cure zombie with Holy Water. Her counterattacks dispel support magic. She also curses aeons with her Mind Blast.


Battle Strategy
Yunalesca is for the most part a pushover, and very easy to beat. Most of her attacks aren't too damaging, and she relies mostly on status attacks against your party. However she as a very nasty surprise in store for you. Yunalesca has three forms, so I'll go over them one by one.

Yunalesca's First Form:
This first part is a joke. She only has 24000 HP, which is far less than the other bosses you've been facing. She counters everything you do with status magic, but that's easily remedied. If you attack her physically, she'll counter by blinding that character. If you attack her with magic, she'll silence that character. If you attack with skills and such, she'll put that character to sleep. All these statuses are easily remedied by using Eye Drops, Echo Screens, and Yuna's Esuna magic. Her only attack does a measily 250 damage to a character.

Yunalesca's Second Form:
She has twice as much HP as before, but she has only one new attack and that's Hellbiter, which only does around 200 damage to all characters and puts them into Zombie status. Her 48000 HP is nothing if she can't adequately harm your characters. Be aware though not to leave characters in Zombie status for too long, or else she'll cast Regen and Cura on that character, which will actually damage them quite quickly and severly. But Yunalesca does this only sparingly, and gives you plenty of time to recover. Take my advice now and summon an Aeon right before you kill this second form. Use the Aeon to kill the second form, because Yunalesca has a very nasty surprise in store for the unwary who think this battle is turning int a complete walkover.

Yunalesca's Third Form:
As soon as she transforms into her third form, she immediately casts Mega Death. Normally, this is an Instant Death spell which you cannot avoid and will kill all characters, but since Aeon's are immune to Instant Death attacks, Mega Death does nothing. You're pretty much free to damage Yunalesca as you please from here. All her status effects do nothing. Mega Death which she'll cast sparingly from now on will always miss, Hellbiter only does 300 damage, and Aeon's are immune to Zombie. The only attack to watch out for is Mind Blast. This attack curses and confuses all characters. But against Aeons it curses them, disabling their Overdrives and Overdrive Gauge. If you have an Aeon whom you've taught Dispel to, you can have the Aeon cast Dispel onitself to get rid of this condition. Just keep trading blows with Yunalesca as much as you can, Yunalesca might even heal the Aeon herself because she randomly uses Cura thinking they are in Zombie status after Hellbiter hits. If you have an elemental Aeon (Ifrit, Shiva, or Ixion) use their own spells to heal them. It consumes less MP than the Cure spells you teach them. And that's all there is to it. Yunalesca is practically powerless if you have an Aeon summoned.

[Geosgaeno]

i found it hard when she transforms from her 2nd form to her 3rd at first and she uses Mega Death like you said, but, instead of sacrificing an Aeon i decided to have at least one of my characters in a zombified state and that way Mega death does shit all.

i found keeping a player zombified a good stategy for the whole battle actually because it means at least one of your characters will stay alive.

another easy strategy is to use one of Rikku's mixes (her overdrive) called "trio 9999" (not sure wich items are needed, i think door to tomorrow and a Lv3 or Lv4 key sphere) as this makes everyones attack hit 9999 regardless of strength until the character dies, which means only 3 attacks will kill her first form etc.

OR of course you can just try and use Yojimbo's 'Zanmato' attack on the form you find hardest (Yojimbo doesnt always use Zanmato so be warned)