That was actually my biggest issue with FF12 at the end, that all this stuff boiled down to one dude.
Then again, I know the changes the game went through in its development stages.
Final Fantasy 8 has my vote. Yeah yeah, junction system abuse blah blah, don't care.
FF8 has the best final dungeon in the series with the best music. You can say what you want about Disc 4 but Ultimecia Castle more than makes up for it. Great design, some neat puzzles (admittedly a little basic), but the sealed powers mechanic with Ultimecia's servants is great. It's literally a you choose boss rush. You can even skip straight on through to Ultimecia with only attack available.
And the final boss rush is the best in the series. I really don't think Kefka compares. Ultimecia, Greiver, Ultimecia/Greiver, and then fucked up Ultimecia are great sequential bosses. The absorbed into time mechanic is neat because you immediately panic trying to prevent one of your mains from disappearing if they end up getting KO'd.
And the music!!!
Premonition, Legendary Beast, Maybe I'm A Lion, and The Extreme is just punch after punch of awesome music and was undoubtedly one of Uematsu's best moments during his career at Square.
What-what Ultimecia.
Final Fantasy VII by far, why?
One Winged Angle is why.
It wasn't really about Vayne. Nor Dalmasca or the Empire. It was aboutVenat and its game of chess with the other Occuria for humanity's right to choose its own fate and not be the playthings of gods.
Using 12 characters to climb from the summit of Kefka's Dark Tower in the sky to the heavens against the dark angel himself. Great soundtrack, maybe slightly easy but overall really memorable and my favourite.
???Unfortunately that point was never truly expanded on and the significance is lost.We never truly see what was so bad about the Occuria - besides the tinkering with Espers XD. I mean, when they did intervene, they managed to bring peace to the continent - ala Raithwell.
Plus what other villain comes even CLOSE to accomplishing their goal like Ulty did with Time Compression? Ultimecia gets it done.
Unfortunately that point was never truly expanded on and the significance is lost.We never truly see what was so bad about the Occuria - besides the tinkering with Espers XD. I mean, when they did intervene, they managed to bring peace to the continent - ala Raithwell.
They have good intentions but they are trash from the viewpoint of the other races of Ivallice.
Final Fantasy VI, no contest.
Especially when considering the word "epic."
LOL @ nobody saying FF IX
Zidane is just a dreadful lead (worse than Vaan) and Necron is a joke of a final boss. Overrated entry in the series, Vivi being the one bright spot.
LOL @ nobody saying FF IX
Zidane is just a dreadful lead (worse than Vaan) and Necron is a joke of a final boss. Overrated entry in the series, Vivi being the one bright spot.
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Let 'em know. Ultimecia is my favorite villain of the series (Edea too, while possessed). SO underrated and badass, and I love her look. The Extreme is the best final boss track too, yes better than One Winged Angel. I do love the Rinoa = Ultimecia theory, but I don't want it to be true, it's just too heartbreaking
Plus what other villain comes even CLOSE to accomplishing their goal like Ulty did with Time Compression? Ultimecia gets it done.
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!Plus what other villain comes even CLOSE to accomplishing their goal like Ulty did with Time Compression? Ultimecia gets it done
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The Occuria are complete jerks: They use phantoms of loved ones to manipulate people to do their works, they seal races that oppose them and their idea to bring peace to Ivallice is using a hume to drop a nuke on the problem and pray that it goes away.
They have good intentions but they are trash from the viewpoint of the other races of Ivallice.
Final Fantasy VI. The statues, climbing up to Kefka while Dancing Mad is going. For me at least, nothing in a FF game since has come close.
Yess, and it comes right after Born Anew - https://youtu.be/FRMTDRPhS9EFinal Fantasy XIII - Orphan was a pretty awesome fight.
I love the song Nascent Requiem, I've heard it hundreds of times.
Definitely not Exdeath. Tough to make fighting a tree feel epic.
Easily Bahamut Prime from FF14 for me. The transition to the last phase is extremely well done and still gives me goosebumps thinking about the first time I reached it.Things to consider:
Your adrenaline during the fight
Cinematography
Soundtrack
Difficulty
Length
Going by that list the OP made:
Easily Bahamut Prime from FF14 for me. The transition to the last phase is extremely well done and still gives me goosebumps thinking about the first time I reached it.
Heavensward's last boss is a close second, Ex version please.
I love XII's final boss so much, but I'd have to give it to Safer Sephiroth personally. The musical build-up, the choir, the way he looks and moves, the Super Nova, the sheer iconic-ness, even how he dies. Gaming nirvana in a can.
Again, they are not paragons of virtue but everything they did was, in their judgment,.to keep peace and balance in Ivalice. This was not always benevolent and they should be called out for that. However, it was man tinkering with the Nethicite that created those very bombs that wiped out entire cities. I could agrue that man having the power of the Mist and Great Crystal instead of the Occurians would be much worse
That's one of the great beauties of XII's conflict though. There is no light vs darkness, and no concrete good or evil. The ending state of affairs is a great setup for a sequel, but that will never happen.
Plus what other villain comes even CLOSE to accomplishing their goal like Ulty did with Time Compression? Ultimecia gets it done