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the_bloodwalker on 17 November 2009

- Zophar, from Lunar: eternal Blue.
- Valmar, From Grandia 2.
- Ramirez: Skies of Arcadia.
- Lavos: Chrono Trigger.
- Fusion of the 4 Sinistrals: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom

EDIT:

How can I forget Dark Gaia from Terranigma?



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RageBot on 17 November 2009

FF7\6, and not only because of the music.

For some reason I find that a lot of JRPGs final boss battles are just anticlimatic.



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atma998 on 17 November 2009

What about Sephiroth (FF7) and its Supernova?

Kefka's final battle (FF6) is also one of the most epic I have seen.

Necrosaro (DQ4) and Final Fantasy Legend 2 (Saga2) are also excellent. Well there is too many choices...



r505Matt on 17 November 2009
V-r0cK said:
r505Matt said:
V-r0cK said:
I liked the FFIX final battle against Necron....simply cause it was more like a 'wtf?' ...comes out at the very end and was never mentioned at all like Square just wanted to add a last minute final boss lol

That's why I HATED FF9 though. It made no sense; I haven't played any other game that's ever done that (and for that I'm glad). It was alright up to that point. The only reason I can see someone liking FF9 (if they finished it at least) is blind love for the FF series. Most other franchises/series would not be able to get away with it.

As for favorite last boss fight, I don't know,

"uuummmm, This a hard rarely do final boss battles live up to being epic in RPG's, usually just easy..."

I kind of agree, they're usually kind of underwhelming. I love my RPGs, but I can't think of any awesome, memorable last boss fights. The story is usually the epic part if anything.

Thats what i loved about FF9 cause that was so unexpected and like Square just gave more fun boss gameplay.  I thought the boss before it (forgot that guy's name) was pretty easy so i wanted more and..surprise i got more lol. 

I love FF9 not cause im blind love for the series but because i really did enjoy the game.  The story, the battle system, levelling up, the way you learn stuff, get summons etc. 

Very cool how Alexandria was your castle all along and beautiful with the angel wings.  Best of all its fun playing with 2 players.  Sure only one of you does the actual moving but you can choose which characters you want player 1 & 2 to control.  My bro and i split the character control 50/50..sometimes we kill eachother for fun lol but how often can you share a turn-based RPG experience with someone? hardly any.

Actually, I remember playing FF6 like that too, and that was very fun, didn't realize you could with FF9. I guess what I really meant to say was I enjoyed playing the game, but felt completely let-down by the ending. A boss that comes out of nowhere, with no explanation, and no real tie-in to the story beforehand (no foreshadowing/hinting that I've heard about/found myself) really irritated me. it doesn't qualify as a twist (a twist uses red herrings, ie. false foreshadowing) it was just felt misplaced.

I'd have prefered a more 'ultimate' form for Kuja, that would have made sense, still been bland like many of FF's final bosses, but would have made more sense. Don't get me wrong, I am a FF fan, just not blindly, the game still has to be good, and I don't think every FF has been good.



V-r0cK on 17 November 2009
r505Matt said:
V-r0cK said:
r505Matt said:
V-r0cK said:
I liked the FFIX final battle against Necron....simply cause it was more like a 'wtf?' ...comes out at the very end and was never mentioned at all like Square just wanted to add a last minute final boss lol

That's why I HATED FF9 though. It made no sense; I haven't played any other game that's ever done that (and for that I'm glad). It was alright up to that point. The only reason I can see someone liking FF9 (if they finished it at least) is blind love for the FF series. Most other franchises/series would not be able to get away with it.

As for favorite last boss fight, I don't know,

"uuummmm, This a hard rarely do final boss battles live up to being epic in RPG's, usually just easy..."

I kind of agree, they're usually kind of underwhelming. I love my RPGs, but I can't think of any awesome, memorable last boss fights. The story is usually the epic part if anything.

Thats what i loved about FF9 cause that was so unexpected and like Square just gave more fun boss gameplay.  I thought the boss before it (forgot that guy's name) was pretty easy so i wanted more and..surprise i got more lol. 

I love FF9 not cause im blind love for the series but because i really did enjoy the game.  The story, the battle system, levelling up, the way you learn stuff, get summons etc. 

Very cool how Alexandria was your castle all along and beautiful with the angel wings.  Best of all its fun playing with 2 players.  Sure only one of you does the actual moving but you can choose which characters you want player 1 & 2 to control.  My bro and i split the character control 50/50..sometimes we kill eachother for fun lol but how often can you share a turn-based RPG experience with someone? hardly any.

Actually, I remember playing FF6 like that too, and that was very fun, didn't realize you could with FF9. I guess what I really meant to say was I enjoyed playing the game, but felt completely let-down by the ending. A boss that comes out of nowhere, with no explanation, and no real tie-in to the story beforehand (no foreshadowing/hinting that I've heard about/found myself) really irritated me. it doesn't qualify as a twist (a twist uses red herrings, ie. false foreshadowing) it was just felt misplaced.

I'd have prefered a more 'ultimate' form for Kuja, that would have made sense, still been bland like many of FF's final bosses, but would have made more sense. Don't get me wrong, I am a FF fan, just not blindly, the game still has to be good, and I don't think every FF has been good.

Kuja thats his name! XD ...well yea we all have our diff opinions to what we like in our FF games.  But as long as you like some FF then its all good =)



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r505Matt on 17 November 2009

Haha I'd draw some hate from die-hard FF fans though, I dislike some of the more popular ones. I like (in order) FF6,4,7,10,2,5/12. I only kind of liked 5 and 12, and mostly just for the battle/leveling systems. I don't count FF11 (which I think of as the worst P2P MMO i've encountered). FF1 is boring (I didn't play it back in the day, so I don't have that nostalgic feeling that everyone tells me about). FF3 I just never finished. And FF9 we already talked about.

Now FF8, haha, the draw system was alright at first, but quickly became tedious. The whole thing felt like a chore halfway through the game. But that's fine, I could do with that. I liked the summons, and even the story was alright, but the characters, dear lord. I've never played a game with more annoying characters. I can't even remember specifics anymore, but there wasn't a single playable character I liked. The whole thing was too 'angsty' for me, so I've never liked it.

 

And I really can't think of any epic last boss fights. While Kefka was cool, I don't remember anything epic about the fight, just me spamming ultima with my party until it was over. I think that's part of the problem with RPG last bosses, there's typically some formula you can follow, and the boss dies easily. I think that's why I prefer action RPGs this day, there's a little more emphasis on some kind of skill, and less on preparation (leveling).