I remember one of the gaming magazines back then during its release actually saying it had Sega Dreamcast like graphics lol. This came out the same day as the Dreamcast if I remember correctly.
For those that don't know you can Draw Magic:Apocalypse from the Ultimecia body dangling below her. One of THE coolest spells in the game and only able to cast here.
@@Bynk333 She IS capable of casting it, if you let her. It's still not a threat, this game was absurdly easy. I truly love it but, well, I've seen people get to the final disk without junctioning. Seriously.
One of my fondest memories in gaming is killing Ultimecia with Angelo Rush. Just so you know, Angelo Rush is a rare move that Rinoa's dog does, and it's a dud - it only does 1 damage. Yeah, I killed Ultimecia with that. Some goddess of time SHE turned out to be...
Though 15 looks incredible, as does the remake of 7, nothing beats 8 for me, the combat system itself is just ace, no other game can compare to the moment you get a limit break in 8.
Bill Cosby Why do people always bollocks around? In 7 all you need is W summon and knights. In 9 all you need is nothing, because it's easy, and the same for 6. Sooo. You don't like all final fantasy games because of how they are designed?
Yeah i can tell they spent so much time making all these summons magics and limit breaks so flashy this game really did seem like it had a lot of time put into it while i was replaying it last week compared to ff7 which i felt i swept through then again it might just be all those hours of drawing magic.
One of the best final fantasy 8 final boss runs I've seen in a very long time. you play it the way it's supposed to be played, by going in blind, not knowing (or at least remembering) what to expect. It's so boring when the characters are all max-leveld and knows the perfect strategy to beat her super easily. This is a lot more enjoyable watch.
Jiseng So the soundtrack to this epic battle is easily the best, most fitting in FF history. One Winged Angel may be the most iconic, but that's one tune as opposed to four ;)
XD I download in my phone the premonition, the extreme, force your way , the man with the machine gun, find your way, the oath, blue fields and force your way and don't be afraid dissidia version
I like how early on in the video he was trying to get My Final Heaven, but gets Different Beat. Hits for 9999. Then when he successfully get My Final Heaven, hits for 3550... LMFAO!
MEGALIXIRS GODDAMMIT!!! *scrolls through Selphie's 'Slot' trying to get Full-cure.....* *.....has 100 megalixirs* I know its one of the common atrocities that RPG players commit, but at the final battle im using ALL that good stuff that I've saved up the entire game lol.
Why is everyone hating, he can play the game however he wants for fuck sake...not everyone has to mathematically perfectly play a game to have fun and upload to RUclips
true story, I was like 6th, 7th grade when i played this game, loved the music during this whole fight, loved it so much i recorded the whole fight from the television to a radio cassete and listened to it later. I remember my father coming in saying "god dammit you still playing that.... ok wtf"
Yeah...he's not a good actor though haha It is very obvious he has studied this game inside-out for years...yet he pretends like: "Oh! I forgot she has another form". Gurl, bye.
I don't know how, after having played this game several times as I child, I never noticed the "normal top half of a human" hanging from the bottom half of Ultimicia's final form. Gross, to add to the grossness. Could you imagine how revolting she would look with modern graphics? Body horror written all over that there *shudders*
That part about Ultimecia's design was actually re-used for Anima's design in Final Fantasy 10, although Anima's lower half is more monstrous than Ultimecia's.
Best. Final Boss. Ever. I know FF7 gets a lot of love, but for me this game was the shit before I knew what that even meant. I spent far too many hours on this game. Sweet baby Jesus.
I was sort of disappointed with the introduction to the Ultimecia fight. I wish there would have been more information about her backstory before starting the fight.
I had a basically perfect game in 8; had holy wars left from omega...so with aura and holy war (with Irvine, Zell and Squall), I beat this in 4 rounds or so.
Cory Acerra This FF was the EASIET because To earn a lvl they were 1K each xp... Extremely easy..stay in the school and fight the dino,s u get one lvl per fight :P
"Got a half hour to kill?" --Me when my brother in law said he was stuck on this fight and asked me if he could watch how I beat it on my save file first.
Just beat this game recently, I don't like how she randomly selects which three start the fight because I only trained Rinoa, Squall, and Irvine. This fight was way easier once I found out Aura is the most broken spell in the game.
+osiris143 lol so u dragged on a fight that could of ended in like 5minutes just for views lmao good idea might do that with ff7 with ruby/emerald weapon and the endless knights of the round combo
when i bought this game with ff7, i didn t know anything about final fantasy , i just look at the box, and thouht that it was a good bargain to by a big box with 3 or 4 disc for 6.99£ i first didn t play as it was strange to me as i was into stuff like silent hill , resident evil etc. but then i start the journey with squall and after with cloud and it totally convince me that rpg was the best form of game for me cause it fusion game and epic stories. and from all the rpg i did, ff stand alone from the rest
they r really good, maybe a bit shorter than ff 6 7 8 , but graphically they r awesome and the story are meaningfull , plus the music is gr8 specially in ff9
I don't know why a lot of people didn't like ff8 personally I enjoyed it I really liked the story and the battles and believe me I'm not hating on ff7 but I thought this was a little better
The problem with the draw system is that it doesnt say anywhere that you can get magic better with using the GF tools. Like many first timers stay on battles drawing magic from monsters which is complete waste of time for someone knows how the mechanics work. Like these days if I play this game I dont even get the draw ability on other than one char on bosses to draw the GFs out. Its actually one of the best and creative ability systems in the series, it just needs to much knowledge for first timers.
that was amazing even knowing i'm 13 but i'm still a final fantasy fan i still can't just wait until the remake of final fantasy VII with cloud and tifa and barret
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This game is seriously legendary. I know everyone always boasts that FFVII was the best- but that's a load of shit. FFVII was a decent game, but it was far from the best. The only reason 7 got as much praise as it did is because, for many, it was their first Final Fantasy due to the time, and platform, of it's release. It was kind of like the first game of the series that wasn't a little 2-D character walking around a grid. It was repetitive as all hell, the story was decent but not as great as it's made out to be, and the characters were... okay. Still, it was the first step in the evolution of the series. FF8 was next level shit. Everything about that game was amazing. It is probably the best Final Fantasy ever made, not 7.
RyannBaws most FF fans disagree with you. The junction and magic system was garbage. whoever idea it was to make the characters only need 1000exp to level up needs to be punished, made the game way too easy, any experienced FF player would be max level by the time they finished the Esthar/space story and just got the Ragnarok. the game did do one thing right though, the characters were better and actually had a sory of growth. you feel connected to them, but still...a lot of the game was garbage.
Marcus Skeet I agree that it wasn't the most challenging of the series. I actually posted somewhere else(I can't remember where) about both FF8 and FF10 being a tad on the easy side, with somewhat broken gameplay mechanics; which is why they got hate from a lot of the more hardcore portion of Final Fantasy gamers. However, I typically try to write reviews from an unbiased perspective, and therefore generally will only judge a game as a whole, for what it is in it's entirety. That said, games are made up of varying parts, such as what you mentioned, all contributing to the whole. Gameplay plays one of the biggest roles in my judgement, because overall that's what games are mainly about. While FF8 did indeed flop in a few spectrums of it's gameplay, I mainly take into consideration whether or not the gameplay is fun. For me, and for many many others, FF8's gameplay was a BLAST. It was by no means perfect, but for most, having fun is what it's all about. The fact that it was easier than the norm does indeed hurt my overall rating of the gameplay, but it still gets at least close to an 8 in the department. The other things you mentioned such as story, character development, among other things such as graphics(in it's time), art work, music... are all easily solid 9's/10's, which... when contributed to my view of the game as a whole(as I mentioned earlier), puts it up there to at least a solid 9. This is why I consider it to be one of the (if not the) best Final Fantasy's ever made. I could think of just as many if not more flaws in some of the earlier Final Fantasy's and definitely some of the later.
RyannBaws ikr ppl praise 7 too much and its really crappy imo, on the other hand i enjoyed so much ff 13 lol and yes 8 is one if my favs. Currently enjoying 15 :)
The trick I used to do to get Lionheart every time was when she did the hell judgment I will cast holy war trials on squall and I'll be able to hit lion heart every time.
I love how excited you get about the limit breaks. It reminds me of being a kid and watching my big brother play and how excited we would get when we got to see them
This didn't have the best game mechanics out of the series, but it was definitely one of the most immersing (even though the story must have been thought up by a star wars nerd who ate too many jam donuts).
+Kryptic Studios Corp Damn, that bad? Because it looks interesting, but I don't wanna risk wasting money on a game that looks interesting, but isn't that good.
Willie Wonker If you are a FF fan then buy it, the game was far from crap and has fantastic cinematic content. However as the game rolls on your brain will often chant "herp derp" as you get confused with the silly story plot and dreadfully repetitive game mechanics.
Kryptic Studios Corp I think I can handle the silly story. I've seen things here and there, and graphically speaking, this game looks wonderful. Design wise, it also looks awesome. I like the design on the enemies. Now, the game mechanic, specifically how the player is supposed to gain magic, is what worries me. It does look very repetitive.
+Willie Wonker This game is good, really. It is just a matter of opinion. The reason why FF8 is the center of such a figth inside the FF fan community is because it is not a bad game not at all ! But he is very particular for a FF. The gameplay is different. The characters are develloped differently. The center of interest of the game. THe way the story is told. If the game was just bad or mediocre, it would be like FF13 or 12, some people like it but they know it is not excellent so they don't get mad when others say it is bad. The fact is, FF8 is as good, as beautiful, and as well made than any other FF. But since the story and the gameplay are so different from the other game, many people have a hard time enjoying it. I am french so it is hard for me to explain, you should try it and see for yourself. Final Fantasy 8 is one of the best game i ever played, just like FF7 and 9, and it is really sad it didn't get the respect it deserve.
The hardest bosses in this game for me was: Sorceress Adel Those monsters on the Ragnarok Ultimecia's Servants for me to get my abilities back Ultimecia's Final Form I yelled Thank You Lord when I defeated every last one of them. The battle with Yunalesca in FFX reminded me of this battle. Only difference was Ultimecia was more challenging than Yunalesca. Classic memories...
Well I think since you haven't fought Omega Weapon ( FFVIII ) , Ruby Weapon ( FFVII) and Final Form of Anima ( FFX) then sorry you don't know what it is to scream and swear the shit out of yourself when you beat those nightmares 😂😂😝👌
DangerVisit Official Well everybody has their own opinions. These are the most challenging bosses I've faced in Final Fantasy: Yunalesca | Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) Black Elemental | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2) Chac | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2) Mega Tonberry | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2) There were some challenging bosses in "Final Fantasy XII" but I can't think of their names right off the bat.
***** Oh yeah. I did that and finished the battle with only 2 turns. I took the same approach in Zanarkand when I fought the fallen Monks inside the dome.
I'm not sure if anyone here has ever encountered this but during the final form of Ultimecia, you can trigger an end to the fight where Ultimecia's blood explodes all over the place and even gets on the characters for that slow mo transition. My brother only ever managed to make it happen once and I don't ever see it being talked about in threads or forums or anywhere. We don't know how to trigger it so if anyone can help, it'd be appreciated.
I have a perfect save file of this game from back in the day. Went back to try and beat her. Got murdered. Just goes to show you do have to know what you're doing.
actually this game can throw someone a huge curveball at the end unless you know what to do through the ENTIRE game. most games, final fantasy in particular, leveling up = Get stronger= easier time. however this is opposite for 8, as the enemies level up with you, and at the end of the game, Griever can wipe your whole party with shockwave pulsar at level 99. Your perfect game file is ironically your biggest weakness for the final boss, the ideal thing to do is never level up, only junction the best magic to your stats through card mods and draws
Denn Green III Yours is a far better explanation. I vaguely recall spamming Aura back in the day for Lionhearts. May have even lucked out on Selphie's The End once or twice on Omega. Regardless, Ultimecia was easily one of the hardest FF final bosses.
the first game was called final fantasy because square soft was going out of business so they decided to make their last game their final fantasy, which decided to be a hit and allowed them to continue today ^^
exactly. heck, can you imagine the reaction of the guys who made FInal fantasy that their supposedely final game saved them? or even what they might have called this seris instead, had they known it would have been a huge hit, and not called it Final fantasy
TheCoolKid Yeah, the graphics in VII kind of..suck. It's a great game, but the graphics aren't all that good. This one's graphics are amazing for a PS1 game.
After fighting for HOURS, this B*itch killed me and I gave up... I was so angry that I never tried again. Maybe I should... ( I dont watched this Video, just want to chek out if its really HD :D )
they used to put more effort on the game play back then now its just good graphics with no story what so ever and so boring call me fucking old but i would choose this game over any game from this year (exept dark souls 3 lol)
The quick/easy way is to go in with Rinoa at 1 HP (if she gets selected by Ultimecia), then you use Rinoa's limit break Invincible Moon and keep repeating it. Any attacks Ultimecia does on you will hit for 0. Squall casts Aura before Rinoa's limit break and just uses Renzokuken throughout the fight.
I think this is the first pc version, because if I can recall correctly the PS version had the "R1" sign in Squall's Limit Break bar. (or this could be PSN) In case I am wrong and this IS the PS version played on ePSXe.......YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT THE SETTINGS ARE MAN!!!! Edit - titled HD *facepalms*.......it's PSN
ryokoshii The original PS and pc release can't be HD, can't be Steam with this upload date, only possibility is PSN. Did some digging, says a PSN version was released in December 2009. Didn't say it was HD but pretty sure it's the one (there were no other releases mentioned) Bummer for me too :( I would rather buy a HD hard copy if they released one.
There is a great trick for Selphie slot limit. Eject the game disc and lets any enemy magic/special attacks to be paused as the game waiting for data. Then, insert the game disc again after selecting the magic. Selphie limit break doesn't pause enemy action even battle setting is set to wait except by ejecting game disc. It also works for selecting battle command outside magic or item menu.
I'm sad to say that while this boss was intensely challenging the first time through, once you learn how to use junctions properly and that limit breaks are broken, this became one of the easiest final bosses of all FF games, second only to Yu Yevon I fear.
***** Yu Yevon shouldn't even count because the ONLY way to die to Yu Yevon is if your entire party gets petrified, and the chances of that happening are VERY SLIM because he'd have to confuse a party member and force them to cast Break or attack with a weapon that petrifies.
I mean, junction 100x Ultima on STR, and 100x Triple on SPD, you get 255 for both. There's no way you can't get 9999 per slash for Lion Heart Also, the DRAW ability is useless in Ultimecia battle and should replace with something else (even ITEM is better)
I wish Quistis could learn Maelstorm as Blue Magic :) but hey, Shockwave Pulsar is cool too. Anyway, can you tell me what software did you use to play this game? I played it on emulator PC but the sound was messed up.
This is one of the best looking PS1 games. Waaay ahead of it's time with textures and visuals.
I remember being so amazed by how detailed Ultimecia was for a PSone character.
Then 9 came out....
I remember one of the gaming magazines back then during its release actually saying it had Sega Dreamcast like graphics lol. This came out the same day as the Dreamcast if I remember correctly.
best game ever
The environments are mostly pre-rendered like 7. but i agree with you, I was blown away when I first played.
For those that don't know you can Draw Magic:Apocalypse from the Ultimecia body dangling below her. One of THE coolest spells in the game and only able to cast here.
Its a big question for mee how in that long fight Ultimecia dont draw Apocalypse and kill them all forever. :-)
@@Bynk333 She IS capable of casting it, if you let her. It's still not a threat, this game was absurdly easy. I truly love it but, well, I've seen people get to the final disk without junctioning.
Seriously.
"I decided my party is gonna be..."
Ultimecia: "How cute."
Ultimecia: "How kute."
ftfy
1 turn and i could arei...
*obliterated from existence*
DAMMNIT!
I just killed anyone myself who wasn't meant to be in my party, eventually I had my party I wanted lmao
One of my fondest memories in gaming is killing Ultimecia with Angelo Rush. Just so you know, Angelo Rush is a rare move that Rinoa's dog does, and it's a dud - it only does 1 damage. Yeah, I killed Ultimecia with that. Some goddess of time SHE turned out to be...
Try to kill Omega weapon that way...
So rinoa killed herself..
Actually you have wishing star. Rinoa will likely be unstoppable
With Zell's over the top personality, it's no surprise he'd run all around the world just to punch you in the face.
Best Final Fantasy ! i was like 9 y old when i played it and who else was ADDICTED TO THE CARD GAME :D
I know things move on and games evolve, but I really miss this type of turn based battle system. I'm getting old...
Though 15 looks incredible, as does the remake of 7, nothing beats 8 for me, the combat system itself is just ace, no other game can compare to the moment you get a limit break in 8.
+The Humour Games! I don't like it. All you really have to do is spam summon
Bill Cosby Why do people always bollocks around? In 7 all you need is W summon and knights. In 9 all you need is nothing, because it's easy, and the same for 6. Sooo. You don't like all final fantasy games because of how they are designed?
+Bill Cosby then you must suck at the game I don't use summons at all apart from cerberus just to save time on casting triple
Yeah i can tell they spent so much time making all these summons magics and limit breaks so flashy this game really did seem like it had a lot of time put into it while i was replaying it last week compared to ff7 which i felt i swept through then again it might just be all those hours of drawing magic.
One of the best final fantasy 8 final boss runs I've seen in a very long time. you play it the way it's supposed to be played, by going in blind, not knowing (or at least remembering) what to expect. It's so boring when the characters are all max-leveld and knows the perfect strategy to beat her super easily. This is a lot more enjoyable watch.
💯
I usually don't like lengthy gameplay videos with commentary but this one is awesome. Incredible battle!
LOL, I just remembered, I thought these graphics were da bomb back in the day.
Well, they WERE... back in the day.
the cutscenes still...cut it nowadays rival some ps3 games
michael dangerfield what ps3 games??
He means the pre-rendered fmv cutscenes.
The pre rendered backgrounds still are the bomb. They look so detailed even by today's standards.
"Zell's death was blown away"
Zell is immortal!! :D
He's the best
I ARE ULTIMECIA.. THIS GUY ARE SICK.. TIME ARE COMPRESS
+SuperMrBentley - Off Course!
*KOMPRESS
lol.
Vietnam Fantasy VIII.
to wright "i AM" silly ass))
0:00 The Castle
0:45 Premonition
14:33 The Legendary Beast
17:45 Maybe I'm A Lion
25:41 The Extreme
Jiseng So the soundtrack to this epic battle is easily the best, most fitting in FF history. One Winged Angel may be the most iconic, but that's one tune as opposed to four ;)
XD I download in my phone the premonition, the extreme, force your way , the man with the machine gun, find your way, the oath, blue fields and force your way and don't be afraid dissidia version
XD this is my favourite game this is the final fantasy that i download more song follow for IX and X
(sorry my english)
thk for the help
I wonder if the song titled "Maybe I'm a Lion" is the reason Squall's name was changed to Leon in Kingdom Hearts?
I like how early on in the video he was trying to get My Final Heaven, but gets Different Beat. Hits for 9999. Then when he successfully get My Final Heaven, hits for 3550... LMFAO!
MEGALIXIRS GODDAMMIT!!!
*scrolls through Selphie's 'Slot' trying to get Full-cure.....*
*.....has 100 megalixirs*
I know its one of the common atrocities that RPG players commit, but at the final battle im using ALL that good stuff that I've saved up the entire game lol.
So the final form is my ex wife?
Not named Tami, therefore, cannot be an ex-wife.
yes.
ShaunJW1 😅😅😅😅!
Alimony compression
Smash
Why is everyone hating, he can play the game however he wants for fuck sake...not everyone has to mathematically perfectly play a game to have fun and upload to RUclips
true story, I was like 6th, 7th grade when i played this game, loved the music during this whole fight, loved it so much i recorded the whole fight from the television to a radio cassete and listened to it later. I remember my father coming in saying "god dammit you still playing that.... ok wtf"
I like how osiris143 is pretending he doesnt know when the battle is over so he doesnt spoil the game. LOL
Yeah...he's not a good actor though haha It is very obvious he has studied this game inside-out for years...yet he pretends like: "Oh! I forgot she has another form". Gurl, bye.
But first, let me take a Selphie.
Selfie?
MKC13 haha
*ba dum tss*
Goddammit!!
No
lionheart is not needed. zell alone can pretty much solo this whole game with just spamming his 2 basic limit duels over and over.
Punch rush heel drop booya her to death 👌
This was and always will be an amazing game
Tonez FTW b
I don't know how, after having played this game several times as I child, I never noticed the "normal top half of a human" hanging from the bottom half of Ultimicia's final form. Gross, to add to the grossness. Could you imagine how revolting she would look with modern graphics? Body horror written all over that there *shudders*
That part about Ultimecia's design was actually re-used for Anima's design in Final Fantasy 10, although Anima's lower half is more monstrous than Ultimecia's.
I think it may have been the inspiration for anima in ffx so I like it
@@taxultima8556 Not many can say they took inspiration from themselves.
Wow, this is a huge throwback. I played this game for months building perfect saves. Thanks for the video
Best. Final Boss. Ever. I know FF7 gets a lot of love, but for me this game was the shit before I knew what that even meant. I spent far too many hours on this game. Sweet baby Jesus.
i use too waste her in minutes, i had everything you could obtain in the game and every strength maxed no cheats, much love for this game!
Nice video. FF8 was the first game out of the series i had played. Yep lots of memories.
I was sort of disappointed with the introduction to the Ultimecia fight. I wish there would have been more information about her backstory before starting the fight.
This was the hardest final boss in any FF I had ever played
naah i had more issues with sepiroth lol
Really??? I thought, despite FFVII being one of my favorite games ever, that it had one of the weaker final bosses
hmmm it could be cause i rushed trough the game my lvls where lower
I had a basically perfect game in 8; had holy wars left from omega...so with aura and holy war (with Irvine, Zell and Squall), I beat this in 4 rounds or so.
Cory Acerra This FF was the EASIET because To earn a lvl they were 1K each xp... Extremely easy..stay in the school and fight the dino,s u get one lvl per fight :P
"Kinda looks like Seymour from FFX, doesn't she?"
They share the same stylist, so I'm not surprised =P
"Got a half hour to kill?"
--Me when my brother in law said he was stuck on this fight and asked me if he could watch how I beat it on my save file first.
Ultimecia is like, "Bitch, this isn't my final form, yet!"
25:20 epic
Yaay
Just beat this game recently, I don't like how she randomly selects which three start the fight because I only trained Rinoa, Squall, and Irvine. This fight was way easier once I found out Aura is the most broken spell in the game.
Fool this is not even my final form.
LOL Apollo LeRoux
One of the best stories in any FF game..
The ending tears me up still to this day 😭
Aura was so OP made every fight easy lol.
eh not really in late game - I mean, it only lasts for like 5 seconds
@@TheHorrorDevotee If that's the case, I still got a good 7 rounds of Duel with Zell+Aura out of it.
@@notsocheese9033 I think it depends on the caster's magic stat
Best boss battle in HISTORY! You REALLY felt like you accomplished something after this fight!
TRUE THAT!!!!
Especially with the music coming along with it.
But first, lemme take Selphie.
:D
Omg, I'm so frustrated! At like 32:30 you scroll past like 23 auras twice XD I'm frustrated!! Travel back in time and tell yourself to not skip em!
kadajshm Little do you know how I like purposely fucking with people.
+osiris143 you were making it funny that way, for me atleast :)
+osiris143 lol so u dragged on a fight that could of ended in like 5minutes just for views lmao good idea might do that with ff7 with ruby/emerald weapon and the endless knights of the round combo
+kadajshm xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
VodKal-El อ
"Please kill Irvine, please kill Irvine, please kill Irvine. Thank you."
LMAO!!!
when i bought this game with ff7, i didn t know anything about final fantasy , i just look at the box, and thouht that it was a good bargain to by a big box with 3 or 4 disc for 6.99£ i first didn t play as it was strange to me as i was into stuff like silent hill , resident evil etc. but then i start the journey with squall and after with cloud and it totally convince me that rpg was the best form of game for me cause it fusion game and epic stories. and from all the rpg i did, ff stand alone from the rest
play final fantasy 9 and 10, in my opinion its one of the best final fantasy games.
they r really good, maybe a bit shorter than ff 6 7 8 , but graphically they r awesome and the story are meaningfull , plus the music is gr8 specially in ff9
And I'm calling bs on how you say you don't remember all her forms. anybody who has fought her remembers, it's so epic!
I played the game 15 years ago, I couldn't remember her forms.
Triggered nerd is triggered
Tommy Chaos stfu
Man..I spent ALOT of late nights on this game as a teenager..
I love how incredibly outrageous the limit breaks in this game is :D That's why I love them.
I don't know why a lot of people didn't like ff8 personally I enjoyed it I really liked the story and the battles and believe me I'm not hating on ff7 but I thought this was a little better
FF7 has better story I think. FF8 has alot of improvement but the story is not really great and draw magic system is shit.
As is the game, god tier soundtrack though.
You are right.
The problem with the draw system is that it doesnt say anywhere that you can get magic better with using the GF tools. Like many first timers stay on battles drawing magic from monsters which is complete waste of time for someone knows how the mechanics work. Like these days if I play this game I dont even get the draw ability on other than one char on bosses to draw the GFs out. Its actually one of the best and creative ability systems in the series, it just needs to much knowledge for first timers.
that was amazing even knowing i'm 13 but i'm still a final fantasy fan i still can't just wait until the remake of final fantasy VII with cloud and tifa and barret
Windy HD ur gross lol
FF7 will never see a remake soon and the trailer they showed at E3 2015 will be labeled as "tech demo" once again.
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I remember playing this game back in 1999/2000 on the PS1 and then the PS2. Wow even have my copy from 2002 I got used.
This game is seriously legendary. I know everyone always boasts that FFVII was the best- but that's a load of shit. FFVII was a decent game, but it was far from the best. The only reason 7 got as much praise as it did is because, for many, it was their first Final Fantasy due to the time, and platform, of it's release. It was kind of like the first game of the series that wasn't a little 2-D character walking around a grid. It was repetitive as all hell, the story was decent but not as great as it's made out to be, and the characters were... okay. Still, it was the first step in the evolution of the series.
FF8 was next level shit. Everything about that game was amazing. It is probably the best Final Fantasy ever made, not 7.
RyannBaws most FF fans disagree with you. The junction and magic system was garbage. whoever idea it was to make the characters only need 1000exp to level up needs to be punished, made the game way too easy, any experienced FF player would be max level by the time they finished the Esthar/space story and just got the Ragnarok. the game did do one thing right though, the characters were better and actually had a sory of growth. you feel connected to them, but still...a lot of the game was garbage.
Marcus Skeet I agree that it wasn't the most challenging of the series. I actually posted somewhere else(I can't remember where) about both FF8 and FF10 being a tad on the easy side, with somewhat broken gameplay mechanics; which is why they got hate from a lot of the more hardcore portion of Final Fantasy gamers.
However, I typically try to write reviews from an unbiased perspective, and therefore generally will only judge a game as a whole, for what it is in it's entirety. That said, games are made up of varying parts, such as what you mentioned, all contributing to the whole.
Gameplay plays one of the biggest roles in my judgement, because overall that's what games are mainly about. While FF8 did indeed flop in a few spectrums of it's gameplay, I mainly take into consideration whether or not the gameplay is fun. For me, and for many many others, FF8's gameplay was a BLAST. It was by no means perfect, but for most, having fun is what it's all about.
The fact that it was easier than the norm does indeed hurt my overall rating of the gameplay, but it still gets at least close to an 8 in the department. The other things you mentioned such as story, character development, among other things such as graphics(in it's time), art work, music... are all easily solid 9's/10's, which... when contributed to my view of the game as a whole(as I mentioned earlier), puts it up there to at least a solid 9.
This is why I consider it to be one of the (if not the) best Final Fantasy's ever made. I could think of just as many if not more flaws in some of the earlier Final Fantasy's and definitely some of the later.
RyannBaws ikr ppl praise 7 too much and its really crappy imo, on the other hand i enjoyed so much ff 13 lol and yes 8 is one if my favs. Currently enjoying 15 :)
Rudy Yeye Have you plated 10 yet?
+Marcus Skeet
The point of the game is to NOT lvl up right awayl. If you come to Ultimecia's castle with a lvl 20 or upwards You're playing FF8 wrong.
Lets take a "Selphie"!
No
.... I was afraid you'd make that joke.... This is why I don't talk about Final Fantasy 8 at school.
When I first saw the name it just came to me. Sorry xD
Selphie's skirt was so short.. and the whole game your practically seeing an upskirt on her.. I DEMAND A HD REMAKE WITH FULL CAMEL TOE!
nearly 20 years old the PS1 of first legend game, first classic graphic game I dreamed and never forget. Thanks poster!
"I'm thinking of The End" uh actually The End does work on Ultimecia it automatically shifts her to the next form
"Oh we didn't want Quistis! Aww aww C'mon!" Lmaooo!
The trick I used to do to get Lionheart every time was when she did the hell judgment I will cast holy war trials on squall and I'll be able to hit lion heart every time.
Squall must've taken ominslash lessons from cloud
I remember this one as my most epic Final Fantasy final boss battle. It blew me away back then and still holds up pretty well.
After all this time I only just now noticed the second below body hanging below Ultemecia's final form.
Now that was good fun my fave final fantasy game, wish they would remaster it or allow from store for ps4.
good news
I always thought her name was pronounced ul-ti-me-see-a ??? just me?
I went with Ul-ti-me-she-a, but not like, Ul-ti-mik-ia or whatever it's meant to be 😂 stick with how you wanna call It I guess :)
I remember having turbo controller and maxing my summons every time
I love how excited you get about the limit breaks. It reminds me of being a kid and watching my big brother play and how excited we would get when we got to see them
You made this battle more entertaining to watch than in other videos.
Better than FF15
Waaaay better.
u have big gay
FinalXChapter every ff is better than 15 lmao 12 and 15 are my lest favorite
Hating on ff15=cool guy
@Sephiroth yup bro all these mfs hating on 7 for being a good game 🗿🗿
This didn't have the best game mechanics out of the series, but it was definitely one of the most immersing (even though the story must have been thought up by a star wars nerd who ate too many jam donuts).
+Kryptic Studios Corp Damn, that bad? Because it looks interesting, but I don't wanna risk wasting money on a game that looks interesting, but isn't that good.
Willie Wonker
If you are a FF fan then buy it, the game was far from crap and has fantastic cinematic content. However as the game rolls on your brain will often chant "herp derp" as you get confused with the silly story plot and dreadfully repetitive game mechanics.
Kryptic Studios Corp I think I can handle the silly story. I've seen things here and there, and graphically speaking, this game looks wonderful. Design wise, it also looks awesome. I like the design on the enemies. Now, the game mechanic, specifically how the player is supposed to gain magic, is what worries me. It does look very repetitive.
+Willie Wonker
This game is good, really.
It is just a matter of opinion.
The reason why FF8 is the center of such a figth inside the FF fan community is because it is not a bad game not at all ! But he is very particular for a FF.
The gameplay is different.
The characters are develloped differently.
The center of interest of the game.
THe way the story is told.
If the game was just bad or mediocre, it would be like FF13 or 12, some people like it but they know it is not excellent so they don't get mad when others say it is bad.
The fact is, FF8 is as good, as beautiful, and as well made than any other FF. But since the story and the gameplay are so different from the other game, many people have a hard time enjoying it.
I am french so it is hard for me to explain, you should try it and see for yourself.
Final Fantasy 8 is one of the best game i ever played, just like FF7 and 9, and it is really sad it didn't get the respect it deserve.
SamSoul80
That's a shit load to read, but basically yeah.
The hardest bosses in this game for me was:
Sorceress Adel
Those monsters on the Ragnarok
Ultimecia's Servants for me to get my abilities back
Ultimecia's Final Form
I yelled Thank You Lord when I defeated every last one of them. The battle with Yunalesca in FFX reminded me of this battle. Only difference was Ultimecia was more challenging than Yunalesca.
Classic memories...
Well I think since you haven't fought Omega Weapon ( FFVIII ) , Ruby Weapon ( FFVII) and Final Form of Anima ( FFX) then sorry you don't know what it is to scream and swear the shit out of yourself when you beat those nightmares 😂😂😝👌
DangerVisit Official Well everybody has their own opinions. These are the most challenging bosses I've faced in Final Fantasy:
Yunalesca | Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X)
Black Elemental | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2)
Chac | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2)
Mega Tonberry | Via Infinito (Final Fantasy X-2)
There were some challenging bosses in "Final Fantasy XII" but I can't think of their names right off the bat.
+DangerVisit Official actually ruby is really easy. use the hades materia to paralyze it then beat it into submission.
+john lowe actually he gets paralyzed if his claws aren't dug in. like I hit it with Hades then went to town with KOTR
***** Oh yeah. I did that and finished the battle with only 2 turns. I took the same approach in Zanarkand when I fought the fallen Monks inside the dome.
I'm not sure if anyone here has ever encountered this but during the final form of Ultimecia, you can trigger an end to the fight where Ultimecia's blood explodes all over the place and even gets on the characters for that slow mo transition.
My brother only ever managed to make it happen once and I don't ever see it being talked about in threads or forums or anywhere. We don't know how to trigger it so if anyone can help, it'd be appreciated.
Poxa vida, finalmente depois de 20 anos consegui ver o final tão esperado por mim que sinceramente não consegui na época, estou emocionado...
I have a perfect save file of this game from back in the day. Went back to try and beat her. Got murdered.
Just goes to show you do have to know what you're doing.
9unslin9er u really don't know. if u got perfect stats this Boss fight would be easy as pie
Peter Lee Or maybe I just grew up and have to do adult things like work and forgot how to play games like I did in 1999 you tool.
actually this game can throw someone a huge curveball at the end unless you know what to do through the ENTIRE game. most games, final fantasy in particular, leveling up = Get stronger= easier time. however this is opposite for 8, as the enemies level up with you, and at the end of the game, Griever can wipe your whole party with shockwave pulsar at level 99. Your perfect game file is ironically your biggest weakness for the final boss, the ideal thing to do is never level up, only junction the best magic to your stats through card mods and draws
Denn Green III Yours is a far better explanation.
I vaguely recall spamming Aura back in the day for Lionhearts.
May have even lucked out on Selphie's The End once or twice on Omega.
Regardless, Ultimecia was easily one of the hardest FF final bosses.
Denn Green III it's actually level 100 and with 255 spr defense Shockwave pulses does around 700 damage
This FF was my favorite and my first one.
***** Yeah you're probably right. FF3 (or 6 or whatever) was my first one and is still my favorite.
***** not necessarily this was my first ff but I prefer 10 overall
Final Fantasy...which is never final at all... :D
the first game was called final fantasy because square soft was going out of business so they decided to make their last game their final fantasy, which decided to be a hit and allowed them to continue today ^^
The way things are going now, It's coming.......the Final of all Fantasies :(
Rick Spencer im surprised, not many people seem to know that little tid bit of information.
Ronald Brotski yeah, it's something you learn from having quite a bit of friends that love playing the same types of games :3
exactly. heck, can you imagine the reaction of the guys who made FInal fantasy that their supposedely final game saved them?
or even what they might have called this seris instead, had they known it would have been a huge hit, and not called it Final fantasy
I like the theory that Ultimecia and Griever are evil versions of Rinoa and Squall in the future.
About 20 years... still love this game...2019..
final ultima death = they just putted all the sounds in to one death.
I've got to say, Final Fantasy VIII doesn't look that bad for a PS original game. I remember it looking lots more "polygony" and pixely.
TheCoolKid It looks better on a PC. I redownloaded mine on my PS3 from the playstation store and it is very pixely, so much I can;t even play it
*****
I don't know about it being so pixely that you can't play it. Unless you're playing really close to your flatscreen tv.
TheCoolKid it's like playing with boxes haha
*****
It kind of is!
If you really want to know what playing with boxes is like, go play Final Fantasy 7. It almost literally looks like boxes.
TheCoolKid Yeah, the graphics in VII kind of..suck. It's a great game, but the graphics aren't all that good. This one's graphics are amazing for a PS1 game.
she does have a face if you look at her she is in fact upside down hanging the top is her ultimate self look next time you fight her
I love how they got akross an entire akcent just by changing one letter
Ultimecia's Final Form gives me chills everytime. Square really did produce some of the best RPG's to date.
After fighting for HOURS, this B*itch killed me and I gave up... I was so angry that I never tried again. Maybe I should...
( I dont watched this Video, just want to chek out if its really HD :D )
they used to put more effort on the game play back then now its just good graphics with no story what so ever and so boring call me fucking old but i would choose this game over any game from this year (exept dark souls 3 lol)
I agree for the most part. The FF games in particular became boring as shit after FF9, but they looked lovely.
+33hegemon after 10 u mean 10 was a Great game too
+Joshua Laflamme Yes 10 you also had to strategize before you went into battle of you'd fall!!
After 12!
DarkSouls 3 was bad though.
1:50 "What a psycho" LOL
The quick/easy way is to go in with Rinoa at 1 HP (if she gets selected by Ultimecia), then you use Rinoa's limit break Invincible Moon and keep repeating it. Any attacks Ultimecia does on you will hit for 0. Squall casts Aura before Rinoa's limit break and just uses Renzokuken throughout the fight.
Suddenly I flashed back to my childhood memory pool. One of the best game beside Metal Gear Solid and Harvest Moon at that time.
selfie had aura the whole time -_-
Zell's calves are huge!
It's all those hotdogs, I'm telling you.
Fluffi Fluffsson Okay. You do get the joke I was trying to make though right?
Fluffi Fluffsson I took your comment in a serious manner.
I think this is the first pc version, because if I can recall correctly the PS version had the "R1" sign in Squall's Limit Break bar. (or this could be PSN)
In case I am wrong and this IS the PS version played on ePSXe.......YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT THE SETTINGS ARE MAN!!!!
Edit - titled HD *facepalms*.......it's PSN
its not, pretty sure VIII wasnt out on PSN in 2011 of jan.
ryokoshii The original PS and pc release can't be HD, can't be Steam with this upload date, only possibility is PSN. Did some digging, says a PSN version was released in December 2009. Didn't say it was HD but pretty sure it's the one (there were no other releases mentioned)
Bummer for me too :( I would rather buy a HD hard copy if they released one.
well this is modded im pretty sure using the old PC version injecting PS audio etc.
ryokoshii could it be on an emulator?
Most likely not since it looks modded. You couldnt mod the PS version very easy comapred to the first PC version ive seen
BTW ultimecia even says words "Final Fantasy" in ff8 but it was only in japanese version.i dont know whyit was cut in NA version
There is a great trick for Selphie slot limit. Eject the game disc and lets any enemy magic/special attacks to be paused as the game waiting for data. Then, insert the game disc again after selecting the magic. Selphie limit break doesn't pause enemy action even battle setting is set to wait except by ejecting game disc. It also works for selecting battle command outside magic or item menu.
I'm sad to say that while this boss was intensely challenging the first time through, once you learn how to use junctions properly and that limit breaks are broken, this became one of the easiest final bosses of all FF games, second only to Yu Yevon I fear.
Triple+Aura+Haste+Rezoukuken=Profit
Don't even need haste. Just junction triple to speed :P
***** That too.
Yea, most people would've prolly beaten the bosses by the time he was waiting for Selphie and Zell to appear lol.
***** Yu Yevon shouldn't even count because the ONLY way to die to Yu Yevon is if your entire party gets petrified, and the chances of that happening are VERY SLIM because he'd have to confuse a party member and force them to cast Break or attack with a weapon that petrifies.
but first lemme take a Selphie
This battle takes me like 3-5 minutes...... why the Hell is this video 40 minutes?
Cause you always grind your way to being OP?
The MasterGabe
Grind? it takes maybe 5 hours TOTAL to hit lvl 100 in this game, and u can do it all on the first disk.....in the garden
Things would be much easier if he would at least get a better junction on STR and SPD
I mean, junction 100x Ultima on STR, and 100x Triple on SPD, you get 255 for both. There's no way you can't get 9999 per slash for Lion Heart
Also, the DRAW ability is useless in Ultimecia battle and should replace with something else (even ITEM is better)
And don't bother using GF ability, it's a waste of space
I only beat this game once and I loved it! currently replaying it!
Hey man,can i ask you something?How will you increase your seed rank here in ff8?cuz mine is just s lv.2 :(
Ok, the ending was just cut out.
Nice move...
I know huh?
I'm never gonna understand ultimecia's final form, am i?
Aura + Limit Break Spam!
I wish Quistis could learn Maelstorm as Blue Magic :) but hey, Shockwave Pulsar is cool too.
Anyway, can you tell me what software did you use to play this game? I played it on emulator PC but the sound was messed up.
I love the trip down memory lane. Thank you
BRING BACK TURN BASED BATTLES @SQUARE ENIX #SquareEnix
oRaGaMi 1337 Lel no.
oRaGaMi 1337 It would be repetitive and boring as fuck, and more time consuming.