You forgot Bhunivelze+ from Lightning Returns. Bhunivelze in its second form is much, MUCH harder than Ereshkigal and Aeronite. Yes it's the Final Boss, but you can't encounter this Bhunivelze outside of NG+ and unlock Ereshkigal's dungeon.
Maybe start uploading quality content again instead of 5 best of something and 7 worst of something trash. It really ruins the excitement for the next video if only trash gets uploaded 90% of the time. Im really starting to think about unsubscribing. Its better to upload nothing instead of trash. I would rather wait for a good video instead of getting bombarded with useless content. Get a job man so you dont rely on trash content for money
I would honestly love a video or two on the history of Crystals in Final Fantasy. Because while they've been a throughline for a lot of the games, their roles in each game vary, from linchpins of the environment to locks for a specific person or place to simple sources of power to just save points.
Great video. I love that you guys are going over all the changes within the different patches of FFXIV, since there's been a lot of changes since the start of it and it's offered a lot to the ideas of Superbosses just by being an MMORPG and needing to change with the times.
Very nicely done, I appreciate the effort of covering many games outside the main ones and revisit things like sequels and DLCs etc, it also makes me appreciate the content of the games themselves that way
One of the few mobile games I've ever really gotten into and it was a great time and never felt too predatory. I really appreciate that they put some of the Record Keeper songs in the most recent theatrhythm game
Same, was my first and still my favorite mobile game, Hope they put it out as an offline version some time since the JP version is still going to this day
Honestly i think the superbosses in 4 heroes are far harder than the final boss. The gauntlet for the level 4 100 floor dungeon is far harder than anything in the main game. Also theres a secret superboss. In the story theres a unwinnable fight against a bear and when you refight it you actually fight a weak version. Well if you go back the old one is still there with max stats. Its possible to beat it post game but its beyond hard to win.
Surprised you don't mention Vercingetorix's best strat. Due to the way poison works in 13, you can actually just poison it and shield up until it dies.
Sure, what's easier than Poison Vercingetorix, Summon, go in Gestalt, stall the Summon until it goes out, Elixir then repeat ? ^^ That's the easiest glitcheless strat to deal with Vercingetorix... but if you add glitches to the mix, there's even more easier strat : Provoke-Death Glitch, if it works, Vercingetorix will do nothing the entire fight... but it's a frame perfect trick.
I really wish Bravely Default would be involved more in these discussions on the FF series as a whole. It is the spiritual successor to 4HoL and has about as much, if not more, in common with the series than many modern mainline FF titles.
Aeronite and Ereshkigal were some of my favorite superbosses to figure out thanks to LR having incredible system depth. Aeronite could also be encountered within a Chaos zone which buffed its stats and gave it regen. Hard Mode Chaos Aeronite had 57.75 million HP which at least at one time was the most of any superboss (not sure if it still is), yet it could be taken out extremely fast with different strategies.
I wonder how players reacted to Admantoise coming back even stronger than ever in FFXIII-2. Considering how long fighting it seemed to already take in the first game. Feral Chaos, though...Oh man, I remember hearing that after beating him, not only could you unlock him, but his amazing battle song as well, I went WILD trying to beat him. All of my best guys were dead in the end, and I am pretty sure my first win was with a level 75 or so Golbez. I was SO lucky, as I was also on a trip and couldn't charge my PSP at the time (it was a class trip of sorts so it wasn't my car, etc) and I was in no way gonna let that win go to waste! Luckily the battery never died and I got to save - and celebrate my victory - after we got back in the car. xD
My victory against Feral Chaos was also using Golbez. I specifically remember a half an hour of using Nightglow repeatedly because the startup of the attack was a shield, then the attack itself launched FC into the ceiling.
I managed to beat Feral Chaos with Lightning solo, was pretty close but her Thunderfall attack pushes her up while slamming her opponents down, it was JUST enough to beat him but i tell ya, i was sweating near the end.
I've really been enjoying the Evolution of Superbosses videos - thank you! I do recall that Lightning Returns featured a 3rd superboss: "Bhunivelze+" Bhunivelze+ is unlocked at the end of New Game+ and is considerably more difficult than any other boss or superboss in the game - he might not have more HP than the juiced up version of Aeronite, but I remember Bhunivelze+ as much more challenging.
Oh I remember him he combined all his past phases. And can switch between them. Plus he hits way harder if you don't have a perfect block. You will burn through your healing items.
FFXIV has so many bosses that fulfill the various criteria for superbosses that it's going to need more than one video and I am looking forward to them.
Wow, I had no idea FF Type-0 had superbosses, once in a while I think about replaying that game, the combat is really fun and overall I think is an underrated game
@@SuperNamuGaming I see .... A rather nice touch. I happened to be one of the biggest content creators for that game. My channel was the first to publish footage from some difficult to reach scenarios....... And of course when the remaster came out I had to re-do almost all of them.
Kudos on the FFxiv 1.0 nod... Personally i would have given the superboss recognition to Garuda (Hard) and or Nael Van Danes (Hard). imo those were the defining encounters before 1.0 got axed.
Agreed. I don't think extremes or raid bosses are necessarily superbosses, even if difficult, and Nael Van Darnes (Hard) definitely qualifies. It was the hardest fight of 1.0, and most importantly the reward was mostly cosmetic, meaning the sole reason to fight it was to test your capabilities.
Final Fantasy XIV is going to be a very interesting one to cover due to the sheer volume of potential candidates. I've tried to handle it similar manner to Final Fantasy XI, focusing on superbosses that raised the stakes, as opposed to every possible one to have existed. I do appreciate there's going to be a lot of subjectivity though! Either way, thanks for the comment ~Darryl
This is the first time that I've ever watched a video and the creator asked if I had any ideas and I actually answered. Probably because I love Final Fantasy so much. I wonder if you could do a video on the public release side of Final Fantasy games like the advertising campaigns and the hype. Some of that stuff might have been covered in your history of square enix video but it's just an idea
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Yes, plan is very much to cover that kind of material within the "Complete History of Final Fantasy" series. Within the first three videos, there's quite an extensive look (relatively speaking) at the different marketing initiatives they used, which included print and TV advertising, trade show attendance and the production of numerous forms of merchandise. ~Darryl
I think the absolute most annoying aspect of Vercingetorix was the goddamned healing shield, especially if you happen to stumble into the battle at a pitifully low level like I did ㅠㅠ Something else I noticed: I remember that Vercingetorix isn't fought just that one time, but also the time before it (which is how it's encased in a crystal sphere in the cutscene shown), which references quite a few older superbosses that had more than one phase, particularly like Deathgaze and the Magus Sisters in the essence that the two phases are presented separately rather than in the same encounter. Also, small correction: I don't believe the Long Gui was mechanical... I think that, like pretty much all other mobs in the Steppe, the Long Gui was also an organic creature.
Enjoying this series, for sure. I’d forgotten type-o exists, I think in the future an interesting video topic could be the evolution of Magitek armor / technology throughout the years.
I’m surprised you didn’t touch on the super notorious monsters from FFXIV like Odin and Behemoth that required multiple parties to tackle at once to be able to down. Nowadays they may be easier to take, but in 2.0 if there weren’t enough folks working together you’d sometimes walk into the forest to find dozens of player characters dead after succumbing to a Zantensuken. Quite a sight 😮
MMOs have a different relationship with boss encounters than offline games. Long, high difficulty encounters are special events in offline games, but they're the core gameplay loop of an MMO's endgame. Absolute Virtue took that notion to an extreme, and I'd absolutely call that a superboss, and I don't know enough about XI to know if there were any other Absolute Virtue-caliber encounters added afterwards, but the only fights that really break the mold in XIV are the Ultimate tiers, and there's only five of those. I say this mainly because FFXIV has a TON of raid bosses at this point, and if Ifrit 2.0 Extreme is a superboss, than you could fill two full videos covering XIV raid bosses alone, because they'd ALL be superbosses.
They added master trials, which are like ultimates in xiv, and high level absolute virtue called Warder of Courage. But they aren't as extreme as AV during it's relevancy.
You really don't know how the molds were broken and reformed of the course of FFXIV's lifespan. The Ultimates only really became Superbosses after the previous superboss content became normalized. BCoB T5 and the Odin and Behemoth FATEs were the games hardest content and superbosses when ARR launched. 2.1 introduced Garuda EX, Titan EX and Ifrit EX which were tuned for a similar item level (ilevel) and difficulty as the BCoB raids and rewarded similar levels of gear. As ARR progressed the EX fights that followed started being tuned for lower ilevels compared to SCoB and FCoB. SCoB also received an "unnerfed" Savage version. Savage Raid became the norm for Superboss content in HW and the tuning for A3S and A4S nearly killed the raid scene in 3.0/3.1. After a bit of design rebalancing and introduction of raid viable crafted gear A8S introduced the now normal "Final turn Savage only Boss" with winged Brute Justice that pretty much turned the normal mode raid boss in to a door boss for the Savage raid boss. When UCoB was added in Stormblood it was added on top of O4S's Neo Exdeath.
It is amazing how you can know so much about Final Fantasy, yet simultaneously know so little based on your Dissidia coverage. You make it very clear to everyone who has played Dissidia and read the files that you have done neither: Dissidia is not fan service; it is the meta-story. Every game's story is but one cycle in a greater conflict. Each world's shared themes differing from one another is because of how history and subjectivity paint depictions of reality. Omega is always Omega, always chasing after Shinryu who is always Shinryu, across the void and into different worlds, remembered by those at the time in different ways. The frailty of memory is very important to the FF record, in lore. None of this was the intention originally, but Dissidia made this canon. Cid is a void traveller, and travelling the void can erase memories. Cid is the main character in the Final Fantasy story, just not the individual stories that you encounter him in. Every Cid is the one Cid of the Lufaine, but living a different life at a different time of that life. The Dissidia reveal is what made me fall in love with FF. It is unfortunate that you have not bothered to sit through it.
That fight against the two raktavija? think thats what they are called anyway those 2 were brutal. The hardest fight in the game was trying to 5 star the gigantaur. I got dazed locked so many times.....
Something to Note for al gilgamesh Fans. Every Single Version of him is the same gilgamesh that was first seen in FF5. Since in that game he got banished after losging to the players Party to many Times.
It's still available on the Playstation store! I remember having it for GameCube and loving the esthetic of it, just a really charming fantasy look and vibe to it, akin to FF9. The systems were a bit confusing to me at the time (early teen years), and very different than the random encounter, turn based mainlines. I had just dedicated myself to learning and doing a full playthrough after several restarts, and then I lost it and the GameCube in a fire. I was so happy to see it in the PS store after finally breaking down and buying my PS5, however I bought the PS5 for FF16 and FF7 Rebirth and so I've yet to sit down and do the full playthrough that I started 20+ years ago. It typically runs for about $30 but very rarely goes on sale, I think I may have picked it up for like $22.
@@juju89du02 Yeah. Hell, he only went to Binding Coils which was before the Savage Label but essentially Savage difficulty. So we're probably traveling through all of Savage, maybe Criterion and finally Ultimates. This Rabbit Hole goes deep.
A lot of these later superbosses just don’t seem to that interesting. A superboss monster can be such great worldbuilding, like how the very existence of Warmech implied something about the world of that game. But so many of these just don’t feel like there’s anything more to them than “here’s a really strong dude you can fight if you want to.” Nemesis is the poster child of that. I literally had to double check because I couldn’t believe that the ultimate world-ending monster of that game was essentially just made for fun by an unnamed character.
The three base game superbosses weren't too hard in 13-2, but those dlc bosses were ridiculous. I am happy that square got over the idea that super bosses needed to be 40 minute nightmares that could wipe the whole party at any moment.
@FinalFantasyUnion woah didn't expect an actual direct response. I just thought it was funny and now I wanna see a mech long gui. Also just discovered your channel from.the useless summons vid. Loving the super boss vids so far. Any you recomend watching next?
Ahh, welcome then! If you enjoy long-form content then I'd recommend checking out "The Complete History of 8-Bit Final Fantasy", it's a three-hour look at the creation stories behind the first three games in the franchise. ~Darryl
I love ur work man Keep it up i jus ran through and completed everything to do on ff1-9 on my psvita and now working on 10,10x2,12and then crystal cronicals for my switch then 15,class0 till i get my ps4
In case of Bhunivelze+ (strongest super Boss in ff13 trilogy), it's kinda normal. It would be a very bad game design to force the player to face a Super Boss instead of the normal Final Boss, after you unlock the Ultimate Lare (who's supposed to be a reward for completing sidequests).
I miss dissidia so much. I wish it would come back but i know NT killed it for good. They had a free money franschise they could add on endlessly with new stages and cgaracters but they threw it away for a dumbed down arcade game X.X
I’m glad to see both the Dissidia games on this video. The amount of times it took for me to defeat Feral Chaos was the most attempts for me to try to face a final boss in a fighting game, but when I won it was satisfying in finishing that third storyline
I've been playing FF14 since HW. Behemoth was a joke by then with enough players showing up. Odin still brings quite a challenge since you do still have lvl sync to deal with for his World FATE, and Odin can spawn above lvl 50, requiring a large enough number of players to limit his damage output and burn through his HP, I hardly ever see Odin being done anymore since most players on my server have the Odin drops they want
@@craigfunk3453 If you had started in ARR Odin and Behemoth were never jokes while the level cap was 50 even with full 130 gear. Odin gained a level every time it was defeated (up to a maximum of 60) which meant it was fully capable of quickly killing tanks that had cleared FCoB.
All I remember of it is my brother fighting it. I didn’t care enough about XIII to play more than the story and some side content. My brother did all the hunts and everything, even upgrading everyone’s weapons to the ultimate forms. (I think just on one weapon per character. Don’t think he did it for all weapons, though it wouldn’t surprise me if he did).
I'm an og final fantasy guy... aka I kinda got turned off somewhere between X and X-2... but man this series has been off the chain... can't wait for the final vid... best to leave 15 for its own final opus... much love fam... the Lore is on point so well its irrefutable lol
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You forgot Bhunivelze+ from Lightning Returns. Bhunivelze in its second form is much, MUCH harder than Ereshkigal and Aeronite. Yes it's the Final Boss, but you can't encounter this Bhunivelze outside of NG+ and unlock Ereshkigal's dungeon.
Maybe start uploading quality content again instead of 5 best of something and 7 worst of something trash. It really ruins the excitement for the next video if only trash gets uploaded 90% of the time. Im really starting to think about unsubscribing. Its better to upload nothing instead of trash. I would rather wait for a good video instead of getting bombarded with useless content. Get a job man so you dont rely on trash content for money
I would honestly love a video or two on the history of Crystals in Final Fantasy. Because while they've been a throughline for a lot of the games, their roles in each game vary, from linchpins of the environment to locks for a specific person or place to simple sources of power to just save points.
I absolutely agree with this!
Great video. I love that you guys are going over all the changes within the different patches of FFXIV, since there's been a lot of changes since the start of it and it's offered a lot to the ideas of Superbosses just by being an MMORPG and needing to change with the times.
Very nicely done, I appreciate the effort of covering many games outside the main ones and revisit things like sequels and DLCs etc, it also makes me appreciate the content of the games themselves that way
I miss record keeper everyday
One of the few mobile games I've ever really gotten into and it was a great time and never felt too predatory. I really appreciate that they put some of the Record Keeper songs in the most recent theatrhythm game
Same, was my first and still my favorite mobile game, Hope they put it out as an offline version some time since the JP version is still going to this day
I love how 4 heroes of light have giant rat and save guy as a super boss.
Bravely default also had save guy super boss
PLOT TWIST
Save guy is a woman.
@@iamthehoboTwice. Lol
@@iamthehobo because they are the same guy lol.
Honestly i think the superbosses in 4 heroes are far harder than the final boss. The gauntlet for the level 4 100 floor dungeon is far harder than anything in the main game. Also theres a secret superboss. In the story theres a unwinnable fight against a bear and when you refight it you actually fight a weak version. Well if you go back the old one is still there with max stats. Its possible to beat it post game but its beyond hard to win.
Surprised you don't mention Vercingetorix's best strat. Due to the way poison works in 13, you can actually just poison it and shield up until it dies.
That's not even the best strat lol
@@groudonvert7286 Maybe not for speedrunners, but it's a consistent and rather easy technique.
Sure, what's easier than Poison Vercingetorix, Summon, go in Gestalt, stall the Summon until it goes out, Elixir then repeat ? ^^
That's the easiest glitcheless strat to deal with Vercingetorix... but if you add glitches to the mix, there's even more easier strat : Provoke-Death Glitch, if it works, Vercingetorix will do nothing the entire fight... but it's a frame perfect trick.
I really wish Bravely Default would be involved more in these discussions on the FF series as a whole. It is the spiritual successor to 4HoL and has about as much, if not more, in common with the series than many modern mainline FF titles.
Branching into other IPs muddies the waters of what a "Final Fantasy Union" channel covers.
Aeronite and Ereshkigal were some of my favorite superbosses to figure out thanks to LR having incredible system depth. Aeronite could also be encountered within a Chaos zone which buffed its stats and gave it regen. Hard Mode Chaos Aeronite had 57.75 million HP which at least at one time was the most of any superboss (not sure if it still is), yet it could be taken out extremely fast with different strategies.
The final boss in the new game plus hard mode kicked my ass. I never once defeated him
36:31 Oh look it's my After Years footage. Cool to see it of use in this video
I wonder how players reacted to Admantoise coming back even stronger than ever in FFXIII-2. Considering how long fighting it seemed to already take in the first game.
Feral Chaos, though...Oh man, I remember hearing that after beating him, not only could you unlock him, but his amazing battle song as well, I went WILD trying to beat him. All of my best guys were dead in the end, and I am pretty sure my first win was with a level 75 or so Golbez. I was SO lucky, as I was also on a trip and couldn't charge my PSP at the time (it was a class trip of sorts so it wasn't my car, etc) and I was in no way gonna let that win go to waste! Luckily the battery never died and I got to save - and celebrate my victory - after we got back in the car. xD
My victory against Feral Chaos was also using Golbez. I specifically remember a half an hour of using Nightglow repeatedly because the startup of the attack was a shield, then the attack itself launched FC into the ceiling.
Long Gui in 13-2 is easier than an Adamantoise in 13.
@@Bardic_Knowledge I beat him using kuja I just used ultimate over and over. Thanks to the unknown sweet spot I found.
I managed to beat Feral Chaos with Lightning solo, was pretty close but her Thunderfall attack pushes her up while slamming her opponents down, it was JUST enough to beat him but i tell ya, i was sweating near the end.
I've really been enjoying the Evolution of Superbosses videos - thank you! I do recall that Lightning Returns featured a 3rd superboss: "Bhunivelze+"
Bhunivelze+ is unlocked at the end of New Game+ and is considerably more difficult than any other boss or superboss in the game - he might not have more HP than the juiced up version of Aeronite, but I remember Bhunivelze+ as much more challenging.
Oh I remember him he combined all his past phases. And can switch between them. Plus he hits way harder if you don't have a perfect block. You will burn through your healing items.
FFXIV has so many bosses that fulfill the various criteria for superbosses that it's going to need more than one video and I am looking forward to them.
Same. You can make an argument for 15 savage superbosses + world superbosses like Chi
I definitely hope to see that game get thorough love, as it is very fascinating to see all the homage it pays to ff history
Feral Chaos from *Dissidia: Final Fantasy & Dissidia 012 FF* was one of THE Toughest and Hardest Superbosses I've ever seen in that game!
Wow, I had no idea FF Type-0 had superbosses, once in a while I think about replaying that game, the combat is really fun and overall I think is an underrated game
Aeronite's a classic recurring enemy. cool to see them respect it so.
I'm so surprised to see Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song at 2:40
Its one of my fave games of all-time! Couldn't help but include when i was editing this!
@@SuperNamuGaming I see .... A rather nice touch.
I happened to be one of the biggest content creators for that game. My channel was the first to publish footage from some difficult to reach scenarios....... And of course when the remaster came out I had to re-do almost all of them.
Kudos on the FFxiv 1.0 nod... Personally i would have given the superboss recognition to Garuda (Hard) and or Nael Van Danes (Hard). imo those were the defining encounters before 1.0 got axed.
Agreed. I don't think extremes or raid bosses are necessarily superbosses, even if difficult, and Nael Van Darnes (Hard) definitely qualifies. It was the hardest fight of 1.0, and most importantly the reward was mostly cosmetic, meaning the sole reason to fight it was to test your capabilities.
Final Fantasy XIV is going to be a very interesting one to cover due to the sheer volume of potential candidates. I've tried to handle it similar manner to Final Fantasy XI, focusing on superbosses that raised the stakes, as opposed to every possible one to have existed. I do appreciate there's going to be a lot of subjectivity though! Either way, thanks for the comment ~Darryl
I really, really appreciate your hard work on these longer videos and this wonderful series
For 4 Hero's of Light I had more trouble REACH the 4 Tower super bosses then the ACTUAL FIGHTS against them.
This is the first time that I've ever watched a video and the creator asked if I had any ideas and I actually answered. Probably because I love Final Fantasy so much. I wonder if you could do a video on the public release side of Final Fantasy games like the advertising campaigns and the hype. Some of that stuff might have been covered in your history of square enix video but it's just an idea
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Yes, plan is very much to cover that kind of material within the "Complete History of Final Fantasy" series. Within the first three videos, there's quite an extensive look (relatively speaking) at the different marketing initiatives they used, which included print and TV advertising, trade show attendance and the production of numerous forms of merchandise. ~Darryl
Chaos! He went berserk. Jack was right all along.
I think the absolute most annoying aspect of Vercingetorix was the goddamned healing shield, especially if you happen to stumble into the battle at a pitifully low level like I did ㅠㅠ
Something else I noticed: I remember that Vercingetorix isn't fought just that one time, but also the time before it (which is how it's encased in a crystal sphere in the cutscene shown), which references quite a few older superbosses that had more than one phase, particularly like Deathgaze and the Magus Sisters in the essence that the two phases are presented separately rather than in the same encounter.
Also, small correction: I don't believe the Long Gui was mechanical... I think that, like pretty much all other mobs in the Steppe, the Long Gui was also an organic creature.
Just a small correction, in Dissidia’s Blackjack section of the Duel Colosseum, Chaos would only appear at level 130, not 150 😊
Chaos, voiced by the phenomenal Keith David
Keith David, the man who's played so many demons in media (Spawn and Mr. Simms from Tells from the Hood 2)
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the support, it's much appreciated!
The Turn 9 breakdown is going to re=open some of my deepest PTSD scars and my lord am I ready for it (I'm not)
“twisters. I said twisters…. TWISTERS!!”
the PUG experience was something
Enjoying this series, for sure. I’d forgotten type-o exists, I think in the future an interesting video topic could be the evolution of Magitek armor / technology throughout the years.
I still think Minerva is the coolest aesthetically, and tied with Ozma for having the most awesomely mysterious nature.
Can't wait for you to return to FFXIV with all the ultimates lol
I’m surprised you didn’t touch on the super notorious monsters from FFXIV like Odin and Behemoth that required multiple parties to tackle at once to be able to down. Nowadays they may be easier to take, but in 2.0 if there weren’t enough folks working together you’d sometimes walk into the forest to find dozens of player characters dead after succumbing to a Zantensuken. Quite a sight 😮
You should make another video on the evolution of Super Bowl because there’s been a few more Final Fantasy released since you did this video
I dont envy this dude having to talk about Uwu, Ucob, DSR and Top. Letnl alone the Savage raids
MMOs have a different relationship with boss encounters than offline games. Long, high difficulty encounters are special events in offline games, but they're the core gameplay loop of an MMO's endgame. Absolute Virtue took that notion to an extreme, and I'd absolutely call that a superboss, and I don't know enough about XI to know if there were any other Absolute Virtue-caliber encounters added afterwards, but the only fights that really break the mold in XIV are the Ultimate tiers, and there's only five of those.
I say this mainly because FFXIV has a TON of raid bosses at this point, and if Ifrit 2.0 Extreme is a superboss, than you could fill two full videos covering XIV raid bosses alone, because they'd ALL be superbosses.
I hesitate to call any of the Extreme fights superbosses. I think that title belongs to the Ultimate fights.
They added master trials, which are like ultimates in xiv, and high level absolute virtue called Warder of Courage. But they aren't as extreme as AV during it's relevancy.
You really don't know how the molds were broken and reformed of the course of FFXIV's lifespan. The Ultimates only really became Superbosses after the previous superboss content became normalized. BCoB T5 and the Odin and Behemoth FATEs were the games hardest content and superbosses when ARR launched. 2.1 introduced Garuda EX, Titan EX and Ifrit EX which were tuned for a similar item level (ilevel) and difficulty as the BCoB raids and rewarded similar levels of gear. As ARR progressed the EX fights that followed started being tuned for lower ilevels compared to SCoB and FCoB. SCoB also received an "unnerfed" Savage version.
Savage Raid became the norm for Superboss content in HW and the tuning for A3S and A4S nearly killed the raid scene in 3.0/3.1. After a bit of design rebalancing and introduction of raid viable crafted gear A8S introduced the now normal "Final turn Savage only Boss" with winged Brute Justice that pretty much turned the normal mode raid boss in to a door boss for the Savage raid boss.
When UCoB was added in Stormblood it was added on top of O4S's Neo Exdeath.
It is amazing how you can know so much about Final Fantasy, yet simultaneously know so little based on your Dissidia coverage. You make it very clear to everyone who has played Dissidia and read the files that you have done neither: Dissidia is not fan service; it is the meta-story. Every game's story is but one cycle in a greater conflict. Each world's shared themes differing from one another is because of how history and subjectivity paint depictions of reality. Omega is always Omega, always chasing after Shinryu who is always Shinryu, across the void and into different worlds, remembered by those at the time in different ways. The frailty of memory is very important to the FF record, in lore. None of this was the intention originally, but Dissidia made this canon.
Cid is a void traveller, and travelling the void can erase memories. Cid is the main character in the Final Fantasy story, just not the individual stories that you encounter him in. Every Cid is the one Cid of the Lufaine, but living a different life at a different time of that life.
The Dissidia reveal is what made me fall in love with FF. It is unfortunate that you have not bothered to sit through it.
I really love your content! Keep up the awesome work!
Someone has probably already said it, but Nael Deus Darnus (Second Coils of Bahamut) came out in 2.2. Syrcus Tower was 2.3.
Final fantasy 13. The hunt you go on before the last one. It's two lightning-based elementals I think was way harder than the last hunt.
I know what you mean...
That fight against the two raktavija? think thats what they are called anyway those 2 were brutal. The hardest fight in the game was trying to 5 star the gigantaur. I got dazed locked so many times.....
You should make one exclusively about the superbosses of the VII remake series.
Something to Note for al gilgamesh Fans. Every Single Version of him is the same gilgamesh that was first seen in FF5. Since in that game he got banished after losging to the players Party to many Times.
Darrell this was a great video. I clicked on it so fast.
Did Crystal Chronicles have super bosses? I know the remake had some new stuff but I never checked it out.
I wish i had played crystal chronicals. I didnt consider it a "real" ff game when it came out, but my viewpoint has changed since then.
It's still available on the Playstation store! I remember having it for GameCube and loving the esthetic of it, just a really charming fantasy look and vibe to it, akin to FF9. The systems were a bit confusing to me at the time (early teen years), and very different than the random encounter, turn based mainlines. I had just dedicated myself to learning and doing a full playthrough after several restarts, and then I lost it and the GameCube in a fire. I was so happy to see it in the PS store after finally breaking down and buying my PS5, however I bought the PS5 for FF16 and FF7 Rebirth and so I've yet to sit down and do the full playthrough that I started 20+ years ago. It typically runs for about $30 but very rarely goes on sale, I think I may have picked it up for like $22.
PART 4 YEAHHHHHH
Kinda disappointed you didn't mention the Rare Fate bosses that ARR introduced, Behemoth and Odin.
Ifrit Extreme as a Superboss? Oh boy, this will go far into FFXIV then.
agree, the ultimate content is 100 times harder now. difficult to believe the game was looking that bad at release compared to currently °_°
@@juju89du02 Yeah. Hell, he only went to Binding Coils which was before the Savage Label but essentially Savage difficulty.
So we're probably traveling through all of Savage, maybe Criterion and finally Ultimates.
This Rabbit Hole goes deep.
Super video!
Gilgamesh hard, final fantasy VII rebirth or vr challenges 😊
Give them time. They said at the end of the 3rd video that they were only halfway through.
I think I speak for us all when I say... f*** Twintania.
Make superboss playlist pls
Hero for the algo
Did he cover Crisis Core super boss already?
It's in Part 3.
I have to say though in FF14 world boss Odin took an etire server to fight and still failed to beat him
A lot of these later superbosses just don’t seem to that interesting. A superboss monster can be such great worldbuilding, like how the very existence of Warmech implied something about the world of that game.
But so many of these just don’t feel like there’s anything more to them than “here’s a really strong dude you can fight if you want to.” Nemesis is the poster child of that. I literally had to double check because I couldn’t believe that the ultimate world-ending monster of that game was essentially just made for fun by an unnamed character.
The three base game superbosses weren't too hard in 13-2, but those dlc bosses were ridiculous. I am happy that square got over the idea that super bosses needed to be 40 minute nightmares that could wipe the whole party at any moment.
"true guilgamesh can only be fought during the third playthrough and with a random party member"
why is type-0 just the worst?
Fresh
when the next of superbosses video out?
Hopefully before the end of the month! The last part is going to be a little bit longer, so it's taking a little bit longer to edit! ~Darryl
@@FinalFantasyUnion okey, i will waitong for it. 😁
Long gui is not a machine... it is a gigantic tortoise
Haha, you're absolutely right. The word "mechanical" is not in my script, no idea why I said it when doing the recording. ~Darryl
@FinalFantasyUnion woah didn't expect an actual direct response. I just thought it was funny and now I wanna see a mech long gui. Also just discovered your channel from.the useless summons vid. Loving the super boss vids so far. Any you recomend watching next?
Ahh, welcome then! If you enjoy long-form content then I'd recommend checking out "The Complete History of 8-Bit Final Fantasy", it's a three-hour look at the creation stories behind the first three games in the franchise. ~Darryl
@@FinalFantasyUnion begining it now
Honourable mention: The EU players server lag back in the day...
A mouth full of prose
In my opion the easiest superbows is ellidibus from fft tonlearn zodiark just remd his magic and he not as dangerous anymore
Long Gui arent mechanical wtf!?
Tell me about it, haha. That wasn't in my script, no idea why I said it when I recorded the voice over! ~Darryl
Just been waiting for 15
no way im early to a vid for once :D
What’s the name of that game shown at 2:24?
Definitely one of the Mana titles. I want to say it's Sword of Mana for the GBA.
That's Sword of Mana, a remake of the first Seiken Densetsu, which was ported as Final Fantasy Adventure in the west
@@Axll26 Thank you
@@Urthdigger Thanks
I love ur work man Keep it up i jus ran through and completed everything to do on ff1-9 on my psvita and now working on 10,10x2,12and then crystal cronicals for my switch then 15,class0 till i get my ps4
why does everyone forget interlude on the psp version of final fantasy 4 its like everyone hates it
Theres no super boss in that game and its like 2 hours long. Its more of a prelude to after years than anything really.
@@snuggie1849 yea i know but its still an interesting part of ff4
@@sapphireglaceon yeah especially considering so few fans actually played interlude
bosses locked behind NG+ are so annoying...
In case of Bhunivelze+ (strongest super Boss in ff13 trilogy), it's kinda normal. It would be a very bad game design to force the player to face a Super Boss instead of the normal Final Boss, after you unlock the Ultimate Lare (who's supposed to be a reward for completing sidequests).
Why can't we have a good dissidia on a newer console my psp died years ago.
I miss dissidia so much. I wish it would come back but i know NT killed it for good. They had a free money franschise they could add on endlessly with new stages and cgaracters but they threw it away for a dumbed down arcade game X.X
Feral chaos is probably the worst playable character in dissidia, the cost of his cp is expensive even the basic actions like dash & jump etc.
I’m glad to see both the Dissidia games on this video. The amount of times it took for me to defeat Feral Chaos was the most attempts for me to try to face a final boss in a fighting game, but when I won it was satisfying in finishing that third storyline
Man you forgot Odin and behemoth in ffxiv
I've been playing FF14 since HW. Behemoth was a joke by then with enough players showing up. Odin still brings quite a challenge since you do still have lvl sync to deal with for his World FATE, and Odin can spawn above lvl 50, requiring a large enough number of players to limit his damage output and burn through his HP, I hardly ever see Odin being done anymore since most players on my server have the Odin drops they want
@@craigfunk3453 If you had started in ARR Odin and Behemoth were never jokes while the level cap was 50 even with full 130 gear. Odin gained a level every time it was defeated (up to a maximum of 60) which meant it was fully capable of quickly killing tanks that had cleared FCoB.
Odin is a shame given its limited rewards and arguably higher difficulty compared to later superbosses in XIV.
I can’t remember XIII very well, but I recall it having Shen Longui, didn’t it? Was that a weaker or stronger version?
Shen longui or as it's called "Shaolong Gui" replaces the adamanchelid (juvenile adamantoise) when Long Gui arrives as his juvenile counterpart
I considere Shaolong Gui as a Super Boss as well. To me it's the hardest enemy to deal with in 13.
All I remember of it is my brother fighting it. I didn’t care enough about XIII to play more than the story and some side content. My brother did all the hunts and everything, even upgrading everyone’s weapons to the ultimate forms. (I think just on one weapon per character. Don’t think he did it for all weapons, though it wouldn’t surprise me if he did).
And thank you. I think I was mixing it up with Shenlong from Bloody Roar.
They made a 13?
I'm an og final fantasy guy... aka I kinda got turned off somewhere between X and X-2... but man this series has been off the chain... can't wait for the final vid... best to leave 15 for its own final opus... much love fam... the Lore is on point so well its irrefutable lol