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Almost everyone who has played a square game will run through it once and then go through it multiple times trying to test their skill in same manner. Be it the Celes, Setzer, Edgar challenge in FFVI, or defeating Ozma in FFIX with all level 1 characters (apparently, it's possible). In either case, you can proudly say, "Yup, I did that".

Here, please boast about your hard earned accomplishments from any square game. Because, you obviously attempted those challenges for more than just self satisfaction. Deep down, you know you wanted to brag .

I'll get the ball going with Kingdom Hearts, battling it out with Sephiroth in the arena. I beat him on Hard at level 58, which basically meant that I could only survive one attack before a curaga was in order. A battle that took me about an hour to complete.. ugh. But, well worth it!

Edit: In my KH game, I chose to start with Sword and abandon magic (which is apparently the hardest way to play the game)

Anyone else have an achievement they wish to have immortalized on the forums?

This post has been edited by Racthoh on 19th January 2005 05:56

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I'd say my crowning glory would be beating Karlboss in FFV with my lone WHM. I had to get to level 53 to do so, and it was months of gruelling hell. The hardest battle I could EXP off was three Bandersnatches. If you think it'd be easy, this was what would happen.

I attack.
He paralyzes me. This resets the ATB a fair bit.
He attacks a few times.
He removes the paralysis.
He paralyzes me once more.
He uses tailscrew.
5 HP and paralyzed.
He kills me.

It was all about luck and being able to kill him in about 6 hits. And I didn't use save states.

I actually cheered and danced when I beat him. That completely ruined FFV for me, though. I'm sick of it.

I managed to play until the end of FF9 before finally losing interest once and for all in FF. I'm surprised I lasted this long and consider it an acheivement.

I finished Final Fantasy VI without gaining any EXP at all (had a game genie code setting my EXP to 0). This was truly a good challenge that made FF6 funner than it'd ever been. And actually challenging. Any game with a last boss that can be killed in 2-3 rounds is not worthy of calling itself a challenging RPG... With my army of level ~8 n00bies, though, it rocked.

I did a fair bit of work on FF6 in the ROM hacking department and discovered quite a bit of interesting stuff, as well as mapped out a good deal of assembly code, but that probably doesn't count.

I loved Parasite Eve. Both of them. Considering the reviews it's been getting, that's quite an acheivement.

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the quality and quantity of liquor in his possession
and the likelyhood of him sharing."

1. Defeating Yunalesca (FFX) She was a pain for me. It took me almost 75 retries to kill her. I almost remember the victory dance I had when I finally won.

2. Getting Ultima Weapon in KH. I spent no less than 15 hours getting all the supplies along with the synthesis prerequisites before hand.

I'm impressed with your KH victory, Racthoh. I can hardly kill Seph with the level I am now (88)


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Simply defeating Penance is an accomplishment...even with a full sphere grid of level 4 spheres with all character stats at 255, all main weapons and HP over 30000 for everyone it's still bloody hard. ¬_¬

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Probably defeating Omega Weapon in FF8. He was one hard mofo, and it took a long time. Also, I guess beating Ruby and Emerald. I never really waste too much time on uber bosses other than them.

Beating the Midgar Zolom and getting beta when you first meet him and are supposed to cross with a chocobo was a great accomplishment in my standing.

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

Well, let's see.

Defeating Chrono Trigger at the minimum practical average level of 7-2/3 is a good one, especially considering that I did it on the original SNES cartridge. Mathematically, the minimum possible is an L7 average, but that would require beating Magus with a Frog unable to survive Dark Matter (a fact I was the first to discover!), plus require Nizbel II to be vanquished by Ayla alone, two tasks which are impossible within the given circumstances. The hardest battle was easily against the second form of Lavos - one slip and you're dead, and sometimes you're just doomed from the start. Compared to that, the Core was a breeze.

My other big accomplishments aren't really that big. Beat some superbosses, master cleared some games, blah blah blah. The only two that stick out in my mind are the FF6 three man challenge and my first victory over Emerald Weapon, but those are for other reasons. Respectively, they are that the Setzer that soloed Kefka in two rounds was named Chisa, which inspired my "The World Within" project, and the fact that I almost destroyed my PS dancing around after wasting the Green Monster.

There is one thing I think may be impossible but want to do anyway: NSG some FFX superbosses. I know it's possible to NSG all the required bosses, because it's been done, but bringing a virgin team against the likes of the Weapons, the arena supers, and the Dark Aeons...

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My soul is bound to the Mistress of the Afterlife, and my fealty is to her always. So let's just hope she doesn't use it as one of her ten daily meals.

I beat FF5 without once looking at a walkthrough. Naturally, this meant I missed out ona good number of things, but I did get all the jobs and Bahamut.

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And behold, I saw a Pale Gaming System, and the name of he who rode it was Squaresoft, and Enix followed him.

Let's See:
Beating the Ruby, Emerald and the Omega weapons in FF7 and FF8.
And getting the neccasary items to get the Ultima Weapon in Kingdom Hearts. That is it for now I could not really think about stuff for FFI-VI, and IX-X-2, and T and TA. Thats it I guess.

I've never been big on extra challenges, once I've beaten the game I'm usually satisfied. The only thing I can think of was beating Lavos at the Ocean Palace on my first time through in a plus game.

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Beating Lavos at the Ocean Palace was cool as i discovered. Its how i got the programmers ending the first time. I recall a couple situations where i jumped for joy, but none come to mind sadly at this time. Maybe I'll edit this later if i can think of any others.

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It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
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I just completed a no equipment/natural magic/low-level game of FFVI last week. Without a walkthrough of tips for doing so. Pretty damn challenging, that, especially when your party members can die ten times over after receiving a gentle love tap from almost any random enemy in the WoR.

Beating Ozma in FFIX with characters in the low to mid-30s range. Took me more tries than I cared to count and each attempt was an excruciatingly long battle. By the time I killed the thing I was completely zoned out while repeating the same strategy I used for the past several hours and didn't snap outta it until I saw the experience screen pop up, to which I promptly choked on my tongue. I just know I'll never be able to nor want to accomplish something like that again, probably because it was more boring than it was fun.

Liking FF2j. I've noticed quite a few people here do, but it's considered impossible outside these cyberwalls.

And I guess playing and beating Live-A-Live without a walkthrough. That game can be extremely confusing at points.

Those're all I can remember at the moment.

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If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. - Murphy’s Law

Boing! Zoom! - Mr. Saturn

My greatest Final Fantasy Achievement. Well, I have 2, but I think you can handle it.

1. FFIX- I beat the legendary Ozma in 3 turns (with each player) the way to do it is to steal all of his MP and use all of yours, so he can't use any magic and kill you too quickly.

and

2. FFT- I turned Ramza into a powerhouse of attacks with Lv. 8 calculator, Ninja, Samuri, Monk, Wizard, Priest, Time Mage, Oracle, and Geomancer. I took out the last boss with one turn from all of the units on my team. It didn't take much, and I like to brag.

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I would say my Square achievement (though, it is something that just about anybody can do) is beating the final battles in FF games with the greatest of ease.

This post has been edited by FabulousFreebird on 14th January 2005 17:54

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Doing almost everything in FFVII, including getting all the characters to lvl 99 and mastering Knights of the Round three times.....and no, I don't have a life.

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sleipnir Posted on 14th January 2005 19:23
Doing almost everything in FFVII, including getting all the characters to lvl 99 and mastering Knights of the Round three times

I hear ya sleipnir..I sorta had to do a MAX game of FFVII just because on my first attempt I finished the game in 42 hours and missed loads of stuff felt really hollow and gutted after that one...

My greatest achievment so far has been 180 hours played on FVIII - I got all the cards, ultimate weapons and summons etc...I have no idea why I put so much damn effort into a game I dont even really like!

Oh, and my greatest gaming accomplishment was completing Super Metroid in 51 minutes!

This post has been edited by Dirk Diggler on 14th January 2005 18:37

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Chrono Triggers rock super-group:

Ozzie - lead singer from Black Sabbath
Flea - Bassist from Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Slash - Guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses

He drinks and smokes his cares away
His heart is in the lonely way
Living in the ruins
Of a castle built on sand...

Tell The King - The Libertines

51 minutes! Wow. May not be a square game but that tops my best time in Super Metroid by an hour!

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Doing almost everything in FFVII, including getting all the characters to lvl 99 and mastering Knights of the Round three times

Sounds similar to mine - in FFVII, I leveled all characters to 99 and got 3 full sets of all the Master materias (one full set for each of member of my main party) by running around in the circular swamp area in Sephiroth's dungeon. By the time I was done, I had over 99 hours...

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and no, I don't have a life

I feel ya, brother.

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I don't pee in your pool, so please don't flame on my post.

Each time killing Warmech in FF1 is a tie with:

Maxing out every character's levels in Crono Trigger.

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...And their stats, too. ^-^;

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...And getting every single ending possible...

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...And that first time beating Lavos in the Ocean Palace and on the Transporter Pad in the first ten minutes of the game...

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n_n;

This post has been edited by Zephir on 16th January 2005 07:58

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* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

Biggest Square accomplishment? Sending an e-mail to Square, asking some questions, and not getting any reply. It proved that Yes, Square is a company run by incubi and No, they don't love their work.

In their games, I probably would have to go with defeating Shinryuu and Omega without the cheap-ass tactics I learned about later.

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The Collapse of Heaven and Earth

Hundreds of hours of hard work in a few lines.

Gil: 25996142
Note: All listed Meteria is at “MASTER” level, no codes or cheats were used. All Enemy Skill are full.

Cloud
Wpn: Ultima Weapon
Arm: Wizard Bracelet
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic, M. Summon, M. Command, E. Skill, Counter Atk, W-Magic, W-Summon, W-Item
Double Cut, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus, Phoenix+Final Atk
Barret
Wpn: Missing Score
Arm: Escort Guard
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic+All, M. Summon+HP Absorb, M. Command, W-Summon, W-Item, Counter Atk
Double Cut, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus
Tifa
Wpn: Premium Heart
Arm: Minerva Band
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic+Magic Counter, M. Summon+Quadra Magic, M. Command, W-Summon, W-Item, Slash-All
Mega All, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus
Nanaki (Red XIII)
Wpn: Limited Moon
Arm: Wizard Bracelet
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic, M. Summon, M. Command, E. Skill, W-Magic, W-Summon, W-Item, Long Range
Mega All, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus, Fire+Magic Counter
Reeve (Cait Sith)
Wpn: HP Shout
Arm: Wizard Bracelet
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic+All, M. Summon, M. Command, Sneak Atk+W-Magic, W-Summon, W-Item
Manipulate+Counter, Slash-All, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus
Cid
Wpn: Venus Gospel
Arm: Wizard Bracelet
Acc: Safety Bit
Materia:
M. Magic, M. Summon, M. Command, Counter Atk, Elemental+Choco/Mog, W-Magic, W-Summon
W-Item, Double Cut, Gil Plus, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus
Yuffie
Arm: Conformer
Arm: Mystile
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic+Steal as well, M. Summon+MP Absorb, M. Command, W-Magic, W-Item, Double Cut
E. Skill, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus
Vincent
Wpn: Death Penalty
Arm: Wizard Bracelet
Acc: Ribbon
Materia:
M. Magic+Final Atk, M. Summon+MP Turbo, M. Command, E. Skill, Hades+Added Effect
W-Summon, W-Item, Mega All, HP Plus, MP Plus, Magic Plus, Speed Plus, Luck Plus

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The Arcana are the means by which ALL is revealed.

I hear what you're saying Djibriel... it seems like whenever you email a company you never get a response. Guess that means I should stop hoping to get a reply from a company I emailed... oh well.

Twilight Paladin, if you want to beat Sephiroth early, I suggest using the Metal Chocobo. You may be thinking "what?", but it has the same reach as the Ultima Weapon which GREATLY helps against him. Hope that helps .

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I'm so jealous...I'm not allowed consoles so I'm limited to pcs, and the only rpgs I played were the snes ones. nevertheless, my greatest acheivement was completing breath of fire. before you say "that's not a square game, it's a capcom game" it was translated by square. a good thing too. the best thing ted woolsey ever did to the world imho

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changed tim to ted. my bad

This post has been edited by alphasmart on 18th January 2005 17:33

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"Fire and steel
follow me through the lands
you will burn hordes of hell
in the deadly raging flames of revenge"

Rhapsody - Flames of Revenge

Heh, Breath of Fire was indeed a bitch on the SNES, but it seemed a lot easier once you could use that theif-guys combine skill thing. It was a good deal weaker game on the GBA, way too easeh.

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The Arcana are the means by which ALL is revealed.

Every Lore & Rage in FF VI
Killing Warmech in FF I
Getting Every Magic Up item in FFCC
Giving a character every skill of every job class in FFTA

Oh and joining CoN.

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Could you repeat that?

The intire FF VI game was a great game altogether.

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Money is no good unspent.
There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

Not exactly an accomplishment in the usual sense of defeating some megaboss or getting all of the lores or something, I tested my patience by ignorance I guess... Before I learned how to turn on/off layers in ZSNES, I navigated my way through the Mist Cave in 4 and the Ship Graveyard in 5 just by feeling my way around... All you could see in the mist cave was a screen of solid white, and just the water tile pattern in the shipyard. When I finally had the mist dragon text pop up and warn me I was getting close, I just about wet myself... er.. *cough*

It was ridiculous and tedious but looking back I guess it was an accomplishment, even managed to get most of the treasure I think. I don't recommend trying it though. ...

This post has been edited by imperialstooge on 18th January 2005 08:04

Beating Neo-Exdeath. P.I.T.A. even with savestates, and I had 3 mimics at lvl.49, with !White, !Black, !Revive, !MgcSwrd, !Blue, !Red, !Summon, !X-Fight, !X-Magic, and a ton of other skills. Each class was mastered by at least 2 characters. Darn, that was a NASTY battle.

BTW, allphasmart, Mr. Woolsey's first name is Ted. And he did do quite a nice job with Breath of Fire.

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You can find me on the Fediverse! I use Mastodon, where I am @[email protected] ( https://sakurajima.moe/@glennmagusharvey )

Greatest Square Accomplishment? Being able to sit through over two thousand hours of Final Fantasy Tactics without finding it less entertaining than the day I bought it.

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It's gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck can change

oops I read the title wrong I thought it asked what squarsofts greatest accomplishment...

But now that I'v read it right I'd have to agree with GamblingCat My greatest accomplishment was defeating Ruby Emerald And Omaga Weapon in FFVII

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Money is no good unspent.
There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.