Topic: Final Fantasy VII, IX, X, X-2 and XII - Now with 80% more FF VIII

@BruceCM Thanks! I beat part 2 last night. I'll do some item gathering today and head to the final Dungeon. In the high 50s for all my party. I think ill be ok.

@NintendoByNature

You should do the Ancient Forest before you go to the final dungeon. That's a cool area.

@Dezzy I think I've been there because of the main story No? I definitely did the ancient Temple, got the ancient key and what not. What is in the forest?

No, you'd have to have visited by a mountain chocobo, @NintendoByNature .... There's a few great items & awesome materia there!

@BruceCM

Best materia growing sword too.

@BruceCM @Dezzy hmm ok I might look into it.

Yeah, bit late for that for him, @Dezzy .... Some of the stuff there might still be useful, though!

Man the chocobo breeding in 7 is my favorite side quest activity in the franchise. It was exciting finally being able to breed the color you needed, and then being able to access the secret areas with ridiculous materia

@dezzy @BruceCM so 1 more question.. created the save point thankfully, head into the planet, and iron men constantly spawn. I watched a couple walkthroughs of other enemies spawning, but for some reason, that's all i ever have spawn in the planet and they're REALLY hard, at least for me. Is there an easy way to beat them? Spent a good chunk of time restarting from the save point.

Wow, you shouldn't be getting loads of them, @NintendoByNature.... They are tough! Use your best magic and stuff on them Not really much else to suggest there.

@BruceCM lol dude that's ALL that's spawning, im Not even kidding. If im lucky 1 out of every 4 or 5 is the dude with 1 eye who has wings. I use up all my magic and still get rocked. I'm able to beat 2 when I'm lucky but I run into at least 3 or 4 each time

Well, I dunno what to suggest, @NintendoByNature. ... You have a save from before? That might be your best bet, if reloading the latest isn't working
Maybe actually close the game & stop it, then open up & reload?

@BruceCM maybe ill try that. I've seen other walkthroughs not even spawn an Iron man! Why me?!?

Well, it's not unusual to come across one or 2 of them, @NintendoByNature... But certainly never heard of anyone getting the amount you have

@BruceCM That's my luck. Made it to final phase of seph and got roasted 😋. Try again tonight

Well, at least you got to him.... @NintendoByNature

@BruceCM yea I got mini'd up and didn't have much health after. He did something and destroyed my party. I'll make it a point to beat him tonight. I WILL FINISH FF7 TONIGHT!!!

If it wasn't supernova, @NintendoByNature.... It's the attack that reduces hps to one? No great secrets here, just be prepared to heal quickly

@BruceCM Man..after another few hours of trying to beat the last 15 minutes of the game ( and dying more times than I care to share), i ended up using that right stick cheat when I was almost dead in the final phase. I'm not proud of It, but I just couldn't beat him. I feel like i got close a few times, but the trek to get all the way back to his 3rd phase was getting time consuming.

I really wanted to see what happened in the end, so I caved in. First time i used that all game(as I really didnt even know It was a thing until the end believe it or not), but I'm glad i saw the ending. I really loved the game through and through. Now I'm excited to try more games in the series.

Has anyone here ever been able to play a final fantasy game without ever looking at a guide or walkthrough? I kinda feel like it's pretty much required if you don't wanna miss important things or events in whichever game you are playing. I hate getting to a certain point only to find i skipped something or missed an item that becomes locked or unobtainable later but at the same time using a guide feels like cheating or possibly ruining the experience of your first playthrough.