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@WaItenir

Жыл бұрын

Melhoras irmão. Que você se recupere.

@feraldruidsftw01

Жыл бұрын

You only fail the run if you CAN still use the rules set to get through. which if you are solo in the party in this case then no you would not lose the run as you had to do this to progress.

@WaItenir

Жыл бұрын

@@feraldruidsftw01 Look even at those who play several hours in several games or who stays at home or works or studies. We can't stop walking to warm up and work out on the side. sedentary is something terrible in everyone, I myself once went to the hospital for not walking daily.

@feraldruidsftw01

Жыл бұрын

@@WaItenir WTF are you even talking about? my comment had nothing against physically running or anything. it had to do with the task aka the "run" of beating FF 13 with out dealing any damage as the character that the player is controlling. please use some insight into understand what is being commented on and how before putting your foot into your mouth.

@CobaltContrast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for replaying it for me.

The battle theme slaps so hard

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

100% agree!!

@GlairGullwing

Жыл бұрын

Personally, it is my favorite out of all of them.

@chrislangton4662

Жыл бұрын

I love the music in this game, I just wish the combat was more challenging.

@calvinanderson4245

Жыл бұрын

The XIII trilogy always had a god tier soundtrack.

@taxevaderyoshi5795

Жыл бұрын

True its the best in the series easily its nice to see that there's something everyone can praise about this game Its not exactly a hard thing to achieve tho since pretty much every battle theme besides like 4,6,15s kinda are not memorable.

Hey, FF13 speedrunner here! Great video, loved it! Here's a few little neat tips/tricks: - For the Ushu 2 fight with solo Hope, you can just let it kill you. - Having buffs applies during Eidolon fights certainly helps, because it increases your conditional chain modifiers (which are extremely important in Eidolon fights), but re-buffing them when already applies doesn't do anything! However, re-applying debuffs that you've already inflicted DOES increase gestalt (very good on Hecatoncheir), since infliction contributes to chain. AI SABs will not attempt to cast debuff spells on targets that they've already applied them to, however. - For the party setup question, I'd probably have gone with the standard speedrun party of Sazh/Snow/Vanille, as Vanille's Imperil and other debuffs are absolutely busted (especially when paired with Bravery/Faith/Enspell), Snow's damage output tends to be higher than Fang's (plus he has RAV as a primary role), and being able to manually control Sazh's SYN is great. For a challenge like this, I would also probably get Sazh's Cure (for the low price of 21000 CP...) and optionally Snow's SYN for access to Protect and Shell. Vanille's COM is also quite nice if you want to fork over the massive amount of CP to get her Ruin. - Fun fact about the Hecatoncheir fight - Vanille's Provoke (in SEN) actually builds gestalt. Yeah, that's a thing, it's also really slow, but it exists. Also, Eidolons don't actually have health per se, so things that just straight up increase your damage aren't much help. - When you got to the Wladislaus and Sanctum Templar fight, it could have been avoided by activating a secret elevator in the top-left corner of the room (the large square area) ;) - The first time Progenitorial Wrath is cast, it will always target a MED or a SEN. After that it's random. Fun mechanic Square, thanks! :) - The ATB refresh mechanic you discovered during Orphan 2 is awesome! The way it works is, the first paradigm shift of a fight grants the whole party a full ATB bar. After that, you can gain more refreshes by shifting paradigms 12 seconds (in-game time) or more after your last shift. This is why you may have seen in speedruns, we'll often have two of the same paradigm - the ability to ATB refresh into the same paradigm can give you crazy potential with damage, chaining, etc. All in all, fantastic video and I had a blast watching it. Thanks for making this!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Wow that's all super interesting. Thanks for your insights! I LOVE the speedrunning community, you guys are awesome people.

@ryugasen

Жыл бұрын

A minor correction: recasting a synergist buff absolutely increases gestalt gauge in eidolon battles. The bar increases by 2% times the summon multiplier, which ranges from 0.6 for Brynhilder to 1.45 for Odin

@Rissole

Жыл бұрын

Great comment to read! Is there a site or page that has all these small intricacies documented? FFXIII is one my favourites, and I'd love to read about these mechanics I'd never have found.

@ryugasen

Жыл бұрын

@@Rissole these mechanics can be found in the ultimania, or translated in the Game Mechanics faq on gamefaqs. The ultimania also has of cool story details such as the evolution of the lcie brands for all the characters in each chapter

@mythik4840

Жыл бұрын

@@Rissole The Game Mechanics Guide on GameFAQs honestly is probably your best bet, we use it for a lot of our testing in the speedrunning community. That being said, it has its fair share of things that are wrong or inaccurate...

I'm about half way through, and Snow causing most of the fails is pretty on brand, honestly

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Freakin' Snow, honestly! XD

@lukeperry3454

9 ай бұрын

He is the worst

"We're using Deceptisols and pretending all the enemies have COVID." I laughed my ass off at that.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

😆

Light: "I'll do whatever it takes to save Serah as non-violently as possible!"

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Haha that's so true 😆

The music in final fantasy 13 just makes me want to go out on an adventure with some friends especially serahs theme 😢

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

So true!! I bought the soundtrack on vinyl record last month and it sounds even more gorgeous.

I LOVE FF13 and I really enjoyed the trilogy! You rock with that challenge!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :) See you in the next one!

The story and lore of this game (and trilogy) is so top notch! Overall i like 13 more than 15 or 16

Just found your videos and really enjoy your dry sense of humor. "A plate of forged iron or steel worn over a coat of mail to protect the shoulder. Oh well I suppose that makes sense."

@RPGchallengeruns

11 ай бұрын

Glad to have you on board! 👍

I love how Blinded By Light is the only fight theme outside bosses and and a few select other fights

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it's a banging tune so I'm happy with that! 😀

Everyone loves playing as Fang. I've never been bothered by the linearity. I agree with your thoughts on the story telling. So much good lore; so easy to miss!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Fang is awesome! Thanks for coming along for the ride! :)

Absolutely adore FFXIII. It was my first FF game, so a little biased, but I just absolutely adored the game so much and still do! I remember playing it on the Xbox 360, and the game was on 3 separate discs which was something I had never seen before and that blew my mind. I didn't really understand most of the mechanics in the game (as I was like, 12 at the time) and I never actually beat the final boss because of it, but I still had so much fun with it. It will always hold a special place in my heart, and this video actually got me to finally download it (and eventually the sequels) after having them sitting in my steam library for like a year, just so I can properly re-experience the game (and actually beat the final boss this time).

I’ve always loved the FF13 games! I’m glad so many people are starting to appreciate them now.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Same! Judging by the comments here it seems like there's still a lot of love for the FF13 trilogy. :)

@ggmasterguiltygear6315

Жыл бұрын

I love the game despite the linearity, I only wish the lore wasn't expressed mainly through datalogs

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I hope they get a remaster! It was sad and odd they didnt get one for PS4/X1 considering X XII did and XIII holds up so well visually

@overcross7669

Жыл бұрын

@@semekiizuio they already have remasters (at least on pc, I think they’re also on ps4 at least tho)

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

@@overcross7669 they are not on PS4, LIKE SAID THEY DIDNT GET ONE FOR PS4 X1. If you mean the paid stream thing thats different from getting a rerelease

When XIII first came out I beat the game pretty much only using auto battle because I was young and dumb, and hated it. I tried it again last year after learning how to play it and loved the gameplay. It's so underrated. The ATB thing you were talking about at 57 minutes is ATB Refresh. The first time you switch paradigms and then every 16 seconds after (I think) everyone gets a full ATB. It's so powerful and makes the game a lot faster and easier.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't realise "ATB Refresh" had a name! 100% agree the game is underrated. I don't expect many people will actually watch this video, it's too niche haha.

@TetsuRiken

Жыл бұрын

I think it's actually 12 I time it by doing two full turns and usually it's ready by then

@alexisauld7781

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there was so much going on with "WAAAAAAAAAAA DA GAM PLAYS ITSELF WAAAAAAA GAME BAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDD" to make you go made several times over. If you actually engage with what the game gives you outside that, you can play the game better than the auto-battle, and have a lot of fun with it!

@WhiteSupreme

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I dunno about auto battle the entire game. There are definitely points in the game where you would have either had to grind for hours or do a little more than auto battle.

@Quandry1

Жыл бұрын

@Alexis Auld the complaints I always ran into was how linear it is. When it's not the first linear FF game and it does a lot more that's unique.

Man, this Blinded by Light song slaps so hard. But the run slaps harder to be fair

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!! Thanks for checking out the run! :)

Wait.. so nobody else knew about the frustration animations? Oh wow, it was one of my favorite touches from the first game! I was so disappointed they didn't bring it back for the sequels.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Not according to that article I read, and TBH I didn't know about them either haha. They're certainly a fun addition though! :)

@nevenegra8814

Жыл бұрын

I don't think i ever realized, i probably triggered once or twice but i played the whole way as lightning, and you know, lightning being grumpy is just how the world works

@DaniRevOfficial

Жыл бұрын

It works better if you rapidly rotate the analog stick as opposed to Left/Right. But yeah I found those Day 1 too lol -- always had this weird habit of trying to make characters spin around.

@TheMogrymilian

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, thought the same! I found this out all the way back in the Grapa Whitewood, when the game came out, lol

I absolutely love FFXIII. Lost track of how many times I have played it. Once I can pick the leader, Hope is always the leader. His magic is superb and he is a powerhouse in late game. I have Snow for the high HP and Lightning cause I just adore her.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Great team setup! It's nice to hear there are people who geneuinly enjoy this game - there's so much hate for the game online.

That Bahamut fight getting to "0" doom, and still winning is incredibly impressive. Would love to see some kind of XIII-2 challenge run. (good luck with the PC version though)

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that Bahamut fight was super lucky!! :O Yeah FFXIII-2 is amazing, definitely worth doing in the future! Cheers!

@ry2950

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns Cheers good sir! Looking forward to future content. Also Final Fantasy Tactics. Don't sleep on it ;) solo Ramza + no random encounters?

I tried to play XIII again a while ago and I was wondering why I didn't enjoy it until I realized that my problem isn't the fact that the world is so linear, which would mean I'd have the same problem with X, but the fact that there's barely any npcs, the world doesn't feel nearly lively enough for my tastes.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's fair. At least you gave it a shot! :)

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

That's understandable. But it kinda is meant for the party to be isolated and feared as LCie for story reasons. I think they tried to improve that or the story took a shift that meant theu could interact with NPCs in -2 and LR. It makes sense in XIII to have little intercation with civilian/npc tho.

@zufallrap

8 ай бұрын

I tried to replay it and my personal gripe with it was that the game forces you to run around with lass than a full party for the longest time. My problem is, that as in most Final Fantasy games, I didn't like most of the characters. I don't care what Sazh is up to, Hope annoys me. Just let me put together the party of characters I care for and enjoy the game.

Great vid, you've earned a new subscriber. Loved the MASSIVE DAMAGE, so here is a MASSIVE like. Keep it up

I feel the need to point out a couple things with the Eidolon fights: Generally speaking, doing damage isn't the intended way of raising the Gestalt meter. The gestalt meter is affected by the amount of stagger an attack has and another modifier unique to each fight, essentially relegating your effective roles to Ravager and [x] role depending on the fight. To that end the role that gives the most meter is actually based off of where the character is in their own arc within the story. - For Snow, he continues to charge ahead with no thought, so to impress the Shiva Sisters he has to use Sentinel to take a step back and defend instead of rushing in blindly like usual. - For Lightning, she's taking actions to reach her goal without regards for the people that her actions are hurting. As a result impressing Odin relies upon her taking up the role of Medic, healing Hope (who is ultimately the person most affected by her actions). Needless to say the others follow suit with similar circumstances.

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

Yee i loved that. Lightning strength is Raveger. Another thing i want to add to your comments is putting her on commander during her time with Hope. Aside from the gaming needing one, it also meant she had to get beat up and take the hits to protect Hope.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

This a nice expanded version, thanks for sharing the extra info!

This is my favorite final fantasy, and new favorite youtube channel :) Absolutely love this video, what an insane run to do!

@RPGchallengeruns

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, you're very kind! 😀

Damn, great time to find this. Love your videos and hope your channel grows real quick.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words! Growth has been kinda slow since we hit 1k, but I think that's because I only upload once a month. Shame RPGs are so damn long!! Haha. Cheers!

@aarondunne2655

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns take your month to upload; I'll be here each time the video comes out!

Was shocked to see you only have around 2k subs. Your vids are such good quality I thought you'd have way more. Keep up the great content 👏 MASSIVE DAMAGE

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I appreciate the encouragement! Comments like yours encourage me to keep uploading! :) I think if I ever passed 10k I'd fall off my chair in disbelief. The journey so far has been crazy!

This was so fun to watch and love seeing a fellow XIII fan! One of my favorites in the series, thanks for putting this together.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Took me over a decade to realize, after searching for answers, but to no avail, that when Lightning is facing that specific door and asks to be let in, she wasn't talking to the door, she was speaking with Serah. This video is a lot of fun, thank you for keeping ffxiii fresh!🎉

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Ahh that makes sense. Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate you coming along for the ride! :)

These challenges are pretty interesting and I am very interested to see what else you'll manage to pull off in the future. I liked FF13 and Sazh is one of my favorite characters in the franchise. The music in this game is absolutely fantastic and it combined with your commentary made this video a joy to listen to.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Totally agree that the soundtrack to this game is INCREDIBLE! Can't wait to hear it on vinyl record.

Brilliant video. Love the commentary. Thank you so much for all the hard work. I did like FF13. It was a pity it was linier for a long while, but the graphics are something else and the story and characters are nice. I liked FF12 more (absolutely love your video on that challenge as well!. Keep up the grand work, best of luck

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I also lean slightly more towards FF12 but absolutely love both games! Thanks for the support and nice comments. :)

Delighted to find this video! XIII is my favorite FF despite its less than stellar story presentation (always felt that its character and gameplay made up for it). Cheers!

@RPGchallengeruns

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for coming along for the ride! :)

HIGHLY interested in a remaster for this game. Or really anything that gets it on modern consoles Edit: the characters get mad when you go side to side because you’re only supposed to move forward in this game

I love this game man. The story is IMPECCABLE. I adore the characters, the music is great, and the paradigm battle system makes for one of the most kinetic and exciting combat systems I've seen in an RPG. It's a truly unique and awesome experience.

@lune5289

5 ай бұрын

absolutelyy

Amazingly done! Your channel is a gem.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

YOU are the gem! Thanks for spreading some positivity! 😀

This is an interesting challenge. I don’t like the story of FF13 like that but I do like the battle system and Saber’s Edge as a boss theme is Chef’s kiss

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's a fair summary. I wish more of the story was in the actual game and not locked behind read-only datalogs in the menu. Gameplay is great though!

I love this game perhaps more than I "should," with the Eidolon bosses being some of my personal highlights due to the unique nature of the Gestalt meter rewarding smart play and timing. I think the game gets a lot of flak because people were expecting something they didn't get, and a lot of people didn't really try to meet the game where it was at. There are a lot of really fascinating games that suffer from the expectations of their assumed audience. I can't fault people for not wanting to invest time into something that doesn't immediately grab them: our time is limited and there's only so much we can invest it in. It's just unfortunate how some great stories and experiences can get lost in the shuffle because of that. Really cool video, genuinely surprised that you can finish the game with so little direct attacking. Also, about Sazh's age, just check out pictures of 40 year old black men and it becomes less surprising how young he looks.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's a really good point about time investment. It's why a lot of people avoid MMORPGs sadly, because they don't want to have to wait 100s of hours for the game to tell its story.

absolutely love this game such a cool run to watch keep up the great videos

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words. I appreciate you coming along for the ride! :)

I really like XIII, especially because of the battle system and the aesthetic. I'm into linear games so I really don't mind, it's kinda like watching a movie. My biggest criticism is the weapon upgrade system, it's really underwhelming

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think that's a fair criticism. There's just not enough upgrade materials unless you do all of the optional endgame content really. Maybe that's something they could fix in the Remaster (whenever that ends up happening!!). Thanks for watching! :)

Never thought I'd see a pacifist challenge on one of my favourite games, great job!!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, hope you enjoyed it! ^^

Lol that tutorial battle got me hella hard. And yes I agree with you. Ff13 is in my top 3 favorite FF of all time.

Just discovered the channel and watched this and the ff12 videos. Loved them, I'd love to see some ffx challenge runs if you ever get time

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! FFX is one of my favourite games of all time. Thanks for the kind words :)

Finally finished! Absolute joy to watch, very entertaining nostalgia trip for a game I feel weird saying I have nostalgia for... And that choice to use dispelga in the final bossfight was clutch!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on surviving that super long video! I think it was the longest one so far. Thanks for the kind words - glad you enjoyed your nostalgia trip! :)

As someone that had tried this game and didn’t like it, I appreciate the Monty Python Holy Grail reference you made in the beginning. A job well done.

@RPGchallengeruns

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, you're very kind! Absolutely love Monty Python!

I came to watch your other videos after getting recommended your FF12 video and I really enjoy your editing style! It is sad to see FF13 get the short end of the stick by fans but I hope people change their minds in the future if it ever gets re-released.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! :) Yep, same. I think a lot of people would really appreciate a remaster.

I would say that yes, your challenge run definitely ended early on. But your commentary was entertaining enough I decided to give the rest of the video a watch. :D

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you stayed for the full experience! 😀

This seems like it would be hell to pull off. Respect. Also lol at that decepticol in chapter 13

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you in the next one! :)

So glad you like this game one of my favourites! Although saying that i say that about every ff i play and have only played 7-10 and 13 😂

@RPGchallengeruns

11 ай бұрын

I'd definitely recommend FF12. Maybe I'm biased because it was the first JRPG I ever played, but I'd highly recommend it! 😀

Amazing work! 13 is the first FF I actually finished, and I love the paradigm shift system, so it's great to see it getting some love! Would you ever consider a Golden Sun Challenge run of some kind? Thanks!

You're a strong person. I'm still doing my first playthrough of this game several years later...granted I'm taking my time. Definitely a challenge but rewarding game imo. I'd love to see you do this with 13-2. I think it definitely is possible and fun.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Oops, sorry if I spoiled the bosses for you!! :(

@crucifixmegabuster95

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns oh no u didn't at all hahah. Helped me mentally prepare for it

Love your runs dude really

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words - keeps me motivated!! :)

My favorite ff game to-date. It needs a remaster now fr

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!!

I am a fellow FF13 enjoyer. I never once saw the linearity of the game as an issue. In fact, when I first played the game it was extremely refreshing to play something where the pacing of both story and gameplay challenge was so tightly controlled. As a completionist player I often actually dread things like towns in RPGs where the gameplay consists of running around extracting dialogue from NPCs for often far too long, even when I want to be jumping back into combat or progressing the main story over side-content that can often feel like filler. And then of course, because I've done all the optional content, I end up being overlevelled for the main story. (I know I don't HAVE to do optional content, but it genuinely feels like crap design if you're expecting the player to deliberately ignore content.) I feel like FF7R is a good example of something that really is still very linear and enjoyable while also feeling much less linear thanks to a handful of "sidequests" that most people won't skip and some more open areas. I can see why FF13 gets a knee-jerk reaction from its linearity but I can't wrap my head around how that makes it a game not well worth playing.

@AndreasFleissner

Жыл бұрын

I agree. It's a very focused experience without many distractions and with a very polished battle system.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

You raise some good points - having too little linearity can sometimes be a problem too. Hope you check out our future runs! :)

Yoo this was a really fun video to watch! I bought ff13 a while back on steam because we don'thave a ps3 anymore and I tried doing a run where you manually choose the abilities. So much more fun! Cuz when lightning attacks once with her sword, she does a backflip, and timing that right to dodge an attack is reall satisfying. Also using 1 atb ruin to move backwards really far (blindside iirc). That helps protect you from aoe damages sometimes Maybe you could do a ff15 run where you have to only do a support role for noctis while the rest does the fighting? Orix it with a no healing items run since those are broken 💀

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! :) Yep, FF15 is definitely on the to-do list!

"Wait, he's forty?!" Black don't crack, man. Black don't crack.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Now THISSSSS Is the kind of rpg content i love

22:33-after the 3rd fail I thought for sure this challenge was a dud. Then when you said there won't be anymore I got chills and got hooked to keep watching. Well played lad, well played.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Haha I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😉

I'm pretty sure I've read about that Easter egg mentioned at 29:25. I had to boot up the game to confirm what I remembered about it. Rather than awkwardly jerking the characters back and forth, it's much more consistent if you spin the left analog stick in circles, and I believe the whole thing is sort of in reference to how people like to spin their characters while idling for one reason or another. Because of the way movement in FF13 doesn't let you turn on a dime, though, on video it appears as though your character is just sort of doing a weird confused motion. Also I'm seeing this video 13 days after it was posted. Nice

@RagnarokiaNG

Жыл бұрын

I messed around with it when I first played it, I don't see why anyone would report that it is "new"

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Hope you don't suffer from triskaidekaphobia!!

The fun thing about the Crystarium System, pointing it out whether or not we all noticed it, is that the CP you gained with ANY team during Part 2 is distributed to EVERYONE, even if they're doing their own Chapter. It's why Snow is always first to max his kit first.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Very true! It's really handy.

This was the fastest hour ever lol. I watched this randomly from seeing it in my recommended tab and bruh this is a great video I lost track of time watching the whole thing😂.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha that's awesome, glad you enjoyed it! "Time flies when you're having fun" and all that! :P

Loving this challenge run! This is my favorite FF game, and I actually really enjoy the linearity pushing the story along. The paradigm system is fluid, fast, and gives all of the roles usefulness. I enjoy delving into that battlesystem. The music and locations create a stunning world, and I love the characters, especially Hope. One of my great joys in this game is putting my resources into Hope's Hawkeye as soon as possible. I think I had it up to like level 16 in Gapra Whitewood last time, and it brought his magic stat to 253. One of my fellow Hope and FF13 fans refers to Hope as a tactical nuke. She loves the challenge of maining him as party leader in the game whenever possible.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned the characters, they're so unique and interesting. I don't think I could pick a favourite! Thanks for the kind words. :)

that was a really great video! when i imagine how frustrating the game was for me at the endboss and i never played through it because of that. but your challenge is really very interesting! keep up the good work! :) Subscription and thumbs up !

Great video ^^ FFXIII is a great game!! Just came out at a bad time when everyone was expecting a big open world game since that was all the hype for RPGs back then. Then when XV comes out and it's open world, people still dislike it for that reason :P Now VII Remake came out and is just as linear as XIII yet it's pretty unanimously enjoyed so I guess we've come full circle. I call it the FFXII effect, where everyone says it sucks on release but after 10+ years and it (hopefully) releases again, people realize it's a great game, just different.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah, some people just love to complain about anything! Maybe it's because FF is so varied now, that everyone has their own idea of what a FF game "should" be.

Gran Pulse is Amazing. Thats all ill say. The game deserve so much credit and love for that portion of the game alone.

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

Oh S Hope getting smacked and wiped was hilarious xD 35:00

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

100% agree, Gran Pulse is amazing! Thanks for checking out the video. :)

As my first FF game, it still holds a place in my heart. Although I don't know if I was just crazy or something, but I swear the boss at 31:57 applied the death timer, as I remember getting absolutely destroyed here. Younger me was not the best at this. Great video tho!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

According to the wiki, it only does that if the fight drags on long enough. Thanks for coming along for the ride! :)

57:47 For anyone interested, how that hidden game mechanic there works is if you paradigm shift after using 2 full atb bars (your side characters don't have to use all of theirs afaik) you start with a full bar. The new full bar counts as the one of the two needed for the reset, so you basic only have to wait for the bar to recharge once, shift, reset. You can do this indefinitely to get double turns every other full atb gauge charge. It's an absolute game changer. Edit: almost forgot. The atb bars don't all have to be used in the same turn, but you have to use the total amount of 2 of your current max atb. The reason it's janky to time it on side characters is because sometimes they will not use 1 charge of their bar in a turn, so the requirement for the reset isn't met.

I liked this game, too. I mean initially, the auto battle seemed bad but further in, I came to see that the combat is more about paradigm shifts, stagger, buff timing, and debuffs. I came to really love the dance the combat became.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a great comparison. Maybe people would have been happier if Auto Battle unlocked during the late-game as a time saver?

I really like your story telling and attitude!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

And I really like your positivity! Thanks for being here! :)

I just found your chanel and i love your videos! Id love to see you take on some crazy FF8 Challenge! Cheers

@RPGchallengeruns

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, you're very kind!! 😀

Nice idea and well executed! Now I have a earworm of „jub dun!“

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sorry about my Northern British accent, I hate it so much XD

I'm glad I'm not alone in my love for FF13. Brilliant video

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

It seems there are a lot more fans than I previously thought. So much love for this game in the comments here! :)

@NEOUSSR

7 ай бұрын

I like all of the final fantasy 13 games

I personally love 13. My only issue with it is the fact that many of the boss fights are in situations where it's hard as hell to grind if you aren't already strong enough for them. When I was like 14 I made like seven different save files when I got soft locked on Bosses at different parts of it.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's true, grinding is almost impossible in some areas.

Great vid. I'll never fight Wladislaus again without imagining a cat walking across a keyboard. XIII is definitely my guilty pleasure. Can't wait for your next vid

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - nice comments like yours really do keep me motivated. Genuinely appreciate it! :)

I really wish they would port this game to a new system. Great videos! You got a lot of gusto to be doing all these challenges

@RPGchallengeruns

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yes a port or remaster would be amazing, fingers crossed! 🤞

Ur videos slap man, keep'em coming

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! ^^

Honestly this is still one of my favorite games yes it's basically a corridor but I still put in way too many hours fighting bloody tonberrys 😭

That early grind spot was actually mentioned in the strategy guide. So you finding it on your own is still impressive :) Also, I'm totally fine with the linear game. However, why ffx did it better is because a lot of the linear zones, especially early on, have life going on. People walking around. Colorful zones. And so on, so it "feels" not as linear. It's all about the illusion. FF13, unfortunately, hardly does any of that.

@Quandry1

Жыл бұрын

It's more because people fool themselves into it not being linear because they run back and forth on certain parts of the line, going backwards on the line doesn't make it less of a line but it's easier to trick ourselves if it doesn't get to repetitive. There are plenty of things that move around and can be seen or change in FF13. But it usually doesn't run you back and forth in the same spot much. Particularly in the first half of the game. Things are mostly moving forward and trying to convey a sense of urgency.

Confession heard, accepted, and loved. I like FFXIII too. Not as much as a few other games in the series, but it's still really good.

This was great, please do more, subscribed

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

LOTS more Final Fantasy planned, those videos have exploded! Cheers! :)

I feel crazy seeing all these XIII vids popping up after I just completed my own hard mode run! Used mods to not only increase graphical fidelity like you did, but also cap the stagger bar at 666, increased health and stagger resistance, and also upped item drop rate if the battle rating was high. It was a great time and highly recommend them if you haven't tried them, as I feel it really pushed my own knowledge of the games mechanics to new heights. What are some things you would add/change to a remaster of this game? I for one would love a hard mode difficulty that added new enemies or just gave more gil, cause good god they give you nothing in terms of money in this game. It really limits how many weapons you can upgrade, and even with getting more items (and therefore more gil cause I could sell some) I was only able to get one weapon to tier 3 and two to tier two. And that's with knowing ahead of time which ones I would actually use resources on! I also agree that we need a few side areas/missions somewhere in the first 11 chapters, cause they can drag. Would love to hear your thoughts, and loved the vid! Don't know if I'd ever have the patience to attempt this kind of run, but it's impressive nonetheless.

Great vid! Ailette is basically “little wing” in French btw, word probably comes from the shoulder things looking like small wings.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks, that's really interesting!

I'm glad so many people are discovering a like for XIII and being open about ir.

I'm loving these challenge runs. I enjoyed FFXIII but the feeling of being stuck on train tracks with no diverting the whole way and only really opening up to more variety with extra quests, world map, etc right at the end really caused it to suffer compared to the others. Its a gorgeous game, and the musical score was lovely. Not sure if this is an interesting run for you, or if its been done before, but FFVII with no materia? Or some other variation, FFVII was my first final fantasy game and I have a lot of love for it.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. :) I think someone might have already done a no-materia run, but I'd be up for putting my own spin on it if people wanna see it!

ive watched a few of your videos recently and the moment I subscribed was when you said "I actually like Final Fantasy XIII" LOL

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

A controversial opinion for sure! XD

Support Player here Love seeing this run of FF13, game wise the linearity isnt much of an issue, the thing i hate is that we cant go back to previous places, e.g. Sunleth Waterscape, and changing leaders at so late at the game. Anyway, i myself use combo of Hope/Vanille/Snow and usually interchange leader between Hope and Vanille. Playing a support is hectic but I like using MED, SYN and SAB. I don't why the playthroughs I saw they almost never use MED or SYN, just letting the AI use it

We need more final fantasy 13 content 🔥

Lightning and Fang are two of my favorite women in gaming and absolute badass role models for me. Women who don't take anyone's nonsense and use their own physicality to do what they believe in. Biggest fan

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, inspirational characters!

@Princess_Ruto

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, Lightning was inadvertently grooming a kid to stab her own brother-in-law (whom she also assaults frequently). Her whole character arc in 13 is realizing she is a *_shite_* role model for Hope to follow and then getting her act together at the end.

@FarronMoon

Жыл бұрын

@@Princess_Ruto You're only listing positive things. Because she was in the position to take care of someone, she could relate to another person like she did the sister she raised from her teens on her own. She realized that letting people in improves her life. People like Lightning exist in the real world and they become so jaded and distant precisely for the same reasons she did. But if, even if through hardship, they see commonality between others and people they care about or even themselves, they can break free from the apathy they thought they needed to survive. When Lightning realized where her words and actions were leading Hope, she turned on a dime to correct her behavior. She saw the anger and need to lash out that she felt when her parents died, she saw the vulnerability her sister felt as a newly orphaned child. Once she could do that, she was able to do the same for Snow, who she disliked so much. That's pretty admirable to me.

@Princess_Ruto

Жыл бұрын

@@FarronMoon It sounds like you get the message. I'm happy you're able to find something inspirational in Lightning's moral development. I just think "role model" is a _strong_ word to be using in the context of this particular character, and it's only when she _stops_ trying too hard to be a "no-nonsense hyperphysical badass" that she cultivates some redeeming qualities.

@Quandry1

Жыл бұрын

@Princess Ruto she never stops being a no nonsense badass. She just changes how she presents it somewhat. Also, role models aren't perfect and never should be considered such so no its not a strong word simply because you find reason to not see her as perfect. She's one of the more real characters in the franchise.

This makes me want to replay the game. I remember having a good time with it.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Maybe make it a challenge run for yourself? 😀

@Tuschi17

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns Ha. Not sure if I'm ready for that. But I want to try to get 5 stars on all the Chapter 11 missions.

Mate... You're northern and you done some of the best challenge runs I've seen! Literally of my 10+ years on KZread I've left 2 comments, they're both on your videos! Look forward to the next one

Linearity was perfect for the story tbh. I loved this game, like 13-2, couldnt finish LR. 😅

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's basically where I'm at. XD Cheers for checking out the video!

Oh sweet that's an interesting idea for a run. 13 is one of my favorite games to do challenge runs in. Another idea to try would be beating the game using only one paradigm at a time.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a really cool idea! I'll add it to the list!

@ElectricLegend14

Жыл бұрын

​@@RPGchallengeruns I just thought of another one I'm going to try. Using only the party leader in combat by using a cheat table to remove party members from battle.

Good video. The FFXIII gameplay actually looks pretty sick, do the other FFXIII spinoffs sequels or whatever play the same?

Interestingly, all you had to do for Orphan P1 is let your AI teammate Vanille sabatour and cast Poison. This debuff single-handily murders Orphan, because it inflicts % max health damage. The boss' health bar literally can't stop going down while that debuff persists and you're home free to just do literally nothing. Meanwhile, if you wanted to cheese, Orphan P2 is surprisingly weak to the Death spell when it is staggered.

Very enjoyable run to watch, man. But what was that awesome soundtrack used during the Ushumgal Subjugator fight?

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😀 If you search for epic copyright-free music on KZread, it's one of the top results.

23:30 I was one of those persons that spoke to their screen Love the content man, keep it up

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

USHUMGAL SUBJUGATOR!!!!!!!!! :D

@angwelio

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns USHUMGAL SUBJUGATOR!!!1111

The answer was no. But I still watched the whole video because it’s interesting 😅

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Spoilers! 😆

I also like FF13, actually more than like. The story was decent, and I loved every single one of the characters. Stand outs being Serah and Vanille.

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I totally agree the characters really stand out in FF13. They're amazing.

Wow I haven't seen Orphan 2 use that many moves since my first playthrough years ago

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah he's normally quite a quick fight!

One thing that I always loved from FFXIII is the "sunleth waterscape" Ost, the slower version to be exact

@semekiizuio

Жыл бұрын

Mhm also the portion before you reach Oerba and the Tower

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yes! One of the best gaming tracks of all time, in my opinion.

as someone whos first ever FF game was 13 and its my favourite, im excited to watch all of this!

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Wooo, hope you enjoyed it! 😀

@The_KBE

Жыл бұрын

@@RPGchallengeruns I did! was amazing! Couldnt get enough of the "MASSIVE DAMAGE" haha, i look forward to more content in the future

Excellent video, loved it ^_^ I may have enjoyed this game too much, got plat twice (my account and my brothers) 100% on Xbox and PC XD. I really want this in the ps store :'(

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

Yeah c'mon Sony! Thanks for the kind words - hope to see you in the next run! ^^

This game is pretty cool, it has a lot of ideas and you can tell the developers cared a lot about it It would be nice if it got a remaster or remake I love the massive damage moments in the video

@RPGchallengeruns

Жыл бұрын

**MASSIVE DAMAGE!!**