Oh. My. God.

[Imperfectionist]

ARGGGHHH CHOCOBO RACING !!!!

I swear i've been trying to do this for like 4-5 hours and I just missed the thing by 1.4 seconds!!!

Why did the creators of this game put such infuriating side-quests in? It controls horribly and those birds make the most annoying sound when they hit you. Corr.

So yes, the point of this is, did you have as much trouble as I am when doing this? What's your most detestable side quest in FFX?

And please God have you got any tips for me

[Saber]

I didn't mind the chocobo side quest as much as I hate the butterfly game or the 200 bolt dodge they ask for. I gave up and made my own ultimate weapons for Lulu and Kamari

[Shiny]

The last course on the butterfly one was brutal and of course the lightning bolt dodging...Square must really not like gamers sometimes.

[Karifean]

I always thought getting the Chocobo Racing to 0:0:0 was rather easy... the thing I hated most was the Lightning Dodging.
Seriously, that takes too long - nothings happening (say 1 lightning every 3 seconds -> about 10 minutes only waiting for a light and pressing X) and if you make one little mistake, you have to start all over...
At least you have to do more in the Chocobo Racing than wait and press X.

[Imperfectionist]

The thing is, it's not even really satisfying after you've done, like beating a really hard optional boss or something. It's just kinda like 'oh thank god for that...'

I think I might just make my own awesome weapons. Up yours, Square!

Yeah.

[Jessweeee♪]

It's awful. It's so awful. After awhile you start thinking the birds are sentient and you're only trying to win to spite them. Once you've finished it you realize, yeah you can get a cool weapon now, but you just lost your cool because of some dumb bird AI >:I

[ANGRYWOLF]

I gave up trying to get all of them...

You don't need them to win the game anyway...

[leader of mortals]

I tried for about 3 hours to get it for the third time(the first two took about the same time, I think), and once I decided to change my strategy from getting as many baloons as I could to trying to get no birds I won on the first try. Also, I once got exactly 0:00:00, which is still a lose. I was PISSED!

[black orb]

>>> Huh? Im sure I got all the ultimate weapons without doing all that annoying stuff..

[Kyros]

The chocobo controls were a complete pos, but the all the other stuff to get the weapons wasn't too bad. I still don't get the lightning bolt complaints really since it always only takes me 1 try lol

[Rad Bromance]

Yeah, that was incredibly annoying. I got it after like 100 attempts.

I didn't find the lightning bolt dodging or the butterfly catching difficult or annoying at all (aside of the lightning dodging taking so long, that is). Were they really that difficult for others?

[Mo-Nercy]

I'm not trying to gloat or anything, but I never found Chocobo Racing hard at all. I don't know if it was made simpler in the PAL release or whether my tactic of using directional buttons instead of analog stick worked a treat. I could always do it within 3-4 goes.

But LIGHTNING BOLTS!???!! RAGE@@!!@!111. I can't even dodge 2 in a row!

[Nebulance]

It's awful. It's so awful. After awhile you start thinking the birds are sentient and you're only trying to win to spite them. Once you've finished it you realize, yeah you can get a cool weapon now, but you just lost your cool because of some dumb bird AI >:I

This is exactly how I feel about this race!

I agree with the others on this thread, I may just go ahead and build a better weapon for Tidus -- I can't bear doing this race again (in previous games, I've gotten it to work)... I think I've learned of some better abilities that I would rather have than what Tidus gets on his weapon anyway.

I'm not trying to gloat or anything, but I never found Chocobo Racing hard at all. I don't know if it was made simpler in the PAL release or whether my tactic of using directional buttons instead of analog stick worked a treat. I could always do it within 3-4 goes.

But LIGHTNING BOLTS!???!! RAGE@@!!@!111. I can't even dodge 2 in a row!

Good tip on the directional pad... maybe I should try that.

A tip on the lightning -- they tend to strike in 'pairs' -- the first comes about 10 seconds after you enter the Thunder Plains.. if you stand still, a second will come in 4-5 seconds. This pattern alternates. It's easiest to stand still and dodge these. At this rate, you can finish it in ~20-25 mins

[Elly]

butterflies not hard at all... lightning dodging, only annoying because of how long it takes... chocobo racing, the first time i ever truly felt like throwing my controller through the TV, i just Game Shark that one now so i never have to suffer through that ever again...

[P4ine]

For the first time I had played the game, every time I lost the chocobo race I would smash my Dualshock 2 controller right onto the wall, demanding him -the controller- to immediately stop to insurge.

Today, however, due to some technical issues on the part of Sony, the controller is bust. But he deserved it. Not me.