-You could mug 8 Megalixer's from Rinoa when she's attached to Adel, but since she has to live in order to win the fight, an overpowered party might not want to take the chance. It's a good idea to draw regen from her and then cast it on her.
-People often mistake Adel as male, having a traditionally masculine torso (certainly for a 90's jrpg). However, the appearance of sorceresses change as they acquire their powers, such as Edea growing claws. Adel got her powers from Hyne directly and so her physical representation is a manifestation of all that energy and power. Even growing exceedingly larger and taller than a normal human. That's my take on it anyway.
-It's believed that the fight against Adel was meant to be the last boss of disc 3, but they ran out of space (or could potentially run out of space). Not only is Seifer a pushover, but it would also make it so that a sorceress is the last boss of every disc.
-I don't know if you hit R1 too soon if it messes up your chances to hit it again on time, I've never wanted to take the chance to find out.
-I really like that the fight against multiple sorceresses takes you through multiple battlefields used in the game. It's a nice representation of all the places you visited in the game and reminds me of how far I've come.
-I love that Ultimecia's Castle is in itself a puzzle to be solved. It's a nice twist on the typical end game dungeon, which could be a long area with hard enemies.
-Playing Left Diamond on Ragnarok will net you every single card in the game except PuPu. She uses Trabia rules, which fortunately for me, is only "open" thanks to the RNG manipulation I did earlier in the game. I'm gonna take some time to win every card I've either modded or didn't get in the QC quest.
-I beat Omega Weapon! I'm very happy about this because I've never beaten Omega Weapon before. In fact, I think it's the only thing I've never done in all my playthroughs. Unlike other encounters, Omega Weapon is fixed at lvl 100, so you're fighting an uphill battle when you do the low level playthroughs. I had to spam invincibility and limit breaks, and even then, I took it down on my last invincibility. Apparently in the Steam version, he levels with you like every other monster instead of being 100 no matter what.
-After Omega Weapon, Ultimecia was like a cake walk. I spammed Irvine's Pulse Ammo.
-That's the end, everyone. Another playthrough in the bag, and my first Let's Play, non traditional as it was. Time to wrap up my final thoughts.
I started this thread on December 10th, and I started playing the game the next day. December 11th is my birthday, so that's another reason I wanted to start up a playthrough of my favorite Final Fantasy. As i'm writing this it's December 19th, so I beat the game in 8 days.
It was around 70 hours of game time. I got everyone's ultimate weapons, did the majority of the sidequests, and learned every GF ability. There are only a few things I didn't do.
I didn't beat the Queen of Cards sidequest. By the end of disc 3 I was so done with manipulating RNG. However, I feel like I can still check it off the list, since I did get the rest of the playing cards on disc 4 from the Card Club members.
One other thing I didn't get is the Shockwave Pulsar limit break for Quistis. I didn't have the foresight to get the 100 cursed spikes before the endgame, and at that point I didn't want to go to the Island of Heaven/Hell to farm them, especially because I knew I wouldn't use the limit break at that point.
Here are the 5 times you're able to control Laguna:
Timber Forest: Squall (Laguna), Zell (Kiros), Selphie (Ward)
Excavation Site: Squall (Laguna), Selphie (Kiros), Quistis (Ward)
Winhill: Squall (Laguna), Irvine (Kiros), Zell (Ward, off screen working at the prison)
Trabia Canyon: Squall and whoever you want
Esthar Resistance: Squall and whoever you want
Looking at the list I was surprised it was only 5 times. It always felt like more.
It's been a few years since my last playthrough, and it'll likely be a few more until my next one. I still enjoy this game as much as I ever have, and I'm glad I've been able to talk to people about it here over the years. Fingers crossed by the time my next playthrough rolls around, whenever that is, we'll be able to give it the current gen treatment like these other games are getting. I won't hold my breath for the HD remaster, but I'll settle for PS5 trophy support and a new coat of paint.
Thank again to everyone who has been following along. I probably won't do this with another game, but if you have any final questions or comments, I'll be glad to hear them. Otherwise, I'll finally get back to posting in the other areas of the forum, haha.
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