Patience in gaming: A split topic

[Natako]

There was once a superboss named Yiazmat with 50 million hitpoints. I sat there for 4 hours fighting him - not dying, just pummeling away - because I had to achieve 100% in a game that I thoroughly despised. From that day onward, I stopped feeling the pain. The world is dead to me now.

/emo

[Cerebus]

That's not dedication. That's being insane.

[greenraven]

There was once a superboss named Yiazmat with 50 million hitpoints. I sat there for 4 hours fighting him - not dying, just pummeling away - because I had to achieve 100% in a game that I thoroughly despised. From that day onward, I stopped feeling the pain. The world is dead to me now.

/emo

An impressive feat to be sure, but I can kick the insanity up a notch or two. I'll see your Yiazmat and raise you a Raem. I beat the last boss of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles by myself, AS A YUKE!

Total battle duration: Around 8 hours, 50 or so phoenix downs, and my entire collection of memories.

[Prpl_Mage]

I beat the last boss of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles by myself, AS A YUKE!

Total battle duration: Around 8 hours, 50 or so phoenix downs, and my entire collection of memories.

Err. What exactly is the problem beating raem with a Yuke? Yukes are the most overpowered classes in that game with their invulnerability, powerful magic and all, combos are actually pretty fast compared to the rest of the races as well.

Try beating the game without changing the equipment and not taking any artifacts.

[Cerebus]

I don't see the fun in fighting the same boss for so long. 30 minutes is like already too long for me. 4 hours? 8 hours? What the Hell is wrong with you!?

[Moosetroop11]

It's called being awesome.  Spending too much time on rpgs is a trait I value very highly in people.

[greenraven]

Err. What exactly is the problem beating raem with a Yuke? Yukes are the most overpowered classes in that game with their invulnerability, powerful magic and all, combos are actually pretty fast compared to the rest of the races as well.

Try beating the game without changing the equipment and not taking any artifacts.

Yes, except you are forgetting that the magic system in Crystal Chronicles works based on what you find in the map. When I went to face Raem the final dungeon was a complete bitch. All I found were 2 or 3 stones, that's not enough to fuse into anything. I had to resort to defeating Raem with physical attacks AS A YUKE.

The ability to phase out of existence is the only thing that saved my *** (that and an inventory bloated with phoenix downs).

[MissingName]

Yiazmat... sigh.

I tend to shy away from games with annoyingly long battles.  If it's a professional game, I see it as a cheap way to make the game "harder."  If it's a crappy game to be reviewed here, then it's time taken away from making some new creative way to piss of Natako.

Also, I suck at accents and usually don't even try to do them. You've been warned.

I see....

[Natako]

Oh, god. What have I brought upon myself?

[greenraven]

Masochistic good fun? XD

[Prpl_Mage]

Yes, except you are forgetting that the magic system in Crystal Chronicles works based on what you find in the map. When I went to face Raem the final dungeon was a complete bitch. All I found were 2 or 3 stones, that's not enough to fuse into anything. I had to resort to defeating Raem with physical attacks AS A YUKE.

The ability to phase out of existence is the only thing that saved my *** (that and an inventory bloated with phoenix downs).

But completing certain dungeons nets you the rings. So you'll always have fire, blizzard, thunder, cure and life. And that's like all you'll need. All drops are more or less specified in advance in that game with the same magicites dropping the same place. Randomizion happens when enemies drop materials, food or plans. More or less.
And to be honest, a yuke with a good weapon does wonder with the 3hit combo. Such as all characters. Spells is more or less just useful for enemies with weaknesses. Like freezing lizardmen or making ghosts (and zombie dragon) corporal with holy.

[greenraven]

The only two rings I remember having are cure and life (and life being useless in solo play). I remember that I heavily relied on magic with my Yuke. Facing the final boss in hand to hand combat seemed like the complete opposite of how I spend the entire game. :\

[Meiscool]

FF12 lost all shreds of difficulty once reverse was useable.

I beat Elizabeth on manic. Ya'll can suck it.

EDIT - Epenis aside, I did watch, but grew bored. The game was as a lot of people said: just a bad game. The first 3 minutes had me laughing, but a turn-based battle system with only one character can only be watched for so long.

[Natako]

FF12 lost all shreds of difficulty once reverse was useable.

I did it without reverse. The only boss I used that on was Omega because that fight probably wouldn't have been possible otherwise.

[Cerebus]

It's called being awesome.  Spending too much time on rpgs is a trait I value very highly in people.

Spending a too much time on a game? Okay. Spending too much time on a boss? Hell no. Not fun at all.
I agree with MissingName in there. It's a cheap, lazy way to make games "harder" and, of course, longer.