Analog Addiction Writes: "Final Fantasy, it evokes countless hours of random encounters, incredible characters, some of the best soundtracks of all time and so much more. In December Square Enix celebrated the 25th anniversary of the very first installment. Right now they are offering great discounts on their games on PSN as a way to say thanks to all the fans of the series – and there are quite a few.
Well, I’d like to thank Square Enix by recounting my top 25 Final Fantasy boss fights of all time.
Now, as a disclaimer: I’m only going to include the numbered entries, but not XI or XIV as MMO’s are a completely different experience. This is my opinion, and there isn’t a perfect way to irrefutably rate all the bosses in the series. If you have a mathematical formula I can apply, let me know."
You guessed it: you will need a lot of hours to beat every FF. But maybe not as many as you would think.
According to Howlongtobeat and this post, 489 hours, not including any spinsoffs, sequels or the two MMO's (FFXI and FFXIV).
That means, 1 to 16 + 7 Remake, excluding X-2, XIII-2, Lightning Returns, XI and XIV.
I"ve actually been running through all main games myself, but doing Platinum runs on each, including the sequels (Excluding XI and XIV).
I have played through them all countless times thou, and in remasters where I could speed up combat and exp gain, I've used it.
Took me around 1100 hours on fresh account, but now I'm exhausted and super ready for Rebirth.
At this stage good luck you're better off picking a entry point and sticking with that
BY RYAN WILLIAMS: Looking back at the game that gave birth to one of gaming’s biggest franchises.
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Longest and hardest boss fight Ultimecia FFVIII, best boss battle of all final fantasy series. She was off the hook, prepare a 30 minutes to 2 hours session cause this fight will be epic... I played every FF series ever created and by far Ultimecia was the bomb. Best FF character? Squall was the baddest of all characters with the lionheart, it was 99,999... talking about rage, the guy seems like a wimp until all hell breaks loose, he will masacre sephiroth and cloud together 100 times over, he was and is the greatest ass kicker in ff series.
Worst FF game FFXXII, pure garbage, the reason I wont play another FF game. Worst company combo? squaresoft/enix. They have become greedy with the lack of the ambition of creating quality games, they have become greedy, stale and lack of focus with new developers guided by the fortitute of money londering in the form of software. I loved my Squaresoft and I hate squareenix.
Greatest GF in FF series? Knights of the round table from FFVII.