7 Most Annoying Side Quests

[@CyberWeapon1337]

Strange, Chocobo Hot and Cold was one of my favorite Mini Games of the Final Fantasy Franchise and I always greatly enjoyed it in every of my playthroughs. Breeding Chocobos in FF7 (excluding RNG abuse) was much more tiresome and getting the Sigil in FFX was borderline pain.

[@kamikazechivalry1264]

I agree this was always my favorite chocobo sidequest from the FF series. KWEH!

[@SpacexWitch]

I was just thinking this

[@AbRas644]

Same. Chocobo Hot n Cold was a fun minigame that really rewarded exploration. Want an annoying minigame from FF9? The Jump Rope and Excalibur 2 easily stand out for me.

[@annikamyren3026]

👍🥴🤪

[@arbeione]

Yeah hot and cold was a lot of fun IMO.

[@MrSTVR]

The most annoying one I remember from 15 was having to collect frogs with tiny hitboxes

[@seb-pj1563]

My first thought, especially seing the KZbin miniature

[@kennethcunningham2572]

This quest bothered me too, im glad we didn't have to do it alot

[@austinhess4967]

Loved ff 15 but that frog quest was borderline suicidal

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I don't know if I ever finished that quest, now that I think about it, XD.

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrinRinOnishi]

Not to mention...some dumbass mapped the same button of collecting items to the jump button

[@clavisjanes3927]

I actually enjoyed the chocobo sidequest in FF9.

[@hewmengshen7781]

The chocobo sidequest even give you more strong weapon!

[@marianix1591]

I did too! I can hear the music now as I think of the item hunting! 😅

[@hewmengshen7781]

😄

[@TheAuron32]

little tip: in the ports with the speed boost, the game goes faster but the clock DOES NOT, meaning, you can often find all 8 items and get bigger scores. it DOES take some getting used to but its well worth the practice time.

[@henner777]

Favourite thing about FF9, I’m always so happy when I get to Chocobo forest. That feeling you get when you find 4 treasures in one game.

[@marianix1591]

Honestly I don’t think anyone could 100% FFX-2 without the strategy guide. For me that was the hardest game in history to complete!! Talk about an uphill grind while wearing a blindfold!

[@danielramsey6141]

Yeah, also Ren’s Investigation Side Quest was Fucking Hard as hell to get through!

[@Sullvein]

The math dungeon and the gunner game 🤦🏻‍♂️ HORRID

[@AzureRoxe]

It had an absurd amount of tiny things to do and backtrack for in order to get some of the percentages, yeah.

[@1991SuperMAX]

What you say about FF7 Rebirth now? 😂

[@ChristopherG1990]

Fun fact: At the end of the Return to Ivalice raid series in Final Fantasy XIV, you get an epilogue quest that rewards players with the title, Lord of the Fetch lol

[@lordpoundcake2317]

My favorite 24 man raid to date.

[@Tygenja]

I had no idea there was a fishing mechanic in ffxii 🤣

[@leoryff979]

I didn't even know you COULD fish in FF12!! No guide I ever read has mentioned it.

[@hitman5782]

In my point of view no quest is worse than collecting invisible frogs in FF15.

[@sddreamcrystal]

I liked Chocobo Hot and Cold, when I got to the end of that mini-game/side-quest, I was sad because it was one mechanic of FF9 I liked. However, the Zodiac coins in FF9 were a pain in the tail for me without a guide to tell me where each one was.

[@JKBrown-vv1yw]

I was stubborn and kept playing anyway for all the extra goodies digging gave ^_^

[@Martyste]

I absolutely second this, i don't regret any hour spent on the Chocobo, all the way to the Paradise...

[@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw]

yeah it's weird to me that he put in hot and cold even though ff9 has a lot of bad side quests that he could have picked...instead of the best one. it's ironic because ff9 has more bad side quests than any ff game that i've finished playing.

[@Sniperbear13]

one thing i love about the re-releases of FF9 was the turbo feature, which you might think would make Chocobo hot and cold unplayable since it speeds the game up, however, the timer didn't speed up, so it made it so easy to get perfect games for easy points.

[@annikamyren3026]

@@iNsOmNiAcAnDrEw The fricking frogs....

[@aspieatheist6040]

The sidequest to get the Sylph summon from FF IV. It was a cave that had almost no useful treasure in it. Then, when you found Yang, you had to go back to the surface, get a pan from his wife (who was never even given a name.) and go all the way back down to wake him up. Once you did all that, the summon you got wasn't even terribly useful. The Hidon sidequest from FF VI. It required you to go through a cave with literally NO useable treasure and appease a bossy treasure chest. You needed 27 pieces of coral, and you needed to feed it to him in one go. It never tells you that you need 27 pieces, which is a very square number. Then, once you did all that, you face Hidon, and there isn't even a guarantee that he'll use Grand Train, the blue magic spell you came down for. Golden chocobo from FF VII. Get a blue or a green chocobo, then get the one you didn't get. Then get a black chocobo. Then level that one up to S level by winning a lot of consecutive games and hope that Mexican guy who can't be beat isn't in any of the races. After a lot of work, you MAY get a gold chocobo so you can get Knights of the Round and break the game wide open.

[@trisertricordoh2127]

On the gold chocobo, just beat Ruby Weapon the Desert Rose it drops can be traded to the old man in Kalm for one. On that note, the why for the two ways to get a Gold Chocobo is incase you missed the trigger to use the farm to house your birds. But seriously, if you get the farm trigger it should force what you get from the old man to be something different.

[@cheffdonty]

Shootouts to Racer Joe and his bird Teioh

[@aspieatheist6040]

@@trisertricordoh2127 It's almost impossible to beat Ruby Weapon without Knights of the Round, and you can't get Knights of the Round without the Golden Chocobo. See the problem?

[@trisertricordoh2127]

@@aspieatheist6040 It is possible to beat Ruby without KotR, hard and even if you don't have it the reward for beating Emerald has Master summon. Anyways Ruby counters with Ultima if you summon them. Not saying it is a bad idea to reward players with a Gold chocobo for beating one of the hardest bosses in the game, but most players by that point already have one.

[@tsukuyomimagi9968]

When it comes to Chocobo Breeding in Final Fantasy VII, I simply just raced all my Chocobo's to S-Rank by feeding them Sylkis Greens via the W-Item duplication glitch. It was a bit random, but I got the Chocobo's I wanted pretty easily. Also, I beat Ruby Weapon by inflicting paralysis via Added Effect + Hades or using the Dazers item, and then when my limit bar was full, I just mimicked Omnislash with Cloud or Angermax with Barret.

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

Oh, I loved chocobo hot and cold! Guess we're all masochists in one way or another 🤣 Thank goodness for 2X speed in the remaster, though!

[@jacobtridef48]

I loved it too. FF9 was simply a masterpiece

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

@Vegesther It does make it shorter. The timer runs at the same speed, only Choco is faster. It takes half as long. Maybe you were just unlucky? I spent less than 10 hours on the whole questline in the original PS1 release and less than half that with the remaster

[@hewmengshen7781]

Ya, the best mini game along with ff8 triple traid

[@mesothelimoa341]

@Vegesther Oh it does, you can easily get all the chocographs in less than an hour with the speed up option and if you spam enough you'll get 8 items every single time. It doesn't even take that long to farm up a robe of Lords for vivi on disk 1.

[@mesothelimoa341]

@Vegesther Well my friend, I hate to say it, but that would be entirely down to your own inability to control it. Personally with the 3x speed activated I get the 8 item bonus every time with a few sub 5 second bonuses thrown in.

[@gastro_fork]

Oh dude, I absolutely loved Chocobo hot/cold. Finding the air garden became much easier with a guide or checking online. Good list overall.

[@cheffdonty]

I loved it too but as I consider replaying the game... I'm really not sure if I could do it all again

[@Kurasai56]

I loved the fact that you get tangible upgrades to your characters with the dug up items, and real progress with your chocobo.

[@mountainhorse9419]

I love that so many of us enjoyed chocobo hot and cold😂 It was silly, but it was really fun! I liked finding the images on the map, too...it made me very aware of the world map in a way I hadn't been in other games. Though the one that was just ocean did frustrate me initially!

[@mikemandeville4680]

I agree. Chocobo Hot and Cold may be time consuming, but the rewards are totally worth it. I personally do not do this quest till I get the Hilda Grade near the end of Disc 3.

[@muticere]

The only part I like was finding the parts on the map, but other than that the mini-game itself was pretty bad. I don't get how anyone could like it.

[@j800r_aswell]

I love Chocobo Hot & Cold. Find it way better than the breeding in VII. Yes, it can take time. Though seeing as it can net you some of the best gear in the game it's well worth it.

[@ikeillue8385]

Cant the same thing be said of breeding in 7, except it takes far less time? I don't know, I've never actually had any issue getting the gold Chocobo. The hardest aspect of it, is getting through the chocobo sage's dialogue, and racing them takes a little bit of time (though its really not bad if you fatten up your chocobos with Sylkis greens first), but its no where near as time consuming as hot and cold.

[@T0b3]

@@ikeillue8385 You can acquire a golden chocobo without racing even once. That's how I do it every playthrough

[@ikeillue8385]

@@T0b3 You can, but it either requires a lot of resetting saves, or rng manipulation. Nothing wrong with that, I just prefer to do it the old fashion way. Besides, getting the chocobos to S rank really isn't that terribly hard, in addition to the fact that you can potentially get some decent items.

[@T0b3]

@@ikeillue8385 I wouldn't call it manipulation. If my chocobo wants to eat 20 greens before having sex, so be it

[@ikeillue8385]

@@T0b3 Yeah, but if eating 20 greens is required to turn her eggs gold, then its manipulation. ;)

[@tsukuyomimagi9968]

To this day, I honestly dislike earning Tidus' Sun Sigil in Final Fantasy X. The rest of the side quests were not that bad they just took a long time. But the sheer randomness of the balloons and the bird placements was aggravating as you can not get hit once and you have to achieve a time of less than 0:00.0. I swear I would rather fight every super boss in Final Fantasy history with my initial equipment than to ever play that mini-game ever again. When it came to Final Fantasy XV, I did not mind the fetch quests. What I disliked was the extra dungeon you had to complete to get the Black Hood accessory for Noctis. I felt like I was in a Van Gogh painting and not in a good way. The dungeon did not logically make any sense and it took forever to complete it. Definitely in agreement over the fishing mini-game in Final Fantasy XII. While the other two badges just took a long time to acquire, this badge I got by pure luck. After a secondary playthrough, I simply decided that the Wrymhero Blade was simply not worth it. You can achieve a high combo rate with the Masamune katana and Genji Gloves alone while your health was low. While this changed in the Zodiac Age, by the time you attained the Wrymhero Blade, the only worthwhile boss you could use it against was Zodiark. The fact that it is less of a status symbol in the Zodiac Age update does not change how exasperating it is to acquire. That being said, I generally enjoy the side-quests in Final Fantasy games as they enrich the characters, lore, and the world. However, like most players, I dislike the sheer randomness of certain side-quests.

[@madthrasher88]

Im glad you can steal the Wyrmhero Blade from trial mode (as well as other tedious to get weapons/equipment).

[@TruckDrivinGamer]

I agree with most of these except for the last one. I personally really enjoyed it playing Final Fantasy XV, both the first release and the Royal edition and I never got annoyed or bored with the fetch quests, because they happened in all the different places of the world meet different parameters to get those things, whether it was fighting enemies or locating things. I guess I'm just a simple man, but I love the side quests in that game.

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

I dug that game for the most part, too! Unfortunately, that secret dungeon you can only reach after getting the type F Regalia frustrated me so badly that I uninstalled the game. I had to have been most of the way through it; I had spent about 2 hours in it, but I had to go to bed and the checkpoint was at the dungeon start. Still, I did get a good hundred hours out of the rest of the game. I'd not have uninstalled if I hadn't already gotten so much out of it, so 🤷‍♂️

[@TruckDrivinGamer]

@@victoriousf.i.g.3311 oh God, the Pitioss PTSD is real! The rewards were worth it, though. Especially the Black Mask, which gave Noctis auto-evade 👍😎🚛

[@yesitisme.2030]

Yes, some FFXV Love.💗🌟

[@gabestation6874]

Absolutely, my dude. Most of my 200 hours with XV was with sidequests and I completely ate them up and took my time digesting them. For me, nothing was better than cruising with the chocobros, listening to past FF music, and roaming Eos. Ah, good times.

[@darkriversaben9163]

Master Tonberry side quest is interesting.

[@kaeya.of.khaenriah]

I actually didn't/don't mind the fetch quests in FFXV. As a matter of fact, i'm currently on my fourth playthrough, Second NG+ & If anything, i always looked forward to the different snapshots that Prompto gives me after resting for the day. 😅

[@USAM672]

Sames! FFXV has some of the most memorable/best side quests!

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I loved those. And having to choose at the end…that was so hard for me

[@RIELSG]

Yeah same here but I got bored in FF7R

[@kaeya.of.khaenriah]

@@RIELSG I really like FF7R. but, in terms of extra things to do, there just wasn't anything. :/ Hopefully, in the next installment (whenever that is) there will be more. We'll just have to wait & see.

[@RIELSG]

@@kaeya.of.khaenriah FFXV felt like an adventure. I enjoyed even fishing. FF7R felt out of place and killed any sense of urgency in the story. I'm not even hyped anymore for the rest. I hope FF16 doesn't disappoint

[@gzsprout]

I've beaten it multiple times and I didn't know you could fish in FF12.

[@ScourgeGlaive]

I did every Fetch Quest in FF15 multiple times. Why? Well I LOVED them. For me, there was nothing better then driving / flying around in the Regalia, blasting music and doing side quests or hunt monsters. Managing the day / night / weather circles and finding a clever way to combine everything in one swift go was so much fun for me :O

[@heysamesam]

I don't trust anyone who says flying the Regalia was fun. Unless you meant literally flying it was fun and decided not to mention landing.

[@ScourgeGlaive]

@@heysamesam Landing wasn't that big of a deal to be honest o.o You just had to watch out for a clear and open space, no lamp posts etc.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@heysamesam So long as it wasn't the tiny runway near Pitioss Ruins, I agree it wasn't too bad.

[@heysamesam]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley I think this is the one that traumatized me. I honestly didn't fly much beyond exploring new areas. I preferred walking.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@heysamesam They also introduced the Regalia Type-D and that was just too much fun to me as well, so I stopped flying. But before that, I enjoyed flying (and intentionally crashing because why not 😂. So long as I'd not done anything significant before having saved). But my sibling actually reminded me a few days ago in talking about the game that he'd helped me with landing the Regalia for Pitioss. For some reason, I just could not land it without crashing into the mountains before the runway, or with enough time to stop before hitting the rocks at the end of the runway. Sad part is...he didn't even play FFXV, lol. Him landing the car for me was the first time he even touched the game. Very embarrassing, XD!

[@mismismism]

For me, Blitzball, the forced match has actually stopped me from playing through FFX again just because I know the annoyance is coming. I hate forced minigames so much.

[@dirrdevil]

Just ignore it then. The single required match expects you to fail, is 5 minutes long, and takes 10 minutes tops with unskippable cutscenes. It's only annoying if you have to reset tp try again over and over to win.

[@venabre]

Masked Canrivale isn't that annoying in and of itself. As long as you have learned all of the spells it acts more as a puzzle type of game than anything, and most of the puzzles go by relatively quickly, which prevents them from going stale Noteworthy though is that I said "as long as you have learned all the spells". THAT is the annoying part to Blue Mage Leveling as BLU is hard and dull, forcing you to either have 3 other friends who want to level it up or having to do it while grinding overworld mobs or fates. And boy does it get pretty dull pretty fast. Not to mention a lot of spells are located in dungeons or bosses, meaning you nees 3 or 7 other people willing to help you learn that spell in the first place There is also one more thing BLU has that is even worse than the Masked Carnivale. The log It tasks you with clearing content with a full party of BLU, synched (so no level advantage) and echo off (so no power boost if you die) and it includes the hardest content in the game like savage raids That is, in my opinion, the most annoying sidequest relating to BLU.

[@silkyfi6652]

Yeah it's pretty annoying that blue mage is supposed to be "the" solo job, but a lot of the best tools come from content you can't solo. Most of the trial spells should be available from Masked Carnivale or some kind of other solo challenge, like a blu only deep dungeon.

[@selay333]

I wouldn’t say lvling Blu is hard it’s quickish but I’ll agree with you on the dull part. As for the spells if you are having issues and really want them there are discord’s set up for data centers that are for helping get those as well as the mount.

[@venabre]

@@selay333 the existance of said discord servers does not detract from the annoyance, if anything it adds to it by having you use an external application just to have a shot at doing it

[@Freedom_84]

WHAT? how can you call chocobo hot and cold annoying? that side quest was fun as hell At least it provided you with countless treasures during the side quest, as opposed to others on this list where you spent forever in a sidequest just to get 1 item

[@skyserpent14]

I LOVE the chosen picture for this thumbnail 😂

[@dadodem2157]

Ikr. Noctis cringing hard😂😭🤣🤣

[@Metro4466]

Chocobo Hot N Cold was my childhood, it was one of my favorite mini games in the series

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

I had suppressed the memory of the FF12 fishing game, thanks for unearthing that trauma 🤣 The first time I beat the game, I missed it entirely. But yeah, that was frustrating.

[@AlexDuck]

that whole game was trauma

[@Gwoblesto189]

What fishing game

[@Gwoblesto189]

That's the best ff in the series I love 12

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

@@Gwoblesto189 It was my fave for a while. Over time, my annual playthrough of 9 cemented it as my fave, but FF12 is a close second. Love the hunts, the random treasure stuff, the gambit system. If we were just voting on gameplay, I'd 100% go with 12. That story in 9, though, that's what gets me. I cry every time Zidane shows up to see Garnet in the ending

[@Gwoblesto189]

@@victoriousf.i.g.3311 I've only beat 9 once I was soooo proud. I had just removed all the status prevention gambit thinking its the final boss he won't use those. Lol, I beat him with steiner solo. I have no idea how but, whoop whoop deep knight

[@BigMujK]

Chocobo hot and cold was PAIN! glad the digital edition made it more bearable with the speed adapter

[@muticere]

Finally someone talking sense. It always sucked. I don't get people who liked it. Finding the spots on the map was interesting, sure, but the RNG involved in poking all around the screen for completely random drops? That's not a fun time.

[@dirrdevil]

Whatever you think, it's nowhere near the most annoying in the series, not even in Final Fantasy 9.​@@muticere

[@KillerCornMuffin]

Man you really did FFXV dirty. The worst part is 3/4 of the fetch quests you listed led to upgrades instead of basic stuff or money, meaning they're worth more.

[@JKBrown-vv1yw]

Just going to say, I absolutely loved Chocobo Hot & Cold! Once you understand how it works, it was really easy to get a lot of good gear (particularly phoenix pinions for me). I agree though, some of those chocographs would only ever be found by someone with lots of time on their hands...

[@seisl202]

Yeah without a guide finding all those fissures and cracks would have been impossible for me, atleast the graphs point to a general area with a pic

[@spinerflame7922]

I think with FFXV, the fetch quests weren't as bad as the hunts were before they got a big change. You had to do the hunts one at a time, at specific times, weather, places, and had loooong dungeons you would need to repeat in order to complete them. Thank god they changed it to being able to accept 10 at a time.

[@mjbuffalo716]

I’m real happy to see everyone loving Chocobo Hot & Cold! 🥰 I really loved that game, and especially the photo hunt!

[@atdynax]

I always liked the Chocobo hot and cold minigame. I always look forward to it.

[@madthrasher88]

Same! It was a fun distraction.

[@drewcoleman1158]

Not sure if it counts as a “side quest” but having to escape from 254 battles to power up the Chicken Knife was a small mission. (FFV)

[@JamesGallagher6]

I can't believe you'd pick FFXII fishing over FFXI. You can't call yourself a Final Fantasy fan until you've caught 10,000 moat carp!

[@gorimbaud]

I didn't mind the fetch quests in XV so much. Finishing them usually involved playing the game the way I was inclined to already, and the rewards were worthwhile. It was only when I started trying to track down all the rescue missions that I felt I'd fallen too far down the sidequest hole.

[@parissmith5727]

Agreed. In theory, the only thing players needed to do was accept all the quests/ hunts they could in town before setting out, effectively making all the random exploration and battles have a "purpose." By the time players got back to town to rest, most of the quests could be completed the following morning when talking to NPCs. In practice, most players got the quests, got the markers, and grinded them out as quickly as possible, which meant a lot of rigid backtracking. The game mechanics tried to funnel players into that convenient loop of setting out, doing what they wanted, coming back to town, and turning in their quests, but most of us just used a guide for completion's sake as we tended to do in the earlier games. Really, I don't think Square needed to attempt a Ubisoft style open-world in the first place. The "stylized" open-worlds from the older games and their sidequest structure I always thought was perfectly fine. Even Lost Odyssey had a better system than FFXV's, in my opinion.

[@gorimbaud]

@@parissmith5727 I have heard that when it first released, you could only accept one hunt at a time, and that sounds like a nightmare. But, this is one benefit of me not playing the game until a year after it came out, when most of the rougher edges had been smoothed out.

[@danielramsey6141]

@@gorimbaud It was, I played it. The Hunts were a repetitive loop! If you decided to go after another hunt without completing the first, it cancels the previous hunt quest! You could not stock up on quests like you did in FF12.

[@voidhunter2800]

The masked carvinal doesn't exactly keep the strengths and weaknesses of the mobs themselves hidden, its all on a panel on the left before you even click commence. The fully arena in use as well as the mobs in question are shown for each act. Anything from what debuffs work and don't work, their elemental weakness if they have one, their level of health, and so on. Even every single special variation, like interupting only using certain spells and such are listed under bonus details. The only really annoying part of it, is the enfeeble me tenderer bonus. And even that you don't deal with that often, the rest you can pretty much just hit moonflute nightbloom to take half or more of their health.

[@Sensiav703]

Bad Breath, Nightbloom/Song Of Torment and Off-Guard/Peculiar Light has you completely covered for Tenderer No idea why the Carnivale is even on here tbh, it's super-easy content, the only real difficulty there is the achievements for killing Azulmagia, Siegfried and Gogo under their unique conditions which aren't mentioned in-game at all

[@voidhunter2800]

@@Sensiav703 didn't know off-guard and perculier even counted so good to know.

[@Sensiav703]

@@voidhunter2800 Yup. Basically anything that appears on the debuff list counts as an enfeeblement :D

[@lanegunnell1218]

While in FF10, collecting 10 of each monster is cumbersome (though much better w/ the speedups in Remaster versions), the Monster Arena is a blast. You finally get to really use the entire battle mechanics. It's even more fun without a guide as it challenges your knowledge of the system and some fights become really creative (and difficult)!

[@EldenRingBuildsArchive]

For me, it’s gotta be the jump rope in 9, followed by thunder dodging in 10.

[@deathblade32]

Thunder dodging there is a crater in the first area on the left by a tower(I think second one) that always gives you a strike so if you know what your doing you can finish it in 15 minutes first visit. The jump rope is complete bs if you're trying to get Excalibur 2 though

[@Walamonga1313]

Jump rope doesn't even count as a sidequest though

[@tsukuyomimagi9968]

The easiest way I completed the lightning dodge challenge was to mute the audio and wait for the white flash on the screen. Press the X button when the flash appears and keep doing that for about an hour and you will acquire the Venus Sigil. Also, it helps to have the "No Encounters" ability and to be near the exit screen to the hotel.

[@mattsully2238]

The pitious ruins was simply wonderful bit of side content that needs more attention. No ps trophy. And even the accessory at the end really isn't that good. That platform/puzzle was really well designed and no one ever talks about it.

[@heysamesam]

I agree 100% but I think it's something that the Devs were allowed to go nuts with precisely because it was inconsequential.

[@mattsully2238]

@@heysamesam perhaps, I just feel it needs to be celebrated more. Maybe this is why the development cycle for the game was so long. They spent years on this gem

[@steveozone4910]

The dungeon was interesting but the platforming design is awful. Is so easy to over shoot a jump when Noctis keeps moving forward.

[@sleepeybunney]

when you think you've cleared it & then the title card drops, genuinely one of the best moments of the whole game

[@elwoodrosadocarrasco787]

People forget the queen of cards side quest in FF8.

[@elwoodrosadocarrasco787]

Not super hard but very annoying.

[@TianaSidhe]

Interesting to see a clip from HCBailly featured in this episode. Glad to see more people appreciating his work!

[@alybanaszak1624]

I feel like he is a really underrated JRPG let's play channel

[@kevinstreetgaming]

He's great! I love that he has still kept going without changing his personality over 10 years.

[@apushman]

actually didnt mind the grind for capuring 10 of every species in FFX since i was doing it level up all of my characters fill out their sphere grids.

[@redcrystal7710]

I absolutely love Chocobo Hot and Cold and discovering the Air Garden as a kid just blew me away. Bone Village was always another favorite of mine cause I loved treasure hunting. As for the Masked Carnivale, it's super painful with lag. >_>

[@lysanderxx1664]

I love that the entirety of fetch quests in XV was it's own section.

[@parissmith5727]

It stinks because Square kept trying to give "fans what they want" in that regard, which fell completely outside of their expertise. I never needed a big open world with a million sidequests, blurps, minimap markers, etc, and would've been more than content with the style of gameplay they'd been refining in the earlier games. Square tried to Ubisoft and it bit them in the end.

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrinRinOnishi]

@@parissmith5727 ramen

[@christiandelcarmen1278]

FFXV fetch quests were sometimes easy since you've probably already obtained the item they wanted... But the Pitioss Ruins made me spend at most 6 hours trying to navigate through the entire thing...

[@GWFanSoftcoreBrony]

I think it was the fact the the main story in FFXV would take you around 25 hours give or take but then all the side quests made it upwards of a 100+ that really killed the game for me, let alone that nearly every last side quest felt monotonous to some degree.

[@drewroy22]

Worst final fantasy game I've ever played. Plus only having an airship after beating the game, plus the fact it felt like a rail game like final fantasy 13

[@gl3n91]

So true!

[@tjcihlar1]

Having to play the game with a guide at your side sucks the fun and spontaneity out of the game. For me, I try to just get to the end without really knowing what I SHOULD do, and using a guide when I am stuck. Collecting all 108 characters or trying for the best ending is for gluttons for punishment, or 2nd playthroughs.

[@Walamonga1313]

Same. Just do a blind playthrough and then if you really enjoyed the game or know that you missed a lot of content, then replay it with a guide. That's what I do, unless I'm playing a game friend's are very knowledgeable about so they help me not miss things without spoiling

[@OmarO_721]

I really hate how literally my entire quest log in FFXV is filled with worthless quests that are far below my level.

[@blakbear6528]

sames happens to me in The Witcher 3

[@bootesvoid1275]

Chocobo H & C was a pretty well balanced mini game. One of the best sidequests in FF series, if not the best. Plus you really bond with your Chocobo and you have the feeling of living an adventure inside an adventure. It's easily one of the many reasons I still replay FF IX since nearly 22 years. Lots of fun!

[@syicrone5167]

I thoroughly enjoyed Chocobo Hot & Cold. I've done it on every FFIX playthrough.

[@osmage]

I don't know, the whole fishing questline to get the "of dragons deep" title in XIV is really bad with how RNG fishing is in XIV. It's a lvl 50 quest and even with lvl 80 gear it sill takes a lot of patience and luck.

[@izzy1356]

I... Gotta disagree with Masked Carnivale on this list. The strengths and weaknesses are literally the FIRST thing you see before you even start the quest. And the amount of strategy that goes into each fight is no different from Extreme/Savage/Ultimate trials in the game. Guides make it easier of course, but by no means are they required.

[@TheAuron32]

Masked Carnivale is a BREEZE compared to getting 7 other people to co-operate in savage/extreme trials if you want the mount 😂

[@cal5365]

should have included the FFXIV optional fishing quest for the 7 legendary fish, actually painful to finish with some windows to catch them appearing once in a REAL WEEK

[@fraenznoa5508]

To be honest, if they want to add fetch quest, at least have some story in it

[@SweetyMiki]

You mean like Xenoblade?

[@groudonvert7286]

In FF15, most of the last quest has a story in it.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I didn't even know there was a fishing minigame in FF12.

[@paultanski-hampton928]

The final chocobo race in FFX, absolute goddamn nightmare 😡

[@victorkuhn4219]

Yeah dodging lightning bolts had nothing on that race.

[@jekw23]

I did the lightning bolts but got frustrated with that final race and gave the game a break…..that was two years ago and I still don’t have the energy to go back and try again. Way too traumatic!!!

[@paultanski-hampton928]

@@jekw23 Played the original and the remaster...did it on both...never again!

[@IronGiant2790]

I think the "collect" quests were even worse than the fetch quests in FFXV. You had to look in specific areas for the tiniest items on the ground that barely had any visual indicator they were there. I remember spending at least 20 minutes scrounging around the same patch of forest because some hunter asked me to disarm traps he set up or something. These traps were hidden in tall grass, behind rocks, even in the open, but without any visual indicator in game to look for, you're literally just walking around until you stumble into a trap and get the prompt to disable it. Additionally, 20 minutes in real time equate to multiple night cycles in game, meaning reduced visibility (flashlight) and fending off trash mob spawns until daybreak. I loved FFXV, but some of those side quests? Hooo boy...

[@kyledavidson6635]

They really should have added a dot on the map if you got close to one but didn’t interact with it

[@leegrbin5248]

FFX, Dodge 200 lightening strikes. I can barely dodge a single strike, let a lone 200 of them

[@swaggercat9000]

Blue Mages in FF14? Compared to literally any other side quest in FF14? Have you even done any of the side quests in Stormblood? Blue Mage is one of the most fun things in FF14, putting it on the list is definitely a smooth brain take.

[@Tloc222]

It honestly reminds me of people who call fromsoftware games bad because they require dedication lol

[@sabrinah918]

The most annoying sidequest for me on ffxv will be always pitioss ruins, i've finished almost the entire game content, except this one, it have an amazing design, but is truly nightmare

[@rosaheartlily]

Loved the clip of Dust: an Elysian Tale at the start! I enjoyed Chocobo Hot and Cold as a mini game, but the full sidequest is annoying.

[@SweetyMiki]

God, I hated the fetch quests so much in FFXV, but the ones I hated were the ones from Dino. Idk, maybe it was the constant driving back in worth, the constant jumping every time I tried to pick up the items, or maybe it was Dino's horrible "bada bing, bada boom!" stere*type dialect. The quests were just horrible.

[@forceofnature26]

I always hated those side quests in 15 where you had to find the frogs. Talk about needles in a haystack

[@stevenslifestyle9623]

To not have triple triad on here is a CRIME! 😂😂

[@ivettbasitypalkovity7410]

FF 12 had fishing? LOlz, I totally missed that. After what I heard here, not ready to look it up. XD Good video, thx guys.

[@Sykdude]

I think most people just go get the fishing quest reward from trial mode these days. There's no need to even engage the quest.

[@ace-trainer-aj]

Dodging 200 lightning bolts in a row or that one Chocobo rage designed by Satan himself? Which one is the most obnoxious ever?

[@TheXBladeist]

Chocobo. Lightning's fine.

[@JKBrown-vv1yw]

Yes.

[@GalaxiaKnightX]

Honestly. I never had a problem with the fetch quests in Final Fantasy XV. I just either enjoyed the ride on my Regalia and listen to some tunes. Take a break or whatever. Same goes for the Monster Hunt..well except Bifrost..pain in the a**.

[@extra4542]

Isn’t it crazy how the challenge of so many mini games is their absolutely terrible controls? Looking at you FFX chocoho racing

[@TheAuron32]

i wanted to hand that bastard over to KFC...

[@mikemandeville4680]

@@TheAuron32 Agreed!!

[@mikemandeville4680]

Agreed. I hate it when people tell me to just stick it out and you will eventually get it. This...side...quest...SUCKS!!!

[@TheAuron32]

@@mikemandeville4680 i am forever haunted by squawking chocobo’s…

[@Sniperbear13]

honestly, i want to find a mod that makes it so you always have a time of 0.0 for that final race. i managed it once, and i don't want to have to do it again. already found one that made the Lightning dodge side quest automatic.

[@rd-um4sp]

Annoying is such a subjective term. I find escort quests much more annoying than fetch quests. Specially the ones where you have to lead instead of actually escort.

[@TimoteoJuan89]

Surprised that Totomostro, from XV didn't get a mention! I spent a LONG 3 months, yes, MONTHS. Trying to win everything from the arena.. 😘

[@rugalbernstein5913]

Honestly don't know why masked carnival is even on there, it was genuinely fun and you get literally all the information you need up front except for the enemy attack patterns, which, outside of some unique bosses, share attacks and patterns with various monsters from previous dungeons and overworld areas.

[@justareplica]

Costlemark Tower and Pitioss Ruins, nuff said

[@BlueHarvey]

I did not expect to see one of my runs pop up when watching this video xD

[@AubreyTheKing]

Personally, the fitch quests in FFXV wasn't annoying to me. Yeah, it was getting a bit repetitive and tiring lol but I was never annoyed by them. Idk, I think it has something to do with me enjoying FFXV's open world and the BG music. I was so embraced by it, I kinda got detracted lol I don't know if this counts as a "side quest," but those damn fishing mini games were annoying, I can tell ya that much. Also, I've said this before, but as much as I love Final Fantasy X, I didn't enjoy ANY of the side quests! Not a SINGLE one! I got my ass kicked on every single one and I wasn't having fun. Although at the same time, I would rather suffer through Final Fantasy X's side quests than a single one from FFX-2. I hated EVERYTHING about that game lol and the side quests were no exception. Great video you guys! GOOD JOB! 😁👍

[@trapsrus5611]

In a game called pso you have a quest counter where you take certain quests from. Once you complete a quest you can't do it again until you complete every single quest. Well in some of those quests there are some certain people that if you say certain things to there is a secret quest in-between these quests that can help you unlock a very important feature of the game. The only issue is the game came out on dreamcast in early 2000 when the internet wasnt as big as it is today so little people knew about this. The only way I did figure it out was by reading one of those very old cheat code books you used to find in public libraries or school libraries.

[@trying2getanick]

Am I the only one who absolutely loved every little bit of ffxv? Even that gruelling maze that took weeks to complete?

[@AbRas644]

Monster Capture from FFX was a fun minigame, because I just LOVED the CTB battle system. Couple that with effects like Stone/Death-strike, and you could get 10 of practically all fiends in Spira in a day. Personally Stonestrike was better, since Deathstrike still needed luck, and more enemies were weak to Petrify.

[@gargant9057]

I never thought that chocobo hot and cold to be annoying. Finding the treasures was easy too. The one that shows ocean only is a bit tricky, but i remember I solved it as a kid just by going around the world map and think for a second. Was so satisfying when i finished all without a quest. What a good ol day

[@Ryder.Draconis]

I FOUND THE OCEAN CHOCOGRAPH WITHOUT A GUIDE!!! I'm proud of myself.

[@extra4542]

Traversal in XV was sooo TEDIOUS. Omg the loading took forever ok fast travel and even then you’d need to use your car to get to other areas which took forever and it wasn’t clear where anything is. Huge example of a game being big for the sake of being big without worthwhile content to flesh it out

[@kennethcunningham2572]

I didnt mind the fetch quest from 15, maybe because they were spread out between chapters

[@lightningshy5287]

The worst side quest would easily have to be Queen of Cards in FF8.

[@parissmith5727]

Thought it was fun right up until it became time to abolish rules. I haven't been able to get the guide to work when you go back to Dollet and keep refreshing the screen. That's where I hung it up.

[@Richard-mo1nc]

Most of the side quests felt more exhausting rather than annoying. What's irritating while doing side quests are the inconveniences such as monster encounters impeding your task completion and travelling, then remembering you forgot something and have to back track to retrieve it.

[@Jazzer995]

6 & 7 - How is that any different than the EXP / Item Grind you normally have to do in RPGs.

[@AngelofPaz]

Anything related to Clasko in X-2 is a nightmare

[@chuckrichardson83]

I played through Final Fantasy 12 three different times and each time I played through I don't remember ever once coming across a fishing place... I need to go back and play this game a fourth time now just so I can see this fishing hole I had no idea that fishing was in the game

[@ACE-eb7ce]

I actually completed all of ffxv's side quest, it took me 100+ of hours.

[@EgoCityGamingUK]

Gonna be honest, I never had an issue with the Bone village quest, I never found it took long either.

[@ryanisbelle6107]

I beat FFXII and am just now learning that it had a fishing minigame in it. Lol.

[@natetoopi567]

Chocobo Hot and Cold was my favorite thing about FF9.

[@cheffdonty]

Generally speaking Blue mage in FFXIV isn't a solo deal and Blue Academy has way more resources dedicated to helping players party up with other blue mages to try and defeat the complicated savage raid bosses for exclusive achievements.

[@ChaosMechanica]

Agree with this list, especially the juxtaposition of old school games that had unnecessary complications, and 15, which was just tedious and boring. 15 made me frustrated that I had a car but I STILL felt like I was walking around in the old school games. Additionally, needing to pay for fast travel in a game that requires so much journeying across a large, empty world felt like salt in the wound

[@christophercollins3632]

I would rather do fetch quests than be at the mercy of Randomness.

[@heysamesam]

You mention publicity quest in X-2 and you don't mention Shinra side quest? Forget Shinra. Unlocking Major Numerus is bigger pain in the ass than unlocking Nemesis.

[@kevinstreetgaming]

lol that FFX platinum.

[@scribble71891]

I have the plat for both FFX games and yes they are an absolute pain. Still glad to have finished them though. Going for a perfect save on the switch right now. X)

[@inukaiya1509]

I think am one of the low low few who actually like doing some of the guest in 15. But I have always been a quest nut, it's just fun for me

[@mattg6106]

I feel that, "Every sidequest in FFXI" would have been a very accurate alternate answer.

[@calamaria9221]

Man I would be so upset if I spent so much time in Chocobo Hot & Cold and the image I got was just ocean

[@darrenfletcher2586]

You are the authority on all things final fantasy in my mind, keep it up!

[@strugls8454]

I’ve never heard of someone having a problem with Chocobo hot and cold.

[@SpaceDetectiveTravis]

0:24 - A most gentlemanly opening

[@chaseaus2115]

Thought you would have included FF14 POTD, particularly solo grind. Or even sightseeing chain, with the jump puzzles? I enjoyed some of the sidequests listed in the vid, such as FF9 and FF7. Agree with the others though.