Can You Beat Final Fantasy XV with ONLY MAGIC?! ✨ Level 1 || No Weapons/Consumables/Techniques/etc!

[@atomicgrave4340]

Noctis is a prince! He doesn't know how to open doors! His servants opened doors for him his whole life!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Ahhh, that lore actually makes sense! XD

[@Aeterin]

i know you are joking but bro literally lived on his own for like entire middle and high school

[@efinate002]

​@@Aeterin as u said it's a joke. Man u must be pretty fun at parties

[@Aeterin]

@@efinate002 surprisingly I am, but sometimes I have to "Umm actually" moments

[@Ostr0]

🤣

[@yazael_angel]

Seeing this playthrough I can't forget to mention that on my run back in 2017 Prompto got stuck underground for half of the game, which was very funny cause he woulp pop out of the ground to perform his team attack then get immediately sucked back into the earth 😭😭😭

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Haha that sounds hilarious! Please tell me you saved a clip of that?

[@c3rberus04]

Even though Final Fantasy 15 is always hated on, I really love it. The characters the world. I understand the downsides too but damn its such a nice adventure.... and it really is insanly pretty

[@RPGchallengeruns]

100% agree! Visually gorgeous, great characters & the whole "road trip" thing is awesome!

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Most of the hate is misdirected grief. The game radically changed during production, and some people just couldn’t get past that.

[@Tony_409]

My issue with FFXV is the tonal dissonance in the game with it suddenly becoming lighthearted after what happened in chapter 2 until Altissia. Oh and how each character is limited to 1 technique equipped at a time

[@crazedmonk8u]

yeah i love ff15, it hit all the notes for me. Don't understand why it gets mega hate from the community like ff13 does. They be talking like it was the worse game to ever exist like. saying it was average is fine but calling ff13 and ff15 trash is pretty extra.

[@crazedmonk8u]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 I understand that, i was one of those ff purists who wanted my jrpgs to stay turn based so i gave ff13 and ff15 some luke warm reception on launch but seeing how real time action is here to stay i got over it. plus i realized they been leaning more towards real time with their atb system way back since ff10 sooo it was along time coming. Still hoping we get another FF game like ff12 though since that gambit system was *chefs kiss*

[@Neonhorn]

I always think that in challenge runs in games if you’re forced to do something with no way around it, it’s still fine. It’s all about having fun and I would rather see more of a game done under a arbitrary self imposed rule set than say a run failed cause the game offered no other way around.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Well said, I totally agree with you.

[@UnionSinger2005]

Regarding Ring of Lucii, I put that in favor of NOT breaking the rules; the two spells you actually have consume MP which in my books falls under definition of using magic so that’s my two cents. Great run though.

[@dragobane4728]

I would just do the death spell, not holy, as holy trivializes most fights one you get it (wich isnt that many fights afterwards, but still doesnt seem that fair to me)

[@UnionSinger2005]

@@dragobane4728 When you say holy, were you perhaps referring to Lux Aeterna? If not, I don't remember seeing anything that resembled the holy spell throughout course of game.

[@dragobane4728]

@@UnionSinger2005 yeah, its been a while since I played 15, though Holy is the dodge burst that you can do

[@UnionSinger2005]

@@dragobane4728 Oh right, I remember now. Your description brought it back. I'm hyped for 16 next month.

[@dragobane4728]

@@UnionSinger2005 same here lol

[@18andcloudy]

It's a shame bc the magic in this game does actually look so insanely cool, and the crafting to get multi casts with enemy drops is a cool concept. there was just too many hoops, you didn't get nearly enough casts for your effort, oh and yeah it didn't do enough damage, they obviously added the Duscaen Oranges as a peace offering.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[@Dr_OneWing]

Honestly FFXV is bittersweet to me It has some of the best worldbuilding and story beats of any FF title before it. But for some reason, all of that is kept hidden via the movie, the anime, the friggin MOBILE GAME, and random story books found in bus benches. It could have been the best FF to date if it had just embraced its story telling in a more honest and singular, easy to digest format

[@RPGchallengeruns]

100% agree with this. Supplemental media should ADD to a game's story, not replace it.

[@luciferamigodobairro6169]

Don't forget the novel with the actual true ending of the story

[@machin3_girl957]

Same with FFXIII, I loved this game too and they both get notoriously bad wraps. It’s just different strokes for different blokes at the end of the day. Ofc I wished they had done certain things but that was down to personal taste. I did still end up balling my eyes out the end which is a good FF game to me. Sank loads of hours into it which is also another thing I look for in a good FF game. And congrats on the video that’s mega impressive 🎉

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Agreed, every FF game is amazing in its own way. You're right, it's just down to taste. And thanks, I appreciate the kind words! :)

[@lactofermentation]

"Don't think about it too much" is the best approach to take for the game's story overall. I do like the Noctis solo run in the Imperial capital, if only because it's a straightforward homage to the horror genre. That bit was crafted with love.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Haha yeah that's a really good approach to have!

[@fieldkaiju]

if that's the best approach to take then the story is shit ?

[@Disisdabeast]

I mean honestly to each his own but that chapter is in my opinion, objectively dogshit, and Squenix knew as much too since they adjusted it. First half is correct though, story might not be good but it's about the journey not the destination

[@RPGchallengeruns]

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[@Dew-112]

"puts hand up slowly*

[@Nooneever922]

Same lol

[@Chronostra]

It's not? I thought this is a high production april fools joke run ngl

[@SpazzingEagle]

Perhaps

[@uwexx]

As a person that doesnt give a damn about April Fools (mainly because I dont have friends to fool or be fooled by), I didnt even think about that 😅

[@simisoner]

I definitely agree, mandatory warp strikes don't count

[@azuraslegs]

So happy this wasn’t an April fools joke lol Final Fantasy 15 is one of my favorite games it’s great to see a challenge run of it!

[@TofuLP]

WOW! That was a ride, thanks dude! The mandatory warp strikes only mean that it is impossible to finish the game in a really puristic view. I would say that it is A-OK to complete the run this way because you played the game using the challenges rules where POSSIBLE, which makes it totally viable. Well at least it was amazing! Great work!

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

That reasoning doesn't work though. You could even go fight an enemy to get a rare item and since it isn't possible to defeat them with magic you can start attacking them or using any other source. This could apply to a boss where you simply can't make magic strong enough to progress as well.

[@TofuLP]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 Yes, you are right; which would mean the run failed, as it does using a mandatory warp strike if the rules forbid it. So to finish a "failed" run in the spirit of the challenge is A-OK to see what else the playthrough has to offer is what I meant. To keep going even if the challenge is not doable using the basic rules is way more fun than just saying "done, isn't possible" halfway through. You've got a really valid point there. I might've just written my message too misleading, sorry ^^

[@secretscarlet8249]

Lol thanks for this run. Never expected people to have these kinds of challenges for this. I do wonder how Noctis appears to the NPCs with his cowardly but magical tactics. 😂

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah I don't think they'd want to see a man become a king when he's shaking in fear behind a rock! XD

[@Tony_409]

31:28 Magitek troopers tend to drop if you stay in an area for too long so I think your car ride finished and your characters just stood there for awhile, triggering them. Exceptions exists such as heavily forested areas where dropping troops down would be a bad idea

[@Sandy-ik1ic]

Regarding XV’s story becoming super linear after Altissia, I actually don’t mind it that much. I spent DOZENS of hours being sidetracked on the mainland, and by the time I got in the boat to leave, I felt pretty prepared. And with how much the action and the story ramps up, I kind of appreciate having to hit all the story beats one after another, to avoid me inevitably getting sidetracked again if it had in fact remained open world. So overall, I don’t mind

[@RPGchallengeruns]

That makes sense, yeah! 🙂

[@lobstrosity7163]

Yeah, it's not a problem for me. Now FFXIII on the other hand... Corridor simulator.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

For me, it did kinda bother me. I hadn't completed the open world section, I had moved on ahead wanting to progress the story a bit before resuming some open world'ing... Aaaaand that never happened. It's kind of the opposite dynamic of regular RPGs, as in the world normally gradually opens more the more you progress, and you get to do all the end-game optional stuff before entering the final dungeon, whereas here the world closes the more you progress, making all the optional content missable beyond a certain point.

[@christianmaestas4435]

@@DaikoruArtwinif I remember right you can talk to umbra and get sent into the past just before altissia to go back to side stuff. Mind you it should have been much more visible since many seem to have missed it.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

​@@christianmaestas4435 I do remember that NPC, but I thought it was just in case we weren't ready for the upcoming challenges and wanted to grind a bit more. I really thought we'd go back to open world after this arc, so I moved on ahead anyway.

[@sonnybattaglia4760]

All of your different approaches revealed pretty interesting cutscenes, like with Arenea staggering when crashing into the metal. So cool!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah it was really interesting to see those kinds of things! Thanks for coming along for the ride! :)

[@4fives992]

One of your best so far. You did a great job utilizing the area to give yourself enough breathing space to fight a lot of these bosses.

[@sonnybattaglia4760]

I loved chapter 13 so much because it was like a horror game. The mood was set really well and the ring of the Lucii was so OP!

[@billythenarwhal1579]

I think we might be the only 2 in existence.

[@antoineguerrier2965]

The issue is that the ring is too powerful. Once I noticed I could just squeeze the enemies to death it took away all the tension of the setting.

[@sonnybattaglia4760]

@@antoineguerrier2965the jump scares though and some strong enemies spawning made it tense still.

[@eredkaiser]

I still need to replay this game one day. I've only ever played the day 1, prepatch version and the ring was utter garbage then.

[@sonnybattaglia4760]

@@eredkaisernow you can kill an endgame superboss with it lol. It misses a lot, but the black hole spell works eventually. That’s how I dealt with super hard quests.

[@sonnybattaglia4760]

That was so cool what happened to Titan. I never new that event would happen if you wait long enough. And it’s “cooler” than regularly fighting it.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Totally agree. When Gladio is forced to relent against Titan when you fail to point-warp it's a very scary moment!

[@wanaan]

So that's what happened... I kinda stank at the game and I got that. I thought that's what was supposed to happen.. makes me feel really bad now that I realized it only happen if you reallllly runover the time limit.

[@amedoro_the_owl]

I really never thought i'd ever see an high quality ffxv Challenge run with good editing.

[@angie1653]

Welp, here's my sign to start a new run of this game lol love the dedication to these challenges

[@jolteon345]

I don’t think forced warps fail the run. There’s a difference between a forced warp and doing it intentionally for an advantage, just like how there’s a difference between running sections of FFX as no sphere grid in solo runs and actively using the rest of the party to win battles when your solo character is available.

[@marionparis2644]

A challenge on my favorite game ?! Need to watch ! No sleeping early for me tonight I guess... Also I must be one of the rare weirdo to actually enjoy this magic system and using it through the whole game, the effect looks awesome and it can be very useful when you manage to throw the right spell at the right moment. I might be tempted to try this challenge myself, Never tried something like that before. Honestly throwing a strong Ice spell while in water never fail to make me giggle like a child.

[@annedemarie7480]

How often do you play the game??? As i discovered if you plow through the arena and get the most expensive price it gives you unlimited fuel and comes back on newgame+

[@Egalia_1]

Your content is hitting way above your weight class. I've binged all you videos so far and I can't wait to see your audience grow and balloon as time goes on

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks a lot! I hope to keep improving the videos over time. Honestly, looking back at my older videos makes me cringe! XD

[@Vuljone]

This was a really good watch, and honestly this game was so much fun to play with my partner. We had the ultimate weapon by the time we fought Titan (We like side-quests..) Regardless insane to see you do this at level 1 haha :)!

[@savannahrodriguez8537]

To answer the question about how I feel about the late game: I personally got a little frustrated because I realized (very late in the story) that I missed many missions and was missing some of the weapons from tombs. I took a long break from playing it and re-started the game and took my time. It ended up with me being over-leveled for most of the fights that I originally had trouble with. This made my eventual arrival to late game a lot smoother, and I was more attentive with how to use my team. The post release patches that were all implemented by the time I got back in the game also helped a lot. To give a bit of an idea of how long my break was with this game: I started it on the PS4, and left it, only to return to it on Xbox series S YEARS LATER cause the whole bundle of dlc etc was on sale for 20$ 🤷🏽‍♀️ hey, I eventually beat it, and enjoyed the game more with hindsight in play knowing not to go too far story wise before I complete side quests. Learned that if you keep up with the side quests, you can over level yourself. Also got to take a group photo with Aranea which was nice to add to the photo album. A bit sad that I didn’t get a full open world, but I enjoyed the game. I was a big enough fan to watch the anime and movie etc so I got to enjoy the intertwined story elements. I can see where people would just dislike it though. It’s still a favorite of mine, mostly because I’m bias and adore Prompto and Ignis. 😂

[@betteonme_]

i will never stop applauding your creativity.... and also tenacity! another great video :) 100 hours is A LONG time to spend on one video, but the time spent is obvious in how high the quality is!!!!

[@SpartanNobleValor]

FFXV was my first Final Fantasy game, and dispite the flaws it quickly became one of my favorite story focused games. It made me absolutely fall in love with Final Fantasy as a whole, dispite only having played a few of the games. The worlds, the writing, the characters. It all just works in a way that doesn't always make sense. Recently i started playing FFXIV and the story is really bringing back the feelings i had when i first played XV. And to top that off they just reran the XV crossover event so i got a nice hit of nostalgia from that too. I cant wait to play 7 remake and rebirth! And i really want to play 13!

[@victorvondean]

I have most of the achievements for this game,I've completed it but I remember literally none of the game it made such little an impact on me. Watching this was far more entertaining

[@sheercold26]

Same for me

[@rileykopinski6026]

I actually think the story was emotionally investing at times with its characters but it’s definitely not the best story or gameplay of ff but definitely not the worst.

[@navdragoni]

This was ffxvi for me

[@somnus9976]

Really appreciate the ffxv challenge for once someone is playing this game I actually really like it (or at least what it was first supposed to be) Edit : my tip for this game is get founder king’s sigil and regalia f , the game really gets fun then

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah it's a super fun game, I'm glad there are lots of people out there who also really like it. Thanks for coming along for the ride! 😀

[@Absreal99]

It's the most sold sp ff game

[@a.i.reviews121]

Mate, I randomly came across this and just 2 minutes into the video I appreciated the effort that must have gone into this 👏🏽

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks, I appreciate you checking it out! :)

[@trafficosrs]

10/10 i mean this in the most positive way youre quickly turning into my favorite 2nd monitor youtuber

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Hoorah!! 😀 In all seriousness, thanks. I really appreciate you! 👍

[@boblackmon7835]

Fun story about the cup noodle product placement: they werent actually sponsored its just that the cup noodle headquarters was in the building next door and the devs became friends with them so they put it in the game! :)

[@ostrichlord9097]

This run really brought back memories that i havent thought about since highschool. I really need to replay XV one day cuz the music and characters seem to age like wine

[@EnigmaTimGaming]

Much respect. This is one of my very favourite games and I love doing challenge runs. I've only ever done a pure mage in a NG+ so I can make use of the ring, because I feel doing a mage WITHOUT the ring is insanity. I may give this run a go but I am not quite masochistic enough to have all those rules in. I'd have to put on the royal raiment, use the ring of resistence and grab some decent magic buff meals. I'll gladly do lvl 1 and no items. Unsure about the no weapons, I wouldn't use them but things like the trident of the oracle and sword of the father give a huge magic boost when equipped. Fascinating seeing you win the big fights without doing the QTE's. 27:08 One of my fave fan theories that kinda holds a little water is that THAT is Prompto's mother and the baby she talks of, is Prompto

[@Rejisama]

Hats off to you man! 🎉 I think Noctis' blink strike is intended to be the main combat type of the game; magic only supplementary. So your goal of using magic only was really difficult, taking much effort and dedication. But you pulled it off. It was so entertaining to watch the entire vid. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@vlnfltrlh7683]

Such a quality play through and an amazing tribute to a fantastic game! So glad you kept going to the end, I would deffo say using the Ring of Lucii in those later chapters is still classed as magic (so totally fine to use it) but well done for only using it a couple of times! Absolutely love this game, loved this video, thank you for your dedication and looking forward to your future videos too, have a great day 😊❤

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

I got the game when it first came out and kid you not there was like 9 side quests in the whole game. Not only that there was no way to prevent friendly fire. That didn’t come until the update or 2 after. It was brutal.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah this game on launch day was... not great 😅

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

​@@RPGchallengeruns Also, be happy about this, the ring of Lucii in chapter 13 was painfully week. Only way I managed to beat the chapter was by spamming instant death because the suck health ability took years to kill. Also, great video btw.

[@crazedmonk8u]

I'm so shocked you didn't have to play that one arcade mini game to make limit break magic. I spent way too many hours doing that since i was playing a more magic focused build myself, not a challenge run like you but my god it was soul crushing.

[@abbieburton2794]

Some of the most positive coverage of this game I've personally seen lol. Great run as usual though ^_^

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Hope to see you next time. :)

[@imthedude2351]

1:05:40 "If this all sounds _confusing_ or _stupid,_ don't worry, I *_DON'T_* have time to explain! You're totally free to _watch the five episode anime series, Animated Episode Ardyn Prologue,_ *_all four Character DLC, and the full Final Fantasy XV Kingsglaive movie_* if you want the _full context_ of what's happening. That's, uh, _very ambitious of you, Square Enix._ " - Max0r (I also like this game)

[@FeeIRG]

Honestly never understood that type of complaint since i didin't watch any of those and still understood like 90% of the story

[@Secret0zv]

You can skip camping at the beginning, so run invalid, restart. (but seriously, this challenge seems like it was painful, absolute madlad)

[@rinkorinrin]

can't believe how much planning is needed to make all this work! great video and content

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah this was a tough one! Thanks for the kind words. :)

[@nestorzen]

Good stuff bro , your patience is incredible, but the game is def amazing , been wanting to replay it.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks a lot! And yeah you definitely should - if you haven't played it since release then all of the patches etc make the experience very different to what it was.

[@danielpaterson2694]

I think this is the video that made me realise that I want a cooking tutorial series voiced by Ignis.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yes!! This needs to happen!! XD

[@ColonelKoopa]

You did pronounce Quetzalcoatl correctly, you good. Didn't think this run was possible but I stand corrected. good stuff

[@joelvz8639]

First video of yours i have watched and I am damn hooked. Sadly can't watch your Persona videos cause i intend to play through them myself so don't want to be spoiled but god damn i will once i have beaten them. I enjoyed FF15 as It was the first game I have played of the series which got me into all of FF and more jrpgs. Keep up the amazing work and can't wait to see what you get up to next.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thank you very much for the kind words - it really keeps me motivated!! :) Hope you enjoy the Persona games. I'd highly recommend Persona 5 Royal first - it takes a couple of hours to get going, but the remaining 98+ hours will be some of the best gaming you've ever experienced. Enjoy!! 😀

[@superiorgo2368]

That chapter 7 fight made me quit the game too. I wasn't even doing a challenge I just didn't like losing 2 hours of my life.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah that's fair, it's certainly a nasty one!

[@whatisnani1540]

Ah yeeeees challenge ruuun lezgooo. Video always fun to watch . Awesome vid

[@victorchan1187]

You just absolutely amaze me. Also, I love FFXV. Thank you for the April Fools gift, my man.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for coming along for the ride! :)

[@victorchan1187]

@@RPGchallengeruns From the start of your video till the end. So satisfying. I am also the type of player who loves to have challenges in my playthroughs rather than get OP from the start till the end. Boring I'd say. Besides, looking forward to your other projects. Keep up the challenge!

[@The_KBE]

awesome content once again RPG Challenge Runs :D MASSIVE DAMAGE never gets old. your dedication and the fun you have is contagious

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks! Kind comments like yours keep me motivated, so again, thank you! :)

[@Sleepyhead156]

Goodness! It's amazing to see this game somehow getting videos made of it even in 2024! Got this game on my birthday back in 2017and loved it to death. Sad to see many people hating the game for not keeping the standards of previous final fantasy titles, but I'm sure if they gave it a try they'll find that it's an amazingly charming game! Great video and good day to you!

[@Haggis_Swaggis]

This was another fantastic run Boss, can't imagine anyone else doing a better job. You asked how we felt about the open-world/linear crossover after Chapter 9 at 48:17 . I persanally liked the changeover, kinda gave me the feeling of "There's no time to mess around now, we gotta get this done". I did feel that this point of the game felt kinda "Rushed", and especially since there was a LOT of content/story/lore missing out of the base game that was only included later, such as Episode Prompto, since that had a fair bit of story content and lore. Though, that point could be made for the entirety of the game, it's just a shame this game was rushed for release, and even more so that they cancelled some of the DLC Episodes. Still, FFXV is one of my favourite games of all time, and was one of the first games I managed to get the Platinum trophy for. Solid 8.5/10

[@SpAcEdOut-be7cm]

Jebus there mate, i cannot imagine the amount of aggravation you forced yourself through for this one. in my eyes u earned your sub and like, cheers brother i look forward to more interesting videos such as this!!!

[@bdhuffman42]

Lmao! I already know this is going to be a troll for April Fools. But I'm actually excited. I've been looking for videos on people doing magic only for FFXV.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Hope you were pleasantly surprised then! ;)

[@bdhuffman42]

@@RPGchallengeruns MASSIVELY!!! lol I still can't believe it though. I'm glad you didn't give up!

[@camilovelez8851]

This is the first video I've ever seen from you, but I'll say it's a pretty safe bet to think the rest of your channel must be great! Trully a man of focus, commitment and sheer fuc*ing will; and also quite funny jokes (the name your wife chose for your chocobo is perfect!)

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Haha gotta love Chonkobo!! XD Thanks so much for the kind words. Hope to see you in the next one!

[@joebloggs2534]

5:46 "Ugh, ugh! Ah! Ugh! Ahh! Dun dun dun dun dun da da da!

[@tokas.tushar]

I see there is no rule for outfit change rule so you could have maybe tried out different outfits where it could help maybe? It'd cost you the extra hp from the default outfit though. There is also some incredibly strong ingredients that could help as well from the Zu hunt at Ravatogh, but grinding for them might be a bit much. I had a blast watching, love the game. Spoiler: From my understanding, the timeskip is basically because of Noctis being trapped inside the crystal till he can accept his fate and the role he needs to play going forward. He needs to come to terms with his responsibility as the chosen king of light. After playing Episode Ardyn it also feels like it is a repayment towards the torment Ardyn had to go through at the hands of the Astrals. He was trapped for millennia and forced to play by the rules of the Astrals as the host of the scourge.

[@svartrbrisingr6141]

dont lie. everyone loves Arenea dominating us in fights.

[@lillianplant7082]

Thank you for playing this! I love FFXV, its my second favorite final fantasy game

[@Zanryu1337]

Story-focussed RPGs and Open-World are naturally exclusive. Other story focussed Open World games like Horizon show this pretty decently. As soon as you get some story, it is most likely you'll enter a linear dungeon. So the open world is only a giant hub area. Similarly Rockstar open world games lock you into a route on the open world making it a quasi dungeon. In general I have no problem with the giant hub approach, but developers should admit to it and embrace it more. In the end I liked what FFXV did because the story was, in the end, more important than the open world, especially since you really can't interact with it and the open world is just a facade/still a hub area. It doesn't matter which angle you try to engage encounters as they always will play out the same. Additionally, I think the Leviathan fight was pretty much close to perfect. When we entered Super Prince state for the first time, it was the one and only time I got literally chills from a game.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Yeah totally agree that the Leviathan fight was amazing. There are very few moments as good as that in gaming!

[@Bchulo88]

Don't care about online reviews, chapter 13 is great, and so is the rest of the game. The ONLY problem this game has is being too easy. There are way to many exp quest rewards, the only way to not be over leveled is to skip every side quest. This game also had the BEST fishing mini game ive ever played😤

[@348joey]

31:30 Okay, to answer your question: Sometimes, while driving, imperial troops will ambush your car by dropping in front of it. This forces you to leave the car and begin combat. You just got jumped by the imps and killed while afk. You're still next to the car where you were forced out when you died.

[@lordgohan5907]

I had that ignis invisible glitch too. He wasn't completely invisible. He was like an ethereal ghost

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Ooh even more spooky!! 👻

[@bayzenmusic1627]

I watched your entire video while I couldn't sleep. This was a very entertaining video and I can see the amount of work you put in. You're very hilarious with your humor timings and commentary, while FF15 wasn't the perfect game it was certainly a wondrous experience. I also see you haven't uploaded in a while, I hope you are doing well and plan to do challenges for the recent FF titles

[@Skywardflare758]

FFXV is in my top 3 Final Fantasy games, competing with Tactics for my second favorite (and XIV is my favorite). Really interesting run, and with all the crazy restrictions, I can only think of maybe 3 things that could’ve slightly helped. Dodge rolling can extremely useful against packs of melee enemies and certain attacks, without needing MP, but it is awkward to use due to weird s and questionable telegraphs. The second is that with the Ring, if you press the phase button right as you’re about to get hit, you get a much more powerful Holy that also restores MP. And the last, there’s one particularly “accessible” limit break magic ingredient to get the tier 4 spells, which you can get from Altissia. Specifically, if you go to the red carpet not pinball machine (the super expensive one), and get the final prize (took me like an hour to do), you can use it to get a ton of a limit break spell (or sell it for a ton of gil). The other sources for limit break magic, but either require late game or a ton of work (like getting a high hunter level) to unlock. As for general tips for magic in a normal play through, it’s possible to stack a ton of magic power with accessories, Royal Arms, and an outfit, so it’s easy to do a ton of damage to large groups of enemies, wiping entire encounters with a single cast. Swapping between sets manually is super annoying, but very powerful. For early game, poison and cure casts can be massive as well, giving nice swings to encounters and letting you fight well above your level. There’s a lot of very powerful items to farm/stumble upon, and everything is renewable, so tossing out powerful magic when you feel like it won’t drain your resources in any significant way. And magic pairs very well with certain techniques, like Regroup and the gravity one.

[@nevenegra8814]

the bit that no one likes with the ring of the lucii i like, because noctis is struggling with fullfilling his duty as the prince because his friends are getting f'ed up just by association, he knows he is going to die and is at peace with it, but having the people he cares being hurt by it is something he wasn't prepared to (kinda like yuna having an lifetime of mental preparation and acceptance of her own death as a sacrifice for the greater good, just to have tidus die in her place), that scenario in theory is pretty good, noctis has been stripped of all his power (weapons, allies, the cart, etc) so with no resources and backed into a corner he ended up forced to wear the ring to survive, the biggest problem in my opinion is that the build up felt very lackluster, could have him panicking and have anxiety attacks and we needed to understand both the prophecy and the goddam ring, there was no substanticial info about the ring until right before it appeared and the prophecy was never spoken of before the final boss battle, and the ring should've felt more powerful, there should've been unlocked a bigger variety of spells and more powerfull ones as well

[@niruapp8559]

I loved the game. I'm actually on my third playthough (second run on LV 1) but yeah I didn't done the Only magic run. On my first LV1 run I did manage to destroy Omega (that was a pain in the ass) The only thing I didn't done in my previous run was the Menace Beneath Lucis sidequest. Anyway that was a really nice video man

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks a lot, and congrats on beating Omega!!

[@yoredfoxoinker124]

THANK YOU for talking about the mismatched voice on the old guy it literally drove me insane

[@TheMongral]

Personally speaking, I think stuff like the Mandatory Warps are fine, and do not count as "failing" the challenge. The point of the challenge is to complete all mandatory encounters using just the restrictions stated, but those mandatory warps aren't part of a combat encounter, they're part of a set piece (stopping the tank, which you do not directly engage outside of the cutscene) and movement (between ships) respectively, and thusly are fair game as far as I see it. Besides, At that point, the only other way to advance would be to violate more rules than you might otherwise be seen as doing so (since you'd need to potentially find a glitch or exploit, or both to advance past both sequences), so allowing those Warps theoretically violates the fewest rules possible of the run, which itself is the best choice for keeping to the spirit of the challenge.

[@chainedmimic]

Super happy I found this video. The pure unadulterated level of sass has earned you a sub. I love the roasting and trash talking. All in good fun of course, keep it up homie. Can't wait to see where you go from here.

[@grlyeetswrld]

fun fact (of pain): I played the chapter 7 dungeon without ANY of my party because they ended up getting stuck in one of the halls early on. that boss was a bitch and i hated it (and the fact that they all acted smug afterwards - they didn't do anything! they weren't even there!!!) it was a lonely road, and i prevailed.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Hahaha that's hilarious! XD Yeah the AI are pretty stupid in this game and love to get themselves stuck.

[@Ssecil]

I love FF XV but I really hate its 'bomb' magic system. Honestly the Comrades has a way better system. Thumbs up for your patience. Good job. 👍

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Totally agree, and thank you! 😀

[@AndyY499]

You have so much patience, I barely have the patience to 100% this game with add ons and Ragnarok!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Patience is definitely the name of the game with these runs!

[@kairynnru]

This is perhaps the most unique run I've seen of this game ever. Very well done. I would have lost my mind but its amazing to see others do it. Subbed!

[@silasstryder]

Huge discount for it on xbox recently so I finally jumped in and I'm having a blast. The auto drive function has been amazing for me specifically because it allows me to smoke a few bowls and chill looking at the gorgeous world design between hunts. I can already tell the moment I'm on the main story track I'm gonna be running through it straight to NG+ in no time =D

[@james_90]

Nah the mandatory warps are not a fail!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks, that makes sense! :)

[@ThatGuy-Jai]

You gave me a new perspective of ffXV and now I wanna replay it as a mage

[@MemoriesLP]

Its super fun to me because you kill enemies to get materials for casting, making it more interesting to explore the world. And using the correct weapons, food and accessories can also be fun if you like to come up with builds

[@lennartj.8072]

That ending still hits different (although I think I'm just a sucker for bittersweet endings)

[@Tony_409]

For me its a bit too much on the bitter side

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@Tony_409 "everyone died, the end"

[@SoloEcho]

​@@thehumanstunlock7588thats the best part about ff games.

[@jahipalmer8782]

I have nostalgic feelings about the battle music, but every other memory about playing this game is pretty negative. I mean, it's a Final Fantasy so I have to love it (I'm a FF fanboy) but it is by far, my least favorite. However, I love hearing people talk positively about it. It's so cool getting to see folks enjoy playing it.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

That's really admirable of you to dislike a game but still enjoy seeing other people liking it. Thanks for checking out the video! 😀

[@pinkstarmona1695]

I wanna like spells more in base FFXV but the system is so clunky and inconvenient that melee weapons just feel better to use. They actually do have a way to make magic better because in the multiplayer expansion there's actually a really good system for using and casting magic by giving you something basic for offence and defence before letting you pick out specific weapons to give you spells which is actually a really good system.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

That's good to know, I never got around to playing the multiplayer expansion. Is it worth giving it a shot?

[@pinkstarmona1695]

@@RPGchallengeruns If you have a friend(s) or people who are willing to go through it with you I'd say yes because otherwise you have A.I partners. Otherwise I'd say it's only really worth trying out for like two hours because I do think it's legitimately fun to go through because you have a weapon and stat system that is fun, but it can be extremely grindy. Especially if you don't have the Multiplayer loot multiplier.

[@LeoJahn182]

Amazing video. I am literally replaying this game and searched for a Magic Only run last week. Glad you released it (and not only just magic, but you made it a lot worse with "No Weapons/Consumables/Techniques/etc" hehe) Furthermore, I looked at the length of the video and thought: No way I am going to watch all this, but your editing and narrating skills hold me here. Great work. Thanks for this great effort and amazing work😉

[@SeeM2uOld]

Despite being april 1st, this video definitely ain't no joke! Great content with massive damage 😊

[@saymoncardoso656]

It Hurts me a Lot every time i get to the boat bit, because i remember that they gave us 50% of a really Nice world map.

[@YorkTacticalGaming]

mate, this run was nutty. A like and comment for you on your ride through the youtube algorithm

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Appreciate you!! Cheers. :)

[@jamestreat5496]

Great video man! The work you put into this challenge is insane. Nice job!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks, really appreciate it! :)

[@masquerader101]

I'm currently doing a "Dark Souls" challenge in ffxv just for fun. It's weird. Mostly the rules are just no warp striking or airstepping, only 5 heals, downed counts as a death/reset, and only roll dodges. Wish I could limit my bros so they cant use guns and too much damage, but can only do so much.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Wow that sounds awesome! You definitely get points for originality. Good luck! 👍

[@masquerader101]

@@RPGchallengeruns Thank you! It's already getting tough 😅 will let you know how it goes haha

[@DarkObsession]

Honestly, "ganked by a parrot" was not a sentence I was expecting to hear today 😂

[@Sum2k3]

I'd love to give you more likes... your video is made pretty good and was very enjoyable. Gonna watch some more of your stuff!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Thanks, I really appreciate it! :) Getting into the whole KZbin thing is super tough!

[@PinkyJustice]

Ignis can't see you, you can't see Ignis

[@nevenegra8814]

man, gotta say, i love your runs, they are insanity, and you acutally are having a good time, don't know which is the most impressive

[@pixienyx4306]

Oh my god I love this so much more than I can possibly say! You deserve the love on this video, 100%!

[@connorburris4846]

Did you know? The game actually wasn''t sponsored by cup noodle. They just ate so much of it, they decided to throw it in for free.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Wait, really?!!

[@aaronhuggins5185]

Mate, this run is bat shit crazy! Good effort! Now let's see a ff7 remake challenge run!

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Gotta do the original FF7 first 😉 (Spoilers for an upcoming video)

[@pennythejet]

I fricken love this game. Good tip about the stamina bar! I don't like to have it on screen so I will test the sudden.. head jerk.. later!

[@mumugiaoba3077]

Honestly I never really understood the hate with FFXV, considering it is one of my fave games ever. Although i do understand how ppl didn't like how linear late-game was. I wish the game was a little more open during late-game but the story and climax honestly satisfies me enough to not care at all LOL

[@jackstanding3870]

Watched this video so much. I love these runs. This is my favourite. I always watch it when cooking tea. It’s the perfect length.

[@Dsdler]

You’re doing an amazing job with these runs and editing. Can’t believe how time consuming it must be. An idea would to maybe do multiple shorter videos (maybe 3 videos of one run) as I believe you could profit more from doing that. Wish you all the success going forward. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@secretscarlet8249]

This game has many flaws but I love relaxing with this game. ❤ It was kinda disappointing that it didn’t reach it’s full potential but I enjoyed my time with it.

[@RPGchallengeruns]

Well said, I totally agree with that sentiment.