5 Times JRPGs Kicked My Ass

[@codyn8949]

I still have ffX chocobo racing PTSD

[@robertlewallen5283]

Same man I was glad to see it here on this list. I broke more than one controller over ffxs chocobo racing 😂😂😂

[@WhiteRaito]

the reason i will never play FF 10

[@wizardcat2232]

I swore at the tv for hours during the racing bit

[@revolutiondragon1156]

It's not that bad

[@huzai7083]

strange journey broke me, its probably the only game that i won't ever touch again, hell i didn't even get to the part that people considered hard, i just gave up on the third dungeon

[@Hjppolyte]

Redux is pretty good. The new sub-apps and the new dungeon for demons and leveling help a lot. Just... just the final boss (or, no, the first final boss) is so violent. Nonetheless, SJ redux is now a good SMT for beginners i think. Personaly, i love it

[@OmegaTaishu]

Tales of Graces F... Fodra Queen. Holy. Shit.

[@Phell-]

Really? That boss was relatively easy to me. The boss fight where you have to fight 16, I think, copies of her was harder Imo. When I say easy, I mean I only had to use an all-divide to survive half of her attacks.

[@cloudd6535]

Yes i played kingdom hearts bbs too... and yes it was real difficult to beat master xenort but i really liked the game so it was worth it...

[@edgezors]

The chocobo race in the ffx remaster was probably the first time I ever thought about punching my monitor.

[@cemetery895]

Well Atelier Rorona Plus was one of the first RPG I played that required a build for an endgame (no difficulty option), the only annoying part was not getting the events the first time so I could make a self ressurection build for all characters, sure enough it worked. And damage builds in the game aren't really great unless you make the bomb perfectly everytime (no NG+ for that) or make a skill build and who actually does that in that game?

[@VanHallen52]

cemetery665_TOAO I'm in the middle of the game. Right now I'm using Stewart and the one girl with the puppets. Are those good characters to be leveling up? Any other tips you would recommend in year 2?

[@cemetery895]

@@VanHallen52 The best characters are Astrid and Meruru (Astrid for debuff and Meruru for pinwheel skill), you get them in during overtime. I've never really done the missables entirely though, but I got 87% by using the roadmap.

[@VanHallen52]

cemetery665_TOAO is overtime like during the story or do I have to do something extra to get them? Thankyou btw.

[@cemetery895]

@@VanHallen52 You get about an extra year to do things after the assignments, the assignments are like the main quest, after the assignments is what overtime is. Before overtime I used Iskel and Esty, but it doesn't matter which character you use until the EX dungeons.

[@VanHallen52]

cemetery665_TOAO ok interesting. My main concern is getting a good ending I want a good ending to the main story.

[@MrAnimeTales]

"With a moveset tailor made to fuck your shit up". I laughed way too hard at this.

[@TarksGauntlet]

I don't know what it was, but when Baten Kaitos Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean first came out I for the life of me could not beat the final boss. I was young though, and I'm pretty sure my deck was half filled with rotten fruit but still! Made it all the way to the end, and to this day have still not seen the closing cinematics.

[@ninjaguy2511]

I loved baten kaitos, shocked I thought I was the only one who remembers those games.

[@kristinchurchill489]

@@ninjaguy2511 no sir

[@Solarasthma]

I was 2 blitzball games shy of Wakka's weapon when I experienced total burnout, and I got to 183 lightning strikes and got hit and put the game down forever (til the HD remaster.)

[@Thefunnynerd85]

Lords of the Fallen I fought the 3rd boss "Worshiper" 64 times, and in Bloodborne it took me over 4 hours to beat the "Amygdala" in the cursed defiled dungeon, "Gadolt" in Xenoblade Chronicles 3D also took my over 10 tries because I wasn't leveled up enough and I had to go do some crafting before facing him again.

[@OmegaMetroid93]

Etrian Odyssey. All of it.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

Could never get into the Etrian Odyssey. Even Persona Q that was pretty much made like an Etrian Odyssey game I couldn't finish.

[@OmegaMetroid93]

Yeah, they're not for everyone. I just love the sense of adventure, and the fact that everything is tough makes it exciting to finally beat a boss fight and see what's in the next area. I will admit to not liking Persona Q that much though. I'm not sure why.

[@zorochii]

How hard is SMT4 Apocalypse compared to SMT Nocturne? Is it harder? Haven't played any of both, but I want to.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Not very, IMO. SMT4A has a few tough bosses towards the end but Nocturne is like that for most of the game. Even the normal encounters are capable of killing you if you're unlucky or unprepared for enemy abilities such as petrify or instant death. SMT4A also gives you the courtesy of being able to see encounters and hit them to get a first strike, while Nocturne's are completely randomized. Everyone moans about Matador but my Nocturne submission for this list would probably be either Mot or Beelzebub.

[@RockOfFire6]

The reason why I have not bought FF X / X-2 on the switch is because of that Chocobo mini-game. I would love to have the game on the switch, but I don't know if I want to put myself through that Chocobo race again.

[@sofaris576]

Than just dont do it. Its optional after all.

[@HyouVizer]

post-game baal, his HP numbers are off the goddamn menu, good lord.....fuuuuuuck that non-sense thank you for not showing final boss footage for SMT4 Apoc, i was almost gonna exit the vid when you mentioned it lol

[@XenosTheGamer]

dude the wind crystal boss in Bravely Default, I still haven't beat that

[@ProsperingNerd808]

White knight chronicles 2. The final boss made me break a couple controllers, not to mention he’s a completely cheat boss. A little background about the game for those who’ve never played it. WKC 1 & 2 you play as the main character who’s the hero (can’t remember his name) and a created character that acts as his best friend. Some stuff happen and the hero gains the power to turn into a giant magical knight (as you can guess his is white) which you can freely use in battles agains regular and giant enemies. You also gain other party members who have the same ability albeit different styles knight frames, I think there were 3 of them, 4 if you unlocked the secret one for your created character in a secret dungeon. Now in WKC 2 the final boss possesses the main character and takes over his White Knight transformation and you fight him as such. The bullshit thing about the fight is, he’s much stronger than you, plus who completely blocks any other character from transforming into their knight forms so you’re fighting a giant enemy as regular people and his aoe attacks do so much damage that you run out healing items and mp for healing magic. Now you have a character that can heal and restore mp with her skills but she dies really easily

[@lolRNG]

That Sun Sigil was a damn nightmare. I remember wanting to just smash things from constantly failing at it. But damn, the feeling once I finally beat it.

[@sixdigit]

Thought of Drakengard 3 when you did your intro. 10 minute rhythm game without cues and 1 miss fails you. Did everything else in that game, but can't get pass the ending

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+sixdigit Yo when I saw you had to get all the weapons and do that mini game to get the true ending I was like nooope I ain't doing this bye lol.

[@musiclover01ization]

sixdigit I managed to collect all of the weapons and beat the rhythm section to win the game. It was tough, but worth it.

[@riemaennchen]

Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne/Lucifers Call. The fight against Lucifer himself. He was the reason I couldnt beat the first time I played it. He only shows up if you beat an relatively tough side dungeon prior to the final boss. But when he does you are in for some trouble. Only characters with "Pierce" do normal damage to him and you only get this abilty twice throughout the game. Once for the main character (ironically from Lucifer). And a demon you can buy in said side dungeon starts with it.

[@ravenshieldgames3170]

The section in .hack infection where you have to find mia and elk by fighting though a dungeon alone to learn gate hacking that data bug sucked to fight

[@MelonTartVA]

Have you played Neptunia? Some of those bosses r really hard

[@s-bles]

Oh boy I remember the FFX Chocobo race back on the PS2. So, so many tries. No trophy to show for it either. Just the memories.

[@PeterTheOstrich]

laughing my ass off throughout this entire vid, great job shadow jesus christ your shit is getting fucking good

[@Erwiinstein]

What game is the one on thumbnail with green hair? I barely remember seeing it in the past but I can't name the game.

[@Monarch_943]

Loving this channel!

[@OblivionOth]

I also had so much trouble with xehanort in bbs also in kh2... but the worst of them all was lingering will.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+OblivionOth Fought Lingering Will once and I was hell no. Not doing this to myself again lol

[@OblivionOth]

ShadowEliteHD I did to for the trophy and NEVER AGAIN haha. Also I thought the final boss battle in tales of graces f was hard (Not the future arc final boss).

[@spvvky]

I can't think of any Jrpgs that made me really scream in agony but I can think of a spin off that did. Prinny Can I Really Be The Hero? made me literally rage quit so hard that I stomped on my PSP from having to repeat levels and boss battles so often. (Anger issues much?) luckily it didn't break even from me stomping on it a few times and I did beat the game. I remember the final battle was pretty hellish.

[@SPOOFY_D]

Xehanort was brutal till I discovered once more+second chance was pretty much required. After that I had gotten so good at the timings from hours of barely getting killed by BS that I one-shotted the whole final gauntlet. Still don’t get why Terra’s story is the hardest if you’re “supposed” to play him first.

[@joshuataylor7443]

What that song in the beginning of the video?

[@BaoZakeruga]

The battle tree in sun and moon is a million times worse than the institute for me. Haven't been able to get to battle 3 yet.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

This made me laugh an smile having been there myself in many other games.... an Chocobo ptsd is real folks.....

[@tkuzava22]

This vid must definitely have been before JRPG Jungle was either before she made content or was not well known yet

[@shawnpatterson2230]

Tales of Berseria - Lvl 100 Phoenix. I was lvl 55 and beat him.... then he did his special move and healed himself back to full health. Turned it off and didn’t play again for 2 weeks. Finished the game but didn’t want to deal with him.

[@nesciosmith8130]

Want a challenge? Play Octopath Traveler with 2 rules: no save scumming and only gain exp from boss fights.

[@ned993]

Random question, have you ever played any of the Legend of Heroes or Ys games?

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+ned993 Played Trails in the Sky 1 haven't played 2 yet idk why lol. Played Ys Seven and Memories of Celecta

[@ned993]

That's pretty great, the Trails series is among the best JRPG's I've ever played tbh. :D I'd recommend you play Trails of Cold Steel on the Vita/PS3 after finishing Sky's second chapter. (Sky's 3rd chapter is getting released early 2017) Also the older Ys games all have PC releases on Steam, and they're all pretty solid games, especially Ys Origin. If you're interested, check this video out, it really emphasizes some of the best aspects of the LoH franchise. (Sorry for the long reply but I really love these games. xD )

[@yochitoranaga]

Lunar 2 ethernal blue final boss It was a boss at the end of a long dongeon (a tower if I recall correctly) in that dongeon, half teh creatures were almost immune to physical attacks forcing me to consume mp to a length I was uncofortable with since Lunar's mp restore items were the single most expensive items I coulld meet and they were very rare. after you pass through that dongeon you encounter a boss who's vulnerability will randomly change every few turns or so... forcing you to cast spells just to figure out what he is weak to and hope you didn't fall on the element that healed it that turn. You are out of mp regen items and your mana is low... yeah I didn't stand a chance. when my memory card curropted I never even tried to get back to it after that.

[@lolRNG]

I think the Sun Sigil was the first time I damaged a controller. Fuck that minigame.

[@LovelessClaudio]

the only time i can think of a boss that frustrated me was Victor from ToX2.. i has almost given up on it, because i was too stubborn to put down the difficulty (i was playing on hard) until i finally beat him. uhg.

[@nichytsukamoto9788]

I use your smt strat a lot when I play persona games and I'm fighting strong bosses just heal, revive and wittle the enemy down little by little till they die.

[@BlackDragon939584]

I remember doing the chocobo racing and getting 0.1 seconds. Screw that for life.

[@jrpgtea5165]

Nostalgia, back then RPGS advertised 100 hr main storylines as a feature.

[@Phell-]

Basically everything in ff15's post game. And Disgaea 5. And Kingdom Hearts 2.5. And maybe a little bit of fire emblem awakening. There's also that one boss in tales of graces, you know the one. Eleonor or something it's been ages since I played that game. We do not speak his name, or he shall use lance of atrophy and cast full life on everyone, that's clue enough. Basically everything in final fantasy type 0. Zero us in ff4, don't know if anyone else had trouble with that one. Hockomonkey in critical mode kh:3D. Most bosses in Tokyo Mirage Sessions. The list goes on for a long while, but you get the gist.

[@SvenNightingale]

That last boss in Apocalypse I'm still stuck on and I still refuse to turn down the difficulty...

[@windwaker0rules]

digital devil saga demi-fiend, i think i lost like 50 times before i beat that boss. one that that is almost as hard but more chaotic is unlimited indalecio (gabriel) from star ocean 2, that one I actually recommend because the fight is just a blast. I can't beleive i forgot this one the last boss of valkyrie profile 3 first round, i don't even know if that boss is even beatable, and the developers were trolling by making it just possible to get to it on a first play though but made it impossible to beat

[@frostbyte11]

Pokemon Dark Rising is kicking my butt on my channel right now. I am at the point where I don't want to play anymore but my persistence keeps pushing me for more. And silly me put a death counter on it (which is now at a hysterical number). This game has made me second guess how good of a Pokemon player I am. Lol funny thing is I started of playing thinking I would have less the 50 on the counter...

[@Zodia195]

I can recall 3 examples of getting my but handed to me. Oh I've had hard fights too, but 3 where I thought I was prepared but well, I wasn't. 1st came the first JRPG I ever played, Grandia II and it was my first time going up against the Eye of Valmar. What made this boss such a pain was 3 things. First was its 4 smaller 'eye minions' that can do a major attack on any of your guys, but seeing how they're easy to kill they aren't the biggest problem. Biggest issues come 2 parts of the eye that can cause sleep or poison. Those are so annoying. I did die that first time facing it, but I did beat it the next time. 2nd comes from Skies of Arcadia. It comes from the Executioner. I've played this game multiple times and it's still my 2nd fav game of all time. Anyway, last time I played this guy, for some reason I ended up dying 3 times! And I am a Grinder too so I was like, "WTF!" I literally yelled when I defeated this guy. I have gotten problems with this guy, but being a veteran JRPGier and to get whooped like that after playing that game for years, it was a bit embarrassing. 3rd time comes from Grandia 3. This game was overall easier for me boss wise compared to Grandia 2, however, it has one major problem. There was a HUGE difficulty spike from the 2nd last boss to the final boss. First time I played it, I was over 50 lvls. I got wiped out fast! And the boss before this one was easy. I did eventually defeat it though after like 5 tries. 2nd time I played the game, I went up to lvl 70. It was still hard though and I died 3 times. Finally the last and 3rd time I played, I ended up grinding to lvl 99, which is the max. Here's the thing. From the time I started to the time I lvled to 70, it only took me several months of to get to. However, from lvl 70 to maxing out, it took the same amount of time because the leveling system takes forever! So it shouldn't have to take me that long to max out just to defeat one boss. Oh btw, even with the max out, I almost died once. But man that difficulty spike at the end, I don't know if I'll ever play this particular game again because it sucked all the fun out of it.

[@hyperdude144]

For any Skyborn players: Final boss. Enjoy the PTSD

[@deatheater10879]

is shin megami tensei iv: apocalypse a sequel straight after the events or a game of the year type thing

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+super kami guru It's a sequel to IV

[@deatheater10879]

ShadowEliteHD thanks because i loved iv.

[@Valtrass69]

The true final boss of Tales of Legendia. She was mad hard.

[@MikeyCochran1516]

Any JRPG that does the back to back bosses at some point. I hate that because you gotta heal in the second boss battle.

[@dricsi07]

I'm not as skilled in JRPGs as you but athere was this 1 time where I had to turn the dificulity down to easy in Demongaze. The game is a pretty good dungeon crawler BUT the boss in every region just kep getting harder and harder and HARDER. To the point when I got to the 2nd final boss I couldn't beat it. She kept healing on every 3 -4turn and dealing massive damage to my party and rearanging my line up so I couldn't attack sometimes. I had to put it into easy since farming in that game is ungodly hard to do.

[@wildgingerhunter4441]

I think the best for me was this . Playing Xenoblade chronicles X finally bose second phase, i was under leveled so i had to spend a full 24 hours grinding with 0 sleep. so after getting to an ok level i tryed again my character spazed out when he had auto attack of health left. I was soo mad took a breather screamed are you kidding me. got back to my mind set and be hold the boss felt sorry for me. he didnt use any attacks that where kicking my ass earler he just kinda stood there walking around feeling like he F me too hard. i was like OMG wtf is this, is this really happening. then i just beat him like if i was level 99 vs level 1. i was in shock the first time that ever happen to me in a game.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+wildginger hunter I really should have put a boss from XCX on this list. The amount of bullshit that happened in some fights really almost drove me crazy. Especially that final boss. Something similar happened to me except he just let me get both my fallen party members up without bothering me lol

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

wildginger hunter haha I know what you mean that's happened to me a couple times in games I go from telling myself I'll never beat this boss to 😦 maybe I'll have a chance must recover

[@Nekucloud]

Getting the Sun Sigil in FF X is PURE MADNESS. I was finally able to get it in the original PS2 version but it took SO MANY tries, what I did was focus solely on getting the balloons and nothing else and somehow(I don't know how)I was able to do it. other than that experience I also had trouble getting Yuri's ultimate weapon in the first Shadow Hearts, that was INSANITY too. There's also beating Alf and his party in Arc Rise Fantasia which was HELL but pretty much all of the bosses in that game aggravate the crap out of me!😠

[@joseaquino6032]

Ar tonelico 3 on hard and the tutorial boss will kill you in 2-3 hits while you on the other hand need a lot. That was probably the first time I ever got a gameover on a freaking tutorial fight.

[@CheLovEkoShpRoT]

what was your level and party in smt?

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+CheLovEkoShpRoT Party was level 95+ and I think I had Inanna, Odin and Norn. I always spammed that one buff skill and debuff skills

[@SidiousRed]

FF7 was my first ever JRPG...I had no concept of grinding, got to the Materia keeper way under-leveled and just couldn't beat him.

[@phiwasukati331]

I have noticed since disgae 4 Baal has decided to take steroids I compared Baal in disgaea 2 his stats were equal to normal pringer x disgaea 4 just slightly lower than pringer x

[@Orionesca]

SMT Nocturne/Lucifers Call, all the friggin last bosses. I wanted to cry and scream (did the neutral ending so had all people against me). X____x I also remember I was insanely angry at a level in Catherine, I cant remember wich one, but I remember I wanted to destroy my game really badly after about 30 retries and still dying. XD

[@Quick-Silver206]

Final Fantasy X fighting the Guardian of Bevelle, then going through a bunchnof regular battles before even being able to save. Also any encounter with Seymore.

[@UmatsuObossa]

The original Etrian Odyssey 1 kicked my ass more than any RPG ever. Got me hooked to the whole series. (PS, NEVER play an EO on anything but hard!)

[@keybladexemnas8439]

u have an awesome opening what's the name of the song?

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+Master Xemnas Break Out Of - Persona 4 Arena

[@keybladexemnas8439]

+ShadowEliteHD thanks

[@SpiriTracE]

Ghetsis in Pokemon White. Digimon World 2 the game...the entire game. Took me years of playing off and on to finally beat it. Could also say multiple bosses in Dark Souls/Bloodborne if they count.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

Yea I remember Ghetsis being quite a problem. Felt like my Pokemon just was high enough level and there wasn't enough battles in the game to properly get them high enough,

[@youbytheclown4471]

Out of jrpgs that i've played so far,the boss that's pain in the ass and made me rage quit was the silver hair guy from trails in the sky fc,

[@seraphsclaws2997]

What's your intro music?

[@kristinchurchill489]

Persona 4........where you been bud.... Lol.

[@DiuLei619]

That Chocobo PTSD is 120% real... My friend is a hardcore FF VIII & X Lover that she(Yes, she) plays X on PS2 AND the remake on PS4. The only thing that makes her pissed so much is this Chocobo section... She calls me, my step brother, and her boyfriend to help her with this section and all of us are wasted..... Also, this is happens for 1 months straight which is a pain and finally my step bro beat the record! Everything's over when her boyfriend buy Switch and i inform her that FFX got released on Switch too tomorrow after her BF buy the switch... Obviously, she wants her BF to buy that game on Switch as well... Here we go again, another goddamn Chocobo section..... As for the bane of my existence..... 1. Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga : Vs Demi-Fiend(The pixie..... OOOOOH THE PIXIE!!!!! TOO MUCH HEAL!!!!! And Mudo..... And Demi-Fiend's damage..... Took me about 2 months with some of my hairs turned into white until i beat this guy.....) 2. Rogue Galaxy : Post game's tower of something on a certain planet(Forget the name, got lost, the enemies are causing me major headache, cannot finished that game now because my PS2's R. I. P) 3. Final Fantasy XII : Vs Yiazmat(The cause of the death of my PS2..... Super duper high ass HP, can repel my heal & ended up healing that bastardo, and took me very very VERY long time to beat this boss... On my holiday few months after i meet Yiazmat for the 1st time, i play for 2 days straight with just 1 hour sleep to calm my head after God knows how many times this bastard repel my heal..... Beat it finally, with the cost of my PS2 goes R. I. P... It's an old PS2 so no wonder)

[@hyperloiko]

KH2's Lingering Will (Terra) is impossible to beat, battling Roxas was a huge pain after so many retries and I know KH: BBS secret boss young Xeanort is hell, but I'm stuck at Eraqus with Terra on proud mode that I just gave up after more than 15 times... need to grind alot and mixing skills and magic correctly... As for other games... It's fighting games, not mostly RPGs even some of them that I forgot what rages me.

[@hyperloiko]

I forgot to also mention the bad ending of Xilia 2 bosses, ouch... Never again...

[@eanyoung8336]

The minitar boss in the first smt iv...ik u feel me on this one hes the first boss in the game so its also a difficulty spike

[@camma12]

God the chocobo race........ You had to get 0.00 time to get the sigil or whatever it was but the clock only showed 0.0 so if your time was off by 0.01 of a second you wouldn't get the reward.... Most fucking frustrating thing in a ff game

[@n1kit0u]

Indalecio after the secret PA in Star Ocean 2

[@mon573r6]

Makes me think of Ophan from ff13. He wasnt that hard, I guess it was just that no one told him I killed him already....like 3 times...

[@sushantsardeshpande]

KH - Sephiroth, Crisis Core - Minerva, FF XII Yiazmat all come to mind.

[@bakerbakerbaker305]

Cid boss fights 1 and 2 in final fantasy 12 I wish I could record myself playing those fights I go crazy when it's gets tough. I took a month break before I went back to beat cid boss fight 2. I was so mad at how cheap he was were he uses his machine gun special moves when ever you start to get and edge on him😣😠

[@ademasdanjuro]

Zodiark as well

[@Mr_huskyboi]

Hyperdimension neptunia victory: rei ryghts true ending,omg her first form was ok,final form it took so much to take her down it took like 30 tries to kill her

[@kristracerpg5937]

Who are the characters in the thumbnail?

[@BLUESUNJRPGs]

Whats the name of the intro song?

[@MrBlackboy21ful]

BLUE SUN JRPG's look up persona break out of.

[@xiangyaong8234]

I can feel u bro for the ffx chocobo racing... it took me 3 days to get it 😱😱😱 racing on and off

[@atreyuavenged1]

Took me 5 hours to get the Sun Sigil. Tried it again on a new game and got it in like 20 minutes.

[@MrBacchus18]

It is times like these that make me question why I'm a gamer. Could save much frustration money and time lol

[@PelvicGaming]

FINAL FANTASY 10 WOULD BE ON MY LIST TOO. OMG. WHY? CAUSE FUCK THE FINAL BOSS AND HIS HEALING PILLARS.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

+Pelvic Gaming I'm very interested in seeing your list. Make the video!

[@PelvicGaming]

ShadowEliteHD I just might~ ;)

[@IceofDream.]

i couldn't beat him on ps2 back then too, but when i played it on vita i leveled my characters well and it was extremely easy

[@Strapkid14]

Who's the girl with green hair in the thumbnail and what game is she from.

[@SprintsMcGee]

I think that's Emeraude from Tales of Graces f for the PS3

[@Weaver_Games]

The final boss of Ys 1 for me was total bull. I eventually beat him but I feel like I literally just happened to run around and get lucky. There was no skill. There was no learning. I just got lucky that time lol.

[@kristinchurchill489]

I disagree

[@johntesh7667]

Fuck that Sun Sigil. I have never finished it. Life is too short.

[@ShonenJump121]

Tales of Vesperia; Gattsuo. Like what the fucking hell? This guy gave me more trouble than the final boss. I also think Minotaur from SMT 4 needs a mention or the beginning of the game in general. I started that game and fucking died in the tutorial.

[@KayamaAi]

ShonenJump121 Walter cast agi.

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

I managed to pull of that stupid chocobo race in FFX, such bullshit I feel your pain. I think the absolute biggest ass whupping I ever recieved in an RPG was 100% completing DIgital Devil Saga. The secret boss in that game is such massive amounts of bullshit, you have to exploit a loophole in the AI. It doesn't matter if all your stats were maxed out and you had every skill (which I did have) that fight is still complete bullshit. I managed to do it but never again, 200 hours sunk into that game, holy shit.

[@ShadowEliteHD]

Sounds like it was worth it tho for DDS?

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

ShadowEliteHD Not really, you can only fight the boss on your second playthrough. By the end of the game I was sick of it.

[@Orionesca]

I FEEL YOU!!!! I gave up to tell the truth, to save my mind (and game) from breaking. XD

[@FirstLast_Nba]

pain is the price we pay for love in life, and jrpg's

[@capo200christian]

took me 7 months to win the chocobo race

[@Sp4ceG04t]

Dr Pain (anima) ffx I wasn't ready for that shit at the tender age of 12

[@CC_Reads]

Sp4ceG04t for me it was the fucking robot tank u fight right before anima. when i finally beat it THEN had to fight anima my life was over

[@MetalCat999]

I got my sun sigil after playing for an afternoon, guess i got lucky and helped achieved my FFX platinum trophy.

[@nichytsukamoto9788]

I beat the final chocobo race in one try and shocked my friend haha

[@kelvinkegel2304]

If you get the drill its kinda easy tbh.

[@nichytsukamoto9788]

Kelvin Kegel Drill? Idk if my friend had that cuz I was playing on her game

[@kelvinkegel2304]

Tales Games... I always play games on the hardest possible difficulty, but Tales games get real fucking unfair on the hardest difficulties.

[@ZephyrosMX]

Kelvin Kegel Especially since the hardest difficulty cuts down on how much EXP you get and makes every enemy a brick wall.

[@LOSTLEAD8R]

Look. I used to have the same mentality of never going on easy, but legit I have so much more time and less stress because of it I kinda shake my head when people are too stubborn to play the game on easy. Especially considering you can get to more games and enjoy yourself and time more. I'm not saying I dont like a challenge, I just dont like to waste my time. So legit, nothing wrong with playing easy mode folks, just another way to enjoy a game. (Also I have a mr.perfect on mm10, so I get a pass for life)

[@watchergirl9]

Agreed on Pokémon X/Y. After the 5th win...I'd always lose.

[@kamuiyu7101]

I battled the final boss of atelier shallie in despair mode auto item for the win i really hate some boss in thatbgame where you cantbheal and revive wtf

[@TheCompletionist]

This was actually a really good topic. The one I can really relate to the most is the chocobo racing for final Fantasy X. I think that race was easily the most frustrating thing I had to do in that game in order to consider it 100% completed. Playing all that blitzball certainly didn't help as well. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep definitely gave me a lot of frustration as well, but it definitely it wasn't because of Xenohort. The mysterious figure (a bonus boss) was easily one of the most frustrating rpg battles I've ever had in my entire life. I swear I must of battled him at least 200 times before i finally beat him. With regards to completing games, you had to beat him three times (one for each character) in order to consider the game fully completed. That was a pain in the ass.

[@kristinchurchill489]

O so the lightning was easy pezzy for you......... Doubt that bud

[@masterofyugioh1000]

kh bbs, ice cream beat minigame, I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't maditory for ven to do one. and so many times I'd go through that song only missing 1 promp, and it'd still call it a fail bbs was being BS

[@myboy732]

Persona 5 yaldabaoth it was my first attempt I won eventually but it was my worst played battle I barely had items Makoto healing and nearly dying constantly luckily almost all of my characters had there evolved personas and I had some broken af personas. I fought so had then the WE believe in you bit happened I summoned Sataneel and boom the game was over.

[@mightymanatee5342]

Barthandalis first fight in FF 13... nuff said.

[@sarahmvaz6772]

I died 200x against Xehanort

[@StarzJake]

Demyx- kh2 i died for 4 hours straight when i was young, now i destroy him

[@UmatsuObossa]

I literally cheated in battle institute and still lost.