[General Discussion] How does Sephiroth manage to destroy the solar system, yet still fail to KO my party

OH SHIT, ONE WINGED ANGEL comin’ through. You’ve all seen Seph’s mega attack that wipes out all the planets then only does perhaps 6000-7000 on Cloud and the gang from some miscellaneous RPG made back for the PS1 a few moons ago which barely anyone has heard of, I'm sure. Then he has the audacity to do it again! This is proof that planets grow back to normal shape in a matter of about 6 minutes.

So why is it, especially, for RPGS, that you see power house attacks than can be basically ALL SHOW, NO GO, where some enemy fires a mega blaster cannon lazer 9000 at your party, manage to light up the entire world in fire till kingdom come, and still somehow your party, as well as your physical surroundings still stay intact?

How and why? Well because it’s just for show of course! And because it’s to make it look more dramatic, instead of just a simple punch or sword slash. :3

In this thread, post and describe the most awesome display of force by a boss or player mega attack that looks like “holy shit”, yet it just seems to be so weak, and your natural surroundings just remain the same – obviously because it needs to keep the gameplay on the same level, as well as the processing power to alter the natural surroundings takes up too much on current generation RPGS.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Metal Sphere, funny because the FFXII final-final-FINAL boss' attacks are what I had in mind. Him and his multi rail gun nethicite powered SHOOTER magick stuff was impressive sight to behold, but did like 500 damage out of my 9999 health. What a weakling. Then Fran just went up to him and smacked him around for 3000 damage with her ears and ass cheek. Silly goose.

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Originally Posted by Azreous

And who can forget Ziegfried from FFVI.

I forgot who he is.

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As for the XII final 3rd form, I really liked that particular attack where he takes out that gun or something and lights up the sky into a bright white flash, I wish I remembered the attack names. Wait, lemme check out gamefaqs...

Final Boss information regarding FFXII, duh:

Attacks and actions:

Bravery, Faith, Piercing Dispelga, Piercing Holy,
Piercing Firaga, Piercing Thundaga, Piercing Blizzaga,
Enrage, Force Barrier, Ascension, Gigaflare Sword,
Perfect Defense, Divine Sword, Teraflare, Magick
Barrier, Megaflare, Chain Magick

Also, this particular individual transforming into his 3rd form was pretty bad ass, I have to admit, even better looking than Jecht's Aeon in X with the massive sword of doom.

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Originally Posted by Inhert

I always like eden in FFVIII where he create a gigantic galaxy explosion ^^

Oh yeah, It's kinda sad when you see something rival what appears as the firepower of the Death Star to only somewhat wound a regular baddie.

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Originally Posted by Razikain

Personally, I'd like to see a system introduced that caused the final boss to level up with you. It just seems a little anti-climatic to, for example, spend four hours defeating Yiazmat and then five minutes completely owning You-Know-Who (no, not Voldemort).

I like how the Archadian Empire should be worshipping the Hell Wyrm, Zordiak, and Yiazmat, not some measly stupid hume. I mean, totally what's up with that dood's hair.

Originally Posted by Drex

I'm going to wholeheartedly agree with everything that's been stated thus far, and tack on a bunch of the summons from FFX. Anima comes to mind - at least her attack broke the damage limit, but having this enormous demon rise up from the depths of hell and perform this incredibly flashy two-pronged attack (top and bottom) only to have it do 13000 damage (when you first get her - she kicks butt later) was pretty anticlimactic.

Probably the worst offender I've seen so far is Ifrits Hellfire in Final Fantasy VIII, especially when you're fighting indoors. One fight that comes to mind is fighting Rajin and Fei or whatever the hell that bitches name is in the Balamb Hotel, where you have to find the "Captain".

Yeah so he rises up on a flaming giant ball of meteorite, harnesses his great muscle strength and smashes it down onto Balamb hotel, and it goes right through the roof and basically keeps it intact, inflicting massive damage as depicted by the animation, yet still the concierge desk, stairs, ceiling fan, and carpet are all still in tip top shape. Like, shit, if I lived in Balamb Town, guess I don't need insurance for my house incase GFs decide to duke it out in my house.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You managed to get 99,999 damage with Tidus' Cladabolg Celestial Sword? Shit son. I think I peed my pants when even I got around 30-40,000 damage per hit. Talk about unbalanced gameplay!

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You know, how much did Squall's Lionheart dish out? I've only been able to activate it twice when I was playing. Once on Bahamut and then again on the Ultima weapon. I'm guessing it was at least 20 some odd strikes for 9999 damage - so that's shy of 200,000 damage - not that bad.

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He regularly hits for over 1000 hp with a punch in the face.

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Squall is better than Cloud because he doesn't have to spend 70 minutes each morning making his hair spikey again. Instead he just reads emo monologues to himself and expects people to understand his thought bubbles.

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Originally Posted by Conan-the-3rd

Cause, frankly, if he could of done that in the first place, it would of been a hell of a short Game, Final Fantasy VII.

Indeed, what are Sister Ray and all the Ruby, Omega, Ultima, and Emerald Weapons again when they're floating out in space debris. Where would Sephiroth live then.

:: Damn, I now I miss cloud, and I miss solid ground. I guess I should be more careful with supernova. ::

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.