I love the mental image of a guy wearing a full suit of armor, with smaller full suits of armor on his head and each hand, and wielding one as a shield
I loved the early inventory glitches that were in the first few FF. My justification for “cheating” is grinding gets old quick….but I still love it! I both hate & love the grind, just as I hate & love myself
I am pretty sure I have played and beaten FF1 on every platform it has been released for. I even do random challenges like all thieves (which sucked). I love this game.
In the pixel remaster, i went to become adult, get the slab in the water temple,cleared tiamat before Kraken then went on to kill Marilith , and in the pixel remaster their intro sentence acknowledge if you have beaten the other fiend (marilith stated that i had beaten the fiend of earth water and wind)
After doing everything in order on my very first run of the game when it released on the NES, I have always beaten Marilith last after that. Even now (I still replay this one 1-2x each year) I get the canoe, then the airship, and then I beat Tiamat, followed by Kraken (takes a little backtracking and the upper floors of the Sea Shrine, but eh), and the I beat Marilith. I find that a much more enjoyable experience personally.
Fantastic video! So much effort put into this. Just FYI, certain items glitched onto a character's shield slot can cause the game to crash if the character tries to block an enemy in battle. It doesn't happen for every item, but it is something to keep in mind. Save often. Also, you can get a Leather Cap to glitch into a Judgment Staff before the first Chaos fight in the Shrine.
Probably one of my greatest gaming achievements was doing the solo Warrior/Knight challenge on the PS1 version (on Normal Mode where your lvl cap is only 50). It took some trial and error and some luck with using weapons as items for things like Cure and Temper, but it was a really fun playthrough. Pretty sure I still have the save file on my Vita. Curious if it's still possible in the Pixel Remaster.
FF2 is the one where you get OP in a legitimate manner, with clever use of game mechanics. in this video its all about exploiting glitches in the coding. most FF games have some sort of way to really powerful fairly early on if you put in the effort. Like in FF6, once you get to the returners hideout, and reach the waterway behind it, the second checkpoint is a literal infinite loop. if you have cursor set to memory, a small clothing button, and a rubber band. you can set it to automatically choose the loop over and over against, use the button to press down controller button, and rubber band it in place. then just let it play overnight. When you wake up, your characters will be around Lv 80 but to get to 99 it will require a full day. You think, great three characters to Lv 99. Nope, the way the game works is, all characters you havent met, their levels are dependent on your current level of your party. So If they are Lv 99, any new party members are as well. Meaning you power leveled nearly every single character in the game before you met them, except Locke, whom you met but is away due to story beats.
I normally break sequence in this one by getting the class upgrade before going to the volcano, which I do by getting the airship. You can take this a step further by taking the pirate ship to the citadel of trials, but you still need the airship to see Bahamut.
This is how I did it. Get canoe, go to ice cave, get float thing, get airship, go to castle of ordeal, get tail, go to bahamut. Takes a lot of running and re-loading (especially on the harder games) but it was super fun to do 3\4" of the game with class upgrades
Ah yes, my first RPG, but not the first one I ever completed. No, I was young when this first came out, and hadn't gotten the hang of the concept of Grinding yet. And as such, the Marsh Cave stonewalled me for the longest time. Then came (IV) and it's Lodestone Cave, which again stonewalled me for years until I realized that only metal armor and weapons were effected, and I needed to slum it with low level gear. It wasn't until (VI) that I completed a Final Fantasy game during the era of it's release. I finally beat FFIV on the PSP, and the first game on original NES hardware out of pure spite during the Wii era. So basically, my Arch Nemesis in this series is the Dark Elf.
The Magnetic Cave is one of my favorite segments in any FF game because it does force you back to basics. You have to be a little more resourceful (since FF4 isn't exactly lauded for its difficulty). Tellah has practically all the spells that matter, but a garbage MP pool, so you have to be sparing. Cecil's role is challenged most of all, and I really thought it was cool that your leader and heavily-armored tank needed to hang back and use his limited white magic to keep everyone going since his armor and sword were useless in your item bag.
I liked the gba version cuz it had something similar to what we have now for mp, but the psp version is best for me, as it's magic system is something similar to dnd
I’ve run single monk time to perfect stats, using equipment and weapons that had special effects. Only thing I wore was a ribbon and pro cape, practically nothing could touch me short of magic attacks and I hit for I think 16 hits before blink and the other attack boost. It was fun.
It was the first time we had it in Europe. I actually bought FF VI when it came out for the very first time in Europe because of the demo it came with for Final Fantasy X
Have you ever thought about doing a 'how over powered can you get before yaschas massiff in final fantasy 13-2' This would actually be alot easier as you can take a separate time gate and go to sunleth waterscape then from there you can go to Archylte steppe and there is great ways to get tons of cp plus some of the best monster companions in the game are there also you can easily get really strong weapons from ochu and immortal ... I think it would be really great to see you do this but it's only a suggestion
The first version of FF I've ever played was FF1 of Dawn of souls, I personally loved making my party, Warrior, Monk, White mage, and Black mage. Monks can do some insane damage with buffs like haste later in the game usable with the black mage and the Giant's gauntlets, I've killed the final boss in a couple hits like that, Also don't bother with spells like Null frost because it will always miss later in the game due to wearing anti status affect equipment like the protect ring and the ribbon.
Neat glitch. While we're cheating, might as well hack the save, too. Maybe make all characters level 256, class changed, and max all stats? Fire Crystal? Bah! We'll be all-staring this before Garland. Lame.
I dont know if this is a fantastic coincidence but the very first time I played and beat the game I also picked two warriors, a red mage, and a white mage. Weird.
RIP the early game store keeper who's just been forced to borrow his nation's gdp in order to purchase duplicates of a really expensive armour that none of his customers will be able to afford!
In the PSP version, you can get items that permanently boost stats so you could max your stats out. It just wouldn't really do much good outside of maybe Strength and Agility for the mages. Also, for that added layer of invincibility, the fixed encounter at the end of the Citadel of Trials against Dragon Zombies has chance to drop Megalixirs. Very rarely but at least you can fight them over and over again instantly.
Are you fucking serious ? Mannnnnn I WAS JUST THERE!!! ummm excuse me i forgot which continent its on mind telling little old me I know i was just there but that was last week and I am bad with names plus my brain size the size of my PP extremely small.
Oh God, kids today will never know the struggle of being forced to purchase 99 life potions one at a time. An ignorance that may be well a blessing. I wonder if the FF1 remake has that puzzle Easter egg like the original NES cartridge.
I was in the impression that you had to go to Bahamut with the lowest level possible to upgrade the classes as soon as to be able to max stats in the end. Great video. After all those years I have forgotten this glitch!
funnily enough, in the original version its actualy detremental to get to the class change early if you had a monk in your party, as the monk, as the ONLY class, ACTUALY gets worse upgraded, everything remains the same except a single hidden stat(i think its called magic ressistance or something) having a worse growth as a Master(or whatever the advanced Class of monk is called) making the monk more and more gimmped in that regard the earlier you class changed into master and the higher your level went
Also my favorite FF9 song. and i also love that ff9 has versions of the ff1 music as well as the 4 fiends. Must be a version of Final Fantasy where the warrior of light lose, which in turn cause everything to then happen. Garland being a bit different not being Chaos but creating it.
Have played FF I, finished it twice, went on to the optional dungeons of the "Dawn of Souls" version. Completed most of them (I think all except one, on which I died on the last boss and did not want to do it all over again).
Before the Fire Crystal? You can get insanely powerful. Especially if you visit Bahamut and get the class change. The Thief post class change becomes an insane damage machine. I find it superior to the Warrior/Knight. I played this game back on the NES, it is what got me into playing RPGs.
Ninja is strictly inferior to Knight in terms of damage and defenses and EQUAL in speed, but the _difference_ between a non-upgraded Thief and an upgraded Ninja is way more than that between a Fighter and a Knight. Like a Fighter starts at 80 and goes to 100, a Thief starts at 50 and goes to 85 or 90 and the coolness factor of having a ninja is worth it for most people; having a second Fighter instead of a Thief is a safer and more reliable play, but more aesthetic team diversity is cooler. I can buy the cool factor of the ninja making it _feel_ superior to the Warrior/Knight. Glad you enjoy it.
The perfect stat growth is the main reason why I never attempted to perfect save FFI, as of yet. I have the PS1 version, where it caps at LV 50, so that cuts the time down. But still... This and the enemy drops in FF4 are just two big hurdles I'm not willing to deal with. I might actually Gameshark those in, if I really want to have them... I didn't know about the equipment upgrade glitch. That's pretty cool. I need to go experiment with that, now.
Dang. This is amazing. I tried something like this before but I started getting the Advanced Classes at around Level 23. Also I didn't know about the Equipment Glitch back then and I learned about it about a year ago. As time passed by I forgot about the grinding lol Amazing video!
What I liked about ff1 was the difficulty level. You had to plan your potions and heals in the dungeons. You could only explore so far before having to head back to heal and save. Games today heal you after every battle and auto save. There's no tactical play anymore.
I've always found this to be quite the exaggeration for people talking about the NES and PS1 versions. They aren't hard at all, they just REQUIRE you to grind, and thus really pad out the play time. Cross the next bridge to the next area, find out the enemies can kill you in 3 hits, so you go back and grind until your max HP is high enough that you can take at least 5 or 6 hits before moving on. That's not challenging, that's just artificial lengthening of an otherwise short game, lol. Even more so required on the NES original, where there are so many broken mechanics, you have to compensate with stats for things not working correctly.
I know you said you wanna do things in order but you can do all this before the earth crystal too. You just need to do everything RIGHT up to the Lich fight, like kill the vampire, then turn around and head out and you can fully explore the world and do the shrines in reverse order (you need to at least start the water shrine like you said though). But you don't need to wait to the fire crystal. The Lich can be the last demon you face.
Heh, given you can do the Water, Air, and Fire Crystals in any order, you can get max level and best equipment for your characters before Fire Crystal, so this is a ridiculous question.
I had this game as a kid, but the OG cartridge on NES. I recall doing the all WM challenge just to see if I could when I was like 11 or 12. This was before the internet it was just something I wanted to see if I could do (I’m 40 years old now, for reference). I would love to see you find a method to get overpowered early on the original game. Also, charges instead of mp is a huge difference.
Not only that, but only 99 of the base potions and items. Plus, a lot of spells were completely useless because they didn't work in the original game. Also, the level cap was something else entirely, too.
The 'peninsula of power' is about the only real way to get OP early in the original, as far as I'm aware. And you can do that before you even get the ship. Other than that, you can get the airship before Kary (Marilith) and get your class promotions just the same as here, but there are no Phoenix Downs and the Life spell can only be used outside of battle, so the Ice Cave and Castle of Ordeals are a lot more dangerous. Not to mention the extremely limited spell slots. Alternately to the PoP, in the Earth Cave there's an arm on the western side of the first floor that has nothing but giant and iguana encounters, up to two of each per fight, so you don't have to worry about ice wolves.
I’ve played this game so much as kid back in the early 90’s that I know it by heart now. It’s definitely a fun game. I like to choose a warrior , thief, black mage and white mage.
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I'm currently playing FF1 for the very first time. I only ever played FF7 before that. It's very fun and my age and the pixels don't detract from my enjoyment at all. Though I ever played anything prior to FF7 before, I did grow up with pixel games. I played Pokemon Red and Blue after all. Never played anything with worse graphics. Maybe that's why I don't care too much about graphics and more about the story and gameplay. Because I'm used to it after all.
So you create rules for yourself like you want to do things in order, but in order to get OP you do glitches? The old school way of doing this is so much cooler
I finished my third playthrough of Final Fantasy I ever, on the Pixel Remaster on Switch. I had Gil doubled (EXP usual) because I just wanted to rush through it and enjoy it without any grinding. Had previously done two full playthroughs on the GBA Dawn of Souls version. Never played the Original NES version. I feel this game holds up better than either FFII or FFIII precisely because it's WAY shorter than either. You can have a good time and visit some nostalgic memories before going "oh, I have to actually get through the rest of this shit." FFIII especially is too hard and long to be a quick revisit while also not being fun enough to be worth the commitment.
I haven't watched the video yet but, based on my, somewhat limited, knowledge of Final Fantasy, I'm going to guess... Class Change, Max Level, Best Magic, Best Equipment(Including Excalibur but not the Masamune). How? Before the Volcano, you get the canoe. The canoe allows you to access the Ice Cave to get the Float Stone which, in turn, allows you to get the airship. The airship allows you to complete the Class Change Side Quest(You just need the ship and the canoe to do most of it, you just need the airship to turn it in), as well as access the rest of the game, up to the final dungeon(That's where the Masamune is.)
Without even watching the video Im gonna tell you just how overpowered you can get... Max powered. At Crescent Lake you get the canoe. In the riverways around Crescent Lake you have two primary destination, Mt. Gulg and the Ice Cavern. The game expects you to goto Mt. Gulg where you restore the Fire Crystal but if you instead can make it to the Ice Cavern you can get the Floater or Levistone. Once you have that you can obtain the airship and open up the rest of the map. Furthermore, having the canoe also always you to be able to reach the Citadel of Trials. Within is the Rats Tail. With that and the air ship you find Bahamut and get your job change, unlocking new equipment and spell options. You now also have access to the towns in the north where you can equip better gear and obtain spells and work on leveling. You can even obtain the Oxyale and go down into the Water Shrine to find the Rosetta Stone in order to learn Lufenian, which you need in order to obtain the chime and enter the Mirage Tower. If you go to the waterfall north of the Water Temple you can find a robot with the Cube. With the Chime and Cube you could get up into the Floating Fortress and find the Adamantine to take back to the dwarves and have Excalibur forged. Along the way pick up the Zeus gauntlet that lets you cast Bolt 2, the Mage Staff that casts Fire 2 and the Black Shirt that casts Ice 2. Also two Healing Helme and a Healing Staff that cast Heal 2. You could walk into Mt. Gulg for the first time Lv 40 and decked out for end.
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How did you get your hands on Knight's Armor at the start: bought in Melmond for 45,000 gil, 34 Def per slot? Is there some legitimate way to get that armor in the first town? I think I very much missed that if so. I bought what I had (didn't watch your video until after when I was looking for other tips to get strong early on) and fought my way through Garland, up to Pravoka. I brought 5 sleeping bags from the first town and geared up in Pravoka after some serious grinding to 10 per. When done and had enough money, I got some phoenix downs, antidotes for the monsters that poison you on the way and beat the crap out of the Gigas and co, getting chunks beaten out of me at the same time, using my White Mage's Cure with the Red Mage's each turn until reaching level 20 all around. And I did not have a thunder spell that had the power to wipe all the enemies... hmm... you can't get that in the first two towns. I do feel accomplished at having done all this with what the game provides, albeit I did use the Emulator's speedup toggle.
I have played FF I (several versions). I remember when I was in the 8th grade we would watch this thing called "Channel 1" in school before class begun and they ran a commercial for the Dawn of Souls rerelease on the GBA and I lost my shit in front of everyone like...they had to know that was my shit lol.
I just started and my team is a black belt(upgrades into master)white mage(upgrades into white wizard)black mage(upgrades into black wizard)and a fighter(upgrades into a knight)btw this is the good old nes version of the game so I don't think I could do half of these things
I will usually do the equipment glitch when playing the PSP version but it makes it so easy, though i have different files featuring teams of four for each class. Really love the Pixel Remaster on console though w/ being able to disable encounters, though i only use it sparingly.
Tbh, besides the glitches, this really isn't anything out of the ordinary. Even in the NES version, you can easily fight Kary as the last thing you do right before the last dungeon.
Just lvl 99ed last week on steam, now I don't know what do to. Kn, Ninja, WM, BM. I've also got a file where I beat it without turning in the Rats Tail. Too bad this glitch won't work on steam. I wish there was a judgement staff.
Hey I just bought the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster (Bundle) I've been trying to do the Equipment Glitch and I can't get it to work. Did they fix this glitch?
Hmm... an overpowered before the Fire Crystal video? Are you going to make it even harder and do a One White Mage only run? ---- Have I played Final Fantasy 1? Dude, it was the first game I racked up late fees on the rental to ensure I beat it.
0:11 God, I wish this myth would just die off. Squaresoft/Sakaguchi were never in any financial dire straits at the time. The idea of the game being some kind of last ditch effort to stay afloat or a swan song is romanticized compared to reality, sure, but in reality, they just wanted to make a game that could be abbreviated to "FF". The initial title was Fighting Fantasy, but that was already taken and copyrighted By the way, the content you came for starts at 2:19
I wish I could play FF1 & 2 - I only have PS4 and Steam on my computer and there's no version on either of thoe platforms :-( But I love these overpowered videos you make :-D
Hey so what versions of ff1 does this work on? Because I'm actually doing my first playthrough of the game on the ps1 version and just obtained the fire crystal Edit; and for whatever reason I can't open my map despite guides telling me how to do so
Playing on the NES.... the game always took forever. The amount of times you got to keep hitting the reset/power button... you will be starting from the very beginning many many times.
Nice to see this is possible on the latest versions of FF1. Barbarian sword being a labyrinth of time item. So I could mess around with this on my psp version
@@Vexal50 can't call Pixel remaster a 'latest version' personally since it doesn't have ANY of the extra content. To me the Anniversary editions with the Labyrinth of Time is the latest version. Pixel remaster is essentially a downgrade in content
@@craigfunk3453 its still a new version of the game, with new bugfixes and fixing oversights such as the power peninsula, they even went back to charges for spells for FF1 and 3 instead of MP, despite still rebalancing the game
This is how to glitch yourself into a God, not how strong can you be by playing the game before you go to the volcano. I think you could have had a more accurate title. I didn't sign up for this when I clicked.
Being a 26 year old who has been playing final fantasy since I was about 9 or 10, I used to own a NES with Final Fantasy 1. Best paycheck I ever spent!
I’ve played Final Fantasy. I played the GBA and PSP versions. It’s kinda garbage. The story isn’t good enough, and the gameplay is really basic and easy in the remakes. I think it needs a reimagining. Something that keeps the spirit of the original but gives combat more meaningful depth and gives the game more of an involved, well written story. The Pixel Remaster is a disappointing halfmeasure.
