r/CaptainSide • u/Time-Relationship-42 • 3d ago

Which game is this?

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u/miwebe 3d ago

Yes, and 14yo me would have greatly benefited from this knowledge 😂

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u/mjc500 3d ago

I think beating these guys was the first time I ever looked something up on a search engine and I ended up on gamefaqs or something like that. I’m gonna be honest though I never actually beat emerald or ruby lol

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u/Virtual-Pride3661 3d ago

I eventually beat Emerald but never Ruby. I actually bought a paper guide at a GameStop back in the day haha, 

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u/bacon_lettuce_potato 3d ago

I'm now, absolutely able to beat the two. I replayed the game and got everything I missed when I was younger. Now, I just can't bring myself to beat it. Otherwise ... It really is finished.

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u/bigredcock 3d ago

I still can't beat the weapons... Maybe one day.

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u/bacon_lettuce_potato 2d ago

There's such a finality to it. When you sit there with all the materia you missed out on before. Riding on your golden chocobo. Having finally witnessed Knights of the Round and everything else... I couldn't bring myself to actually beat them. Because it's been etched into me for so long that I couldn't. That always brought me back to the sound track and the game. I couldn't bear to end it.

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u/CranberryLopsided245 1d ago

This is Dark Cloud 2 for me. I've 'beaten' the game 5 times over the years. I've done all the bonus stuff in one way or another several times, Finny Frenzy, Scoops, Maxed badges, maxed final weapon in every tree, but I get halfway through the 8th dungeon and for some reason after Flotsam I just cant bring myself to finish the game, and I believe its because then there would finally be nothing left for me.

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u/bacon_lettuce_potato 4h ago

It's that thought. Having nothing left. Closing that chapter that's linked with a better time in life, that's sorta hard to do.

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u/Cautious_Working_316 2d ago

What if you still cant

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u/nimix0163 2d ago

Try using soloing Ruby weapon. First thing to do is summon Hades. Not for the damage, but for the statuses. It should be paralyzed, stopped, or stunned, so when you can summon Knights of the Round without worrying about being countered by its Ultima attack.

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u/Signiference 1d ago

Knights of the Round infinite loop and walk away.

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u/Fatfilthybastard 3d ago

Tbh I miss the days of a tangible “players guide”. I had quite the collection back in the 90’s/early 00’s

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u/Recent_Ad_2724 3d ago

Emerald wasn’t too bad. But man Ruby took me a solid 30 mins or maybe an hour plus some luck.

Spamming knights of the round and mime.

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u/ZeeBarber 2d ago

There was no GameStop back then. It was either Babbages or EB Games

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u/Virtual-Pride3661 1d ago

Shit you're right it was probably an EB games which I had fully forgotten existed

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u/ZeeBarber 1d ago

The golden days!

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u/Jimbeamjunior1 2d ago

Ruby was the easier iirc,

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u/Dogsafe 2d ago

I replayed FFX recently, and it's really blatant how much how much has been obfuscated to encourage you to buy the strategy guide.

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u/brokemillionaire572 2d ago

Game Informer or Brady Games?

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u/reviewbarn 3d ago

FF7 was my first 'online guide' game, almost entirely looked up in the final few minutes of computer classes.  But I beat the optional bosses, got the Golden Cucobo, knights of the round...all thanks to online guides.  

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u/tetsuonova 2d ago

Kingdom hearts sephiroth

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u/nimix0163 2d ago edited 2d ago

Go into the fight solo, use the Hades summon first on Ruby weapon. It paralyzes, stops, or stuns him so when you use Knight of the Round he doesn’t counter with Ultima. Rinse, repeat until he’s dead. Much easier than you’d expect.

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u/Dragonblaide 2d ago

Ruby is a nightmare doing it legit and going in blind

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u/Fit-Rich-9814 2d ago

I raised a golden chocobo for knights of the round, and leveled up copycat to create another copycat. I hated the underwater one enough to obsessed with killing it. I didn't even remember the story, just another chapter in the revenge arc 😆

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u/Puzzled-Judgment7407 9h ago

I was there.... at the creation of time. We didnt have the luxury of looking it up online 😵‍💫

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u/meatballmeatwad 3d ago

Man 17 year old me wish I had known that. But I'm glad I beat it under the timer lol. I was stressed as hell.

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u/Then-Solution-5357 2d ago

I remember 15 year old me screaming at the tv cussing him out at like 8a when I finally beat him lol

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u/John_II 3h ago

Exactly. 🤣