How many of the Espers do you think we could've gotten by the end? Imagine fighting Zodiark like this! 🤣 (NOTES: Background audio volume has been fixed in future challenge runs - thank you for the feedback! Also, Trial Mode was BANNED for this run!) 🔥 _MORE CHALLENGE RUNS_ 🔥 ➡ *Final Fantasy VII* with ONLY ICE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKh7jcdqqZjJc6s.html ➡ *Final Fantasy X* versus CHAT GPT: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJhli9lp2cy7ioU.html ➡ *Final Fantasy XIII* without DEALING ANY DAMAGE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNaGlZiitpuzm30.html ➡ *Final Fantasy XV* with NO MAGIC at LEVEL 1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mOCJoKtils6un4U.html ➡ *Dragon Quest XI* without DEALING ANY DAMAGE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asV2jZCDuM-beYk.html ➡ *Pokémon Yellow* with ONLY METRONOME: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aph5Z7KK0JuVp58.html ➡ *Scarlet Nexus* without PSYCHOKINESIS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMpgbLmUrLOal2Q.html ➡ *Tales of Arise* without ARTES: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcpmlMynm7qxp4U.html ➡ *Persona 1* without UNDERSTANDING ANYTHING: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJyGlMaq2r-vipc.html ➡ *Persona 3 Portable* with ONLY ANGEL: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNSXq61e0b3TeZs.html ➡ *Persona 4 Golden* with ONLY SLIME: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aq6nnrOKnp3dlqM.html ➡ *Persona 4 Golden* with NO NEW SKILLS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oslketKGx8rJcWg.html ➡ *Persona 5 Royal* with ONLY GUNS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbZiY5BitJjZYIk.html ➡ *Persona 5 Royal* with ONLY MANDRAKE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLanmayfudSqqmw.html ➡ *Persona 5 Royal* with ONLY BICORN: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7Z4lZtn2b2ZYGw.html ➡ *Persona 5 Royal* - 10 WORST ITEMS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opyFhNOV2tfeZWw.html ➡ *Persona 5 Strikers* with ONLY JACK-O'-LANTERN: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9xihKWgvMyoioE.html

I like imagining how the story would have played out if Vaan was a beserk madman who bonked anyone who tried to team up with him and ran off into the next part of the story by himself

finally vann get his deserved role as main character on his own game :)

This is the most polished brand new channel I’ve ever seen.

The thing I love about Vaan over all the FF MCs is literally how painfully stupidly normal he is. He accidentally fell into a plot to take down an evil empire. He was just living his life. It’s such compelling writing from my viewpoint. I get that he seems like such a tagalong, but he’s probably the most genuine character they’ve ever had.

The amount of time it takes to record, go through the footage, edit, put a voice over on top, script it out and more is mind boggling. Easiest sub of my life

Another funny thing about the Hashmal fight: His element is earth, and if you cast float or equip winged boots, you will be immune to his strongest attacks (and you can avoid traps) :)

A challenge run of an RPG always feels like a whole new level of challenge. I mean the patience you have to have to complete something like this that probably takes _insane_ preparations and patience to get through. Now to watch, you got a sub.

I've binged all your videos at least twice, your stuff is so high quality and you are so entertaining. Keep doing what you're doing bro!

18:00 One of the Techniques was actually NERFED in the Zodiac versions. In the original, Stamp let you copy positive statuses onto your allies, but they removed that feature for some reason. They did buff Wither and Addle, though, since they can now affect any enemy in the game. Wither in particular turns Yiazmat and Omega into jokes.

As one of the people who got contacted by him, we have no known way to get past him without paying him money. Situations like these are way we make exceptions in certain challenge runs. This is one of those exceptions since you cannot get past them without.

this game was a diamond in the rough. i enjoyed all the ff's, but this one and tactics i played the most. now you make me wanna play these once again.

I'm not trying to discredit anything because this is an insane challenge on its own but 9:25 in Dustia farming you do abuse the Zone Out Glitch to farm him, the actual way would've been to zone out 2 areas to make him respawn properly although the time spent farming him would've skyrocketed LOL

for any who hasnt experienced this underrated gem please give it a go

I really enjoy these kinds of videos, challenge runs are always so fun to watch people go through and talk about the struggles and the surprises along the way as well as the bosses and talking through different strategies. I would also like to note that your editing is really well done and I commend you on running through these challenges! Keep up the great work!

38:16 Technically, King's Field, the precursor series to Demon's Souls and later Dark Souls, did the illusory walls first. Silly nerd correction aside - great video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Good work! ❤️

You saying, "MASSIVE DAMAGE!" gets me so hype for some reason. Ready to see your channel skyrocket!

“Phon Coast” to me looks like they took inspiration from Phantasy Star Online Episode II beach area. The layout is so similar.

Hey friend. KZfaq blessed me with this video and i have to say, as a hard 3000 hours Final Fantasy 12 fan, i enjoyed every second of this run. Just makes me want to play it again. I thought for sure you had like 200k subs seeing the amount of quality. Just a testament of how great your channel can be. 10/10 video Keep it up :)

I started watching this channel through your Persona challenge runs and when I went to look at the other videos on your channel, I saw Vann and got a little excited. This is because my first Final Fantasy game was 12. However, when I started watching the video, I realized it wasn't the same as how I remembered it. Turns out, I played its sequel: Revenant Wings. Needless to say, I was a tiny bit disappointed, but I was interested to learn about the prequel to the game I played. Overall, this was a great video, and it would be nice if you could do some kind of challenge run with Revenant Wings.

love this game love this run love your style would love to see more FFXII 8/8 pretty gr8 m8

I'm floored you're a natural KZfaqr I subscribed in the first five minutes can't wait to watch the channel grow

Not only am i impressed by the time you took to do this. But im more impressed you got this video to only be 40 mins

Done alot of challenge runs myself of this game. Glad to see you just didnt get the dev debug weapons like the Seitengrat and breeze through it. have done my own solo run and its interesting to see how other people do some of the bosses. The mimic queen really is a pain! my strategy was to grind holy motes for 3 hours before going in T_T

Youve inspired me to do a run doing the opposite. No spending money and solo still, but only magic and techniks, no attacks OR items! Going to see if it's possible. So far I know that you have to play through the rogue tomato and initial rat fight with Vaan in order to start using magic, as he needs 15 LP to unlock fire. From there, no attacks. Playing now, about to fight the flans :) awesome video, I hope you make plenty of FF challenge videos, it seems as though they're pretty popular vonpared to the Persona stuff. Good stuff, mate

Nice Video! I like FF12 challenges!! One thing that could have make your life easier is to steal a Gladius dagger from the Rare Hunt Wolf in Dalmascas Westersand when you chain around 21 wolfes and you go to Shimmering Horizoons on the excluded part of the map!

Fun challenge. This is one of my fav games and quite underappreciated in KZfaq content.... It's been so long since I've just played thru the normal game vs power leveling or using skips, it was fun to just see you play thru with this quest!

"...extinguishing the flames to temporarily stop [the demon wall's] movements" YOU COULD DO THAT??? ive played the og ffxii and i never knew this 😭

Yeah, the transaction with Jules to get into the city I would say is not a violation of the rules, since 1) It's a mandatory transaction and unskippable, and 2) It's not a shop transaction, nor are you purchasing anything that will make the game easier for you to complete. It's entirely to progress the gameplay.

A fellow Phon coast connoisseur! With the implemented weather system, it really makes for a "lived in" environment, Phon coast is my go to example of how to build a habitat, it's crucial to these exploration games.

Omg I would love to see a challenge run for The Legend of Dragoon or the .hack//G.U. series!

Vaan is a total GIGA Chad! This run confirms that he's the best character in JRPG history!!!

great vid, love ff12

You're videos are so great! Keep going im cheering for you!

37:28 😂 definitely the ff12 I remember. Gods the crystal mimic after the mandragoras had me so triggered.

My good sir, you just earned a new subscriber, I was waiting for someone to perform Solo runs in FFXII. Great Job!

FFXII is my favorite and first final fantasy i played! I grinded so much that rare undead in the dalmasca desert to get a high level early in the game lol

Man, the battletheme hits hard 🥳 14:45

Love this game, i used to set myself self imposed challenges (inspired by KZfaqrs like Ashe10 and DarkKefka) on the Ps2 version back in the day: solo only runs, no levelling up (horrendously challenging/easy to fuck up until you gain access to the Firefly accessory), limiting each party member to a specific class/style ect. I was so happy when the Zodiac Age came along and made some of those playstyles a part of the game. I ended up getting the platinum trophy and finishing a 'weak mode' (no EXP) run on there for old time's sake. :)

Wow thank you for making a video about this game! I've always thought ff12 was underrated and I never see people making videos about it

Just found your channel in my recommended and I already love it keep up the good vids.

The 4X speed button is so nice and perfect for this type of free-roam combat +gambits More RPGs need gambit systems

Wow for a pretty new channel you produce good quality videos. Keep going, you deserve more love :D

Was just scrolling the comments after watching this and just noticed you're a smaller channel. I thought for sure with how professional this video was you'd have at the minimum 100k. Great stuff man, keep it up.

The ps2 strategy guide is a work of art to be fair. If you bought one then you wouldn't have been disapointed.

One of my favourite FF games

Couldn't stop watching, what an AWESOME challenge!

Vann "what am I looking for?" Me "A new weapon perhaps?" Loving the content, keep this up and you'll definitely get the recognition you deserve. Ssubscribed

Dude that's amazing!!! I remember taking a lot of time just beating the game. As I will go dor the platinum at some point, I will be taking notes from you

"you need a license for that mate, kinda like watching live TV in the UK" that hit hard for me ngl

Props for the amount of effort this must've taken. I'll be following your channel with great interest.

I haven't played this game I just hope to see this channel grow man, it's some amazing content

It'd probably take a LONG time, but I'd love to see a No Sphere Grid run of FFX in this style. I've heard from a friend that Rikku is the key due to her Steal/Use skills, but I doubt she completely trivialises encounters - she can do like 10 hits of 9999 damage if you use the right items, but you've got to figure out the items you want to use and the items you need to combine to make them for each encounter, so I presume there's some good tactical forethought needed which should make it not trivial even by that point. And until you get Rikku... Good luck!

Your channel was recommended to me out of nowhere! And I am so glad to be here!

Before this video I've never heard of the Baltoro Seed and this is after a number of completions, including a Platinum run! FFXII can still surprise!

My friend, I really do love this video. I have seen it a few times now and love it every time. Its almost therapeutic relaxing and watching. I appreciate, so much, all the hard work that went into it. Its such a joy. Massive Damage mate :)

Fun Fact: if you really didnt want to bother it is entirely possible to skip the elder wyrm fight. You can go around via the Salikawood to Paramina Rift/Mt Bur-Omisace

Great games the original and the zodiac age. Good job on the solo win!

Love your challenges, hope to see more from you! If you are already doing final fantasy games, I would love to see a run of final fantasy 7 using only the materia that lets you learn and use enemy skills. The only issue is you don’t get it until a bit into the story, and also can’t really learn anything until you leave the first major city for the first time, so I’m not sure if it would even be feasible as a challenge run.

Good job! There is a rare (not that rare) skeleton in Dalmasca Westernsand who drops a good spear, you can just kill him with a phoenix down. Your early game could be way better with that weapon lol.

Ello Mate ur P4G without new skills vid popped up in my recommendeds n now I watched all ur current videos can't wait to see more from u dude ^^

Imagine beginning an epic adventure with your best friend and the first thing he does is put his sword through your sternum

2:42 Vaan: Sorry Penelo, this is a solo run. Penelo: Wha--*hurk*

Love ❤ these challenge runs. 10/10 dude I really hope you can do this for a living soon!

21:02 The ring around the rosie technique. It looks funny but quite effective to slow down big bosses from hitting you constantly.

I think FFXII may be be my favorite. I'm not sure, but I know I bought 12 more than I have bought any of the others.

Great run with a good mix of strategy and grinding. +1

Just found your channel through this video and i absolutely love it! Hope to get more FF challenges!

It's good to see Vaan all the time.

KZfaq's algorithm must be sick, it recommended me a small channel I actually like. Hello there 👋

I've always wanted to see a funny challenge of FF12 using only Axes, Hammers and finally Hand-bombs. Weapons that do random damages are always curious to see how much "help" they contribute or do next to nothing and waste time.

This was such a fun video to watch

Wow! I'm impressed! I mean, I thought you might get far but holy crap, I never thought you'd actually finish the game! Well done to you! You gained another subscriber

I have beaten this game on ps2 100% and got all the weapons, took me 700 hours and I would do it all over and over. This game is too good

28:00 - you broke your no shops rule when you traded the pinewood chops for the sandlewood chop. Just because it didn't involve Gil, didn't mean it wasn't a shop.

The funniest part of this game for me is despite Vaan being (narritively) the least important party member, he is statistically the strongest character in the game. Edit: The amount of fat-fingers (I have big ass hands) in the initial comment scares me

I just cleared the Tomb of Raithwall on my current solo Balthier run, and I gotta say, the flans at the start of the game have given me the most trouble. LOL

as for me, ever since I played the original FFXII on PS2 console, Vaan has been a super great "third-person" viewer/narrator who watched Ashelia, Basch, and duo Sky Pirates meddling with Ivalice's histories. Compared to any other FF main protagonists where they are all having superpower/abilities, Ashe should be the main protagonist of FFXII yet we are indulging the moments from Vaan's eyes.

Why does this dude's channel only have 3k subs???? I was just watching, not thinking anything of it, like sure. cool. well established channel that does cool stuff. and then saw the sub count. This channel should be way bigger. I mean, niche audience, sure, but still hundreds of thousands or something. This is great content

Fantastic video pal, look forward to the next one!

I wouldn’t say quickening are entirely awful late but they definitely aren’t the one shot machines they are early. Their best uses past the early game is skipping immunity phases of bosses or hunts. Trickster is a particularly extreme example of the power of quickenings because not only does that oversized chicken have an immunity phase but they spam choco meteor nonstop during it which makes it extremely dangerous

Projared did a fantastic job of explaining why the Star Wars comparison is absolutely ridiculous couldn't have said it better. Great challenge run regardless

Ff12 is my first ff games it's such a joy see it played again by gamers

So tip the area with the mimicks in the dungeon there's actually a grinding spot with the crystal before the mimick queen boss if the power is low enough zombies will spawn in the railroad room and the outside area, and you can go back and forth touching the crystal to reset the zombies and grab a lot of loot to sell and get a decent amount of licence points and exp

Thanks for doing this run! now im inspired to try a few challenges for the game now :)

Major prima liquid vibes - love the content!

Hey , this is my favorite Final Fantasy in the series . I'm also a Vaan ( and Penelo ) apologist , so seeing that you like Van's character made me happy . By the way , I'm thinking about doing a Final Fantasy XII Automaton run ( you can only command your party with the Gambit system and you can only edit your gambit near a save crystal so no changing the Gambit midboss ) , but first I want to finish the zodiac remaster the regular way first . Do you think it's possible to finish Final Fantasy XII with only the Gambit system ? I would love to see a run by that rule

I think the dagger is actually a upgrade to what you start with in original ff12. Fake wall things have been a trope for awhile but if we want to stick to fromsoft they were in kingsfield way before demon souls.

37:25 thats some mario maker trolling right there and i love it

Your channel deserves way more subs

Plus, you could of use the Mythril Blade that Basch got when he joins the second time. And if you have a wiki or the Fandom page open, you can see all the chest with different items that varies, along with better equipment.

Just discovered your channel and I love it already!

FF XII is so good. Perfect mix of ATB and free movement.

You can access the Westersand and start Dustia farming before getting Penelo. I believe the Westersand has a Diamond Armlet (elec resistance) that you can get at the same time which would have helped against the mimics in Barheim Passage. Also, Mateus the Corrupt is male - the feminine figure is an unnamed ice goddess held captive.

22:48 you mean _His_ health. The woman is a goddess bound to him because of lore reasons

I never would have played this game but I am thinking of picking this up myself!

The 122333 run is crazy enough, solo vaan would just be insane.

You're... Way too good for a new channel. This gotta be an experiment. I'm finna watch tho

After killing belias, you can unlock the ferry to travel over to the secluded path of the ester sand. Since you help his father, the travel is for free. With that you can enter the Dalmasca Estersand (Broken Sands) and find an obelisk (some 68 ATK spear) and a few heavy armor pieces, in particular the diamond armor. Once you finished that, you can even continue through the Silika wood and, if you want, kill the Boss there to get into Nabudis. Your chars won't see much trouble afterwards, if you can manage to run past everything without dying. I would have started as a machinist combined with either a shikari or a bushi for the combo weapons. You can get a Sirius in the Sandsea which is 17 ATK and since it scales without care about the character stats, you can just beat almost everything available with it once you have it.

I feel your pain in regards to the struggles of Quickening chains, I've always exploited them to kill Cuculain before reaching Jahara and the amount of time they just refuse to work with you is infuriating :P the Ps4 trophy for performing every elemental finishing move was a huge ballache too.