Current Events > What is the BEST Final Dungeon in the FF series?

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Also, we have our very first Two Way Tie for first place. Granted, we have had a couple go through with only 1 vote between first and second place (see below).
Congratz to Dragoon and Red Mage. Due to this tie, the runner up goes to the next highest vote, which in this round, turned out to be the Blue Mage.
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"Best" final dungeon is completely up to your interpretation. Best design? Best puzzles? Best Enemies? Best Final boss awaiting you at the end? Your call. Take a vote based on your own decision... but maybe tell us why you voted what you voted? That would be neat.
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Best Job Class: Dragoon and Red Mage via Multiple FFs (2-Way Tie)
Runner up: Blue Mage via Multiple FFs

Best Character Theme: Terra's Theme via FF6
Runner up: Aeris's/Aerith's Theme via FF7

Best Victory Pose: Lulu via FF10
Runner up: Cloud via FF7 (By 1 vote)

Best Final Boss Theme: Dancing Mad via FF6
Runner up: One Winged Angel via FF7

Best Protagonist: Cloud Strife via FF7
Runner up: Zidane Tribal via FF9

Best Boss Battle Theme: Battle of the Big Bridge via Multiple FFs
Runner up: J-E-N-O-V-A and Those Who Fight Further via FF7 (2-way Tie)

Best Regular Battle Theme: Blinded by Light via FF13
Runner up: The Man with the Machine Gun via FF8

Worst Final Boss: Necron via FF9
Runner up: Orphan via FF13

Best Rivalry: Cecil and Kain via FF4
Runner up: Squall and Seifer via FF8

Best Romance: Tidus and Yuna via FF10/10-2
Runner up: Zidane and Garnet/Dagger via FF9

Worst World/Setting: The World via FF13 Series
Runner up: The World via FF8

Best NPC: Gilgamesh via Multiple FFs, but specifically FF5
Runner up: Ultros via FF6

Worst Side Quest: The Celestial Weapons via FF10
Runner up: Chocobo Breeding for Materia Gains via FF7

Best Summon: Bahamut via Multiple FFs
Runner up: Knights of the Round via FF7

Worst Status Effect: Confuse via Multiple FFs
Runner up: Petrify via Multiple FFs

Best Status Effect: Haste via Multiple FFs
Runner up: Aura via FF8

FF12 has a Final actual dungeon, and then later a much shorter linear "dungeon" (the bahamut) that leads to the final boss. I'm unsure which of these would conclude as the final dungeon for this game so I left it out. Consider it an "Other" vote should you decide to vote for it.

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Hyaaah!

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The_Korey posted...

Hyaaah!

Lol, I'm putting you in the first bracket.

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The moon

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Awww fuck. Some people are going to vote on the first two suggestions and never tell me which one. I guess this means that if somehow either of those win, I will count WHO posted what they voted for ITT and the rest I'll just assume went one way or the other.

In other words, if we get 23 votes on "FF1-3: The Chaos Shrine, Pandemonium, The World of Darkness" and then ONLY ONE poster comes in here and says "Hey Dog, I voted for Pandemonium" Then Pandemonium now has 23 votes.

So do us all a favor and just let us know which one you picked, assuming it's not singled out in a result.

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As much as I love FF9, Going to the moon in FF4 was so fuckin badass. I first played the DS version and it was crazy.

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I hate all final dungeons. I find they're overblown, convoluted, and take way too long to get through. To that end, I'll use music as the deciding factor for favourite final dungeon.

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I can't remember ever being impressed by any final dungeon music, either. Well, shit. Voting Kefka's tower, then. I like the way its format and bosses actually play into the world balance itself. They don't seem to just be randomly generated just because they look cool. The thing is also composed of the shattered remains of Vector, which is cool.

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I enjoy the first half of the lunar subterrane. Last half, oof. Just phones it in.

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DoGCyN posted...

Lol, I'm putting you in the first bracket.

Challenge accepted!
/shades

Anywho, FF6. Not fond of the look/atmosphere of Kefka's Tower or anything, but the split-party mechanic does it for me.


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gunplagirl posted...

I enjoy the first half of the lunar subterrane. Last half, oof. Just phones it in.

The last half of Lunar Subterrane is actually a personal favourite of mine, because I love the music that gets played. It hypes you up to let you know shit's about to get real, real quick.

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FabIe posted...

As much as I love FF9, Going to the moon in FF4 was so fuckin badass. I first played the DS version and it was crazy.

gunplagirl posted...

I enjoy the first half of the lunar subterrane. Last half, oof. Just phones it in.

KainWind posted...

The moon

If I could Pin posts. I would pin these three

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They're all bad lol, but Northern Crater is probably the least annoying.

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The_Korey posted...

but the split-party mechanic does it for me.

Side Bar. This is one of the reasons I LOVE Trails the 3rd so much. They do the same Split Party mechanic in a few dungeons in the game so you get two separating story arcs. I love it.

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Irony posted...

They're all bad lol, but Northern Crater is probably the least annoying.

You know, I may re-title the winner as "The Least Annoying" or "The Least Worst"

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Ultimecia's Castle was God tier. There are so many bosses and different approaches to it.

That and Sin are the only two I remember fondly.

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FFXIV minor spoilers

Amaurot FFXIV Shadowbringers. It's the only dungeon in the whole series that actually lore bombs you till the very end.
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I really like memoria. Great tune there too.

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Alakazamtrainer posted...

I was going to quote you that I wasn't reading that because I'm not even to HW yet.

But the second you quote a spoiler, it automatically reveals it. Some bullshit man. Hope it wasn't a big one ;_;

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Northern Crater, if not just for this song: https://youtu.be/IuXHgku-Kus

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FF6, because of the split party mechanic that culminates in all your party going after the final boss in a sequential, multi-stage fight.
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DoGCyN posted...

I was going to quote you that I wasn't reading that because I'm not even to HW yet.

But the second you quote a spoiler, it automatically reveals it. Some bullshit man. Hope it wasn't a big one ;_;

Nah, not particularly. It's very much one of those "it only makes sense once you're there" spoilers.

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ApherosyLove posted...

Northern Crater, if not just for this song: https://youtu.be/IuXHgku-Kus

I hate to be that guy but I don't think this played in the northern crater...did it? This is what I remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAW4gDIdoc4

Which btw is still SUCH a fucking great theme

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gunplagirl posted...

Nah, not particularly. It's very much one of those "it only makes sense once you're there" spoilers.

Thank goodness, thank you.

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DoGCyN posted...

I hate to be that guy but I don't think this played in the northern crater...did it? This is what I remember:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAW4gDIdoc4
Which btw is still SUCH a fucking great theme

It plays in the swamp area, for a total of three screens.

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ApherosyLove posted...

It plays in the swamp area, for a total of three screens.

ohhhhhhh. Gotcha.

I only initially remember it playing the FIRST time you get to the Promised Land playing as Tifa

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There's only a small handful of final 'dungeons' in fantasy adventure / RPGs that I actually, genuinely enjoyed; in fact the only three that immediately come to mind are Hoover Dam from Fallout: New Vegas, Hyrule Castle from Breath of the Wild, and Kefka's Tower. Split-party mechanics, callbacks to earlier areas / monsters of the game due to it being the amalgamated ruins of Vector, good soundtrack. Getting to whoop on the formerly-impregnable Guardian was a nice treat, as well as finally getting to face off against the Warring Triad (not to mention also being able to put a ribbon on the 8 Dragons quest). Really felt like a culmination of the adventure up to that point, and not just a 'let's get this out of the way so we can see the ending cinematic.'

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I still love the novelty of having to split up into 3 parties to defeat Kefka's Tower even after all these years.

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FFMQ. It's a decent use of reused graphics, gets a "preview" way before going there at the end, and there's no obligation to do it all in one run.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I still love the novelty of having to split up into 3 parties to defeat Kefka's Tower even after all these years.

We're never going to see a FF with fourteen playables (give or take Umaro) again.

Voted Memoria, if not exclusively for "You are not alone", for the lack of sanity that is Nope-out Kuja.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

I still love the novelty of having to split up into 3 parties to defeat Kefka's Tower even after all these years.

Imma go with this.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

FFMQ. It's a decent use of reused graphics, gets a "preview" way before going there at the end, and there's no obligation to do it all in one run.

We're never going to see a FF with fourteen playables (give or take Umaro) again.

I mean we've already surpassed it. FF4 TAY has 22 final party members and has a boss fight where you have to gear up 3 parties of 5.

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Alakazamtrainer posted...

FFXIV minor spoilers

Amaurot FFXIV Shadowbringers. It's the only dungeon in the whole series that actually lore bombs you till the very end.

Not sure what to go with so this is my vote too

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Tyranthraxus posted...

I still love the novelty of having to split up into 3 parties to defeat Kefka's Tower even after all these years.

What sets it apart is that FF 6 was designed for the split-party mechanic much better than those misguided moments in which FF 7 and 8 attempted it. 7 and 8's combat / character strength relied heavily on Materia and GF / Spell Junctions respectively, and it didn't make sense to gimp you main party by splitting up these resources evenly between all available party members. FF 6 didn't have that problem, as combat abilities were innate to the character and Espers weren't nearly as essential for actual combat (and were much more plentiful and easier to swap out).

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FF6 - Kefkas Tower. I loved all of the moments in that game where you had to split off into multiple parties. The moogle fight in Narshe, the Kefka fight in Narshe, the Phoenix Cave... thought those were all a lot of fun, and Kefkas Tower was no exception.

FF4 - Lunar Subterrane is a close second. Having the Red Wings theme blasting the whole time, the number of boss fights (many optional for super weapons), the last few screens with the glass flooring, the core in the background, and the change to the Giant of Babil music... it just feels like something important is about to happen.

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8 gets a lot of h8 but Ultimecia's castle is pretty dope.
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Aysander posted...

Voted Memoria, if not exclusively for "You are not alone", for the lack of sanity that is Nope-out Kuja.

'You're Not Alone' plays in Terra / Pandemonium, not Memoria.

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Ultimecia Castle. Badass music. Multiple puzzles and bosses that you can bosses ignore if that's not really your thing.

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Going with Ultimecia's Castle here.

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Yeah Ill go with Ultimecias Castle too lol

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The Rift, with Lunar Subterrane being a close second.

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Of course people would vote for the stupid clown's tower.

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Early FF dungeons are boring and annoying.

I haven't beat Kefka's Tower yet and unlike many itt I don't like splitting my party up.

Northern Crater is what I'm most familiar with, but even that was kind of annoying.

FFVIII is the game I love to hate. Ultimecia's castle was great, though. Despite Ultimecia being my least favourite boss.

Been ages since I finished FFIX so I can't really remember Memoria. (lol?)

I voted Sin. FFX is a top 3 for me and I like how you have to fly the airship into him which hasn't been done before and it ends with one of my favourite bosses.

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