Approaching Enemy Lines

Vien · Approaching Enemy Lines

So during the Final Fantasy VIII plot-line we were thrown 4 different bosses that ranged from semi-important , to MAJORLY important. I'll let you decide or think to who fits into what category, but for now, which of these 4 bosses, when you encountered them, were you most happy to get out of the way? Which boss, if any, did you have the most dis-like for?

Let's break each character down real quick:
Seifer Almasy

Classmate and rival of Squall's. Considered a powerful warrior, but personality traits conflict with him and his unfavorable ego eventually earns him the label "problematic". He has a tendency to do whatever he wants, despite any illogic it entails. He also has a propensity towards violence, which might be why he's head of the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committe, with Fujin and Raijin. He's the only other person in the world of 8 who wields a gunblade. He attended the Kramers' orphanage as a child as well.

Edea Kramer

presented early in Final Fantasy VIII as a power-hungry sorceress who takes control of Galbadia. Her motives are initially unknown, but SeeD is dispatched to eliminate her. It is eventually revealed that Edea is not evil, but rather possessed by an evil sorceress from the future called Ultimecia. When Ultimecia releases Edea, she takes the side of the SeeDs in the struggle, and for a short time even joins the party. Later on, Edea accidentally gives her powers to Rinoa, making her a sorceress. Her full name is Edea Kramer, and we learn that she is actually the wife of Headmaster Cid of Balamb Garden, and was known as "Matron" to Squall and his friends during the time when they lived with her at the orphanage in the continent of Centra.

Adel

Sorceress who rose to power in Esthar and is the initiator of the Sorceress War. As the ruler, she (Yes, she's female, not male) had her soldiers abduct every girl who might serve as her successor, such as Ellone. During the revolution, she was tricked by Laguna and placed in suspended animation in space. Seventeen years later, after losing control of Edea, Ultimecia possessed Rinoa and used her to free Adel to serve as a new vessel. Adel was later revived in the Lunatic Pandora and was defeated by Squall and his party when she tried to absorb Rinoa.

Ultimecia

The sorceress that SeeD was formed to defeat, though this is discovered quite late in the game, as she operates through the body of Edea Kramer prior to this revelation. While possessing Edea, Ultimecia gains control of Galbadia, and later possesses Rinoa in order to release Sorceress Adel from her tomb. Afterward, Ultimecia abandons Rinoa, leaving her to die in space, but Rinoa is rescued and Ultimecia is soon fought and defeated. A sorceress from the future, Ultimecia is the embodiment of pure evil and capable of reaching back through time via a special machine in order to possess other sorceresses and manipulate them. Fully aware of her predestined fate to die at SeeD's hands, she desires to conquer it through casting the spell called "Time Compression," which would cause all eras to merge. She could then absorb the power of all the sorceresses throughout history and absorb all space-time itself, essentially becoming a god to direct all creation as she pleased. Ironically, it is through her desire to alter the past and cheat her fate that she fulfills the terms of her destiny (defeat at the hands of Squall Leonhart and his comrades) and perpetuates the cycle that will lead to the formation of SeeD.

Boco

Boss fights are my speciallity. I love them because, excluding some monsters, they are the only matches.

Seifer Almasy
Well, he might not have been a match on the first place. How could he ever kill Odin? This guy must have had at about 25000 HP which means that you don't even have to use Lionheart to beat him.

Edea Kramer
I was surprised to fight Edea on the very first disk. I though she would be the villain of the game but she even turned good. Anyway, she wasn't so tough but I have to admit that I had an enjoyable battle fighting her.

Adel
Probably the most annoying boss of the game. She kidnaps Rinoa and I have to replace her with Zell who is only 55 level, but it doesn't really matter anyway. The trick is to cast Regen at Rinoa. This will buy you sometime. Summons must not be used since they will also target Rinoa and if she dies you lose. Lionheart works the same way I think. That leaves Irvine Kinneas, though, who can always use his shots. He is the key to this battle.
Although Adel was annoying, fighting her was a new way of fighting in Fainl Fantasy VIII and it was exiting having to look after four characters.

Ultimecia
Simply the best battle I've ever had on Final Fantasy VIII. Ultimecia is a badass boss and can really kick your ass if she feels like doing it. She and her Guardian Force, Griever, have some really tough abilities. However, what I really liked in that battle was the fact that you had to use your best abilities in order to win, you could use all your six characters and you wouldn't mind wasting all your items and magic since there was no other battle after that.

P.S.: I think of all these bosses as majorly important.

NKOW ANIMA

Seifer..... he was really easy........ yeah that's about it...... and how did he kill odin? really weak.... but a very big contribution to storry..... in my oppinion the real main bad guy of the game........ not the sorc's

Edea..... pah... weak..... at least in disk one..... i actually stocked 100 curas while fighting her....... disk 2 was a little different....... but ionly because she had such high health

Adel..... on my first time.... REALY HARD.... but i was relying on GF's.....
when i relyed on my regualr attacks i chopped through her like butter

and Ultemecia... beat her basically without trying..... all i needed was aura.... or just attack throughout the whole battle..... unless i was using my first game...... i really cheated against her.... card modded laguna... and used those 100 heroes against her....... really cheap

they were all pretty easy....... but still all great in the story....... yeah....