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Some bosses are hard. This one was impossible.
For years, Absolute Virtue tormented Final Fantasy XI players — not just with brutal mechanics, but with mystery. It was the boss no one could figure out. Strategies failed. Alliances crumbled. Players gave up.
Until it was finally beaten... over six years later. Kind of.
In this video, we break down what made this superboss so infamous, the absurd strategies players used to survive it, and how Square Enix kept changing the fight to preserve its difficulty. This is the story of one of the hardest — and longest — boss fights in video game history.
Footage Sources:
Boss Fight Database (Adamantoise) - youtube.com/watch?v=L-MUezXnwdQ&t=872s
Boss Fight Database (Sephiroth) - youtube.com/watch?v=ivjNzBYyELo&t=290s
cloudchief arcade - youtube.com/watch?v=T_Us2Tmlm-E&t=675s
Derek Kleles - youtube.com/watch?v=4_dHPXn629Q
Hikari no Senshi - youtube.com/watch?v=Xc5SP9kbjL8&t=174s
LilT20o0 - youtube.com/watch?v=guMgfffg86s
Mrhappy1227 - youtube.com/watch?v=b0WulcxVrQE&t=332s
MrShinyPaladin - youtube.com/watch?v=PD26A1e8BL0
Ozma09 (Cassie) - youtube.com/watch?v=sH6EP6eEQL8&t=25s
Ozma09 (Ironclad) - youtube.com/watch?v=O1jSR5YSE6Y&t=24s
Ozma09 (Fafnir) - youtube.com/watch?v=xeoME_woD70&t=6s
thenightblaze - youtube.com/watch?v=5yy5BnejiVc
TimberAngry - youtube.com/watch?v=4I1tfawTjv0
upbeatglitch - youtube.com/watch?v=MO_qZNQKfrE
Vahnnx - youtube.com/watch?v=Jbo_DNgykAE
Zelllo Leviathan - youtube.com/watch?v=Xcz5hVp0nso
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Edited by Dan "Cybert" Seibert ► twitter.com/ThatCybertGuy
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#FinalFantasyXI #AbsoluteVirtue #mmorpg #gaminghistory #hardestboss #FFXI #squareenix #finalfantasy #ImpossibleBoss #VideoGameBosses
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Some bosses are hard. This one was impossible.
For years, Absolute Virtue tormented Final Fantasy XI players — not just with brutal mechanics, but with mystery. It was the boss no one could figure out. Strategies failed. Alliances crumbled. Players gave up.
Until it was finally beaten... over six years later. Kind of.
In this video, we break down what made this superboss so infamous, the absurd strategies players used to survive it, and how Square Enix kept changing the fight to preserve its difficulty. This is the story of one of the hardest — and longest — boss fights in video game history.
Footage Sources:
Boss Fight Database (Adamantoise) - youtube.com/watch?v=L-MUezXnwdQ&t=872s
Boss Fight Database (Sephiroth) - youtube.com/watch?v=ivjNzBYyELo&t=290s
cloudchief arcade - youtube.com/watch?v=T_Us2Tmlm-E&t=675s
Derek Kleles - youtube.com/watch?v=4_dHPXn629Q
Hikari no Senshi - youtube.com/watch?v=Xc5SP9kbjL8&t=174s
LilT20o0 - youtube.com/watch?v=guMgfffg86s
Mrhappy1227 - youtube.com/watch?v=b0WulcxVrQE&t=332s
MrShinyPaladin - youtube.com/watch?v=PD26A1e8BL0
Ozma09 (Cassie) - youtube.com/watch?v=sH6EP6eEQL8&t=25s
Ozma09 (Ironclad) - youtube.com/watch?v=O1jSR5YSE6Y&t=24s
Ozma09 (Fafnir) - youtube.com/watch?v=xeoME_woD70&t=6s
thenightblaze - youtube.com/watch?v=5yy5BnejiVc
TimberAngry - youtube.com/watch?v=4I1tfawTjv0
upbeatglitch - youtube.com/watch?v=MO_qZNQKfrE
Vahnnx - youtube.com/watch?v=Jbo_DNgykAE
Zelllo Leviathan - youtube.com/watch?v=Xcz5hVp0nso
Become a Member! ► youtube.com/channel/UCZ4simDN53MpyONgphj6UDA/join
Watch me LIVE on Twitch! ► twitch.tv/thegamesalmon
Follow me on Twitter! ► twitter.com/TheGameSalmon
Check out my Instagram! ► instagram.com/thegamesalmon
Edited by Dan "Cybert" Seibert ► twitter.com/ThatCybertGuy
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#FinalFantasyXI #AbsoluteVirtue #mmorpg #gaminghistory #hardestboss #FFXI #squareenix #finalfantasy #ImpossibleBoss #VideoGameBosses
