@@SetoShadowVT 2 Sephiroth is alot easier due to gameplay improvements and more options when solo. If Max plays on the 2FM he'll get access to Limit form, along with the Trinity command. Also blocking actually works and reflega is Busted.
@@jasonlobo2350 but not the kind that ruins a games balance, as he is a secret boss after the likes of the ice titan, that cloaked fucker in Neverland, and the snake bastard in agrabah.
It’s fun to watch to watch Superman go berserk and play the One Winged Angel theme over it. Fits so well when you have an unhinged Supes just “murdering” people left and right.
Strike Raid is such a godsend. If Sephiroth has i-frames from Octaslash then you might as well have one too. Best part about this was chat was ALMOST COMPLETELY against Max in the bets: 98% Lose vs 2% Win. Then somehow, without never learning about Seph's last phase Max won. Congrats. Looking forward to the edited KH2 fight video.
@@espurrseyes42 and I don't think he ever will. He expressed multiple times that he has no interest in anything KH related other than the Sephiroth fights. So no MF, no Lingering Will, no Yozora, etc. Heck, I'm just glad he even played KH at all. He did mention he beat KH1 and 2 when they came out so I guess that's that.
I didn’t know you could change equipment when I was a little kid playing this, so it was always impossible for me to beat him. Once I got a little older and learned, I came back and gave him a much tougher fight and finally won. One of the most satisfying wins a against a boss I’ve ever experienced.
Sephiroth made me quit playing the game twice. First when it came out and I got it. Again back in the PS3 days where I got a PS2 and gave it another shot and rage quit again. And finally a few months ago I got the complete all in one kingdom hearts set and beat sephiroth after prepping for basically the entire playthrough. Knocking him down felt like I was high-fiving kid me.
This is how I found out about FF7 and the horror that is Sephiroth in the early 2000s. Only ever played FFX and X-2. I was a cocky kid because I had easily beaten every other challenge in the game. I noticed there was a final cup with a mystery option. I went in confident, but that intro immediately made me doubt myself. Then the music came in hard and he wiped out my health in seconds. I was literally shaking and genuinely terrified acter that battle. I went back to the game, maxed out my level, got a ton of elixirs, built the Ultima weapon, read a guide online about all his attacks and phases and challenged him over and over until I finally won. Without even playing or knowing about FF7, Sephiroth became my favorite video game villain from that encounter and it's one of my favorite and funniest childhood gaming memories.
I believe this is the case for a lot of KH fans, or younger FF fans who didn't grow up with 7. Certainly is the case for me, and I didn't even get to fight him in the first game as a kid because my disc screwed up!
You know it's a big warning sign when you "maxed out my level, got a ton of elixirs, built the Ultima weapon, read a guide online about all his attacks and phases", and STILL get your ass whooped.
I think besides ff7 original, this is the only road in a game that can properly introduce a person to the overwhelming force of nature known as sephiroth
Sephiroth: “You can’t beat me, boy.” Sora: “I won’t run from the likes of you!” Later in SMASH... Sephiroth: “Don’t you dare say it!” Sora: “Good to see you, Sephiroth.”
It's funny to think about how we didn't know that either of these characters would be in Smash back when this crossover happened and they ended up getting added in the same character pack
I used to curse Sephiroth out as a kid. That boss was bullshit. His sword swings take up half the ring and he teleports more than Nightcrawler from X-men.
That was my reaction two weeks ago when I played final mix for the first time cause the only memory of fighting him on ps2 was yay I win okay cool then in final mix I screamed so loud I woke my wife up
KH2 Sephiroth fight is better, but this one is definitely a good one. Going in blind is another challenge on its own. Reminds me I did that with Rayman Legends; had never played it and did the final level and the hidden last level with a friend lol. Fun times.
Imagine Rayman Legends’ die hard fans attacking you for only playing the final level. Telling you that you are disrespecting the game as a whole for not playing it fully. That’s what happened to Max after the KH2 boss rage. Lol
That opening sting and ending cliffhanger were absolutely goddamn _BRILLIANT_ editing in breaking from the channel's norm to make this have such incredible weight to it.
I still remember that day, when I was playing Kingdom Hearts for the first time, and I eventually got to this point. I was chilling in the Hercules world, until I saw ?????? as one of the options. Curiously, I click it (mind you I had NO idea that Sephiroth was a boss in this game). It took me a minute to recognize the song, and then I saw the GOD himself, I yelled with hype, he two shot me, and I laughed for ten straight minutes. Highlight of my entire 40 hour playthrough
I love watching him get progressively used to some of the subtle mechanics like the leaf bracer invincibility and picking up on how long it lasts to take full advantage of it. And progressively stop the heartless angel bullshit move
KH2 Sephiroth isn’t easier, KH2 Sora is just INCREDIBLY more strong and the gameplay is WAY more smooth/fluid. Limit Form almost breaks the game because of how much of a god send it is, so much so that one of the limits even heals you while doing amazing damage, and Zantetsuken (which is linked to just mashing X) literally does more than an entire health bar. Saying KH2 Sephiroth is easier than KH1 is like saying the Data Battles in KH3 are easier than KH2: they’re not, the gameplay has literally just been optimized to its max potential and the player’s character are stronger (Shocklocks and the addition of Situation Commands/Keyblade Forms that are a natural progression from the previous systems). You know its true when you’ll still be knocked on your ass if you have no idea what you’re doing
"Wow, Max is playing Kingdom Hearts?! This is nuts!" Max: "I am only playing the Sephiroth fight, I have not played the game" Me: *VENI VENI VENIAS, NE ME MORI FACIAS*
Fun fact: This fight is what taught me about boss patterns. I couldn't beat him forever, and then I figured out his tells and saw all his different techniques, and was able to beat him pretty easily after that. Didn't fight him on Proud Mode (fought him in OG KH on the PS2, so that wasn't a thing yet), but still. He's tough until you figure him out, and then he's not too bad. But yeah, weird call on choosing to just fight Sephiroth without playing any of the rest of the game. Like, I get it, it's a big stupid game that takes a while to get to the point where you can fight him at all, but he's the biggest challenge in this game. Not even knowing the basic controls and choosing to fight him is wild. 7:10 Yeah, it is a game from 2002, so camera's gonna be trash. But the lock-on is actually really good; it only sucks in that fight because Sephiroth teleports all over the place, and the lock-on disappears whenever he does. 8:35 Max, haven't you figured it out by now? Cheap shit is all Sephiroth has. He's made of garbage. 11:10 Can. We. Get. This. Costume. In. Smash. PLEASE. 13:05 Again, never fought Proud Sephiroth, but I never used Rave in that fight iirc. It's all about knowing when to dodge and what he's about to do, and going in for hits at the best times. There are other strategies to win, maybe not as optimal as spamming Rave, but they do exist.
Just wanted to say I wanted this costume for him and Cloud's KH costume in Smash as soon as Sora was announced. But Sakurai for some reason still thinks only Mii's are only worth giving costumes when honestly no one gives a shit about Mii's.
@@ChrisMS0815 I know. With Sora coming in, it would've been the best time to change one of Cloud's alt costumes. But Square Enix doesn't like to acknowledge that they gave him the coolest costume of his entire existence in KH1, maybe because it's kind of a fusion of his and Vincent's looks? But even if that's the reason, who cares? It looks awesome.
Max: *After Sora's reveal* A Kingdom Hearts retrospective? Fuck that. Max: *Now* No. Sora vs Sephiroth in all of the games he's in. That's all you get, chat.
I really hope max goes through the KH secret bosses from all the games. Because they are soo good and make you realise how good the combat is and would make for such a fun BOSS RAGE! Video
Maybe do that when he is actually playingt hrough the game and not someone giving him a completed save file. That way, his rage will actually be justified from the difficulty of the boss rather than him struggling with controls.
Said it numerous times that he has no interest in going to them. His objective was solely the Sephiroth boss fights as those were the ones he actually cared about
This bring back painful memories of getting my ass kicked for hours and hours after beating KH and grinding just to get strong enough to beat Sephiroth.
This was one of my favorite bosses in all of gaming. From the very concept of fighting an RPG icon in real-time (for the first time), to the new one wing design, the shock about his off-the-charts HP, the cheapness of Heartless Angel, the gradual expansion of his moveset, and the feeling of that last green HP bar finally appearing. KH1 had some clunky combat but this fight was perfectly balanced for its jank, and I wish later KH games designed bosses half as well as Sephiroth.
KH1 is "harder" due to the worse camera control and overall mechanics. KH2 is "easier" due to it's overall more polished gameplay. It's kind of superficial
Original non-FM KH1 is even harder due to some abilities not being introduced and Limits not being a single △ press away... Also a one minute cutscene every time you do an attempt.
I'm trying to remember, but doesn't it take a while to unlock the ability to dodge roll in KH2? The mechanics of these games have always seemed strange after playing other action games
I think kh1 hasn't aged well. I played them all for the first time 2 years ago and honestly wanted to skip 1 at times and go right to 2. Its prime ps2 clunk and while good is not beginning friendly
God George Newbern's voice at the end. ( I know it's Lance Bass in Kingdom Hearts 1, watch the very end of the video ) Absolute criminal he got replaced lmao seriously. Like replacing David Hayter as Solid Snake. Can't wait to see how you did in part 2!
@@mann-nova9392 end of the video, it's George Newbern. Watch till the very end, it's clips from Kingdom Hearts II teasing the next video" to be continued".
The fact that people on Twitter were crying about Max going in blind during the boss battle as he rages is sad af It’s boss rage for a reason what the hell do you expect?
But thats the issue, he was getting mad at things he doesnt understand. Whereas for most boss rages he still knew what the game was like. The sephiroth fights are meant to test your entire knowledge of the game and how everything works. ESPECIALLY if you play the KH2 version at level 1 on critical.
@@IonaRose Again he was going in B L I N D and him saying those stuff is what adds on to the experience If people didn’t like it then just stop watching it, simple as that
I like that some people are mad at Max going in Blind and raging while it's the ENTIRE point of this challenge. To learn the game on the fly and try to beat something so incredibly hard with mechanics you don't even know existed. It's the whole appeal of the fight. I would watch someone with no fighting game knowledge try their hardest to beat God Rugal on CVS2.
That just gives that person an incredibly stilted and negative impression of the game. It may be the point of the boss rage but I am not a fan of Max bashing a game for mechanics that he would have learned had he actually played the game first and then tried the boss. Sephiroth would still be very hard and his rage would be lot of directed at the difficulty of the fight rather than just bashing the game.
@@goldmemberpb He's not bashing the game. Being frustrated in the moment and actively bashing it are a completely different thing. He prefaced the fight by saying that he doesn't know anything about the battle mechanic or how the game plays so all the things he said should be viewed from that perspective, a Blind player. Even if he learn the mechanic that doesn't guarantee that he won't still talk shit during the fight. A person can learn and practice all the mechanic of a bullet hell game they like and still bash it as a bad game after the 100th retry. That doesn't mean they hated the game. It just means that despite the frustration that the game gives, they still take the challenge as something that is worth suffering through.
@@hafizhaekal1352 Max has a habit of blaming a game when he lacks knowledge of how to play the game. Watch his RE8 playthrough: never played the game, jumps into the highest difficulty, and then doesn't listen to obvious dialogue hints and the situation and dies a bunch before progressing the game. Complains about it numerous times later throughout the game, instead of accepting his mistakes he made and realizing that jumping into a game you've never played on the hardest setting it probably not the smartest thing.
@@ForsakenMemories45 That section in RE8 is the only time the difficulty spiked hard and for the rest of the game Max is actually enjoying the difficulty. I've seen other streamer having the same problem with it so it's more than "Max blaming the game". He tried mercenaries mode after he finished RE8 and comments how easy it is compared to what he plays and ultimately he was glad that he was able to experience it on the difficulty he choose. Of course jumping into the game blind on the hardest setting may yield to some frustration but i can guarantee that he get more satisfaction from beating Sephy LV. 1 Blind than playing Kingdom Hearts 2 normally.
God, this brings me back to the days of playing this on my family’s living room TV and my older brother occasionally losing his shit over some FF reference that I didn’t know of at the time.
Play the first one and if you like it keep going. I think they're a ton of fun but you have to be willing to overlook a little bit of inherent cheese that comes with the concept.
Man, this brings me back. I remember losing my shit once I realized who exactly I was about to fight. I managed to pull it off at lvl 88 after about 3 hours of loss. Great times.
Oh lord, this takes me back. I've been on quite the journey with this boss fight, which introduced me to Sephiroth. From terror at the first game's most difficult boss, to finally beating him for the first time for the most cathartic victory yet. And then later, when doing a lvl 1 run in critical on final mix, having to meticulously learn his pattern to beat him (using just the base Keyblade for the added challenge cuz I'm a masochist) this boss holds a special place in my life.
6:41 You know it’s hard af, when you don’t say you almost defeat the boss, but “I almost survived!” You never beat Sephiroth, you only survive from Sephiroth
Watching this during the livestream was something else. Going through the salty fans in the chat was something that's expected but also unexpected lol. And then, there's that mess on Twitter like, Max has already stated clearly his intentions that he only wanted to fight Sephiroth and he's going in blind. Him raging during the fight IS what the Boss Rage series is all about. For someone who doesn't play KH, he learned the mechanics in the span of a couple of hours as opposed to days or weeks and that itself is pretty impressive.
@@daedaegaming7812 i still think the combat of kh1 is very underrated. 2 is alot more fun, due to the forms and interacts, sure, but i remember enjoying the more gritty and counter heavy aspect of 1 far more. to the point i dont think i actually needed to block that much in 2, but it was vital for me in 1. also, alot of stuff can be parried with attacks, making them far more engaging. the fact you also gains exp by parries and counters was a great feeling as well.
only thing i saw on twitter was someone giving their opinion on how they felt about the boss rage. and folks blew it way out of proportion and pretended the entirety of the fanbase was unreasonable, rather than it just being a few rotten apples. in all honesty, quite a few of max's fans were pretty bad and kind of dickbags about the whole thing. many of them couldn't handle an opinion for some odd reason.
@@daedaegaming7812 once you learned the cues, it will be. But in the meantime, getting frustrated whether it's about the mechanics or the boss's behaviours IS part of the process of learning it and I think a good number of people got impatient in the process hence the criticism
This match is much more tougher when you do this without gear and the default kingdom Key since there is a achievement to beat the game without changing gear at all
@@Alex-nc8lk I know this but it's way more fun and rewarding beating sephiroth in the hardest way possible it feels incredibly beating him with no armor and the default kingdom key I know I felt lovely doing beating sephiroth with the kingdom key only, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea^^
It's actually super impressive seeing someone playing blidnly against one of the toughest enemies in the game. Can you try Sephiroth from KH2? It's actually kind of different and more fast paced than this one Edit: Just saw the ending in the video. Welp, Good luck with that one lol
I'm not one to watch Twitch, but for the KH2 Sephiroth boss fight, something told me to watch it and boy... In a nutshell, Max going into that boss while at Lvl 1 on CRITICAL MODE and having zero clue on how the game works mechanically was such a massive face palm moment. Of course the fight is going to be way more difficult than intended, even though I remember that fight being one of the easiest ones in the game when you're at the right level and have the right abilities required for the fight.
Bro I remember doing this. You need a perfect timing for everything of this fight ESPECIALLY ON PROUD mode. It was one of my greatest gaming achievement. Best him at lvl 60
Wish max had his cam to the right, seeing sephiroths life bar and how big it is, would give new viewers context on how close he is to beating him and adds to the suspense of the fight. Speaking from an editors stand point. Dope video either way!
Maximillian: I don't want to know anything about this game, it's mechanics, or how any of the abilities work. Also Maximillian: This game's controls and camera are trash. Me: Yea, I say that about all fighting games too.......I feel ya.
Max: I'm literally only doing this fight from a save file from a game I haven't played at all. Also Max: *nails down Sonic Blade timing almost instantly*
Never thought I see Max play a KH game. He should play the data battles and Sephiroth fight of KH2FM and then KH3 data battles. That will be extremely entertaining to watch.😏
This like throwing yourself in the middle of the ocean without a single swimming lesson.
Poor Sora’s about to get slaughtered.
Not quite right, it's like going into a RAGING storm without a single swimming lesson.
Max fighting KH2 Sephiroth is going to be fun lol
@@ChangedFigure with Geese Howard laughing in the background
@@ChangedFigure A STORM -Insert Vergil Meme-
@@SetoShadowVT 2 Sephiroth is alot easier due to gameplay improvements and more options when solo. If Max plays on the 2FM he'll get access to Limit form, along with the Trinity command. Also blocking actually works and reflega is Busted.
2:12 "Why hasn't his life bar moved yet?"
Ah yes, there's the nostalgia for a great many people.
The despair of knowing you're not even fazing the boss
Serious answer: He has 6 HP bars.
And that's why KH2 added dots counting exactly how many lifebars bosses have.
@@Stratelier Yep! From bars of 300 HP each to many bars of 100 HP.
Very nostalgic.🤣🔥
The health bar not moving is the first red flag, you're messing with an enemy on a whole different level than you.
He's not actually invincible for the first few hits. He actually has more HP that the game has health bars for.
makes for a fantastic first impression though. so powerful your attacks dont even seem to make a dent until you’ve worn him down a bit
I thought it was complete bullshit at first, but now that I'm older and got more exposure to him I understand.
@@JadenOmega nah its BS
@@jasonlobo2350 but not the kind that ruins a games balance, as he is a secret boss after the likes of the ice titan, that cloaked fucker in Neverland, and the snake bastard in agrabah.
@@shadowsnake5133 and then in Final Mix+ you get The Myserious Figure in Hollow Bastion
Sephiroth casually walkin' towards Sora while getting a keyblade thrown at his face is some Terminator shit. Greatest SOLDIER in the world.
BIG. BOSS!
GREATEST SOLDIER KILLS THE BIRDS, BIG BOSS
Horror villain
He’s not a SOLDIER in KH tho
If anyone wants the approximate timestamp, 4:20 . Yeah, sephiroth did not give a singular fuck.
*"That's a big keyblade. Not big enough."*
Weird fact: Sephiroth has now been played by two Supermen. George Newbern (JL and JLU) and Tyler Hoechlin (Superman and Lois)
Oh shit I knew he sounded familiar.
It’s fun to watch to watch Superman go berserk and play the One Winged Angel theme over it. Fits so well when you have an unhinged Supes just “murdering” people left and right.
Glad they played him
Another fun fact is Cloud's FF7R va worked with Tyler on MTV's Teenwolf which he was a villain and Tyler's character was good
Holy fuck I can never unhear this.
Strike Raid is such a godsend. If Sephiroth has i-frames from Octaslash then you might as well have one too. Best part about this was chat was ALMOST COMPLETELY against Max in the bets: 98% Lose vs 2% Win. Then somehow, without never learning about Seph's last phase Max won. Congrats. Looking forward to the edited KH2 fight video.
I bitched out and did only Strike Raid the entire fight. Not proud of myself, but I got the trophy lol.
He doesn't know true despair until he's fought the MF.
Strike Raid + Parry. Interrupt Heartless Angel. Parry Octoslash. Dodge Supernova. Refill MP. Spam Strike Raid. Easy.
@@Aeon1989 I mean if it works it works.
@@espurrseyes42 and I don't think he ever will. He expressed multiple times that he has no interest in anything KH related other than the Sephiroth fights. So no MF, no Lingering Will, no Yozora, etc. Heck, I'm just glad he even played KH at all. He did mention he beat KH1 and 2 when they came out so I guess that's that.
"I don't even know what the controls are!" ~Max
Oh, this is gonna be gud boys.
Sephiroth: prepare yourself
Objective: Survive.
You don't beat him, you survive him
Sephiroth only lost because he had his belt set to M for Mini, instead of W for Wumbo.
If Sephiroth really wanted to, he could have used the power of wumbology.
@@jb0258 facts
He never lose, he just let Max survived at last
Which belt? He’s a Nomura character, gotta be more specific.
And because of leaf bracer being in the final mix version.
I didn’t know you could change equipment when I was a little kid playing this, so it was always impossible for me to beat him. Once I got a little older and learned, I came back and gave him a much tougher fight and finally won. One of the most satisfying wins a against a boss I’ve ever experienced.
Hype.
Same thing for me but in KH2. Didn’t know how to use magic and items that much when I played as a kid so the fight was impossible.
Sephiroth made me quit playing the game twice. First when it came out and I got it. Again back in the PS3 days where I got a PS2 and gave it another shot and rage quit again. And finally a few months ago I got the complete all in one kingdom hearts set and beat sephiroth after prepping for basically the entire playthrough. Knocking him down felt like I was high-fiving kid me.
@@jakeworks13 what do you mean change equipment? You mean the bangles and stuff?
I didn't know the Avatar played Kingdom Hearts
This is how I found out about FF7 and the horror that is Sephiroth in the early 2000s. Only ever played FFX and X-2. I was a cocky kid because I had easily beaten every other challenge in the game. I noticed there was a final cup with a mystery option. I went in confident, but that intro immediately made me doubt myself. Then the music came in hard and he wiped out my health in seconds. I was literally shaking and genuinely terrified acter that battle. I went back to the game, maxed out my level, got a ton of elixirs, built the Ultima weapon, read a guide online about all his attacks and phases and challenged him over and over until I finally won. Without even playing or knowing about FF7, Sephiroth became my favorite video game villain from that encounter and it's one of my favorite and funniest childhood gaming memories.
I believe this is the case for a lot of KH fans, or younger FF fans who didn't grow up with 7. Certainly is the case for me, and I didn't even get to fight him in the first game as a kid because my disc screwed up!
You know it's a big warning sign when you "maxed out my level, got a ton of elixirs, built the Ultima weapon, read a guide online about all his attacks and phases", and STILL get your ass whooped.
welcome to the fandom dude.
I think besides ff7 original, this is the only road in a game that can properly introduce a person to the overwhelming force of nature known as sephiroth
@Isrel156 you missed a step depression
Sephiroth: “You can’t beat me, boy.”
Sora: “I won’t run from the likes of you!”
Later in SMASH...
Sephiroth: “Don’t you dare say it!”
Sora: “Good to see you, Sephiroth.”
Sephiroth to Cloud in his reveal trailer: “I will never be a memory.”
Sora to Sephiroth: “Surprise, motherfucker!”
@@PathFinder1490 hold my keyblade
@@truindividual He _literally_ can't! 🤣
I admire the balls it takes to put yourself immediately through a superboss like this
Ah, Bizkit. Wasn't expecting to see ya here. Awesome nonetheless
It's funny to think about how we didn't know that either of these characters would be in Smash back when this crossover happened and they ended up getting added in the same character pack
Cloud's never gonna wake from his nightmare. :V
Poetic justice lol, and cloud is there too, it's just the best
“Donald and Goofy are not joining me on this fight”
Donald and Goofy: “And we took that very personally.”
Smash: "Hey, you guys aren't joining the-"
Donald and Goofy: "Yeah, yeah. We figured."
Disney apparently wouldn’t allow them to fight Sephiroth since he’s actually coming at you with a legit sword
In Smash, they couldn’t get in for the legal nightmare reasons (on top of many other reasons).
In KH, they simply didn’t want to die.
Goofy on the sideline watching Sora get stomped. "Hyuck!"
no Donald and Goofy means: No Zettaflare and No Ultra Instinct Hyuck
I used to curse Sephiroth out as a kid. That boss was bullshit. His sword swings take up half the ring and he teleports more than Nightcrawler from X-men.
Yep lolll he is just the absolute best I swear. The. BEST.
I had potent up aggression when I got older and finally beat him
Nah, this is fair and balanced compared to MF. That boss fight can burn in hell.
Max: I'm playing almost completely blind.
So are we; you're covering Sephy's HP bar with your face.
at least he changes his camera position before one-thirds into the video
His reaction to the cloud and Sephiroth fight was everything! LMFAO
That was my reaction two weeks ago when I played final mix for the first time cause the only memory of fighting him on ps2 was yay I win okay cool then in final mix I screamed so loud I woke my wife up
KH2 Sephiroth fight is better, but this one is definitely a good one. Going in blind is another challenge on its own. Reminds me I did that with Rayman Legends; had never played it and did the final level and the hidden last level with a friend lol. Fun times.
Imagine Rayman Legends’ die hard fans attacking you for only playing the final level. Telling you that you are disrespecting the game as a whole for not playing it fully.
That’s what happened to Max after the KH2 boss rage. Lol
@@jonahthor3523 kh2 fans are the worst
Max did KH2 Sephiroth right after this on crit level 1. It took him 6+ hours to beat him.
@@sideshowkrill4693 You can be a fan of something and not be a douche
Cory, is that you?
That opening sting and ending cliffhanger were absolutely goddamn _BRILLIANT_ editing in breaking from the channel's norm to make this have such incredible weight to it.
God there is something terrifying about him trying to use an elixer at 6:12 and just seeing and hearing Sephiroth running at him
Slight PTSD moment where we're teleported back to when it happened to us and we KNEW the elixir wasn't going to land in time.
Why did I think the title meant he knows the fight so well, he's doing it blindfolded 😂
This is a worst case scenario 😂😂😂
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that
Brains are weird.
Oh wow, it all thanks to the joke people make, even a word can be misleading
Its like if the title says Max fights Sephiroth with blood sweat and tears, and all it is is Max sweating, bleeding and crying lol
And then he made it look easy. Lol
"The camera and lock-on are bad"
As fans we learned to overcome this, but it's so interesting seeing it hit someone new, lol.
I still remember that day, when I was playing Kingdom Hearts for the first time, and I eventually got to this point. I was chilling in the Hercules world, until I saw ?????? as one of the options. Curiously, I click it (mind you I had NO idea that Sephiroth was a boss in this game). It took me a minute to recognize the song, and then I saw the GOD himself, I yelled with hype, he two shot me, and I laughed for ten straight minutes.
Highlight of my entire 40 hour playthrough
BAHAHAHHA I’d love to see your reaction ngl
Same, yo. Same.
I love watching him get progressively used to some of the subtle mechanics like the leaf bracer invincibility and picking up on how long it lasts to take full advantage of it. And progressively stop the heartless angel bullshit move
KH2 Sephiroth isn’t easier, KH2 Sora is just INCREDIBLY more strong and the gameplay is WAY more smooth/fluid. Limit Form almost breaks the game because of how much of a god send it is, so much so that one of the limits even heals you while doing amazing damage, and Zantetsuken (which is linked to just mashing X) literally does more than an entire health bar.
Saying KH2 Sephiroth is easier than KH1 is like saying the Data Battles in KH3 are easier than KH2: they’re not, the gameplay has literally just been optimized to its max potential and the player’s character are stronger (Shocklocks and the addition of Situation Commands/Keyblade Forms that are a natural progression from the previous systems). You know its true when you’ll still be knocked on your ass if you have no idea what you’re doing
"Wow, Max is playing Kingdom Hearts?! This is nuts!"
Max: "I am only playing the Sephiroth fight, I have not played the game"
Me: *VENI VENI VENIAS, NE ME MORI FACIAS*
Fun fact: This fight is what taught me about boss patterns. I couldn't beat him forever, and then I figured out his tells and saw all his different techniques, and was able to beat him pretty easily after that. Didn't fight him on Proud Mode (fought him in OG KH on the PS2, so that wasn't a thing yet), but still. He's tough until you figure him out, and then he's not too bad.
But yeah, weird call on choosing to just fight Sephiroth without playing any of the rest of the game. Like, I get it, it's a big stupid game that takes a while to get to the point where you can fight him at all, but he's the biggest challenge in this game. Not even knowing the basic controls and choosing to fight him is wild.
7:10 Yeah, it is a game from 2002, so camera's gonna be trash. But the lock-on is actually really good; it only sucks in that fight because Sephiroth teleports all over the place, and the lock-on disappears whenever he does.
8:35 Max, haven't you figured it out by now? Cheap shit is all Sephiroth has. He's made of garbage.
11:10 Can. We. Get. This. Costume. In. Smash. PLEASE.
13:05 Again, never fought Proud Sephiroth, but I never used Rave in that fight iirc. It's all about knowing when to dodge and what he's about to do, and going in for hits at the best times. There are other strategies to win, maybe not as optimal as spamming Rave, but they do exist.
It was riku boss fight for me
Just wanted to say I wanted this costume for him and Cloud's KH costume in Smash as soon as Sora was announced. But Sakurai for some reason still thinks only Mii's are only worth giving costumes when honestly no one gives a shit about Mii's.
@@stealthmaster6472 Oh yeah, fuck that fight. Kids today with that "Skip Cutscene" button don't know how good they have it for that bullshit.
@@ChrisMS0815 I know. With Sora coming in, it would've been the best time to change one of Cloud's alt costumes. But Square Enix doesn't like to acknowledge that they gave him the coolest costume of his entire existence in KH1, maybe because it's kind of a fusion of his and Vincent's looks? But even if that's the reason, who cares? It looks awesome.
Hes actually doing something for Sora tomorrow
That's insane
Nah bro this is just apart of the sephiroth legacy
@@YeetYeet-gg7sf it was supposed to be for sephroth legacy but not anymore
What is he gonna do tomorrow?:)
It might be Tonight
Max playing Kingdom Hearts...are you being held at gunpoint Max? Send us a sign!
Max: *After Sora's reveal* A Kingdom Hearts retrospective? Fuck that.
Max: *Now* No. Sora vs Sephiroth in all of the games he's in. That's all you get, chat.
@@VioletMaeve That's fair
@@VioletMaeve Dodge some sanity points being lost looks angry at Mysterious figure.
I'm sure Jessica asked him to play it very nicely and not at gunpoint, and Max met her in the middle, he'll do both Sephiroth fights from 1 and 2.
He’s talked about doing this since Sephiroth was revealed for Smash, but he didn’t get ahold of a save file until now
I still remember the nightmare fueled anger i had as a kid when i fought Sephiroth in Kh1, You're going to have a rough time Max.😅
Sethiroth is basically an snk boss of rpgs/jrpg's
Imagine him trying to beat LW XD
oh you have no idea what's in store for the KH2 video.....
@@thebloodedge284 Yup, good comparison.😎💫 Sephiroth is the equivalent of the Snk bosses in the 90's era.
@@MagGunDO17 kh2 is much more simpler than kh1 lol
Oh, Jesus, I was rolling. Now I kinda wanna see a playthrough.
I really hope max goes through the KH secret bosses from all the games. Because they are soo good and make you realise how good the combat is and would make for such a fun BOSS RAGE! Video
Maybe do that when he is actually playingt hrough the game and not someone giving him a completed save file. That way, his rage will actually be justified from the difficulty of the boss rather than him struggling with controls.
He will not because those bosses aren't Sephiroth according to him.
He said he will play KH off screen sometime later into the future... WAY future...
Lingering Will Boss Rage may be the first 10/10 Boss Rage in a while lol
Oh yes ×s1000k That would be an amazingly perfect addition to the boss rage series 😁💘👌👍💪💪💪
Said it numerous times that he has no interest in going to them. His objective was solely the Sephiroth boss fights as those were the ones he actually cared about
Next one would be KH2FM Sephiroth fight.
Get ready to get rekt Max, again.
He did stream it and iirc it took roughly a 10 hour stream to beat him
He did that on a recent stream…on LVL.1
@@what0080 why oh why did he fight at LVL1? Lol
Nah what about him trying to beat LW ?XD
@@VoltronKnight Lv 1 critical I believe is the hardest difficulty for KH2FM. I guess the same reason he played KHFM on proud to get the best challenge
This bring back painful memories of getting my ass kicked for hours and hours after beating KH and grinding just to get strong enough to beat Sephiroth.
Poor Max! You haven’t played the last hidden boss! You got this.
But regardless, Sephiroth in KH1 is no joke. Damn Lance Bass.
This was one of my favorite bosses in all of gaming. From the very concept of fighting an RPG icon in real-time (for the first time), to the new one wing design, the shock about his off-the-charts HP, the cheapness of Heartless Angel, the gradual expansion of his moveset, and the feeling of that last green HP bar finally appearing. KH1 had some clunky combat but this fight was perfectly balanced for its jank, and I wish later KH games designed bosses half as well as Sephiroth.
Holy tits the nostalgia. I was teary eyed the whole vid
Your pfp fits your comment somehow
Sephiroth's finger snap used to INJECT fear into my body as a kid. Sephiroth did the snap before it was cool
This was a great video and I'm very excited to see the kh2 fight I always thought it was harder than the first one
KH1 is "harder" due to the worse camera control and overall mechanics. KH2 is "easier" due to it's overall more polished gameplay. It's kind of superficial
Remind is hardest in the series imo
@@TheSeaBase Well, you aren't wrong
I've literally never had a problem with the lock on personally.
Original non-FM KH1 is even harder due to some abilities not being introduced and Limits not being a single △ press away... Also a one minute cutscene every time you do an attempt.
i dont think the combat of 1 is "worse", it is more grounded, so timing things are far more important.
Comments during the stream: UGH MAX YOU HAVENT PLAYED KH FOR 15 YEARS DON'T SAY THE MECHANICS ARE BAD WHEN YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THEM
Me: *sips tea*
no KH1 is very bad Gameplay wise, even ReCoded feels better, while Re Chain of Memories takes everything bad from 1 and adds cards on top
I'm trying to remember, but doesn't it take a while to unlock the ability to dodge roll in KH2? The mechanics of these games have always seemed strange after playing other action games
I think kh1 hasn't aged well. I played them all for the first time 2 years ago and honestly wanted to skip 1 at times and go right to 2. Its prime ps2 clunk and while good is not beginning friendly
Literally everyone who gave up on KH after KH2 can stfu when they say KH1 was so good.
@@sdbzfan1 How? kh1 has the best gameplay in the series and this is coming from somebody that beat all of them
Good to see Max bring back Boss Rage videos
Thanks Max
For giving me a heart attack because I thought my phone kicked the bucket with that intro
Watching the twitch vod on his KHII Sephiroth fight and he's getting there
I find it kinda cute that Max calls successful blocks “parries”, even in Kingdom Hearts lol
I mean, it is a parrying mechanic usually, but Sephiroth never staggers from it!
Not many people really call it a parry though. Blocking or teching, yes.
He doesn't even have the actual "parry" move that let's you spam attack after blocking to do constant counter swings
Connotation is that a block can be held while a parry is a trigger and more rewarding because of its difficulty in execution.
Blocking IS parrying in KH though since you have to time it unlike other games where you can hold block.
The editing is the best part of Boss Rage videos. Love it.
The editing on this video is masterful: the seamless subtle attempt cuts, the bg music, the ending
It's a Boss Rage video it has to have top quality editing
God George Newbern's voice at the end. ( I know it's Lance Bass in Kingdom Hearts 1, watch the very end of the video ) Absolute criminal he got replaced lmao seriously. Like replacing David Hayter as Solid Snake. Can't wait to see how you did in part 2!
It's actually Lance Bass in this game! One of the singers from N-Sync! The voiceline is from II. I thought Sephiroth was still voiced by Newbern.
@@mann-nova9392 end of the video, it's George Newbern. Watch till the very end, it's clips from Kingdom Hearts II teasing the next video" to be continued".
You got me with this intro ngl
Ha ha, I can't wait for part 2. Man, I was up all night cheering Max! xD
I love these boss rage videos, it's kind of inspirational to see you beat these guys
His reaction to Cloud and Sephiroth fighting at the end is the best, hooooo shit man I was dying laughing.
The fact that people on Twitter were crying about Max going in blind during the boss battle as he rages is sad af
It’s boss rage for a reason what the hell do you expect?
it was embarrasing to see as a KH fan
But thats the issue, he was getting mad at things he doesnt understand. Whereas for most boss rages he still knew what the game was like.
The sephiroth fights are meant to test your entire knowledge of the game and how everything works. ESPECIALLY if you play the KH2 version at level 1 on critical.
@@IonaRose Again he was going in B L I N D and him saying those stuff is what adds on to the experience
If people didn’t like it then just stop watching it, simple as that
I think my biggest issue was people calling the right bs. If you want bs fights just look at bbs
@@hit9819 I just want him to play 2, it objective feels better to control than 1
I have never seen that cutscene. That was cool. Also, way to go Max
Dude that cliff hanger you made at the end? Made me more hype than any Series I've seen xD
I like that some people are mad at Max going in Blind and raging while it's the ENTIRE point of this challenge. To learn the game on the fly and try to beat something so incredibly hard with mechanics you don't even know existed. It's the whole appeal of the fight. I would watch someone with no fighting game knowledge try their hardest to beat God Rugal on CVS2.
That just gives that person an incredibly stilted and negative impression of the game. It may be the point of the boss rage but I am not a fan of Max bashing a game for mechanics that he would have learned had he actually played the game first and then tried the boss. Sephiroth would still be very hard and his rage would be lot of directed at the difficulty of the fight rather than just bashing the game.
@@goldmemberpb He's not bashing the game. Being frustrated in the moment and actively bashing it are a completely different thing. He prefaced the fight by saying that he doesn't know anything about the battle mechanic or how the game plays so all the things he said should be viewed from that perspective, a Blind player. Even if he learn the mechanic that doesn't guarantee that he won't still talk shit during the fight. A person can learn and practice all the mechanic of a bullet hell game they like and still bash it as a bad game after the 100th retry. That doesn't mean they hated the game. It just means that despite the frustration that the game gives, they still take the challenge as something that is worth suffering through.
@@hafizhaekal1352 Max has a habit of blaming a game when he lacks knowledge of how to play the game. Watch his RE8 playthrough: never played the game, jumps into the highest difficulty, and then doesn't listen to obvious dialogue hints and the situation and dies a bunch before progressing the game. Complains about it numerous times later throughout the game, instead of accepting his mistakes he made and realizing that jumping into a game you've never played on the hardest setting it probably not the smartest thing.
@@ForsakenMemories45 That section in RE8 is the only time the difficulty spiked hard and for the rest of the game Max is actually enjoying the difficulty. I've seen other streamer having the same problem with it so it's more than "Max blaming the game". He tried mercenaries mode after he finished RE8 and comments how easy it is compared to what he plays and ultimately he was glad that he was able to experience it on the difficulty he choose. Of course jumping into the game blind on the hardest setting may yield to some frustration but i can guarantee that he get more satisfaction from beating Sephy LV. 1 Blind than playing Kingdom Hearts 2 normally.
God, this brings me back to the days of playing this on my family’s living room TV and my older brother occasionally losing his shit over some FF reference that I didn’t know of at the time.
I'm just crackling watching this. Brave man
Thanks for the good show Sir! Pleasure watching!
oh you better believe Heartless Angel gonna hit, and it gonna be funny.
The intro scared me
The intro got me scared and confused
Max, you have made my day. Thank you.
"Stop being judgy and love it, you FUCKS~!"
-One Guy
I've never played it but this Kingdom Hearts game looks pretty good.
Kh1 and Kh2 hit different. Play those two !
Play the first one and if you like it keep going. I think they're a ton of fun but you have to be willing to overlook a little bit of inherent cheese that comes with the concept.
@@soapbiter36577 bad advice but ok. Kh3 stinks.
@@johhnyboy.6655 What makes it so bad?
Man, this brings me back. I remember losing my shit once I realized who exactly I was about to fight. I managed to pull it off at lvl 88 after about 3 hours of loss. Great times.
Oh lord, this takes me back. I've been on quite the journey with this boss fight, which introduced me to Sephiroth. From terror at the first game's most difficult boss, to finally beating him for the first time for the most cathartic victory yet. And then later, when doing a lvl 1 run in critical on final mix, having to meticulously learn his pattern to beat him (using just the base Keyblade for the added challenge cuz I'm a masochist) this boss holds a special place in my life.
I literally just watched this fight for the first time not 20 minutes before this was uploaded. Crazy
Imagine trying to also do this on PS4/5 without the patch and the fight becomes Unwinnable because of the fight becoming broken.
Lmao even when he first appears, he's already there for the smoke 🤣
Seeing Max play KH is just so awesome
What i absolutely love about Max is how fast he can adapt to stuff.
6:41 You know it’s hard af, when you don’t say you almost defeat the boss, but “I almost survived!”
You never beat Sephiroth, you only survive from Sephiroth
Watching this during the livestream was something else. Going through the salty fans in the chat was something that's expected but also unexpected lol. And then, there's that mess on Twitter like, Max has already stated clearly his intentions that he only wanted to fight Sephiroth and he's going in blind. Him raging during the fight IS what the Boss Rage series is all about. For someone who doesn't play KH, he learned the mechanics in the span of a couple of hours as opposed to days or weeks and that itself is pretty impressive.
From what i saw from the boss rage the combos seemed easy once you get whacked around by him a couple times
@@daedaegaming7812 i still think the combat of kh1 is very underrated. 2 is alot more fun, due to the forms and interacts, sure, but i remember enjoying the more gritty and counter heavy aspect of 1 far more. to the point i dont think i actually needed to block that much in 2, but it was vital for me in 1.
also, alot of stuff can be parried with attacks, making them far more engaging. the fact you also gains exp by parries and counters was a great feeling as well.
only thing i saw on twitter was someone giving their opinion on how they felt about the boss rage. and folks blew it way out of proportion and pretended the entirety of the fanbase was unreasonable, rather than it just being a few rotten apples.
in all honesty, quite a few of max's fans were pretty bad and kind of dickbags about the whole thing. many of them couldn't handle an opinion for some odd reason.
@@trainerwolfofhoenn Valid criticism being blown out of proportion and villainized? Sounds like the pokemon fan base.
@@daedaegaming7812 once you learned the cues, it will be. But in the meantime, getting frustrated whether it's about the mechanics or the boss's behaviours IS part of the process of learning it and I think a good number of people got impatient in the process hence the criticism
Well that was an experience,glad those i-frames came to clutch,ggs max, can't wait for the kh2 video.
honestly the coolest ending to a max video
Max never played the game, was never introduced to the gameplay or any tutorials. I'm so impressed of how fast he learned.
he's played KH1 before.
This match is much more tougher when you do this without gear and the default kingdom Key since there is a achievement to beat the game without changing gear at all
Okay, if Max ever does an LP of KH, he'll probably end up doing that from the start. 😂
But you don’t need to beat sephiroth for the achievement.
@@Alex-nc8lk I know this but it's way more fun and rewarding beating sephiroth in the hardest way possible it feels incredibly beating him with no armor and the default kingdom key I know I felt lovely doing beating sephiroth with the kingdom key only, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea^^
I'll never get tired of Max saying "Watch this!" only to immediately get smacked by the opponent.
I am SO GLAD that I watched this until the end! I bought KH1 & 2 at their release, and I don't remember that amazing cutscene. 💗💗
Took the mans legit 9 hours to complete the mission 😭😂😂 max believe it or not your indeed a keyblade master
For real!?
@@mann-nova9392 yess
@@mann-nova9392 It was for both KH1 and 2 boss fights. And for KH2 he did it Critical Level 1
@@Ddiaboloer Oh my Goooood Max why
It's actually super impressive seeing someone playing blidnly against one of the toughest enemies in the game. Can you try Sephiroth from KH2? It's actually kind of different and more fast paced than this one
Edit: Just saw the ending in the video. Welp, Good luck with that one lol
He did it like 3 nights ago.
@@Alex-nc8lk I don't follow his streams, so idk
I'm not one to watch Twitch, but for the KH2 Sephiroth boss fight, something told me to watch it and boy...
In a nutshell, Max going into that boss while at Lvl 1 on CRITICAL MODE and having zero clue on how the game works mechanically was such a massive face palm moment. Of course the fight is going to be way more difficult than intended, even though I remember that fight being one of the easiest ones in the game when you're at the right level and have the right abilities required for the fight.
@@galaxy_kitten95 yeah, generally Sephiroth in KH2 is way easier. Zexion, Demyx, Marluxia, and Lingering Will blow him away.
Max always finds a way to impress. Good job mate
WHO EDITED THIS??? YOU PIECE OF WONDERFUL HUMAN!!! I Love it!!! 👌👌👌
Bro I remember doing this. You need a perfect timing for everything of this fight ESPECIALLY ON PROUD mode. It was one of my greatest gaming achievement. Best him at lvl 60
"This is the Highest difficulty, it doesn't get any higher!"
*Cough* *cough* Zero Exp Level 1 *cough*
There is no critical mode in KH1 but level 1 would have def made it harder.
@@XerosenGFX ah, now I remember, mb
Wish max had his cam to the right, seeing sephiroths life bar and how big it is, would give new viewers context on how close he is to beating him and adds to the suspense of the fight.
Speaking from an editors stand point. Dope video either way!
Nvm he lowered it later on, saw the beginning and thought they left it covering the hp the whole time 😂
Interesting seeing Max do this for the first time. Makes me nostalgic for my first time fighting him
Maximillian: I don't want to know anything about this game, it's mechanics, or how any of the abilities work.
Also Maximillian: This game's controls and camera are trash.
Me: Yea, I say that about all fighting games too.......I feel ya.
Max: I'm literally only doing this fight from a save file from a game I haven't played at all.
Also Max: *nails down Sonic Blade timing almost instantly*
I love that intro, so caught me off guard!
Congrats Max.
That outro...uhoh! KH2 Sephiroth incoming!
LETS GOOOOO
I wished they included this move in ultimate. It is so iconic.
You didnt even say the name of the move and I know youre talking about strike raid, thats how iconic it is!
@@invaderpez12 exactly the point 😆 following the trend of the comments lol
Oh heartless angel, you gotta love it.
I met the voice actor for Cloud at my job at a grocery store one night. Dude was pretty chill.
I’m a simple man, I see Sephiroth, I click.
Never thought I see Max play a KH game. He should play the data battles and Sephiroth fight of KH2FM and then KH3 data battles. That will be extremely entertaining to watch.😏
Max already did KH2 on stream. He's only doing the ones with a Sephiroth fight (i.e 1 and 2) since that's what he's interested in.
He should do yozora blind and let him take a week
@@billy_naing Did he stream it on Twich? If so, i don't be on Twich. I wouldn't have known that.
@@TheSeaBase That will be painful.😂
Seeing hè Kingdom Hearts 2 fight live on stream and seeing how frustrated Max was. This one felt rather relaxed lol.
Camera: am I the bad guy? I don't think I'm the bad guy