2. Auron's Shooting Star Final Fantasy X
Apologies, but Im going to stay with Final Fantasy for the next point, even if I am moving onto another instalment. Final Fantasy X was an overkilling game like no other it actually gave out extra experience for obliterating opponents with your comically overmatching powers, and anyone who trained up Anima to a ridiculous level will know the thrill of smashing an opponent for three million-plus damage. Yet for people who arent obsessive, they still had Auron, the baddest man in Spira who chose not to die because
screw death. Auron barely spoke throughout the game, and when he mustered up the effort to do so it was usually to lay down pithy insults. When you combined this with his overdrive, you often had scenes of overkill so ridiculous it looked like it belong in a Dragonball Z cartoon. The specific overdrive Im talking about is Shooting Star, and for those who have seen it, youll know how ridiculous it can be when foisted upon weakened foes. What happened was Auron would think about something for a moment - probably where that sorry heap of a monster was going to end up, before clubbing all that was good out of them. If said opponent was wounded enough, the attack would send them flying, presumably to never stop in a spectacle so goddamned insane you just had to be proud of it. Nobody ever used this attack to do proper damage if youd played long enough, you knew Auron had better, more powerful overdrives but it still got used just for this banishing effect. The very sight of a slightly inebriated Im assuming he drinks some of that alcohol on his belt and sardonic warrior monk smacking somebody into the next continent with nought but Dutch courage and a mighty swing was one of the most satisfying sights in gaming, especially after a long boss battle. It lifted absolutely everything away, and nothing yelled screw you like sending a giant monster airborne with your last attack.