Dio Brando 5,810 Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Have you ever found a game that not only it met all of your expectations,but it also exceeded it by a very long shot? That was Final Fantasy VI for me,I used to say that KH2 was my favorite game of all time before,but not anymore.Don't get me wrong I still love KH2 but Final Fantasy 6 has captured my heart so much I couldn't put it anywhere but number 1 Final Fantasy VI is now my favorite video game of all time I looooooooooooooooooove this game so much,the amount of emotions this game made me feel is undescribable and I was so surprised that I would love this game so much....yeah when I first played it I expected to love this game from all the positive stuff that was said about it....little did I know that this game is waaaaay better than what I've heard when I actually played it Long ago the War of the Magi reduced the world into a wasteland and magic almost ceased to exist,or so everyone thought.Fast forward to a thousand years later,after the world started to slowly revive itself with steampunk technology,The Gestahlian Empire managed to find away to extract magic by harnessing the power of the Espers and drain their energy to produce,using it to strengthens the empire's dominance over the world.A Mysterious girl named Terra(who at the time was being controlled by a mage named Kefka),accompanied with two imperial soldiers has reached the village of Narshe to find the frozen esper that remained intact for a 1000 years after the War of the Magi,but upon discovering the Esper in the Narshe mines,it killed the two imperial soldiers but spared Terra's life.Terra was later found by Locke and the Returners who asked them to join their rebellion against the empire....and so our story begins. The story starts with a very simple premise that you'd expect from a FF game in fact it kinda had a similar start to FF2 when Firion joins a rebellion against Emperor Mateus..........but as you progress the story gets soooooooooooooo much better and you'll meet so many allies and witness so many great moments that'll capture your heart.And the main cast of FF6 are some of the most relatable video game characters I've ever seen.....despite the game having a huge cast of 11 characters(I'm not counting Mog, Umaro and Gogo,they're optional),each and everyone of them has it's own backstory and unique personality that makes you relate to them,I loved Terra,Edgar & Sabin,Cyan,Gau,Shadow,Setzer,Relm,Strago....etc.Also,all of them has it's own musical theme that fits with their character and backstory and puts you back with them especially Cyan's theme Sure they're sprites yeah,but they've and shown more emotions that most HD heroes out there at least on my opinion ..........I won't go on much further cuz I'm not good at long explanation sometimes,but bottomline is.This is my favorite story in any video game,it was such an emotional experience for me that I didn't have with most video games I've played(with a couple of exceptions mind you). Also,FF6 has a great villain.Kefka Palazzo.who as of now is my favorite FF villain.In short,Kefka is sort of like the FF version of The Joker(from Batman) only with much more power.I really like Kefka's dialogue and one-liners in this game This is a bit spoilerific but it's the reason why Kefka is my favorite FF villain and one of the greatest villains in gaming in my opinion WARNING:Heavy spoilers,don't open the spoiler if you haven't played the game yet...I repeat don't open the spoilers if you haven't played the game yet HE ACTUALLY WINS...HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME ON TOP OF THAT! right when you reach the halfway point of the game,Kefka manages to not only destroy the world,but he also became the god of magic....how many villains in video games that actually managed to win aside from winning in an optional bad ending?Sure after Kefka other villains came and did something similar...but not many...especially in the FF series,Sephiroth dropped a meteor,failed and only caused Geostigma,Ultimecia tried to destroy time,and failed....etc,the only villain in the FF series after Kefka that actually won was Caius Ballad......but we know how this ended so I won't go to details more than I did before Still I love Caius and he was my previous No.1 but Kefka took that spot for me now. Also,what I loved so much about the story is that...the characters didn't gave up on their world....they didn't see that as the end of all things.Instead they've combined their efforts and power to start rebuilding their world..... unlike some other games I know..wink wink nudge nudge THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE LRFFXIII....INSTEAD OF ABANDONING YOUR CURRENT PLANET OF PULSE,YOU COULD'VE FOUND A WAY TO STOP THE CHAOS AND SAVE PULSE INSTEAD OF SAYING:F*** OUR WORLD WE'RE GOING TO PLANET EARTH!!! I love this story,it's epic sure but it's also simple to understand and relate to,with a great cast of memorable characters....it managed to be both an emotional and epic experience without the overcomplicated nonsense that we're used to see in most of Square's games nowadays...you can still make a great story with simple writing and this game is a huge testament to that in my eyes..... I just can't praise it enough so I'm gonna move on to the gameplay before I start repeating myself The gameplay in Final Fantasy VI is kind of an evolved version of FFIV's gameplay and ATB system so most of the things I've explained in my FFIV review will apply here,except for a couple of new additions that started in FFV and continued to evolve in VI,VII and later entries in the series. Similar to FFIV each character here has it's own abilities but here it's much more useful like Terra's ability to morph into her esper form which doubles the damage of her magic attacks,Sabin's blitz attacks which can deal a massive amount of damage,Cyan's sword techniques,Gau's rage ability which allows him to use the moves of the enemies you encounter in the game,Gogo's ability to mimic other characters in your party,Edgar's tools which varies from things like the Auto crossbow to the powerful chainsaw,Setzer's slot ability ....etc Sure you can teach them magic spells later on(which I'll explain in a sec) but they have their own unique abilities that are related to their character and job class and that's one of the things I really love about this game Speaking of magic,later in the game you'll be able to teach magic spells to your characters by equipping them with a magicite,magical stones that stores an esper inside it ,and when you level up your magicite high enough you'll learn the magic spells tied to said esper.Think of it like FFVII's materia system only that the spells you learn are tied to the esper that you equip to your character. Alongside your regular equipment,you can also equip two Relics for each character,the effect of the Relics can vary from boosting certain stats,to allowing you to equip two weapons or attack twice or more than 3 times,nullify random encounters like Mog's Moogle charm....etc and each can be useful depending on how you use it or which character would make more use out of a specific relic Some of this sounds complicated at first but trust me it's very simple and easy to understand and get into. I really really love the world of FFVI,it feels way more welcoming and bigger than the previous FF games before with a good variety of sidequests in it.There are two different maps in the game,one for the first half and one for the second half,each has it's own set of sidequests and dungeons.What I like about some of the sidequests in this game is that some of it actually ties into the story as some have flashbacks of what happened to a certain character before the events of the game occured. The difficulty in FF6 for me was really balanced as nothing feels too easy or too hard,though like FFVII sometimes both lean to the easy side a little bit more once you discover spells like Ultima Overall I really enjoyed the gameplay of FFVI and the crazy setpieces some battles in the game had like the battle against the Phantom Train(where you can SUPLEX THE TRAIN ITSELF) and overall it's still tons of fun to play and just as accessible for new fans as FFIV as for the graphics For an SNES game at least it's a much needed improvement over the old sprites from IV and V.The background looks clear and clean,the sprites are much more expressive which helps the immersion.Also the game uses the SNES's mode 7 technology that's used in games like F-zero to showcase a pseudo 3D movement which is used while riding a chocobo or while flying with the airship Overall the graphics looks very good,not as good as Chrono Trigger sure but it's still very nice to look at Now let's get to my favorite part of the game aside from the story The music....my god...oh my god this soundtrack is ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN AMAZING BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKnvKa5N410 Hands down FFVI has my favorite soundtrack in any video game...period it's beautiful,it's epic,it's soothing,it's atmospheric,every single track in this game fits the events perfectly and the character themes like Terra's theme,Cyan's Theme,Celes's theme,Gau's theme,Edgar & Sabin's theme....etc every character theme is awesome and it puts you back into their stance and makes you feel as if you were with them.....heck even the optional three characters:Mog,Umaro and Gogo have their own themes as well And don't get me started on how sad the track "Forever Rachel" feels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM1xWXsPXFQ The entire soundtrack of this game is a masterpiece and I consider it Nobou Uematsu's finest and ultimate musical work and it made Uematsu my favorite music composer ever...I can listen to this soundtrack over and over and over again without getting bored of it In case it hasn't been obvious enough.....I love this game to death Final Fantasy VI is one of the very very very few games that managed to touch my heart and tap my emotions,it's one of the very few stories that made me actually cry and shed a tear for a video game character(alongside Crisis Core FFVII).For me I couldn't find any flaw that detracted me from experience,sure there are some but I didn't feel them as the game kept introducing great moments to me one after the other. It's my favorite video game of all time,I used to say KH2 was my favorite but this game surpassed it for me by a very long shot especially in terms of story and music. I won't give the game a specific rating cuz for me it's more than just a simple 1010 that I throw usually on most games I cherish So I'll leave it to the one and only mighty Jontron to sum this whole review in one sentence Special Thanks to:lulus1,Daniel Black,Twilight Roxas and everyone else who decided to visit the previous FFVI thread I made and see my experience with the game and helped me when I needed something http://kh13.com/forum/topic/72154-im-playing-final-fantasy-vi-now/ Happy 20th Anniversary Final Fantasy VI Y'know.........playing this game made me so happy....yet at the same time it made me feel very sad.....very sad at what happened to the franchise,but that's for another time and another thread Edited April 19, 2014 by Red Tribal 6 Jiraiya's Disciple, Ajexmi, Sora96 and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaix 924 Posted April 20, 2014 I like FFVI as well,its my 3rd favorite Final Fantasy game(1st being VII and 2nd being IX),I like pretty much everything about it,the story,the soundtrack,the graphic,the characters and of course the villian,Kefka was awesome from beginning to end. Like you said its definitly not the hardest Final Fantasy game,but I didn't mind,it not the easiest game ever either,there were some challenging parts and I managed to found a rom hack that raised the difficulty a bit. I didn't like the ending though,It was very unfulfilling.It felt to me like nothing happened and its really disapointing considering how good the rest of the story is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajexmi 446 Posted April 20, 2014 you know, this has swayed me greatly towards playing VI..... I have been umming and ahhing about it for awhile cuz it looks so clunky and I know nothing really about it except Kefka is a raging jester with a god complex lol..... many things to think about here..... 1 Dio Brando reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) I like FFVI as well,its my 3rd favorite Final Fantasy game(1st being VII and 2nd being IX),I like pretty much everything about it,the story,the soundtrack,the graphic,the characters and of course the villian,Kefka was awesome from beginning to end. Like you said its definitly not the hardest Final Fantasy game,but I didn't mind,it not the easiest game ever either,there were some challenging parts and I managed to found a rom hack that raised the difficulty a bit. I didn't like the ending though,It was very unfulfilling.It felt to me like nothing happened and its really disapointing considering how good the rest of the story is. I feel the same way. It's funny though, whenever I say I think VII is one of my favorite games ever, I get called a fanboy and get told how overrated the game I love is. When someone says VI is one of their favorites they get told how true they are. I love both games very much though, and its weird how much people argue about which one is better but at the end of the day they are both very similar games in many ways. Edited April 20, 2014 by Christopher Sexbang 1 Isaix reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 It uses the ATB? Awesome. Nice review by the way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 It uses the ATB? Awesome. Nice review by the way. Well most FF games do use ATB. The only times they've taken a break from it since IV is with X and the MMO's 2 Ajexmi and MyDixieRect reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 Well most FF games do use ATB. The only times they've taken a break from it since IV is with X and the MMO's Oh, so V, VII, VIII and IX use it too? I suspected IX did since Ito directed it. XII's is a bit different though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 Oh, so V, VII, VIII and IX use it too? I suspected IX did since Ito directed it. XII's is a bit different though. Well XII isn't turned based so the battle system is different, but the ATB system is used in the same way. Also you haven't played VII or IX yet? You need to get on that . 1 Ajexmi reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 Well XII isn't turned based so the battle system is different, but the ATB system is used in the same way. Also you haven't played VII or IX yet? You need to get on that . I plan too, but the the PAL versions on the PS Store suck and I don't want Steam. :| Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajexmi 446 Posted April 20, 2014 Well XII isn't turned based so the battle system is different, but the ATB system is used in the same way. Also you haven't played VII or IX yet? You need to get on that . ^ solid advise, although I prefer Crisis Core to the original VII (cue the hate) IX is a beautiful game - and the only turn based game that I just wanna play again and again as soon as I finish it. 3 times round so far! lol After I finish with KH1.5, FFX/X-2 and likely now FF XI I'll probs play it again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 ^ solid advise, although I prefer Crisis Core to the original VII (cue the hate) IX is a beautiful game - and the only turn based game that I just wanna play again and again as soon as I finish it. 3 times round so far! lol After I finish with KH1.5, FFX/X-2 and likely now FF XI I'll probs play it again! Crisis core is probably right behind VII in my list of favorite games . 1 Ajexmi reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 ^ solid advise, although I prefer Crisis Core to the original VII (cue the hate) IX is a beautiful game - and the only turn based game that I just wanna play again and again as soon as I finish it. 3 times round so far! lol After I finish with KH1.5, FFX/X-2 and likely now FF XI I'll probs play it again! You can finish FINAL FANTASY XI? Wow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) I plan too, but the the PAL versions on the PS Store suck and I don't want Steam. :| Well steam is a pretty great service even if you only plan to get a couple games. just a couple weeks ago VII & VIII had a sale that dropped the price a couple of dollars, and a few months before that the price dropped to half in a sale for VII. Even if you don't want steam, Square Enix's website offers them for purchase on PC. Though I wouldn't recommend getting VIII, that game is one of the worst in the series IMO. And another thing about steam: you don't even need to make an account. You can just connect your PSN to it. Edited April 20, 2014 by Christopher Sexbang 1 Dio Brando reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajexmi 446 Posted April 20, 2014 You can finish FINAL FANTASY XI? Wow. What's the difficulty in that? I mean yeah, 100% may be tough, but completing the story in FF is standard procedure! Well steam is a pretty great service even if you only plan to get a couple games. just a couple weeks ago VII & VIII had a sale that dropped the price a couple of dollars, and a few months before that the price dropped to half in a sale for VII. Even if you don't want VII, Square Enix's website offers it for purchase on PC. Though I wouldn't recommend getting VIII, that game is one of the worst in the series IMO. VIII was a massive let down. I was so interested in the concept and the characters I already know and like so much, but I couldn't make myself play past the first disc..... DRAWING MAGIC SUCKS SQUARE ENIX..... IT firetruckING SUCKS SQUARES! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 Well steam is a pretty great service even if you only plan to get a couple games. just a couple weeks ago VII & VIII had a sale that dropped the price a couple of dollars, and a few months before that the price dropped to half in a sale for VII. Even if you don't want steam, Square Enix's website offers them for purchase on PC. Though I wouldn't recommend getting VIII, that game is one of the worst in the series IMO. Sadly Square Enix's Online Store requires Steam for them now. What's the difficulty in that? I mean yeah, 100% may be tough, but completing the story in FF is standard procedure! I guess, just MMOs in general, very hard to do everything. Especially one that's nearly 12 years old. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajexmi 446 Posted April 20, 2014 Sadly Square Enix's Online Store requires Steam for them now. I guess, just MMOs in general, very hard to do everything. Especially one that's nearly 12 years old. AH, my bad I see my error - I meant VI not XI..... Stupid numerals..... lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cucco 1,907 Posted April 20, 2014 Sadly Square Enix's Online Store requires Steam for them now. With steam, you can just connect your PSN to the account without even having to make a steam account. Since you already have a PSN, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Another thing about steam: with downloads you can just close out steam and the client will still run in the background, so you dont have to leave that window up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted April 20, 2014 AH, my bad I see my error - I meant VI not XI..... Stupid numerals..... lol Haha, I see. My problem with V and VI is that I might pay $17 and then they finally announce a 3D remake. Lol. But who knows with Kitase and Ito. I can't see either of them doing a remake sadly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dio Brando 5,810 Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) I like FFVI as well,its my 3rd favorite Final Fantasy game(1st being VII and 2nd being IX),I like pretty much everything about it,the story,the soundtrack,the graphic,the characters and of course the villian,Kefka was awesome from beginning to end. Like you said its definitly not the hardest Final Fantasy game,but I didn't mind,it not the easiest game ever either,there were some challenging parts and I managed to found a rom hack that raised the difficulty a bit. I didn't like the ending though,It was very unfulfilling.It felt to me like nothing happened and its really disapointing considering how good the rest of the story is. I love both VI and VII to death don't get me wrong but I was kinda disappointed by the ending of VII when it suddenly ended with the fall of meteor and the lifestream stopping it....that's it,we haven't shown what happened after until years later with Advent Children But in VI we get to see 20 minutes montage of the characters escaping Kefka's tower and Terra surviving through what could've possibly meant the end of her and seeing the people trying to rebuild the world after Kefka's demise.....for me at least it felt fulfilling but I that's my opinion though and I can undersstand yours I feel the same way. It's funny though, whenever I say I think VII is one of my favorite games ever, I get called a fanboy and get told how overrated the game I love is. When someone says VI is one of their favorites they get told how true they are. I love both games very much though, and its weird how much people argue about which one is better but at the end of the day they are both very similar games in many ways. Again don't get me wrong I love VII too heck I gave it a 1010 in my review but you haven't seen the amount of people attacking me back in 2011 and 2012 for liking FF4 over 7 and prasing VII like a Godsend,heck recently on Facebook someone called me a fanboy of Square because I loved FF6 and told me FF7 is better It's not just the 6 or 7 sides,it's the whole fanbase from 1 to 13 fighting over their favorite in the series and accusing each other of fanboyism or worse they go far and start cursing each other I tried to avoid the FF7 comparison most people did while writing my review I have completely different reasons for why 6 is my favorite game of all time and it has nothing to do with the recent war within the dumb FF fanbase Unlike any video game I've played,FF6 resonated with me as a person,certain aspects of this game's story and soundtrack touched my heart strings more than any game I've played....heck I even had personal reasons for loving it but I won't state them because I don't wanna turn this into a drama filled discussion Edited April 20, 2014 by Red Tribal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ultima Weapon 71 Posted April 20, 2014 I'm glad that someone apriciete FFVI as much as I do ^o^Final Fantasy VI is the best final Fantasy to me, I love the characters, the great story, the music, the game system, the spheresBy the way nice review. My top 3 Final Fantasy games 1. FF VI 2. FF XI 3. FF IV 1 Dio Brando reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaix 924 Posted April 20, 2014 I love both VI and VII to death don't get me wrong but I was kinda disappointed by the ending of VII when it suddenly ended with the fall of meteor and the lifestream stopping it....that's it,we haven't shown what happened after until years later with Advent Children But in VI we get to see 20 minutes montage of the characters escaping Kefka's tower and Terra surviving through what could've possibly meant the end of her and seeing the people trying to rebuild the world after Kefka's demise.....for me at least it felt fulfilling but I that's my opinion though and I can undersstand yours I tried to avoid the FF7 comparison most people did while writing my review I have completely different reasons for why 6 is my favorite game of all time and it has nothing to do with the recent war within the dumb FF fanbase Terra surviving was the only interesting part of the ending, to me the escape scene was pointless and could have easily been skipped and the rest felt like filler to wrap things up and end the game. And I glad you didn't mentioned FFVII in your review.When I clicked on this topic I was expecting to see a FFVI and FFVII comparison,but thankfully you didn't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dio Brando 5,810 Posted April 20, 2014 Terra surviving was the only interesting part of the ending, to me the escape scene was pointless and could have easily been skipped and the rest felt like filler to wrap things up and end the game. And I glad you didn't mentioned FFVII in your review.When I clicked on this topic I was expecting to see a FFVI and FFVII comparison,but thankfully you didn't. For me at least it was better,my problem with VII's ending is that at the end of it only Red XIII and some of his offsprings were shown 500 years after the meteor and the ending overall was really short and we didn't get a defining conclusion to what happened after the meteor until Advent Children.....but that's just me + Why would I do that?I love Final Fantasy VII to death and heck I gave it a 1010 if you remember my review on it. What would comparing Kefka and Sephiroth add to the review or my opinion on 6??Nothing What would comparing the similarities between the two would add the review?Nothing Maybe I'd mention them when someone discuss them with me but not in a review.But that's a topic for another day I'm glad that someone apriciete FFVI as much as I do ^o^ Final Fantasy VI is the best final Fantasy to me, I love the characters, the great story, the music, the game system, the spheres By the way nice review. My top 3 Final Fantasy games 1. FF VI 2. FF XI 3. FF IV Thanks buddy,glad I found someone who loves the game as much as me ^_^ It uses the ATB? Awesome. Nice review by the way. Thanks ^_^ 1 Ultima Weapon reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twilight_roxas 326 Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Just found this on facebook, and yes its fanmade. Edited May 28, 2014 by twilight_roxas 1 Ultima Weapon reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
