What's the deal with FF6?
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FFVI is extremely good.
The graphics are... well, they work for the SNES, though it's hardly the kinda thing that will impress overmuch. The soundtrack is unbelievably good, both when you consider that it's played on the SNES, but also in fact in its own right. The storyline is well-defined and has a very decent pace (mind you, it's a JRPG, it is LONG), and all the characters (except the two "bonus" ones, to an extent) are well-rounded enough that one can identify with them... and there are MANY of them!
The villain is great, though even I, who love him dearly, have trouble calling him the GREATEST. He's very cool, and has a very simple and effective motivation that leaves him perfect for an antagonist. And, as has been mentioned, it's one of very few games that has the balls to have an apocalypse... in the MIDDLE of the game!
All in all, it's quite distinct from the later titles, but obviously also quite similar. The combat system works, and is delightfully breakable, there are tons of little sidequests and things you can do, and it is most certainly the game I've played the most times considering it only has one ending (just to get that one thing I missed, right).
The graphics are... well, they work for the SNES, though it's hardly the kinda thing that will impress overmuch. The soundtrack is unbelievably good, both when you consider that it's played on the SNES, but also in fact in its own right. The storyline is well-defined and has a very decent pace (mind you, it's a JRPG, it is LONG), and all the characters (except the two "bonus" ones, to an extent) are well-rounded enough that one can identify with them... and there are MANY of them!
The villain is great, though even I, who love him dearly, have trouble calling him the GREATEST. He's very cool, and has a very simple and effective motivation that leaves him perfect for an antagonist. And, as has been mentioned, it's one of very few games that has the balls to have an apocalypse... in the MIDDLE of the game!
All in all, it's quite distinct from the later titles, but obviously also quite similar. The combat system works, and is delightfully breakable, there are tons of little sidequests and things you can do, and it is most certainly the game I've played the most times considering it only has one ending (just to get that one thing I missed, right).
ahh final fantasy discussions! lovely..
ff6 is one the best of the series indeed
but for me the hierarchy of FF games would be 6 > 9 > 12 > 5 > 10 > 7 (i haven't played quite a few of em but i hardly doubt that ff 7 will move up in the ranks)
ff6 is one the best of the series indeed
but for me the hierarchy of FF games would be 6 > 9 > 12 > 5 > 10 > 7 (i haven't played quite a few of em but i hardly doubt that ff 7 will move up in the ranks)
OK time to come out of the closet have to say that I personally favoured ff's 8-9 I loved the junction system in 8 and the great plot in 9. add to that that 9 has some of the best fmv's I have seen in a ps1 game and quite frankly I cant see the appeal of 7. I mean when I hunted it down via ebay as it had been long since discontinued in australia I was psyched having heard all these people rant about how it is the best ff ever but after the first hour or two I was dissapointed, I figured it may improve when I got out of the nasty grey city and into the bright light of the sun but it really didn't. 6 was great for it's gen when you remember it wasn't made for the ps system and it kicked ff7's ass all over the room probably because it wasn't trying, and failing, so hard to look great with fancy 3d graphics and had a much better story.sagacious said:
I think he was rather unique for the time period, especially. No tragic backstory, and while the style may have been arbitrarily added on by a translator, he had style.Rodyle2 said:
"There's sand. On my boots."
Let's see:
Didn't play, didn't play, agree, agree, AGREE, didn't play yet, agree, didn't play.
Also, I'm rather partial to the antagonist from Tales of Symphonia. As well as most of the bosses throughout. Thus Rodyle = Quaker Oats Guy + Epic moustache makes me grin.
Did everyone miss the fact that he became insane after the Magicite injections?Tom Phoenix said:
I finished it a few weeks ago for what's at least the 20th time. Right after finishing FFIV and now I'm playing Chrono Trigger. Fact is while the graphics and music might be highly dated the gameplay is still as good as ever. The ability to highly customize your characters while not totally losing what makes them unique, the Espers and Kefka were all just incredibly awesome. There are few villains out there who were ever as effective at their job as Kefka was and for that we salute you my dead madman.Entropyutd said:
Yes, they usually do. They totally miss the fact that the man snapped after that and just doodle doo along with their lives. So yes, he does have a reason for being out of his gourd they just miss it and then whine about it.
Diane Simmons was an epic fight but better antagonist? Not hardly. Blindly loyal to her country to the point where she gives up her life isn't exactly a stirring character trait. Doctor Cid is your typical JRPG villian who was possessed / tricked by dark powers into doing "what's best for humanity" muwahaha. Luca Blight was basically another Sephiroth - destroy everything because bad things happened to mommy. I loved him but lets not pretend he wasn't one dimensional. Darth Traya was... ugh, just the entirety of KotoR 2 was just bland boring, half-finished crap. Traya was just the bottom of the rump bucket. Glados and Ganondorf rocked though.Rodyle2 said:
This is an interesting comment, because I've not played IX but always heard (as either a positive or negative point) that it isn't as dark as VI, VII and VIII.crimson5pheonix said:
I've lost count of how many times we've had some variation of "what's your favourite FF" but for the record, of the ones I've played: (VII and VIII) > VI > X > X-2.
The only issue that I have with FFVI, and I severely warn you as a result of, is the hype. In the same way that a person who has heard "FFVII IS THE BEST GAEM EVAR" for the past 10 years and only just gotten around to playing it will probably be disappointed. That being said I have just finished a replay of it but that was probably through nostalgia goggles.
You've often heard 6>7 (ouch, mathematical paradox) so just a warning that whilst it is a decent game do not go into it expecting the best thing in the world as you'll most likely be disappointed.
Oh, and wait for Shadow... you'll know what I mean when it occurs.
FFIX has a lot of random offset scenes that makes little to no sense the first play through but overall add a lot of depth to a story and builds the overall story behind the scenes very well.
You've often heard 6>7 (ouch, mathematical paradox) so just a warning that whilst it is a decent game do not go into it expecting the best thing in the world as you'll most likely be disappointed.
Oh, and wait for Shadow... you'll know what I mean when it occurs.
The issue with FFIX is that it all makes sense, and the overall darkness of the story makes sense in hindsight. I'm replaying it at the moment, having played it 10 years ago and hating it. However because I remember the key points of the story from my first play through certain things make sense. It doesn't really get dark until mid-end of disc 3 so as long as you haven't tuned out by then it's fine. It's a heck of a lot more subtle than the "Cloud, you are a FAILED PUPPET EXPERIMENT" of FFVII that literally throws it in your face of FFVIII's possessions which were still quite in your face.szaleniec1000 said:
FFIX has a lot of random offset scenes that makes little to no sense the first play through but overall add a lot of depth to a story and builds the overall story behind the scenes very well.
