No seriously. does this still hold up?

No seriously. does this still hold up?
I never got far into it but everyone says it's one of the best classic FF games.

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    WoB good
    WoR bad
    >hey remember all thse characters you had? GO GET THEM AGAIN LMAO
    >No I'll just get three and go to the last dung
    >TOO BAD IT'S ANOTHER THREE PARTY DUNGEON LMAO

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I have played the game almost 8 times. Always stop after I find everyone in WoR. Never beat the game.

      The frick is WoB/Wor

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        World of Balance
        World of Ruin

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Can't really explain without giving a major spoiler.

        I'm serious, you were warned.


        Basically the first half of the game is called the "World of Balance" and works like a traditional Star Wars influenced JRPG where you follow a story about a world with an evil empire and the rebels who fight them.
        This plotline culminates in a big showdown with all the imperial bosses and one of them unleashes a cataclysm on the world.
        The second half of the game is the "World of Ruin" which is a post-apocalyptic setting where you pick up one of the main characters a year after the cataclysm, then go around in a mostly open-world quest to recover your characters and eliminate the lunatic final boss who now reigns over the ruined world.


        Personally speaking, my only narrative complaint with the WoR is that there's no penultimate quest that re-kindles some of the story tension to build up to the final boss fight. You basically just fly over to his literal tower of junk (the final level of the game) and kill him.
        Gameplay-wise, the main issue is that WoB is a bit stingy with items and magic, it never feels like you're really getting at the cool shit. Meanwhile WoR goes completely the opposite direction where you become overpowered almost immediately and just keep getting moreso until you reach the end and none of the final bosses can touch you if they even get a turn at all.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Well, I don't like spoilers so you just made me play FF6 then

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            It'll make sense about halfway through the game

          • 2 years ago
            to

            Half the game is linear narrative/gameplay progression. Other Half is open-ended progression.

            WoB = A B C D E F
            WoR = H-->M (any order or not at all) then boss.

            Letters being plot points to progress the story.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Good explanation. WoR is cool but I tend to stop playing games at that stage. I dunno why. In theory open-world is supposed to be awesome but the challenge tends to weaken at that point because they can't really make any of your choices significantly harder than the others if it's going to be open world. They could scale up subsequent sections based on your level or whatever, but that seems like lazy design imo.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Great post. Accurate af, particularly about the item quality disparity between WoB and WoR. Espers, too. You consistently get npc shop tier shit until the very first town in WoR, where you're loaded with force shields and armors and genji gear, high tier espers teaching the good shit like Meteor, Meltdown and the like. Ironically, the world of balance is not so balanced in this regard, but the game is still an absolute masterpiece and I can't wait until enough time has passed that I can properly enjoy another playthrough.

          Seriously, FF6 is easily a perfect 10/10. Well, except that shitty mobile version. Stick with the PS1, SNES, GBA and even the pixel remaster version. They just don't make 'em like this anymore, Gankerros.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >FF6 is easily a perfect 10/10
            No FF is close to a 10.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              umm, ackshually, sweaty—FFs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are absolute masterpieces, with 9 being the weakest of the bunch but still great.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >FFs 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are absolute
                mediocre garbage.

              • 2 years ago
                to

                Gee, someone enters a thread about a game and series they don't like simply to say they all suck. Very original. Never seen someone be so creative by shitposting.

                Since you seem to be a man with great intelligence and tastes, what are some good rpgs to play since FF is all shit?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >series they don't like
                I don't dislike FF, you just listed garbage.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              You simply have bad taste, and that's okay.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The PSX port is fricking atrocious. Don't play that.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              yeah the loading times are obnoxious

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Meltdown
            You only get that Esper in Kefka's Tower after defeating the last dragon. Then you would have to grind to get even one character to know the spell before reaching Kefka.
            You would have to extract from the tower to properly use the Esper, something only an experienced player would do on a repeat playthrough.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Interesting

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >celes
      >edgar
      >setzer
      >needing anyone else
      let's be real here. You can skip over all wor and go straight to slapping kefka with these 3 and nothing else depending on their level and what equipment you have.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        If you grind the frick out of those three characters, sure. Level Sabin up with Bismark, give him genji gloves and the offering, and he has the potential to one-shot Kefka. The game just isn't that challenging when you over-level your characters. Try a natural magic run, if you need a more challenging experience

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        And Terra shows up to be completely useless in the final battle if you don’t recruit her.

        Breaking this game is so damn fun

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      People who say this are moronic. WoR is amazing, if not better than WoB

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        WoB is still great but WoR is just another level imo, really made the game super memorable for me.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The WoR is like 90% snorefest with the last 10% of events being really cool memorable. The WoB is almost 100% good shit. Most characterization stops dead in its tracks once you enter the WoR and most of your party's lines are generic ones no matter who's in your party instead of each character getting to say their own thing. The items and spells you can find in the WoR are cooler than the ones in the WoB, but they hardly matter because you become completely overpowered like an hour after you get the Falcon.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Most characterization stops dead in its tracks once you enter the WoR
            You have Celes, Edgar, Setzer, Cyan, Strago, Locke and Terra all with significant storylines in WoR. That's seven characters with an arc in the second half of a 40-hour SNES JRPG, not counting Shadow. Sabin and Relm don't have arcs but they have halfway decent character-appropriate events.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >FFVI
              >40 hours
              It barely has enough content for 20 hours, and that's if you really try to stretch it out

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Come on man don't be a gay and try to change the subject. 40 hours is a reasonable estimate for the length of the game. That's not a reasonable point of contention.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I'm not the guy you were talking to, I also agree with you that WoR is where the meat of the characterization lies for most of the cast, but FFVI is nowhere near 40 hours, not even if you want to be a completionist.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                How long has it been since you've played it casually? 40 hours is absolutely a reasonable estimate for a thorough playthrough where you recover all the non-hidden characters, but don't necessarily bother spending loads of time at the colosseum, uncursing the Paladin shield, grinding characters to max level and obtaining every item.

                There are 4.5 hours of main story cutscenes, plus all the character-driven cutscenes in the World of Ruin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRqSvtblMs). ~30 dungeons, ~50 boss fights and ~250 normal enemies in 450+ encounter formations. Two world maps with lots of towns and NPCs as well as special random battles like Intangir and Brachosaur.

                50 boss fights in 40 hours means one boss fight roughly every 48 minutes on average and every hour of gameplay includes ~7 minutes of cutscenes and ~6 new enemies to fight. Seems like a fine pace to me. Obviously the pace isn't absolutely consistent, there are long stretches with no cutscenes or bosses (eg Narshe to Zozo after Terra flips out and goes berserk), followed by sequences with lots of cutscenes and boss rushes (Opera House, Magitek Factory). But if there wasn't enough content to fill 40 hours, you wouldn't see stats like this so well-aligned with a typical 1-2 hour play session.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I have played the game almost 8 times. Always stop after I find everyone in WoR. Never beat the game.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Isnt the final dungeon all that's left after that though?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I've done this with a few games, just left it right at the very end. I've actually never beat Ganon in Link to the Past.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You stop for a Pizza and only eat the crust too, I bet

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Been playing this for the first time, it's honestly not bad but nowhere near as great as everyone seem to think it is. Maybe it'll get better in the WoR, but im willing to bet all the homosexual meme posters in this group have just massively over hyped this game. It's still better than 8 or 9 though

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      you'll never enjoy anything all that much if you keep a built up set of expectations in your head of how it should be

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Wise words.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >It's still better than 8 or 9 though
      fwiw I've never claimed much beyond that. I find myself criticizing it more often than praising it, which is unfortunate because it's a good game overall, with some of the best aesthetics on the SNES.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    No, it has terrible gameplay.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >WoB
      Long way better that the one seen on FFVIII. That's atrocious IMO.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        FFVIII also being bad doesn't make FFVI good.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i beat it like 2 years ago for the first time and liked it a lot, probably my fave mainline FF so far.

    The party is varied and fun with their own abilities and I enjoyed how they got split up in a bunch of ways throughout the story. I also enjoyed how all the secrets and optional stuff is handled.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Having replayed it a few months ago - absolutely. It's a fantastic game.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Mainline homosexual Fantasy are all trash. Not RPG.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      kek, look at this no doubt 30+ year old man talking like this. Is anyone here capable of expressing their opinion without resorting to childish hyperbole? Take your opinion and shove it up your obese pimply manchild ass.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The irony of your post. Holy frick, my sides. Here's a (You).

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          It's not hyperbole if it's 100% true. Don't deny it. Now go do some cardio, lardass

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You tagged the wrong post, homosexual.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >Tagged the wrong post
              >newbie not knowing the roleplaolgoy es slugg
              Yoloiest the the Yolo!

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I like how "This isn't an RPG" has become code for "I personally dont like it" now

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I played Final Fantasy VI when I was a kid and I could never kill the giant electric snail

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Could you not read?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Wow you fricking suck

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Greatest soundtrack of the series in my opinion.

    I like the game a lot still. Unlike later FF games, the cutscenes don't overwhelm everything else. There's a really good balance of gameplay and story, with endearing characters and one of the most memorable villains in all of gaming. The boss fights are for the most part really interesting and varied, each characters unique mechanics are fun to play with, and the esper system gives you a lot of variety in how you level up characters.

    On top of that, if you really want to take the game apart, the mechanics are flexible/broken enough that you can do some really ludicrous things on repeat playthroughs.

    I'm a bit biased, since I did grow up with the game. I still believe it is absolutely the best 16 bit rpg. Despite the technical limitations of the platform it ran on, there's a lot for a modern gamer to enjoy. I have always really enjoyed going back to FF6 over the decades.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      6's OST was great, but 7 is where Uematsu peaked.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's just contrarians.
    >FF7 has one of the top 10 biggest ad campaigns in videogame history
    >remains the most played jrpg of its' generation
    >hipsters pretend the last one was better ot prove how real they are.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      My favorite is 4, I think 7 is the best game in the series, I can go on all day criticizing shit wrong with 6, and I was old enough to remember a world before Final Fantasy had even been created yet, but I don't say vapid shit like this. There are some blatantly obvious reasons why people prefer 6 to 7.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Gotta love how you buzzword spouting morons behave exactly like the actual meaning of the buzzwords you throw around

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I haven't played a single Final Fantasy since 6.
    I just went to do another playthrough but all the save games are gone so the battery needs to be changed.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    VI to me feels like it sacrifices some of the whimsy of the previous games for a more serious tone but fails to generate any compelling drama with it. Only the soundtrack is up to the task.

    The Esper system is nice but the story just isn't fun to experience.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The game always seemed plenty whimsy to me-- darker than IV especially with the World of Ruin, but some of that is just 4 years of advancement in tech and budget and being able to depict places like Narshe and Vector so effectively. I played the original US translation and Woolsey definitely injected his own whimsy in places but Woolsey isn't responsible for any big picture stuff like Setzer kidnapping Celes, Cyan's tech-illiteracy, and Ultros

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The weird part is how it has steampunk elements at the start but between Figaro Castle and the Empire everything is just a generic fantasy world. It feels as if their original idea was making a steam punk rpg but dropped it somewhere during early development.
      Also, every re-release manages to frick up something in its own way, the pixel remaster should have been an hd2d remaster with the gba dungeons.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        FFVI does a really good job of feeling like it's just filled with ancient mysterious shit that people have forgotten about by the time the modern age rolls around in the game

        I'd really love to see it get the FF7R treatment a lot

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The setting doesn't change its just not moronicly full of technomagic shit for no reason when you're not in a place where it would make sense to be.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        And even the medieval samuai castle has steel doors and pipes. Phantom Train is full steampunk.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          it is kinda weird that you never get to ride just a normal train in FFVI

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Not really.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              shut up homosexual

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You ride a steam ship twice and you probably already forgot about that so it's pretty clear the game is not missing rail transit.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Uh you need to ride it more than that to pick up mog's dances

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Nice soundtrack, comfy aesthetic, decent battle system. My only complaint is that is has a particularly slow start, there's a whole chunk at the beginning that you'd sooner skip on replays.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I just realised, the World of Ruin is that endgame section of every Final Fantasy where you can just roam the world and do a bunch of difficult optional content thats kinda meaningless, but this time you have to.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      FFVI is the most comfy FF tho, it's the best one to replay and just chill with regardless of whether you actually finish or play some romhack or whatever

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      And it starts at the halfway point.
      WoR is the best part of ff6 the only real problem is the op loot and unbalanced mechanics.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    A negative about FF6 is that due to the complete control you have over customizing your party once it gets to a specific point in the game, and their intention to have no central protagonist but have it be a large ensemble (though most people just consider Terra the protagonist), it means that a lot of characters lose their voice. Especially by World of Ruin. They just insert random generic text anyone can say because you can pick anyone, which causes characters to lose their personality.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      a lot of games have writers getting tired towards the later half though, it's more rule than exception

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Terra is the initial protagonist without question and remains so until the floating continent (while still being an ensemble story overall). Celes takes over briefly for the wor and then Terra is again central in the ending.

      It's true that FF6 is not Terra's game in the way that FF4 is Cecil's or FF7 is Cloud's. But it is perfectly reasonable to consider Terra the protagonist for most of the game.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's very good but definitely not the best. FFV is easily the best of the "classic" trio.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nah. V's job system is great but once you know how to cheese it, it looses its value. IV had a better villain/plot and VI had better production values

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >IV has a better plot
        wtf did i just read

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I think the plots of 4-5-6 are fairly similar quality-wise, if you think 4 is substantially worse than the other two snes games you are probably an idiot.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            nah i think iv pacing was horrendous and tried to cram something in that the team wasn't ready for. v laid back and had a more well paced and told story

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              X Death was a weaksauce villain with no dimension or depth. Golbez mogs him every step of the way, he is the Final Fantasy Darth Vader

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Darth Vader is really lame

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Your opinions are shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                you're old

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                your opinions are still shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I literally don't care what you think or how you feel because I'm better than you

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                That's what makes your opinions shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                seethe

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >I'm a zoomer and I meme when I have nothing of substance to say
                typical

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                cope

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                zoom-zoom

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >you may have more self esteem than me but you don't know that I'm also middle aged
                >got 'em

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Nice samegay Mr gay man frick

                now look whose coping. After your mommy brings you the dino nuggies, you might want to ask her if the doctor can up your dose of anti-anxiety medication, sonny

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I'm clean , shitbrains

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                being off your meds certainly explains a lot

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I can use 5chanX too you disingenuous Black person frick

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              You are a try-hard wannabe critic. Pacing is fine in all 3 except for the end of 6.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You're the wannabe critic Mr gay frick. I do agree though the end of 6 went hyper fast. Like damn.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                no, he's right, your opinions are shit, mr projecting frick

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Nice samegay Mr gay man frick

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I think it holds up fine. What are you looking for out of it that it wouldn't?

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    FF5 had lots of fun mechanics and a great story, and a much cooler villain than kefka. But it wasn’t as tight of a presentation, FF6 nailed the mood perfectly.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >a much cooler villain than Kefka
      I think FFV's plot has some things over VI's (4-member party means they all get more screentime, more consistent tone that balances the comedy and somber moments better, Gilgamesh > Ultros) but Kefka is the highlight of VI and has that insanely over-the-top final boss fight while Exdeath is basically just Zeromus 2

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    how about playing it for yourself, doofus?

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Who is your favourite character? I literally cannot decide between Terra, Celes, Locke, Cyan, Edgar, Sabin, General Leo, and Kefka. Haven't unlocked all of Shadow's dreams but I do know he's Relm's father based on how Interceptor react to her.

    Also I think Gau, Strago, Relm, and Mog gets too much negativity. They're still great just less than the main MAIN cast. Gogo and Umaro are optional bonus characters too so I don't really NEED them to have super deep/interesting stories.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Shit forgot about Setzer but dude's pretty chill and his portrait looks cool as hell. He's on the same tier as Gau, Strago, Relm, and Mog for me.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Celes. Loved her even when I was a kid.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Edgar but the cool part is really how many the are.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    yes but play T-edition, it's substantially better

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The first half is nice and linear
      WoR felt like the devs decided to prolong the game but were too lazy to do it right, so just rehashed areas of the game and turned those areas into dungeons, and lazily made it open world instead of neatly tying up the story properly like with WoB
      however it's a mistake into miracle in the sense that WoR still gives good amount of gameplay hours and gives lots of content to frick around with before going to kefka's tower.
      T-Edition really takes the game to its limit and really polishes it. I suggest you play the T-edition romhack.

      sounds interesting. Do you have a link?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >nz/folder/l1wh2AjB#a7o9Bd2GJPlpSO9e5MeCMg
        Fork made by an anon from /vr/, just check the archives for more info.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          nobody knows how to "use" that amalgamation of text and autism you just greentexted. Don't be a pussy and provide the full fricking link, albeit with periods taken out first. Gosh damn, now I hate whatever fricking mod you're plugging just because of your incompetence. As a result, I will likely never play it and will talk mad shit about it whenever it's brought up; thanks for being a stupid zoomer that is completely inept. I hope you're proud of yourself. Someone's got to be, right?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >not recognizing a mega link
            >needing a fricking mega link in the first place because you're seriously too moronic to find and apply romhack patch that's the first fricking result when I search the web for 'ff6 t-edition'
            seriously get your life together anon.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Sorry for having sex with women in real life, chud. Want to give me a direct link to the mod and tell me, again, how to use it or do you want to continue to prove my point that I am better than you

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The first half is nice and linear
    WoR felt like the devs decided to prolong the game but were too lazy to do it right, so just rehashed areas of the game and turned those areas into dungeons, and lazily made it open world instead of neatly tying up the story properly like with WoB
    however it's a mistake into miracle in the sense that WoR still gives good amount of gameplay hours and gives lots of content to frick around with before going to kefka's tower.
    T-Edition really takes the game to its limit and really polishes it. I suggest you play the T-edition romhack.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yes. It's a very good game.

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I've played it for the first time this year. Overrated as frick, just like the majority of jRPG's. Predictable plot, one dimensional characters, cringe villain, random encounters every few steps. I don't get how people can say that it's a masterpiece. At least it aged better than ff7 but still not worth playing imo.

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's my fav ff and I consider it better than Chrono trigger so, yes.

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just played it for the first time last year, I'd say it does.

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I played it recently on a SNES emulator, and there's a page with all the good mods, that "improve" the original game. It's pretty to find on google. I highly recommend FFVI, it does hold up, and is certainly a timeless piece of art.

  28. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Good game but ruined the last boss fight because it was no challenge at all because game let's you use utltima each party member that deals 9999 damage each time, times 5 party members and well.... Not very hard easy boss

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I feel like the game is more well-designed for newcomers or just non-autists in terms of difficulty. I never grinded, min-maxed stat growths with the magicites, and used characters who'd have the biggest grudge against Kefka in the final battle (Cyan, Terra, Celes, Sabin) and I had a decent challenge with the Statues of the Gods at least, Lucifer Kefka having a charge move was a bit too easily exploitable.

  29. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Do you rate FFVI or CT higher? They did very different things but executed both so well. I'd say VI took more risks and in return, felt more ambitious and awe-inspiring in the end.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      FF VI >

    • 2 years ago
      Nobody From Nowhere

      Either game FF2 or FF3 or CT should be shared generationally LOL

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      CT is a far better game.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        CT is much more polished and balanced. But it's also much less ambitious as an RPG. The problem with VI is that the gameplay is messy and not quite fully-baked. But there's a lot more there: more characters, more classes/commandsets, more elemental types, more status effects, more equipment slots including two hand slots that might hold a shield, additional weapon, or be used to 2-hand a single weapon for increased damage; more shared equipment-- there are just more choices in general with much more room to make good or bad choices.

        Chrono Trigger is not as simplified as Mystic Quest, but there's still lots of guardrails and streamlining. You can't remove equipment. Everyone has their own personal weapon class. You more-or-less aren't able to assemble an unbalanced party, you're required to take the maximum allowed and every character will have a good mix of abilities. Meanwhile in FF6 you can make your party just naked Strago if you want.

        But CT does that streamlining part very well. There's still a good amount of complexity for anyone interested (eg figuring out the subtleties of damage formula calculations for all the various double/triple techs), and there's just enough depth for typical combat to have a decent number of meaningful (but rarely crucial/critical) decisions to make.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      CT is a better game. But FF6 scratches the rpg itch, better.

  30. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yes. It absolutely holds up. I played it years after I played its sequels and I thought it was better than all of them except for 12.

    Side note: 12 is the best FF and it's not even close. Does it have problems? Yes, but a lot of them are fixed via fanmods.

  31. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it has a cool story and some cool characters and it's nice to look at. the gameplay is exactly what you would expect from a classic final fantasy game. i think one thing that makes the combat slightly more fun is that each character has an interesting ability/mechanic and you get to play with a big variety of characters, although the novelty wears off pretty quickly and by the time you get to WoR it's clear who the best characters and abilities are
    basically it's worth playing if you enjoy and.or have the patience for old turn-based JRPGS with very little challenge

  32. 2 years ago
    Nobody From Nowhere

    Final Fantasy VI known as 3 in the US and Final Fantasy IV known as 2 in the US as well as Chrono Trigger have the best story and are easily the best RPG's of all time any 1 of those 3 should be played. If you already beat those delve into Breath of Fire if you are looking for RPGS that still stand out.

  33. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I replayed it over the course of a couple days when I got c*vid. It's seriously piss easy and not anywhere as long as I remember. Still in the top 2-3 for final fantasy games.

  34. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >No seriously. does this still hold up?
    Ever since the t edition mod was translated and is available, No.

  35. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    FF games always hold up no matter the era.

  36. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    No.
    Go play ff14 instead.

  37. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    its kinda boring. the writing is decent but the gameplays borders on boring to dog shit.

  38. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I tried re-playing it with the T-Edition hack but got bored around the Phantom Train segment which is weird because I remember loving that part as a kid

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah I remember how Sabin and Cyan were beasts. That's also like 2 hours into the game, still fresh but long enough to really be into it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        lol cyan sucked ass in the ogs

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Objectively he kind of sucks but the game's easy enough that you don't notice when you're a little kid who just thinks he's cool

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Objectively he kind of sucks
            he's not even that bad
            His high-level abilities take a long time to charge but Quadra Slice makes him the only character in the game who can break the 9999 damage cap in a single turn without using up a relic slot or relying on unpredictable weapon procs from special end-game weapons like Illumina and Ragnarok. It's still situational but you can arrange situations somewhat. You can pair Cyan with Gau and Mog (as a dancer or dragoon), so you can charge without interfering with their ATBs. You can try to time your charging to go with long spell animations. And obviously you can basically stop time with quick. Cyan doesn't even have to be the one to cast it.

            I'm not saying he's not way more fun to play when you speed up his ability, but it's never been useless.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              You are so fricking stupid, holy shit. No, I will not elaborate.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No, I just know the game and can follow a conversation. You cannot think for yourself. You just parrot memes and get upset when your mimicked opinions aren't validated.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I can think for myself, that's why I'm aware of things like the israeli question, and you're a soiboi who just allows it to happen. You are my b***h.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I don't allow it to happen, that's you, with your blase attitude. israelite lover.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              4x9999 in one turn isn't very good when it takes longer than four normal turns to set it up. Not needing a relic slot isn't very important because FFVI is super easy so you might as well use your relic slots to do more damage. Hand out a bunch of genji gloves and spam fight and you've got a team vastly superior to Cyan gimmicks. He's not useless in the sense that you can use him and still win the game, but he is one of the worst characters. A shitty personal skill, middling equipment options, and terrible base magic power in a game where magic dominates. He's bad.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          He's fantastic at that point in the game. Defense-piercing skills (Dispatch) are OP for most of WoB. He doesn't need anything else.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Edgar does that over 1.5x better(191 power vs 120) than Cyan with a skill that's targetable instead of random and unlocks as soon as you're able to use both in the same party. He also does this while having bullshit AoE capability, better equipment selection, and overall better stats.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >Edgar is better that means Cyan is bad
              Also you don't get the Drill until visiting Figaro after the Narshe battle with Kefka, which is after the Phantom Train segment that we were talking about.

              4x9999 in one turn isn't very good when it takes longer than four normal turns to set it up. Not needing a relic slot isn't very important because FFVI is super easy so you might as well use your relic slots to do more damage. Hand out a bunch of genji gloves and spam fight and you've got a team vastly superior to Cyan gimmicks. He's not useless in the sense that you can use him and still win the game, but he is one of the worst characters. A shitty personal skill, middling equipment options, and terrible base magic power in a game where magic dominates. He's bad.

              >4x9999 in one turn isn't very good
              There's no situation where 4x9999 "isn't good" given there are like less than 10 enemies in the game with more than 40k hitpoints and none with more than 65k.
              >when it takes longer than four normal turns to set it up.
              It usually won't take longer than 4 turns. It's closer to 2-3.
              More importantly, per-turn damage is relevant for counter-attacks. If an enemy has counters, taking lots of turns means eating lots of counters. This is basic Final Fantasy shit, the only reason it doesn't matter much in FFVI is because the player's characters are usually so overpowered.

              > Hand out a bunch of genji gloves and spam fight and you've got a team vastly superior to Cyan gimmicks
              You can give Cyan genji gloves, too.
              >A shitty personal skill
              It's not shitty. It's just not as good as Blitz, Throw, Tools, and Morph. That doesn't make it bad. It's better than Sketch, Dance, Slot, and Runic and more or less on-par with Lore and Rage.
              >middling equipment options
              Tempest is a great weapon and he can equip all the overpowered shields and relics he wants. He can't use the ValiantKnife, Fixed Dice, or Illumina, that's all this means.
              >terrible base magic power in a game where magic dominates.
              Not a big deal if you really care about that. I pulled up the save from the last time I played and by level 38, Cyan's unbuffed magic power is higher than Strago's and equal to Mog's. Tempest proc does around 1500 damage.
              >He's bad.
              No, he's middle of the pack. He's not as good as he should be or as people want him to be, but he's not bad. He's in the middle tier with Relm and Gau (as well as Locke and Setzer before they get end-game weapons)

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Cyan is in no way middle of the pack, he's literally only better than Umaro and it's insane that you think Relm and Gau belong there. Relm has the highest base magic stat in the game, making her the best spellcaster in the game short of a morphed Terra and she overtakes her the moment they're both casting defense ignoring spells, and Gau has the single best command in the game. The frick are you on? The only things he has going for him are that he has a unique instant kill glitch and an okay at best first SwdTech.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Cyan is in no way middle of the pack, he's literally only better than Umaro
                Even that is arguably wrong because Umaro is at least kind of useful in the tower of magic because he can still attack physically there. Cyan is literally never worth using for anything if you have another choice.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I actually liked what T-Edition did with the WoB, making the bosses reasonably difficult and requiring that you make the most of your resources. WoR just goes full kaizo moron, where random chest monsters can wipe you harder than Atma Weapon on FC. Once again proving that all romhacks are unplayable garbage made by hyperautists.

  39. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I unironically think FFXVI will be the best FF ever then again I'm a cuhrazeegay so that's that.

  40. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I beat the game and didn't feel it was memorable.
    Chrono Trigger didn't feel memorable either.
    Dragon Quest V was personally memorable for me though.
    Illusion of Gaia was also memorable and I should get back into it.

  41. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Which FF should I play next? I'm currently playing FFVIII and I got through VII, X, VII Remake, and XIII so far.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      IX and IV

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Oh yeah and Tictacs

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      If you play with VII, you should download Retranslation mod Beacause and AI upscaled backgrounds.

  42. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Even though the original VII is my personal favorite & having played both multiple times as well as most of the mainline series, it's pretty definitive that VI is the absolute peak of the series

  43. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I recently played the pixel remasters and the games are way, way easier than I remember.

  44. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I think it's kinda overrated. An enjoyable game indeed, but not as much as some people make up.

  45. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    no final fantasy game before 10 still holds up

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >storyhomosexual
      Sorry, that's V.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      no final fantasy after 10 is good though

  46. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's basically a 2D version of the PS1 games. It's the precursor to those games, the moment when the series left the classic feel and tone.
    I never thought much of it. I liked FFV more. One good thing about VI is that you get a huge cast, so there's a decent amount of fun customization. But I don't like the art.

  47. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    oh you zoomer homosexuals. this shit came out when i was alaska room temp iq age (40yo). i have played this game more than anything except maybe chrono trigger. this was my life growing up in hell. my only solace. my only friend for decades. talk all the shit you want i love the 90s snes rpgs fite me.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >rpgs on the farm in the hayloft of a barn
      i wanna go back

  48. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Doesn't hold up as as well as something like chrono trigger but it's one of the better random encounter RPGS of its time

  49. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >but everyone says it's one of the best classic FF games.
    It's not. FF1 was the best classic FF game.

  50. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's one of the first games to get a Working Designs still rewrite instead of a translation back when translations were all your base tier dogshit, and boomers loved it for the lol so randum crap in it. The English version is ultralocalized trash that braindead morons praise because of cringe "iconic" lines like "YOU SPOONY BARD!!!!!".

    In Japanese, as an FF game it's average at best.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Isn't the GBA translation more accurate?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      in the japanese text ultros actually comes off as some sort of creepy train molester rather than a le funny octopus

      woolsey translation is better because it's got that sovl

  51. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    FF6 is great because it was the last FF game before Motomu Toriyama started working on the series and making it his life's goal to make the entire series more and more shit in direct proportion to how much authority he was given.

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