FF6 is considered one of the best ever made and it definitely shows. They pushed 16 bit graphics to the limit. Many Final Fantasy Fans have this as their number 1 or 2 of all time. Just think of how massive a remake of this would be. It would be larger than FF7. But it would be so amazing.

Nobuo Uematsu did such a phenomenal job with the soundtrack for this game. Somebody once described it like this: "If the Super NES soundchip was a box of crayons, Uematsu took those crayons and created the Sistine Chapel."

The thing I love most about this game is something that I think a lot of critics of this one don't fully understand. The entire game is being told to you as the player as if you were watching an opera. This is why the music is so beautifully orchestrated and why all of the characters are over the top-flamboyant or stereotype personalities that go on adventures that aren't necessarily realistic because they aren't supposed to be. The good is good and the evil is evil. This is also why periodically the game screen goes black and is narrated when giving characters their bios or when a moogle or imp come out to explain something. The whole game is opera themed and even includes one in the story.

"Final Fantasy VI has such a good soundtrack." - no truer words were never spoken. So glad you got to experience this fantastic game, Laz. It's my favorite of the franchise.

A few underrated facts: - Part of the reason the epilogue says "Character as [Canon Name]" is because of how you can name the characters whatever you want during gameplay. - In the original versions ONLY, the "Tower of the Gods" wasn't even named during the final battle -- that section of the UI was intentionally left empty. So when you reached Kefka himself atop it all and the name "Kefka" appeared onscreen, you KNEW _it's go time._ - The BGM for the final battle is actually a single track with several internal looping segments (one for each phase of battle). In the original versions ONLY, the BGM didn't switch to the next segment immediately with each phase, but instead just quietly removed the loop marker so the composition could flow to the next movement at its natural point. There's also a challenge run called "CES" (Celes, Edgar, Setzer) where you intentionally _don't_ locate your other party members again, and instead just challenge Kefka's Tower with the absolute minimum possible party size.

This final fantasy was my introduction to the series almost 25 years ago now. It has been my favorite ever since.

Gosh, I always tear up at the scene when Searching For Friends plays for the first time.

Dude I'm still impressed with Kefka's voice acting that's all I'm gonna hear everytime I play FF6

This game would be mind-blowing if remade like FFVII!! Also, Chrono Trigger should not be forgotten....

Terra's theme is honestly my favorite theme of the whole series. Also FF6 is the greatest Final Fantasy game in my humble opinion.

Did you see Shadow's story? If you sleep at any inn you have a 50/50 chance to trigger a dream (8 times) that tells Shadows backstory. Some people even think his story is linked to Kefka's (not cannon), but people either love or love to hate that theory. Either way the dreams are worth seeing as it reveals who he is, was and it links him together with another of your own characters as well (cannon).

Glad you loved it. As I mentioned FF6 is very beloved title and was really revolutionary when it came out back in the day, but when it came to FF7 they wanted to go really big. I'd say the best version to play it is either on pc with mods that fix issues or emulate it. The port suffers from the same problem KH1 had where they lost the source files for the game and all they had was a version made for PC by outside studio full of problems. Only unlike KH1 they couldn't rework it so as a result we have a really buggy port, with og incorrect translation that was done by 1 guy in either a week or month. Story of creating FF7 is a interesting one because at some point every game they were making was gonna be FF7. It originally started it's development on snes and we actually have one screenshot from that version of the game that has a blond character standing next to a inn in a high fantasy village, but at some point in devlopment of FF7 had to be stopped and they started to work on Chrono Trigger instead which also at some point was FF7 and I highly recommend checking it out. After they were done with Chrono Triger they restarted the development for FF7, but this time they knew it was gonna be 3D so they made a small demo with charcters of FF6 in 3D space fighting a golem. You can check it out if you want it's called FF6/FF7 on n64. And as I mentioned it was gonna be on N64, but that presented a problem since they wanted to do much more with 7 that they couldn't do on Nintend. After CEO of Nintendo at the time told them they are not gonna use CDs for N64, Square ended their relationship with Nintendo for a good while and went with playstation instead. With new tech and money from Sony they could go all out, but they still didn't know what the game is gonna be about. This is where things get really interesting. Skaguchi's idea was a game set in 80s new york following detective Joe investigating a terrorist group. This later got reused for Parasite eve, another classic. Kitase's plan eventually turned into FF8 and Toriyama was already planning FF13 back then, and even Xenogears( same creator as Xenoblade) was gonna be FF7 at some point. Things changed when Sakgauchi just came in and decided that Nomura is gonna be working on FF and left, because at some point they were deciding if he was gonna be designer for Xenogears instead, but Sakaguchi liked Nomura. Nomura not only came up with designes for the characters, he also came up with stories about his characters. They liked his ideas so they gave his ideas to Nojima (the writer of all the main line ff games going forward including 7remake and KH1 and KH2, aside from stuff done by CBD3). and Nojima combined it with ideas from Sakaguchi's pitch and started to craft the story of FF7 that we know. Having said that FF7 just like every other FF was a group effort. Everyone involved was important and did their jobs. One of the biggest props to Uematsu for the music because trying to make the music this time around was really tough for him so make sure to appreciate it well. Now while FF7 was the game that changed everything some old fans didn't like it because it was a way bigger shift then 6 and for while Cloud was called anime edgelord, but as time passed people who did like it were able to voice their opinion and it gained this universaly beloved status, now being one of the best games ever made.

this is my alltime fav rpg glad that it still gets the attention it deserve.

Fuck this game still slaps so hard, needs a fucking remake like yesterday. Best FF by far.

Wow I had no idea the pixel remastered overhauled the opera scene like that. That was beautiful. Edit: 39:34 in the original Japanese, after asking Relm’s age, Edgar says “Yeah, that’d definitely be a crime……I better just forget about it”. It’s not much better, but at least he knows it’s abhorrent behaviour, I guess? 🤷 There’s really no good way to translate a whopper like that 💀 Double edit: If you’re playing through FF14 side content rn then I won’t spoil too much, but it has some really nice homages to FF6. I’m looking forward to your other playthroughs!

Since that bit was cut from the video, I wonder if you found out why Sabin recognized that coin they used to trick Setzer, it's one of my favorite story moments of the entire game

Wow, you’re playing my favorite Final Fantasy sprites (before they went 3D) 🥰 I always love how they went apocalyptic in the last act of FF6. I hope you’ll play Chrono Trigger too, that’s my most favorite game in the 90’s 😍😍😍

Thanks for the video, was a blast! I wish more streamers had it in them to make edits like this.

Man how did I miss this upload? Now I have something to watch for the morning. Loving this series so much and your enthusiasm is so infectious. Can’t wait for more to get uploaded 👌😌

Still my favorite of the series after all these years and it's great that the pixel remaster collection has finally been confirmed for Switch and PS4 though it sucks that Xbox is losing out on that, really hope that changes.

Yess been waiting for this one, FFVI is an amazing experience

2:00 lol never imagined the soldiers w that accent. I had to laugh.

“Pride! They unleashed Pride! The leftists are taking over!” Nearly spit out my drink.

A remake with expanded lore would be amazing. I grew up with this game and it was always my fav. Though nowadays I just feel I want to know more about these characters and this world. Stuff like Kefka before going crazy, and more details on the War of Magi.

It's very good to hear what your thoughts are when you appreciate the music.

The remastered music in this one is phenomenal!

FF6 is the best mainline final fantasy.

"that blue hedgehog again, of all places!" Lmao 🤣

I love ff6 and your reaction to it...GREAT VIDEO

Im so happy I found your channel

something that stitches a lot of FF titles together is that undead can be killed with white magic Cure, Raise, and Phoenix Down. A single use of the item will kill the Phantom Train. Back when it was just Square Soft they did a tech demo on the PS1 with a 3D FF6 fight animations they then tried to do the same with N64 tech but after finding out it would take 50+ cartridges they skipped out on Nintendo and did FF7.

Final fantasy 6 best game I have ever played

Been going through your vids of the FF series and they have been so fun to watch! Glad you are enjoying yourself! Many folks have mentioned to play Chrono Trigger (fully support) But I want to throw in Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2 ) as well. It was originally meant to be FFIV, and even Chrono Trigger at one point. I consider it to be a hidden gem. You could also play it multiplayer on the Super NES (which seems to be a bit of a secret that few people realize). I would recommend the original version and not the buggy hot mess of the remastered version on Steam. I'm excited for more of your videos! :D

Legitimately great instincts on the Locke voice, scared the shit out of me.

You didn't suplex the train what???

18:16 those desperation attacks are OP every character has a unique one and has a small chance of happening if they have critical health.

You are criminally underrated man!! Big L to those who don't give your channel a chance for one reason or another and thank you for playing FFVI, one of my fav rpgs of all time

Sabin and Edgar are now canonically Yorkshiremen for me forever.

Thanks for the playthrough. I agree with you that Final Fantasy 6 will make an awesome remake. I've been hoping for that for couple of decades.

Super!!! Let's dive in, love this game.

I played this game for the first time in 1994, and to this day, Terra's theme and the ending always make me emotional. I love Final Fantasy VI so damn much.

I can say that this game is my top 1 ever, there'll never be any game that can make me sob like I did when I first ended it.... such raw emotions coming out, the history, the character development, the music, the frustration from the battles, excitement winning from a hard boss or a difficult monster.... everything was well conducted till the end, and when you play and get attached to the characters, you can see them growing together and become something special, sentimental feeling

I never noticed how weird Edgar was when I played this game as a kid 🤣

maaaan this game had soooo much you could do specially in the 2nd half of the game when trying to get everyone to join, shadow is a neat one hope you learned about it ahead of time lmao

Holy crap you actually got to see a desperation attack, nice!

Oh no... You killed Cid XD Man this is still my favorite FF.

Hi new to channel I just had to say and not sure if it’s been said, but you thought you had heard the intro before, well it’s Terras theme and in ff14 when you get Magi the magitek mount Terra’s theme plays

I've been hoping for a FF& remake since the PS2 era. Hopefully one day it'll be made.

This game, when you look at it retrospectively, is different from the rest. It’s characters aren’t quite natural, but still genuine, almost like an act. Or rather, a play. It’s presentation makes more sense when you look at it that way. Also explains why it shows them playing “as themselves” in the end

28:03 the version that I played didn’t have this angle and there are no voices. The original sound was so funny hahaha! 🙉😂

Now my headcanon is that people from Figaro have a Northern accent :D Also,my favorite foreshadowing moment is Locke suddenly deciding to protect Terra with his life near the beginning because she has amnesia and Terra's like "?" XD

Can you imagine how that opera scene would look if this game got the FFVII remake treatment?

43:14 As I commented before in other playthroughs: This is one of the reasons I love this game that much: *you lose!* It will take centuries for the planet to be able to heal to a point civilization can live comfortably, from an emotional perspective (have the *will* to live, and the *hope* things will get better) to a physical one because the land is a fricking mess that can't sustain them. It doesn't matter that you can kick Kefka's ass later: he already won, he destroyed the world.

I'm kinda worried that you'll miss stuff in final fantasy vii if no one's backseating. There are great story moments that are optional.

You have to play Chrono Trigger it's after 6 before 7 it's a must

6:21 "We're an army of Moogles and we're absolutely unstoppable." ...I mean, besides Moguel I guess.

This one and 7 are definitely the best 2.

ive watched your first time play of ff8 and now this, and speaking about the music, do you keep the music down to avoid copywrite? if so then i understand, but if not then you should turn it up alittle bit sometimes!

You have to play Chrono Trigger and FF8 they're right around FF6 FF7 times I'd love to see you react to those 2 games

1:00:09 phoenix appears in every FF from 3 to 9, then almost every FF from that still. he's even in FFXIV for the summoner.

So glad you played through this. I really don't like the graphics for the pixel remaster for this prefer the original but it's still great

I wonder. Did you suplex the train? That is the most memey meme of all FFVI memes. Sabin can suplex whole train, not only the locomotive lol, he is just so strong.

Did you visit the ancient castle? I didn’t see it. If not, you missed the masters scroll, a relic that allows 4 strikes on a standard attack. Also the esper Odin/Raiden are found there.

What stood to me when i finished that for the first time when I was 10 to 11 is that: You win at the end, but there's no magic healing to the world. All the damage kefka inflicted to the planet is still there, probably forever. There's no back to the status quo on this game

Xenogears would be sick to watch you play as well

My bad if i missed it somewhere among the playlist, but we will be getting superlatives when you finish all the games? Best Game? Best Characters? Best Story? Best Gameplay? Etc.

FF6 is criminally underrated

"I suppose some girls would have felt something from those words. But...not me... I mean, once you go moogle..."

You stuck with that ugly font like a trooper! I had to replace it ten mins into FF1 lol

This game is in dire need of a remake. Not a remix remake but just update the graphics to 3D HD and change NOTHING

Actually this final fantasy was supposed to have a sad ending, but the writers thought that the story was heavy enough already so they decided to recycle it as the ending to another FF game... which you haven't played yet. So yes, prepare the tears for that one :)

How did you play final fantasy 6? Where is it available for purchase?

Wedge and Biggs. Wait. I know these names 😂

Every other Final Fantasy has gotten a remake or upgraded graphics. This game needs a major remake, its so much potential on expanding everyones storyline and making it a bigger world.

I love how your voice can change from masculine to feminine. Also, I love your video reaction.

Did you not play through shadows storyline if you focus on shadow he has like all these dreams sequences that tell all this tragic tale of his past

Top 3 all time rpg with suikoden 2 and chrono trigger.

Can't believe you were dissing the heavensward raid like that. Truly a degen.

Your shadow sounds like Snake lol

This game is a masive jewel. Kefka: Uahahahahaha! See you on remake... uahahahahaha! Salu2

I can say with no ego, Final Fantasy VI is the best Final Fantasy game

I find it funny that you keep saying if they ever remake this while you’re playing a remake of the original original game the SNES version of this game did not have any of the special effects that were shown in here. It didn’t have any voice it didn’t have any of that, all just 16 bit cartridge. This version that you’re playing has act songs in it and shows 3-D visuals that couldn’t be done on the SNES. I’m not even sure where you got this version because it looks really clean. I’m just wondering if they made any edits to the storybecause there’s a lot of stuff that you did in here that I just don’t remember when I played it the original time

did you find gogo or Umaru?

Alexander in Final Fantasy VI????

Why did you skip the ending crescendo?

What version is this, pixel remaster?

So... what would you do after all is ended and you lost everything? This is the message of this game.

"So far, we haven't had a sad FF ending. I'm sure they'll come." SPOILERS, SPOILERS....just so you know, I'm about to spoil some shit, please don't read if you don't want to be spoiled, but: X, XIII-2, XV. END SPOILERS, END SPOILERS...

I'm the main character btw

Very steampunk

So far, nothing beats the SNES original. Yes, there have been some nice sfx updates (and I think some glitches have been fixed?) but the character sprites here are ugly af and most of all, Woolsey's translation is WAY better. His dialogue feels like people actually talking, not like pre-written lines from a game. For example, when General Leo asks the Soldier "You're from Maranda, right?", Leo's next line is "And your family lives there? Fall in battle and I have to deliver the bad news ... What shall I say to them? You have a life to go back to someday. Don't throw it all away for nothing. Emperor Gestahl wouldn't want that." There's so much more subtext here and that tells you much more about his character than the way he's spelling it all out in this version. And that happens throughout the entire game. Same goes for Cyan when he finds his family. In the SNES version he says "D... Dear me... I... impossible! Idiotic!!! We can't forgive this! The empire must pay!" It's so much more emphatic. The lines in this version just sound like they were written for a roleplay game, which at least takes me more out of it. And don't even get me started on the opera!

It may sound weird, but I prefer the original snes soundtrack.

2/10 didnt suplex the train

We can see once again why this game was so influencal in the series. So different from before, yet it remains so Final Fantasy-esque. I still prefer FF7 and FF9 because it's my personal taste, but FF6 is a fantastic game. If you have the occasion, you should try Chrono Trigger, it's also a rpg from the SNES, from the same time period as FF6, and it's my favorite on that console (even if I did the PS1 version, as I did for FF6). Actually the only rpg I find better than CT (personally) is FF7. And CT arguably has the best soundtrack of any rpg I played.

I never want them to remake this. SquareEnix would just make it a button mashing stagger battle. Maybe if they did it as a dark souls-esk game.

Alt right? gotta go...

Is this the "big belly" version of the game?

My top 5 ff games are 7 9 6 8 10

FF5 > FF6