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Umaro is such a gem. Umaro + Rage Ring + Zombie Status = Umaro leaps behind himself and throws himself at himself.

I love this. FFVI is so special. It manages to balance heavy and mature subject matter while also giving us gems like Kefka’s ridiculous laugh, Umaro yeeting as his main attack, and of course, don’t tease the octopus, kids!

Nothing short of the greatest video game ever made, to date. Unmatched depth.

It's a classic... Can't go wrong with it at all. Glad you've come around on it!

Ff6 did not introduce the ATB bar. It was present on FF4 and FF5. BUT it was improoved in a way that reflects more on the Spd stat and the haste effect.

Love this game so much. Literally just did an entire play through with students who are twenty years younger than me and we enjoyed it so much. The whole team working together is just a beautiful tale. Never get tired of this game.

Great video covering all of the important things! Music is what I am drawn to with these games, so it is always neat to get your take on that section of them as well!

The way FFVI would surprise me as a player by always being surprised by shifting point of view into a different character (including Maduin, Leo, Mog, etc), even from the first moments when you're only barely in control of Terra, and then suddenly you're Locke, have always been so thrilling!

I appreciate your re-evaluation of FF6. The only quibble I have: Kefka is never actually happy, even at the height of his powers. He has a narcissism disorder and he is too isolated to be treated for it. That's one of the deep threads in the story and I certainly didn't understand it at age 12 when the game came out.

If it takes you 20 years to figure out why FF6 is good you might want to reevaluate you life choices.

Fantastic video, mate! You've got me wanting to start it up! (I still haven't started the Pixel Remaster collection 😅)

It's the depth of storytelling and the fact they didn't overlook any of the backstories for its giant roster which is why I consider it the gold standard of Final Fantasy games. Well, maybe Umaro and Gogo are pretty much throw-in characters, but you don't unlock them until well into the World of Ruin that they can't really be fully fleshed out. There was a rumored backstory back in the day for Gogo that she was actually Setzer's lost love in disguise after she crashed her airship during Setzer's backstory reveal. As far as main characters go, I've always considered Terra to be the main for the first half and Celes the main of the second - another reason it's so great. Lastly, a pro-tip for noobs: don't upgrade your Odin magicite to Raiden magicite until you've leveled up each of your characters at least 10 times with it as it's the only magicite which gives a speed bonus upon levelling up.

I never got the chance to play previous FF games. This is a very informative video and glad you made it Eric!!! Still one of my favorite KZfaqrs!

HE FINALLY LIKES FINAL FANTASY VI!!!!!! It's come full circle!!

Thanks for this. Might have convinced me to pick this one up again

Great video man. Seemed to be a fairly impartial take that really gives a good well thought out synopsis of why some of the things in this game are legendary. 👏

I first played FF6 around 2002, just after finishing 5 on PS1. At first I found it uninteresting because it was different from all the FF games I'd played beforehand. It wasn’t FANTASY enough for me. Around 10 years later I gave it another chance and for some reason my opinion changed 180 degrees. Now it's my favorite game up to this day. 9 is close 2nd.

I think most peoples' favorite FF game is the first they play. Mine was VI, and I definitely think it's the best. The story is just SO well done. The characters are all great in their own way. The world is beautiful, and there are unavoidable consequences. I'm glad you were able to replay it and get immersed in the magic! :)

Awesome breakdown of the game, Erek!

I always opt for getting the ragnarok sword so I can bet it at the colloseum for the Illumina (Light Bringer) sword, which is the best sword in the game. You can still learn ultima from using the Paladin shield (uncursing the cursed shield)

As a kid I always thought Kefka's poisoning of the water was the cause of the "World of Ruin". Then I got excess to the game long enough to finally beat it and that's when I found out how the "World of Ruin" actually came about.

You mention you appreciate FF6 after playing previous games and the customiztion in the characters On this there is a thing i like. The previous games, and mostly FFV, fearure a wide range of jobs and skills. FF6 has characters that resemble and use some of them, but also hve hidden ways to be the previous jobs. Edgar and Celes may look like kinghts, but the actual skill of Knights [Cover] needs to be given via a relic A mix of relic gives you the 4 his of the Sshot in FFV Edgar & Mog may use lances, but Jump needs to be given with a relic Mog dancing changes background, which references to Geomancer role from FFIII And more

Basically it is the best at doing the core jrpg stuff. FFVII was flashier but that flashiness did cost it a little in every other category.

I wanna get into FF but idk which to start with?

Try terranigma next you might like it.

I’ll still never understand how this channel isn’t a million sub channel, as always great content and well crafted video 💪🏽

Clarification on the 64K memory thing: Any single song needs to fit into the 64KB ram of the SPC700 sound processor, but that doesn't mean all the samples in the game and all the musical data take up less than 64K. The end boss music is five separate tracks that can use the 64K spc700 ram for more than just one song's worth of data. The sound samples probably take up closer to 300K or so, with some repetition across songs but enough variety to create the massive sound track. I haven't checked how much total space the sound sample dump takes up so I might be off on that guess, but around 10% of the total ROM size wouldn't surprise me.

I've heard FF6 described as the Heartbeat of the Final Fantasy series it might not be most everyone's first game but it's the one that is the culmination (at least for the pre ps1 days) of what they wanted to be.

Enjoyed all of this till 15:50.....then dislike.... unsubscribe. 😂 Seriously, I'm glad you were able to enjoy it now and appreciate it.

We all have our generational preferences, affected largely by life itself. I first played FFI, was enamored with FFII(IV) but never owned it as a kid, and really got into FFIII(VI). By the time FFVII came out, I was starting a family, and FFIX marked the last time I put a lot of time into a FF game for years. Later, I'd play FFX and FFXII quite a bit, but the days of locking myself in my room and binging FF for hours essentially started and ended with III/VI.

Had the same experience with 4. Never could "get" what everyone liked about it.... Until this year I played the Pixel Remaster and BLASTED through it in sheer joy. But yeah... 6 is my favorite EVER... I love this series so much.

I played this one when I was a kid (I'm 37 now). I hope they would make a remake for FF6. This is the best candidate IMO

I'm of the opinion that Final Fantasy VI Ran so that Final Fantasy VII could Fly. Putting the revolutionary 3D leap between the two games, they share several Story Points. Alterated Super Soldiers, Apocaliptic Second part of the story. And so forth. FF6 is very much ignored by the general public to the point I think it realy deserves a Faithful remake. Nice video by the way.

FF7 is great, absolutely. It's seemingly everybody's favorite installment. But FF6 has always been my #1 favorite game of the series. I played it next after 7 when i was a kid. Loved in instantly, and the soundtrack alone makes easy work of giving a bundle of pixels deep emotions

Final fantasy 7, 9 and 10 are amazing and I just recently played 6 and I have to say 6 is now my favorite

Ah thanks for making me feel old. I started with 1 on NES! They're all good. Honestly VIII might be my favorite...

FFVI is honestly my favorite of the FF's.

I played 7, never played 8 or 9. I loved 10! 12 had surprise difficultly spikes

After playing all of them, VI is my favorite. How Terra and Kefka portrayed on PSP Dissidia, only added a great deal to VI.

Thanks for going back to VI because it's the real deal. PS players who started FF on 7 would have missed out a lot on VI. The richest, most majestic and emotional VI was way above 7... and well ahead of time. 7 is awesome but 6 is the epitome of the FF franchise.

The music is really good in 6, but is what it hurts it was Chrono Trigger that game does a bit better. Final Fantasy 6 was good game and it was a good end for the nintendo era of Final Fantasy. I liked the big cast of characters and having to split the party up to get to play with as many as you can. Plus look what followed after Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG.

4 and 6 are still far and away my favorite final fantasy games... I kind of hated 7, it wasn't bad, it had it's moments, but dropping down the 3 characters, the new modern world setting, spending so damned much time in Midgar, it was shocking and terrible after having played 4 and 6. It got better once you left Midgar 10 hours into the game. It finally started to feel like Final Fantasy, but the translation was not good, the story was ok at best. 7 just kind of sucked. It was released with new fancy graphics both on the PlayStation and on PC and got it's name out there. For so many it was their first exposure to the franchise, and it did have its charms, so people learned to like and even love it, and in numbers the previous games never saw. I thought I absolutely loved the FF7R trilogy, but then in Rebirth they made it perfectly clear there's a multiverse, and just... no. I went from thinking FF7R might be my new favorite game in the franchise to realizing that no, it's just mid, again. I absolutely love all the new added depth and the voice acting and the cinematic look and feel of the remake trilogy, but then they went and 7ed it up again and took things too far out into left field. I would give anything to see 6 get a good remake, with the added depth and expanded scenes and new cinematics and musical performances by a live symphony and have it all be voice acted and whatnot, but now I'm worried they'd do something dumb like add a multiverse to it as well and ruin the experience. FF6 is one of the earliest examples of art in the video game media, and it's still pretty widely recognized as the pinnacle of the series even while ceding to the popularity of 7.

Ff6 or 3 as i knew it as a kid is my favorite/personal vote for best game ever made adjusted for inflation.

Up until Emet Selch in Shadowbringer Kefka was my #1 FF villain

4 was famously know for ATB. With FF6, among other things, the complexity of the story at the time was unprecedented. And the good guys lost and the least expected guy became God. And in an apocalyptic wasteland, they found each other and KILLED GOD

SNES FF3 is the unsung hero of the franchise. FF7 is obviously the most iconic of the franchise and a lot of fans didnt start playing until after FF6. Even though some went back to play FF6 after the remastered version, they'll never have the full experience of what that games was like during its time. IYKYK, SNES FF3 is the best FF in the franchise and the imo ff10 is the closest thing to it.

FFVI (as Final Fantasy 3) was my first RPG ever. My life has been significantly altered by having played it.

Turn Ragnarok into a sword.. learn ultimate from the cursed/paladin shield..

Ff6 should definitely be an anime. Its that good.

You've learned nothing if you still thing FFVII is the goat...

It's a truly great game....that I don't really like playing at all anymore. It has so much going for it, story, world building, music, character design, and it just oozes pure inspiration (sorely lacking in so many modern games)----but mechanically it just wears me out.

"What the heck is about FF6?" Answer: FF6 is the best FF. :)

You’re missing out, XIV is a love letter to FF fans and is fantastic

1:33 ...Terra Brainford?🤣

My favorite game off ALL time. I would say chrono trigger is the best game of all time.

Just wait until the realization hits that FF7 is just a retelling of FF6...

You knew you were wrong this whole time…..but you just didn’t want to admit it

FF6 is the best, i love it ❤

Didn't like FFXII... but liked... FFXV and FFXVI?? No wonder you thought FFVI was bad, lol.

After just replaying this for the first time in many many years and......its not that good. Im sorry but it's all hype. The characters are dull, Kefka is joke and....it just didn't do anything for me. Especially after going through 1-5 right before it. Its very very average.

Thumbs nail shows ff3

15 is horrible and 16 is Devil May Cry. It's not a FF game. Play Type-0 instead of 15

Kekfa is the most overrated villain i hate him and i find him annoying Kuja was better

I love how this game, which is my favorite by the way, switches the main character halfway through. The other thing I really like is that if you've never played it before, you are preparing to fight the emperor thinking that he is the main boss only to get there and have them backstabbed by kefka. this game is so good and I can never stop talking enough about it.