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[Yaridovich]

Do I think VI is great? Yes.

Is it my favorite? No.

I think it has one of the best stories in the series. The music was really good, and disagreeing with Bolivar (which I AM allowed to do here, k?! ) I thought the ATB was actually really good. Not X-2 good, but good. I liked having the ATB constantly running (on Active), which in others even when Active is on the bar will stop as actions are executed.

VI was actually really fun for me. I've played it bunches of times but I have yet to actually "replay" it. I've only beat it once, but I have started the game like fifteen times.

Yes, various elements of the game can be exploited such as the esper system and even the Vanish/Doom trick. But I enjoy micromanagement dealing with my characters, (that's like the only reason I play Final Fantasy Tactics.) and I like to see growth.

Plus, the game was beautiful to look at, especially enemies in-battle images. And even still, it's a great addition to any GBA/DS library in my opinion. A great RPG on the go.

I don't know that it's overrated, because I only hear people talk about it here, whereas I think VII is overrated and I hear about it everywhere. But then again I know someone's going to bitch about that too, so I'll stop talking about that now.

I'd probably give the game an B+. It's not perfect, but I mean come on, it's from 1994 and it's now 2008. It did it's job and added its worth to the series (see VIII's Junctioning System, IX's Ability System.)

I think I'm going to go play VI now. Well, maybe after I finish IV-DS.

[Bolivar]

Originally Posted by Yaridovich ^

I don't know that it's overrated, because I only hear people talk about it here, whereas I think VII is overrated and I hear about it everywhere. But then again I know someone's going to bitch about that too, so I'll stop talking about that now.

Disclaimer: Non-bitching post!

I just wanted to point out that in this thread and its sister one, I think we need a distinction between "overrated" and "overrappreciated". The topic at hand is not how many people discuss something (attention is not always a good thing), but what praise it gets from the people who do have something to say about it.

Other than that, good post, I will agree that VI did have phenomenal music. Even simple pieces like Rachel forever can bring you to tears.

[Kenshin IV]

Originally Posted by ljkkjlcm9 ^

lol
this thread was clearly made because someone said in the FFVII is overrated thread to come to the FFVI section and say it was overrated.

Yes it was!

Originally Posted by ljkkjlcm9 ^

Either way, Kefka is well liked because he's just insane. Kinda like how the Joker is just insane in The Dark Knight. They even look similar!

Exactly right! More than just being clowns, they're both raw forces of evil. No rime or reason for it other than sheer enjoyment. The lack of depth in this case is actually what is essential to their greatness. To tack it back even further than the Joker, Kefka is the Loki character, pretty much the inspiration for all scary jesters.

Edit: To add before someone feels the need to point it out, I'm aware Kefka did have a goal in the game. That was plot, I'm talking about character.

[KaiserDragon]

I dont know about you but I find the reason 'just because' was kind of lame on Squares side... it shows (to me at least) lack of thought or maybe lazyness, if they went to all the trouble of making characters with 'Deep' storylines then why leave this blight on 'the best' of the series.

[Marky Tee]

it would have been a lot better if the playstation version wasnt so feckin slow

[Egami]

Originally Posted by KaiserDragon ^

I dont know about you but I find the reason 'just because' was kind of lame on Squares side... it shows (to me at least) lack of thought or maybe lazyness, if they went to all the trouble of making characters with 'Deep' storylines then why leave this blight on 'the best' of the series.

Spoilers...

In Kefka's case I think that the principle "absolute power corrupts absolutely" applies. He started as a loyal servant of the emperor, even if his ways were inhuman, unlike that of General Leo. He poisoned the water because he wanted to get rid of the people who "gave rise to the returners". He burns figaro castle because he wanted to recover Terra, a woman that belonged to the empire, which Edgar and Locke hid there. But later he starts to become obsessed with the power of Magicite and starts to claim their power for himself and becomes obsessed with it to such an extent that he ends up killing anything that gets on his way, including the very emperor who he served at first.

Having an absolute and destructive power now, all that he can do is use it to destroy the world around him. As the dialogue before the last battle shows, he felt that human life was meaningless, that it was a waste of time because people were going to die anyway so he felt that a "monument of non-existence" was better. This reminds me of Seymour's idea of ridding Spira of it's sorrow by destroying it.

[Roto13]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Kefka lost his mind to the experiments that gave him the ability to use magic. After that he was a complete sociopath. Nothing that happened in FF VI corrupted him. He was corrupted already.

Kefka is insane. As in, completely bat insane. He hates everyone and wants them all to suffer and die. He's not like Ultimecia or Kuja who are just scared of their own mortality. He's not like Vayne, who wants to manipulate history to free humanity. He's just completely and totally evil. He has nothing to gain from the things he does besides the intense joy he gets from making people suffer.

[ljkkjlcm9]

KEFKA = JOKER!!!!

THE JACKAL