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[KaiserDragon]

Ok iv been thinking about posting this for quite some time and thought now was a good as time to do as any.

I think Final Fantasy VI is overrated.

Yep I said it I personally like the game alot but obviously im missing somthing here, Kefka for example... he doesnt seem very menaceing and I cant stand him... I have always thought evil was supposed to be tempting but I just cant seem to like Kefka at all.

I really dont see how this game can be so popular... dont get me wrong though I enjoyed playing it (completed it 3 times) but I honestly dont see why so many people make this game out to be gods gift to RPG players which no one has come out and said but meh its the feel I have about it.

I dont expect many people to agree with me but I thought I would just share my feelings with you.

Note: if I made any grammer or spelling errors please dont be compelled to point them out to me, surely you understand what I meant and feel its kinda lame and pedantic to do a "[word]? dont you mean [correct word]" Thankyou very much.

[Flying Mullet]

Whah! Overrated! Blasphemy!

Actually, I'm not surprised that some people find it overrated. Just like any game, there will be a specific audience that will love it unconditionally(myself included) and there will be others that never understand why some people love it so much.

I do think that part of its status in the RPG world is from the age when it came out. Compared to a lot of games today, it doesn't have anything new to offer, but at the time it came out it was cutting edge and very immersive. I know a lot of my love for it is nostalgia, but that's okay. I like having an old friend to hang out with from time to time.

[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.

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!

Coupled with the largest cast of characters, each with their own back story, and it's a highly enjoyable game.

I'd just like to know, outside of actual final fantasy forums, where have you ever heard anyone praise FFVI as being truly amazing?
I love the game, it's prolly my favorite FF game, but for me to actually play through it again... there'd need to be more than just another port of the game. I played the GBA version for the special dungeons.

THE JACKAL

[Roto13]

It was the best thing ever in 1994.

[KaiserDragon]

I can say yes it was the straw that broke the camels back but I had been thinking about posting it for some time, and tbh I dont like haveing a shed load of characters but meh thats just me.

Agreed I dont find any fanboish comments but I dont really see what the attraction is to make it out to be the best game ever... I enjoyed Final Fantasy IV ALOT more the Final Fantasy VI.

[Egami]

And the mome rath Roto13 outgrabe

It was the best thing ever in 1994.

Indeed and it remains one of the best things ever today.

And the mome rath KaiserDragon outgrabe

I dont like haveing a shed load of characters but meh thats just me.

Well, Chrono Cross and Suikoden II have a shed load of characters. I don't think that FF VI has that many compared to those . Besides, I felt that the game did a good job in making you use most characters like for example in the dungeons where you have to set up two or even three parties to get through it or in the scenarios where members of your party become separated and meet up new allies.

[Flying Mullet]

No need to double post Egami. If you have something else to add, use the "edit/delete" button.

[Bolivar]

Like Kaiser Dragon, I've completed the game 3 times, gotten at least half way twice, enjoyed it thoroughly, but am still puzzled as to how it gets paraded around the internet as the masterpiece it has become. I can think of maybe ten 16-bit RPG's off the top of my head that I would say are fairly to alot better, 2 of which are FF's.

For one, its cast of characters is near-disgustingly over-appraised. I couldn't tell you how many times someone has proclaimed every one of them to be "deep", (especially when compared to later FFs) when I have to say they are all paper thin with many of them having some of the most unbelievable character-archs I've seen in RPGs.

Not to mention Kefka. He's probably the least effective villain I've encountered in an RPG. The game gives no reason at all as to why he seems to know more about Phantom Beasts/Magicite/The 3 gods of battle than anyone else. Ironically, fans of the game like to use his lack of backstory or even detail as proof of him as being a good villain.

The Esper/Phantom Beast system is also one of the most disappointing in the entire FF series. It has no implication on statistics at all, save when you level up, and it only gives characters spells, which is fairly inappropriate when, traditionally, most jobs don't use MP.

Other battle mechanics spoil the game also. Characters like Edgar, Shadow, Cyan, and Mash all have abilities which can be spammed at no cost (save Shadow's inventory of near-costless shurikens) in order to defeat huge waves of opponents. Not to mention that all except 2 characters can learn the -aga class spells and Ultima (and might as well during the course of the game) takes pretty much all of the strategy out of it.

The ATB also wasn't anywhere near as well-timed as it was in the games that sandwhich it (V and VII). Some disagree, but in my experience I spend alot of time with all of my characters on full waiting for the next animation to finish so I can have one character's fill up again. It effectively regresses the game into a turn-based RPG.

While I consider FFVI to be a "good" game, it really isn't that "great" to me, and I would probably rather start a new game of any other FF before it.