With the re-release of Final Fantasy VI for the GBA (with added content, a new translation, and some notorious bugs and exploits fixed) I figured what better time to talk about this game.
Personally, Final Fantasy VI is up there with my favorite RPGs of all time, and easily my favorite in the FF series. I remember when I bought the game for the SNES years ago and being completely obsessed with it. I always got the sense that there was more to the game and I was somehow missing out on items, weapons, espers, etc. The fact there were about a dozen characters you could get, a handful of whom you can either accidentally or purposely miss getting, was even better. The story, of course, is one of the biggest draws to the game, and is paced and told very brilliantly.
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The transition from the World of Balance to the World of Ruin is one of the most note perfect and chilling parts of a game I've ever played, and I'll never forget knowing that Cid died because I couldn't get the right fish
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There seems to be a generation divide where people either say Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy VII was what got them into RPGs, but for me it was Final Fantasy VI.