This is why FF6 was so awsome.

There seem to be a lot of people around here who have never played it, so maybe they don't understand why this IS the best FF ever. Watching this trailer will give you an idea, but there is a ton they left out or didn't talk about. They didn't talk about the music at all and barely scratched the surface on kefka or the main characters.

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4831.html

Still, its a good vid. IMO 6 is far better than 7...though 7 was not a bad game by any means. I just felt 7 was very watered down compared to 6. 7 had all the new visuals, but half the substanance.

There seem to be a lot of people around here who have never played it, so maybe they don't understand why this IS the best FF ever. Watching this trailer will give you an idea, but there is a ton they left out or didn't talk about. They didn't talk about the music at all and barely scratched the surface on kefka or the main characters.

Still, its a good vid. IMO 6 is far better than 7...though 7 was not a bad game by any means. I just felt 7 was very watered down compared to 6. 7 had all the new visuals, but half the substanance.

goblaa

There is no "is the best FF". It's subjective, your reasoning for it being the best doesn't detract from others saying they don't think it is. Subjectivity is neat like that.

FFVI is one of the best, but a good portion of that for me is held up in it's nostalgia.

FFVII actually had a pretty unique development system, implemented a sound limit break system (rather than FFVI's random one), and had access to the CD format pushing the music even further. FFVII was NOT just a visual upgrade.

After watching that video it makes me want to play ff6. With the recent news that 3 old dragon quest games getting remade for the ds, i hope ff6 gets remade for the ds or the psp because that's all I'm seeing from square enix lately.

i used to think 7 was the best rpg ever created.... until i went back and played 6. 7 lacks personality and has too many "emotionless empty shell emoface" characters. :(

cooler stuff happens in 6
6 has more interesting characters
kefka is more awesome than sephiroth

i love ff7. but 6 is the best ff by a mile... okay half a mile but6 is still better:D

After watching that video it makes me want to play ff6. With the recent news that 3 old dragon quest games getting remade for the ds, i hope ff6 gets remade for the ds or the psp because that's all I'm seeing from square enix lately.

flipdc5

Final Fantasy 6 was remade for the GBA earlier this year. Which you can play on the DS. I wouldnt expect them to do it again.

[QUOTE="flipdc5"]

After watching that video it makes me want to play ff6. With the recent news that 3 old dragon quest games getting remade for the ds, i hope ff6 gets remade for the ds or the psp because that's all I'm seeing from square enix lately.

killerkop

Final Fantasy 6 was remade for the GBA earlier this year. Which you can play on the DS. I wouldnt expect them to do it again.

FF4 was made just a year prior and is now being redone on the DS in 3d...so i wouldn't count out 6.

But I would rather see 6 redone in 3D on a console like PS3 or Wii using cell shading in amano's style. Like Okami, but to match the artwork of 6.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

There seem to be a lot of people around here who have never played it, so maybe they don't understand why this IS the best FF ever. Watching this trailer will give you an idea, but there is a ton they left out or didn't talk about. They didn't talk about the music at all and barely scratched the surface on kefka or the main characters.

Still, its a good vid. IMO 6 is far better than 7...though 7 was not a bad game by any means. I just felt 7 was very watered down compared to 6. 7 had all the new visuals, but half the substanance.

-RPGamer-

There is no "is the best FF". It's subjective, your reasoning for it being the best doesn't detract from others saying they don't think it is. Subjectivity is neat like that.

FFVI is one of the best, but a good portion of that for me is held up in it's nostalgia.

FFVII actually had a pretty unique development system, implemented a sound limit break system (rather than FFVI's random one), and had access to the CD format pushing the music even further. FFVII was NOT just a visual upgrade.

I don't think nostalgia has anything to do with it really, since FF7 is a really old game and technically you would feel nostalgic about that game as well. I've played both games each around the times of their release and have no bias towards either one, infact I have FF7 sitting right next to me as I type this.

FF6 had a much more memorable soundtrack, whenever I hear Kefka's theme song I get shivers. No other game has had as many memorable music as FF6's soundtrack has.

There were many characters all with backstories all explained in the game, yet it never really took away from the main plot of the game. All the main characters in the game had personality and you never felt that there were any "throw away" characters.

FF7 had the better limit break system, but I preferred espers over FF7's materia system.

The story was one of the if not the best in the series, no villain has ever felt as evil as Kefka.

I always believed that FF6 was the high point in the series.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

There seem to be a lot of people around here who have never played it, so maybe they don't understand why this IS the best FF ever. Watching this trailer will give you an idea, but there is a ton they left out or didn't talk about. They didn't talk about the music at all and barely scratched the surface on kefka or the main characters.

Still, its a good vid. IMO 6 is far better than 7...though 7 was not a bad game by any means. I just felt 7 was very watered down compared to 6. 7 had all the new visuals, but half the substanance.

-RPGamer-

There is no "is the best FF". It's subjective, your reasoning for it being the best doesn't detract from others saying they don't think it is. Subjectivity is neat like that.

FFVI is one of the best, but a good portion of that for me is held up in it's nostalgia.

FFVII actually had a pretty unique development system, implemented a sound limit break system (rather than FFVI's random one), and had access to the CD format pushing the music even further. FFVII was NOT just a visual upgrade.

FF6 althoughnostaligic, doesn't have much bearing on one of the greatest stories ever in an RPG. The coverage on Kefka, although brief, is the main reason why the story is great. Kefka did indeed almost overshadow all the other characters in the game, and it was true that he was just a man, but as just a man, he grew in tandem with the main characters. It made for a far more engaging storyline.

The way the character development was carried in the game made you care for the characters themselves more. The fact that you had to do sidequests to figure out the backstories made it all the more intriquing, and each story was touching in their own way. Many of them tragic, and felt real.

There seem to be a lot of people around here who have never played it, so maybe they don't understand why this IS the best FF ever. Watching this trailer will give you an idea, but there is a ton they left out or didn't talk about. They didn't talk about the music at all and barely scratched the surface on kefka or the main characters.

goblaa

No matter what reason you gave ("because pizza tastes good"), I would still agree with you. FFVI is peerless in the Final Fantasy series, and is probably the archetypal JRPG. You can't find a better game.

Heheh, yeah, 'tis a brilliant game indeed. The best part of it for me was most definitely the characters, Kefka in particular. Who needs a reason to be evil other than a childish desire to blow s**t up? The whole 'rebel against an evil Empire' thing in the earlier parts was pretty cliche though, and has been done several times throughout the FF series, even before FF6.

Gee... I still need to beat this game on the GBA... if I wasn't stumped after the floating continent incident, I'd be done. I just haven't played in a while and forgot where to go. Last I did was that boss battle in the castle underground. Then the castle rose from the ground.

But I do love the characters and think it's great. I haven't played it enough to really say what's better.... However I'm also the guy who likes FF IX over VII... >.>