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I like Legend of Dragoon better

Should’ve remade this one tbh

You mentioned a planets resources. I saw what you did there subtlely referencing Final Fantasy VII and how Shinra was bleeding the planet Dry with their mako energy.

Dis good video.

This is a beautiful, thoughtful analysis!

Great characters, great story, great mechanics, great music... it's simply a masterpiece.

Just did a playthrough of FF6 recently (was on a huge FF tip recently and played through 6-10 back to back lol) and it's probably one of my favorite games ever. Loved all the characters, Strago and his granddaughter included xD. Gonna play through some of the even older FF's probably soon, but now I'm in Legend of Heroes mode, going through the whole series. Anyways, I definitely think this game holds up very well as well. I've played through the game twice and both times Cid died, so I didn't even realize you could actually save him. Gonna have to save Granpa Cid next time.

Great video thanks

Strago had his own sort of terror behind the scenes. He lost his daughter, soon after her husband abandoned her with a baby daughter. So he put everything into his granddaughter, and she became his only hope in the world. And then the world ended and she died. He blamed kefka and tried to go to the Tower of the Magi, a gigantic tower dedicated to Kefka, to try and get the power needed to defeat him all by himself. and he failed, and was taken in by the cultists, only to be rescued from Kefka's nihilism by the voice of his granddaughter, in an instant the veil of kefka's message was lifted away, and he had hope again. "I have a great granddaughter" might be a fairly mundane thing to say, but when you think about who Relm is, and what Relm has been through to get where she is, and how important she is to Strago, not just as a granddaughter but as a bringer of life and renewer of spirit. I blame the translation, they should have given each vocal character a few lines there. Something like "I once worshipped you Kefka, I thought your nihilism was the only path forward because you had already tipped over the world and killed everything I hold dear. But then I heard her voice Kefka, and I knew, there was hope. I have a great granddaughter, and we're here to finish you."

in my Headcannon the moogle you get in the World of Ruin is not the same moogle that you encounter in the very beginning of the game. When I get Mog, I always name him Molulu, which I view as Mog's girlfriend. I just don't like the random "RAMUH MADE ME TALK" that just becomes nothing. It's a much better plot if Mog is actually dead, and Molulu keeps his dancing alive. I have names for all of the characters and a whole other slew of "homebrew" rules for how equipment and espers are equipped, so they all grow into interesting diverse characters based on their espers and equipment.

“Final Fantasy VI is a goddamn masterpiece” I’ll drink to that 🍻

Completely onpoint, and SUCH good video clipping- nicely done.

Firstly, very good video! Liked it a lot! 🎉 I loved this game as a child, it was such amazing time playing it. Now as 28 years old i love and appreciate it even more because i understand it even better now! MASTERPIECE of a game, it will always have special place in my hearth! ❤

thank you, great perspective!

I guess I am the only person who can tell Final Fantasy VI was rushed in development. At least in the end I don't think "searching for friends" in the World of Ruin was intentional; I think developers wanted players to collect their entire crew again and flesh out more of the characters before the end credits but didn't have time. I don't think the "open world" aspect of the WoR was intentional. Still a great game, but sadly it could have been even more.... and we could have seen more backstory of Strago and Relm.

Eeyup. A masterpiece, and like you, it was my first FF, waaaay back in the day, on the SNES. I extol the same virtues you've listed here, regularly. In fact, i credit FF6 for showing me how to combat my depression and abuse, and saving my life. I resonated so much with Terra and Celes, and their scenes.

I always thought Strago's story was about ageism. Everyone think's he's old and useless; just some crazy old man. Then she shows them what he's still capable of. Before the team shows up, his only purpose in life was to care for Realm.

What an absolute masterpiece of video essay. Totally on pair with a masterpiece of a game.

Something I'd like to add about this game's theming and their characters: most of the cast lose their reasons for going and find new purpose. 1. Terra loses her, well, self, her identity. Simply finds a new ones as the "mama" of orphans and is able to keep going. 2. Locke loses his love and once he accepts she is gone, is able love anew. 3. Edgar loses his kingdom and sense of duty, only until he sees Celes and mimics her will that he actually fufills his duties as king and leads his people anew. 4. Sabin never really loses his sense of going forward, but he does gain the respect of his brother. 5. Shadow loses his humanity, and being surrounded by those who are determined to move on, well, depends on the interpretation of the end. Is he faking his death to live anew or giving in? 6. Setzer lives a selfish life until he learns from Celes he can live for others instead. 7. Mog learns he has friends despite losing his world and his people. 8 - 11. Cyan, Celes, Gau, and Strago, you've already touched on. 12. Relm learns that there's more to life than just one's work.

I felt the same when I played this long ago in the mid-90s as a teen struggling to find myself. Since I played it, there has never been a better narrative in any game, book, or movie than Final Fantasy 6. The only story/movie that I felt comes close to the same level of FF6 is Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. LotR had some very profound quotes littered throughout the movie, like the wishing speech Gandalf gives to Frodo in the mines, or when Sam tells Frodo he understands why they have to keep going, despite all the darkness and looming fear of not succeeding (because there's still hope in the world, and it's worth fighting for). Everything you touched on about FF6 is what I love about that game, with 1 piece you forgot to mention: the music. Likely, the best collection of themes in any video game ever made. Probably the saddest moment I felt in the game were 3 scenes: when Cyan has to say goodbye to his wife and child on the train, when Gau confronts his dad who completely rejects him as his son, and when Celes leaps off the cliff after Cid's death. Those were tear-jerkers.

Fantastic. For some reason it took the algorithm years to bring this video this lifelong FF fan. FFIV had always been neck and neck with VI for me, but my love for IV is purely for the nostalgia - the first JRPG I played with a real story. VI always had a far more complex story, and you hit themes I hadn't even thought about. I've loved introducing these to my kids especially through the remasters, and the replays have cemented VI as my favorite. Still, I'd love you to do a breakdown of IV. It sometimes gets overlooked, but it has has some real moments of its own too. Oh, and definitely subscribed.

Synopsis: "Final Fantasy VI is a god-damned masterpiece."

He could have said I have to remain strong in my old age for the people I care about?

sorry, but i always thought the opera scene was entirely irrelevent and has no bearing on character development.

My very first RPG ❤

14:44 That's exactly what I hoped the remake of Biohazard 2 would be. It's something I wished for. Sadly what we got was not it. Sacrificing content and features for story is a bad idea. Capcom should not have removed content from both "remakes."

Thanks, this video made me cry.

"There is no standardized unit for suffering." The milli-Nazi and kilo-Nazi would disagree.

Why are these all sci fi or fantasy

I felt so bad when I accidently let Shadow die.

Father... alive...? h. a. p. p. y.

Having lost two people that I loved dearly in the past 2 years. One through a breakup and a best friend through suicide, this was a really uplifting video. And one of my favourite games from childhood. Thanks.

I thought ff4 was a hot mess of a story. Too dark mostly and over the top heroics, but still delightfully satisfying. FF6 however, is one of the most complete and engaging RPG stories I’ve ever experienced.. They could easily do a live action movie based on this story and it would fill seats in theatres everywhere.

Thank you so much for making this video ❤️🥲

Very touching. This was a damn good review of one of the best games/stories made. Indeed, it's not nostalgia; sure we get to enjoy that as well. But, no doubt, it is a masterpiece, and i'm of the same sentiment, we didn't appreciate it enough back then. FF6 sit's comfortably at the top of my favorite games of all time.

The fact, that unlike other games, there is no main protagonist and every character, has his/her own backstory, personal pain and a reason to fight, is why, we love the game and have a deep connection with the game, the party member, fight not for hatred, greed or revenge, but for love, friendship and hope, this is perfect way to portrait the power of friendship, love and hope, without being to corny and obvious, this makes this game a timeless master piece.

To me, this is the best Final Fantasy game of them all, and beyond that, one of the best RPGs I've ever played. I thoroughly enjoyed your breakdown! This game dealt with so many mature issues so well that the story remains relevant today. Rejecting nihilism and despair in favor of hope and love resonates so strongly because there's never not a need for them in this world. Great video about one of the greatest games!

This game is literally a masterpiece in every sense of the word!💖

And people have the gall to say 7 is better than

I still think its pretty wild that this game had a fully playable moogle party member who was also a dancer. Just something very hilarious to me about running around the world as a spear-toting moogle

I grew up a Nintendo kid, so I was pretty disconnected from the FF series for many years. Then one day, as a teenager, I decided to play a final fantasy game. My emulator only had FF6, so I turned it on and started off. Man, what a banger. I remember playing others after 6 and feeling disappointed. Not because they were bad, but they were just never on THIS level. This game will always have a special place in my heart.

Eh? I didn't work for me - way to easy - Kefka is a wimp for a boss - World of ruin is too depressing ^poor combination

Wad lucky enough to play it on the SNES back in the day... when the internet was non existent - so I wasnt spoiled for who the actual final villain would be. The whole first half - your energy is directed toward this power hungry emperor, who just happened to have a magic jester for a lackey - who earned your hatred even more. But when he goes betrays the emperor because he went mental over seeing his own blood... jaw drop moment. I just started the pixel remaster om the switch a week ago. The game holds up.

This was an awesome video! Wish you were making videos as they're all great! ❤❤🎉

"Suffering is absolute" - Goes on about how she could not see her friends. 🙄

Locke is the main character because of 4 reasons: 1. He is necessary for all the other characters to be able to reach their journey's purpose. He is literally the archetype of The Magician because he actually functions as a psychopomp that guides a person to self-discovery that illuminates what their character was missing for the journey they were on. 2. He has the most transpositional analogy references aka symbolism/representation 3. He lines regarding "Semantics" fulfills a player non-interaction principle where he literally does what he wants without contradiction to his values [since Nihilism has 4 degrees of Initial Aggressor, Prosecutor, Lawyer, Final Judge....& Locke is the Prosecutor of lost treasure that had been judged to not be of enough value to keep on ones actual property, so he isn't actually a thief since he isn't trespassing any lawful territory, including the players] 4. The transposition of needing "Resurrection" is part of developing the player....& Locke STILL has that scene without interruptions FROM THE PLAYER, whereas the player interrupts all the other characters.

Too many spoilers

as someone who only got to play ff6 almost 2 decades after it's initial release, i can assure you it's not nostalgia. I'm not a turn based jrpg type of guy, and this game is for me one of the best games i've ever played and one of those games of my selected list of "if you think gaming isn't art, play this". While ppl were crying with tlou1 gorgeous storytelling and cutscenes, i was tearing in the opera scene, getting inspired with terra's discovery of true love, and melting my heart in tears with the moment everyone declared to kefka their reasons for joy in such a ruined world. I've already played ff10, 13, 7 and 8 at that point, but that sprite based game was something even more impressive and special and even though 7 is a goddamn great game, 6 is my favorite for how it felt i was playing through a big play with a fantastic and epic story. The only jrpg i can tell i felt the same thing was chrono trigger, and if ff6 is comparable to the best rpg of all time... you know is a masterpiece right there

Personally, I think Strago was supposed to be fleshed out a little more. Realm's mother died, maybe during child birth, and her father went to get smokes and never came back. Strago was left looking after a little girl by himself in his old age. He may have blamed her for her mother's death or he was trying to shelter her from the world and never let her express who she really was. Throughout the course of the game he realizes how blessed he is to have her and that his own daughter, Realm's mother, lives on through her. That gives his "I have my special little granddaughter" a little more weight. He's finally accepted his own daughter's death and is looking forward to watching Realm grow up.