I remember playing with my brother, having only Terra left with very little HP. We were sure we'd have to try this fight yet again. Terra did one of those "low HP" counter-attacks at it was the final blow :)
It's been a long time since I played it and I don't remember all this at the end. It was the PS1 version I played though, so maybe it wasn't included in that one? Anyway, seeing this is making me want to play it again now. Well, we're in a lockdown and I still have it so ... why not? Sounds like a great idea to me; I love retro gaming.
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I beat this back in the 90s. Sometimes I go back to a game and I can play it again and I've forgotten parts so I get some fun surprises but I know with this game I remember everything too well. It had a big impact on me as a kid
God this game has a DREAM TEAM of developers and creators that have gone on to even create there own major franchises like Xeno and Kingdom hearts. You just have to realize how this game was helmed by so many legendary figures in the video game industry. A true labor of love!
trivia: Sakaguchi revealed in an interview that Tetsuya Takahashi designed the Magitek armor for FF6. This means Takahashi had sights already on having mechs in a fantasy RPG already by this point.
Love this ending. Shadow should have been revealed as Relm's father: "Shadow As...Clyde Arrowny" in my opinion! That would have been a shock to see that for those who didn't know their relation.
And then FF6 the after years... 15 years later... Relm is now a world-class artist Terra has now helped the people of Mobliz again Locke now literally collects treasures Edgar and Sabin now occasionally playing the coin toss at part time Celes now works at the opera for a change Cyan now rebuilds Doma Castle and now learns people self-defense Setzer now thinking of his friend and training at the falcon Gogo? Well...he still watches space-time... Umaro is now a royal guard of Narshe Strago is now just practicing undiscovered lores Shadow now shows his real identity Banon now disbands the Returners And...Terra's son... *JAMES*
@@decastar3010 I think strago would be dead and relm regularly visits his grave. Also I think Gogo would be celes' co worker in the opera because he's still mimicking her
Chris Guzman Honestly, a huge part of me wants that to have happened. However, there’s that symbolic part of me that says no. Shadow... he never truly puts his past behind him. Cyan goes through the Dreamscape. Terra learns to love the children. Edgar frees his people, and Sabin reunites with Duncan. Celes’s suicide fails, and she remembers why she lives. Locke finally moves past Rachel. Shadow doesn’t. He can still get nightmares. He still closes himself off. And at the end, that mask never comes off. Clyde died long ago, and as much as I would desperately want Relm and Shadow to reconnect... it doesn’t happen. Relm’s grown. Shadow can’t just say “hey I’m your dad everything’s fine now”. I think Shadow was scared of reconnecting with Relm. In the end, he dies alone, unwilling to open up again. He truly is the most tragic character in FFVI, and it’s filled to the BRIM with tragic characters.
Actually if you change their names it will say the name you chose as Shadow. The idea is that the player can "cast" their own protagonists for each part, since this game was meant to play out as a musical/opera.
yeah, that annoyed me a little. like all the flying around and eye candy was cool, but, couldnt we have gotten a little epilogue on what the characters were up to after everything? maybe a little speculation on how this broken world can start to heal itself now that Kefka is gone? idk, felt a little empty.
9:26 -- I always choke up a bit at Terra's part. She's the character we've known the longest. She's come the furthest. And her ending is the most bittersweet, as she has to say a final goodbye to her father.
It really is sad, depressing, and heartbreaking. I am glad Lady Terra has the power to make a difference, bring balance to the world, and restore everlasting peace so there will NEVER be any more war.
Recently went down a rabbit hole on his backstory.. and apparently he stays behind as the tower comes down. He stopped running from his guilt and was letting death catch up to him. Hes not on the airship on the scene afterwards either. Gives a whole other level of heavy/beauty/tragedy to the ending
They made a fantastic job with the music integration in this whole game. Terra's theme being the overworld theme and the intro one, Setzer's music being used as the airship music (obviously) and the fact that the entire 2nd part of the ending is just a variation on his theme makes so much sense. As well, Locke's theme is the music used in all the multi-party battles in the game, since the first one in the Narshe caves is all about Locke and the Moogle protecting Terra. The Figaro's castle background music is Edgar and Sabin's theme. Locke's theme and Rachel's music are actually the same melody, but different takes. Celes takes here theme from the Aria at the opera. And the fact that Celes and Locke's themes orchestrate together at the end is genius indeed.
@@sebastienducroz6874 this game literally is like an opera like wagner's ring cycle where each character has their own leitmotif and there hasn't really been any other games made that have achieved this degree of cohesion and continuity.
I cried tears of joy when I beat this as a child in the early 00s because it took me multiple tries on multiple new cartridges to beat. My best friend and I did it together. I cry tears of happiness now remembering those memories that this game gave me.
When I was about 14 I tried buying this game. I lived in a country where getting some SNES games was difficult. Long story short, I couldn't. Never got to play it until I was an adult, despite me always wanting to. In my twenties I got the emulator, but life got in the way and I had to make a long pause from playing and never finished it. I tried again a few years later and something similar happened. Finally, I bought the pixel remaster from steam a month ago. I finally finished it at 42 years old, today. And now I feel it was worth every damn second of it.
Except for shadow, he lets himself die for no reason and his "family is nice to have" dialoge doesnt make sense since he never talked with Relm to have something happen on him to make him say that. His character and backstory is really good but the end result is done badly. Other than that yeah
@@Rustycube88Yes, it's pretty sad but I guess he didn't do it so as not to hurt poor Relm. Strago sure hid his past well. I have a crazy theory that GoGo is baram (they are the only ones who don't make it out alive) very sad.
I love that the villain of this game is basically nihilism incarnate. The heroes are literally fighting for the proposition that life is worth living. I love how in the ending we see life-affirming visuals like Katryn giving birth, the once-barren wastelands giving rise once again to endless green, Sabin protecting his brother and Relm carrying her beloved Grandpa on her back. I absolutely love the moment when Terra lets her hair down. She's decided where she wants to be, and who she wants to be, and the rest of her life is hers to live, from that moment on. Final Fantasy 6 is a masterpiece.
Oh Celes is the second protagonist in FFVI.. If FFVI-2 exist, Celes should be the second main protagonist like Serah and Yuna and Ceodore in their own game.
This this right here my most favorite game ever. I can play it over and over. I was 14 when I beat this bad boy back in 94. When I die this whole ending will be played and I will be buried with a copy of ff6.
1+. Finished this game when I was 16. Probably the most important piece of media in all of my life. A monument to human creativity from technical development to artistic execution.
I finished Final Fantasy 6 a couple months ago for the first time going in completely blind, and every time I return to this cutscene I genuinely start crying. The characters in this game are so well developed that I genuinely feel the emotions in the scenes. The characters are all so unique but also flawed in their own ways. They're written so well they feel like real people, and the game's willingness to touch on dark topics helps add to that. You really feel like these characters have overcome a monumental force at the end. This cutscene is a culmination of this game's incredible storytelling, showing you how each character has grown. The music is perfection here and adds so much to the scenes... The way Locke and Celes' leitmotif join together gives me chills... and the way the Relm's motif transitions into Shadow to hint at their connection. The way the track goes so quiet then let's out the melancholic melody before showing what Shadow does literally brings me to tears every time I see it. Watching him sit amongst the wreckage of the tower telling Interceptor to go while the music builds. This is what truly incredible storytelling is like. The way this game continually builds these characters throughout the story and it all culminates here, showing how they're coping/feeling with all they've experienced. Some handle it all better than others, but at the end of the day that's what makes them so real. Not all of them are okay with what's happened to them. I think this ability to be grounded in reality and showing the grittiness of the real world is what sets FF6 apart as being one of, if not, the greatest RPG ever made.
This is not only my most favorite Final Fantasy game, but one of the games I treasure the most in all of gaming history. Next to Super Metroid and Shenmue.
LOL I just did that on my playthrough earlier today. Terra, Celes and Cyan are my top contenders for 'finishing blow' but that's a good idea with Shadow.
Growing up playing this game, that line didn't really mean anything because I only knew Locke's backstory based on mandatory story sequences, so I had never really seen his flashback until I was older. Now it hits me hard every time.
I played it a few months ago and the first five FF4 games were good but this one blew them out of the water so hard I was shocked at how much of a masterpiece it was
@@plugshirt1762 FF4 is the king of classic, FF6 is where thing start to really be the FINAL FANTASY the classic is just mostly common Hero journey to save the world theme with a hint of technology in some title
Final Fantasy VI, despite the release of many great JRPGs in the 20 years it has been out, is still firmly in my top 5 RPGs of all time. Till this day, the ending always makes me smile with nostalgia.... truly a masterpiece!
True story....I imported this game from america through a game shop in the UK back in the 90s. I played it with a converter cartridge and loved it. When I got to the end credits, the screen went black with the music still playing. After putting so many hours into it...was gutted. Must have been some issue with the converter cart. I went back to the shop and the owner let me redo the end battle and watch it on her US import SNES. Took ages to watch it and she was getting impatient at the end...lol. superb game though. They dont make games like this anymore.
I cried to complete it, every time I see it, I get the joy and peace that is at that end, in all your adventure you lived and gave. More with the song of THE END. I love FF SAGA
All these years later... and I _still_ can't unsee Edgar flipping us off. This ending is beautiful, but in that one moment; I always fail to hold back a giggle.
Never once have I or since felt part of a living story like I did when I played this beautiful game. And no matter how many times I’ve played it over nearly three decades I still get misty eyed at the ending when the book mentions the player as being part of this story.
After 3 months of playing this game and beating it for the 1st time, I'd says it's the best game I've played. It can make you cry. I wish I can play it again.
This ending always makes me cry but right now its all of the comments here that are really getting me. Thank you everyone u are all amazing to have the capacity to appreciate this masterpiece on such a deep level This game means soo much to me!! 🙏🙏🙏
This feels good and “nostalgic” to watch again because you were a more creative, passionate human back when you first experienced this story. It’s characters , their struggles and relationships felt real because you cared more about what you could create and less about how to get by in a corporate capitalist drone world. Remember this: you can still dream and be bold and inspire, but you need to start with the inner child you have in there. You got this.
This ending always gets me. This is my favorite game ever. The ending is the best. Especially with all characters. Best soundtrack, best story, best Final Fantasy. Hands down, no argument. Best game ever. First game to ever make me cry. Phoenix scene with Locke and Michele, and you'll see. Absolute gold. FF7 isn't even close.
It's horrible how the mobile/steam version ruined the timing of the music in this scene(and the opera) and Square never bothered to even attempt to fix it. People justifiably rag on that version's visuals, but it fails even to capture the essence of even the most basic things from the original.
I finished this game for the first time this year after years of starting the game and putting it off, and I'm genuinely super upset with myself for never finishing this game until now. An absolute masterpiece, what a perfect sendoff to this game.
Actually, he largely ripped off a classic film about the Titanic called "A Night to Remember" (1958). Some of the scenes, camera shots, dialogue, and (fictionalized) characters are directly copied from A Night to Remember, which itself is a superior film in many ways.
a true masterpiece i am sick of people overfucking rating 7 and making shitty sequels instead of this beauty who doesnt need sequels or anything like that, this is just damn perfect
WOW! What a masterpiece. I played this on the SNES Classic and decided I'd give it a go out of curiosity. I have never played a Final Fantasy before but I am so glad this one was my first. I fell in LOVE with the game and was so invested in everyone and it's epic story. I'm so impressed it holds up spectacular considering how old it is! When the credits rolled and went by everyone we met and played their themes, I'm not gonna lie, I seriously got teary eyed. Bravo, just bravo.
I can say that this one got the most touching and epic ending of all endings! I would love to have Terra and Celes scenes more and by the way... When will the game devs let Terra have her significant other aside from Locke and Celes ship??! I wonder who might be..😉😉😉
I played the scene of Terra and Leo last night. Leo mentioned Terra being young to know love. He sounded warm to her. So yeah...I shipped Terra and Leo that moment.
This is the weirdest and dumbest nostalgia/modern games bad comment I've ever seen. Modern games don't have long endings? Wtf? Having an ending that takes half an hour to play out isn't what made FFVI's ending good.
I'm here because of this tweet. "Hironobu Sakaguchi said that he added a scene of a child being born to the ending of Final Fantasy VI because of the birth of his daughter"
I agree with the Relm part, but Shadow is very oftentimes in my final group. Gogo also used to be because I thought he was just the best as a kid because of his versatility, and while I still like using him to fill in any gaps my final parties may need, I usually plop him near the bottom for the final battle.
I used to debate all the time that Relm is secretly the strongest character in the game. when recruited her base stats start so high, so if you level her up with the right magicite she becomes a near god.
Shadow throw is overtuned since you don’t need to worry about hoarding items with no New Game Plus. You can just throw everything you’ve got for insane dmg!!
11:11 First time i played this i didn't wait for Shadow because I didn't know. I didn't know dammit its all my fault. The song was like a reminder I killed him :(
My #1 all time favorite game. The way watching this takes me back to when I was a kid. It's such a unique feeling that you don't get that often. It's a wave of emotions. Reading these comments it's amazing how many people this game has touched.
I'm 37, I'm a product of rape and I've been through more abuse/death/divorce than I'd like to admit... Why am I crying so much? ...I think I just need a hug.
This piece of art is a great validation for life, this game helps us feel more human, and when we are are tired of the world we can retreat to this high fantasy, which gives us the catharsis we need to cope with life hardships. There are many ways to live life and you have to find your own personal way to heal, to let go, to move on. Just like the characters in this game. Hope this helps a little, I too have been touched by this game and its beauty
The last time I played this game was nearly 30 years ago, and I still remember all the music! I really like how the developer used a medley of all the character themes as the ending song
Man, when Terra lets the wind blow in her hair you know the team felt accomplished in their mission to save the world from Kefka. Just another beautiful moment in Final Fantasy history.
am I only the one that thinks this is the probably the best final fantasy in the series? I didn't play7,9 10 or newer, I didn't even play 2, but this is probably the best one, anyone play all entire series chime in?
I try all series and IV and VI is the best for me. Others is good. I love Type-0 but the story is so so dark..and hanging... (Is ***** supposed to be final boss but she is gone)
THE most beautiful story I've ever been witness to, if you played through this entire game when it came out, not even chrono trigger or seiken densetsu compares... Only one word come to mind... Epic.
When i was young i never noticed all the hints the games drop that may be Relm's father (or at least related). From how Interceptor acts around her to same house in one of Shadows dreams. It was until recently that I realized that the character order in the credits is deliberate, and groups those with connects together. Edgar and Sabin, Locke and Celes, and Mog and Umoru. Then they dont but Relm and Strago back-to-back, but instead put Shadow in the middle giving a last piece of a puzzle to contemplate.
One of the best video games ever made- hands down.
The greatest dude!!
It is at least the best FF ever made - and I have played all of them
Agreed!
Along with Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger, and Suikoden II. They're all epic games.
This is one of my favorite video games of all time. Why did they remake FF7 and 8, but not this? It makes no sense.
Man, even watching this as a 34 year old adult who beat this game so many times over already, this ending STILL makes me emotional to this day.
same my dude... same
Let it all out man! There is no shame in it. A work of art like FFVI deserves the emotional reactions it gets for making us FEEL.
I remember playing with my brother, having only Terra left with very little HP. We were sure we'd have to try this fight yet again. Terra did one of those "low HP" counter-attacks at it was the final blow :)
It's been a long time since I played it and I don't remember all this at the end. It was the PS1 version I played though, so maybe it wasn't included in that one? Anyway, seeing this is making me want to play it again now. Well, we're in a lockdown and I still have it so ... why not? Sounds like a great idea to me; I love retro gaming.
ditto 35.. going on 36?. wherw did the time gooo!?
Finished this Masterpiece just a few minutes ago for the first time. What a beautiful ending! It really blow my mind.
I finished the game for the firs time minutes ago, too. I must rewatch the ending.
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@Caspian Allen Instablaster :)
Me today as well
Just beat mine on the Snes mini. Wanted to see if there was a way past "The End." looks like nope. Great game
"And You"
:'(
@Jason Hubred nice
It's 2020 and i just beat this game and saw this ending for the first time today. Truly incredible
I just finished the game. First time I finished a video game the end credits lasted at least 20 minutes.
I beat this back in the 90s. Sometimes I go back to a game and I can play it again and I've forgotten parts so I get some fun surprises but I know with this game I remember everything too well. It had a big impact on me as a kid
what an incredible experience. if only I can feel that feeling again I did in the 90s. changed my world
God this game has a DREAM TEAM of developers and creators that have gone on to even create there own major franchises like Xeno and Kingdom hearts. You just have to realize how this game was helmed by so many legendary figures in the video game industry. A true labor of love!
trivia: Sakaguchi revealed in an interview that Tetsuya Takahashi designed the Magitek armor for FF6. This means Takahashi had sights already on having mechs in a fantasy RPG already by this point.
And it's last one Amano originally designed characters. That's him that got me from very first.
whoever made this game is fucking legend even today the soundtrack and story cannot be topped.
Nobuo Uematsu is actually a musical genius. He's already been spoken about among history's greatest composers.
Love this ending. Shadow should have been revealed as Relm's father: "Shadow As...Clyde Arrowny" in my opinion! That would have been a shock to see that for those who didn't know their relation.
And then FF6 the after years... 15 years later...
Relm is now a world-class artist
Terra has now helped the people of Mobliz again
Locke now literally collects treasures
Edgar and Sabin now occasionally playing the coin toss at part time
Celes now works at the opera for a change
Cyan now rebuilds Doma Castle and now learns people self-defense
Setzer now thinking of his friend and training at the falcon
Gogo? Well...he still watches space-time...
Umaro is now a royal guard of Narshe
Strago is now just practicing undiscovered lores
Shadow now shows his real identity
Banon now disbands the Returners
And...Terra's son... *JAMES*
@@decastar3010 I think strago would be dead and relm regularly visits his grave.
Also I think Gogo would be celes' co worker in the opera because he's still mimicking her
Chris Guzman
Honestly, a huge part of me wants that to have happened. However, there’s that symbolic part of me that says no.
Shadow... he never truly puts his past behind him. Cyan goes through the Dreamscape. Terra learns to love the children. Edgar frees his people, and Sabin reunites with Duncan. Celes’s suicide fails, and she remembers why she lives. Locke finally moves past Rachel.
Shadow doesn’t. He can still get nightmares. He still closes himself off. And at the end, that mask never comes off. Clyde died long ago, and as much as I would desperately want Relm and Shadow to reconnect... it doesn’t happen. Relm’s grown. Shadow can’t just say “hey I’m your dad everything’s fine now”. I think Shadow was scared of reconnecting with Relm. In the end, he dies alone, unwilling to open up again. He truly is the most tragic character in FFVI, and it’s filled to the BRIM with tragic characters.
Actually if you change their names it will say the name you chose as Shadow. The idea is that the player can "cast" their own protagonists for each part, since this game was meant to play out as a musical/opera.
@@matabishippuden6965 Gogo would reveal herself as Darill.
This game's ending made me cry... because the game was over, and I would never again find out what happens next.
Bruce Riggs Especially when they play the Final Fantasy theme, since you'll know that it's truly over and you'll never get to see them ever again😢
yeah, that annoyed me a little. like all the flying around and eye candy was cool, but, couldnt we have gotten a little epilogue on what the characters were up to after everything? maybe a little speculation on how this broken world can start to heal itself now that Kefka is gone? idk, felt a little empty.
That's where fanfiction comes in 😁
@@wowno5763 A kid was born, you can see flowers blooming again. Stories have to end at some point, more words would have been useless.
@@usuariofuturista Indeed. Less is more.
This is still the greatest rpg of all time imo.
Agreed. Most FF fans pick between this and FF7. FF7 was very good too, but something about FF6 holds an even more special place in my heart.
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9:26 -- I always choke up a bit at Terra's part.
She's the character we've known the longest. She's come the furthest. And her ending is the most bittersweet, as she has to say a final goodbye to her father.
It really is sad, depressing, and heartbreaking. I am glad Lady Terra has the power to make a difference, bring balance to the world, and restore everlasting peace so there will NEVER be any more war.
That theme hits hard
Shadow's part of the music is GODLIKE.
I came back to find this ending when I heard it in FF14. It brought back memories.
My head hurts
Recently went down a rabbit hole on his backstory.. and apparently he stays behind as the tower comes down. He stopped running from his guilt and was letting death catch up to him. Hes not on the airship on the scene afterwards either. Gives a whole other level of heavy/beauty/tragedy to the ending
@@seanleisse285 Also he his Relm's father...wtf
@@Mugen0445 wait this theme is in 14? Where?
8:34 Celes' and Locke's themes fit together beautifully, just like they do! Another layer of Nobuo's attention to detail.
glad someone noticed it! :'D
Gau theme merged with Celes theme : perfection
They made a fantastic job with the music integration in this whole game. Terra's theme being the overworld theme and the intro one, Setzer's music being used as the airship music (obviously) and the fact that the entire 2nd part of the ending is just a variation on his theme makes so much sense.
As well, Locke's theme is the music used in all the multi-party battles in the game, since the first one in the Narshe caves is all about Locke and the Moogle protecting Terra. The Figaro's castle background music is Edgar and Sabin's theme. Locke's theme and Rachel's music are actually the same melody, but different takes. Celes takes here theme from the Aria at the opera. And the fact that Celes and Locke's themes orchestrate together at the end is genius indeed.
@@sebastienducroz6874 this game literally is like an opera like wagner's ring cycle where each character has their own leitmotif and there hasn't really been any other games made that have achieved this degree of cohesion and continuity.
for me, that's my favorite most and the best part in the ending, in my opinion.
I cried tears of joy when I beat this as a child in the early 00s because it took me multiple tries on multiple new cartridges to beat.
My best friend and I did it together.
I cry tears of happiness now remembering those memories that this game gave me.
AdventInnocence I cried as a 10 year old when I beat this game in 93, when it came out. Helluva game, regardless of age.
this is my second-favorite ff game, after 4.
you're not alone.
I beaten it this year and gave Kefka the middle finger lol
When I was about 14 I tried buying this game. I lived in a country where getting some SNES games was difficult. Long story short, I couldn't. Never got to play it until I was an adult, despite me always wanting to. In my twenties I got the emulator, but life got in the way and I had to make a long pause from playing and never finished it. I tried again a few years later and something similar happened. Finally, I bought the pixel remaster from steam a month ago. I finally finished it at 42 years old, today. And now I feel it was worth every damn second of it.
Man...guess it's time to head back to Seiken Densetsu 3...just turned 41 brother.
Now THAT'S how you end a goddamn video game.
Except for shadow, he lets himself die for no reason and his "family is nice to have" dialoge doesnt make sense since he never talked with Relm to have something happen on him to make him say that. His character and backstory is really good but the end result is done badly. Other than that yeah
@@Rustycube88Yes, it's pretty sad but I guess he didn't do it so as not to hurt poor Relm. Strago sure hid his past well. I have a crazy theory that GoGo is baram (they are the only ones who don't make it out alive) very sad.
8:11 This moment makes me shed a tear EVERY single time. So beautiful. And the way Nobuo Uematsu intertwined Celes's theme with Lock's... brilliant!
Somebody stop the onion cutting!
11:16 Manly tears were shed from this segment 😢😢😢
It seems that shadow is really scripted to die.. how I wish they never killed him off through any means
Shadow was always the MVP in my party and it sure damn hurt to see him go :(
He definitely rode the top down and survived imo
I love that the villain of this game is basically nihilism incarnate. The heroes are literally fighting for the proposition that life is worth living. I love how in the ending we see life-affirming visuals like Katryn giving birth, the once-barren wastelands giving rise once again to endless green, Sabin protecting his brother and Relm carrying her beloved Grandpa on her back. I absolutely love the moment when Terra lets her hair down. She's decided where she wants to be, and who she wants to be, and the rest of her life is hers to live, from that moment on.
Final Fantasy 6 is a masterpiece.
I'm crying and I can't stop crying, help
the transition between Celes and Locke's theme is... just... awesome!
The moment when Shadow's Theme kicks in is what I always wait for in this piece and it never dissapoints!👌
22:25 - Terra: "Celes, come do the Titanic thing with me! ... Celes?"
Celes: "I'm not doing that."
Terra: "Pft. Spoilsport."
She was tired from already kind of doing it with Locke. He said he wouldn't let go as he held her hanging from the edge.
@@randomduck336 Nah that's the Return of the King thing
Titanic was inspired by Celes...FF6 existed before Titanic
Oh Celes is the second protagonist in FFVI.. If FFVI-2 exist, Celes should be the second main protagonist like Serah and Yuna and Ceodore in their own game.
20:14 -- The feels really start when the series' Main Theme / Prologue kicks in.
1:07 - First Part
13:02 - Second Part
20:13 - Classic FF Ending Music Part
The FF game that truly needs a remake
idk man, I think it will always hold up, no matter how many years will pass.
Like a 3d version would be great..
Leave. It. Alone.
This this right here my most favorite game ever. I can play it over and over. I was 14 when I beat this bad boy back in 94. When I die this whole ending will be played and I will be buried with a copy of ff6.
came out shortly after my 12th birthday, one of the best presents I ever got
Or maybe at Darill's.
I just completed the game a few minutes ago. And I love this game also!
1+. Finished this game when I was 16. Probably the most important piece of media in all of my life. A monument to human creativity from technical development to artistic execution.
THAT is an ending
I'm a 40 year old who hasn't played video games since I was in high school. This still gets me genuinely choked up.
I finished Final Fantasy 6 a couple months ago for the first time going in completely blind, and every time I return to this cutscene I genuinely start crying. The characters in this game are so well developed that I genuinely feel the emotions in the scenes. The characters are all so unique but also flawed in their own ways. They're written so well they feel like real people, and the game's willingness to touch on dark topics helps add to that. You really feel like these characters have overcome a monumental force at the end. This cutscene is a culmination of this game's incredible storytelling, showing you how each character has grown.
The music is perfection here and adds so much to the scenes... The way Locke and Celes' leitmotif join together gives me chills... and the way the Relm's motif transitions into Shadow to hint at their connection. The way the track goes so quiet then let's out the melancholic melody before showing what Shadow does literally brings me to tears every time I see it. Watching him sit amongst the wreckage of the tower telling Interceptor to go while the music builds.
This is what truly incredible storytelling is like. The way this game continually builds these characters throughout the story and it all culminates here, showing how they're coping/feeling with all they've experienced. Some handle it all better than others, but at the end of the day that's what makes them so real. Not all of them are okay with what's happened to them. I think this ability to be grounded in reality and showing the grittiness of the real world is what sets FF6 apart as being one of, if not, the greatest RPG ever made.
been playing this game when it came out when i was 13. ish.
only beat it twice
This is not only my most favorite Final Fantasy game, but one of the games I treasure the most in all of gaming history. Next to Super Metroid and Shenmue.
It's nice to see Shadow give the finishing blow on Kefka. It's a perfect way to avenge General Leo.
LOL I just did that on my playthrough earlier today. Terra, Celes and Cyan are my top contenders for 'finishing blow' but that's a good idea with Shadow.
I want Terra to be the finish blow because she is Kefka pawn controlled in the past.. and she want to revenge...
Yeah.. that's what will happen if you chose to wait for shadow
Shadow killing Kefka is extra special if you believe that Kefka may be Baram.
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"I will not let go. I promise"
Damn. Damn! Damn!
I started crying like a baby when he said that line 😭
Growing up playing this game, that line didn't really mean anything because I only knew Locke's backstory based on mandatory story sequences, so I had never really seen his flashback until I was older. Now it hits me hard every time.
*Stands up and claps Orson Wells's Citizen Kane style
The time he said I promise was when Locke's theme played, and sounded so goddamn heroic.
watch the ff6 ending without getting goosebumps challenge
Challenge accepted!
*Does the Kramer walk in from Seinfeld 10 seconds in and slams money on the counter. I'm out!
The moment the first notes hit, I failed the challenge. Let me watch it with the feels! 🤣
I've just done it...Why on earth did not play before?!? Mother of god.....Masterpiece
Better late than never bro!
I played it a few months ago and the first five FF4 games were good but this one blew them out of the water so hard I was shocked at how much of a masterpiece it was
@@plugshirt1762 FF4 is the king of classic, FF6 is where thing start to really be the FINAL FANTASY
the classic is just mostly common Hero journey to save the world theme with a hint of technology in some title
Considering the size of the actual map, that airship just circled the planet like 30 times
I finished FFVI for the first time 30 minutes ago. FFVI is my first Final Fantasy game. I must rewatch the ending. Here I am.
What's the message of the game for you?
I finished now, it was so epic! Now, i see why final fantasy vi is the greatest rpg game!final fantasy vii, i am sorry.
Final Fantasy VI, despite the release of many great JRPGs in the 20 years it has been out, is still firmly in my top 5 RPGs of all time. Till this day, the ending always makes me smile with nostalgia.... truly a masterpiece!
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this ending is still so good, over 30 years later
True story....I imported this game from america through a game shop in the UK back in the 90s. I played it with a converter cartridge and loved it. When I got to the end credits, the screen went black with the music still playing. After putting so many hours into it...was gutted. Must have been some issue with the converter cart. I went back to the shop and the owner let me redo the end battle and watch it on her US import SNES. Took ages to watch it and she was getting impatient at the end...lol. superb game though. They dont make games like this anymore.
The most amazing most epic most incredible adventure is about to begin
those transitions between each characters' theme and sequence needs to be a masterclass of itself.
15:00
The build up and crescendo to Setzer's theme is just epic.
I cried to complete it, every time I see it, I get the joy and peace that is at that end, in all your adventure you lived and gave.
More with the song of THE END.
I love FF SAGA
All these years later... and I _still_ can't unsee Edgar flipping us off.
This ending is beautiful, but in that one moment; I always fail to hold back a giggle.
It looks like the way how he casts spells
Never once have I or since felt part of a living story like I did when I played this beautiful game. And no matter how many times I’ve played it over nearly three decades I still get misty eyed at the ending when the book mentions the player as being part of this story.
Beat that game in 1994 and all the magic moments are still fresh 26 years later. Incredible!
After 3 months of playing this game and beating it for the 1st time, I'd says it's the best game I've played. It can make you cry. I wish I can play it again.
Now THIS is how you end a game. Final Fantasy VI is an absolute MASTERPIECE.
This is the most triumphant ending in FF history.
This ending always makes me cry but right now its all of the comments here that are really getting me. Thank you everyone u are all amazing to have the capacity to appreciate this masterpiece on such a deep level This game means soo much to me!! 🙏🙏🙏
Squaresoft were on their own level back then. But, as everything else, it came to an end.
The clouds/ground/ship scene really pushed to the limit the capabilities of the SNES system, back in the day.
Heck even the book turning pages was enough to push it. It looked really smooth.
@@VGF64-2 I think that's just a looped animation
This feels good and “nostalgic” to watch again because you were a more creative, passionate human back when you first experienced this story. It’s characters , their struggles and relationships felt real because you cared more about what you could create and less about how to get by in a corporate capitalist drone world.
Remember this: you can still dream and be bold and inspire, but you need to start with the inner child you have in there.
You got this.
such an amazing casts best of all FF
The JRPG to judge all other JRPGs by.
Final Fantasy VI is the Standard Definition of RPGs 10/10
This ending always gets me. This is my favorite game ever. The ending is the best. Especially with all characters. Best soundtrack, best story, best Final Fantasy. Hands down, no argument. Best game ever. First game to ever make me cry. Phoenix scene with Locke and Michele, and you'll see. Absolute gold. FF7 isn't even close.
Rachel not Michele.
agreed and amplified
And the whole game is squeezed into less than 4mb of program data. Wow!
If game maker still made a best game but with little mb... I will buy it...
It's horrible how the mobile/steam version ruined the timing of the music in this scene(and the opera) and Square never bothered to even attempt to fix it.
People justifiably rag on that version's visuals, but it fails even to capture the essence of even the most basic things from the original.
I'm glad to know my resentment for that version is even more justified than I thought.
23:58 , that's when you smile and said to yourself. "I did it"
I left my system on and turned the TV off just to show my friends I beat it the next day lol
Best ending ever in a video game
back in the summer of 1995,I used to finish FF6 everyday to enjoy the BEST GAME ENDING ...EVER
i used to invite friends over "check it out this nintendo game has an ending thats 40 minutes long"
Graphics of Mode 7 in the final movie is stunning.
I finished this game for the first time this year after years of starting the game and putting it off, and I'm genuinely super upset with myself for never finishing this game until now. An absolute masterpiece, what a perfect sendoff to this game.
15:00 "Didn't I say it before?! This is the world's fastest ship!" - epic music
9:00 Wait...did James Cameron rip off FFVI for Titanic?!?!?!
Actually, he largely ripped off a classic film about the Titanic called "A Night to Remember" (1958). Some of the scenes, camera shots, dialogue, and (fictionalized) characters are directly copied from A Night to Remember, which itself is a superior film in many ways.
a true masterpiece
i am sick of people overfucking rating 7 and making shitty sequels instead of this beauty who doesnt need sequels or anything like that, this is just damn perfect
its a good opinion filter, never mind them. ff6 is the only ff game i've played and the only one i ever needed to.
One of the best Final Fantasy final scenes
WOW! What a masterpiece. I played this on the SNES Classic and decided I'd give it a go out of curiosity. I have never played a Final Fantasy before but I am so glad this one was my first. I fell in LOVE with the game and was so invested in everyone and it's epic story. I'm so impressed it holds up spectacular considering how old it is!
When the credits rolled and went by everyone we met and played their themes, I'm not gonna lie, I seriously got teary eyed.
Bravo, just bravo.
My favorite part of the ending theme starts at 15:07, the airship song.
The Best Final Fantasy of all.
Goat! Happy 5 years since you posted this! This ending is so great
I can say that this one got the most touching and epic ending of all endings! I would love to have Terra and Celes scenes more and by the way... When will the game devs let Terra have her significant other aside from Locke and Celes ship??! I wonder who might be..😉😉😉
Oddly enough I ship her and Edgar.
I played the scene of Terra and Leo last night. Leo mentioned Terra being young to know love. He sounded warm to her. So yeah...I shipped Terra and Leo that moment.
I don't think Terra needs a significant other. She learns how to love, without needing a romantic way of doing so.
Wow, the new world of balance is a great additive...
I cry every single time I watch this.
All these onion cutting!
Me too
I'M NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING!!!!
happy 30th anniversary final fantasy 6!!!(favorite ending in ff period.:3)
25 minute ending sequence. Be lucky to get 5 minutes in a modern game.
This is the weirdest and dumbest nostalgia/modern games bad comment I've ever seen. Modern games don't have long endings? Wtf? Having an ending that takes half an hour to play out isn't what made FFVI's ending good.
If by "Slighty bittersweet," you mean by almost all the espers ceasing to be, then yeah, that's slightly.
20:14 goosebumps when the FF theme kicks in
goosebumps at the shadow theme, tears come at the series theme
@@thatanimepfpguy no,Tears come in when the "The End" ard comes in and then 23:58 happens
best game of all time
Best ending ever in my opinion.
I'm here because of this tweet.
"Hironobu Sakaguchi said that he added a scene of a child being born to the ending of Final Fantasy VI because of the birth of his daughter"
this little epilogue/credit is magnificent. pure works of art.
Wait, how is it possible to feel nostalgic for a game I beat for the first time yesterday? I don’t get it
Relm, Shadow and Gogo - gotta say that's a unique last team :D
I agree with the Relm part, but Shadow is very oftentimes in my final group. Gogo also used to be because I thought he was just the best as a kid because of his versatility, and while I still like using him to fill in any gaps my final parties may need, I usually plop him near the bottom for the final battle.
I used to debate all the time that Relm is secretly the strongest character in the game. when recruited her base stats start so high, so if you level her up with the right magicite she becomes a near god.
Shadow throw is overtuned since you don’t need to worry about hoarding items with no New Game Plus. You can just throw everything you’ve got for insane dmg!!
Poor shadow
Poor Gogo...
They just freaking ditched Gogo like that, what the hell??
Gogo is on the ship
It's just shown really fast in the end
He's on the ship. Everyone apart from shadow.
Poor Esper
20:15 : Original Final Fantasy theme starts here!
11:11 First time i played this i didn't wait for Shadow because I didn't know. I didn't know dammit its all my fault. The song was like a reminder I killed him :(
My #1 all time favorite game. The way watching this takes me back to when I was a kid. It's such a unique feeling that you don't get that often. It's a wave of emotions. Reading these comments it's amazing how many people this game has touched.
I'm 37, I'm a product of rape and I've been through more abuse/death/divorce than I'd like to admit... Why am I crying so much? ...I think I just need a hug.
This piece of art is a great validation for life, this game helps us feel more human, and when we are are tired of the world we can retreat to this high fantasy, which gives us the catharsis we need to cope with life hardships. There are many ways to live life and you have to find your own personal way to heal, to let go, to move on. Just like the characters in this game. Hope this helps a little, I too have been touched by this game and its beauty
after much ruin, i hope you find your balance again
Just finished ff6..
I wish they will do a remake of this one. my new favorite ff game.
That transition between Relm's and Shadow's theme
The last time I played this game was nearly 30 years ago, and I still remember all the music! I really like how the developer used a medley of all the character themes as the ending song
I LOVE those Mode 7 graphics w the airship at the end so much
YESSSSSSS TERRA !!!! 💚💚💚 22:23 you dead ass deserve that freedom !
Just finished beating FF6 for the first time and this game is incredible 😭😭😭
Finally finished the game, man, what a journey. It's so sad that there will never be another FF game as good as this one.
Man, when Terra lets the wind blow in her hair you know the team felt accomplished in their mission to save the world from Kefka. Just another beautiful moment in Final Fantasy history.
am I only the one that thinks this is the probably the best final fantasy in the series? I didn't play7,9 10 or newer, I didn't even play 2, but this is probably the best one, anyone play all entire series chime in?
story wise - VI
gameplay wise - XII
character development - IV
best cinematics - X
best BGM - XII
Best Overall - XII
@@pinkinglily6447 XII was good, but not that good imho Feels so flat and boring... But technically is one of the best.
@@pinkinglily6447 FF12 was boring
I try all series and IV and VI is the best for me. Others is good. I love Type-0 but the story is so so dark..and hanging... (Is ***** supposed to be final boss but she is gone)
THE most beautiful story I've ever been witness to, if you played through this entire game when it came out, not even chrono trigger or seiken densetsu compares... Only one word come to mind... Epic.
Makes my hairs stand up and my eyes tear.
When i was young i never noticed all the hints the games drop that may be Relm's father (or at least related). From how Interceptor acts around her to same house in one of Shadows dreams. It was until recently that I realized that the character order in the credits is deliberate, and groups those with connects together. Edgar and Sabin, Locke and Celes, and Mog and Umoru. Then they dont but Relm and Strago back-to-back, but instead put Shadow in the middle giving a last piece of a puzzle to contemplate.