Jun 12, 2019, 6:55 PM

@Ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

@Sparks said in General Video Game Thread:

I'm sorry, arguably? No. FF6 is factually and objectively the best.

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If they are going to be doing remakes on the apparent quality level of that FF7 remake they finally showed off at E3? Give me one of FF6.

I concur, and write separately.

The score for FF6 is an incredible achievement, with themes for every playable character. It is probably the best console game of all time, and probably my favorite one until The Last of Us. But it is the music that really sets it apart.

Yes!! We are in so much agreement here.

I am a lover of good leitmotif usage; I can go on for easily an hour about the usage of leitmotifs in the Star Wars franchise (as some of my friends would exasperatedly confirm), and half of that would be just across The Clone Wars and Rebels. (You could use the different variants of Ahsoka's theme—and the evolution of them over the course of both series—as a masterclass.)

No video game I've ever encountered that I can think of has come close to achieving what FF6 did with character themes/leitmotifs. There are some wonderful, notable video game soundtracks, no question. But what FF6 pulled off is in a class of its own.

Plus, the original arrangements are also a technical achievement. You listen to some of those songs and you go "how the freaking heck did they make that come out of an SNES?" I can't think of any other game of the era with music as compelling and impressive.

@Ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

FF6 has already technically been re-mastered, and that version is available on tablets. It's well-worth the money.

Oh, I know. The PC port of the tablet remaster is kind of terrible, but the tablet version itself is great. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't love to see FF6 redone on the level of that FF7 remake. A modern game engine, with that story? I would gladly play it.

@Ganymede said in General Video Game Thread:

But this is the epitome of the Final Fantasy series for me. I really like Final Fantasy VIII, which I think was beyond its time when it was released, but it can't compare.

I don't share people's hatred for FF8; I actually, in a lot of ways, liked it better than FF7. (Yes, I'm a heretic. But I'm honestly so, so tired of FF7. Can we stop going back to that well?)

But nothing else in the Final Fantasy franchise comes close to FF6 for me.