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    Final Fantasy VI

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Apr 02, 1994

    Formerly known as Final Fantasy III in North America, Final Fantasy VI follows a diverse group of heroes as they fight to defeat Kefka, a megalomaniac intent on using a combination of long-lost magic and technology to take over the world.

    The best Final Fantasy ever made!

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    #1  Edited By epgpx

    This is the first RPG game I had ever experienced. It's one of the best out there. No other RPG can compete. This game has it all from the cool locations, bosses, enemies, humor, kung fu, characters like Shadow and the coolest villain ever, Kefka. The story is good and its typical villain wants to rule the world and kill those who stand in his way. This game is also the last RPG game I played. Sadly, that is the truth.

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    #2  Edited By SarazinRuin

    Why the last?

    But it's a good game even though 9 is the best IMO.

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    #3  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

    Its amazing, ff6 is the last great final fantasy.

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    #4  Edited By suneku

    Definitely one of the better ones

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    #5  Edited By Video_Game_King

    Yea, its the best Final Fantasy I've played. Final Fantasy VII is overrated. Not to say its bad (unless we speak of the game up until the motorcycle chase :P), but its not as stellar as people make it out to be.

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    #6  Edited By danielkempster

    I'm not going to pass judgement on which Final Fantasy is the best. Instead, I'll focus on my favourite FFs and in that respect, Final Fantasy VI is definitely one of my top three. My favourite, however, is almost certainly Final Fantasy VII for pretty much the same reason EPGPX prefers VI: it was the first RPG I ever played and opened my eyes to what a fantastic storytelling medium games are. For what it's worth, I place VI in my top three because of the fantastic cast, the epic storyline and the best music from any instalment in the series.

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    #7  Edited By Zoidberg

    FFIV is my favorite because I played that first. And then I played FFVI. So, FFVI is in my top three, but FFIV is my favorite.

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    #8  Edited By Jandurin

    FFVI is my favorite.

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    #9  Edited By LAR

    Wow, sweet, I didn't think anyone else thought FFVI was the best of the bunch.  Now if only they'd remake it like FF III and IV for the DS.

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    #10  Edited By AnonymousLegion

    Yeah, FF 6 is great. Real great. So is 7.
    8, though, is a cut above any RPG I ever played. Most people won't agree, but if you have an ounce of brainpower to master the Junction system, it's really a step above.

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    #11  Edited By epgpx
    dankempster said:
    "I'm not going to pass judgement on which Final Fantasy is the best. Instead, I'll focus on my favourite FFs and in that respect, Final Fantasy VI is definitely one of my top three. My favourite, however, is almost certainly Final Fantasy VII for pretty much the same reason EPGPX prefers VI: it was the first RPG I ever played and opened my eyes to what a fantastic storytelling medium games are. For what it's worth, I place VI in my top three because of the fantastic cast, the epic storyline and the best music from any instalment in the series.
    "
    Oh yea! The music is fantastic. Nobuo Uematsu finest piece of work ever. You will fall in love with the music as soon as you listen to the game intro.
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    #12  Edited By evilhomer

    I actually already put FFVI as my fave FF in my bio.  Was incredible at the time it came out and is still fun to play on the handheld versions.  FFVI was also the last time we had a huge selection of characters to choose from,  I miss the variety of characters in recent FF games.

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    #13  Edited By Tanuki

    I'd say that FFVI and VII are pretty much equals.  But if I HAD to choose.  I'd choose FFVII over VI.  But they're both 2 of the greatest games ever made for sure.  

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    #14  Edited By tec3297

    The first time I played Final Fantasy VI was on the Game Boy Advance and I have to say that it wasn't as good as Final Fantasy IV for me.  Better then V but definitely not better than IV.

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    #15  Edited By Wuffi

    i liked them all till 12

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    #16  Edited By epic_pets

    8 is the best imo

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    #17  Edited By DarkLegend

    I liked IV best.

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    #18  Edited By Hell_D3mon

    FF8 hands down.  Then after 8 would be the original final fantasy movie (spirits within) which I feel is extremely under appreciated just because it doesn't have its basis off of a game :|

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    #19  Edited By legend_cloud

    I wouldn't say FFVl is my favorite FF but it is in the top 5.

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    #20  Edited By geneticgamer

    FF1

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    #21  Edited By maxx77

    FFVI is my favorite RPG, and the best FF in the franchise. I know FFVII was a lot of people's first RPG, but for someone who played it since FFI, FFVII was the moment the series jumped the shark. VII was less about challenging gameplay and more about watching a story unfold. Nothing against that, that kind of experience is fine, but for an old-school FF player, VII was like a slap to the face.

    Anyway, didn't mean to say so much about FFVII. I don't mind that so many people love it. The more RPG fans, the better! I just didn't care for it after playing my favorite, VI. I actually really liked X and XII despite all that. I really love Lost Odyssey for that matter. It feels to me like the game that FFVII should have been. It's more of an extension to VI than VII was. It even feels very similiar to IV in many ways.

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    #22  Edited By DarCowAlways

    It would be really hard for me to say which is my favorite, because of the different eras they were made of and all, so let me try to list them all in order of how much I enjoyed them (I have III, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XII)

    7. Final Fantasy III

    6. Final Fantasy VI

    5. Final Fantasy V

    4. Final Fantasy X

    3. Final Fantasy VII

    2. Final Fantasy IX

    1. Final Fantasy XII

    I'm also playing Chrono Trigger right now (level 20 party, fixed the Masamune), and this is my second day and I'm almost done, but it's an incredible game and ranks up there with XII and IX. The thing that I really despised about the FF series was all the random battles, so these games really click for me in that you can see them coming and can avoid them. None of those random attacks.

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    #23  Edited By Cecil77

    I think for me it's dificult to say wich is best... but here are my favorites and why. no order involved


    FFIV - The first FF I played. Great story and amazing characters. It was way ahead of it's time. And the DS versión is even better (at least story wise)
    FFVII - First 3D FF, very nice story, with a lot of twist and turns
    FFIX - I love this game. The story, the charaters, the world. It was a tribute to FF and it brought back the old school, but witout feeling too outdated. 
    FFX - It was a great game in every sense. Good story, characters, graphics, sound, voice acting. Love the battle system and the sphere grid was really nice and flexible.
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    #24  Edited By Endogene

    it was a great experience
    so unfortunate that it was rather/relatively  short (about 20 hours)

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    #25  Edited By Surfcaster

    I'm totally in agreement that this is the best RPG I've ever played, to date.  I certainly haven't come across any with as great of a storyline, ensemble of characters or sidequests to do.  I've been playing RPGs for many years, before and since this game came out, and it's not only my favourite FF, but my favourite RPG, hands down.  

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    #26  Edited By xtlimitlessx

    I agree this is my favorite RPG of all time.  The storyline is engaging and the list of playable characters is huge!

    It was definitely a fun experience playing through this bad boy.

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    #27  Edited By suneku

    I hope they're making a DS version.

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    #28  Edited By atejas

    The first one I ever played was X, and honestly, I havent tried Vi, but VII kinda pales in comparison.

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    #29  Edited By PureRok

    The first Final Fantasy I played was Final Fantasy on the NES. Final Fantasy VI is my personal favorite (and consequently the one I consider "the best"). I've played all of the Final Fantasy games (and I mean all of them) that were released in English. None of them beat Final Fantasy VI.

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    #30  Edited By DualReaver

    My favorite is X.

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    #31  Edited By solidphoenix

    This is a tie with Final Fantasy IV for sure for best FF.
    Even so, I liked X the most.

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    #32  Edited By screwed

    personally I will have to go for Final Fantasy V as my favorite.

    But like a lot of other people it might be nostalgia and being the one you've played the most, which doesnt matter. Still awesome.
    Hoping they bother doing it for the DS.

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    #33  Edited By Jon47
    Endogene said:
    "it was a great experience
    so unfortunate that it was rather/relatively  short (about 20 hours)
    "
    whoa, short? I remember investing over 60 hours in FFIII..  I would go to my friend's house after school and play it for a few hours almost every night for several weeks, this game had a ton of side quests and optional characters to unlock.
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    #34  Edited By jakob187
    EPGPX said:
    "This is the first RPG game I had ever experienced. It's one of the best out there. No other RPG can compete. This game has it all from the cool locations, bosses, enemies, humor, kung fu, characters like Shadow and the coolest villain ever, Kefka. The story is good and its typical villain wants to rule the world and kill those who stand in his way. This game is also the last RPG game I played. Sadly, that is the truth.
    "
    You, sir, are correct.  FFVI is the best by far!  EVIL KEFKA MIDI LAUGH!!!
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    #35  Edited By hazelnutman

    Wait, and the last?

    Have you played other RPGs in between your first playthrough and your latest?

    If not, then how can you tell which FF is the best ever made :|

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    #36  Edited By thordain

    6 was my personal favorite.

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    #37  Edited By CharleyTony

    FF6 is my favorite Final Fantasy game. FF6 and Chorno Trigger are the best RPGs I ever played and simply the best 16-bit era games ever made.

    I just started playing Chrono Trigger DS and would really enjoy FF6 getting the same kind of re-release for the DS in the same manner as they did for FF4 (FF2usa). It still amazes me what the DS is capable of...

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    #38  Edited By Geno
    WilliamRLBaker said:
    "Its amazing, ff6 is the last great final fantasy.
    "
    ^ Agree.
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    #39  Edited By AuthenticM

    For me, the three golden gems in the series are VI, VII and VIII.

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    #40  Edited By peeontree1

    there are two problems with me posting. One I've only played FFVII, and I'm a Tales fan. Now I know that I'm going to get ripped to shreds BUT...there are a lot of you that are complaing (kinda). My one problem was that the story in FF was never epic. Some may say that its not, but, I forgot to mention, after playing X as well, I just didn't see the story as really getting anywhere. If any of you can say that you cried for a FF story than I might back down. If you're a HUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of turn based than i guess a Tales game isn't for you, but if its only your favorite it might be time to switch. If you're getting bored of the stories and slow, untheatorical gameplay please at least try  a Tales game. One last thing that I want to mention. PATHETIC love story in X. I look forward to your hate replies, propoganda, and overall anger. Maybe I'll switch to FF......nah.....

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    WilliamRLBaker said:
    "Its amazing, ff6 is the last great final fantasy."

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    #42  Edited By Systech

    FFVIII all the way.

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    #43  Edited By nexas

    IX was my first FF and easily my favorite. The world, the characters, and the humor were all fantastic.  After playing others ones its easy to tell that IX was one big tribute to its predecessors especially those of the 8 and 16-bit eras.

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    #44  Edited By inkeiren

    I have not played enough of the series nor put enough though to it to know what is the best in the series, but my favorite on a purely personal level would be Final Fantasy X.

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    #45  Edited By Optiow

    I agree, it is a good one but my two favorties are X and Crisis Core.

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    #46  Edited By Captainlunchbox

    Anyone know a good place to try and buy this? I recently dug out the GBA and never experienced this classic in any way, shape, or form.
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    #47  Edited By CharleyTony

    FF6 is my favorite in the main franchise. I think the following games, when they moved to Playstation, CD-Rom and Polygon graphics, were victim of the high cost of making games and had to cut down on story content, big, non linear areas, huge cast, etc.

    You can kinda see proof of this when you get great GBA or DS JRPG that are sprite based, have no voice acting and way less CG cutscenes. You get more actual game when the Devs focus on gameplay and story.

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    #48  Edited By probablytuna

    Why are there so many Final Fantasy threads all of a sudden?

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    #49  Edited By Tackchevy

    The first time always feels so amazing. Games, life, etc. I was crushed as a 6 year old that I had to return my rental of FF1. It had an internal memory. You could save your game. Characters got better over time. There were stories, the world was open, it was crazy. DQ1 was okay too. I mean DW1, ha ha ha localization.

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    #50  Edited By Video_Game_King

    @Video_Game_King said:

    Yea, its the best Final Fantasy I've played. Final Fantasy VII is overrated. Not to say its bad (unless we speak of the game up until the motorcycle chase :P), but its not as stellar as people make it out to be.

    Hey! Past me.....you're alright. Keep doing what you do.

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