This game is to many the greatest rpg ever made, and frankly i don't get it! What makes this game so great i ask you? The fact that it has way to many characters (14 in all), and the only thing this does is take away from the development of the main characters for some scrubs you don't give a damn about (Relm, Strago, Gau,). Maybe some call this the best because when it was released back on the snes in '94, it probably was the best, the graphics were top notch for those days, and the music is still amongst the best. Let's get a little more in depth.

Pretty much same ole rpg stuff here, Kefka trying to take over the world, and you trying to stop him. Sure their are a few twists here and there, but nothing you haven't seen before. One of the best parts of this game though is how the game has you split up into 2 or 3 parties, you really had to even out your groups on some occasions. For instance the last battle, Kefka's tower, each group has to go a separate way, and their is a boss each way, so you better not make 2 of your groups hardcore, then your last group a bunch of pussies, cuz it ain't gonna work for ya. I also liked how you had to go find all of your characters during one part of the game. Some holes here though, the game never gets back into Gau's story (as if anybody gives a damn), and it seems the game went away from Celes & Locke.

You know I can really careless how good the music is in an rpg, and very few games have I actually remembered the sounds from the game. But this is one area where FF6 shines like Vince Carter in the slam dunk contest. Simply beautiful sounds throughout this game, everything fit the situation perfectly, the theme song never got old, only better. And what else can I say, it just doesn't get better than this musically. My only complaint is no voice overs, but that's not enough to keep me from giving it the perfect score.

Another nice area for FF6. This is probably the best use of sprites i've ever seen. Such a leap up from FF5 it isn't even funny. The FMV was very lackluster, you get a little at the beginning, and a little at the end. Overall FF6 handles it self well in this department, even with the beautiful games of today.

The gameplay centers around the Esper system this game has, which was ahead of it's time. You have to give each character an esper, and in order for you to learn the magic that the esper has, you have to get Magic points by winning battles. It's pretty sweet, and you can also call the espers during battle like with summons, but only once per battle. Also you get to control 4 characters in battle instead of the dreaded 3, which is a huge plus. Pretty good battle system all in all.

None really, i don't know why you'd play this one again. Maybe if you missed some of the Espers, or want to uncurse the cursed shield, or kill all 8 dragons. No different endings or anything. You will miss a small scene for each character you don't have at the end, so i guess you may want to replay it for that. You pretty much have to have different endings these days to have any kind of real replay value for an rpg.

Well, this was my first time playing this game, while most of you played it on the snes way back when. So maybe that's why i didn't think it was all that. I liked it pretty good, it's no FF8, or even 7 for that matter, but it sure does make FF5 look like an expired product.

Fav Character: I guess Edgar, but none really stand out to much.

Least fav character: Cyan, Gau, Relm, Strago.

Best fighter: Edgar, but i had Celes with all the magic so i guess her. Edgars attacks are the best.

Worst fighter: Relm, Strago.

Biggest surprise fighter: Umaro, man that guy kicked some major ass.

Favorite part of the game: The end tower type place, it was so well done, i loved having to fight the statues with each group (you can actually warp out of there, and have your best party fight all of the boss fights) , and everything was done so perfectly in this place, great place to finish a game. The Bonus stuff was fine, but nothing special.

Time to complete the game: A little over 40 hours.