Final Fantasy VI

I just bought FFVI Advanche, and I’ve never finished the game before. I need some advice on which characters are best to use (I am going to use Mog, no matter what xD), and what level my characters should be on at the end, etc.

Just post anything you think a new player should know about this game when playing it the first time.

You can pretty much do whatever and still win in this game. It’s probably best if you just pick out what characters you like most and use them. I think I beat the game around level 40.

Yeah, go with what you feel, but try to level somewhat equally across your characters. If not, you’ll end up with with like one of each of your badass characters in the three parties you need to split into for the last assault, supported by characters who have never been leveled. It can be done, but it is tenuous. Also, challenging, which is probably why I always focus on Locke, Sabin, Terra, and Celes, and leave the rest to rot.

I always teach them every spell and they end up being uber beyond belief 🙂

My favorite party to use was Locke/Celes/Mog/Cyan. I used Locke because it doesn’t feel right if he’s not in my party in the lead spot, I used Celes because she’s my favorite FF character ever <3 and I used Mog/Cyan because…I dunno, they’re just cool.

Just don’t use Umaro or Gau, and I think you’ll be fine.

Edit: Oh, and I don’t know if the vanish/x-zone thing works in FFVIa, but if it does, DON’T USE IT ON THE DOOM GAZE. This is my advise to a new player. 😛

Don’t worry, on most bosses (and even some normal random encounters, like the dinosaurs), the vanish/x-zone combo does not work in FFVI Advance.

Don’t worry, on most bosses (and even some normal random encounters, like the dinosaurs), the vanish/x-zone combo does not work in FFVI Advance.
Agreed. Which can be a blessing or a curse depending on how you put it (took me a good 6 hours to take out Doom Gaze).

ONE TIME MY PARTY WAS MEOWTH AND JESSE AND JAMES AND PERSIAN

of course i renamed people that but it was an awesome experience

i even had meowth kill persian at times for fun

okay sorry really but i just made this all up[

Just don’t use Umaro or Gau, and I think you’ll be fine.

If you know how to use Gau, he’ll easily become your best character.

I just passed the Opera scene, and I now believe that it is severely overrated. People keep ranting on about how great the scene is, but I don’t think it is anything extraordinary.

Thank you, finally someone said it.

Dude, the Opera makes me cry :love:

I didn’t say it was bad, but I had been looking forward to it, but when it was over…I don’t know, it just didn’t move me in any way. Well, I did laugh when I first heard them "sing". xD

Also, when can I get Mog? I just returned from the Espers’ world (Terra’s memory), and currently heading off to Narshe.

I’m not remembering off the top of my head. Probably because I don’t like Mog :p

Sorry 🙁

🙁

This is driving me crazy! I just found out that if I missed him ealier, I don’t get to play him until much later in the game.

I’m at the Esper Mountain, so how long until I meet Mog?

I think his team rescues you for some reason and he can join your party there

🙁

This is driving me crazy! I just found out that if I missed him ealier, I don’t get to play him until much later in the game.

I’m at the Esper Mountain, so how long until I meet Mog?

He is hidden in the caves of Narshe in the World of Ruin.

You can get him in WOB too, I don’t remember the exact moment when he becomes available though, but you should be able to get him by now

The old man who gave you his treasures earlier (remember, the house with the Thiefknife and Sneak Ring in it?) worries about the treasure he didn’t give
you; the locked chest. If you are kind enough to take a look for him, you’ll just see Lone Wolf running off with its contents.

Follow Lone Wolf to retrieve the treasure! He escapes to the mines. The path is straightforward. On occasion, you’ll see Lone Wolf running from you. And eventually, you’ll have him cornered, but the situation is looking grim, as Lone Wolf has taken a Moogle hostage.

If you try to approach, Lone Wolf will threaten to kill the Moogle. Sweaty mongoloids whose basic garment consist entirely out of underpants will tell you that you can recruit Mog by trying to walk over to Lone Wolf over and over and over until you loose patience and spam message boards, but this is humbug. The trick here is to simply stand still at the spot you automatically back away to. After a while, the Moogle will be able to free itself, and in the struggle that ensues, both are thrown over a side of the cliff. Will you help the Moogle, or will you try to obtain the treasure you initially came for?

The treasure is a Gold Hairpin, a Relic that cuts your MP usage in half. It’s a Relic I only find useful when playing a Low Level Game, as you will be able to cast spells you otherwise don’t have the MP for. But in a normal game, the better (and morally superior) choice is helping the Moogle.
From Djibriel’s walkthrough (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/file/554041/39863)

Thank you! I am off to get Mog as soon as I get off of this floating island. oO

I’ve beat VI several times and have use many combinations. Guess it mostly depends on what levels your characters are at.

I would not use Umaru, Gau or Strago or realm as they are the weakest (in that order) characters usually in my arsenal. Umaru and Gau become uncontrollable too so… Realms Draw fails, n i remember on the SNES cart, used to Glitch and freeze the game. I think it was on the floating continent. If you were close to a save point, sometimes you were luck enough to restart your game with 99 of all the best weapons and items ie Illumina megalixers….

Dude, the Opera makes me cry :love:

You’re not alone on this. The last few times I got to the scene, I shed a tear or two as well 😀

Gau is one of Final Fantasy 6’s most versatile characters, and is the most powerful for much of the World of Balance. Having grown up amongst monsters rather than humans, wrapped in hides while most kids are still swaddled in diapers, competing for beef jerky when his contemporaries were back at their mothers’ teats, he’s hardly a conventional hero.
Gau never mentions the Empire, nor makes any vow to save the world. Nay, some of his first acts as a Returner are to shout gibberish, misname Sabin, and to laugh after scaring hard-earned party funds into a pit.
But what Gau lacks in fashion, vocabulary and financial savvy, he makes up for in a huge repertoire of attacks and accompanying protections. Some players do not bother to tap into these vast resources, citing how "Gau is uncontrollable."
Ah, but some of life’s most beautiful processes unfold beyond our control: heartbeats, breath, sneezes, passing the bar exam with flying colors, completing a violent but steady ascent through a drug cartel to emerge as the world’s most feared and wealthy kingpin.
It is folly to claim that everything involuntary is worthless!

Opera Scene….

It was a very poignant and emotional scene for the time, up to that point. I think thats why i sticks out in most peoples minds at least.

It doesnt really stack up visually to any of the deep scenes with Aerith, Rinoa, Princess Garnet or Lady Yuna. Its like watching Empire Strikes Back after seeing Episodes I, II, and III.

It doesnt really stack up visually to any of the deep scenes with Aerith, Rinoa, Princess Garnet or Lady Yuna. Its like watching Empire Strikes Back after seeing Episodes I, II, and III.

But still, most people seems to like episode 4, 5 and 6 best;p

But still, most people seems to like episode 4, 5 and 6 best;p

Definatly!

Gau is one of Final Fantasy 6’s most versatile characters, and is the most powerful for much of the World of Balance. Having grown up amongst monsters rather than humans, wrapped in hides while most kids are still swaddled in diapers, competing for beef jerky when his contemporaries were back at their mothers’ teats, he’s hardly a conventional hero.
Gau never mentions the Empire, nor makes any vow to save the world. Nay, some of his first acts as a Returner are to shout gibberish, misname Sabin, and to laugh after scaring hard-earned party funds into a pit.
But what Gau lacks in fashion, vocabulary and financial savvy, he makes up for in a huge repertoire of attacks and accompanying protections. Some players do not bother to tap into these vast resources, citing how "Gau is uncontrollable."
Ah, but some of life’s most beautiful processes unfold beyond our control: heartbeats, breath, sneezes, passing the bar exam with flying colors, completing a violent but steady ascent through a drug cartel to emerge as the world’s most feared and wealthy kingpin.
It is folly to claim that everything involuntary is worthless!
🙂 Yeah, I found many of Gau’s Rages quite useful too. Nevermind that he’s uncontrollable — as you’ve indicated, he can be a storehouse of power.

I just completed the game, and the last couple of bosses were pathetic. They never dealt out more than 300 in damage, which might have something to do with the fact that I mastered all the magic from my Espers, and got the relic that allows you to cast magic twice and the relic that allows you to hit four times in a row. Also, my main party were all on level 81-82, so it was a breeze getting through his tower (yes, I used the cheap way by switching out, and had my best party sweep through all of the sections and bosses). A couple of Ultimas and Curagas, and Kefka was toast.

And talk about plotholes and lack of background information of many of the characters. At the end of the game, I still didn’t know who half of the characters were. Relm? Strago? Mog? Umaro? Gogo? Shadow, and even Locke didn’t seem to have much of a story. The only characters that did have a deeper story were Terra, Sabin and Edgar, Cyan and Celes. I knew nothing about the rest.

So, what do I do now? Are there any sidequests? Didn’t they add an extra dungeon for the Advance?

Before you answer, I’ve already done these:

– The 8 Dragons
– Getting Gogo and Umaro
– Cyan’s Nightmare
– The Ancient Castle
– Doomglaze
– Kefka’s Treasure (Fanatic’s Tower)

Also, this is my main party:

Sabin, Mog, Terra and Umaro.

Why do people never use Umaro? Equip him with Berserker Ring and Blizzard Orb, and he kills everything. He’s actually become my favorite.

Why do people never use Umaro? Equip him with Berserker Ring and Blizzard Orb, and he kills everything. He’s actually become my favorite.

He can’t dualcast Ultima. That seems to be the most popular reason, it’s not because he’s bad neccesarily, more because he’s overshadowed by everyone else and their Ultima spamming capabilities. He’s brilliant in the colosseum though.

They added a new Dragon’s Den specifically for the GBA version, you can find it on one of the lone islands at the North-west corner of the map. If I recall it’s a lone island with a singe tree on it, land the falcon on it to enter. After that there’s the Soul Shrine, a dungeon where you face around 100 enemies consecutively.

I agree with you about how overrated the Opera scene is.

Ultima is almost not fair game. The end-boss was the easiest end-boss I’ve ever fought, due to Ultima. I never had to use any of their respective abilities such as Terra’s Trance, Sabin’s Phantom, or Mog’s Dance.

I cannot believe how easy it was!

The Dragon’s Den? I never heard of it, but thanks for telling! I’ll check it out.

To be fair, you were over level 80. Even with physical attacks you were going to walk over everything.

Perhaps. My physical attacks hit 90% of the time with 9999 damage, and four times = nothing survives.

It’s not like I spend an insane amount of time raising the levels. At the end of the game, the time said 29:01 hours, and that doesn’t seem like a lot.

It gets even easier knowing that you can cast "Vanish" and then "X-Zone" and defeat almost all enemies, even some bosses. I can always count on VI for a quick diversion between starting new games.

I went to the Dragon’s Den, and you have to form three parties again. Damn! I hate when they do that. I guess I could put Mog in one of the other parties, and equip the other with a Charm Bangle (It’s not the Advance name, but it’s the one I remember). My main party shouldn’t have any troubles with the dungeon.

It gets even easier knowing that you can cast "Vanish" and then "X-Zone" and defeat almost all enemies, even some bosses..
They fixed that glitch in the Advance version.

Also, Zulu, after looking at your sidequest list there are two more things you might want to consider doing. One of them is putting Shadow in your party and sleeping in inns to watch his 5 dream sequences which give in-sight into who he was before he became a ninja. The other is to put Strago in your party and visit Thamasa for a sidequest that involves receiving his best Blue spell.

In addition, there are 4 new optional Espers added to Advance: Leviathan, Gilgamesh, Diablos and err…a giant Cactuar who’s name I can’t remember. Haven’t not played the Advance version I’m not quite sure how you get them but they most likely have an in-depth walkthough for it on gamefaq.com

Locke had an interesting story too, leads to one of the most important espers in the game, Pheonix.

I completely agree with at least one major point of Zulu’s — this game had way too many optional characters for its own good.

I just passed the Opera scene, and I now believe that it is severely overrated. People keep ranting on about how great the scene is, but I don’t think it is anything extraordinary.

The game didn’t JUST come out. The game came out in 1994, fyi. Use common knowlege.

The scene was memorable to the adults here now when they were children. It’s called nostalgia. If you didn’t get it, look it up.

They fixed that glitch in the Advance version.

In addition, there are 4 new optional Espers added to Advance: Leviathan, Gilgamesh, Diablos and err…a giant Cactuar who’s name I can’t remember. Haven’t not played the Advance version I’m not quite sure how you get them but they most likely have an in-depth walkthough for it on gamefaq.com

Nice, i gotta get me one of those.

Anyone ever glitch the SNES with realm? Using draw… on certain enemies under certain conditions gave you 99 of some of the best items in the game.

The game didn’t JUST come out. The game came out in 1994, fyi. Use common knowlege.

The scene was memorable to the adults here now when they were children. It’s called nostalgia. If you didn’t get it, look it up.
OK, that is just incredibly rude. I understand how it might mean something special to those who have been playing it for years, but to most newcomers, the scene just doesn’t hold the same merrit. For years I’ve heard people praise it, calling it the best moment in FF history, so I can’t help but feel a little disappointed.

Maybe it loses something in the new translation? I wouldn’t know without seeing the altered script…

The Opera is debatable better in the Advance version. The synthesized vocals sound more like actual people then in the original. The background music have suffered somewhat due to the audio output of the GBA but it’s not too bad. I don’t think they changed the translation.

link for those that want to spoil themselves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohp9KQ7KcLE&mode=related&search=).

I really really wish they had just done a straight port of VI to the GBA. I know it isn’t SE’s style, but my god that would have rocked. I know the whole issue with the sound emulation, but I’m just talking in hypotheticals here, anyway.

I can’t play Advance without having mental hiccups whenever I reach anything they’ve re-translated. 🙁 I still prefer the PSX port. Yeah.

Surely the minor translation changes are worth it when you consider that they fixed all the hideous programming bugs that plagued the original.

I’m okay with it, warts and all. To me, even the delay in opening the menu is less worrysome than the retranslation. Comes from playing it so many times in its original translation, I guess.

I’m old. And, prone to bias 🙁

OK, that is just incredibly rude. I understand how it might mean something special to those who have been playing it for years, but to most newcomers, the scene just doesn’t hold the same merrit. For years I’ve heard people praise it, calling it the best moment in FF history, so I can’t help but feel a little disappointed.

I played the game when it first came out on the SNes, and while this scene impressed a lot of my friends, I thought it was an ordinary cut-scene driven sequence. I didn’t think anything special about it. It was a fun part of the game, but nothing that made me think: "OMFGWTF, I hope the next FF is like the Opera scene times 10000000!!!"

I just bought FFVI Advanche, and I’ve never finished the game before. I need some advice on which characters are best to use (I am going to use Mog, no matter what xD), and what level my characters should be on at the end, etc.

Just post anything you think a new player should know about this game when playing it the first time.

Well I went with:

Shadow:

Gogo:

Mog:

Umaro:

That party is good, Umaro attacks with the best power.
Shadow use genji gloves to make up for a lack in any catagorys he might have.
Mog with gauntlets and Dragoon boots, with good spear.
Gogo with attack, majic, and blitz, scince Gogo atomaticaly knows the spells the others use with no espers.

This party is one of the best.

I just completed the game, and the last couple of bosses were pathetic. They never dealt out more than 300 in damage, which might have something to do with the fact that I mastered all the magic from my Espers, and got the relic that allows you to cast magic twice and the relic that allows you to hit four times in a row. Also, my main party were all on level 81-82, so it was a breeze getting through his tower (yes, I used the cheap way by switching out, and had my best party sweep through all of the sections and bosses). A couple of Ultimas and Curagas, and Kefka was toast.
Plasma-Torture — assuming your intent was to give Zulu advice and not just wax eloquent about your favorite party, you might have done better to read all the posts in the thread, not just the first one.

Yeah I will, thanks for the advise.

I chose characters not whether they had better status(example strength?magic…etc) only chose them becuase i like them, Like Celes, i don’t really use her Runic abilities, Locke i like his stories and of course his ability to steal, finally, The Figaro Brothers, i just love seeing them though edgar ‘s tools are quite power and Sabin Blitz looks cool!
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And this game had one of the most memorable moments in the ff series, (for those newcomers maybe not, since i started playing it when the only ‘console’ i had was Pc and yeah, i use emulator to play them and that was, when i’m just 14 years old in year 2002) the opera scene i really like it, Funny yet Classical, though i prefer the original very rather than the vocal version when playing the game, but when i listen to music i rather listen to vacals. ><

I personally really like the opera now and forever. Very Shakespearian, what with the play within a play and all. And much like Hamlet, the play is where you capture Celes’ motivations and emotional identity. That’s why her theme is the Aria. I do like the original soundbytes better, though, and not for nostalgic reasons. The new modulated voice sounds make it sound cheesy fake, not this-is-the-best-we-can-do-with-16-bit.

Zulu, is it possible you might have been biased against the opera scene before ever even making it there simply because so many people were talking it up?

And lastly, I know you’ve already finished the game, but the party breakdown in the end isn’t really going to matter. Once fully leveled, anyone can use simple attacks and regulate. Gau is versatile and he is uncontrollable, yes; but I don’t like using him past the first two thirds of the game. By that point, the power of the other characters puts his rages down a little, and all he becomes is a versatile if weak character.

Remember that in Kefka’s Tower, your first party is always going to get the most random encounters, and the other two will have to face the bosses (depending on if you go left or right at the junction). I have always gotten bored with the Tower, and packed Mog with Molulu’s charm in the first party by himself, and then spread my best 8 chars around the other parties.

Gigantuar can be encountered by killing 10 cactuars in the desert immediately south of Maranda (not in a row, the game will keep track). After this, Gigantuar will appear in the southwestern corner of the desert only. Be sure to bring Shadow throwing pinwheels. They always hit and really hurt.

In the Dragon’s Den, be sure to go back after beating the Kaiser Dragon and getting Diabolos, you may find a familiar face there. Soul Shrine will kill you hard and fast if you don’t plan for it, I highly recommend reading one of the FAQS out there for it.

Leviathan will attack the ferry boat between S.Figaro and Nikea after your first free ride. Talk to the townspeople in either place until one mentions a shadow under the water. Then he will attack.

I personally think the re translation is a mixed bag. Some things are better (Gau to Sabin: uWaooo! You good dance partner! –> uWaoo! You strong, almost as strong as Gau!) and some things are worse. (Kefka at Esper cave: I feel so anxious! –> I’ve got a bad feeling about this!) A lot of it makes more contextual sense, but some of the flair is gone. It’s not really worth going back to play the original or PS port, though.

yea gogo was a no go (AHAHAHAH)

what was up with him living in that ugly monster??? how bout a cut scene explaining that

For Final Fantasy VI, my favorite characters to use where Terra, Celes, Edgar, and Sabin. I also liked Setzer and Locke.

But if you wanna keep Mog in, maybe replace Edgar or Sabin with Mog?

I remember beating Final Fantasy VI for the first time on PS from the Anthologies.

GAu can be good if properly trained. But I feel the best party to use is Sobin Cyan Locke and terra.

Sobin is a tank plain and simple. His blitzes are god. you can se them to save your ass so much. Plus he is a decent caster.

Cyan. SAme as Sobin. great tank though you usually want a character to do a long winded cinimatic attack while waiting for his sword tech bar to go. his quadra slam/slice attacks are one of the most usefull things in the game.

Locke you need properly equipped to use to the full. Give him a genji glove and the theif glove and bam he can steal twice and do damage each time. give him the atma weapon as he has high HP and another good weao=pon and he is a good tank plus he is a very good caster.

Terra while [hysicly weak has very strong magic and her esper thing is very usefull in boss battles.

And thats the party I recomend to use.

And the Opera scene is very good. it is the best FF tear jerker I’ve ever scene. plus the music ROCKS!

The opera scene is the most memorable scene in any Final Fantasy game.

And for my ideal party, I would have to go with Sabin, Terra, Edgar, and Souske. Terra is the more useful of the two women, thanks to her esper mode. I mean, absorbing magic is fine and all, but when it comes down to it, Terra is going to save your ass before Celes.

Sabin is amazing, period. His blitzes are the things going to save your ass most in this game at all. Save for Souske’s Bushido level 7 (the name escapes me). Also, Souske is just bad ass, so it seems like a sin not to have him around, lol. And Edgar’s machines are also powerhouses when used correctly.

But everyone else has a downside. I mean, Gau, while he has great potential, his training is way to monotonus for words. Umaru, ummmm….. Setzer’s slots are too unreliable, Celes’s Runic really isn’t all that useful, Relm’s paint is just eh… Stargo’s lores work well, and really, I have not complaints about him… Locke has no real ability that can serve too much of a purpose in a boss battle. Okay, also, Shadow really doesn’t have a downside either. But Gogo… we will just go with "ummmm" again, lol. Useless he is, really. And Mog’s dances aren’t all that they could be.

So, if you want to make a perfect party, I suggest picking from

Souske, Terra, Stargo, Shadow, Edgar, or Sabin

But this game is definatley worth everything… and really, I think that Square Enix would have been better off remaking this one than Final Fantasy IV for the DS. I hope we see one soon, actually.

Like that 3-d thing they did for VI pre-VII.

My first reply is in responce to the topic. I prefer to make a main party from the following: Sabin (equiped with gengi glove and the x-attack relic the allows you to attack 4 times = 8 attacks), Celes or Terra (or both), for shear magic damage output dual casting ultima, Locke in most cases for stealing, Edgar for his tools, and Gogo when I dont have Locke. But I level up every one, teach everyone magic, and Use Gau for a good chuck of the early game.

As for the Opera, the sound quality is dampned in the GBA version. As well, for people used to FF7+, I have noticed a general lack of sympothy for emotional scenes in the 16-bit era. You really have to use that imagination of yours to imagine the scene yourself, as ‘described’ by the cruder 16-bit characters. As for the music, I love the Aria. I got FF6 Grand Finale just for the final track. It is a powerful peice of music.

There are versions of the Opera song way better than the one from Grand Finale.

Try to find it in the music part of the Shrine. The title is Opera "Maria and Draco" and it’s from the album "More Friends – Music From Final Fantasy – Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in Los Angeles 2005".

Better yet, the song is actually sang in english! ^_-

All this talk about the opera scene and no mention of the FMV’s in the PS version?

Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A066pT-jVQ)
Ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8DpUwZHW5Q)
Opera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPhuS8FJrE)

They basically all consist of the same scenes (some give or take a few), just with different music, but the "Opera" one actually has re-done music for the opera scene (Italian, I think). There’s also songs that are the entire opera scene (The Black Mages – Darkness and Startlight [Japanese], Tour De Japon – Opera: Maria and Draco [Japanese], and another one in English). The opera scene may not mean much to you, but man I loved it. Definitely the most memorial scene I can think of in any of the Final Fantasy’s I’ve played (though, that opening scene of on the mountain top in the first one is quite memorial as well).

As for the character’s story line, they’re all there (except Gogo* and Umaro, of course). You just have to have some kind of intelligence to see it. Sorry you’re so unintelligent that you completely missed the depth this game has.

*I’ve actually heard someone state that Gogo may actually be Daryl.

Are you some kind of retard?

Er… that’s uncalled for Hynad. Where did that come from? MrBlip is no retard — in fact, he’s provided us with some great content in the past.

Seriously, though, am I missing something? Where did that come from, Hynad?

Mr — thanks for your thoughts. However, I’ve never bought the Gogo/Daryl theory, because Gogo is a character seen originally in FFV. So Gogo is really more of a reference, which in my eyes, greatly decreases the chances of that theory being true.

I would say it was because of:

As for the character’s story line, they’re all there (except Gogo* and Umaro, of course). You just have to have some kind of intelligence to see it. Sorry you’re so unintelligent that you completely missed the depth this game has.

Oh yeah, I suppose so. I agree with the general assessment that VI has too many characters, myself. I mean, do Mog and Gau in particular really have that much more plot depth than either Gogo or Umaro?

The large cast was mostly designed to add more variety to the gameplay then anything else. The fact that there were a lot of joke characters didn’t really bother me. FFVI’s plot is melodramatic enough as it is.

The Opera scene was good, but I too feel it is often overhyped. I was always a little disappointed by the ending of Final Fantasy VI, it seemed a bit too much like the endings of II and III. I would have preferred them actually end it with them all preforming the Opera again, but a different version reflecting the adventure they had gone on to save the world.

The Opera scene was good, but I too feel it is often overhyped. I was always a little disappointed by the ending of Final Fantasy VI, it seemed a bit too much like the endings of II and III. I would have preferred them actually end it with them all preforming the Opera again, but a different version reflecting the adventure they had gone on to save the world.

That wouldnt have been that great of a ending. I do kind of agree that the ending could have been better, but the game was amazing all the way through, the ending just needed to ‘end’ the game.

Best game ever though, probably wont ever be topped.

The first time I watched the ending, I couldn’t believe – no, I refused to believe that a story that fantastic actually ended so crappy. 🙁

The Opera scene was good, but I too feel it is often overhyped. I was always a little disappointed by the ending of Final Fantasy VI, it seemed a bit too much like the endings of II and III. I would have preferred them actually end it with them all preforming the Opera again, but a different version reflecting the adventure they had gone on to save the world.

That ending would have been passable, but not better than the slightly disappointing ending they had. Okay, so it was overly disappointing, but what have you. The opera scene was perfect, even if everyone thinks so. Sometimes when things are over rated, people lose sight of the actual good points of things. Example, the opera scene, or (I am assuming, as I have never played the game) Final Fantasy VII in general.

That wouldnt have been that great of a ending. I do kind of agree that the ending could have been better, but the game was amazing all the way through, the ending just needed to ‘end’ the game.

Best game ever though, probably wont ever be topped.

It has only been topped by X and XII, in my opinion. And the way I gauge if games were worth the money I spend on them is by the ending. If the ending is good, great, etc. then it was worth it. If not… eh.

Final Fantasy VI and XII were the only games I excused from this rule.