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TC_Squared on 01 June 2012
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Runa216 said:
walsufnir said:
Runa216 said:
Final Fantasy VI is my favorite for many reasons:

1 - no central main character, almost ALL of them are deep and well developed.
2 - LOTS of different characters with distinct play styles, equipment loadouts, weapons, skills, etc
3 - Best villain in a game, ever
4 - LOADS of sidequests. in fact the entire second half of the game is nonlinear and optional
5 - Fantastic story with loads of twists and turns, reveals, and shifting allegiences.
6 - Maybe the best score in a FF game...but it's got some persistently good competition from many others

I just think it's so fresh compared to the others, with less linearity, optional characters/events, and oh my god Kefka is such a memorable villain. who cares if he's loosely based off The Joker, it's fantastic, maniacal, and successful! there were so many little nuances and quirks to the game (like killing doomtrain with a phoenix down) as well as high concepts like going into Cyan's mind to confront and defeat his demons. To this day I haven't unlocked everything or figured everything out.

yes, kefka was such a good villain :) but i cannot decide who "wins" for me - kefka or sephiroth.

but yes, VI was just perfect. there is not a simple thing that i dislike at VI. i would love to play it again with modern graphics and sound when  both can keep up the style and atmosphere from the original.

You know the funniest thing?  Final Fantasy VII is my second favorite FF game, yet I really don't like Sephiroth as a villain.  as I once read, Sephiroth is a neo-pagan environmentalist with an oedipus complex, delusions of grandeur, and a sweet wardrobe.  

Before he went crazy, he was interesting, but once he turns to the dark side, obsessed with Jenova and the rebirth of the planet and the ancients and stuff, well, he just became an empty shell of generic baddie that happened to LOOK cool. 

Kefka, on the other hand, poisons a town's water supply and laughs maniacally as each and every man, woman, and child falls down dead...and even kills his own troops if they get in his way.  

You know, now that I think about it, I actually think VI was the only FF with a truly menacing and memorable villain.  Sephiroth was as I said a neo-pagan with mommy issues, Ultimecia was barely in the game, etc.  Some of the other villains were good, but none were actually the final villains. Kuja was pretty good, but was being manipulated, Adel and Edea were again being manipulated by ultmecia, I don't even remember WHO was the boss in XII.  Jecht was cool, but again with Yu Yevon, I don't remember who the villain was in IV, Garland controlled by Chaos, etc...see what I mean?  They should really mix this up a bit! 

In retrospect, Sephiroth was easily the second best villain...

For the longest time I thought that I was the only one who felt that way. Sephiroth is undoubtedly the coolest villain, but that doesn't automatically make him the "best". Even more, I found him far more interesting when he was a hero before he turned villain.