Oh boy , IGN is doing another TOP 100 list - TOP 100 RPGS ALL TIME

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Crono141 said:
Why is FF6 better than 7?

Better Story, Better Characters, More expressive characters, more emotion, better art, better atmosphere, better music, better villain, better overworld, bigger overworld, more personality, better pacing, less linear. Also, its much more a traditional fantasy universe (with steampunk/magipunk elements), where FF7 is the first game to jump into a quasi modern "we have guns, but everybody still fights with swords anyway" universe.

FF7 had pretty FMVs, and it had great moments as well. I'm not knocking the masterpiece that is FF7. But FF6 is a better game all around.

Is it a question of taste? Of course. YMMV. I just think FF6 had a lot more going for it.

Better Characters? In what way? I can seriously only think of one character even worth talking about from VI and that was Terra....and as far as characters go she is probably the worst main protaganist in the entire series. She is weak willed, timid, self doubting and a total damsel in distress for more than half of the game. Almost every JRPG fan can name the entire cast from VII even without loving all of them.

Kefka is a joke, and not the kind he thinks he is. Totally typical saturday morning WB cartoon villain. No real sense of direction or purpose, simply evil to be evil. That is a horrible villain in my opinion. You can't say that about Seph. And like I have stated many times before...just because Kefka succeeded in his half brained plot he still was defeated in the end, like it never happened. This doesn't make him unequivically better than any of the other game villains. Most assuredly not over Seph who is far more likable and fear inducing.

The guns thing is stupid because there are guns in FFVI too. Guns have popped up in almost all the more futuristic FF games but the characters always still use swords. Why? Because swords are cooler than guns, they take far more skill to use effectively and there is nothing super exiting about someone getting shot but is when you sword battle. Also, have you seen any of the FFVII movies?Before Crisis or Advent Children, they give pretty good reason why one would chose a more agile, limitless weapon than one that runs out of ammo. Cloud and any other skilled fighter in the game can out maneuver and block bullets easily. This might not be realistic but it fits in the world they live in.

Better Overworld? Really? You will have to explain this one to me as I feel it makes no sense.

I am person who prefers SciFi/Apocalyptic worlds more so than steampunk/traditional fantasy environments. Maybe this sleights me to FFVII but I just find them more appealing and interesting to the eye.

So after all that let me be the first to say, I think FFVI has become vastly overratted after this gen started and everyone jumped on this "Uhg, I am sick of FFVII fans. Its not as good as they think so we just throw any old game out there to prove it". Games that have a legitamite claime to the throne in my opinion?

-Chrono Trigger

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