twesterm said:
While I do completely respect that you like VII or VI, I do have to say this: *SPOILERS* How many villains in the history of gaming managed to go from a lackey to a god in the timespan of the game? Not many (I don't want to say none because, well, I know I can't). Kefka is one of the very few villains that managed to do that. On top of that, he's just plain evil and bat shit insane. As for the characters, as I said he did beat them and they all lost. The amazing part of the story is the character, how they change, and how they pick themselves up and put themselves back together. The characters changing is why FFVI is such a good game. It's not because of the gameplay or even the cliche story (because most FF game stories are slightly cliche), it's the amazing character development. I advise everyone that has played FFVI and does not know what a heroes journey is to read up on what exactly a heroes journey is. FFVI is a heroes journey and a very good one at that. |
Spot on. FF VI also gave you the choice of whether a character died or not(wit little consequence outside of a playable character and some dialogue but that was a unique thing in RPGs..preventable perma death. I also liked the fact that world does change during the game. The game gets darker near the end and since you have seen some of the changes you feel you have more to fight for. FF VI fits Joseph Campbell bettre than VII as well which drew a lot more from Anime but didn't have the same feel as Chronotrigger.