{"id":1970,"date":"2012-07-18T13:52:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T11:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satrapov.net\/mysst\/?page_id=1970"},"modified":"2020-04-01T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:25:06","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/detailed-reviews-f\/final-fantasy-vi\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is why people are afraid of clowns<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Final Fantasy VI<\/em>&nbsp;was the first Final Fantasy game&nbsp;I played, and, as such, it holds a good deal of sentimental value. To this day, it remains&nbsp;one of my favourite games of the series.&nbsp;It&#8217;s also still one of the most popular ones. The last FF of the <a href=\"https:\/\/grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/the-will-to-fight.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1977\" title=\"The will to fight\" src=\"https:\/\/grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/the-will-to-fight-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The will to fight\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/the-will-to-fight-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/the-will-to-fight.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><abbr title=\"Super Nintendo Entertainment System\">SNES<\/abbr> generation, it was unleashed upon the Western world as FFIII back in the day, due to the numerical confusion caused by the non-release of FFII and the real FFIII. Epic, exciting, engrossing, full of drama, humour and emotion, this game brought a new sense of scope to the FF saga. Gone are the elemental crystals and four orphans copypasted from the first FF. The game develops a distinctly steampunk vibe and not only introduces the first \u2013 and, for a long time, only \u2013 female lead in the series, but also its first truly memorable and unique villain. Couple that with one of the largest and most lovable character casts, not to forget a wonderful soundtrack, and you&#8217;ve got yourself a recipe for success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Graphically, in comparison to the two FFs&nbsp;which preceded it on the SNES, the game is a few good miles ahead. 2D it may be, but it\u2019s very beautiful 2D. The environments are quaint and detailed, just like illustrations to a fairytale. The only background that I can outright criticise&nbsp;is the chocobo riding screen, which just ends up hurting your brain after a while. The sprites are large and very expressive, broadening the palette of the characters&#8217; visible emotions even further than FFV. There is also no longer any difference in size between the sprites on the world map and the sprites on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just as all its predecessors, FFVI has been remade a couple of times, and now exists on the SNES,&nbsp;<abbr title=\"PlayStation\">PS,<\/abbr>&nbsp;<abbr title=\"GameBoy Advance\">GBA<\/abbr>&nbsp;and PC (on Steam). Like FFV, the PS version comes with lovely introductory and concluding FMVs. But, unlike FFV, I wouldn\u2019t really be able to give a definite recommendation as to which version to play. I\u2019ve not tried the PS or PC versions,&nbsp;although I hear they both have issues with loading times and bugs, respectively. But between the SNES and GBA versions, it\u2019s really a toss-up. The game remains largely identical, with only two optional dungeons and four new Espers added to the mix (and, considering the already humongous amount of Espers available in the original game, they feel like overkill).&nbsp;The major&nbsp;bugs have been squished, and the script has been partially retranslated,&nbsp;but considering the iconic status that Ted Woolsey&#8217;s original SNES text has acquired,&nbsp;this wasn&#8217;t exactly necessary or expected.&nbsp;However, none of these changes really harm the game either, so it&#8217;s just a matter of picking the easiest version to find. But, by all means, if you love <abbr title=\"Role-Playing Games\">RPGs<\/abbr> and have never played this game before, do yourself a favour and remedy that ASAP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"advanced_wp_columns_wrapper null\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 810px;\">\n<div class=\"csRow\">\n<div class=\"csColumn\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 35%;\" data-csstartpoint=\"0\" data-csendpoint=\"336\" data-cswidth=\"35.0%\" data-csid=\"ec034035-8c22-7438-83dd-1ebcade11ee6\">\n<p><a title=\"Final Fantasy VI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.satrapov.net\/mysst\/detailed-reviews-f\/final-fantasy-vi\/\"><strong>&lt;&lt; Back to: Final Fantasy VI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"csColumnGap\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 16.7%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satrapov.net\/mysst\/wp-content\/plugins\/advanced-wp-columns\/assets\/js\/plugins\/views\/img\/1x1-pixel.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"csColumn\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 30.5%;\" data-csstartpoint=\"496\" data-csendpoint=\"789\" data-cswidth=\"30.5%\" data-csid=\"bd45d029-415c-18cd-bdc6-8a97c4a0824e\">\n<p><strong><a title=\"Storyline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.satrapov.net\/mysst\/detailed-reviews-f\/final-fantasy-vi\/storyline\/\">Forward to: Storyline &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is why people are afraid of clowns Final Fantasy VI&nbsp;was the first Final Fantasy game&nbsp;I played, and, as such, it holds a good deal of sentimental value. To this day, it remains&nbsp;one of my favourite games of the series.&nbsp;It&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/detailed-reviews-f\/final-fantasy-vi\/overview\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1962,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12158,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1970\/revisions\/12158"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grafskaya.club\/mysst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}