Poll of the Day > I kinda don't like FF6 once you get to the world of ruin...

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argonautweakend
09/08/20 11:41:52 AM
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What is funny is, entering the world of ruin, with the razed earth get up and new world map music is legit terrifying at first.

But then it seems hollow. Not really a coherent story aside from "gotta get Kefka" You spend most of your time gathering all of your party members, but since you can do a lot of them in whatever order, the characters have less personality than in the first half of the game as a result.

Am I the only one who feels this way? You don't even see Kefka at all until you fight him at the end, so I feel like they kinda wasted his villian-ness in the second half.

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OniRonin
09/08/20 11:47:42 AM
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did you know that the world of ruin wasn't originally planned to be in the game. they added it because they were ahead of schedule!

http://www.onemillionpower.com/25-years-since-the-release-of-final-fantasy-vi-looking-back-at-the-passion/

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argonautweakend
09/08/20 11:53:16 AM
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Maybe I am being a little too harsh on the characters having no personality part, but the story didn't really captivate me once you got somewhat into the world of ruin nearly as much as the first half did.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/08/20 11:53:21 AM
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At least it doesn't have the same "Holy shit, the deadline to finish the game is next week, and we haven't even started working on the final disc yet! Quick, let's just lock off 90% of the overworld and rush through the ending plot as quickly as possible" vibe that Xenogears had.
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PMarth2002
09/08/20 11:54:13 AM
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Its a hell of a plot point, and there's some individually good parts to it, but I agree. I'd still overall rate it as my favorite snes game and favorite numbered final fantasy though.

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FinalFantasyIV
09/08/20 11:57:12 AM
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World of Ruin is the best part.

The worst parts of the game are the WoB sections where Locke is mandatory.

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ParanoidObsessive
09/09/20 7:59:05 AM
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quigonzel posted...
Without the World of Ruin, we'd never have the song "Searching For Friends" which is arguably one of the best songs in any Final Fantasy.

Ehhh.

It's a fine song, but I'm not sure I'd even go so far as to say it was my favorite song on disc 3 of the original OST (ie, this one - http://www.amazon.com/Kefkas-Domain-Complete-Soundtrack-Fantasy/dp/B007JPRTAS ).

Dancing Mad is my go-to choice for best song from FFVI, mainly because it's a combination of multiple prior leitmotifs that winds up being an awesome epic finale... but if we discount that as cheating, then Catastrophe and Fierce Battle are great. I might put Magic House up there if I'm in the right mood, and even Gogo's Theme is kind of neat in its own way. Even if you're just trying to stick to sweet/melancholy type sounds, Epitaph kind of works better for me. And then, of course, the Prelude is its own variety of nostalgic epicness, with its slight variations across multiple games.

(And there's a lot of songs on Disc 1 and Disc 2 that I like better as well)

FFVI as a whole is probably my favorite FF soundtrack ever, though. Most of my favorite FF songs are from FFVI and FFIV, with a couple from from FFVII and FFX, and a few from FFI. Ironically, for most games after FFVII, it kind of feels like their ability to use full CD-quality audio made them less creative and interesting with their musical design, so while the music is better quality than mere MIDI, it winds up being far weaker and less evocative for me.

Though if I had to name my favorite song from a Square game in general, I don't think it would be from FF:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923fVDDwaHo
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