People who weren’t around back in the day often ask what makes Final Fantasy VI (also known as FF6 and sometimes FF3 US) so good. But the game’s true value cannot be measured in how well the gameplay, story, and music have held up, but rather, how groundbreaking the whole package was in 1994.

In this video, I’ll show you what Final Fantasy VI was like, how it built upon and changed the formula from the previous games, and how it offered more freedom than ever before, but sometimes struggled to balance it against a linear narrative.

This is my love letter to Final Fantasy VI - the first ever masterpiece JRPG.

UPDATE: Some of you have expressed concerns about my use of AI generated images in parts of this video. This is valid criticism, and I take this feedback seriously. The impact of generative AI has been constantly on my mind over the past year. This is something that's been bothering me even before I received such comments, and the fact that this has been brought up has made me even more doubtful about using such tools in my future content.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Opening
05:32 Brave new world
09:18 The Magitek tutorial
14:01 16-bit beauties
18:04 Complex storytelling
22:02 A branch in the path
26:28 A new kind of dungeon
30:32 Pixel Perfection
34:57 The invisible job system
40:12 Rage against the machine
45:04 Freedom to get overpowered
50:00 An ensemble cast
54:53 Choose your own adventure
59:43 Optional scenes
1:05:03 The paradox of choice
1:08:59 Magicite dreams
1:13:18 A night at the opera
1:18:50 Endless horizons
1:23:03 Inventing “Magitek”
1:28:50 A game for kids
1:33:56 The end of the world
1:39:09 The world after the end
1:43:27 The final battle
1:47:37 Dancing Mad
1:54:44 The price of freedom
1:59:01 Hope
2:04:46 The first masterpiece JRPG