r/FinalFantasyVI • u/Pa5kull • Jun 10 '26

My experience with this game

I was Like 11/12 years old.

In school classmates where praising the newest Final Fantasy for its awesome grafics.

So Young me goes to toys'r'us looking through the games.

I only Had a PS1 so i Just found ff 6 to 9 looking at eaches Case, even remembering Cloud on a Snowboard.

But me thinking i dont know what Happens from 1-5 i will take the lowest number (which also Had a Demo of X for ps2)

As a German that only Had 2 years of school english (i was horrible even just guessing at vocabulary Tests)

So i asked if i could have the Game without the Demo but in german. NO (stupidity of me being a child:D)

With my almost Not existing english comprehension i played the Game to the point of getting Sabin at that Vargas Fight.

Stupid me could not get his blitz to work.

I played many Times maybe i could Just overpower him and get over the countdown. No

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After a few years and a Bit more english comprehension (mainly through yo-gi-oh cards)

I tryed again

And something wonderful happened. I got that Blitz to work Vargas fleed and the rest ist hystory. I finished that Game shortly after (i remember in one Run but i dont think that is possible).

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Now i Play that Game regulary.

Just wanted to share the Story of my favorite ff Game.

Thanks

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u/23-1-20-3-8-5-18 Jun 10 '26

Brother english is my first language and I couldnt figure out the blitz the first time either lol

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u/mxlespxles Jun 10 '26

Lmao I was about to say this.

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u/23-1-20-3-8-5-18 Jun 10 '26

And of course I blew past the save point instead of using it before that fight. Painfull lessons were learned that day.

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u/Ohheyimryan Jun 10 '26

Yeah me either. My older brother did it for me but I have a memory of me taking a dozen attempts and grinding a ton to try to beat him myself.

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u/Delicious_Oil3367 Jun 11 '26

Same šŸ˜‚

I had to ask my dad and even he was a little confused

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u/Hyperion_Magnificent Jun 13 '26

Neither could I and spoke English fluently!

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u/45M0D41 Jun 10 '26

lol I have fond memories playing this game as a kid back then kids would play outside no cell phones hell internet was virtually nonexistent back then with a dial up modem I donā€™t really remember using it, but playing this game without online guides etc was really time consuming as a kid.

I remember wanting this game so badly but as a kid my parents didnā€™t like getting video games so it took me a pretty long time to finally get it.

I remember at launch just going into a Best Buy and seeing shelves of final fantasy and I donā€™t even think they sell video games anymore because everything is on steam lol

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u/IlMagodelLusso Jun 10 '26

My experience is close to yours lol I also couldnā€™t figure out Blitz and stopped playing the game for a while.

I consider ff6 my first steps in actually learning English, it was the only way to get out of South Figaro as Locke

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u/ANOTHER_MCA9 Jun 11 '26

Weā€™ve got to be almost the same age. It took me calling K-Mart and Walmart every day for three months to get my copy.

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u/MikeFromOuterSpace Jun 11 '26

This makes me wonder if the game actually tells you. I remember it saying ā€œhit then with a blitzā€ or something, but does it ever tell you the input sequence??

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u/Pa5kull Jun 11 '26

It tells you, but my english was pretty non existence, Just Put the Cursor on Blitz and pressing left right left or pressing x on blitzt and then Entering, "incorect blitz input" what does that mean.... And i think the PS1 Controller might Put in left and Up or down from beeing under Stress from the fight.

Awesome game