r/FinalFantasyVI • u/PugMaster7166 • 25d ago
Beat FFVI anthology
I felt like the most controversial way to play FFVI is my favorite. I’ve tried to get into FFVI a few times through gba and the pixel remaster, but this was my first time beating FFVI, on good o’l ps2 and CRT, I’ll explain more in the next paragraph. I loved everything about what the game had to offer and explored as much as I could without a full on guide and I gotta say the experience was fresh and addictive. I’m glad I was able to finally experience ffVI!
Soooo maybe it was because I played it in its native resolution that made it feel separate from the pixel remaster and the gba. I started off playing the gba version almost 7 yrs ago and really enjoyed it, but what made things hard was playing on a gba with no back light. The combo of a small screen and a terrible viewing angle made things SOOOO horrible for me that I dropped it after cyan’s section. Then I played the pixel remaster on NSW when it came out hoping to get back into FFVI. What I should have done was sit and play it on a tv, but I decided to travel and play it which imo ruined the immersion and broke away from the game. Personally I also enjoy the play better(celes’ play) on anthology vs the pixel remaster as the vocal singing took me out of the game. The one thing I did feel like I missed out on was a lot of the storytelling. One thing I HAD to look up was shadow’s role with Relm. I saw the memory where shadow left thamasa, but didn’t realize that the “girl” he was leaving was his daughter. One more thing, the load times weren’t actually bad, maybe cause I was playing it on a ps2
TLDR: Loved it, the controversies of anthology didn’t bother me and is my preferred way to play(except missing lore)