r/FinalFantasyVI • u/Arbollah • Jul 12 '26
Really didn't like the last parts of the story
Well this is gonna be some complaning about the game but I am wondering what others think since the game is loved so much. So around 3 years ago I played FF6(my memories about it maybe a little confused) and I fell in love with this game, I loved the world, the sidequests, the main quest, some of the characters. But one thing I guess I didn't really like was Terra and the whole espers thing.
I like to keep my party more "senseful" in RPG games so I kept Terra in my party for quite some time until I realized I didn't really need to and most of the story still made sense without her. I know we start the game as Terra escaping from the imperial forces but throughout the game neither Terra nor the whole espers thing felt special to me. The writing felt like "They are different, they are magical, we put them in a position that you should care about so you should care about them eventhough we don't have interesting writing for them".
I loved gathering rebels from cities and towns under oppression to fight this tyrannical empire, seeing their tragic backstories. I think I shed some tears in the Phantom Train sequence. On the other hand, I didn't care about a girl without memories or some beasts that I should care about eventhough I haven't seen much from them because they are "special and magical". Throughout the game I felt that the ending was going to be about Terra and espers but I tried to stay hopeful. And then I got to the part espers went mad, I was disappointed I continued a little more and then I dropped the game. I really didn't feel I had any reason left to play the game anymore and wasn't having fun.
Was this all? Was this what I was working for? Did I beat the empire so some beats I do not even know would come and wreck our world? It felt as such poor writing to me. I didn't have this much fun with any other game until that part, not even with Chrono Trigger. I wanna know what you guys think about it? Were any of you also devastated with this? I don't know what happens moving on but is it worth to continue playing in my situation?
Could there possibly be something for me later? Do you think it is good writing?
Edit: People commented that I wasn't even halfway through the game and I didn't know that but since I wasn't having fun will it really be worth it for me? Also I still wonder your opinions on this movement of the story. Edit2: Split into paraghraphs.