World of Balance versus World of Ruin

[Ayen]

Which of the two worlds in FFVI did you find yourself liking the best? The World of Balance or World of Ruin? As much as I appreciate what the World of Ruin had to offer in FFVI, I have to give my vote to the World of Balance. I liked the theme and all the places you went to during that segment of the game. And I'm a huge Terra fan and that part of the game seems to be where she shined the most since you start with her and her theme runs the world map.

Discuss.

[Shiva95]

Both of them are great, but I love the tragedy and the hope of the World of Ruins and also the freedom it gives us, so my vote will go for this one.

[Fynn]

WoR is what really made this game stand out in the first place, tbh. Give me non-linear exploration and a ruined yet hopeful setting and I’ll be all over it

[Lord Golbez]

World of Balance, definitely. World of Ruin is one of the major reasons I find it unfathomable that this game has such a strong following as "the best" FF. It's practically half the game that's just a bunch of side quests instead of actual main story plot. Granted, some of them are pretty good side quests, but they're still side quests. And you need to do most of them to get a decent party for the 3 party final dungeon, so it's hard to look at it as just bonus content.

[Wolf Kanno]

World of Ruin. It's where all of the games major themes finally come into play and the catharsis for many of the characters story. I appreciate the clever design with making the world feel hopeless like the dying enemies on Solitary Island, the graphical changes to the map, and the ominous Dark World theme. The open ended nature of the setting also places you beautifully in the mindset of the characters, the world is decimated, Kefka' is a tyrannical god, and you have no idea where to even begin to fix all of this. Honestly, it's one of the best and most subtle ez3ecution of narrative and game mechanics in the series.