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I'm pretty happy that I was able to finally beat Final Fantasy VI. Overall, I'm starting to see reoccurring themes throughout the series. I think FF7 borrowed heavily from FF6 and I'm actually at a crossroads between the two games. I can say that I enjoyed FF7 more but I think it was because of the time I played it. I think it has more to do with the fact that when I played FF7, it was just released.

So here are my thoughts of FF6:

Some things I liked:

• I enjoyed the magicite system where you had to equip the summons to learn magic
• There were a couple of boss battles that had very interesting mechanics (one of the 3 statues that casted zombie on the entire party)
• Everyone's strengths and weaknesses as a character - each character had a unique ability that was specifically given to that character
  
  • Specifically Gau's abilities and the Veldt
  
  
• Kefka's evolution and personality
• The unique steam punk-ish setting, lore, and interactions with the world's inhabitants
  
  • Like the soldier who wrote letters and later the girl who still receives letters
  • The mansion with the collector
  • The opera house
  • The criminal town
  • The empire's capitol
  
  
• The unique situations where you had to split the party to get through a dungeon

Some things I didn't like:

• I'm not sure if this is exclusive to the Steam version but when I got Gau back, he was severely underleveled
• There were some relics that didn't seem to have any description or noticeable status changes when equipped
• The Steam versions interface was awful but this has more to do with the port than the actual game
• After you get the airship back in the WOR, it was a bit daunting to figure out where to go or what to do -- but this part might be more because I'm used to the linear path the previous Final Fantasy titles had rather than the openness FF6 offered
• The fish mini-game with Celes

Overall, I enjoyed the game a lot but I do think FF6 needs to be played a couple of times to fully enjoy the game. One play through is definitely not enough.

The next game is Final Fantasy 8 - one of my favorite entries in the series. I can now officially say I've beaten FF1-FF7 and I'm pretty proud of that.