The first time I had a chance to play Final Fantasy VI was the Anthology port for PSX. To be honest, I didn't find it too appealing. Part of the reason probably lies in the fact that I had already played VII and VIII, and was pretty used to the whole formula by that point. So in that respect, VI wasn't anything particularly innovative to me. I did invest the time to complete the game start to finish, though, and felt pretty disappointed with it overall as a result. Most of the time, the plot couldn't hold my attention very well, and there were parts of the game which I found so tedious (not necessarily in terms of difficulty) that I would stop playing for weeks at a time. I suppose my biggest complaint is Kefka. Kefka was just... Kefka. He's not the type of villian I could take seriously. Some of the characters had a pretty decent sense of background, and all of that blended together to make a fair enough story in itself. But trying to wrap it all together with the Nihilistic rampage of a "clown-experiment-thing" seems like a creative cop-out.

On a side-note, what was up with that octopus? It had to appear during the most inappropriate moments and completely side-track me from the main plot. I really hate that thing with a passion, and wish that the developers never tried to implement it. It somewhat sadens me that it was even deemed worthy of a cameo appearance in Dawn of Souls.