I hated IV's story. It had some of the most generic plot twists ever. The arch-nemesis for the entire game being related to the hero. There being another person behind the scenes controlling everything. At least in VI I knew Kefka was going to be the main villian, pretty much from the beginning. It was clear cut, you knew who you were fighting against. And to say the story of FFVI was upbeat?!?! Terra is a slave when you first meet her, Cyan's entire kingdom was poisoned and then he watches his family board the phantom train, Celes was chained up and beaten, Gau was abandoned, Strago's village was persecuted, Shadow cut himself off from all emotions. Next, the world gets destroyed, Shadow could have died (or dies when you beat the game), all the moogles are dead, Celes tries to commit suicide, everything Locke does is because of a lost lover from the past, Setzer laments a lost lover, we find out Sabin abandoned Edgar after their father died.... far from an upbeat game if you ask me.

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