Barbie Race and Ride is the greatest game ever

[Christmas]

It have a half naked winged muscle man as the last boss and you can have an overgrown monkey filled with hairy muscle in your team! All the muscles is really ownage enough for me!

[Remon]

I agree. Add the lovable main character

[Del Murder]

But seriously, FFVI is one of the best. Del summed up the reasons in the first post but what he didn't mention is that it's almost timeless. Even now I can play it and it still has the magic.

A very good point. So good that I will overlook that you said one of the best instead of the best.

[AstonMartin]

its a pretty good game. not the best, not the worst. the battle theme is best tho

[Vyk]

the battle overworld theme is best

Agreed

[Skyblade]

It's good, but it is no Chrono Trigger.

[WhiteStorm]

It's good, but it is no Chrono Trigger.

Nuff said

[Big D]

It's a solid game all round, even though I wouldn't rate it among my favourites. It's a little weak in some areas, but excels in others.

If I were feeling cynical and antagonistic, I'd say it's arguable that FFVI really isn't that remarkable. I'd suggest that it doesn't actually contribute anything new to the genre, just presenting a basic re-hash of ideas and characters that had been done plenty of times before, with a bunch of disparate angsty heroes brought together to battle the Evil Empire and the Big Bad Boss whenever they're not busy looking for some Inner Peace. The story is driven forward by cliche, contrivance and outright plot holes; the visual style and gameplay mechanics offer no remarkable innovations or improvements on what we've seen plenty of times before.

...But that's just if I was feeling cyncial and antagonistic. After all, you could probably level the same criticisms at virtually any FF if you were so inclined.

FFVI is never going to rank among my favourites; I'm definitely not averse to 'old-school' gaming, it's just I discovered it far too late for my impressions to be coloured by nostalgia goggles. Nonetheless, it was a fun, engaging and sometimes moving experience.

[The Man]

FFVI was the first entry of the series I played on my own, so I'm biased towards it. I'm not certain I actually have a favourite game, but it's among the games I would rank as tied for favourite ever. Its plot certainly isn't really all that original (in addition to reusing themes from earlier in the series, it also reuses themes from the Dragon Quest series, particularly Dragon Quest V, an obvious influence on the second half of the game), but who gives a flying smurf about originality. It's fun to play, it has a compelling plot with relatable characters, and it has one of the very best game soundtracks ever composed.

[Big D]

...and it has one of the very game soundtracks ever composed.

Indeed, FFVI's soundtrack is 100% very.

[The Man]

lulz. Fixed that.

[qwertysaur]

Next we will have a thread about how rain is wet.

[Jiro]

I'm on it.

[Carl the Llama]

Not greatest Final Fantasy game, not greatest RPG, but the greatest video game ever created. It has just the right combination of gameplay, characterization, bonus material, and whimsy. I challenge anyone to disagree with me.

Peter: Don't worry, I got it all worked out. We'll move to England, huh? Worst they got there is, you know, drive-by... arguments...
(Meanwhile, in England.)
Englishman: I say, Jeremy, isn't that Reginald B. Stifworth Del Murder, the young upstart chap who's been touting the merits of a united European commonwealth Final Fantasy VI?
Jeremy: Why yes, I daresay it is.
Englishman: Oh, let's get him.
(They drive up.)
Englishman: Oh Reginald Del... I disagree.
(drives off)

[Del Murder]

I think that's the most amusing way I've ever been disagreed with. So it's hard for me to hate you based on your wrong opinion, but I will anyway.