Hmm, you actually like FFVI. Maybe there IS hope for you yet, Timerk. I won't hold my breath, though.

From a character standpoint, I can't think of anything there is to dislike about FFVI. I feel the plot could be a bit more filled in, but that's nothing a good imagination can't help you out with. For the most part, level grinding is nearly a non-issue in FFVI. It gets to be when you go to the final areas of the game. Whether or not you like how the characters work, you should try to keep them even leveled, at least a little bit.

I find Gau to be very highly underrated, and Cyan probably has one of the best stories of any character in the entire series. In older days, when I played the game on my SNES when the SNES was still current... I'd always think to myself, "The writing in this game is so good that I actually care for these simple sprites. Damn." I think it illustrates how really good villains can make a story more meaningful and get you much better connected with what's going on. Terra would be half the character she is if she hadn't have been made into a living weapon for the Empire.