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Posted By Birdman about 9 months, 3 weeks ago
RAD episode 260: Final Fantasy VI: Advance,
A long time ago a game was played that forever changed the way Michael Dodd looked at video games.
No longer would he be content to simply run and gun or button mash his way to victory…this game required more from him.
One lonely December day he decided to trade games with his neighbour and forever would things be different.
From NHL 95 to…..Final Fantasy 3…or 6 depending on how you look at it!
In today’s ConBravo sponsored edition of RAD we look at a classic SNES game that has been updated for the Gameboy advance. Birdman looks at one of the finest RPGs to ever grace our shores in any capacity, Final Fantasy 6: Advance. We prepare to free a world under the weight of a magically empowered empire who are on the cusp of another devastating war which would end humanity once and for all. We join up with a colorful cast of characters like the mysterious and beautiful Terra, treasure hunter Locke, the airship piloting Setzer and the strange dancing moggle, Mog and many more.
Is this game still a classic by today’s standards or it is best left on shelf in favor of other RPG experiences?
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My second favorite in the series. Aside from the grindiness, my biggest problem with the game had to be the lack of tactics in fights. Outside maybe three bosses, they all came down to “Can at least two people heal, and did you bring one of the broken guys?” But the battles zoomed by so quickly, it’s not easy to notice. You just made your party throw their best each time, and it would be over before things got old. There was a snappiness later FFs forgot that’s helped the game age better.
I don’t know if it’s relevant, but there’s a certain mashup fan parody on youtube…
watch?v=PxG9jnWFffQ
Just one thing… you said the sprites were smaller… well actually it’s the biggest sprites ever in a FF game at the time. FF I to V all had much much smaller character sprites.
Ah, you are correct!
I got confused
I have to get back to this game. I’m not much of a hand held gamer so a lot of times with longer RPGs like this on hand held for me will go a long time unplayed. which can suck coming back to them if you don’t were to go next. Corse I left off shortly after the world was cracked so I’d be directionless anyway.
I just got around to playing this game (original version, via Virtual Console) last fall/winter. Great game, although I must agree it is a bit grindy. I avoided grinding in general until I HAD to at the Floating Continent…though at that point I had enough Gil to max out my tents and never had to worry much about healing ever again. Also, I abused the hell out of the Moogle Charm which saved me many hours of grinding, although I still spent probably ~10 hours grinding AP so I had 6 characters (2 for backup) with all the good magic.
All told, a classic that (mostly) still stands up.
Great review dude. This is my favourite FF and RPG of all time.
Love this game!