I always loved the scale of Final Fantasy. I love how each of their distinct worlds come with their own culture, history, and side stories. I think in Final Fantasy VI what makes it really special is how the culture, history, and side stories are the real meat of the game. The main quest of VI is not itself that interesting its a fairly average resistance vs evil empire story that turns into a resistance against crazy nihilist story halfway through. What really captivated me aboout this game was its characters and their own personal journeys. See despite what Final Fantasy as a franchise will lead you to believe FFVI has no real "main character". yes Terra is a very important central character but she is not the main character. Instead FFVI has several characters all of equal importance go through their own personal journey and thats why I think FFVI is really special in its own way.