This was, at least for me, the definitive version of the game.
This is coming from someone who never got to REALLY enjoy, let alone finish the game before. And I played EVERY version before, losing counts of how many times I played through the first few hours of the game in the past five or six years.
So, what's special about this version that made the game work for me?
Basically everything. an immersive 16:9 aspect ratio, revamped battle backgrounds, new character sprites (I genuinely love the original artwork, but I think these new ones work a lot better in HD screens), revised mechanics, a BEAUTIFUL and organic rearranged soundtrack and, by far, among some other little things, the best addition: Auto-battle.
In my opinion, this Pixel Remaster is worth it for the new soundtrack alone, but I simply can't express enough how much auto-battle does WONDERS for this game. Being able to repeat your last actions and let the battle roll 1.5 times faster mitigates tedious grinding and constant manual repetition, and I think this is the key factor to this remaster.
I finally got to experience this beautiful world with its cast of charismatic characters, filled to the brim with memorable moments and tied together by an astounding soundtrack and tight gameplay. FFVI still is not my favourite in the franchise, and still not among my favourite JRPGs, but now I can finally fathom what truly makes this title special.
P.S. change the fonts to the JP file and apply a mod to change the world map tileset for the original Super Nintendo ones. Find the game's page in Nexus Mods and thank me later.
This is coming from someone who never got to REALLY enjoy, let alone finish the game before. And I played EVERY version before, losing counts of how many times I played through the first few hours of the game in the past five or six years.
So, what's special about this version that made the game work for me?
Basically everything. an immersive 16:9 aspect ratio, revamped battle backgrounds, new character sprites (I genuinely love the original artwork, but I think these new ones work a lot better in HD screens), revised mechanics, a BEAUTIFUL and organic rearranged soundtrack and, by far, among some other little things, the best addition: Auto-battle.
In my opinion, this Pixel Remaster is worth it for the new soundtrack alone, but I simply can't express enough how much auto-battle does WONDERS for this game. Being able to repeat your last actions and let the battle roll 1.5 times faster mitigates tedious grinding and constant manual repetition, and I think this is the key factor to this remaster.
I finally got to experience this beautiful world with its cast of charismatic characters, filled to the brim with memorable moments and tied together by an astounding soundtrack and tight gameplay. FFVI still is not my favourite in the franchise, and still not among my favourite JRPGs, but now I can finally fathom what truly makes this title special.
P.S. change the fonts to the JP file and apply a mod to change the world map tileset for the original Super Nintendo ones. Find the game's page in Nexus Mods and thank me later.