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I will offer up bonus points for actually including a 33-page PDF manual, too, and one that isn’t entirely shit. Let’s look at where Final Fantasy VI goes right, and where it goes wrong.įirst up, the obligatory launcher in all of its glory: I’m not advocating emulation or piracy, exactly, but if you actually want to play Final Fantasy VI on your PC, then… well… unfortunately, there are better options than this release.Įnough preamble. If asked for a snap recommendation, I’d suggest buying this to actually legally pay for the game, and then maybe go and find some sort of way to play the SNES or GBA version on the PC. It’s not all doom and gloom, but there are a number of cringe-worthy and bone-headed mistakes, which means that this still isn’t the best way to actually play Final Fantasy VI on your PC. Is that too much to ask for? Is it?Īpparently – yes, it is. But maybe we can at least get something more than a slightly ropey port of the iOS version something which has clearly been designed around the PC interface and PC displays and so on. I’d love for Final Fantasy VI to be completely remastered and redone with modern techniques, but that’s almost certainly not going to happen considering Square Enix are only just getting around to doing that with Final Fantasy VII, and that’s arguably less expansive than VI.

I care about this game enough that, when it was announced as coming to Steam, I actually sent my Square Enix PR contact an email in which I would “start firing cats at the Square Enix offices, or something” if it turned out to be a crappy port. It’s up there with Earthbound and Chrono Trigger as one of the greatest JRPGs in an era that was, in many ways, defined by great JRPGs – and growing up in that era, a lot of me is defined by spending hours upon hours going through them. Those who were familiar with I, IV, or VI usually treasure them a bit more, with Final Fantasy VI generally accepted as the best of the older bunch.įor me, though, it’s Final Fantasy VI. It usually comes down to where you started: Final Fantasy VII was the big breakout title for the series in the west, so lots of people started there, and that’s where their nostalgia lies. Generally, Final Fantasy fans are split on whether Final Fantasy VI (confusingly known as Final Fantasy III in its original North American release, because Final Fantasy II, III, and V were never originally released in the west) or Final Fantasy VII (when Square Enix – then Square, or SquareSoft – gave up and started just giving the western releases the same numbers as the Japanese releases) are the best of the series. Ever since Square Enix started porting past Final Fantasy games to PC and – with a few exceptions – screwing them up in quite dramatic fashion, I’ve been terrified of the moment when Final Fantasy VI would hit our beloved system.