The Final Fantasy VI retrospective

As the Japanese RPG market began to oversaturate, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yoshinori Kitase, and the rest of the Final Fantasy team decided to tell a story with an ensemble of heroes to keep the series fresh. The result would become one of the most famous games ever created.

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Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
2:08 – Part I – A crowded market
10:59 – Part II – Edited for content
6:08 p.m. – Patreon
6:26 p.m. – Part III – Balance
24:52 – An oppressive world
30:17 – The party
30:47 – Locke
35:38 – Edgar and Sabin
42:24 – Shadow
45:07 -Cyan
50:34 – Gau
52:57 – Celes
55:38 – Setzer
59h40 – Mog
1:01:11 – Strago and Relm
1:06:13 – Terra and the Espers
1:16:01 – Gameplay
1:34:04 – Visually ambitious
1:37:49 – A playable opera
1:51:45 – The Opera
2:06:08 – Imperialism and historical parallels
2:33:10 – Kéfka
2:43:21 – The end of the world
2:56:43 – Part IV – Ruin
3:02:53 – We must save Cid
3:05:06 – Sanitizing the Apocalypse
3:07:52 – Open world
3:18:51 – Character resolutions
15:55:45 – Kefka’s turn
4:04:16 – The God of Nihilism
4:18:24 – The end
4:23:58 – Personal thoughts
4:25:53 – Part V – Ports and Remakes
4:47:31 – Part VI – Reception and inheritance
4:56:56 – Epilogue and to be continued…

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NOTE: Due to some oversights, some later sources do not share a number with those shown in the video. I apologize for the inconvenience.