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Final Fantasy VI – Ted Woolsey Uncensored Edition
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#52I learned to read using this game, along with Chrono Trigger and a smattering of PC games.
I was an extremely advanced reader for my age, thanks to obsessively playing these games growing up. They had me re-take the standardized tests because of it.
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#53This game is fantastic, I was fortunate to go to the 25th Anniversary concert in Chicago. It's reportedly Nobuo Uematsu's favorite game as well. Also, FFVI is the only game (to my knowledge) officially released on 8 different platforms across four console generations: SNES, Playstation, Wii Virtual Console, GameBoy Advance, iOS, Android, Steam, and SNES Classic Edition. The story is so good, I've thought they should…
I would love an action rpg version. I love this story but can no longer enjoy the gameplay combat style.
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#54I still listen to the VI OST to this day. What they were able to do with the SNES soundchip was quite the technical accomplishment.
Yes, but some of the remixes and things creators have done since then are...astounding in how well they capture the original's emotional intent and deepen it, even given modern technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfjLTYJ8Z2o for instance.
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#55I've played a bunch of them, but never actually got to try FFVI... From what I hear it's quite a few people's favourite though, so I'm probably missing out. This looks like a nice ROM.
If you look at some of the other major FF franchises, its a combination of brooding angsty teen guy and an incoherent story that seems like a committee couldn’t figure out how to wrap up. Entertaining in their own right because usually something in their story has profound impact anyway, but FF6 stands out in this regard because its a well crafted and impactful story without the angst and strangeness.
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#56I still listen to the VI OST to this day. What they were able to do with the SNES soundchip was quite the technical accomplishment.
You might enjoy Mathew Valente's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/tssf
One of his recent projects is finding the original instrument samples that Nobuo Uematsu used before they were compressed into the game and using those to make high-def "restored" versions of the songs. It sounds easy but there's quite a lot of work behind it and the result is fantastic.
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#57Can someone explain the issue here? I loved FF VI (US III), but I haven't heard of it being censored. Edit: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Censorship#Final_Fantas... Looks like the level of censorship is way below my threshold of what is "news", but a nice clean-up job nonetheless.
For whatever strange reason, people in this field call all sorts of minor changes in the text and images to better fit regional tastes and cultural norms 'censorship'. That's not to say some of these changes aren't ill-conceived or silly but the term makes it sound like something far more sinister than what it is. https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Censorship#Final_Fantas...
Nintendo of America was way more strict about content, so a lot of RPGs would heavily self-censor just so they didn't fail approval and have to go through the long approval process again.
IMO this hack is only partly about censorship, and largely about fixing mistakes and limitations.
I love Woolsey's localizations and would rather have his than a fully accurate translation that loses its charm. But the FF6 translation was also done by a single person with limited information about the game, so there's a fair number of errors. So, I like the approach they took there where they fixed mistakes without losing the flavor.
On top of that, they fixed limitations in string length, allowing for more accurate names for spells, items, enemies, etc.
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#58I've played a bunch of them, but never actually got to try FFVI... From what I hear it's quite a few people's favourite though, so I'm probably missing out. This looks like a nice ROM.
It’s one of the best 2D RPGs made at arguably the peak of Squaresofts reign. It holds up very well because no such high budget and high talent team has built a 2D RPG since. Closest is of course their own Chrono Trigger
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#59Can someone explain the issue here? I loved FF VI (US III), but I haven't heard of it being censored. Edit: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Censorship#Final_Fantas... Looks like the level of censorship is way below my threshold of what is "news", but a nice clean-up job nonetheless.
It sounds like it’s more of a digital restoration of some original Japanese content
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#60Fans should also check out the Brave New World mod for the game (excellent changes to combat and gameplay, plus tons of minor tweaks and improvements) and the T edition (massive Japanese expansion that was recently released in English).
what in the world, I like FF6’s impact the most: truly sinister and relentless villian and coherent storyline, something 7 franchise lacks despite being so entertaining and interesting in other ways but how many people are in this romhacking variant community? I wanted to enjoy FF6 again, and am enticed by a better even more coherent story and stuff, but I know I dont have the patience for that turn based format anym…
Play Brave New World then. It has ten years of development and has reworked the entire game to require thoughtful strategy to get you through.