The Final Fantasy VI Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2023
- As the Japanese RPG market began to oversaturate, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yoshinori Kitase, and the rest of the Final Fantasy team set out to tell a story with an ensemble cast of heroes to keep the series fresh. The result would go on to be one of the most celebrated games ever made.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:08 - Part I - A Crowded Market
10:59 - Part II - Edited for Content
18:08 - Patreon
18:26 - Part III - Balance
24:52 - An Oppressive World
30:17 - The Party
30:47 - Locke
35:38 - Edgar & Sabin
42:24 - Shadow
45:07 - Cyan
50:34 - Gau
52:57 - Celes
55:38 - Setzer
59:40 - Mog
1:01:11 - Strago & Relm
1:06:13 - Terra & the Espers
1:16:01 - Gameplay
1:34:04 - Visually Ambitious
1:37:49 - A Playable Opera
1:51:45 - The Opera House
2:06:08 - Imperialism & Historical Parallels
2:33:10 - Kefka
2:43:21 - The End of the World
2:56:43 - Part IV - Ruin
3:02:53 - Saving Cid
3:05:06 - Sanitizing the Apocalypse
3:07:52 - Open World
3:18:51 - Character Resolutions
3:55:45 - Kefka's Tower
4:04:16 - The God of Nihilism
4:18:24 - The End
4:23:58 - Personal Thoughts
4:25:53 - Part V - Ports & Remakes
4:47:31 - Part VI - Reception & Legacy
4:56:56 - Epilogue & To Be Continued...
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NOTE: Due to some oversights, some later sources don't share a number with those displayed in the video. I apologize for the inconvenience. 
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If your previous videos marked your place as part of the Mount Rushmore of Final Fantasy retrospectives, then after this video, you may have shattered expectations and became Mount Everest.
100% agree!
Definitely a great Thanksgiving gift!
And Chrono Trigger will follow. How do you top Everest?
@@MegaMato Sky's the limit.
@@MegaMatoMount Fuji 😂 🤷🏻♂️
Someone else mentioned this but it's massively appreciated how, like the others in the video series, this isn't simply a laborious beat-for-beat recap of the plot. This is already one of the highest quality retrospective series on this platform, and it's only getting better.
Getting ahead of myself but I cannot fucking wait for the FF9 video.
Yeah, it's great after seeing so many "analysis" videos basically being very condensed Lets Plays.
I can't wait to see them all. I got my notifications on and everything.
It is the finest retrospective on the internet. You cannot prove me wrong.
FF9 fans can suck it
Celes's theme during the bridge scene with Locke made me absolutely fall in love with Nobuo as a composer. The whole relationship with she and Locke leading up to that scene... The music starts to build and you're expecting this epic synth string version and it just goes into a light music box rendition... You can FEEL their pain, their love blossoming for one another... It was... Perfect.
And it broke the relationship, even if it wasn't for that long. The relationship was temporarily shattered, which was something I had never seen before as a kid in a game. It wasn't just Celes who didn't talk to Locke, but after that, on the ship, when she tries to talk to him, he just leaves without a word to her, leaving Terra to watch her collapse in sorrow. This is one of Terra's introductions to the concept of love, and you can see that she just doesn't know what to do before she runs off after Locke.
It was so poignant. This whole game is amazing
For whatever it's worth, Cid's description of what the other survivors did at the cliff in the original SNES localization really reads to me more like Cid himself awkwardly, broken-heartedly dancing around the matter with euphemisms rather than being upfront about it. Everything else about the scenes on the solitary island is so crystal clear about the situation that I find it difficult to believe Woolsey seriously expected Western audiences not to get what was really going out there even with the restrictions foist upon him.
As a kid I thought Cid was being sarcastic in a futile attempt to cheer things up. Like it's clear Woosley couldn't mention suicide during 90s Nintendo guidelines.
This is how I took it as a kid too. Almost making it sarkastically seem like 'the leap of faith' just took the sting out of what people were actually doing. I figured it was toned down, and at the time, had no idea why. I thought it was well done.
A retrospective that truly does this masterpiece of a game justice, very well done. 20 years ago, I felt like FF6 was an overlooked game in the franchise, especially when compared to FF7; the only way to really communicate back then with strangers was over IRC chats and message boards, and the FF7 fanfare was always the loudest. Now that we have social media and RUclips, I believe that FF6 is finally getting the respect that it deserves as the true pinnacle of Final Fantasy.
Looking back on Edgar’s story makes me wonder if he was in some way based on Louis XVI, the last monarch of France. Like Edgar, Louis had a brother who was meant for the throne, but he wound up inheriting it after his brother died. Louis was also intensely interested in mechanics, and locksmithing was a hobby of his, sometimes to the detriment of his kingdom. During the Revolution, Louis had difficulty balancing his allegiances, at times signaling to the commoners that he was with them while also trying to get help from other monarchs to put down the rebellion in France, which eventually cost him his head. Obviously Edgar came out the other end of his rebellion better than Louis did, but the similarities are interesting to consider.
The more I hear about Woosely's workload and insane deadlines, the more I respect and appreciate Woosely's work no matter how quarky it can be.
Especially considering the technology at the time.
i don't. i respect woolsey, he tried, but i don't respect his work. it's truly awful.
No it's not
@@mattb6616 Compare the localization of FFIV and FFVI, FFVI was a massive improvement.
@@mattb6616as Realm would say, "what a fuddy duddy" lol
@@mattb6616I'd like to see you manage what Woolsey did with the same circumstances.
1:12:25 I once heard of a suggestion that Celes and Tina may be named after the 1499 Spanish fictional work "Celestina" which came out during the end of the medieval era and beginning of the Renaissance (or modernity) in Spain, tying in with the game's setting.
LoL, nunca se me había ocurrido.
Time Stamps for this monster of a video
Intro - 0:00
2:09 Part I - A Crowded Market
11:00 Part II - Edited for Content
17:02 TV Commercial
18:27 Part III - Balance
FF6 Early Analysis - 20:06
21:31 Opening Hour (Narshe/Fígaro)
24:52 Setting & World Building
27:04 South Figaro/Jidoor/Zozo
29:02 Visual Design
Characters Intros - 30:18
30:48 Locke
35:40 Edgar & Sabin
42:24 Shadow
45:07 Cyan
50:35 Gau
52:57 Celes
55:39 Setzer
59:41 Mog
1:01:11 Strago & Relm
1:06:14 Terra
Game Mechanics
1:16:00 Espers
1:19:24 Multiple Parties
1:22:09 “Job” system
1:30:40 Spellcasting and Other Features
1:33:26 “Difficulty”
Presentation and Artistic Direction
1:34:03 Magitech Facility
1:35:22 Overall Presentation & Mode 7
1:37:48 Music Overview
1:42:44 Leitmotif
1:51:24 Opera House & Celes
2:06:06 Star Wars References
2:09:15 Evil Empires & Imperial Japan
In-Game Story Analysis
2:23:40 Ghestal’s Empire - Kefka, Leo, Vector, Sealed Gate, Themasa
2:43:20 Floating Continent, Gestahl’s Fate, World’s End
2:56:45 Part IV - Ruin
3:07:51 The New World
3:18:50 Recruiting Old Friends
I’ll finish this tonight when I can watch the rest
Time stamps are in the description. RUclips's chapter feature is just really finnicky and inconsistent.
Finally after half years of wait, another Retrospective is back!!
Final fantasy vi is one of the best game I have ever played.
If retrospective videos for FF6 on RUclips had a final boss, this would be it. Everybody else needs to pack it up and head out 😅
This man gets the Black Mages cover of Dancing Mad
But kefka was so weak
Somebody tell the Snorerunner this is how you make an FF6 video
oh shit this thing is 5 hours, I like the game and played probably well over 100 hours of it but I gotta go to bed now yawn....
Wait what we can get a game over from the Opera scene?
I played FFIII and FFIV as a kid, and just recently decided to make a marathon from I to X to see what I miss, and relive some childhood nostalgia. Watching your retrospectives after finishing the games gives me a sense of closure. You manage to offer so many new insights and background knowledge to what I just experienced, and it's an absolute treat. I finished FFVI two weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to this 5 hour journey
Jesus fucking christ, I just watched a five hour you-tube video and was captivated for every minute. Grats!
Thank you for such a diligent and comprehensive look at the game. You're doing great work here. Keep it up!
-Prof. Greenberg
i am not even an RPG fan , but your final fantasy retrospectives are one of my favorite retrospectives ever
i enjoyed this videos so much that now i want to give this series another shot , maybe with this new found respect that i have for this franchise thanks to you , now this genre can click with me this time
that shows how amazing your contents are 👍
Great video! When you talked about the theme of the airship in the World of Ruin, it would of been neat that each party member you got back/recruited added an extra instrument to the song as if you're building up hope itself.
Brave New World got mentioned: I'm happy enough.
Astounding job. Thank you for your hard work!
I'm so happy we got a conclusion to Sakaguchi's Jump arc. Wonderful video, I learned so much about this game I thought I already knew almost everything about. 6 is my favorite of the mainline series, and Terra is one of my favorite game characters ever, and you did them justice. Really wanna replay the game now 😅
Fantastic as always! Thanks a lot for your hard work doing these amazing retrospectives! Looking forward for what you have in store for us!
Locke isn't some creeper, keeping the corpse of his mom. He kept her body alive, basically comatose.
This dude has the worst takes, his FFV vid is unwatchable
I hate to be that guy. But.
This is one of the things that depends on which script you're reading.
In the original Japanese script the old man from the basement describes Rachel as "remains" and says that they'll be "preserved just like that forever" due to the use of a potion he had on hand.
Woolsey's localization flipped this detail into the implication that Rachel was revived but comatose.
So in the original English localization, yes, she is meant to be comatose I think. I don't remember if Slattery preserved that detail.
Other than that, I do agree. I don't think Locke is a creeper either way. Wanting to bring back a lost loved one is pretty human, the difference being magic _is confirmed to have been a thing_ in Locke's world. He has more reason than we would to believe there actually is a relic out there that can potentially undo death.
Great job. I'm just in awe of the quality of these retrospectives.
Im obsessed with these, please keep going I can't wait to see you cover the whole series!
Been anticipating this for so long. Your content is incredible. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these.
I'm so glad this is finally out!! This is my favorite in the series and one of my all time favorite games. Thank you Andrew for all the work you put in to make these retrospective videos.
Thank algorithm this was recommended.
I love these in depth retrospectives. Thanks for your hard work. :)
Fantastic retrospective! Unlike those I've watched in the past, you've included related history in detail! Additionally, you site your sources as you go. Thank you so much for that! This alone must have been a monumental effort to create! Thank you!
Absolute unit of a video here. Very well done
I am 30 hours into this game and almost done, I'll be sure to check it out once i'm done. thank you for making this. Edit: just beat the game, this video and the game are both so beautiful.
What an AMAZING retrospective! And that post credits scene 😭
Thank you for making these. You've done an amazing job at helping me relive my favorite games and feel all the same emotions as you talk us through them. You're the best
These retrospectives are phenomenal, thank you for your work!!
Just wow. This must’ve taken forever to put together. Thank you
Great videos, been waiting especially for this one! Thanks for all your work on your great videos!
One of my favorite games of all time. So glad this is finally out, thanks for all the hard work!
Holy hell this video essay was amazingly well researched, structured and presented.
Amazing stuff, Andrew. I am an hour in and loving it! One of my top 3 games of all time and your retrospectives are the best.
This made my holiday week! Can't wait to dive in.
I find out about this channel thanks to your FFV Retrospective and I have watched all of them now. You are doing an amazing job and you should be proud of the result.
So glad you gave "Distant Worlds" a shout-out. I attended a 2010 concert and had a cathartic moment listening to "Aria di Mezzo Carattere," as I was reminded of playing the original SNES version with my Dad helping me. I still have the first two albums saved in my music collection. Great video - the care and detail was amazing.
Your work on this series is trully outstanding dude, huge congrats
Ive been waiting for this eagerly and cannot word my admiration to the standard you continually raise with each subsequent release in this series and this is my personal favourite jrpg.
My gosh, this is amazing! I love it! ❤ Thanks for this masterpiece of retrospective!
I cant begin to express how much i appreciate your work. Thanks boss
Great job, I really loved your analysis and the way the video is structured
A 5 hour long retrospective of my favourite Final Fantasy! I’m only 2 hrs in and I had to stop to comment. Absolutely brilliant so far! Thank you!
I was expecting a bit more of runtime than V's retrospective. Maybe like twenty more minutes.
You have shattered all expectations and I'm here for the five hours complete.
Again, superb work on these retrospectives. Your retrospective videos for Final Fantasy are easily the best in RUclips in my opinion. VERY excited for the Chrono Trigger retrospective! Thanks for your amazing work and here I'll be waiting for a 10 hours video for Chrono Trigger retrospective haha. Saludos from Monterrey, Mexico!
You always crush it with these retrospectives! Best videos on youtube, dude! I'm gearing up to run through all the pixel remasters again and already planned out my parties for them... lol. I really appreciate all the details you pack into these and although the videos all have a long run time, they never seem long enough!
Been waiting for this, great Retrospective. The longer the better. Excited to see VII
Fantastic analysis on this, my favorite game of all time. Thank you so much!
Finally been waiting for this one great job.
Thank you so much for this and your other retrospectives of the series you've covered thus far. This was the first of the retrospectives I watched and I then had to immediately go and watch the others you had posted. Absolutely amazing monumental level of work and I can't wait to see the inevitable 7 hour Final Fantasy VII review. (I'M KIDDING--DON'T ACTUALLY FORCE YOURSELF TO DO THAT LONG)
Absolutely definitive. This series, when complete, will stand the test of time as the most comprehensive video history, analysis, and retrospective look at one of the most storied franchises in gaming history. Thank you for making these :D
This video is insanely well done. Bravo
YES GIMME IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VID
5 HOURS? Dude you're insane. I'm really looking forward to this, thankyou for all your hard work!
Two and a half hours in myself.... And yeah it's worth it to play this.
So excited by this notification, can't wait to make some time in my week to watch this!
These videos are incredible achievements. Every time I watch them I am given a deeper appreciation of some of my favorite games.
I've only seen the first of these 6, but once I get around to finishing the games, I'm coming back to watch these masterpieces. Just coming by to drop a like and comment for that sweet algorithm engagement
Absolutely incredible. I was super excited for this retrospective!- and as expected had to hold back tears of nostalgia lol... Crazy that you alluded to Chrono trigger at the end, seriously can't wait for the next one!!
If you haven't listened to the Ending Suite violin/piano duet from Balance and Ruin, you should. It is incredibly beautiful, especially the part when they get to Shadow's theme.
This video is exceptional. Likely the best video, article or essay I have seen on Final Fantasy 6 anywhere on the internet . Congrats man, you somehow made me love this game even more through your expert analysis
Very good, just what i was waiting for
Andrew, this is retrospective is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for the history, and the memories.
I've been waiting for this!
Great job. Absolutely worth the wait!
It is criminal that this only has 24 likes so far. The amount of work that you have put into this is astounding. Personally, I could have listened to you expound on the history of Japan for hours. If only my old teachers could have captured my attention like you did, I would have gotten an A in all my history lessons.
Yessss I've been waiting for this
This. Is amazing. Thank you for your hard work. This is my favorite game and I have learned SO much here
Fantastic video. Final Fantasy VI is my all time favorite game, and there were quite a few interesting things I learned from this video. Incredible work.
Geez great job is an understatement, thanks for the video!
This was amazing. I have watched all of the retrospectives up to this point just waiting patiently for you to reach it and the wait was so worth it.
As for many here this was my favorite FF game despite all of its flaws
Amazing job you get a standing slow clap my good sir.
Great video! Just finished this amazing game and am floored by how complex and effective it’s narrative is. Your comprehensive research into this legendary game is much appreciated!
Great videos Andrew, been devouring them lately. Keep up the good work!
5 HOURS DAMNNNNNNN. Im here for it!
Great video
thank you for all the 'tangents' 💌
such a full look , & it keeps us all looking
I stumbled upon this on Twitter and knew I had to start at the beginning before watching this one.
I grew up with Final Fantasy in America. I was intrigued by the 3 part coverage in Nintendo Power, but when they transitioned to the monthly format with the 4 strategy guides, the Final Fantasy guide had me planning my entire playthrough before I ever touched the game, and when I finally bought it for 10 bucks, I was beyond enraptured, managing two entire playthroughs. I continued on to Final Fantasy 2 (unaware of the regional chronological dissonance) and was blown away by the quantum leap in presentation and storytelling, not at all put off by the linear party progression (I wanted Edge in my party from the moment I saw the Nintendo Power profile, but accepted him as a permanent mainstay once I recruited him).
However, I wouldn’t get Final Fantasy 3 until later, having become more focused on fighting and action games. A friend gave me his copy once he completed it and I could not be more mad at myself for putting it off. The Nintendo Power coverage did not do this game justice. In fact, I utilized a third party guide that, while inaccurate at times, did seem to allude to the uncensored events lost in translation. It was in this guide that I learned too late that I had permanently lost Shadow by not waiting for him to rendezvous with us (I took the countdown timer too seriously). I made the decision right then to start over completely. Yes, I erased my save game file and started over. And I did not regret it because the game is just that good. I was happy I did because not only could I reprioritize weapon/relic/magic its loads, but I could also take up other missed events and character moments. I’ve completed at least three playthroughs of this game since the 1990s and would like at least one more.
Thank you for your work on these games. Not only does it remind me how much I love these games, I learn new insights and context to their creation and reception. Though FF6 was the height of the series for me, I am looking forward to seeing future entries (I do enjoy and appreciate FF7, FF9, and FF10, and will definitely look forward to all future entries regardless of my feelings for their topics). At 5 hours, this entry kept me wanting more; I believe 10 hours discussing themes, events, and allusions would still not be enough.
Just discovered your channel, it's amazing! Some great videos here, thank you!
Ooh I’ve been waiting for this!
Wow! I'm impressed by your work!
I still cant listen to Terras theme without feeling shivers, and I know most people nowadays say this for everything, but mine are very literal. It can get myself to listen to this unless I'm in the right mood, its very overpowering. I'm amazed of how a song of a videogame can make this happen.
I am still unable to replay the game because of this.
True tangible testament of how good this game is.
Took me 4 days to finish it but well worth the time. Thank you for your retrospective on my FAVORITE Final Fantasy and one of my top ten favorite games ever. I learned a few things along the way and the fanboy in me feels you showed the love this game deserves.
Well, this day just got 100% better.
Jeeebus!!! This is the kind of binge watching we wanted!! Bravo my man
Listening to you talk about my favorite game of all time for five hours has moved me to tears. You my friend have gained a subscriber.
I absolutely love your videos they need more views keep up the amazing work
Just unreal man! So worth the wait! You’ve really outdone yourself! Eagerly awaiting the behemoth that is the ff7 retrospective!
Let’s gooooooo! I’ve been looking forward to this.
This is amazing i applaud you in bringing so much to one of the most influential games i ever played
Andrew, you did great with this 👏
Five hour retrospective on a game I've never played? I know what my Thanksgiving plans are now. Thanks for your hard work putting this together, can't wait
I hope this video inspires you to give it a try.
You came out of no where with these final fantasy retrospectives. I watched your ff4 video and I honestly didn't expect to see anymore. After I saw that it was you again with ff6, I honestly can't wait to see your videos on 10 and 12! Keep it up!
You're like that guy who does Doctor Who retrospectives very detailed and very much appreciated.
just finished. amazing video
I haven't watched this yet but I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this ❤
can't wait for the 100 hour long video that combines all of your retrospectives in one /j
It's finally time for the big one, and what a big one it is! Very excited.
The new Final Fantasy vid is up, let's gooooo!
This might be the best scripted video I’ve ever seen. My favorite game. And I learned so much. Thanks for this!