Let's Play: Final Fantasy 6! (Pictures be here, 56k warning)

[Kerensky287]

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Hey everyone, and welcome to Let's Play FF6! I'm Kerensky287, and I believe that Big Mac will be doing this with me, so it's kind of a co-partnership-sorta-thing. Let's hope it works out and doesn't interfere with anything either of us do outside of this. Meaning, keep updating Tales of a Torn World, you loaf.

This time we'll be dealing with the legendary FF6, also known as FF3 when it first arrived in North America, and arguably the best game in the series.

This isn't about favouritism, of course, so don't argue with me. Got it? You got it.

Let's get this show on teh road.



...Yes, we ARE using the GBA version. Why? Because I don't own the SNES one, making a SNES rom illegal. And we don't like that. Also the GBA emulator has a turbo function.

Now, lots of you have played FF6 before. Therefore you know about the opening scene. However, this wouldn't exactly be a Let's Play unless I showed you ALL of the plot. Meaning, suck it up, princess(es). This is also for the benefit of those who have never played it.

Backstory starts now. Ignore the backgrounds, you'll forget about them anyway and you'll see them again eventually.







Of course not. No one ever repeats mistakes. But they're obviously talking about the evil Emperor Gestahl, the Emperor guy of the Evil Empire. Remember this. Does he repeat mistakes? Think about it.


Oh shit! I went on too long. Here are some people in robot suits. Isn't that badass?




Biggs is not a happy camper.




Her?


A witch? Oh. That explains the hair.


Biggs is still not a happy camper.




"...Wait. Oh fuck I knew I forgot something. Throw me that Phoenix Down."




And so the adventure begins.


And now we're finally getting down to business. Hunting down this magical beast that may or may not be a wild goose chase but we think it isn't because they sent a witch with us and BIGGS IS NOT HAPPY.

...But we've run out of time.

All we have left is a single question:

What the hell is her name? What a mystery! :o


This is what I think her name MIGHT be. But if anyone else has a better suggestion then go crazy.
(Note: this is the "audience interaction" portion of Let's Play. YOU CAN PLAY TOO! )

Until next time.

(A side note: if I've done anything I'm not supposed to do with this thread then I'd be more than happy to change it. Apologies in advance for any rules I've broken...)

[Regulus Tera]

Name: Bitch

But seriously, small screens strain my eyes. Fuck the GBA version. Ultros >>> Orthros

[Magus]

Yes, games are always much funnier when the name is a swear word.

I can actually imagine a character named Mr. Exposition going, during his narration, "Well, you're probably bored at this point, so here is a fun scene with Cyan trying to move a 'blasted contraption' as he calls them. Har har har!"

And, seriously, the GBA version was pretty good, but why change Woolseyisms into...new Woolseyisms. Son of a Sandworm is only slightly better than Son of a Submariner because they at least bothered to look at context, but c'mon. Nostalgia would've been better, they left in "You spoony bard!" in FFIVA...

[Kerensky287]

...What?

[POS Industries]

Oh man, if only you had been a few hours earlier and Fifth hadn't been a douche and moved it to the wrong forum.

[Fifthfiend]

Yes god forbid your Forum Game go in the forum for Forum Games.

That said these things seem to die as soon as we put 'em in FG so what the hell they can go in Joystick.

[Kerensky287]

When we last left our heroes, they were performing a co-ordinated attack on an unsuspecting village that may or may not hold some sort of vague mythical creature!


Yes, we totally do. Mythical creature, remember?


The dog takes offense to this and charges. And so we get our first look at the battle screen of Final Fantasy 6!


Wedge goes first, being the ace starfighter pilot that he is. Magitek? That's new.


Basic abilities. That sounds boring. Let's just pick one out of the air.




Holy shit.


The dog is down for the count. The owner runs and our heroes give chase but are unable to get through a fucking roadway due to the massive size of their giant robots.

Why they don't just Fire Beam those barrels out of existence escapes me.

Oh well. Back to the main road we go. DESTROY!

Some more guys! They charge, ignoring the fact that they're 1) outnumbered, 2) outgunned, and 3) weaker than the dog I just wiped out.


Let's try more magitek abilities.




Ice beam. Neato.




Thunder Beam. Also neato. But there's not a huge difference, and Fire Beam is the first choice, so we'll stick with that one.

Onward and upward.



PETA would be ashamed.


Our as-of-yet-unnamed witch has taken some damage. Time to try out the fourth magitek, Healing Force. Sounds fancy.


It isn't.


The witch's turn finally comes up. She's got magic, but it costs magic points, and we've got Fire Beam anyway, so why bother? Just open up the Magitek menu and...


...whoa...


She's got a few more options at her disposal. This one looks fun.











"Holy shit. Was that a missile?"
"I think it was."
"...What do we do?"
"...I dunno."


They flip a coin and it lands on "Stupid". Honestly, I know they're protecting their town, but why are they so intent on these suicidal tactics? The line between bravery and stupidity isn't all that fine sometimes.


Bio Blast? Sounds neat.





Fire Beam has been left in the dust. Biggs and Wedge are useless wingmen.


...You get it. This continues for a while. I'm not going to post every single screenshot of every single random battle.

Lots of Narshe soldiers get their asses handed to them. What a waste of life...


Fuckin' finally! The esper (if it does indeed exist) is in this cave.




Well. A gate. Are we supposed to go on a key-hunt or something? Because that would really suck.


Nope. Biggs finds that about as tempting as I do.


He casually walks through the door. Take a note, Gordon Freeman, with your rocket launcher, crowbar, gravity gun and inability to bypass a wooden door.


IT'S A TRAP!


"Fire beam?" "Yep."










Because that's where it stores its lightning. Sure.


This was a magitek missile but I accidentally missed the screenshot opportunity. Sorry.

Suffice to say that this thing lasts about 2 turns.


Easiest boss fight ever.


Hey! A frozen thing! The plot thickens!


Are espers birds? I guess so. The plot further thickens!


The plot solidifies. It looks like another boss battle!


Whaddya know! It IS an esper! Looks like the rumours were true. The ends justify the means, just like always!


"Fido... my best friend... why did you have to die? ...I'm all alone..."


Yep. The means are totally justified.

Fire beam time!

...What? Yeah, sure. Shut up. Fire beam.


I know. The menu disappears when you talk. So stop it.


GOD DAMMIT. She didn't even SAY anything and she said something.






...






..........

I fucking told you so.


Can I have my menu back now?


Please? A little Healing Force could clear this right up.


...What the fuck.


...The old man watches her as she sleeps.


That's not creepy at all.


"...You weren't faking it, were you? Because I was just trying to give you CPR, I swea-"


"...That's not the usual response."




"The others. And not me. Because I don't do that sort of thing, ever."


"...Anything? "


"I'll be waiting right here. Whenever you're ready."



Thanks to the gracious input of our own Regulus Tera...



Nothing needs to be said here.


Dogs! And they want revenge!


"They promised cake to the people who got to her first!"

So THAT was their motivation.




"YOU HEAR THAT, JERKASSES? THE CAKE WAS A FUCKING LIE!!"

".............NO U"

"Damn!"




And with one last slap on the behind, she's off on her way through his well-hidden secret passage. She'll never get caught, especially because he's buying her time.


What the fuck.


Bitch runs into the cave, only to run into a RANDOM BATTLE! Can you say "Fire Beam"?


...Shit. I guess not. So that robot armour was good for something.

Let's just attack then.






Attacking STILL kills them in one hit. There's witch power for you- wait, correction. There's BITCH power for you. Nice name, RT.


And so we reach our first save point worth using. It's as good a time as any to stop here.

Sorry about the image sizes again. I swear that I'll have them bigger next time - either I'll find a way to streamline the editing process or I Bigmac will do it the old fashioned way.

Oh, and just before we go... another naming opportunity is coming up. Get ready.


My suggestion:


RT is banned from naming characters for this update. We'll see about later on.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Goddammit, I told you not to name her bitch.

Her name is Terra, sweet sweet Terra.

And yes, Hobbes is a great name for Locke

[Truce]

I say name him Thief.

[Regulus Tera]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

RT is banned from naming characters for this update. We'll see about later on.

And here I was gonna suggest Cookie.