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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Last night I finished playing through Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, wrapping up my playthrough the of the 3 SNES Pixel Remasters. I was a little unsure what to make of the remasters at first but now I feel like they're the best way to experience the games today. They smooth out so many of the rough edges, especially in IV and V. The graphics updates are nice without being radically different from the original.
There are still some things I still don't like about the games (Tower of Zot and Babil in IV, long stretches of boring story and gameplay in V, and the constant esper-swapping needed in VI) but things like auto-battle and automatic saving entering any room can make frustrating parts far less annoying. I didn't use any XP, AP or Gil boosts since the games flow just fine without them. I took advantage of Quick Save and Encounters Off in the final dungeons of IV and V, both which have very long stretches with no save points.
The remastered music was better than I expected. I have some strong nostalgia for these 3 games so expectations were high. There are some songs that work way better with some modern help. Sometimes though I feel like they missed the depth of the original song (FFVI boss music comes to mind). Anyway, here's my favorite remastered tracks from each game (surprised me most):
- FFIV: Within the Giant
- FFV: Beyond the Deep Blue Sea
- FFVI: The Veldt (second half the of the remastered song is awesome)
I beat IV in 20 hours, V in 30 hours and VI in 40 hours. Zeromus gave me the most trouble of the 3 final bosses. I beat Kefka on my first try - the Ultima spell kinda breaks the final fights.
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I'm working on these now, since they were on sale on Steam this week. I'm done 4 (all achievements) and just starting VI. I didn't notice the auto-saving thing, but I don't really need it either. The faster Auto battle is nice when grinding though. I have to say, the arranged soundtrack is just bad. I gave both games a sample through the extras option and I've liked exactly none of them. Part of it is because I've heard many better rearranged versions both via fans and through some of their official arranged versions from the 90s.
Otherwise, though, I agree. Great way to replay these classics. The DS/3D remake of IV I just couldn't enjoy. Too many "extras". Sometimes you just want to replay something you played a 100 times as a kid with maybe just a few QoL improvements.
Debating whether to do I or not. I enjoy I, but I played the crap out of the Randomizer, so it may seem kind of stale. This might be the time I finally play through II and III though.
EDIT: Also, still occasionally find something new. I played 1000s of hours of the original SNES IV and I never knew you could get the two chests in the Baron Weapon/Armor shop until reaching the end of the game and being at 340/342 treasures found.