Comments on: The Anatomy of Final Fantasy VI | 3 | Terra battle

By: J. Parish

J. Parish — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:07:18 +0000

If you’re asking about the math of things, I don’t know that I’ll necessarily dive into that. This blog series really reflects on how games make their inner workings evident to players, and there’s no explicit explanation of many of the game’s formulae in FFVI. It’s more about how things are made seamless and intuitive through presentation rather than the engine ticking away beneath things. Maybe as a sidebar in the book collection?

By: Morzas

Morzas — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:18:09 +0000

I notice you never said much about the random encounter mechanic in your last article or the next. Are you planning on doing that at some point? I’d love to hear your thoughts on it — some games in FFVI’s era did away with them. Why do you think they stayed in the FF series for so long?

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:16:12 +0000

I’m happy to see this one come up on AOG. despite it being one of my favorite RPGs, I have never finished it. In my initial SNES playthrough, I ran into some bug in the latter part of the game that corrupted my inventory and made the game unplayable. I’ve started it again in various formats (PSOne Classic?), but have never finished it. I’m tempted to start it again to play along with this AOG series. Definitely looking forward to seeing what you have to say. (Any idea what bug it was that corrupted my initial playthrough on SNES?). Erf.