Topic: Episode 253: Daddy's Home for Dinner

[Sundoulos]

As with Chrono Trigger, I've been tempted to get Final Fantasy 3/6 off of Virtual Console on more than one occasion because of how revered it is, but seldom have I had a good experience with a JRPG. If I'm generally not a fan of this genre, is there any point in me playing this game?

I'm not sure if FF VI is the game for you if you don't like JRPGs all that much.  FF VI is pretty much the embodiment of everything JRPGs were in the 90s.  If you're interested, it's a great game and at $8 you haven't lost much if you don't like it.  Chrono Trigger, though, is pretty famous for being generally liked by even people who don't usually like JRPGs, and it's much more experimental and original than FF VI is.  It's my favorite game of all time, and at $8 it's also pretty hard for you to go wrong buying it.

Have to agree, here.  Final Fantasy VI is one of the best examples of the genre, so I think it would be worth giving it a try on some platform or another.  It probably is one of the best examples of storytelling in the 16-bit era, and it marks one of the last "classic" Final Fantasy games, before the games started leaning more to a less traditional settings. 

Plus FF VI features one of the absolutely most crazy, evil villains in video game history.

You may not want to watch this because of the spoilers (some are very big), but the Gametrailers retrospective on Final Fantasy VI sells the game very well:  http://www.gametrailers.com/video/part-iv-final-fantasy/23185

[Mop it up]

If it's a choice between Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger, I'd have to go with Chrono Trigger, especially if you aren't really into RPGs. I'm actually not very fond of them meself, so I'm somewhat similar to you. Chrono Trigger is more accessible: the combat system is more streamlined, there are no random battles, and there isn't really any grinding since each area has a set number of enemies, which makes things a lot more balanced. The story may not be as good as Final Fantasy VI, that's hard to say since they're so different and Chrono Trigger is less dramatic and has some more lighthearted moments in it. The time travel element might seem cliché but it works, and the characters' personalities don't really come out until later in the game. Plus unlike FF games it has a silent protagonist, a concept which not everyone likes.

Oh, and the music is some of the best I've heard composed for a videogame. But that's one of the more subjective elements about it so no guarantee you'd like it.

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

Cheers for the advice. Based on that, I've surmised that Chrono Trigger would be the best best. I'm still unsure about it, but 900 Points isn't all that much to part with (both of these games cost 900 in Europe because they are imports).

[zachs1997]

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