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Excuse my wording, but my only problem with the "difficulty" lies with the placement of a few checkpoints. It ends up being more frustrating than actually challenging, save for the Cultists Tower (holy shit).

While having all the characters with unique abilities was actually pretty awesome. being able to teach most of them spells sold it for me. It's already a lengthy game without the need to grind, but the Espers mechanic pushed me to do that so I can build my own teams. It was fun watching them form up.

However, the big change from a story going from a very well-paced, linear adventure to an open-ended pitstop was kind of overwhelming. Apparently it was pretty much known if you bought the game back then (came with a map showing off both worlds) but playing it in 2018 irked me. After getting a few characters I pretty much used a guide for a bit of it.

This is my second RPG I've ever played through (first one being EarthBound when I was a baby boy), and I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed, save for getting somewhat salty over the second half.

The random encounter rate is still annoying when exploring caves though

@cmblasko

Hey fellas, let's have a discussion about the merits of Final Fantasy VI as a video game. I'll go first:

It's a very good game but I don't believe it's a masterpiece. However, there are many beautiful moments sprinkled in throughout the game (the opera, the phantom train, Locke reuniting with Rachel). The characters aren't the most complex I've seen in a video game, but they don't have to be, save for a few. And there's so much optional bonus stuff in the second half that it's just amazing. However, my complaints with the game lie with the difficulty, random encounter rate, and the second half of the game. Not that it's a bad game in anyway, but one of the greatest games of all time? Maybe not for me, but it's a damn fine game.

The music and graphics manage to stay consistently beautiful tho

Hey fellas, let's have a discussion about the merits of Final Fantasy VI as a video game. I'll go first:

It's a very good game but I don't believe it's a masterpiece. However, there are many beautiful moments sprinkled in throughout the game (the opera, the phantom train, Locke reuniting with Rachel). The characters aren't the most complex I've seen in a video game, but they don't have to be, save for a few. And there's so much optional bonus stuff in the second half that it's just amazing. However, my complaints with the game lie with the difficulty, random encounter rate, and the second half of the game. Not that it's a bad game in anyway, but one of the greatest games of all time? Maybe not for me, but it's a damn fine game.

The music and graphics manage to stay consistently beautiful tho

@big_denim: Is it okay for me to get an i5-4460 now and upgrade to an i7-4590k later? I'm planning on using this for homework, video-editing, etc.

@mike http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231666&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= This looks pretty damn good for the price.

Hey guys, Nate here, and I'm building a gaming computer. I'm gonna take it step-by-step, so I'm starting off with RAM. A couple of questions I have are:

Do RAM speeds matter?

and

DDR4 or DDR3?

If you can help me out with this, I'd be forever grateful. Thank you!!

@mike: Yeah, I meant that!

@corvak: Woud it be better if I started off with an i5-4790k? What's your build?

Holy wow, guys, thank you for all your support!! Seriously, Giant Bomb FTW!!

Now @wraithtek, is there any difference in performance if I go with a DDR4 stick instead of a DDR3 (excuse me for sounding so nooby) one. Another question, do RAM speeds actually matter? Thank you!

@kidavenger: So basically, I'm gonna assume the stock cooler for the Intel i5-4460 is good because it dosen't overclock, so the cooler can handle what the 4460 can do, etc.

In the future, when I want to upgrade my CPU to, say, an i5-4690k or i7-4790k, would that aftermarket cooler come in handy?