I last played it four years ago. I've been playing Chrono Trigger and I'm in the last half of that. I need a palate cleanser of some sort and then I think I'll be up for playing FFVI again.
When I did play it, I thought of it as a "master-class". Well-rounded characters, a great story, presented in a wonderfully imaginative and creative way, and all delivered at a pretty good pace. Random encounters are something I'm maybe not so hot on, but by the time those start getting on my nerves I know it's time for me to stop playing for a little while anyway. I don't recall the game being particularly difficult, aside from a few areas, but then I also played it after playing a long line of Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey games. I also thought Chrono Trigger was way too easy when I first finished it in 2012, so maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment.
In any case, FFVI certainly holds up better than the vast majority of FF games.
Keep in mind I first played FF6 when I was maybe 10 years old and didn't have access to earlier FF games like 4 or 5 which may have altered my opinions, especially in the case of 5 which may have softened me on the character customization aspects of 6. And I acknowledge that a person, especially a younger person, picking up the game for the first time in 2018 would probably find it much more difficult to sympathize with small sprite characters who don't talk and don't animate much than I did.
There are certainly kids and teenagers out there who are legitimately interested in old video games, especially ones that have reached a status as lofty as Final Fantasy VI. As long as video games are here to stay - and it looks like they'll be here for a long time - someone, somewhere, will be trying to play through FFVI. Whether people who are only just now picking up video games will be into it is a different story, but I think some people will like it. There are plenty of people out there who are new to games and prefer the easier movement of 2D games but want the mechanical depth of some bigger RPGs and I could see some of them getting way into it.
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