Such an essential classic. I love the style of fantasy world present in FFVI, the quality of the towns were especially a highlight, NPCs actually say interesting and varied things that provide insight into the story or where to go next; benefiting significantly the believability of this world and consequently the immersion I felt.
The story was also very compelling specifically in it's human element, the backstories for each character being particularily memorable. The way in which party members are introduced across the duration of the game kept me invested as each character has a skill unqiue to them, these were immediately fun to incorporate into battles and helped keep combat from getting too stale. The music is some of the best in any game.
Finally the conclusive fight against Kefka is unforgettable in it's scope and visual design, one of the primary reasons I like JRPGs is because of the often amazing spectacle of their boss fights and FFVI delivers on that.
The story was also very compelling specifically in it's human element, the backstories for each character being particularily memorable. The way in which party members are introduced across the duration of the game kept me invested as each character has a skill unqiue to them, these were immediately fun to incorporate into battles and helped keep combat from getting too stale. The music is some of the best in any game.
Finally the conclusive fight against Kefka is unforgettable in it's scope and visual design, one of the primary reasons I like JRPGs is because of the often amazing spectacle of their boss fights and FFVI delivers on that.