I finished a very enjoyable playthrough from start to VI thanks to Pixel Remasters, and I bought VII-IX on Switch to keep it going. I'm on the first arc in Kalm after leaving Midgard and I am finding it a struggle to get through. This game moves so slow, the story is not at all interesting so far, combat is entirely monotonous, the characters are flat, the controls are clunky, and the cut scenes are excruciatingly long and pointless.

I do not want to play through it for completeness sake, but I also don't want to give up too early.

I feel like I should be enjoying it by now, right? Is there some point in the story where it really takes off? If so, how close am I?

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[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are not alone as I had the same problem with 7. FF6 is one of my favorite games and I was excited to play 7. But by the time I got through Midgard (which took too long imo) I just wasn’t attached to the storyline or the characters. That said, I actually did enjoy the combat of 7.

I ended up giving up where you currently are. Ive debated giving it another try given its reputation as such a good game, but just don’t have the time anymore. Maybe one day I will. Others have told me the story does pick up one you leave Midgard.

[–] krakenfury@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's so well regarded, I kinda feel like I'm missing something. I remember bring really excited about it when it came out, since I had played all the FF releases in the US up to that point. However, I had gotten a computer so I could play Diablo, so my parents would not shell out for a PlayStation.

I ended up playing it some at a friend's house, but right away I was not impressed. I've always guessed that its success was linked to the success of the PlayStation, and I think it introduced a lot of people to FF. Hell, if I didn't have the amazing games from NES and SNES to compare it to, I probably would have been a fan.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's really only regarded by people who played it as their first on their first disc based console. Objectively it's a downgrade from 6