Final Fantasy 6 (SNES) Mike Matei Live

[@chrisa5885]

One of the all time greatest RPG’s in my opinion. Stoked to see Mike give this a go. Hell yeah! 🤘

[@Verbalaesthet]

Yeah, it's pretty good.

[@ozmond]

He’s played it before. He has said it’s one of his favorite games

[@jasonjones6346]

But will he finish it or stop at 90% like final fantasy 5. Either or, still glad to finally see a stream of it.

[@smillman437]

Best game of all time. It’s science.

[@professorpenne9962]

it's way up there with one of the best. also phantasy star 4 and tactics ogre. amazing games.

[@ice_fox]

My Grandma special ordered the 3 disc music CD set titled "Kefka's Domain" from Japan because I would always hum and try to figure out the music on our piano. It's basically part of my DNA now. Best gift, and best Grandma ever. 😊

[@JekesPosh]

This is my favorite ff

[@spacecentergames]

I have played it once a year, every year since its release. So great!

[@andreakoupal]

Thank you for streaming this game Mike. Very nostalgic and cozy. The music is so cinematic.

[@averageant7173]

Good to know Bimmy has a good friend in you to take your footage and stories and claim them as his own

[@whirlwind6141]

Hey Mike, I love seeing this game get played again. I still play it about once every two years. Great pick!

[@ramzamountain1636]

One of my favorite games, it never came to Finland but luckily there was a store that had imported and sold a adapter so i could play it with my brother.

[@carltonlong1985]

I remember when kids would talk about this game on the playground at recess. Fun memories.

[@ZacharyP-ct1jl]

FF6. The absolute GOAT. I must have rented this game about eight times before my parents finally bought it for me. Beat it multiple times in my life. They haven't made anything better since. Close maybe, but not better.

[@sammyshehole]

Yeah FF9 got really close but not quite there.

[@tommj4365]

FF9 was the best one in the ps1/2 era for sure. The more modern ones, 13 or after, I haven't even tried.

[@cletusbojangle1]

Blows me away that people tell me FF7 is their favorite but won’t play the SNES games cause of the “old” graphics.

[@moldy_mcfry]

ff7 is trash

[@tommj4365]

FF7 was a disappointmemt for me too. I do like the music and backdrops, but gameplay and characters and story... not so much. At least Sephiroth is a memorable villian, I can't for the life of me remember the boss in any FF game after that... but yea Kefka kicks his ass for sure!

[@zeebooboo9663]

Ironically, the graphics hold up better in six than seven now

[@jelhaj7769]

Awesome game. best gaming channel on youtube.

[@sammyshehole]

Glad to see this finally happening. My all-time favorite game, alongside The Witcher 3. FF4 is right up there too.

[@Peter_1986]

I remember that Mike once said that he possibly liked this game even better than "The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past".

[@anavash]

It's always a good time when Mike doffs the wizard hat.

[@hitmanhatton]

First RPG i ever played. Was hooked ever since

[@JustinEvitable80]

Quick upload. This was on twitch only yesterday evening. Thank you, Mike. I had to leave early yesterday.

[@jodeboyd8386]

a heck of a game. my most replayed rpg game. now play return of the dark sorcerer v 2.9.7-3.0, the remastered remastered version of FF vi, played on easiest difficulty for sound track A, then play on expert for sound track B. NOT on a regular console though. I want to go back to 2020 when playing it for the first time. Greatest game hack upgrade of all time

[@realgoose5471]

The Veldt music gets me pumped up during my long distance walks

[@josephdawson569]

Great to see Mike playing an RPG, it's not often we get to see the fuckin Wizards hat. You know shits getting real when the hat comes out!

[@tommj4365]

3:42:55 - the most wholesome moment I've seen on Mike Matei Live!

[@mikekz4489]

You sound happy talking about the Final Fantasy III. Thanks for sharing the memory of buying the game and showing one you really enjoy.

[@emanuelweidner9953]

Magical game

[@vashstarwind36]

Favorite overall soundtrack ever. This will forever be one of my very favorite games evveerr. Yoouu Rock, Mike. Been a fan of yours since the beginning ( around 2006 ) There's a lot to love about FF6 ( annd it is somewhat 2 Player, .. which is reeally reeally cool! ) All the best to ya my bro

[@MurseSamson]

Everything is going good... Until you hear that Atma Weapon music for the first time! 😅💀💀💀💀

[@vashstarwind36]

@@MurseSamson Omg ..... That moo sik is Soook Fing Dope! 🔥🎶💯🤘

[@tommj4365]

I also remember paying 80 of my very own bucks for this. I was so fucking excited walking back to the car with my mom, somehow I knew it was gonna be my favorite game even though I had only really seen a couple screenshots in a magazine. FF2 was really fun, and I had beat that one at this point, but the steampunk aesthetics I saw just got me so pumped.

[@mulletovichtwitcharchive]

Great JRPG of all times Holds up against the test of time

[@camelspiderattack4161]

one of my favorite streamers playing one of my favorite games, cannot go wrong

[@vashstarwind36]

SkeLL-A-TORR!!!!!!!! 🤘☠️💀

[@chubbycatfish4573]

I've been waiting for this one lol. FF6 is my favorite game ever made. Also, you stopped right before you met Gau and had the veldt music you were wanting to hear.

[@Edwardsjm]

Stream part 2 soon

[@kuma-wamu]

Awesome. One of my favourites. I failed the second year of my degree because of this games. Good times.

[@johnnym2069]

I don't blame you. These games really draw you in, especially back in the good old days when things were simpler. It's really sad that we'll never have times like that again, not even our children. The world is just too crazy now with the recent technology and social media. There's just too much going on.

[@MichaelJesmer]

Awesome! I was really hoping I'd get to see you play FF6 (Probably my favorite Final Fantasy) but I remember in a stream you said that you wanted to save RPG's for when your hands are in worse condition. Here's a list of some of the best RPG's that I'd love to see you play: All the Final Fantasy games (especially 6, 8 and 10, and excluding 12 and 13) Chrono Trigger Chrono Cross (The sequel and my favorite rpg of all time) Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2) And there's a really good rom hack of 6 called FF6: Return of the Dark Sorcerer

[@bifflowman2948]

Glad Mike made it to my fav game!

[@user-hr5di5fg8b]

This play through makes me want to play the game but damn my backlog

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Haha i hear this backlog thing from everyone i associate with who games a lot. I need a backlog.

[@jodeboyd8386]

this game has the most remastered versions of the final boss themes than any other game too

[@electrominded8372]

"Ice cream, you scream" - Gold

[@8track822]

Oh man. Final Fantasy VI. Started playing this game back in 2013, and spent the last 10 years playing this game on and off. Stopped playing it for like 8 years because I didn't know how to progress, and a few weeks ago decided to continue where I left off from that same save file and immediately made progress, didn't use a guide or look it up or anything. Made another 7 hours worth of progress in the last 2 weeks of playing it, before getting stuck again, not knowing what to do next. My save file showing a total of 19 hours 33 minutes playing this game, I've once again stopped playing the game and probably will never make any more progress, and I refuse to look up a walkthrough because I don't like cheating. Probably the longest I've spent playing a game without beating it. Such a good game, but it's a shame that I'll never beat it.

[@jeffgualandi5636]

Thanks!

[@mikematei]

Thanks for the support

[@jeffgualandi5636]

Keep uploading to you tube your gaming vids have helped me though a really tuff time .

[@sorcerousbeast8740]

4:24:00 hahahaha yeah that’s how it is huh. We had our games for a looong time back then and I’m 35. Your Mum bought you I dunno, if it was Lion King on SNES then too bad that’s your game for a year or maybe 6 months. But I went to the video store down the block and they started selling SNES games for $5 so I got some good sh !t there. Mario Kart. Metal Marines. Secret of Mana. DKC2. MK3. Killer Instinct. Mystic Quest Legend. Lawnmower Man. And some not so good games. Batman Forever. Last Action Hero. Aero the Acrobat.

[@dan_evilrobot]

This is one of my personal favorite RPGs on Super Nintendo along with Chrono Trigger too.

[@robertgardner5515]

Made my day to see this pop up. Great background noise for work! I love the wizard hat, but don’t you think some steampunk goggles would fit the game well😂

[@cutsandcodas]

Mike, have you ever played FFIV on Nintendo DS or Steam? It's got polygons, but they keep the presentation pretty true to the SNES or GBA versions with better translation. It's one of the FF Remakes that Square Enix got right, in my opinion. When comparing the SNES versions, FFVI was better in terms of graphics and gameplay, but I thought the characters were better developed in FFIV.

[@shirakawamaseru]

It's cool that you played the SNES release, especially for nostalgia but i would still recommend the Pixel Remaster, just for the music alone

[@makukenobi5385]

Wow ff6 great game your playing Mike

[@ZitiPatrol]

I was here last night, made me a relaxing boy

[@aaronblashyrkh7655]

My personal fav

[@OriginalMasters]

Let’s remake…Fester’s Quest!

[@character8]

I've never played any of the Final Fantasy games, this is SNES so it'll be a good watch.

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Never played it but I will. This and Chrono Trigger. Supposed to be two of the greatest RPGS of all time (so far). I just scrolled to a random point and saw the purchasing of the Star Pendant which I remembered was in FF7(ps1) and it also protects against poison. Idk why that was so cool to see.

[@mikematei]

👍🏼

[@Thullin13]

Morrowind suikoden 1 and 2 dark age of camelot and simcity 2000 and 3000 are some of my favorite video game soundtracks.....along with this one

[@LPCC]

great BGM: a huge vod bonus. seeing this pop up on my feed made me smile... need Chrono Trigger be mentioned? the classics age well & only get better - your streams as well - thx Mike

[@ke8mattj]

Definitely my favorite FF growing up, though I would make 4 my current favorite. Just recently replayed it doing the CES natural abilities/magic challenge (includes not equiping stuff which you learn spells from) and it was still fun. Me and my brother had a major fight one time because he saved before the fight before Wrexsoul. There's no escaping it. It took me at least two months to beat him so we could progress.

[@ScoobMeisterFlex]

The music and your references to the times make the video 👌🏻. Nice hearing from the same age group! Haha

[@CarmeloPiccione]

Great Stream! I'm sad not to see it live but on the other hand I would have backseat driving syndrome in any FF stream. For instance, in the first TunnelArmor battle Locke could have just healed in between a few attacks while Celes continually invokes runic. Probably would have required at 3 most potions since the enemy had less than 1800 HP and Locke hits for around 175 each round.

[@nunyanunya4147]

grind progress. done a few NCPD encounters. but mostly fresh playthrough ov Street Life Path Cyberpunk. Shotgun. Revolver. Reboot Optics. Bait. only. (Fenrir as a reward for Clearing Watson). Thanks for keeping an oulde weird freak company :)>

[@danieldiaz4632]

When you play as Locke and that great music comes up and continues through the battles, that feature is so epic! I always thought that more jrpgs should have done this.

[@nighthawk7151]

Mike you're so right. RPGs are so much better in the winter. Must be the short days.

[@pendulusproductions65]

Dude Terras theme is freaking amazing! Forgot about that one, it's been awhile. Great playthrough, definitely gonna finish watching this later.

[@ZMAN_420]

Great Stream, Great Game Mike! 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@nunyanunya4147]

Mike says im living my life right by looking like Banon.... I'm ok with this

[@Mr.Plant1994]

Other then D&D this is one of my favorite RPG’s of all time.

[@MrNexor-cj8gs]

Greatest game ever

[@AndrewSays]

Favorite game of all time with favorite streamer - only 40 minutes in but hopefully something enrages him in this haha.

[@mikematei]

if you stick with all the ff6 streams, it gets there eventually.

[@ScoobMeisterFlex]

Going to listen to these all next week at work. Thanks Mike!

[@mikematei]

Sounds good. Let me know your thoughts on here if you actually end up doing that

[@ScoobMeisterFlex]

I’ll never forget my best friend telling me how Kefka poisoned the water and it killed the towns people. I was set on my quest from that moment on

[@gbarrancos1]

1:02:26 - Public Service Announcement (i asked this same question as soon youtube algorithm showed me as my first recommendation 🤭)

[@jodeboyd8386]

one of my goals which i think wasn't possble to do was get all 255 items held at the same time

[@teddypeterson9807]

My favorite FF without question.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

We want Mike to unlock all Shadow's dreams 🥺

[@muhanc.a.9299]

BTW If Mike like this OST he might be interested in hearing the orchestral version (Also there is even a full version of the opera scene). Ultros approve

[@justinanderson267]

Sweeeeet. What a great game. I wonder if they have FFVI randomizer?

[@justinanderson267]

The art in this game is so amazing. From the profile pictures to the graphics in the instruction booklet. I was always in awe of the book art especially.

[@jamesmichael561]

Mike casts the best magic!

[@reoire843]

41:08 You said it, Mike. If your dream is to make good video games, don't let anything stop you. Just do it on the side of your day job if you have to. Mike, you mentioned working of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Is that what you would want to do as your greatest aspiration in life, or is there something else? Or are you already doing it with your streaming?

[@mikematei]

When I actually got the chance to do animation I found it more tedious than I could handle. I like to draw, but I’d rather illustrate one drawing than many to get characters from point A to point B. I’m not cut out for it. So yeah I’m much rather play games.

[@reoire843]

@@mikematei Yeah, it's massively time-consuming. There are modern digital techniques like tweening that can help speed things a little. But then you're not doing it the old-school way, which I guess is the point. Another time-saving approach is to develop an extremely simple art style. But that would probably not have the same charm as the old Looney Tunes style. I guess there's a reason we don't see that style much anymore. It takes a huge amount of time to make. And there is less interest in that type of content these days, so less payoff for the time invested. Still, it seems like it can be successful in specific cases. Cuphead seemed to be pretty popular, largely thanks to its traditional animation style.

[@jeffgualandi5636]

I watch all your streams ! Love them . I can’t help but wish you and angry video game nerd could collaborate more . Definitely needs your help with his videos . Also thanks for the direct comment I made on the Mario game . You made an excellent point . Please make more videos like that if you have the time it was great I laughed my ass off.

[@mikematei]

I still help with gameplay. I have since 2006.

[@adambennett564]

You need to leave Shadow behind on a floating continent in order to win completely in the coliseum in the Ruined world

[@Bonkrefeen]

Love the game. What's with the sound quality? Hard to listen to.

[@mikematei]

www.mikematei.com/blog/mike-matei-live-faq/

[@ScoobMeisterFlex]

Mike, “I’ll press on I guess.” Lol

[@jeffgualandi5636]

Also I’m so glad you made a steam of this game I be never played it but will definitely put it on my hit list thanks to you.

[@mikematei]

its a good game

[@chrischandler889]

Awesome. I've been requesting this for years now. Lol.

[@ryanfreeborn4252]

This has possibly the best music in any game....ever.

[@excessmaterial]

It's pretty good. Chrono Trigger's is definitely better though.

[@justarandombotipromise]

I miss the days when you had to plan your saves

[@Peter_1986]

You MUST Suplex the Phantom Train when you fight it; no playthrough is complete if you don't do that at least once.

[@ProdriveGT]

New ff's look like dark souls clones, aint the same anymore

[@chocolocojames213]

The only RPG where I grind everyone to level 99 😄😄😄

[@gagadreams]

This game is amazing! 😍

[@Boogie765]

I know it's too late, but if you had selected "No" 3 times to joining when talking to Banon, you would have got a Genji glove

[@mikematei]

I got one later in the next stream

[@TheRedRaven_]

Hey Mike!

[@justin4426]

Liked and subscribed for ya bud

[@aaronflament]

Love cloud in final fantasy l fantastic upload king of jersey Mike matie

[@7milesdavis]

“Wake up babe, Mike posted his stream.” Are people still saying that? No? Dangit I’ll have to think of something else to say that the entire internet is saying, because I can’t think for myself.

[@xMaximusunox]

Yo mike, will you do a series on FF?

[@schjonicus]

One of the greatest of all time

[@renechavarria2683]

❤

[@jsingrievous13]

Best soundtrack ever.

[@SlaughterTymeVizual]

Good talk lmao ✌️✌️

[@fls27]

The greatest RPG of all time!

[@TheZaius]

The best Final Fantasy. Followed by IX. ... But every time I see Mike play a game that's not the usual fair, I become suspicious.

[@mattyboy2024]

Relieved it's only part 1 ha. Got this game myself but the idea of leaving it there could be unbearable. Though I have no life ha

[@mikematei]

What even qualifies as having a life anyway? Going to a stupid fucking stadium watching a game like a drooling idiot? You are better off playing final fantasy 6 alone. 😆

[@mikematei]

Wait what do you mean? Leaving the game where?

[@mattyboy2024]

@@mikematei It's stuff like going out with your friends right? But agreed ha. I just meant the point you ended the stream to do something else lol

[@mikematei]

@@mattyboy2024 I mean it's like a 40 hour game or something. I like it but sadly it will have to be divided up. Imagine if I did it all in one go haha

[@mattyboy2024]

@@mikematei yeah take it easy eh ha

[@WeebDweebTCG]

Man. If games kept up with inflation they would cost about $170. 😳

[@cryonisis1]

its been 11 days since this was posted, but im kinda drunk atm

[@BadBrad119]

Did you ever play FF7? seems like it was still an older style jrpg, but more linear I guess

[@mikematei]

I played 10 hours of it when the game came out. I didn't like it.

[@HydefHyde]

@@mikematei You should give it another shot nowadays, it's so similar to this game (in ways beyond the obvious) that you might feel differently now. They're basically tied for my favorites in the series.

[@Mirauge]

I hope chrono trigger is next. or classic Mario rpg. even though the new one is out now.

[@justarandombotipromise]

I know that mike will never read this but I wish he would play ff9 or legend of dragoon

[@zeronightx]

how tf do you get filtered by the very first boss. goodness mike, i can't even

[@mikematei]

Probably from half paying attention?

[@sammyshehole]

Can’t even what?

[@Peter_1986]

It is actually quite easy to die during several of these first battles; the most tricky battle during the Narshe part in the beginning is probably the 2 Vomammoths, since they can actually throw Snowstorm on your entire party and pretty much cause an instant Game Over.

[@Denjired]

In my opinion, they should have kept the inconsistent numbering up to the present day so that Final Fantasy XVI would be Final Fantasy XIII in North America LOL. Sadly, us Europeans never got to play this when it originally came out. Heck, after checking, Final Fantasy VII was actually the very first Final Fantasy game to be released during its original release in Europe (so AKSHUALLY that would be our Final Fantasy I). The first time many Europeans got to play this in its, well sorta, original form was when it was part of the SNES Mini/Classic that came out in 2017. Would I have liked it if it had come out in Germany back then when I had a Super Nintendo? Hard to say, my experiences with JRPGs back then was with Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (which I loved but which is basically had Super Mario Wonder level of difficulty as a JRPG) and afterwards Secret Of Mana (falsely thinking it was a similar RPG to Mystic Quest before but giving up early...though I watched my brother play through it). As for now, even in this first part, I can see why it is considered one of the best JRPGs on SNES or even one of the greatest games of all time. Lots of interesting ideas on display here (not staying with the same party all through the game but diversifying it, fighting a ghost train, doing attacks with button inputs similar to a fighting game) and as Mike said some very good music to listen to. Looking forward to parts 2 & 3 now. Game that is still missing on your Games I've Beaten On Stream list: -Phelios (Sega Genesis)