FF6 O_o - Page 3

technically you spoiled that shadow will be in his party

Continued from last time, Edgar, Terra, and Locke went into a cave. The cave was rather plain - eventually the party exited the cave from the other side and went into a city - South Figaro



The town had some interesting people in them. Most notably was the sense of danger posed by the Empire.



Also, one NPC mentioned the following people:



Who is Duncan and who is Vargas? Mmm....

In the Inn, I also met this new character, Shadow.





Shadow looked like a ninja. Unfortunately I couldn't play him at the time. I am sure he'll be back

There wasn't much of anything else to do in the city. After buying some stuffs, the party left. It was hinted that the party should go to Mt Kolt - Duncan and his disciples were there.

On the way to the mountain, the party entered a cabin. The setup of the cabin made Edgar realized that his twin brother, Sabin, was here.



After leaving the cabin, an old man confirmed Edgar's hypothesis.



It turned out Duncan is dead. Time to go to the mountain!



The battles here are very simple. The key highlight is Edgar's new Tool: Bioblaster, which is considerably an upgrade to his Autocrossbow.



It does more damage and poisons the victims. The poison damage is pitiful, though (cough too much FFX cough).

As the party ascended the mountain, a shadowy figure showed up here and there.



Eventually, the party met someone called Vargas.



Mmm... no. It had nothing to do with Sabin. Vargas didn't seem to be interested and engaged in a fight.



After clearing out his minions, Sabin showed up to assist the fight against Vargas!



Apparently there was some kind misunderstanding that made Vargas resent Sabin. They were both students of Duncan, but it seemed to Vargas that Duncan chose Sabin as the successor - this fueled Vargas to attack Sabin. Sabin denied this, saying that Duncan meant to choose Vargas.



Vargas didn't listen; instead he launched an attack that ejected everyone except Sabin - now it is a one-on-one fight.



The battle was odd. There was a timer on Sabin's head. After about 45 seconds the game finally told me what to do:



Sabin had an ability called Blitz. It's slightly tricky to use but eventually I figured it out. After entering the correct input, an attack was launched:




This immediately defeated Vargas. Now Sabin entered the party. Through the conversation it was mentioned that the party wanted to go to Returner's Hideout.

The way to the Returner's Hideout was not difficult.


There seemed to be a savepoint inside. So it seemed like a good place to stop.

At Returner's Hideout, Terra was able to meet Banon, a leader of some sort for the Returners.









So yea. Apparently Terra could be the key to defeat the Empire. After his long speech, Terra retreated to a room to rest. Locke came and exposed the following part of his past:



I wonder if I'd meet that person some day. Because of this, Locke chose to fight the Empire.



However, Terra did not have this kind of special reasons.



Afterwards, Terra went to see Banon. Banon asked Terra if she had decided to fight the Empire - she could choose yes or no. On the first try I chose no. Then on the second try I chose no by accident - then I noticed Banon gave a different reply. So, on the third try I chose no again - but the story advanced anyways. Maybe I unlocked a secret here. (someone confirm please)




Terra was still unsure of her positions.



Meanwhile, a Returner scout arrived at the hideout - and instantly collapsed.



Apparently Figaro fell and the Empire was coming to the Hideout.



It is decided that Locke would go and distract the Empire's forces, while the rest of the party would go to see the Esper. Before Locke left, he said the following line to Terra.



Hahaha.... Anyways, the plan for the rest of the party was simple.



I also received the following Relic:



The Genji Glove allows me to equip two weapons on the same character - in exchange the character cannot use a shield. It's almost the same as how Dual-Wield works in FFTA2.

Well, time to go!



While on the river, there were few opportunities for me to control except at two folks. After a few tries I found the correct path - and stumbled on a giant octopus.




OK. I admit this boss was really, really hard. The problem is that Banon joined the party too. Although he had a heal-party skill that costed no mana, he was physically weak. Making matters worse, if he died the game would be over. So the struggle with this boss was really to keep Banon alive.

Unfortunately Ultros had an ability that could kill Banon in one hit. After a few loads I realized it was impossible, so I went to a dead-end to level myself up... after my Banon gained about three more levels, he was finally able to survive all of Ultros' attack at full health. The rest was easy...

After exchanging some blows, Ultros would flee.



But the stupid octopus tried to bring Terra along.



Sabin tried to help Terra by jumping in the water to struggle with the octopus. Well, the screenshot below shows the result of his decision:



At this point, the game gave me three scenarios to play.



They are:

1. Terra et al
2. Sadin
3. Locke

I have finished all three already, but I will write them perhaps tomorrow.