Yeah, that's the Final Fantasy VI experience; it throws so much stuff at you, it's difficult to predict.
Which may appear to conflict with my previous comment that FFVI "lacks enthusiasm", but that was more about how the game refuses to truly develop the multitude of things that it throws at you - it does a lot to awe, but rarely explores the details and consequences of what it presents in its attempt to impress. It has many,
many ideas, but no enthusiasm in exploring them. Or that's my take on it.
Of course, "rarely" isn't the same as "never", and I do agree this conversation was above what the rest of the series has presented this far. Of course, the series so far wasn't exactly high on character interactions, so I don't know how much that should count, but it's an interesting attempt, if nothing else.
Speaking of the rest of the series so far, I do have a question I'd be curious to hear your answer to.
For the previous game, we had the following breakdown in chapters:
FF - 7 threadmarks (no double update ones)
FF II - 12 threadmarks (5 double update ones)
FF III - 16 threadmarks (9 double update ones)
FF IV - 20 threadmarks (5 double update ones)
FF V - 30 threadmarks (12 double update ones)
So, that makes it seem like there was a trend there for a while of adding around four new threadmarks for each new game, but then FFV went and shattered the expectations; also, the number of double updates seems variable, but five seems to be the minimum.
With that in mind, as of right now FFVI is looking like this:
FF VI - 11 threadmarks (2 double update ones)
Of course, the very existence of double updates makes it clear that the number of threadmarks isn't necessarily a definitive measure of the game's size, but I do think there's some correlation between how much there is to a game and how long the LP of it is.
With that in mind, I would like to hear how long you'd forecast FFVI is going to be when you're through with it,
@Omicron - how many threadmarks do you think it will take?
Additionally, I'd be curious to get a sense of how deep into the game you think are, in terms of gut feelings; it'd be interesting to get an idea of what your impression of the game's length is at this point, to compare with what it is when you're done.
For reference, here's what points the other games were at in their #11 Threadmarks:
FF - doesn't have one.
FFII - was pretty much over; you started the update entering the Jade Passage and had defeated the final boss by the end of it.
FFIII - "preparing for the last dungeon" phase of the game, featuring five dungeons and retrieving Odin, the Blood Lance and the Invincible.
FFIV - about two thirds of the way through, including the first raid of the Tower of Babil, plus Yang's and Cid's pretend heroic sacrifices.
FFV - this one was just after the group had met again with Galuf back in his world, and included visiting the Moogle's forest and Galuf's castle.
I'm not sure how far away I would consider FFV precisely; it was after moving to the second world, so a lot had already happened, but it wasn't even halfway through the second world; the threadmark count suggests one-third of the way through would be the appropriate approximation, but FFV did have a somewhat longer section of "preparing for the last dungeon" (in that about half of the unified World of Balance could be qualified under that umbrella), so I'm unsure how to qualify it.
In any case, as I said, considering these precedents, I'd be curious to hear how much game you think FFVI has left, when compared to the others!
