I played the heck out of 4 - one of my favorite games ever. Wanted to like 5, but the demo shocked me at how much I didn't like it... bought 5 anyway, and to this day it's unfinished. I had hoped 6 would be a return to form, but the demo (of which I played Leon's since I heard it was the most traditional) disgusted me, so I didn't even bother.

@sonic_rareware8: Don't bump old threads.

From how I understand it, it's only $40 if you get it on next-gen consoles' physical copy... digital is $30.

Get it on current ones, and the price is $30 and $20, respectively. My plan is to get the current one for $20 right away, then a next-gen one after a price drop (and of course, me actually buying said console).

We can leave the two-year old thread where we found it...

Already did. The thing is, I haven't been able to find it on the eShop, so I think it's set up to where you can only get it for free, and it's only available at certain times. Still, I liked the original, and I'm glad they added new areas and a single player mode to this.

Done!

Doubt I'll get this. I've never cared about the character of Lightning or the world and lore of FFXIII, so I don't see why I should get interested in this.

Gonna lock this down; please post reviews as reviews, not threads.

Well, the same is true of everything in FFVI as well - PS1<GBA<SNES in terms of music and sound. ;)

The GBA version's sound was many times better than the PS1 version's, but there's something about the sound effects and soundtrack in the SNES version that just didn't work as well on other systems, for some reason. Specifically the ice sounds (there's an intensity to Ice Sword and Ice II that isn't there in other versions), Crono's sword slash, and the Lavos Core battle.

This was the best version of the PS1 version's I could find; it's just a recording of the battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7dv82oZTFw

Now go from there to the DS version, and the original SNES version.

Compare. Especially in which one is most "muffled" and which one is the most intense. Even Lavos' own cry, you can hear differences in all three...