I want to say up front that this is probably my favorite hack of any game ever. Let me explain why.

While this is not meant to be a difficulty hack, this is only because the stats of many of the monsters have not been radically altered from the original. What HAS been altered substantially is their behavior in battle, as well as most of the items, equipment, and game systems within the game. As someone who has bought/played/beaten FF6 many many times over the last 20 years, I can confirm the changes made have all been for the better (with one slight exception).

This is because of the meticulous detail that the creators of this hack went into to balance almost everything about the gameplay. Every character is limited in almost a class-like manner to what espers/spells/equipment they can use, which gives each character a pretty unique role in battle, unlike the original and many other difficulty hacks where everyone becomes ultima-chain casters by endgame.

Literally everything has been changed in some way, even the script. As a massive fan of the old FF6 script, I was skeptical at first, but many of the changes made (at least in the “clean” version) were well done and did nothing to negatively affect the overall plot. I personally found the references and jokes extremely well done, and there’s a lot of homage in it to other RPG’s, tastefully done.

All in all, this is the most complete hack of a game I’ve ever played, and the most enjoyable. The difficulty has been balanced at almost every possible point, and the very best parts of the original game are still very intact. Yes, some parts may be more difficult than the original, but that’s only because of this hack’s emphasis on using all your options rather than just bulldozing through.

I cannot recommend this hack enough, to new and older players of FF6 alike–an amazing take on an old classic.