| Released By | Lightning Hunter |
|---|---|
| Category | Complete |
| Platform | SNES |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | Header (SNES) |
| Genre | Role Playing |
| Mods | G,S,L,T,GP,Other |
| Patch Version | 1.02 |
| Hack Release Date | 31 January 2023 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 5203 |
| Last Modified | 01 February 2023 |
Description:
A Soldier’s Contingency is a comprehensive Gameplay and expansion hack for FFVI. It has been in the works for 5-years and is based on the wonderful hack by Fauntleroy/Fedorajoe titled the “General Leo Edition”. In addition to being able to recruit Leo, the whole game has a fresh new experience from start to finish while remaining faithful to the original. All the original content is still there, but with a significant overhaul and expansion. Battles should feel exciting rather than tedious. Gameplay is more challenging, but never in an unfair manner. Grinding will NOT be necessary with some good strategy.
The following is a list of features:
- Approximately 200 new monster sprites on top of the original monsters for a total of 350 monsters
- Optional end-game Beast hunting and some new bosses
- Lots of new equipment, including dozens of new ultimate endgame gear
- 50+ new battle themes
- New alternate characters that remain faithful to the originals while adding a degree of freshness
- The ability to recruit Leo as in the General Leo edition
- New surprise twist for Gogo and his own set of equipment
- Dozens of new spells and abilities and improved animations for existing spells
- Complete Gameplay overhaul and rebalancing
- New equipment menu that combines relics and gear
- A surprise twist to the final Kefka fight with your party above a certain level
- All new AI scripts for more intelligent monsters
- 50+ user-made hacks, patches, improvements, and more included
- Some new cutscenes
- Pugs instead of Imps that change color based on the character
- Some new dialog and plot twists
- All major bugs fixed, such as vanish/doom trick, psycho cyan, the infamous Gau sketch bug, and the useless evade stat along with countless others
- Ability to learn rages anywhere and to see which rages you are missing in Gau’s skill menu
- Colosseum completely re-written, and the ability to control your characters
- Re-written auction house to include more items and to be less annoying
- Functional Umaro, complete with his own set of equipment and a brand new skill
- New Dash function
- Leo’s Shock overhaul, which is now limited to once per battle and will randomly choose between 3 types of shock attacks
- New “Miracle” ability for Leo
- Rebalancing of physical attacking vs. magic
- Espers limited to mages
- No more status boosts for espers to compensate for the mage-only esper system
- Major rebalancing of characters; all of them should have a purpose for being in your group at one point or another!
- Game-breaking attacks fixed, such as fixed dice with offering
- Rages completely redone
- No more missable rages; a complete list is doable
- Many skill improvements, such as faster Bushido, A smart chainsaw that knows when to go for an instant kill, and Dance that never fails
- New desperate attacks, including brand new desperate attacks for Umaro, Gau, and Leo.
- More frequent desperate attacks
- Countless other features. Far too many to list here, in fact!
Be sure to grab the full PDF guide here!
ROM / ISO Information:
- Final Fantasy III (USA) - NOINTRO
- Platform: Super NES
- CRC32: 39A8F5B4
- SHA-1: E2E1ED5B66FB66AE0C9BAE9AD64E55E34196BFDD
- Checksum valid: Yes
- Patches for Headered and Unheadered included
- Patches for both FF3 USA version 1.0 and 1.1 included
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Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Fauntleroy | Hacking | The base of the hack, the "General Leo Edition" |
| Mike Ferrell | Music | Music, coding, tutorials, and more |
| C-Dude | Hacking | Various patches, help with coding |
| Madsiur | Hacking | Various patches, help with coding |
Review of A Soldier's Contingency
Reviewed By: Chanewt on 30 Jan 2023A Soldier’s Contingency is a must-play for all FFVI fans! This comprehensive gameplay and expansion hack offers a fresh and exciting experience from start to finish while staying faithful to the original game. With new monster sprites, optional end-game Beast hunting, dozens of new equipment, spells and abilities, and a host of other features, battles will be more challenging and exciting, while not being at all too easy. The inclusion of Leo as a recruitable character, a surprise twist for Gogo, and a completely overhauled Colosseum make this hack a true gem. The rebalancing of characters, rages, and the limited use of Espers to mages only, make this game both more challenging and strategic. The numerous user-made hacks, patches, and improvements included make this game a true masterpiece. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience FFVI like never before with A Soldier’s Contingency!
Not all is perfect though… I tried to suplex the ghost train twice and failed both times and so its not perfect and needs to be updated address this concern… I would also like to be able to see the rewards for each colosseum battle before having to go into the battle, which is a nice quality of life feature that the Worlds Collide randomizer has that was really missed.
Version 1.01 Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the 12th time is just as good as the first. | Kost | 11 Mar 2023 | 1.02 | Yes |
| A perfect amalgamation of vanilla and hacks! | Ace_Aileron | 08 Mar 2023 | 1.02 | Yes |
| Great Ideas, But Needs Better Implementation | Phaxuji | 06 Mar 2023 | 1.02 | No |
| Starts 10/10, ends 9/10 | loinator | 23 Feb 2023 | 1.02 | Yes |
| A Very Solid FF6 Hack, Something for Everyone | Lilyily | 21 Feb 2023 | 1.02 | Yes |
| Better than retail, but not as good as others. | FrigginNeato | 01 Feb 2023 | 1.02 | No |
| Review of A Soldier's Contingency | Chanewt | 30 Jan 2023 | 1.01 | Yes |
| One of the best Final Fantasy hacks. | T92 | 25 Jan 2023 | 1.0 | Yes |