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FINAL FANTASY VI
SQUARE ENIX · 419 ratings · ★ 3.5
3.5
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419 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 43 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"controller"
27 negative reviews mention this · 63% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No Controller Support. Despite all the mixed changes in the remaster, NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT has got to be the biggest flaw by far." - Thailian
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"support"
26 negative reviews mention this · 60% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No Controller Support. Despite all the mixed changes in the remaster, NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT has got to be the biggest flaw by far." - Thailian
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"controller support"
26 negative reviews mention this · 60% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No Controller Support. Despite all the mixed changes in the remaster, NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT has got to be the biggest flaw by far." - Thailian
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"game"
19 negative reviews mention this · 44% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Party switching broken, music doesn’t play. I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs. Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of che…" - kingdrewsea
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"doesn"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Party switching broken, music doesn’t play. I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs. Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of che…" - kingdrewsea
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"backbone"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Party switching broken, music doesn’t play. I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs. Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of che…" - kingdrewsea
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"does"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Party switching broken, music doesn’t play. I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs. Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of che…" - kingdrewsea
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"remaster"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dreadful Remaster. This remaster was terribly done. The sound effects are terrible. And the music remaster is an abomination. The additional graphics they mixed in clash with the main game art, making the original art look dreadfully dated. I had to stop play…" - Nick.Kendra
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"needs"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Needs controller support. This is an inferior version of the remasters no controller support or random encounter skipping/xp scaling" - Brian4012
10
"needs controller"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Needs controller support. This is an inferior version of the remasters no controller support or random encounter skipping/xp scaling" - Brian4012
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"iphone"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Crashes on iOS 26.1 for iPhone. Crashes on iOS 26.1 for iPhone" - Crashes iOS 26.1
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"play"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Party switching broken, music doesn’t play. I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs. Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of che…" - kingdrewsea
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Crashes on iOS 26.1 for iPhone
Crashes on iOS 26.1 for iPhone
FF6
I can’t recommend this game. I understand it is considered one of the best games in FF series but the game has my character stuck and can’t advance for whatever reason. I have tried walkthroughs, multiple efforts but the game has a glitch. Do not buy this version.
Delisted version was superior
I’m not sure how you’re supposed to get excited about a version with less content, no bonus dungeons, fewer Espers, etc.. The delisted version has way more content and looked better.
Just wait in a couple years when the ultimate complete editions of the pixel remasters are released, with all of the extra content restored.
This version is also *SUPER EASY* with no challenge whatsoever.
Just wait in a couple years when the ultimate complete editions of the pixel remasters are released, with all of the extra content restored.
This version is also *SUPER EASY* with no challenge whatsoever.
Need controller option
Need to be able to use backbone with this game!
No controller option at launch.
A lot of people bought this game/app with the idea that controller support would be included, like many other square titles on the IOS. What a shame to not have this at launch. Seems lazy.
Please, for the love of god, ADD CONTROLLER SUPPORT.
Please, for the love of god, ADD CONTROLLER SUPPORT.
NO Controller Support
The FF4 DS remake on IOS store has controller support.. This does not. Not a fan of on-screen controls.
Seriously still no controller support
Thanks for stealing my money with this crappy port.
Seems like adding controller support wouldn’t be at all difficult and would make quite a few people happy.
I am done with square enix.
Seems like adding controller support wouldn’t be at all difficult and would make quite a few people happy.
I am done with square enix.
Tutorials
Your ui is trash get a real job
Excellent game but… Where is the controller support?!?!
Why do none of these have controller support? Unacceptable to charge this amount for 30 year old games and not provide controller support. Fix it!
Controller Support
My god you still haven’t given us controller support even though every other platform has it. What can the possibly calculus be that led to this decision. Please someone on the dev team tell me why!!! I’m begging you!!!! Don’t buy any of the pixel remasters people. I would have been haply to but the rest of these releases m, even though I own nearly every re-release of these titles over the last decades. I just can’t wrap my head around it!
Needs controller support
Please update this to allow controller support. The touch controls are not comfortable if you have a larger phone. The older expired 3D versions had game pad support, why not include support of these newer versions?
Achievement Bug… still waiting.
Well, just beat the game… got the final achievements for bestiary and final boss defeat… and naturally, just like all the other pixel remasters, the master of VI trophy is bugged and won’t pop. So now I have to wait for a patch, and even then do I have to replay the whole game to get it? This is beyond annoying. I meticulously combed through this game and really enjoyed myself trying to get everything, and am cheated out of my platinum because of a bug. You’d think after doing 5 other pixel remasters they could get it right this time.
EDIT: still waiting for a patch that’ll fix this and it seems like it’ll never happen at this point. C’mon Squenix. This is ridiculous.
EDIT: still waiting for a patch that’ll fix this and it seems like it’ll never happen at this point. C’mon Squenix. This is ridiculous.
Controller support
Pleeeeease add controller support. It’s all I want for Christmas. FF6 is my favorite game of all time, don’t make me tap a screen to play it
Bug?
Not able to progress pass the end of the opera house seen where celes throws the flowers.
She walks to the end and I press the flower bottom in the bottom right corner and she doesn’t throw the flowers I have played it through like 20times and I cant seem to get her to finish the scene it just says oops I didn’t do what ever fast enough
She walks to the end and I press the flower bottom in the bottom right corner and she doesn’t throw the flowers I have played it through like 20times and I cant seem to get her to finish the scene it just says oops I didn’t do what ever fast enough
No controller support
The lack of controller support is stupid.
Great remaster, impassable glitch
I’m excited for the remaster here with all its bells and whistles. Music, art, spell animations and sounds are all a great update.
Some of the nostalgia factor is lost and a few small changes are annoying. Overall, it’s fun to play through again.
Glitch: during the early “Battle To Protect Terra”, I’ve encountered a bug where the Megadoth and Lobo battles will repeat 2, 3 or even 4 times after the initial battle and after the sprite has disappeared. This means my party is wiped far before the battle with the general, and I can not progress through the game. I don’t know how to proceed.
Some of the nostalgia factor is lost and a few small changes are annoying. Overall, it’s fun to play through again.
Glitch: during the early “Battle To Protect Terra”, I’ve encountered a bug where the Megadoth and Lobo battles will repeat 2, 3 or even 4 times after the initial battle and after the sprite has disappeared. This means my party is wiped far before the battle with the general, and I can not progress through the game. I don’t know how to proceed.
Needs controller support.
Come on its 2023.
Bought assuming there would be controller support
My mistake I guess.
Terrible save file managment
If you have an iphone and an ipad, you cant start off on your iphone where you left off on your ipad. You have to have different save files for each machine. And when I try to get the iphone to synch to the cloud I always get a "synch failed" message. This game is a dishonor to square enix. The most sloppy worst done interface I have seen.
No controller support
Doesn’t work with backbone
Please add controller support
Please add controller support
No Controller Support???
Really guys? It’s 2023 and still not jumping on the accessories wagon? Why don’t you try caring about the end consumer for once and give us the option on how we enjoy your game. Seriously get with the program and give us access to use mobile accessories like…. CONTROLLERS. 😑
Crashes on boot, no controller support.
Was dismayed that it crashed the first few times I launched it. When I finally got in, I found that it still can’t work with a controller. Very disappointed.
Very frustrated by the controls on this one
Any time you swipe to another app it registers and click in the game and advances the dialog. I have missed so much story this way it’s become basically unplayable for me.
Needs controller support for the backbone
Add controller support
Crash can’t play game
Crashes in the opera house cutscene impossible to continue wasted my money
Party switching broken, music doesn’t play
I am playing this game on an iPhone 15 Pro with a Backbone gamepad. I’m not able to get through the caves since my party switching does not work with the mogs.
Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of cheapens the experience of the game.
Overall this game is unplayable on my iPhone. Which is a pity because it is a great game.
Additionally, music does not play through my phone speakers. Which sort of cheapens the experience of the game.
Overall this game is unplayable on my iPhone. Which is a pity because it is a great game.
Dreadful Remaster
This remaster was terribly done. The sound effects are terrible. And the music remaster is an abomination. The additional graphics they mixed in clash with the main game art, making the original art look dreadfully dated. I had to stop playing. The game does not crash so 2 stars from me.
No Controller Support
Despite all the mixed changes in the remaster, NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT has got to be the biggest flaw by far.
Add Boost
Not adding the Boost mechanic present in the console and PC version for iOS is a huge miss. This is a quality of life adjustment that shouldn’t have been cut.
Worst version of FF6 pixel remaster
I didn’t realize until AFTER I paid full price for this game that they have NOT updated this game with the same quality of life changes the PlayStation and Nintendo switch versions got. The music sounds great and it is a great game on it’s own, but it’s a shame that IOS doesn’t get the same care and love the console versions got.
Game looks and plays well but….
The biggest issue - No Dragon's Den? Fired it back up, was excited getting all the endgame gear, hunted down the the dragons to find that I didn’t receive the stone tablet upon defeating them all, and I can’t access the dragons den. Great memories, playing on SNES, unfortunately this remaster was the shorter of the two versions of the game and does not benefit from the endgame additional content the GBA provided.
Needs controller support
This is an inferior version of the remasters no controller support or random encounter skipping/xp scaling
No Backbone Support
Needs controller support
No Post-game content
BEWARE!! This pixel remaster does not include postgame content like the Kaiser Dragon, Gilgamesh Leviathan or Cactuar magicites, Dragon’s Den weapons, etc. You will be disappointed playing the whole game to realize it’s not completely updated.
Controller Support
Please add controller support!
Controller support
Amazing game; would be better with controller support.
No controller Support
I love this game. But I can’t stand having my hand in the way of the screen. It would be great to be able to use my iPhone controller like I do with FFVII and Chronotrigger, but for some reason this game won’t allow it.
Controller support lacking =|
Please add controller support
Controller Please
Controller support should be added at this price point. This is unacceptable Square.
Inadequate controls
Really needs controller support
No controller support
One of my favorite games and I was excited to play on my iPhone but sadly it doesn’t have controller support. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t have it other than laziness. I played FF7 and FF9 with controllers on iPhone and it was great, far superior than touch controls. PLEASE add controller support!!
No controller support?!
Man I was really looking forward to this release but I wanted to use my backbone controller. I can’t believe this doesn’t support controllers and Chrono Trigger does.
Sentiment summary
55%
Positive (4-5★)
16%
Neutral (3★)
28%
Negative (1-2★)