Final Fantasy III - Darkstar (anaa FF6, sɛ woyɛ purist a) yɛ saa SNES RPG ahorow no mu biako a ɛbata wo ho kɛkɛ. Efi mfiase pɛɛ no, wɔtow wo gu wiase a ɛyɛ nwonwa, a ɛyɛ steampunk-meets-magic wiase yi mu a asraafo a wɔwɔ Magitek akode mu no tiatia sukyerɛmma so, na ɛkame ayɛ sɛ abeawa bi a ɔwɔ ahintasɛm tumi guan fi baabi a wɔkyere nkurɔfo sie. Adwene no yɛ sum, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ nwonwa wɔ ho nso.

Nea m’ani gye ho ne sɛnea agoru no nsɛe bere —wɔ dɔnhwerew a edi kan no mu no, woredi apontow ahorow abiɛsa so, worehyew abankɛse bi, na woapaw nneɛma a ɛho hia akyiri yi ankasa. Sprites no yɛ fɛ yiye ma 16-bit game, titiriw spell effects. Na saa opera scene no? Ɛda so ara ma me ho yɛ me nwini.

Nanso, ɛnyɛ ɔsɛe ne sum kabii nyinaa. Ɛwɔ hɔ a weird charm to moments te sɛ suplexing a ghost train anaasɛ hwɛ a yeti tow sukyerɛmma gu n’ayɛmmoa so. Wɔn a wɔyɛ sini no te sɛ nnipa ankasa, ɛnyɛ archetypes kɛkɛ —ahoni a wɔpaw no mpo wɔ bun a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Kɛkɛ a, mma wo nkɔ wiase map no ho dodo wɔ fã kwan so.

Sɛ woabɔ nnɛyi RPG nkutoo a, ebia bere a wɔde di dwuma wɔ bere a wɔde yɛ adwuma no mu no begye bere bi a wode bɛyɛ wo su, nanso ɛfata sɛ wode yɛ nnyigyei no nkutoo. Eyi ne agoru a ɛmaa m’ani gyee genre no ho.