Final Fantasy Legend III vs Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy Legend III is an RPG game from Square (1991) while Final Fantasy VI is an RPG JRPG game from Square (1994).
Quick answer: Final Fantasy VI has the higher Metacritic, 92 to 70.
Final Fantasy Legend III
What each one is
Final Fantasy Legend III is filed under RPG. In contrast, Final Fantasy VI under RPG and JRPG.
Final Fantasy Legend III, known in Japan as SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Game Boy. The third entry in the SaGa series, it was released in Japan in 1991 and in North America in 1993. A remake for the Nintendo DS was released in 2011 by Square Enix, remaining exclusive to Japan. The Game Boy version was later ported to the Nintendo Switch and released worldwide by Square Enix in 2020, with later ports to Android, iOS and Microsoft Windows in 2021.
The original FINAL FANTASY VI comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the sixth game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
In the world of SaGa 3 , a non-sentient being called the Water Entity is engulfing the world in a great flood. The Water Entity also summons monsters onto the land and low lying cities are abandoned. As a party of four warriors sets out to confront the entity, several youths from the future arrive to help, and it is realized that the Entity's destruction is occurring across all time periods. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Sales In Japan, SaGa 3 topped the Famitsu sales charts from December 1991 to January 1992 . As of 2002, the game had sold 650,000 units, making it the third best-selling title of the Game Boy SaGa releases, and the lowest-selling original SaGa title as of that time. The DS remake debuted in eighth place in Japanese sales charts, with opening sales of over 27,300 units. (Wikipedia)
Plot
Setting Instead of the strictly medieval fantasy settings featured in previous Final Fantasy titles, Final Fantasy VI is set in a world with deliberately more industrial and mechanical design elements; developers described a setting where machinery and magic coexist. Opera and the fine arts serve as recurring motifs—most notably the opera sequence—documented in developer interviews and later remaster materials. During the first half of the game, the… (Wikipedia)
Characters
Main article: Characters of Final Fantasy VI Final Fantasy VI features fourteen permanent playable characters , the most of any game in the main series, as well as several secondary characters who are only briefly controlled by the player. The starting character, Terra Branford , is a reserved half-human, half-esper girl who spent most of her life as a slave to the Empire, thanks to a mind-controlling device, and is unfamiliar with love. Other primary… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Initial Reception Final Fantasy VI received critical acclaim and was commercially successful in Japan upon release. In mid-1994, Square's publicity department reported that the game had sold 2. 55 million copies in Japan, where it became the best-selling video game of 1994 . (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Final Fantasy Legend III | Final Fantasy VI | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 7.6/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Very Positive (92%, 4,975) |
| Critic aggregate | 70/100 | 92/100 |
| Price | Unknown | $17.99 |
| Install size | — | 1 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | playable |
| Released | 1991 | 1994 |
| Developer | Square | Square |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Final Fantasy Legend III vs Final Fantasy VI, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Final Fantasy Legend IIIRPG gameFinal Fantasy VIRPG JRPG gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Final Fantasy Legend IIINo descriptive tagsFinal Fantasy VIRPG, 2D, JRPGThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Final Fantasy Legend IIIMetacritic 70Final Fantasy VI ✓Metacritic 92Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Final Fantasy Legend III—Final Fantasy VI4,975 reviews · 2 add-ons · 1 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Final Fantasy Legend IIIUnknownFinal Fantasy VI$17.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
Final Fantasy VI takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Final Fantasy VI (Metacritic 92)
Where they differ
RPG2DSingleplayerJRPGAdventureClass-Based
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Final Fantasy Legend III is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Final Fantasy VI is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Final Fantasy Legend III and 6 for Final Fantasy VI. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Final Fantasy Legend III and Final Fantasy VI in scope?
Final Fantasy Legend III lists little scope data. Final Fantasy VI has drawn 4,975 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 1 GB.
Is Final Fantasy Legend III or Final Fantasy VI better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, Final Fantasy Legend III or Final Fantasy VI?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Final Fantasy Legend III or Final Fantasy VI?
Final Fantasy VI has the higher Metacritic, 92 to 70. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
Related comparisons
All comparisonsHow we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.