• Final Fantasy IX is now on Steam!

    Hold onto your little pointy hats, Final Fantasy IX fans, because after months and months of promise from Square Enix that we would see beloved Final Fantasy IX on PC... It's here! Almost sixteen years since it's original release on the Sony Playstation in 2000, IX is finally back, and joins the rest of it's re-released brothers and sisters on Steam.



    Get ready to celebrate and adventure once more with Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, and fan favourite Vivi as they take on another fan favourite.... Kuja! According to many Final Fantasy fans, this is the best entry in the series and if you haven't played it, this would be a great opportunity to do so as the game has had some minor updates; both graphical and for gameplay.

    It's a great day to be a Final Fantasy fan! I'm sure many of you will be rushing to pick this up and relive it all again!

    If the release of the game is still not quite enough to tempt you to buy it, maybe Steam's generous 20% off deal will be! Everyone loves a bargain afterall. The deal runs until April 20th (next Wednesday) so be sure to take advantage while it's on.
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Final Fantasy IX is now on Steam! started by Night Fury View original post
    Comments 31 Comments
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn -
      Well, looks like some people have no more excuse to be missing out on this
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury -
      I might buy this.

      But then again I might not, sooooooooo.
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn -
      I kinda wanna buy it, but I kinda already have the PSN version on my Vita that I haven't played yet, so I'd feel bad for spending money on that
    1. Shauna's Avatar
      Shauna -
      I will probably buy it because I throw money away at things.
    1. Freya's Avatar
      Freya -
      Woke up to this! Was coming to at least make a thread for a write up so thanks for doing that already haha.

      I'm super excited! I've bee. waiting for it to come to steam. I avoided getting the phone version cause j wanted this version. Yay!
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury -
      Yeah I had already bought and downloaded it onto my PS3 too, so it's on my Network account already!
      I also still have my PS2 and the original version soooooo..... >.>
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      Finally!
    1. Pumpkin's Avatar
      Pumpkin -
      If only my computer could run games better
    1. Galuf's Avatar
      Galuf -
      Does it include Quina's cooking show in which Quina fights cruel beasts just to create frog soup?
    1. Depression Moon's Avatar
      Depression Moon -
      Looks like I'll have to change my avatar and sig now. I was getting used to this Formation set. Funny that my favorite game of all time comes out on Steam on my brother's birthday who I'm currently mad at.

      Quote Originally Posted by Pumpkin View Post
      If only my computer could run games better
      Yeah, I only have 1.5 GB of RAM myself. I might still buy it, but will be mad if it's incredibly slow.
    1. Formalhaut's Avatar
      Formalhaut -
      This is good, but my laptop isn't a gaming laptop, so I'll have to check the specifications.

      If not, I'll get it on PSN because Fynn hates that I've not played it yet. What are the differences between the PSN and Steam editions?
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn -
      The steam version has smoothed out graphics and some additional cheat modes
    1. Formalhaut's Avatar
      Formalhaut -
      Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
      The steam version has smoothed out graphics and some additional cheat modes
      Really...
    1. Rantz's Avatar
      Rantz -
      It's a pretty nice port so far. The graphical improvements are beyond what I thought they would be. On some occasions it's a bit jarring when there's a large mismatch between the graphics that are most improved and those not updated at all, but overall the game is just a lot better looking, I think.

      ATB timers are still slow, but in general the game feels snappier - especially the loading times are muuuuch better.
    1. Formalhaut's Avatar
      Formalhaut -
      I'll see what my laptop can do, then.
    1. Fox's Avatar
      Fox -
      My Kingdom for a scaled UI though. >_<

      Everything else looks like a good step up from the original, but I can't stand how that battle UI covers half the screen and blocks out half your party. Especially when you're inputting commands. Just shrink it down a bit guys, get rid of the unused space...
    1. Depression Moon's Avatar
      Depression Moon -
      Decided to download and I'm playing. The game looks rather pretty. Especially the opening FMV. Yeah, in some parts it looks like they left the background alone and it looks blurry in contrast to the characters. Some of these changes will take getting used to like the ! mark showing up whenever you talk to a person and a teta master icon if they can play with you. I also thought the run button was Square on the PS1, but it's circle here.

      My pc might have some issues. It took longer than usual for the battle screen to show up against Baku and I saw some blue stripes.

      On the positive side I made 80 jumps this time which I think is the highest I ever got.
    1. Rantz's Avatar
      Rantz -
      Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
      On the positive side I made 80 jumps this time which I think is the highest I ever got.
      I also found the jump rope and the sword fight a lot easier in this than in the original. Impressed 100 nobles on the third try, which I don't think I've ever been able to do on the PSX.
    1. Shauna's Avatar
      Shauna -
      I got the Mage Masher on my first steal from Baku. Insanity.
    1. Depression Moon's Avatar
      Depression Moon -
      Quote Originally Posted by Rantzo Panza View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
      On the positive side I made 80 jumps this time which I think is the highest I ever got.
      I also found the jump rope and the sword fight a lot easier in this than in the original. Impressed 100 nobles on the third try, which I don't think I've ever been able to do on the PSX.
      What, you got all 100? I thought that was impossible. Funnily after I did 80 jumps, on my second attempt I only made 8.

      Edit: They changed some of the text in the game. The little girl in the beginning says dropped your ticket instead of dwopped.
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