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I enjoyed this game so much. Though i jus got on the 3rd disk im having a blast with this game. The chars are pretty deep and the story is old school good. But I want opinions from other people on this game. Do you think this game is better then FF8 or 7? OR any other FF
I liked Final Fantasy IX a lot but I didn't enjoy as much as 7 or 8, it just didn't pull me in as much, however I did like it more than 5(I don't hate five I just liked 9 better.)
It's neither best nor worst, just there. I enjoyed it, but it's not in my top 5.
But see i think they dropped the bomb with ARMARENT and QUINNA. Thos chars are really stupid and borring. They arent that important to the story at all. NO PERSONALITYS. jus stupid! But still i was jus playing FF3 (the one that was never shopped to north america) and im jus loving it~! I decided my favorite FF is FF3!
it's neither the best or the worst :p . i like a lot of things in it so far... ;)
It was ok.....didn't really suck me in like other FFs, but kept my attention while I played it. Enjoyable, but nothing overly special.
In my opinion...Better than VII.
As good as II,V, and X .
But not as good as VI or VIII.
You have pretty good taste in Final Fantasy. Although you included FFIV nowhere in there.
Oh your right .How could I forget IV!!I think I like IV alittle better than IX.
FFXI is defiantly no the worst...
I like this game a lot...
but wouldnt call it the best FF either
yeah, i love this game, but its not the best. actually this game changed alot in my opinions, probably because i played it through several courses of aging. when i first got it (9 years old) i was like "omg this is teh bestest game of all time!!!11" then, maybe 2 or 3 years later, replaying it, i said "man this game sucks. i cant believe i ever liked it." now, replaying it yet again, i think to myself "wow, that was pretty damn good, but i mustve been on something the last 2 times i was playing it."
its my fav!
but its so close first with FFVI :love:
It's definatly not the worst, that title belongs to FFVIII. ;)
And it's not the best, that title belongs to FFVI. :D
But I think it's one of the best. Personally, it's my second favorite.
I'd say FFII is the worst, and FFVI is the best. IX is somewhere in the middle.
I havenīt still played it through, but so far I have liked it a lot. Even before I got it, I was already hooked. Itīs one of the best.
Neither best nor worst, althought I count it as one of the better ones.
my 2nd or third fave (i havent decided)1st: ff VI. 2nd/3rd: ff IX/ff X-2
Its one of my Favourites along with FF VII,
I think it rocks XD
It's one of my favorite FFs
I loved FFIX. It was my second FF game (FFIV being the first) and I absolutly loved it.
As to my favorite? Well, I haven't played many other FF games all the way through, but I had a blast with FFIX
It's my favorite new skool FF, and my 2nd favorite over all. Quality gaming that was severely underated.
It was my first Final Fantasy game, and from the moment I put in my PSOne, i was hooked forever. However, its not the best, that title has to go to FFVII or FFVI. Or FF Tactics. FFIX is probably my 4th favorite. As for the worst... FFV.
FFIX is a great game! but it isnt the best on my list, that is probily X, or VII....X-2 was a skrew up! :mad2: but yea IX is a great game!!
Yea, those two sure have no personality at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by wuglendei
Maybe not the best, but my favourite!
Hey man, don't make fun of Quinna! He may be stupid, but he's awesome! Thats odd for me to say, too, beacause I ussually like dark, mysterious characters (Shadow, Vincent, Auron, ect.) But I couldn't help liking Quina. He eats people, man! Power to cannibalism!Quote:
Originally Posted by wuglendei
I'm in love with FFIX.
The first one I bought and still the best.
Well, to my opinion, it's really not one of the best among the Final Fantasy series, but it's my favorite. It's kind of in the middle or something. Of course, the first time I played it, I was really hooked to it!
The great graphics, a typical but heart-stealing storyline, great characters (except for Amarant and Quina... it's as if they're almost useless in the game... No offense out there!) and the soothing and almost active music would really intrigue (sp?) you!
But like I say, it's not the worst (For my opinion, FFVIII is the worst of all! NO OFFENSE!!!) but probably, not the best. Actually just one of my favorites! :D :D :D
FFIX was definately one of my favorites... except they screwed up all the character. I couldn't stand Zidane till the last disc. Quinna was annoying. Amarant had tons of potential and was really good but square gave him no story what-so-ever. Garnet just annoyed me for no apparent reason.. Steiner was annoying as hell. Eiko was a brat. The only two welll done characters were Freya and Vivi. But luckily its story, gameplay, and soundtrack make up for it!
Umm..... FF9:Quote:
Originally Posted by wuglendei
Better than FF8.
Worse than FF1, FF2, FF5, FF7, FF10 and FF102
I haven't played 3, 4, or the online one.
For me, it's neither best nor worst. But, I have to say, it's like... 6th on my list of seven FFs. You do the math.
Head over heels in love here. =DQuote:
Originally Posted by Omecle
each Final Fantasy is best in its own way
IX is not the worst but still pretty bad for addictiveness sheez i put the game down every 2 hours thinking it waws boring but eventually i had to finish it some time
FFIX is probably my third favourite. I think it was part of the series at its best. Zidane was a nice break from the angst fest and knife wielding thiefs are cool :D
There's no cannibalism involved in Quina's actions. As long as Quina doesn't eat another Qu, then all he's doing is cooking up a bunch of monsters. So I think Quina as a growing gourmet chef experimenting with other animals. FFIX was a good game. Each FF has it's great points, and it's bad points. It's a matter of how much you view it. Personally, I think almost all FFs are great, I've played almost all FF out there that I could get my hands on ever since days when I started Atari, then half a year later, there was the NES, and that fueled my gaming more. In my 17 years of gaming, I still am amazed at how much graphics have improved.
This one is my favorite after VI, VII and IV. So it's up there.
I just got the game yesterday, and well, I'm already on disk 2. ^^;;
I'm enjoying it so much already, and I'm looking forward to playing some more realatively soon.
I've played VI, VII, IV, and V so far, and IX is near the top for me through one disk. We'll see how it fairs once I get into Disk 2 and stuff.
Oh, and Quina's not *that* bad. ^^
It is the Worst FF I have played.It felt like a re-hash of classic FF dressed up.
But at least it kept my Mum happy after the FF8 fiasco. *shudders*
That was just a joke. One of my friends didn't like him because he thought he was a cannibal, so I'e made the joke ever since. Seriously though, Quina was my fav. Character in the game. And I've changed my mind, this is the third best FF (I tie it the Tactics).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rinen
This is my favorite final fantasy, right next to FFT and then after that it get's fuzzy.
My 'third place' favorite changes between a bunch of them. I've had FFIV, FFV, FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, and FFI all in my third place at some point.
FFIX is simply my favorite, for a lot of reasons. Unique characters, tons of references to the older games, moogles, kuja... those are some great elements. Plus, the excalibur 2 challenge is my favorite FF challenge. Ozma is a great challenge. Great lighthearted environment. Tons and tons of side quests scattered through the game. Tetra mester.
It's just easily the most replayable game in the series for me (except for maybe FFIV, which I seem to replay regularly every 5 or so months).
Final Fantasy IX was the game I grew up on, so it is my favorite by far. I loved the plot. FF9 was what brought me into FF. It was the first game to introduce good 3D graphics. I loved Kuja, even though some people thought he was weird. His motivation for more power was what really drew me into his character. Warning don't read any further for spoilers if u have'nt beaten the game. I thought Kuja was kinda easy though in the end. The movie video of when he explained about how he took power off of the souls of the living to become tranced. I thought that was the coolest part of the game when he started blowing up Terra. It made him seem like a bad a** to me. Some of the people that really bugged me in the game were Queen Brahne (ooohhhhh I couldn't stand her). She was all like ohh get that parchment from my daughter and kill her if u have to. She thought she was a bad a**. I loved the soundtrack. But FF9 would have to be the best one out of the FF series. I think.
ff9 was the first ff i bought....and i think it is the 2nd best,cause ff7 is no1
FFIX is second best in my opinion but it doesn't get to VIII.
I love the story and characters. Zidane has to be one of my favorite characters in FF history (perverts anyone?). I think it has a lot of humor in the beginning but then he starts dieing off and getting (god forbid) serious! For me, it probably ties 7.
Beaten only by VI, bearly, IX is my favorite Final Fantasy =3.
ffix is my favorite by far. it was also the first ff game i ever played, so i think that's probably why i love it so much. it's great with all the things from the past ffs. i really like the mini-game tetra master. and it's great that tetra master is in ffxi, too! ^_^
I would tell you my opinion, but a staff member who doesn't feel the same will probably ban me, so I won't.
I have to back this, it happens alot.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMKA
Anyway I like it, shame people who hate it just have to make such a big fanfare about it.
I loved it.
Not the best, but certainly not the worst. Its up on my top 5, I'd say.
Final Fantasy 9 is definately my favourite ff game, it's my best game of all time even. I dunno why it just takes me in with the storyline, In my opinion it is better than 7 but their are some things in 7 that are better than 9 and vise versa
In my opinion its an underrated jem, mainly passed over because the PS2 and FFX came right after it.
I certainly liked it a lot better then FF VIII
I was severely dissapointed with FF IX. It surely did not live up to the standards set by FF VI, FF VII and FF VIII. The graphics were not improved from FF VIII, and although graphics don't necessarily make or break a game per se, the lack of any improvement overall dissapointed me. The characters appeared to be ridiculously unrealistic. Zidane is without a doubt the worst main character of any FF. He possessed none of the qualities that make a great hero. In my opinion, the only 'good' character in the game was Vivi. The plot was unoriginal, being partially ripped off from the Japanese anime Vision of Escaflowne. The bosses of the game were very uninspiring and non-menacing. Kuja was a dork, and a terrible villain. Garland was decent, but lacked the raw power to ever be considered a true villain. I'm sorry, but these two were nothing but random lackeys compared to the likes of Sephiroth, Kefka and Seifer. It was a decent game, but not anything I would ever consider playing again.
FFIX is my second favorite. first is XI.
FFIX is just kind of there, nobody talks about it and nobody really states their opinions much about it either.
I'm playing it again right now...first time since like, the month it came out. It's really fun, and who knows, I may end up liking it alot more now, because I just played FFVIII again and it's one of my favorites now.
For the time being I'd say it ranks on the lower half of my list though. It's a good game, but I just like many of the other FFs better.
I think so too. I have never actually completed VIII fully yet, because each time I play it I get bored. Maybe when I complete it fully my opinion may change... meh.Quote:
Originally Posted by m4tt
Yeah FFIX is one of the best. I was hooked on the game as soon as I got it. I played it every night till I'd completed it, and when I completed it, I did it all over again. I enjoyed the game a lot, but I'm stuck for a favourite between VII, IX and X. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by m4tt
FFIX rules. Overall, my favorite FF and IMHo the third best one. Second only to FFVI and FFVII, of course.
Zidane is THE BEST main hero. He isn't "OMFG SO ANGSTY", he is cool, he trusts on himself (a little bit too much, but still), he doesn't use a big sword, he doesn't have yaoi tendency, his relationship with Dagger is great. Etc. Zidane > Squall. In every freaking way.
Dagger is one of the best love interest of the main hero. She isn't brunette like Aeris and Rinoa, she doesn't try to change Zidane (at least she doesn't do it on purpose), she isn't dependant of the main hero (not as much as Rosa and Rinoa, that's sure), she actually thinks, and to finish, she is not related to the FInal Boss xD Dagger > Rinoa. Forever and ever. And ever. And ever. AND EVER.
The other characters are very good overall. Vivi is arguably the best Final Fantasy character ever. He has a HUGE development. Freya is pertty good overall, but she dissapoints a little bit. Quina is AWESOME, his/her simple point of view of the world charms everyone. Eiko is pretty good too, even though she could use another thing instead of White Magic. Amarant... I don't like him, but he is cool, as well. Steiner, he is VERY good, specially in the beginning, when he is SO annoying.
Kuja. He is the villain. He is actually "human". He is so much better than Seifer (IMO the worst villain Fianl Fantasy ever had). Kefka owns Kuja, sure, but Kuja is awesome, anyway. Sure, he doesn't have -the- power, like Sephiroth, but power isn't everything. He has a very good character development, specially after his Trance and in the very end.
Garland isn't that good, but he isn't the principal villain. But he could be bettter.
And for gameplay, side quests and etc. Abilities System OWNS Junction and Sphere Grid, IMHO. It loses to Magicite and Materia, but Abilities are -SO- fun and simple to understand. The side quests are addictive (Hot and Cold = INTASNT WIN with Fatality included). The continents are good, the cities and kingdoms are, as well.
Storyline. Oh my god. It is so good. Starts simple, then it thickens, more and more, until end of CD 2. Then the plot reaches its climax. Bahamut destroying Queen Brahne is -THE SCENE-.
Along with other things. FFIX deserves 200 out of 100.
Final Fantasy IX is my second favorite, the number #1 spot belongs to Final Fantasy VII. Just my opinion though.
Yeah just like 8 it start's all serious (or at least squall does) then he goes all mushy and in lovey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yugo
I think that since these are opinions, we can't know for sure if it's the best or not. But I think FF6 is clearly the best Final Fantasy game EVER! Now I love FFIX but it comes in second place for me because it is incredibly old school-ish and had a gripping storyline with a very medieval feel to it. The score was flawless as well. It is the second best in my opinion.
FF IX was in my opinion alright but it does not compare to FF7 and FF8, i enjoyed those two games better than 9. But the worst FF ever has got to be FFX-2 i mean they screwed up big time on this game, but like i said it's my opinion tho. but FFX for me is one of my all time favourites along with 7 and 8 :D
alright i loved IX and it was the first FF i actually played all the way through, so thats bonus points....but hen you look at the pure garbage that followed it that bumps it up a few more pegs, so yea it's one of the best.................dont even lecture me about that garbage remark, i've tried to play X many times and end up quiting right before i put my fist through the screen, graphics aren't everything shut up hippies!
I absolutely agree, graphics are nothing, look at FF6. Best FF ever yet it has very gay graphics compared to today's standards. FF7 is absolutely over-rated, it sold a whole bunch of millions of copies so everyone has it and everyone has played it, that's the only reason why people say it's the best, it has nothing special really. It's a bit of them same for FFX, it was one of the best-selling games for the PS2, more people had it, more people liked it and so the general opinion was, it's the best because it's the first/only one I played. Now don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but it reminds me of FF7 quite alot. FFIX is absolutely a good game, people who think it isn't either don't know [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] about games or they just don't like medieval situations in games.
Yeah FF IX was a little too medievil-ish for my tastes. Plus i just hated Zidane, the animal man. Personally i thought that ruined Zidane, the fact that he had a tail. And aside from that I thought he was a broad when i looked at the case. Dont get me wrong, eventually i will get it but its just a matter of when...... when i get the money of course, cause pretty soon, EB wont even be sellin it. But bein the person I am. Ill have to have it sooner or later.
Calling FF7 Overated i mean like hell!!! just because it sold millions doesn't mean it's overated! :tongue: thats because it is one hell of a great FF and loads of fan really appreciated this great game, it is in my opinion one of the best or if thee best!!... And as for 9 didnt sell as much as 7 so goes to show that 7 is way better than 9. :p so dont diss..
:save: I really enjoyed it but i do not think that is the best. :save:
Gosh, i'm sorry you're so ignorant. Did you see how much FF7 had advertising? FF7 sold so many copies because of it's advertising that it almost single-handedly made S-E what it is now. Ever looked at the facts? FF7 released at the beginning of the PS run. It was one of the only RPGs. It came from a successful SNES franchise. It had [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] loads of advertising. Now, why do you think FF8 didn't sell as well, because it was worst? No, because people were disappointed with FF7 so they didn't bother buying more. PERIOD. People say FF7 is the best because it's the only one they have or the only one they have played or also the only one they heard about. People who don't know [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] about games say it's the best, it is clearly an overrated statement. Get your facts right. You can like it for your opinion, but don't say it's the best just cause you think so.
FF9 Freaking pisses me off. Whats the point of having monsters with items that you can't actually steal? Some monsters I tried stealing stuff with zidane and went like 200 rounds before I realized that it wasn't like other ff7 games where it just takes quite a few tries to be able to steal stuff from harder monsters. These same monsters I could steal from easily when I had my whole party with me rather than just zidane. But then I got to the antlion boss and couldn't steal his golden crown/helmet thing after some humongous number of tries. Which was really annoying because he would use this attack which lowers all your characters hp to like 5 and gives them all darkness every couple of turns. THis caused me to go through all of my recovery items just about...
Then theres battles that you automatically lose... I HATE that, and I just got done playing star ocean 2... Its so rediculous when you have enemies that you beat the heck out of them or could beat the heck out of them and then the story line kicks in and it just pretends like you lost the battle.
About stealing. You got -very- unlucky. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. I never had problems with Stealing. I have Thievery doing 1500~2000 damage WHEN I GET IT. I manage to steal Lani's Gladius in 3red attempt, and Coral Sword on the 7th. Rarer items are harder to steal, obviously. The only one that I spent a lot of time was.... Masked Man's Mage Masher XDDDDQuote:
Originally Posted by kriminal99
And the battles you automatically lose against Beatrix (The only ones you automatically lose, anyway. I don't think that Kuja counts, he doesn't use Ultima in the battle itself o.o; ). And Beatrix kicks your ass, always. And, Beatrix doesn't use Stock Break/Climhazzard and make everyone's HP go down to 1 because you damaged her enough. She does that when the battle dured a certain time.
FF IX is my best followed by VII and X :)
i totally agree with u kriminal 99 it is annoying on that game when it comes to stealing with zidane :mad: and the thing that really makes me laugh about that is the fact he is supposed to be a theif LMAO :p i mean if you are a theif u at least would be able to steal items off enemies much quicker than any one else :rolleyes2 but no zidane is just a pain in the ass!!!! if u want a world class stealer its Rikku :D now that is more like it!!!
This is my favourite FF along with FF7, how people can like ff8 is beyond me!
yeah, ff9 is my fave (and in my opinion the best, but i have only played 5 of them so what do i know...). i dunno why, it just seems deeper than the rest, it has love, discovery, wanting and basically everything that makes ppl love movies!
i never liked ff8 from the start and though ff7 was a good game, i was just too in love with ff9 to get into it. so in my opinion ff9 is the best ever ff. in fact i bought this game when i still had my ps1. when i got my ps2 and traded in all my ps1 games, i kept ff9. its (in my opinion) the best game on ps1 and one of the best playable on ps2. and i mean ever.
ps. if anyone disagrees dont get all freaky, as i said this is just my opinion.
Actually i disagree. You never realy attached your self to the characters. The game was great in terms of gameplay, but in my opinion it never realy was challenging...it was easier than all the other final fantasies. You said you didnt like ff8, but that was my favourite because the characters were easy to understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godzilla3001
Despite this it was a great game. Typical final fantasy. Everything you could expect and more.
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Originally Posted by Godzilla3001
im playing it while im playing 7 and i like 7 nd 8 better but im not far in 9 so ill probaly change my mind like i did with 7 and im not a big fan of trance but i havent even made it to burmecia so i might get used to it though i like how it changes what you look like like i said i havent gotten far becuase of 7,ive been playing that one alot
IX is my all time fav..
im tired of people saying 9 has none of the good ff featres that 7 has when it does and they are all better..
9 is the best in my opinion, its just so much fun and 9 is the first one i have beaten and thats why i like it, its fun, cool, and it has all the best features outa 7 and 8..i didnt like 8 very much tho, i only played a few hours into it and i didnt like it, all the stuff was so different from 7
but yeah, 9 is awesome
its not the best. But its ok.
i think it's the best along with VI
Read my sig.
I have not played I-V so I cant really base mY judgement on all Final fantasies, but it is my favorite out of the ones I've played
for me, IX is the best. IT showed all the best parts of final fantasy, brilliant story, interesting characters, good and fun gameplay, and even had some comedy in there with Quina.
i guess everything fitted nicely in its right place for me. just love the game.
FFIX is the best game in the FF series for me.
I dont know you guys are talking about people are saying they like FF7 or FF8 Better BUT FF7 freaking sucked it was probably the worst FF game i own. Final Fantasy 8 comes pretty close to Final Fantasy 9 i like both of them but i gotta say i like FF9 the best. All those retards who liked FFX or FFX-2 Go screw yourself. I dont like how square is try to get rid of the battle systems in the new games but i dont like it all that dont say so. lol...
Hey, what a coincidence, I was screwing myself when I read thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Compactfury
Care to elaborate on why you hated FFX so much?
I prefer the term special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Compactfury
ya because it just didnt have the great storyline it seems every other FF had. It just ticks me off to see such a great company produce such a horrible game. they graphics were great and i liked how the characters talked instead of having us read them, but all that effort i think personally was wasted. this is just my opinion but i still think it is most possibly the worst 2 Final Fantasy games made, storywise. Has anyone noticed how close the FFXII storyline is a lot like the beginning of FFIX??? How Brahne attacks and gains control of her neighboring lands. And how ???? attacks neighboring countries in ivalice? peace
I'd say IX is my favourite out of all the ones I've played (VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2).
X-2 is awful. I've managed to get to the last boss, but I can't be bothered actually finishing the game. Its a massive disappointment compared to the rest of the series.
I've only played II, VII, VIII, IX, X & X-2. Everybody keeps raving on about 4 and 6, tho. What was so good about them? (Ps. My fave was VII.)
Man, you're a spaz.Seriously Calm down. Getting all worked up about it just makes you look like an arse. If you aren't gonna debate the point SENSIBLY, why don't you go starta flame war at nerds.com or sometjing, k?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hroth
i would think it hard to choose which ff was the worst and which is the best mostly cause i think they are all class
Best. Yes, I've played almost all FFs (except CC and XI) and I'm yet to find a game so involving, exciting and fun as Final Fantasy IX. Definitely, the best game EVER. I'm not saying the other FFs are bad (FF X rocked my head so hard I had to stop playing it or I'd start to ask for a sequel...hey, that happened) but FFIX has a special place in my heart.
not the best. not the worst.
it was the worse until FF10 PArt 2 came out and took the title of the worse FF ever.
i think it was the worst it's characters where boring and stereotypical, and the story...could have been better it was just boring. Best FF8
Reverse that, and you've got it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by theoryonlyworksintheory
FF9 rocks though it's not as good as 7 which I think is the best game ever created. I like everything about 9 except for the battle system and it's the funniest FF game I've played. But the one thing that I can't really stand about it, apart from the battle system, is the recycled characters from previous games e.g. the strong girl Tifa-Quistis-Freya, the silent loner Vincent-Squall-Amarant, the nice guy Zell-Zidane
classic FF game if thair ever was one im replaying it at the moment jus onto disk 2 lol LOVE IT!!!!!
Disk three and loving it.
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Originally Posted by I forget who
The words the the great Ryukishi live on. I'm really sorry If I mispelled your name. Very. It was my first Final Fantasy, and while some have come close none have truly beaten it as my favorite. It took the best of the old and the best of the new and combined them.
I have to be honest, I beat both VII and VIII(VII several times) but I just couldn't get into IX. It's a good game but it just didn't hold me like 7 and 8 did.