FF9 is very funny while it lasts.But then...The sidequests arenīt very funny.
The main storyline is the worst of the ones I played (chrono series,FF7 &8).As someone pointed it only develops enough at the third disk.
In fact it is the comedy relief and the little side stories that deserve the fun.
I also felt,the designers throwed many different concepts into a mixing soup.To me,the story was left divided in many different stories.
For example:
1-Eidolons and Dagger/Eiko backstory
2-Terra-Gaia assimilation thingy.
3-Badass who wanna to return the universe to zero point.
What is the relation between 1,2 and 3?Never explained.
The best we know is that Necron was trying to test Garlandīs view of life.
In general the storyline sounded vain and without content.
And...pu..lease...
FF7 īs graphics are much better than 9īs.
Just consider the lightning effects.FF7 is brighter and more colorful.
The battle is slow but funny.I also loved the class system.
FF7īs gameplay is way much better than FF9īs.
Characters are likable and have personality.
kuja wanted to use dagger's eidolon's to cause a chaos within gaia as a part of the plan for the terra-gaia assimilation thing.

eiko's backstory wasnt supposed to be a big part in the main story. it was just to support dagger's story. i mean, theres no connection between vincent's backstory and sephiroth's plan to destroy the world. hell, tifa's story didnt even have anything to do with the main plot. its almost like she was just throwin in the game merely for the love triangle.

ff7 graphics obviously werent better than 9. i know that the graphics were good for their time, but thats all it was...good for their time, not better than ff9's.

the characters in ff9 were a lot better than ff7 (its an opinion of course). ff7 just focused on cloud, tifa and aeris. honestly, i've never seen cloud have any important conversations with red XIII or vincent or yuffie. i mean, in ff9, each character had their own problems and story and it showed how they changed throughout their travels with zidane. a character like amarant who was cocky, arrogant, and believed that working alone beats working as a team. traveling with zidane made him realize what made zidane so strong. his attitude didnt change, but his views on the importance of teamwork did. he was still that hardcore serious guy. a character like steiner, who was so loyal to the wrong person realized that being loyal wasnt his duty, his duty was to protect the princess as a knight. yet, he was still loyal, but to a different person. eiko, who was hyperactive and energetic yet alone and sad found friendship and happiness. traveling with zidane didnt change their characters, it fixed their flaws. than in the end, when zidane was the one with flaws (the whole "your not alone" scene), the team helped zidane just like zidane helped each and every member on his team.

now that is character development.