FFIX's Story...

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Eight. It'd be higher but some aspects of the plot weren't developed enough, then there were those characters who had some little backstory for about ten minutes early on in the game then had a very random resolution in the ending (Freya anyone? And what was with this weird love-hate relationship she began to develop with Amarant? Where the hell did that actually go?), followed by Zidane's mental breakdown in Pandaemonium which he has for no particular reason other than realising that he was created to carry other souls; Garland turns him "evil" (not literally of course) in about ten seconds and his allies turn him back in as much time.

Nevertheless if you make any bad remarks about the overall fun factor of playing the game, I will tear your nipples off and find a way to feed them to your mother without her realising it.

Quina is awesome. S/he develops rather well, and is also a good representation of somebody who really has no idea of the bigger picture and is having trouble grasping it.

Vivi? Accepting mortality and all that, I kinda liked his story.

Steiner, a bit like Quina in the whole "seeing the bigger picture" thing, plus he does insane damage in battle for nothing.

Amarant's grudge against Zidane was nice, especially with him keeping the irony in it (not mentioning it, not even asking if he remembers him or anything like that... I bet Zidane really had forgotten too.)

Dagger and Eiko's stories intertwined well; they had a lot in common too if you think about it: both lost their families but still managed to have a perfectly happy life and just move on.

So I suppose really it is just Freya who I don't like in terms of character development.